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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I'm not sure if I gave the impression that I think pirating games, songs, or movies is acceptable to me but it is certainly not. I have paid for every song I own, every movie I've watched, and every game I've played. No exceptions.
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Within a month of releasing my very successful iPhone app TextPics, there were several Chinese clones using a slightly modified icon, all of my content, my design, layout, and with names like "TextPics Pro" and "TextPics(R)" or "TextPics+".
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I think that is a most excellent analogy! I will now use that myself the next time the conversation comes up. Everyone is always so doom and gloom about any technology relating to the future of the human race but I think everyone adjusts, j
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
My app has been featured three times now by Apple (TextPics) www.textpicsapp.com. The first time, in early 2011, it spent around two weeks at around the #3 Top Paid app position, the second time (late 2011) it made it to #8 I believe and th
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
This reply made me smile, and is such a great example of why it's so hard to trust anything we read on the Internet, anywhere. I don't know which response to believe, if either, and don't know why I care so much either way. Edit: A little c
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Hey now, just try to imagine how bad it would look without his fading images! One could see why he'd be so upset!
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Existence is hardly an impressive accomplishment.
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I see where the author is coming from with his arguments, but I'll bet 10 bucks his project won't be seeing any pull requests moving forward. Github did not supplant git, it created the market for git. If it weren't for github, we'd all sti
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I'd still rather watch rats play basketball than a rat brain smear fly a fighter jet. It's just so much cuter.
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Odd, this is from 2004, so it's 8 years old, which is like a century in tech years. I'm surprised I have not heard of more advancements in this (creepy!) field.
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
That was the point about "life is not fair" and again about "mitigating" the risks. I didn't say it removes the risks. Nothing does, not even big brother taking all our personal responsibility and freedoms away.
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Thank you Mr Tosh for that. And so everyone can enjoy the whole bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RoLdkgjKhs
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
I know the term "Death Panels" pushes a lot of peoples buttons, but it sounds to me like a government agency that decides that someone, and later when money is more tight that some-subset is too expensive, is basically just that - a Death P
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
It is in fact stealing, just as "copying" a song is stealing (I know the HN audience won't like that!). "Copying" software is stealing it. Using a euphamism to alleviate your guilt regarding a crime is just self delusion. And I realize this
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
Yup, very down. My site is down, and I've been attempting to reboot and recreate instances like a madman... Why didn't I just check HN first??
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
...Came expecting a detailed interesting dissection of why fire makes a flame (seriously)... Left pleased and satisfied...
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by ftwinnovations 14y ago
No that's not actually true. That link was just the first from here: http://37signals.com/manifesto And #8 is meant to demonstrate that they have very large and important clients, proving their "experience", which is the title of that sec
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
> The flip side is the risk of cybercrimes. According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention the number of computerized fraud cases, including skimming, surged to nearly 20,000 in 2011 from 3,304 in 2000. Damn flip sides..
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Another +1 for removing categories. I find myself subconsciously ignoring headlines based on the category even though when I force myself to read it, it's actually something I'm interested in. Super dumb! But for me seems to be my human nat
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
The publisher will always claim it is not fraud no matter what level of investigation Google performs. And Google only refunds the portion of the earnings that they find to be in violation. This to me, as a business owner, seems logical whe
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
It is not theft. After review Google refunds the earnings to the advertisers who, from Google's standpoint, the publisher is stealing from via click fraud. And I speak from experience. I know this because a very large ad based site of mine
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Upvoted. I'm with you, and don't understand this seeming 100% pro piracy attitude. I am 100% against piracy in every form, but also 100% against aggressive government involvement in nearly everything. But if people are blatently stealing or
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Absolutely. Came to the comments just to say that. Also, would be nice if it remembered which "load more" page you had open in a cookie or something so when going "back" after looking at one in more detail, I don't have to click Load More a
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Hi Anirudh, Your idea sounds interesting however I cancelled when the Twitter auth screen requested more permission than I'm willing to give this service. This application will be able to: Read Tweets from your timeline. See who you
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Happy New Year from Los Angeles, SF's less techy but more attractive big brother!
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
I find it sad that this comment gets downvotes, and disappointed in the HNers who did so. This comment is not trolling or pointless, but rather is well spoken and makes an excellent counter to a pro-union argument. A comment should never
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
iradik, now that I've read your explanation in the comments below I want to say I love the concept. A very cool way to almost instantly throw a site online and update from anywhere. Of course I have to agree with everyone saying "what the h
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
Unfortunately I don't know any AI researchers who have done work in the past 5 decades. Would you care to share what would happen? In all honesty I have no idea. Would they laugh and say that "no way AI needs another 20 years"? Or would the
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
As a small company owner I want to completely endorse this comment. These "proofs" of a developers skills and technical interest are the hard requirements I have before conducting any interview. Naturally the "social proof" is also importan
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by ftwinnovations 15y ago
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING AND FELT IT REPEATEDLY TAKE MY FOCUS AWAY FROM THE CONTENT AND INTENT OF THE POST WHILE I LOOKED AROUND MUSING ABOUT WHY HE WOULD MAKE SUCH AN ODD CHOICE WHY NOT ALSO BREAK PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMER RULES

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