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by erickhill 19y ago
"MySpace will give users the option of whether they want to participate in a targeted advertising system that mines their profile's information." And, they'll do this by pre-checking a checkbox, hidden below their privacy policy?
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by erickhill 19y ago
About time! Now Yahoo is talking.
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by erickhill 19y ago
Personally, I find myself skipping past most of the video comments. I think, just like one might see on a site like ValleyWag, the content (or in this case, a video comment) that gets the most clicks will often include a pretty girl. You c
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by erickhill 19y ago
That being said, it's important to have a broader knowledge so you can actually communicate with other team members intelligently and effectively. Simply specializing in a field, and mastering it, can sometimes lead to weird and uncomforta
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by erickhill 19y ago
Making the Macbook Pro slimmer would be an impressive engineering accomplishment, but don't do it simply for the sake of design and hurt the performance. The current MBP's are nearly perfect, save for the glowing white hot (aluminum) case.
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by erickhill 19y ago
Nice - there's a vote of confidence.
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by erickhill 19y ago
The potential privacy issues could be a bit sticky here.
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Have laptops killed the desktop? (Dell closing factory in Austin)(dallasnews.com)
17 points by erickhill 19y ago|38 comments
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by erickhill 19y ago
I've used Dreamhost for five years, no complaints. They have had a couple of down times, which were annoying to say the least, but were pretty good about letting folks know what the heck was going on. I'd recommend them for small sites.
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by erickhill 19y ago
I love Twitter. I think the question is, beyond trying to get bought out/acquired, what is the business model? After reading that article, I just asked myself, how will they pay those 16 employees after the funding is gone (if that ever
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by erickhill 19y ago
Maybe an isolated incident. My stats/history appears fine.
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by erickhill 19y ago
You mean this isn't related to the spamming problem discussed earlier?
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by erickhill 19y ago
I used Redfin to find my house. Find. It was a fantastic service that I used for house hunting, but never actually used their service in a way in which they would make money off of me. I think what the editors at The Standard did in the c
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by erickhill 19y ago
I still find it is a double-edged sword. It totally depends on the company you hire. Plus, the time-zone differences with, say, working with folks in India vs. working with folks in Canada is important. It all boils down to competency, e
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by erickhill 19y ago
Actually, a good portion of the "nonsensical/typo" domain names are international. While the US has its fair share of bizarre, cartoon-character inspired names, a healthy portion come from India, England, France, and others. Zoho (Indian,
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by erickhill 19y ago
Java applets? Yeesh! I hope not.
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by erickhill 19y ago
This could be an interesting development. Wonder if they'll ever address building a more lightweight themeing engine.
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by erickhill 19y ago
interesting analysis