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by davidwitt415 7y ago
As someone who used Tumblr more like Dribbble and not for 'adult' content, I think this is a great move. I like Automattic as a company and I trust Matt will find a way to make Tumblr relevant again for creators without having to
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
You are missing a key factor: government subsidies, which incentivize maximum corn production. Cut the subsidies and the desired change would happen; we would still have corn to eat, but much less HFCS and Ethanol (another corn product that
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
It's money laundering of a different sort; the meaningful business activities are not taking place in Mauritius, it is just a post office box and some legal forms, so it is a tax dodge to claim the business is conducted in Mauritius (o
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
New York City is comprised of the five boroughs, not just Manhattan.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
This kills me when my wife brings home 8 apples from Costco that come in a double blister pack of hard plastic.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
As opposed to your PoV, which lets people off the hook for their offenses in order to maintain the pretense of pleasantry? Right.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
'Ignorance of the (social) Law is no excuse.' Regardless of motive, they deserve to be mocked for such a stupid act.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
One example when I was there in March: I saw no 2-stroke ICE scooters, everybody is riding electric scooters. AFAIK, it was a decree by the central govt, and a very effective change since 2-strokes are notorious polluters.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
Fair enough, let's test this conversely: The problem with a Capitalist Utopia is not in the ideas or in the policies, it lies with the simple fact that humans are the ones carrying those policies out. There's a good quote that sum
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
True. Those same executives who are working the '80 hour week' include lunch, cocktail parties, dinners, etc. into their hours, as for them schmoozing = work.
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by davidwitt415 7y ago
That is a highly naive statement to make. Per the parent comment, look at Wells Fargo as another example. They've been caught massively stealing from their cusomters multiple times, yet each time they come back with the same boilerplat
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Video games are fine, but as I tell my sons, there's a huge difference between learning how to play guitar and learning how to play Guitar Hero. Virtual worlds are fine to engage with, but those accomplishments are virtual and ephemera
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
>These aren't mustache-twirling villains who distribute memos that say "Let's ignore safety issues to get this approved faster". They really believe they're doing what's best for all involved. We'll sav
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Imo one key point is missing: Don't give users the option authenticate via Google or Facebook. While it may be convenient at signup, it creates an unneeded dependency and confusion if you forget how you log into a certain site.
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
While I appreciate the overall point of the article, I think the author misplaces the power of the designer. Sure, we create the tangible User Interface, however, it is typically a tactical role. Ime, the anti-patterns and other dark design
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Hopefully it's to get more control over the hardware, especially the chipset. Qualcomm is dragging down WearOS with their glacial pace and underwhelming commitment to the platform.
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Please try to suspend the snark-meter for a second and realize the truths being stated here by Wikileaks. For example, the supposed Manafort/Assange meeting was trumpeted by The Guardian to great fanfare, yet there is literally no evid
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
I think it's important to note that the US ships a huge amount of its 'recyclables' to Asian countries who are happy to take the money and don't have environmental standards for dumping.
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
You must not have visited NYC or SF, both of which have excellent water. NYC's comes from upstate aquifers while SF gets from Hetch Hetchy in the Sierra.
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Julian Assange
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Counterpoint: The Pentagon is a massive fraud where over half of each tax dollar is taken without accountability. https://www.thenation.com/article/pentagon-audit-budget-frau... Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accoun
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
I don't think BillG quite got the 'Hotdog Not Hotdog' joke..
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by davidwitt415 8y ago
Nothing really new except the social media amplifier. After all, the Ad industry has been defined by this quote since the 60s: 'Please don't tell my mother I work in Advertising, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse.' -Dav
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
Interesting experiment! Per the talking points, I think a good color strategy would be to sample the lightest and darkest points from each region, and then use them as endpoints in a gradient fill.
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
I appreciate what this site is doing, however, it's missing one of the major benefits of Design Principles; they are also guidelines for evaluating a design. This is important because it creates a framework for stakeholders to understa
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
I think you are misinterpreting 'innovative' as 'novel.' Innovative in this context means to improve on the existing state of the art, which is something Braun has historically been known for.
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
Bram Cohen just announced Chia, which is a solution based on proofs of space. Good summary here: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/08/chia-network-cryptocurrenc...
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
Neither option works on SI.com, one of the worst/typical autoplay offenders. Hopefully, the Google 2018 fix will really take care of this.
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How the Ambition of Faraday Future's Financier Brought the Startup to Its Knees(jalopnik.com)
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by davidwitt415 9y ago
Josh Marshall is well qualified on this subject, and is walking the walk with TPM by pushing it towards a subscription model, and away from too much dependency on ad revenue. (He has previously published insightful posts on the dangers of r

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