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by flocial 15y ago
Even discounting the cruddy resolution of iPad screenshots, I'd say that I much prefer the Metro aesthetics even though I'm a big fan of Apple products in general. I think Metro is really a nice design paradigm since they focus on fonts an
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The Costs (and Benefits) of Bilingualism - an Overview(psychologicalscience.org)
3 points by flocial 15y ago|0 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
I'm bilingual too. I found this abstract interesting: "bilinguals typically have lower formal language proficiency than monolinguals do; for example, they have smaller vocabularies and weaker access to lexical items. The benefits, however,
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by flocial 15y ago
I think the main thing that scares me about this is how just being a prominent (in terms of garnering attention) open-source hacker seems to give people the right to pry into your privacy and reveal your personal information to the world. I
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by flocial 15y ago
I totally agree. Just because Steve Jobs said it doesn't make it true. You want to take a classic negotiating ploy for gospel be my guest. The fact that DropBox is committed to providing a solution across desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux
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Tinytrunk - Hyperlocal Flea Market(tinytrunk.com)
43 points by flocial 15y ago|29 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
Would be nice to have an official package manager. Or better yet Debian under the hood.
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by flocial 15y ago
"Suicide was the leading cause of death among men age 20–44." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan My main source was from this blog (in Japanese) which uses statistics derived from OECD. http://ameblo.jp/kokkoippan/entry-102386
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by flocial 15y ago
The problem with this article and any like it is that it equates appearances with substance. To any casual visitor or even resident, Japan looks affluent. The city is clean and safe. People are dressed nicely. However, the truth is that
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by flocial 15y ago
Middle aged people with deskjobs being overweight and implementing small changes in lifestyle is not exactly newsworthy.
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by flocial 15y ago
It's a shame the article doesn't mention how they got interested in chess
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by flocial 15y ago
In your case the "pitch" would be an intelligent conversation. The traditional pitch wouldn't be a pitch because it's ineffective. The article only talks about anxiety but the importance of iteration is in there (he got the first number a
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by flocial 15y ago
People are so caught up with office hours (which I think work because they expect people to come early but leave on time) but the real gem is rigorous quantification of tasks in 15 minute increments. It's like the Pomodoro technique at dou
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by flocial 15y ago
This is absurd. Steve Jobs would definitely get funding. He's persistent, persuasive, and full of ideas. He'll eventually convince an engineer to join him by any means necessary. He'll shine when it comes time to present to VCs. He mad
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Why Japanese Games are Breaking Up With the West(1up.com)
4 points by flocial 15y ago|0 comments
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by flocial 15y ago
Yeah, I've worked in fancy offices too (in my case earning more on contract than regular employees, without plump benefits but hey). My experience is that being the outsourced to is a polar experience. You're either a hired gun with speci
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by flocial 15y ago
Japan's IT industry is so thoroughly messed up I don't even know where to begin. However, for the scope of this article, I would say that Japanese enterprise solution companies (this is where the so-called "system integrators" live) is a t
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by flocial 15y ago
It's not nearly as open as what you'd expect in other countries. The hacker community is really inward looking like Japan as a whole. You could check out, ON Lab. Hiro Maeda runs it and is a cool guy educated in the states. http://onlab
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by flocial 15y ago
I agree that Nintendo is interesting but their iterations are notoriously slow and they are usually several steps behind the cutting edge. Also, unlike companies like Amazon or Apple they never leverage core competencies or intellectual pr
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by flocial 15y ago
I read this article and it was interesting. Sony can still make some beautifully designed products and even beat Apple in certain ways, the Vaio X had similar capabilities to the MacBook Air and still much lighter and well-designed. Howev
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by flocial 15y ago
Box.net is giving away 50GB to anyone that signs up or logs in through their mobile app. It's an amazing service but Steve Jobs is right when he says it's a feature.
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by flocial 15y ago
The bottom line is, this change is mainly to save Apple the bandwidth and storage costs associated with iCloud backups. It's a straightforward solution to offer developers a programmatic way to opt-out. With maps or news readers, I might
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by flocial 15y ago
I expected the 5 but I really admire how Apple stuck to their guns. With the CEO change any other company would have rushed out a new design to keep analysts happy considering the hardware boost (it's a bigger jump than 3S was to 4). Whil
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by flocial 15y ago
One thing he doesn't mention is that living in Japan without visa "sponsorship" is a chore. There's this weird requirement that you need someone to sponsor you, either a Japanese national or your company (you can be self-employed but it's
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by flocial 15y ago
I don't think it's the quality of doctors but the language barrier that limits your selection. There are some doctors that specialize in treating foreigners purely for financial reasons (not for better money but for income stability since
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by flocial 15y ago
While this is great news, I really don't need an interface for sideprojects (yet). Codeplane's been great so far for private repos. I just backed up my Github stuff using Github-backup and added them to Codeplane. Honestly surprised nobod
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by flocial 15y ago
Every VC needs an Apple columnist. He has a good eye for what's hot and lots of leads so that should be useful to a VC, especially with these inflated valuations a service's "hotness" just might be the determinant for high returns. Wouldn
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by flocial 15y ago
They basically outsourced everything right? Apple's iPhone was the result of scaling down what was supposed to be the original iPad (not to mention the Newton). Amazon's commitment to books and server technology carried over nicely into t
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by flocial 15y ago
This is true. Lots of IT companies advertise their entry level programming positions as "liberal arts majors with no programming experience welcome!! we'll teach you how to program". I kid you not. To put it in perspective programming job
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by flocial 15y ago
That's the problem in Japan. It's a delayed meritocracy. You collect on your performance from 10 years ago thanks to rigid seniority. So, these ageist stereotypes actually hold true sad as it may seem. The software industry in Japan is

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