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Virtual Stress-free Testing in the Cloud(aws.typepad.com)
1 points by dmv 18y ago|0 comments
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by dmv 18y ago
I should also clarify that my figures are slight underestimates of the actual figures: I can only "see" Mechanical Turk through the eyes of an average worker. So I cannot see if a requester asks multiple people to complete the same HIT and
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A Producer of Superheroes(online.wsj.com)
3 points by dmv 18y ago|0 comments
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by dmv 18y ago
Another case study for security by obscurity. A crypto-DRM system would not necessarily make a developer's life easier, and would probably be of limited value (and more CPU expense). As a potential dev, I applauded the unlocked dev phone o
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For HN: GM to add discussion visited freshness(userscripts.org)
1 points by dmv 18y ago|0 comments
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by dmv 18y ago
Dog gait is fascinating. My dog "single tracks" -- his front and rear prints converge. As he walks faster in snow (so I can see it), the prints converge from : : to . . You can kind of see the principle in a photo on his (very old) pag
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Prezi - The zooming presentation editor(prezi.com)
1 points by dmv 18y ago|0 comments
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by dmv 18y ago
Not all of the tech impact will be negative. There was a serious impending office space glut in Seattle and Bellevue coming; Microsoft has been the tenant every developer wanted. With the all-but-done deals collapsing, and anticipations o
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by dmv 18y ago
The dymaxion house was not exactly a tepee design. He recognized that most interesting materials are stronger under tension than compression -- steel, for example. This is part of the power of the geodesic (tension spreads throughout the
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by dmv 18y ago
In 2003, Dell Computer Corp. dropped "computer" from its name and became Dell Inc. (That's always a bad sign.) Are they calling a top for Apple? ( http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/apple-drops-computer-from... )
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by dmv 18y ago
I'm being prompted for a twitter account and password when loading that page. Anyone else? Looks like it is this script: http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/venturehacks.json?... Seems a little rude. I don't like a generic dialog
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by dmv 18y ago
James Hamilton posted a fairly robust model of how to think about this (and evaluate S3), just prior to joining Amazon. http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2008/12/22/TheCostOfBulkCol... His is a more datacenter-level view (considering $/GB,
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by dmv 18y ago
Kant express himself in 140 characters or less? That would be fascinating.
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by dmv 18y ago
Did you pick McDonalds.com because of this? http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/mcdonalds.html Because that's the first thing that came to mind reading this complaint. That was back in the wild days of the Internet, when official com
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by dmv 18y ago
Similar to a bit on Arrested Development: http://www.hulu.com/watch/12317/arrested-development-family-... Michael: No, no, no, no, pop. You're not doing another one of those Black Fridays, are you? The mass firings? Narrator: Before firin
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by dmv 18y ago
Buffett has a private jet company as well, btw.
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by dmv 18y ago
The obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/242/ Although I am not really comfortable implying that the Bush administration is acting more like scientists...
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by dmv 18y ago
As the article hinted at, part of that question rests on ownership. Profits "shipped to another country" are ultimately the property of the shareholders. If all of the shareholders are American, then the profits get shipped to Japan and t
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by dmv 18y ago
I disagree with the blanket statement that "spending 10x more on hardware will give you roughly 10x more value", especially in the context of this article. You only receive 10x value increase IF your software will scale to use the better/m
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by dmv 18y ago
I like that there is a link at the bottom which links to a well-written counter response: http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/lust-in-paradise/20081... Even if the link title is "Is Satoshi Kanazawa the Rush Limbaugh of evolutionary psy
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by dmv 18y ago
the improvements have become best practices and carry over. They also become canaries, for when you hear "well, that's what we used to do but now it is different". There are best practices for buying a house, and then there were the "new
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by dmv 18y ago
"They may struggle to sell 911s to hedge-fund managers for years and years to come," says one investor. Or now a 911 is even more required, to claim that you did not get fleeced by them. Appearance is far more important than fact, righ
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by dmv 18y ago
No?
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by dmv 18y ago
Likewise, I read monthlies like Portfolio for even deeper investigation and higher profile features. And funny enough, this month there was a light interview with Marc Andreessen ( http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2008/10/15/Ma
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by dmv 18y ago
Seconded. More advance notice would be nice (although I'm not sure I would have moved my massage to accommodate it in any event).
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by dmv 18y ago
I don't see the advantage of ownership for Microsoft. A significant strategic investment, sure. Netflix is a pretty effective standalone entity, and if they are going to Silverlight, that's the big Microsoft win. Traffic to Netflix is no
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by dmv 18y ago
"Why would an organization like Stanford [put] this on the web and give it away for free??" The question is better put as to why should they not. Stanford is a non-profit institute devoted to education, the advancement of science, etc. At
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by dmv 18y ago
The motorcycle screw reminds me of a similar problem solving lesson I have learned from experience, which may resonate more with those less mechanically inclined. When moving a large object (especially a couch), remove everything you can (t
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by dmv 18y ago
Knowledge, perhaps, but by no means the same experience (which is what the commenter probably meant). There is no question that I appreciate how a shark moves through the water far more from my experiences as a diver than as a Shark Week v
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by dmv 18y ago
My rule of thumb is that if you think the solution is to create a language, you have not thought about the problem enough. Obviously there are exceptions (I know language designers, etc), but you should have a really clear reason why and a

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