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by easp 15y ago
Over a decade ago I started developing serious, chronic RSI issues in my hands and wrists due to keyboard/mouse time. I tried changing seating position, etc, and it helped a little. What really helped though was getting some handeeze glove
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by easp 15y ago
It's worth keeping in mind that The Wire is a product of HBO, and cable TV. They are now well established, but they were once upstarts in their own way. HBO got its start showing rewarmed mainstream Hollywood movies, months or more after th
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by easp 15y ago
Buying political influence is generally a high ROI activity. In absolute terms, it may appear expensive, but in terms of "value" its quite cheap. More importantly, there are other ways to gain political influence outside the DC money flow.
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by easp 15y ago
I think the iBook Author EULA is stupid and petty, but I think a lot of people are missing something important: It doesn't apply to works that are distributed for free. Consider this in the context of Connexion ( http://cnx.org/ ), which p
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The Pettiness of Apple's iBook Author EULA(geekfun.com)
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by easp 15y ago
It's not even clear that they were deduping at the application level.
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by easp 15y ago
This unnamed publishing insider basically confirms my observations as an outside observer, so, of course, I think it is a great post.
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by easp 15y ago
Good work, Tess & Drew (and friends)! I notice that this is choosing the correct senators for my location, but where it is supposed to be naming my location it says "0"
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by easp 15y ago
Well, for one thing, they have the advantage of launching their product later. For another, they have access to good pricing on a capable SoC that isn't usually available in small volumes at any price. In other words, they knew the right pe
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by easp 15y ago
Which seems to underscore his point.
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by easp 15y ago
Yup, and I'm just adding something to consider when interpreting it.
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by easp 15y ago
Linux supports a wider range of hardware than Windows.
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by easp 15y ago
Why does it seem that way? They seem on track to meet their target price.
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by easp 15y ago
Why wouldn't you just use virtual machines?
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by easp 15y ago
There are many (successful) idealistic business leaders during the industrial revolution who might have fit the description you've quoted. Don't blindly buy in to the cult of human selfishness.
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by easp 15y ago
I won't bother arguing with the received dogma of neo-classic economics and accept your premise that: that businesses strive to maximize profits, and that they should do so. That wasn't my point. My point is that microsoft maximizes profit
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by easp 15y ago
Netpick: "resolve elsewhere," not "route elsewhere"
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by easp 15y ago
Testing methodology and interpretation of the results was pretty sloppy: Only one test run per platform for single threaded performance, comparisons are very round numbers that exaggerate differences. If you look into the test results, you
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by easp 15y ago
Given that he has only vetoed two bills, and that his administration has generally been content to accept the trend towards corporatism and overall erosion of civil liberties that existed before he took office: No, I doubt he'd Veto SOPA.
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by easp 15y ago
No, not irrelevant, unless "free" users also cost you nothing.
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by easp 15y ago
What do you think the Watterson's did? They may have paid his way through 4 years of college, but it seems pretty clear that he held jobs after left college, he just wasn't making any money off his comic strip.
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by easp 15y ago
Microsoft has put a lot of effort into structuring their licensing to maximize their profits. One of the techniques they've used is to make the licensing complex enough that people over-pay to be on the safe side. Sounds like you took the
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by easp 15y ago
That would be more convincing evidence if it hadn't come out nearly a year after Apple announced the iPhone, and ~5 months after they shipped it.
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by easp 15y ago
I'm curious as to how this positioning will play out. On the one hand, its a better Kindle because it can play movies, etc, but its also the most expensive, heaviest Kindle with the shortest battery life and a worse screen for reading.
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by easp 15y ago
I don't think the distinctions you are making between market segments really match the way "the market" actually approaches these purchases. The market for "MP3" players is dwarfed by the market for iPods, and recently, something like 50% o
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by easp 15y ago
Some people dismiss the power and value of symbolism (particularly symbolism that doesn't resonate with THEM, even if it resonates with other people). Perhaps this particular bit of symbolism, or the way it was deployed, won't end up being
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by easp 15y ago
Cops lean on people they've decided are "undesirable" with the intent of provoking them to do something they can be arrested for. The FBI cultivates antisocial young american muslims until they entrap them into doing something so they can
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by easp 15y ago
Well, there is the iPod Touch. Yeah, the screen isn't as big as the fire, but that means you can easily carry it in your pants pocket.
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by easp 15y ago
Windows users were still beholden to multiple parties for current hardware drivers. I remember trying to install a late beta of windows 95 on then recent, but not cutting edge, hardware and being stymied. A few days later I installed RedHa
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by easp 15y ago
Yes, now some of the worst abuses of the past 10 years are becoming enshrined in law, creating a new-normal they can push the boundaries on. I'd like to think the constitution would keep things in check, but I see no sign the Supreme Court

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