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by flocial 15y ago
The Lulzsec crew and Wiki Leaks strikes a nerve like modern day Robin Hoods. It makes you wonder if those of us in wealthy democracies are actually experiencing a peculiarly 21st century form of passive aggressive oppression where we may b
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by flocial 15y ago
I remember a quote from the person who worked on Google+ before heading for Facebook saying "things got to bureaucratic and political" or something to that effect. It feels like a downward spiral or at least seems like a common pattern whe
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by flocial 15y ago
It's hard to trivialize downloading 4 million articles using a web scraper's bag of tricks and then some. If the information was publicly accessible these charges wouldn't stand unless he tried to distribute it. If it was something so com
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by flocial 15y ago
I think this case illustrates one of those landmark moments when you get to choose the forest or the trees. There has to be an equitable middle ground where we don't have to throw out the baby with the bath water but the direction of these
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by flocial 15y ago
The way I read the essay is different stages in life require different perspectives. All night hacking sessions on Red Bull and ramen work until your mid 20s. In your 40s it'll kill you, quick and you're knowledge or ability will not be a
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by flocial 15y ago
I totally agree with you. Another thing reading your comment is that lots of people don't own computers and only use the Internet through phones. This really screws kids out of a chance to mess around with computers. I know a lot people
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by flocial 15y ago
I agree that the software industry in Japan is deficient for lack of a better word in both quantity and quality. Mainly it's the result of a short-sighted bureaucracy running industry and education. Aside from the language barrier, which
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by flocial 15y ago
I'm in Japan. That's the wrong example. Cell phones came with a music player, rfid (your train pass, membership cards, and TVs long before the iphone). These electronic dictionaries come bundled with several different types like English/J
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by flocial 15y ago
In other news Mark Zuckerberg calls out Google for lack of search engine transparency. Honestly, I think the lack of social graph portability on Facebook is a really good thing. Look how they messed up the Wall with these so-called social
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by flocial 15y ago
Sometimes it feels like HN is descending into a self-help group for intelligent but certified procrastinators. Does the consumption of such articles and other forms of self-help literature actually inspire you to create and do? Is the dis
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by flocial 15y ago
Another illustration of how far we've strayed from founding principles. Sometimes our system feels like a large software project gone wrong. People keep adding line after line without refactoring or bolting on libraries that conflict with
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by flocial 15y ago
That's interesting. Are we still following those precedents but just lost when it comes to software-related patents or are corporations and litigators distorting the system?
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You lost me at the last paragraph (otherwise a really nice argument). Launching into a tirade against Viagra ads doesn't do much for your case IMO. I suppose making a multi-billion dollar bid for relevant smartphone-related patents isn't
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by flocial 15y ago
Where did I say people shouldn't have to innovate? My main gripe is with broad patents on software metaphors. You certainly have a point that Apple has every right to bear the fruits of their years of research and hard work. But what do
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Well I think they remember all too well what happened last time with PC wars. This time they're playing for keeps.
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by flocial 15y ago
These patent stories get more and more ridiculous by the day. We need a major software patent amnesty event to just wipe the slate clean. Patents were originally for protecting tinkerers and original thinkers from getting their ideas ripp
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If they allowed private repos under your google data quota it would be a github killer because UI doesn't matter then and github is overpriced for that unless you throw all your code in one repo.
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But not necessarily. There are some landmark papers like Grigori Perelman's solution of the Poincaré Conjecture that only exist on ArXiv.
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The article doesn't touch on the fact that all this scholarship, usually funded in some way with taxes, is locked up behind pay walls unless you want to pay $10-$40 per article (that's probably a bigger obstacle). However, ArXiv works beca
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by flocial 15y ago
The less features mantra has been the new black for some time now. However, in reality features are a good thing. The real evil is when features become features, knobs and whistles for their own sake. When I first used an Android phone a
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by flocial 15y ago
I replied to the wrong comment. Totally agree with you.
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But how would they convince stockholders? Spending $4 billion on a bid for patents where the ouctome is known versus a campaign that might work but goes against the system are very different things.
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I'm not a Google supporter on this one but any situation where Apple is happy to join forces with Microsoft is a big red flag to me. We need a presence like Android for the mobile. It may not be truly open or free from liscensing fees but
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First, the author doesn't have a Google+ invite (neither do I, sad face ). Makes speculation extra hard. I think the privacy issue is the Achilles heel of Google+. Remember when anonymized queries were released for research purposes were
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" As we all know, Chrome isn’t actually a whole lot faster than Firefox, it just feels snappier — something Mozilla no doubt wants to emulate." I'm glad they're focusing on memory. Better late than never but I see frequent claims similar t
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I think a lot of people are missing a more important discussion. Should Google be allowed to cross-check a customer's data across all their services? Think about it. If you or your company uses Google Apps, you have Gmail, Youtube, adSen
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I think this perfectly illustrates the trade off of leveraging existing connections. I'm sure this list would be similar for any other "social network" that doesn't launch from scratch and build their user base exclusively by word of mouth
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"Ghost Tweeter" seems inaccurate since the accounts are for organizations or public figures. Sure it's interesting that an Italian-American female is tweeting on behalf of an Islamic Imam but it's just like any other media outreach job. I
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The big problem with the mobile social platform right now is that it's all left to the whim of platform owners to "approve" these apps. It's about as social as a street protest in Iran. You might get away with it, you might get beat with
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Title says it ALL

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