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by htsh 17y ago
I've heard that proxies are being passed around already. Also, saw some assistance in that area going on over at slashdot..
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by htsh 17y ago
no monetization? how about selling concert tickets to all of the new people that like your music? or t-shirts?
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by htsh 17y ago
A slightly better writeup: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8097324.stm
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by htsh 17y ago
I don't think that's their primary argument or that he's trying to make an argument at all; its more an an observation that piracy helped him obtain some of the music he loved most growing up, especially the obscure stuff. Again, I agree w
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by htsh 17y ago
Well said. As an example, their latest headline is complaining that the one of the Pre development wikis that was about tethering the Pre was forced to shut down. They are trashing the dev's for not getting involved in a big, ugly legal b
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by htsh 17y ago
My point on why it was a poorly written story was that he implied it was some sort of "secret" which he was breaking. Sure, most people missed the google voice FAQ which talked about this, but don't call it something it was not. Even if i
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by htsh 17y ago
Yeah its the only bad thing I see about HN; it seems like everything t/c says makes it to the front page for some reason. You click on the headline, read the sometimes inflammatory/trollish story, scroll down and see that the author and co
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by htsh 17y ago
I just wanted to say that this price-gouging is most egregious in the legal world, where the textbooks are full of case-law that is legally required to be freely available. The prof's add their notes at the end of each case and then sell t
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by htsh 17y ago
Why would this be inaccurate? If there were no copyright laws, anyone could print a popular textbook and hence the market would drive the price down to just above the cost of printing it. What's unlikely is that we'll eliminate copyright
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by htsh 17y ago
oh not a problem. seems to be ok on digg & reddit so far and now that I get it, its kinda nice to have ..
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by htsh 17y ago
Minor thing - it seems to have messed up the comment threading. Check it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hitesh/3618708763/ edit: here it is with 4 comments. check out the whacked-out indentation of the comments -- the nesting is all off:
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by htsh 17y ago
I think its fine as long is at doesn't in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President.. Public figures are pretty much fair game. The question is whether the "manipulated in any way" is modified by "that in any way suggest app
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by htsh 17y ago
"pussyandguns.com" -- photos of cats and guns?
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by htsh 17y ago
mostly shits and giggles. the combinations of domains <$10 & alcohol has led to unintentional squatting of some sort for me the better part of 10 years.. lawgician was going to be a digg/reddit type of thing for legal news -- i don
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by htsh 17y ago
obamanutpunch.com poofilter.com lawgician.com
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by htsh 17y ago
When I did it back in 1999, we raised angel money right after we had a team & a short business plan with a powerpoint but not even an alpha product yet. Our idea required enough development work that we couldn't really manage while kee
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by htsh 17y ago
but its for fairness & balance ?
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by htsh 17y ago
yeah how did this right-wing propaganda site make the front page? the right wingers have been assaulting digg & reddit as part of their "strategy," perhaps they've added this site to their lists?
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by htsh 17y ago
stupid me. just realized that the "threads" link does what i was looking for.
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by htsh 17y ago
that and a search would be welcome additions. messaging is kinda pointless, but the little envelope that changes color when you have a reply is a fantastic usability feature. search would also be nice but can be pretty easily done with go
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by htsh 17y ago
Leaving a comment on T/C is like spinning a roulette wheel. It can be really frustrating to have comments censored when they are not incendiary or trollish in any way. What's shocking is that many racist / homophobic / trollish comments a
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by htsh 17y ago
Perhaps I'm an old man but it seems really retarded for folks like this to be wasting time with a problem that had been solved over a decade ago. And it doesn't have to be exactly the same -- but something is better than anything. Also, th
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by htsh 17y ago
I kinda like the HN system of only allowing downvotes if you maintain a comment karma above a certain level. That, or something like that, makes a lot of sense and it can't really be "gamed" by the comment trolls on techcrunch. Again, my b
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by htsh 17y ago
I am confused as to how a "tech" site such as t/c doesn't have any sort of community comment moderation features. It makes sense to let your readers vote down the trollish comments. On slashdot and reddit and even on digg, if you set your
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by htsh 17y ago
is there a backstory here? some context would be nice..
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by htsh 17y ago
you're right, i've never seen a story but i've seen comments that are at 0 or negative. I assume that there are a bunch of moderators that can downvote?
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by htsh 17y ago
just wondering - if nobody can downvote, how is it than some trollish stories end up at 0 or negative numbers?
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by htsh 17y ago
No, no I agree. He not only interrupts him, he does so to question someone like Laporte's journalistic integrity. Coming from someone like Arrington immediately following the last.fm thing, this is clearly something to object strongly to.
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by htsh 17y ago
Yeah, agreed. Though he tries his best to hide the fact, Arrington was a lawyer at a big law firm, neither a nerd nor a journalist. And here he is running a "news" site about technology. To his credit, he filled a void. I wish there were
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by htsh 17y ago
Agree wholeheartedly. Techcrunch has its faults, but its the only site doing what it does. To nerds who are used to civilized, crowd-moderated discussions on slashdot/reddit/HN, sites like TC and mashable look like big troll kingdoms, but

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