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by hussong 17y ago
While the video makes the wireframing process look like a lot of fun, the resulting UI just looks rather crammed and confusing to me. I'm wondering whether this is a side effect of the tool in the sense that it's easy, fun and rewarding to
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by hussong 17y ago
It strikes me as arrogant to dismiss a system as 'not valid' that has apparently worked pretty well for literally billions of people for thousands of years.
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by hussong 17y ago
The funny part is that they also managed to gather the fingerprint of then German Home Secretary Wolfgang Schäuble (an outspoken proponent of biometric authentication technology) and published it in the club magazine "Datenschleuder". On cl
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by hussong 17y ago
Honestly, it took me a minute to realize that the overlap between French and English is actually smaller than I thought (and much smaller than between English and German). I had a hard time coming up with sticky analogies for the spelling
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by hussong 17y ago
It's only hard to spell if you have no clue about french ;-) Here's a memory hook: - "ou" because that's french for "oo", as in: douche. - "l" since it comes from "roule" or "rouler", as in: joule, boule (there is no "ll" between "ou" and "
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by hussong 17y ago
"A cynical commenter at TPM suggested the control experiment of asking people if they favor "heterosexuals" serving openly in the military." I think that would actually be a very enlightening experiment.
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Badly needed Buzz improvement #1: individually hide followees(anwag.posterous.com)
10 points by hussong 17y ago|6 comments
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by hussong 17y ago
At first, I was thinking this came from Google intensely dogfooding their products in-house before releasing them into the wild: Within a company, you solve privacy issues simply by not sharing personal secrets. The frame of communication
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by hussong 17y ago
The ability to set privacy settings individually per contact, not just on the entire list seems to be a critical missing feature on buzz. There are some people you don't want to follow at all, and there are some people you want to follow in
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by hussong 17y ago
That's actually a great idea. If people don't get the address bar, you might as well take it away and get more viewport. A couple buttons could actually do the job for that segment of users. On top of that, you can sell an app that enables
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by hussong 17y ago
Whoa, what happened to that site? It keeps loading and loading... Total page load time: 35 seconds.
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by hussong 17y ago
Maybe the iPhone is actually more in the gaming market than the general mobile market?
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by hussong 17y ago
I think it would make a lot of sense to differentiate between: - Transparency of the government - Transparency of powerful companies - Transparency of public figures - Transparency of private individuals With celebrities like Tiger Woods, s
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by hussong 17y ago
This reminds me of the good ol' tupper party in several ways: - all aspects of the product are explained in detail by a competent person, - product recommendation comes from someone you trust personally, - explanation and recommendation are
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by hussong 17y ago
The $5 wrench comes to mind: http://xkcd.com/538/
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by hussong 17y ago
Great reaction by the company rep! Obviously, 'unbreakable' has its limits (i.e. if you run over it with a tank). I can image the 'hammer a nail with it' part though, unless you use the display for that.
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by hussong 17y ago
Thanks for re-balancing the view. The big picture behind this is scary. If every nation starts taxing internet companies from every other nation for revenue generated off their own population (regardless if said company has a presence in th
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by hussong 17y ago
My impression is that the early wide adoption of Minitel created an 'online mindset' that also fueled adoption of the web in France. Pride of people in power may be another story, but everyday usage seems to come pretty natural to them. It
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by hussong 17y ago
That's not how I think personally. I'm curious to see how this plays out myself. Wait, are you trying to social engineer readers here into thinking Max is a con man?
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by hussong 17y ago
Thanks, we are in fact very happy with our logo and how it all came together: http://blog.directededge.com/2009/08/10/the-logo-story/
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by hussong 17y ago
No worries and thanks for the quick fix!
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by hussong 17y ago
That's right, while the product info may be in the clear, we do not collect personally identifiable information from our customers' end users.
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by hussong 17y ago
I'm afraid there isn't, but the card is only authorized upon signup though and you will only be billed after 30 days. You could also sign-up for a non-commercial developer plan, Adam. It doesn't require cc info: http://www.directededge.com
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by hussong 17y ago
This is simply amazing, John. I wonder what you could do with two sets...
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Startup Visa End of Year Update(feld.com)
1 points by hussong 17y ago|0 comments
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by hussong 17y ago
"And yet the UK press and politicians, yesterday and today, have been up in arms that Google’s theoretical UK tax bill could have built hospitals and purchased helicopters for troops in Afganistan." Theoretically, they could. But in the c
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by hussong 17y ago
"The complex DRM system, which involves several certificates and server-delivered time-sensitive keys for hard drives and projectors, failed in a way consistent with the movie’s epic status." This sentence just made my day.
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by hussong 17y ago
Wait, you can resize the comment field? Quite handy, doesn't work with Gecko-based browsers nor Opera...
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by hussong 17y ago
I'd add: Get a credit card or two.
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by hussong 17y ago
As an Italian citizen, you'll be able to enter the US under the WVP. You won't be authorized to work though. Taking part in YC under the WVP is possible.

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