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811.
by hartror 16y ago
There is always a trade off between security and usefulness. The best secret is one that no one knows. It is also completely useless. This trade off is one that startups/hackers deal with all all time and there is no right answer, just worr
812.
by hartror 16y ago
So if this gets passed there will be a numerous ways of circumventing this as people will organise around it. Also once this starts happening it will provide huge promotion for the sites that are inflicted with this legislation. Can we volu
813.
by hartror 16y ago
Who decides that? Where is the line drawn? What is the appeals process? How much is it going to cost to appeal (lawyers etc)? This is censorship and it is a slippery slope, trust me I'm Australian we are unfortunately all to familiar with c
814.
by hartror 16y ago
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/case-against-coica
815.
by hartror 16y ago
Wow Ramit must be happy with that piece, it is like NYT reposted one of his blog posts verbatim! Ramit has some great tips, his general message seems to be get off your lazy ass a do something about your finances!
816.
by hartror 16y ago
Oooooh i get it. Right don't have an iPad and haven't spent more than 5 minutes on one so didn't recognize the formating. Clever.
817.
by hartror 16y ago
Bluewaters sounds exactly like a name from a scifi novel too . . .
818.
by hartror 16y ago
Changes in sales? Surveys of brand awareness? I'm not a traditional marketing guy but I doubt there aren't techniques that can be used to at least gauge the response to a campaign. They won't be direct necessarily but they must be there!
819.
by hartror 16y ago
But that is the point really. Does Twitter need them anymore? Just like Facebook did, slowly cutting down the avenues that developers can access users will increase Twitter's revenue. Developers want an audience so they will jump through Tw
820.
by hartror 16y ago
I am not disagreeing with you but this seems illogical to me. Surely businesses measure the response to general advertising?
821.
by hartror 16y ago
If I was pg my first question to the Crowdbooster guys would have been "What happens if twitter builds this?". And if I was the Crowdbooster guys my answer would have been "Could twitter do this?" and shown plans to integrate with a gambit
822.
by hartror 16y ago
Doubtful, they're certainly not finished with advertising for a start. Then there are plenty more premium features they can provide to businesses looking get the most out of twitter. Any one of the startups build around twitter is fair game
823.
by hartror 16y ago
That often can be a problem with Hard SF ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_science_fiction ) the characters usually take the back seat. There also was definitely some loose plotting in there. All that said Red Mars is essential the canoni
824.
by hartror 16y ago
I think every space article I have read on HN has had a better write up by Phil linked in the comments.
825.
by hartror 16y ago
" this product isn't email, but it lets people who do use email to connect with the rest of us " Even Facebook seem to have caught the email is dead meme. " keep this lookup table in my head " Is this a pain point for anyone? Our contacts a
826.
by hartror 16y ago
If I just had a 10% pay rise in this economic climate I'd be pretty darn happy right now . . how long it will last of course . . .
827.
by hartror 16y ago
Calculating the balance between opposing gravitational and inertial forces is yet another reason why evolution is awesome. Fixed it for you. edit: Really? Downvotes for promoting evolution? Just because I did it in an amusing way?
828.
by hartror 16y ago
TechCrunch has made a credible showing that it may be able to establish the existence of a joint venture under which Fusion Garage owed it certain fiduciary duties. Depends on what other claims TC made, probably some claims with malice
829.
by hartror 16y ago
The words "barge pole" and "wouldn't touch" come to mind and I didn't follow the saga apart from a quick skim over some summaries.
830.
by hartror 16y ago
... have no idea what classes and objects mean ... I hope you don't have to look for a job with that resume!
831.
by hartror 16y ago
I was under the impression that Ruby doesn't fit the kitchen sink aspect of the list. It certainly is a bankable language right now, especially if you are a web dev, and it seems to make lots of people happy. But my impression is the librar
832.
by hartror 16y ago
Logging! Bye bye nasty hack!
833.
by hartror 16y ago
Yeah that was my answer: Python Python Python
834.
by hartror 16y ago
When is ensuring employee confidentiality not good general business practice?
835.
by hartror 16y ago
Sony suffered a bit with the PS3 being used by Universities as cheap super computer clusters. I believe from memory PS3 had a very low attach rate (the number of games purchased per console). Though from Sony's view point they are also tryi
836.
by hartror 16y ago
Sure, but as a guru you know how to and when to use them.
837.
by hartror 16y ago
I wonder what the reasons behind this are? Less opportunities going around? More competition for the same number of opportunities (from other funds or cashed up companies such as FB & Google buying out companies early)? A reaction to th
838.
by hartror 16y ago
Should I be worried the associated video was removed?
839.
by hartror 16y ago
Given how close to land it was and the time it was fired (just approaching the peak of the news cycle) certainly points to a publicity stunt of some sort.
840.
by hartror 16y ago
Why are all the headings in flash? Why?!

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