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by jhancock 17y ago
good plug. I'm fairly certain to start using tools like this as managing "test VMs" is a PITA.
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by jhancock 17y ago
The excuse for not testing on all browsers is that its incredibly time consuming. It also requires you to be at your main workstation that has all those test VMs.
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by jhancock 17y ago
How much of the product is built? Any customers yet or other proof of the biz model? What value do you bring to the table? How many other founders are there or will there be? How much more funding do you expect?...helps to predict dilut
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by jhancock 17y ago
You really should study the curriculum for a particular school. Last I looked, CS programs vary widely. Find a school you like and can afford and see if the program looks like it suits you. Also, there is whole lot more to college than j
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by jhancock 17y ago
Thanks for the book tip. Now, assuming this article is clueless. It is well written, but ok, lest say its factually inaccurate. Where is the article that is accessible and has enough facts right?
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by jhancock 17y ago
I agree, the stated benefit of I don't have to give my details, is not just confusing but plain wrong. Checks leak as much if not more information. I was replying the parent post of why checks do have some value. The laws for check fraud
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by jhancock 17y ago
You are correct on the technical side. On the legal side, there is clear support to protect fraudulent use of a written check. If you go to your local police station and try to file a criminal report on someone abusing your Visa or PayPal
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by jhancock 17y ago
good list. I'll add 5 - There are strong criminal laws for abuse of checks. If someone misuses my Visa info, I have to go through Visa for complaints and maybe could get some response from law enforcement. With someone writing or modifyi
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by jhancock 17y ago
A common benefit of foreign keys is to allow cascading deletes (haven't read if this new SQLite FK enables this). This is usually a performance benefit for the DB and app processes. It also helps to not_repeat_yourself by having the "busin
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by jhancock 17y ago
It should be interesting to see how this pans out. There may be an agenda at play here to get a foot in the door of forcing media entities to acknowledge who is paying for exposure. This is a serious problem with media, particularly what
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by jhancock 17y ago
Obama seems to be a good man with good intent. Awarding him the Peace prize without a clear representation for a big problem he has helped solve does seem out of place. Al Gore didn't actually solve a problem either. Well, unless you cou
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by jhancock 17y ago
Its a good reminder that you have to sell, sell, sell. But his example that your selling an email newsletter with valuable information, leaves you wondering when you have time to create the newsletter. If you actually did have time to talk
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by jhancock 17y ago
You should only create a startup if you've identified a good market to target. I know, its the people that matter, the idea will change. Well, yes, but that's only part of the story. Entrepreneurial endeavors should target a problem you
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by jhancock 17y ago
never heard of IdeaPaint before. Very cool. I need to paint my son's room with that stuff.
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by jhancock 17y ago
While I generally agree with you, on such a touchy subject as IQ and race, you do need to be a bit more careful with your words.
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by jhancock 17y ago
hristov didn't really answer your question. I'll try...I am not a lawyer, but have paid tons of money to them over the years ;). Bottom line is if you sell the product in the U.S., you can be sued by a U.S. patent holder. If you absolutel
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by jhancock 17y ago
I know a few things about the China patent office. Chinese businesses are getting a greater percent of their applications approved than non-Chinese filings. I have not heard the U.S. being accused of favoring U.S. businesses.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Sorry, I'm sure I misrepresent the mechanics of how liberally issuing patents is supposed to be a protectionist policy, but it was clear to me that was the guiding principle. I do understand you have to file in multiple domains. But it d
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by jhancock 17y ago
less reliable than international SMS?
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by jhancock 17y ago
The reason so many patents are issued isn't, for the most part, due to dumb examiners and judges. Its part of a political/economic agenda to enrich U.S. interests in global free market warfare. As other markets grow and adopt technology,
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by jhancock 17y ago
no idea. I'm not even sure that in 1996 I had heard of python. Not sure why folks on this thread want to keep bringing python into the mix, especially in a 1996 context. Others have stated that python isn't and never has been the core to
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by jhancock 17y ago
It is reasonable to recall that Java was being promoted in 1996 as the "net" language, yet lacked basic mature libraries for being so. Java only became a decent language with mature libs after many years of front running this position. So
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by jhancock 17y ago
I have been involved in court cases. Here is my experience: you don't win. You don't get your money back for legal costs. At best, you get to decide when to walk away, let go, and get back to your business if your lucky enough that its
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by jhancock 17y ago
I do understand your point of view. Ignoring it was a valid option. However, if he ignored it and the other side actually filed suit, now you have real costs without regard to the suit's merit. These guys made a decision to not let this
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by jhancock 17y ago
"What I’m really interested in is developing the community and service, and – on a bigger scale – the open web. I’m not interested in pouring my time and resources into an open-ended legal confrontation." Your legal opinions aside, his choi
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by jhancock 17y ago
good summary. Unfortunately, for Dave, noone would have paid any attention if he had written something so short and clear it could be sent through twitter.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Our gov isn't too great at estimating costs. The ongoing Iraq war was initially estimated at around $60 Billion or so. Current estimates have it at $3 trillion.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Private sector jobs include all the minimum wage stuff which have no benefits. Even Steve Jobs only makes $1 a year, those types of pay packages skew the results as well. It would be more interesting to see averages segmented by job categ
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by jhancock 17y ago
First off, the South wasn't always "red" states and you would do well to not permanently brand an entire state as such. Georgia's current governor is the first Republican to hold the spot in 130 years!! Now you point out this $47B overchar
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by jhancock 17y ago
I would like to see meaningful data on how both "The border was fairly tight for most of US history" and how "Ike" cleaned things up so efficiently. You may be able to solve your fence problem by having extremely strict laws punishing U.S.

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