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by jhancock 17y ago
If you come up with a short list of alternate email providers, please post as I'm in the same boat for this and other reasons.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I believe Mr. Scoble has a family. Anyone here with a family that still works for a living will tell you that you don't have $6000 to spend on yourself.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Why? Well, smalltalk didn't always have nice OO code management tools. You used to have a good handle on your "changes" and "sources" files. At one point (early '90s), it was not a problem to take code from a text file you "filed-out" in
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by jhancock 17y ago
It didn't used to be this bad: 1 - I used to have a commercial app framework in smalltalk. You could take a fresh Digitalk smalltalk system (or even one with lots of mods as long as there were no namespace conflicts) and "file-in" my app f
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by jhancock 17y ago
China has over 60x the population of Australia but only 4x the GDP. Sounds like Australia is quite a honey pot relatively speaking. Especially when you consider YouTube ad revenue probably does better in Australia than in China.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I am for a small, new site (all aspects of the site's data needs). Haven't had any troubles since I started using it last summer.
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by jhancock 17y ago
This type of service has been around in Shanghai for quite a few years. Its been very useful to me.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I have no idea how far they may go in censoring the Internet in Venezuela. It is possible though to selectively censor twitter. The China firewall is capable of doing so. It takes quite a bit of filtering horsepower, but its possible.
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by jhancock 17y ago
HN'er DanielBMarkham has done this. A few months ago he posted a request for HN'ers to be his "advisors". I've participated (a little). Daniel has made fantastic progress on his new product and I've greatly enjoyed the reports he sends.
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by jhancock 17y ago
This is the most level-headed view I've read on this subject. A worthwhile read.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I understand the math. Every business since the world's first has prioritized customer support relative to the value of the customer; this is hardly a secret exclusive to PayPal. Dave's proposition that other sites may alleviate some of t
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by jhancock 17y ago
I like SaaS subscriptions as well. Most that hold my data as opposed to just providing a cool tool do not allow you to turn off your subscription for a few months without losing your data.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Really? Are you saying PayPal is not profitable and the lack of profitability is due to the costs of phone support for noobs forgetting their password? Don't throw ARPUs at me. Either they are profitable or they are not. I can certainly u
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by jhancock 17y ago
If your point was that businesses need to start charging for their services/content, ok fine, no argument there. But much of your rant is in finding a solution for password friction by pointing out what a major cost it is to PayPal. You m
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by jhancock 17y ago
I understand what he's implying. His case is thin. PayPal is huge and can easily afford the customer service required by noobs forgetting their password. Can you think of another way to operate such a business? His solution implies that
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by jhancock 17y ago
Sorry if I muddied the debate by bringing in other cases. I was attempting to contrast the decision which perhaps was not necessary. The decision against McCain-Feingold was strictly a 1st amendment one and the 14th does not effect the de
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by jhancock 17y ago
McClure gets close to a good point but fails to convert. Here's his solution to password friction: "Make a brain-dead simple, frequent-use product. If users login a lot, then they don't forget their password." He then lists the following
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by jhancock 17y ago
What was struck down was Congress passing a law that restricts speech and the rational as published by the court clearly shows this is why the law was struck down. McCain-Feingold does restrict speech and does so in fairly arbitrary manner
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by jhancock 17y ago
I have been thinking of another aspect of this case. One that obviates net neutrality, IMO. The ruling against McCain-Feingold states that government does not have the power to create penalties (criminal or civil) that limit speech. In t
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by jhancock 17y ago
Your right; that's why I don't do much business with large banks ;). I have one account with a large bank. I have not had any problems, but I limit my transactions with them to well documented transfers and have standing orders to not allo
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by jhancock 17y ago
My bank takes a different approach, an old one, to security. Here are three things that happened to me at their main bank office over the last 6 months. 1 - I sat down with a mid-level manager asking about a debit card in my wife's name fo
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by jhancock 17y ago
agreed. I find it interesting that in light of this, the photo on the home page clearly shows the platform within some country's water.
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by jhancock 17y ago
The U.S. Consul services offices in Shanghai have not allowed electronic devices for at least the last 5 years. They have lockers to store thing in prior to entering the waiting area. Its not something that bothers me but I do find it unn
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by jhancock 17y ago
Mental illness isn't always something that is persistent and never goes away. Its my understanding that most people experience some form of mental illness at some period in their lives. It is also my understanding that if your mind is in
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by jhancock 17y ago
It does seem obvious that such a device may be good for EHR and such. Timing will be the problem. This year is the big push for implementing EHR. The systems that will get implemented are ones in existence from numerous commercial vendor
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by jhancock 17y ago
I'm guessing the number that saw this in the NYT outnumber those that saw it on HN...I could be wrong. Otherwise, its useful in two ways: 1 - I can go through this article and make changes quickly trusting the NYT is giving me better setti
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by jhancock 17y ago
The China response, which is part of this article in The Standard, is a rewrite of what was published by the China Daily here: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/22/content_936488... The China Daily does not tell you too much more
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by jhancock 17y ago
Where are you planning to go?
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by jhancock 17y ago
The above statement is compelling. However, the law suit was about limitation on spending by corporations for elections. There has been a long standing argument that "money == speech" or more verbosely, "spending money to get your message
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by jhancock 17y ago
They prevent cash outflow by ensuring your business accounts are with local Chinese banks and your transactions must pass through those banks. A company has a quota (usually annual) for how much can be sent out of China and the banks have

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