james4k

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by james4k 14y ago
Yeah, I think if it makes sense for the site, you should focus more on making it fully crawlable. Generally, humans should be able to find all of your content, too.
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by james4k 14y ago
It has a global rate limiter AFAIK, so it's hit and miss depending on how much load it's under. Edit: I was trying to datamine Steam several months ago as well, but the amount of data I needed really was unrealistic for this very reason, a
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by james4k 14y ago
That's like saying the USD has fallen 80% in the last 30 days.
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by james4k 14y ago
This is a nice take on things. I could see a very Metro-esque look evolve very easily from this for Windows, too. Steam's current theme does feel quite busy. I do like the design of the new Big Picture mode, and I think we are probably due
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Steam Charts update - Added Search and Linkable Chart Timespans(steamcharts.com)
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by james4k 14y ago
Still restricted to JavaScript APIs, so only WebGL.
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by james4k 14y ago
Posted by a chromium developer, so there's internal interest at the very least.
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by james4k 14y ago
Agreed. You can see people trying to work around this by baking in their lighting, etc.
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by james4k 14y ago
Yeah.. I'm on Chrome 25 and was disappointed to see this.
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by james4k 14y ago
Well, you'll have to watch the next season 9 months or so after everyone else does.
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by james4k 14y ago
All of these guys aren't just ISPs; they're in the cable TV business. Conflicting interests, really.
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by james4k 14y ago
The North Korean elite get to benefit from the internet which probably doesn't hurt.
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by james4k 14y ago
Going by that, they had to fire ten guys so that they could hire Chris Welch! :)
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by james4k 14y ago
That would be such a tight schedule...surely they would have something in draft form at least. If this was someone's fulltime job, maybe I could see it, but really there's no reason for them to "test the waters". That was done with their bl
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by james4k 14y ago
It sounds like you couldn't get it to work and then decided they've done it wrong. I'm not terribly convinced.
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by james4k 14y ago
Interesting...while reading this, I started picturing Steam becoming something a bit more like Etsy, but for digital goods. Anyone else sort of get that vibe?
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by james4k 14y ago
Then why was it accepted in the first place? Edit: I know they've redacted apps after release plenty of times in the past, but it clearly involves bitcoin and they clearly have a stance on that, so chances are good that it was a calculated
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by james4k 14y ago
He's known for knowing his shit. :)
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by james4k 14y ago
There is a documentary on this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149190/ Have not seen it yet, but I saw the cover browsing around on Netflix.
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by james4k 14y ago
This strikes me as something that would be better as an iPhone app. Still, seems like a great simple app.
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by james4k 14y ago
I don't know, the form factor is interesting. Even aside from the modularity, the size is very small, and not sure how you could really do that for yourself. Look at the size of the ethernet port on the back compared to the whole unit. Edit
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by james4k 14y ago
If HBO can turn away from cable, and either go independent or partner with someone like Amazon, Apple, Netflix, or.. pfft, everyone, this could be interesting. That is probably hugely wishful thinking, though. Edit: Then again, they're alre
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by james4k 14y ago
Yeah, agreed. Or some other kind of crystallized rock. Very abundant in sands...and Mars is sandy.
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by james4k 14y ago
Visiting the other side of the family, but also contributing to a couple of open source projects.
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by james4k 14y ago
Stock options give employees a sense of ownership and responsibility in the company, which is a powerful thing.
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by james4k 14y ago
You say that, but when I was working in the Netherlands, my colleagues and I were repeatedly told that we could not stay to work in the office past normal working hours. Even with impending deadlines that for the life of the company could n
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by james4k 14y ago
Yeah, I was actually surprised to find how low UK taxes seem to be (or how high US taxes are) when I was investigating it for work several months ago. US spending levels are just outrageous. It would be interesting to compare the national b
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by james4k 14y ago
Genuinely curious: why is this any better than a web client?
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by james4k 14y ago
I guess this blog post was one of those 100 ideas? (not trying to be cheeky; you seem to be doing great, and keen.io looks great)
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by james4k 14y ago
Even though it's called Big Picture mode, it looks like it could potentially make a great touch interface.

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