ignifero

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by ignifero 15y ago
they don't own it, it's not been registered yet. and it has already been rejected once in the past. http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=7...
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by ignifero 15y ago
I believe they are overreacting, but on the other hand, if they don't cease, the cost of a litigation by apple might hurt them significantly. What i dont get is why apple doesn't just rename their store to something distinctive, since it'
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by ignifero 15y ago
I don't get it. How can they send a cease&desist for a trademark they clearly do not (yet) own? Is it premature litigation?
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by ignifero 15y ago
Social network is a broad term. I don't think the demographics of myspace and linkedin are related, in the sense that users dont jump from one to the other, so the title is misleading.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Many things one can relate to in there. For example, I just realized I also like praise for vanity/insecurity reasons. That's also the reason to write this comment. Confidence? You need to become a little macho to survive in business, but i
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by ignifero 15y ago
I believe you ll be hugely more motivated if you find yourself without a job for a while. It makes a difference, you are sort of forced to think and act faster (at least, it worked for me)
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by ignifero 15y ago
That. No matter how good the software, its the seeding of the community that's the hardest part. also HN is heavily moderated
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by ignifero 15y ago
Hey, i built this: http://textchannels.com/ some time ago, it even looks a bit like HN!
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by ignifero 15y ago
Because you believe that the men of the internet are hostile towards women, you can't do anything to fix that, so it's best to hide?
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by ignifero 15y ago
Or, for a more down-to-earth implementation, you might use a light-slowing material http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_light
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by ignifero 15y ago
Yet, since there are not many similar atmospheres in the region, if there were any backscattered radiation it wouldn't be impossible to detect.
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by ignifero 15y ago
"At the same time" with respect to its own frame of reference.
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by ignifero 15y ago
I wonder if there is research into gravitational lenses or other possible sources of naturally occuring space mirrors or lenses that we could use to collect light rays from the earth's past, maybe to detect its spectral content.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Why pay more money to the ICANN? obscure names+google+app marketplaces for the win.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Actually the "send feedback" link in Google+ does exactly that: asking you to highlight parts of the page where the error occurs and then obscure any sensitive info.
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's "preventing a problem", but it's also advising women that they should not participate in the social network unless they disguise themselves as men. What if higher public participation of women made stalkers go away actually? Totally an
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by ignifero 15y ago
I support the ability to hide sex as an option, clearly on the grounds that more options are better. But the logic presented here to support it is really wrong. It's the same logic by which women hid themselves in burqas, long dresses, and
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by ignifero 15y ago
Of course it's not the end of the world. But the societal pressure towards certain physical ideals skews everyone's perception of "attractive" (Not more than a century ago, slim women were considered unattractive). So it's not 100% a "pers
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by ignifero 15y ago
The main question to ask is: do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? For developers, when google opens up their platform, having the gender by default will make it easier to make a better interface and use pronouns correctly. On the other h
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by ignifero 15y ago
That's all nice to hear, but the truth is that the (popular and unpopular) culture of western nations drives behavior to be outright hostile and racist to those with even minor genetic defects. And people herd themselves like sheep.
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by ignifero 15y ago
I am kind of surprised that you think the best way to amend a problem is to avoid it. How about asking Google to implement an anti-stalker program and to actively ban/restrict those who engage in such behaviour?
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by ignifero 15y ago
Not a directory. Not even searchable
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by ignifero 15y ago
You have to give it to Microsoft. They use Word even for 140 letter documents now! (I understand spelling is a reason, but browsers have spelling now)
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by ignifero 15y ago
So does HN support utf8 ¢ðrrê¢†l¥?
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by ignifero 15y ago
This sentence strikes me as astonishingly hypocritical. Nature can immediately do 2 things to make the science they publish vastly more useful to the wider community: 1) Remove the paywall 2) Require publishing the code for computational pa
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by ignifero 15y ago
unbelievably vested in the current status quo Maybe because the current system, "based on debt as a lever for growth" did actually give much higher growth than the old currency which, like bitcoins, was based on a commodity and manip
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by ignifero 15y ago
I wonder why this will not have the fate of other humanly-curated directories.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Having followed facebook's platform and interface changes, there were a ton of do-overs, removing features than adding them back then removing again. It's more of a "move fast, break things, then fix it again" trial-and-error attitude. The
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by ignifero 15y ago
See, if you guys had made an english version, it would be a household name by now. downvote.
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by ignifero 15y ago
It is plain racist when you say "Modern greeks are ..." meaning "all", instead of "Many modern greeks are ...". but i wont follow the conventional politically correct wisdom and say that your comment is rubbish because of that.

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