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Aaron Swartz at the Creative Commons Launch Party 2002(m.flickr.com)
12 points by flocial 14y ago|1 comments
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Let's black bar HN
483 points by flocial 14y ago|75 comments
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by flocial 14y ago
Writing a full backend is serious work and it will cost you significantly in terms of time to market. For a green field app that doesn't require a companion web service it's still very attractive. Parse runs on AWS so if you build your ba
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by flocial 14y ago
Have you looked at FTASync?
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by flocial 14y ago
The way he balances crass humor with sonewhat profoubd psychological insights, viral self-promotion with altruism (cancer donation, rallying against SOPA and this) is quite impressive. I don't know of another individual quite as deft.
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Github ClassicMap, Google Map tile rendering for iOS6(github.com)
51 points by flocial 14y ago|20 comments
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by flocial 14y ago
I feel that's a bit like saying a heavyweight boxer and a lightweight boxer are competitors
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by flocial 14y ago
How does Google and Facebook compete directly? Also, why does working for a creative agency that does occasional work for Google merit disclosure?
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by flocial 14y ago
Could be related to the lack of Google employees on Windows.
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by flocial 14y ago
If the paranoid reading of this article is valid then this could only mean more entrenchment for big name players.
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by flocial 14y ago
This maybe wild conjecture but I think the crux of the issue is that Twitter feels that developers of third-party apps "owe them something". After all, even before Tweetie the Twitter apps were generating profits for many small companies b
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by flocial 14y ago
Everyone has a right to their opinion but "No Vim or Emacs style brilliantness" followed by "I don't think Textmate deserved all that success --it should have happened to a better editor." doesn't really make sense does it? What TextMate di
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by flocial 14y ago
In this case global support means the multi-national mobile telecoms of industrialized nations. In other words, all the mobile providers scared of a world where Apple, Google, and Microsoft call the shots and squeeze the profit margins tha
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by flocial 14y ago
I love this post. We romanticize startups too much and I've seen too many people drunk on cheap venture capital and a C-level title on their business card. Some of it is inevitable because if we saw what being a CEO really is then less peop
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by flocial 14y ago
13:30 Client arrives just as the wife pulls into driveway, someone calls the cops after all the yelling
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Growth Hacking 101(yongfook.com)
2 points by flocial 14y ago|0 comments
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by flocial 14y ago
I'd also add that the language barrier and the fact that torrenting isn't as popular as other countries makes it easier for Hollywood to rely on traditional box office and DVD sales in Japan. That and the fact that they probably have a lot
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Japan's BitCellar Raises $5M for Photo/Cloud Storage Pre-launch(thebitcellar.com)
2 points by flocial 14y ago|4 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
I think passion is something you do regardless of financial rewards. How many pop artists succeeded with the sole intent of making money? Even those superficial rappers touting material gains probably enjoy the craft (at least the ones wi
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by flocial 15y ago
To me the bigger problem is Apple's arbitrary standards regarding the App Store. They can effectively shut out what are legitimate apps for whatever agenda they want to push (anti-competitive or otherwise) and back it up with any bogus cit
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Bitcellar Acquires "FxCamera", One of the Largest Android Camera Apps(thebitcellar.com)
2 points by flocial 15y ago|1 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
source (in Japanese) http://jp.wsj.com/Japan/Politics/node_419085
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The Japanese Prime Minister's Website Cost $548,000(kantei.go.jp)
6 points by flocial 15y ago|11 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
Many actors get typecast but who would have thought Will Smith could play Ali or Jamie Foxx play Ray Charles. Comedies/romantic comedies take a lot of dramatic range to pull off and Kutcher's performances are pretty strong in that respect.
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by flocial 15y ago
Bale would nail the crazy part but I don't think he can handle the redeeming parts (charisma, sensitivity, etc.) based on the films I've seen. Not to say he's not a great actor, one of the best, but still.
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by flocial 15y ago
Thanks for sharing! I'd be interested to know how it carriers over to other parts of your professional life if you program as well.
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by flocial 15y ago
Totally clueless about the science but assuming that "Ozzy Ozbourne" takes up more memory space inside our brain than 00 is a fallacy (mixing computers with brains). Imagery can be more efficient in some cases. Like the Chinese language w
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by flocial 15y ago
I immediately knew it was about your mother after the first few paragraphs. Just a bit sad that the debate here quickly degenerated into the political correctness of IQ tests and the very loaded debate of IQ and race. When you omit skin co
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by flocial 15y ago
It really depends on the job doesn't it? Google doesn't get sued for making logic puzzles part of the hiring process just as Hooters is free to exclusively hire buxom young women for their floor staff. Like many of the complicated regulat
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by flocial 15y ago
Touche to that. I suppose I should have said that there are less design elements in Metro that are susceptible to trends as long as we're talking about nice typefaces and clean layout. The point in question is my uneasy feeling at the incr

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