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by freyr 13y ago
That's kind of like saying "I can adjust the volume knob and the panning knob independently. The combinations are limitless!" Even including the "secret menu" (extra sauce? no bun? extra patty?), the options are res
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by freyr 13y ago
Ah, I thought it was like a population trying to produce a one-in-a-billion sperm. The Usain Bolt of sperm, able to sprint through that hostile environment and reach the finish line in record time. But I don't understand how having mor
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by freyr 13y ago
It takes, on average, 3 months for a healthy couple to conceive. If the limiting factor is the number of sperm, then it would take 3 times as long if you produce 1/3 the sperm. That's nine months, but it could conceivably take o
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by freyr 13y ago
Of course that's a worse acquisition, but it doesn't have the flashy $1B price tag, and did anybody really expect better from Zinga? Instagram had strategic timing for its IPO, and nipped a potential competitor in the bud. Faceboo
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by freyr 13y ago
I don't see it growing as big as Google or Facebook either, not because the product sucks (when I used it last, it worked well), but simply because I don't think many people have a real need for it. My parents use Google, they rel
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by freyr 13y ago
Are the existing DAWs really hurting since Apple dropped their price? Live, Pro Tools, Reason, etc. seem to be doing well. Are many independent developers really in the business of creating DAWs anyway? There seem to be far more developing
907.
by freyr 13y ago
Why not just use Airplay? It's free and video that plays on your laptop can be mirrored onto your TV.
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by freyr 13y ago
> ... tracking the source of E-Coli outbreaks That's great, but it's more likely a publicity play than a notable source of revenue. "Early investments came in the form of $2 million from the CIA's venture arm In-Q-Tel
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by freyr 13y ago
Not really. The Guardian claims to be sitting on a pile of additional information that it hasen't yet released. So blocking the site could be a preemptive measure to deal with potentially classified information potentially being publi
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by freyr 13y ago
Funny, I read it as a entirely sincere account of his tribulations. I think the title of "Don't hire me!" has put people off, because it sounds absurd. But maybe the whole thing is absurd, and I completely missed the sarcasm.
911.
by freyr 13y ago
Not really, since he describes how his youth and the traits that often go along with it (exuberance, relative inexperience, idealism, desire to be hip), have been actual obstacles to his progress.
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by freyr 13y ago
Do you know why the stock market has returned 7% on average? Or do you just think that, since it returned 7% on average in the past, it must do so in the future? The U.S. has held a very privileged position in the world economy over the pas
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by freyr 13y ago
> until now Kickstarter has been neutral on legal content From their guidelines: No offensive material (hate speech, etc.); pornographic material; or projects endorsing or opposing a political candidate.
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by freyr 13y ago
"On the hiring side, we found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time" -Laszlo Bock, Google's senior vice president of people operations How did they arrive at this conclusion, having never, ever used brainteasers? W
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by freyr 13y ago
Ah, I completely missed that, thanks.
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by freyr 13y ago
It's been purported here that the media is coloring its reporting to paint Snowden in a bad light. But when the bias favors Snowden, everyone looks the other way. For instance, they conveniently left out any mention of this quote by Bi
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by freyr 13y ago
Ah, you're not yet up to speed with the new revised definition of orchestrated.
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by freyr 13y ago
Mr. Snowden didn't have to spend the majority of his time being a professional fundraiser.
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by freyr 13y ago
Fine, call it a haphazardly improvised propaganda machine if you prefer.
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by freyr 13y ago
I didn't say he's a Chinese spy. Neither did the person asking the question ("The US Government alleged that you gave sensitive information to the Chinese.") I'm saying, he very possibly gave sensitive information t
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by freyr 13y ago
> * "aggressive" is an apt description of their tone, and it's not limited to just this story.* Of course it is. CNN competes with 250+ other channels to grab your attention, draw you deeper in, and serve you commercial br
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by freyr 13y ago
We learned that (taking him at his word), he hasn't personally handed classified information over to the Chinese government, but he has handed it over to an unknown number of journalists. Who have the journalists passed it along to, vo
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by freyr 13y ago
> It would be a pretty "troll" move at this point. Maybe he should have said, "Not wittingly." He wittingly gave Greenwald classified documents to make public, so "not wittingly" is not true. Via Greenwald
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by freyr 13y ago
When asked for a flat-out answer whether he gave classified information to the Chinese government: "No. I have had no contact with the Chinese government. Just like with the Guardian and the Washington Post, I only work with journalis
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by freyr 13y ago
> last I checked, the purpose of MAPP wasn't to allow MAPP-partners the ability "to exploit vulnerabilities in software sold to foreign governments" The phrase you quoted is utterly meaningless, and the article provides
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by freyr 13y ago
Without government intervention, I don't think this news will disrupt the habits of typical consumers. They'll continue using whatever is easy or the most popular. Corporations that have a vested interest in providing security (or
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by freyr 13y ago
> The icons are easiest part of a redesign to redo and implement tho Agreed, but that's why it's so puzzling that these icons were released in the first place. If they're the easiest to do and redo, they should be the easi
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by freyr 13y ago
Apple did unveil a few new features (some derivative, some original), but the consumers have focused entirely on the interface, and particularly the icons. If that's all anybody gets concerned about, where is the pressure to deliver pr
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by freyr 13y ago
Care to provide a citation for that? You're painting the people involved as dishonest, which may or may not be true. But to assess that, the source of alternative information to be considered. And "elsewhere" is not a good so
930.
by freyr 13y ago
That nobody in the real world has actually tried it yet? Fair enough. But I remember when Apple first made the iTunes icons monochromatic, and everyone complained that they'd no longer be able to distinguish the icons. People seemed to

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