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by j_b_f 17y ago
This page http://www.google.com/adwords/tvads/how.html seems to indicate that the maximum video upload size is 100MB. This seems awfully small for broadcast-quality video. I guess it's only 30 seconds or so, but still.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I'm having the same issue on Chrome/Mac 4.0.249.49.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I'm sure the Flash widgets he's demoing have nothing to do with how his battery is close to dead throughout the demo.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Okay, yeah, you're right. But the takeaway is that while the two American networks are incompatible both the N1 and the iPhone should support world roaming equally well.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
If you type fast enough you'll often be pressing the second key with your other thumb before the first thumb has quite left the keyboard. The iPhone allows for this but the N1 doesn't (or doesn't appear to in limited testing).
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Not in my experience. Hold down one key, then hit another, the second key doesn't register (like it does on the iPhone).
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Sure, I get that. But the description above should suffice for most people. It's the same terminology used by the GSM Association: http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml (this link is awesome in that it shows you what bands t
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I've been playing with the Nexus One pretty heavily for the past 24 hours and I can confirm that the battery is basically what you'd expect. Heavy usage means you won't make it through the day, but you can easily do so on reasonable web sur
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I can confirm this. Stuck my AT&T SIM in my N1 and no 3G. Here's the deal: Most of the world = 3G 2100, AT&T = 3G 850/1900, T-Mo USA = 3G 1700/2100 MHz, Nexus One = 3G 900/1700/2100. (For reference, iPhone 3G = 3G 850/1900/2100).
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I have a Nexus One and I have to say I've quickly become ALMOST as good at typing as I was on the iPhone. Sometimes the lack of multi-touch (pressing one key while you're letting up on another) bites you in the ass but it's pretty rare. My
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I heard that T-Mo just got their 3G up and running in HNL. Great device to test it out on!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
There's inspiration everywhere.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Also, where I live, the Zipcars started to get really beat up and were generally in terrible shape (see my other comment). If you reported every scratch, dent, and problem you'd be calling in every car you rented.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I used Zipcar for a couple of years but in the end found it too inconvenient for my use case (lots of high-mileage multi-day trips). Since I hate traditional car rental places as much as the author I ended up just getting a car, which has b
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by j_b_f 17y ago
That link was pretty interesting! It's weird to think that contingency fee arrangements were banned until relatively recently.
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Anonymous sources: an experiment(jbf.posterous.com)
6 points by j_b_f 17y ago|2 comments
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Holy crap. This is a little tongue-and-cheek, but if it inspires even one person to start an airline Boeing will make their money back in no time!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
It's just a press release. Marketing != reality.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
This is a pretty fun project. Nice, lightweight, combines multiple sources. Kind of embarrassing for the news outlets though that google can produce a better version of a full-feed experience than they can.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
What are the advantages to using any of these over the PayPal Direct Payment API? https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_dcc_hub-outside
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by j_b_f 17y ago
VistA has an open source release called OpenVistA that is pretty well-supported: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvista/
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Parking (Tickets) in Boston(blurpr.com)
22 points by j_b_f 17y ago|7 comments
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by j_b_f 17y ago
The volume of high-quality business and life observations you've been producing lately has been super impressive and inspiring. Keep up the great work!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I think he might mean "SimpleDB" where he says S3 and "SQL Azure" where he says SDS.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Man, this is a killer! I wish I had known that. Wish, wish, wish. Over the years I've poured hundreds of thousands of dollars down the toilet only to find that the customer had other objections (price/our size/whatever) rather than just pur
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Sure, if you have an urgent opportunity, sometimes you need to take it. But I had an employee once who suddenly quit to go to _med school_ - to which he had applied over a year earlier and never told us. It was devastating to the project he
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Linkbait riddled with spelling errors. Skip it!
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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great (1 hour CNBC Town Hall)(cnbc.com)
20 points by j_b_f 17y ago|10 comments
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by j_b_f 17y ago
This is actually a great Google Tech Talk on the language, definitely worth watching for anyone interested in Go.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Yeah, anyone who takes the formal requirements literally for a startup the size of Dropbox is probably not the type of person they're looking for. If you do a cover letter where you're like "I LOVE Dropbox and have used it for X years, have

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