gizmomagico

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by gizmomagico 16y ago
How do you find your clients, and is your consulting/contracting work something a mere mortal could pull off too?
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
You don't seem to realize that "with your permission" was nothing but a distraction, just like mentioning "improving the quality of searches". In case you didn't notice, he then proceeded to tell you that they know everything about you alre
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Oh you can rest assured that corruption/lobbying is everywhere.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Umm.. What about then/than? That seems to be the most common mistake.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Was the fun part that they suggested contacting the Human Resources manager?
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
That's a bit of a cop-out. You did present it as following your own advice and seeing if it works. Seeing if it really works requires you to be in square one.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
This is exactly why increasingly it's hard to do a startup without teaming up with someone with a reputation. I'll be looking forward to seeing you mention this on your blog, perhaps even in the comments for the latest post.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
I can't help but note that hating Python seems irrational.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Everyone knows XMLHTTPRequest originated from IE, but does that really matter? It's not like no other company could have come up with anything like that, is it? No matter when it's deemed "finished", HTML5 is coming along nicely. It feels l
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
I suggest you do the following: - Make sure that you at least quadruple the amount of incompetent middle managers at Microsoft. - Ensure that all important decisions are made by douchey sales guys. - Maintain bass-ackwards-compatibility as
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Don't wait for W3C, if it's up to them we will have to wait till 2019 for a complete HTML5 specification. The other browser developers will either follow, and if not, developers will decide if they make a windows only application. Wow! Ar
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Well, in that case they should just tackle me to the ground the instant they see me touch a water bottle. Why don't they do that? :)
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Alright, you had some kind of primitive system for communicating certain "messages". It could be comparable to Morse code - two taps on the table means "me hungry", etc. But I don't think that's related to people saying things like "70% of
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
The security theater was introduced after 9/11, for whatever real reason, and I think it would be really difficult to find evidence of the public actually asking for it. It's strange you claimed it did. It's pretty difficult to believe it m
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
> It goes both ways... Actually it usually goes only one way..
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
> On another note, IIRC, only 7% of face-to-face communication is the actual words we use. The rest is body language, voice tone, facial expression, and context (and I might be leaving something out). That's a popular idea to throw arou
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
It's true that choosing some other words besides "none of your business" would probably have helped him a little. Your point is that being perhaps even particularly polite in situations like this would reduce the potential for trouble for y
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
a> no, no adverse effects other than being downvoted (which is a form of suppression of speech through discouragement). This bears repeating. People here keep saying you shouldn't care about downvotes, but you nailed it. In effect, it
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
For example something like the NYPD Most Wanted list: http://a056-crimestoppers.nyc.gov/crimestoppers/public/publi... which contains maybe 1 white person(^) out of dozens of suspects, and that there might be more to it than just bad luck
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
You forgot about Political Correctness. Despite all the intellectualism, we can't discuss things that are: - Outside of the realm of rainbows & unicorns - Inconvenient truths (about the world we live in)
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
And that everyone needs to have something to say about what they've done. In other words, they have to have done something.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Exactly. It's been a really effective PR-campaign though.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
So what is this mysterious all-encompassing company then?
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
> Learn to read first before worrying about tact and perspective. You said "you're full of shit", which I thought lacked tactfulness. You're right, I didn't read the earlier comment carefully enough. I guess it needed to be quite forcef
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
What exactly did I say that warranted a reprimanding like that?
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
And lovely, by the way.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
You lack some perspective and tact, you silly goose. It's not very surprising you and your friends think your native language is easier and that you prefer your own writing system. Way to navel-gaze, hello? As someone whose native language
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Google is not there to "get a discussion going" - it's there to guide things towards its own interests, just like Verizon et al. The point here is that Google is just another huge, evil(1) company among others like it, and that all its rece
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
Google is telling the FCC how they might want to do things precisely because they're just one random company that couldn't possibly influence anything? Also, they know who you are, Mr. ergo98.
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by gizmomagico 16y ago
If they'll let you start a business just like that, but won't let you live there, can you just run your business abroad, over the Internet then? That's what I'd like to do anyway.

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