greyman

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721.
by greyman 17y ago
You are right about the community, but many articles submitted to HN and many comments are also valuable in and of itself... it all depends on how he will execute the editorial part. What I am surprised about is when he says that he obtaine
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by greyman 17y ago
Good luck with your initiative, it's the first time I hear about the idea to create printed monthly from HN content. What I think would be also useful is to not only reprint articles with some karma point threshold, but to produce complete
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by greyman 17y ago
Come on... do you think the theory holds ground?
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Eric Schmidt Is the Nicest Guy in Tech(slate.com)
38 points by greyman 17y ago|8 comments
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by greyman 17y ago
C++ can also be simple, if you define beforehand which constructs you will use from the language, and which not. For example, working with std::vector or std:string is usually much simpler than working with char* buff and pointer arithmetic
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by greyman 17y ago
If we are on this, isn't it then better to have your files in Dropbox and edit them with some native application like OpenOffice or Microsoft Office?
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by greyman 17y ago
Nice work, but if I understand the article correctly, they basically modified the iPhone app with the similar functionality, not created the app from scratch (as the title might suggest).
728.
by greyman 17y ago
I use the similar approach, with the main principle being that the family must not be neglected no matter what. As my daughter slowly grows, I see clearly that a neglect of not spending enough time with her for a longer time can't actually
729.
by greyman 17y ago
Not on my screen. The letters are so thin that they are difficult to read. I am glad the Readability bookmarklet do exist.
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by greyman 17y ago
Ok, but Schmidt's decision about China was a miscalculation, let's admit it. It brought a lot of problems for Google, and didn't bring them that much money. They weren't that much profitable there, despite quite a large market share.
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by greyman 17y ago
jhancock, you might be right on this, but the problem I see is that your thinking is still within the Party line. Party says that censorship must be done, so everyone should obey the Party. But what I think Brin understood is, that it is j
732.
by greyman 17y ago
But you forgot to mention that it is the Chinese communist party in the first place who blocks ordinary Chinese from obtaining information (and forcing others to do the same blocking). Let's talk about why Chinese netizens "can't have it al
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by greyman 17y ago
I don't understand. In your off day, you are not in the office, are you?
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by greyman 17y ago
I would object against naming HuffPo as a good example. 1) They are not profitable. 2) Quite a few of their articles are just rewrites of other journalists work. They read article in other media, and then re-tell it in their own words. Whic
735.
by greyman 17y ago
Moreover, in the so-called "real" journalism, in many cases the reporter actually has to physically go somewhere to witness what is happening, and then the total cost of producing an article is even higher, in other words journalism work is
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by greyman 17y ago
Why not? Just asking... For example, in Slovakia the top two online news websites are profitable. One has also a print daily, the other one is online-only.
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by greyman 17y ago
You are right that Carlsen would probably win, but not because he is "better". I remember Kasparov himself commented on this issue recently, saying something like since he doesn't already plays competitive chess, his intuition is not that s
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by greyman 17y ago
In my opinion his post was constructive and it doesn't really matter that his account is 65 days old. He could be in read-only mode before, or just developed the understanding he presents in those 65 days.
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by greyman 17y ago
As I understand it, your idea is that the user will discover some new interesting quotes and then the community can vote them up. I like the idea, but in a general sense, quote is something shorter (usually just one sentence), and aiming at
740.
by greyman 17y ago
As I understood the staunch's complaint, it was not primary about "it's wrong to charge for content". Obviously, it is not wrong in and of itself. What is probably not 100% kosher is that you first create a service for free, then thanks to
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What Would You Do For $5?(techcrunch.com)
2 points by greyman 17y ago|0 comments
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by greyman 17y ago
I agree with each paragraph above. Generally, I consider the quality of most headlines to be sufficient, and in cases where it is not, I still have a second option - click on the comments first, which will give me enough suggestions whether
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by greyman 17y ago
I think the author could have gone further with his imagination. Yes, iPad will allow to display the formless content into different layouts, but that's hardly impressive...any e-book reader should be able to do that soon. Actually, the iPa
744.
by greyman 17y ago
In my opinion, any discussion about the "free will" or its non-existence should begin with the precise definition of the term. I observed in the past than people have different notions about what the term comprises, and without that common
745.
by greyman 17y ago
Yes, that would make it a better title. But the article is surprisingly spot on.
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by greyman 17y ago
What exactly does it do?
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by greyman 17y ago
I am afraid it already is too late. Google just plainly out-innovated them, and there isn't any quick fix to revert that.
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by greyman 17y ago
No. That's a pretty good payoff.
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by greyman 17y ago
That is yet to be seen. But generally, Google mainly used to screw up the social applications, so this one should be ok. ;-) And, as it was mentioned, this one is probably needed for Chrome OS.
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by greyman 17y ago
Maybe I am a minority, but if I discover some new online company, I tend to check their blog to have a glimpse about what they are up to, how their thinking is in general and whether they are able to communicate in an intelligent way. To su

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