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by jimmydddd 10y ago
Good point. They could offer a small competitive advantage though. Many people in my neighborhood constantly change between Optimum and FIOS. Maybe if one had robo blocking, it would slightly tip the scales in their favor?
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by jimmydddd 10y ago
I've always been confused as to why the phone companies refused to put any effort into this. Do they make significant money from spam calls? I can't see how that would be. Does anyone have any info? In fact, when nomo robo (www
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by jimmydddd 10y ago
I would think that typically, a corporation has a large financial advantage over the individual in a potential lawsuit. For example, if they published a video of mine, I wouldn't even be able to pay enough to hire attorneys to file a
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by jimmydddd 10y ago
Sometimes, while interviewing for multiple jobs, the window to accept an offer for job A ends before you receive an offer for (preferable) job B. So you accept job A as a hedge, and then immediately rescind job A if you get the offer for j
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Re: "global federation of skills is greater good for the species." Yes, but IMHO, a smooth transition over time would probably work best. Not an abrupt disruptive change where whole departments of guys lose their job over nigh
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Reminds me of Tony Horton (P90X dude). He worked for years as a trainer and aspiring actor/standup comedian. He didn't hit it big until he started making exercise videos when in his forties. The acting and comedic skills combine
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Sean: I've been a fan of Streamus from early on. Thanks. YT's policy seems to be "No Audio without Video, unless the Audio is from YT running in another browser tab, then it is OK." That being said, there's a Chrom
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Maybe getting us all to go to the site was the prank? Well played!
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
I think it is similar to the existing products. They have just tweaked it to be a bit less sweet and more neutral in flavor. They also have a slightly different nutrition profile. And they have successfully marketed to tech guys instead o
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Cool. Thanks. Again, nice job.
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Sounds good. I am a pluviophile. Is this any different than, for example, rainymood.com, rainycafe.com or rain.simplynoise.com, among others? No offense meant. Just curious.
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@jgmmo You raise an interesting question about software patents. Many people think that physical hardware devices, like an improved portable GPS device for my car, or a police radar gun, should be patent eligible. Many of those same peopl
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@wavefunction. I see their point, but I don't quite follow their logic. I don't think the patent office has much control over how many people file patent applications, they just examine them once they are filed. For example, th
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@kbutler Agreed. That Web site has a good understanding of the patent system (unlike, e.g., in general, writers for the NYT and WSJ). The article appears to state, however, that the patent office is working from reserves to make up for cu
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@elihu Many people would agree with that point.
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@jokoon The low quality patents are typically not found to be valid in court. The problem is, a founder does not want to spend the money and (most importantly) time to go to court. He/she wants to work on the startup. Also, some pate
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@omelet. Also, many feel that the patent office is currently incentivized to allow low quality applications to issue as low quality patents, because the patent office does not have the resources (i.e., people and computer search tools) to
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
@omellet You make an interesting point. The patent office doesn't really encourage the filing of patent applications though. Instead, it examines patent applications after they are filed.
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
For those who want to improve patent quality, let the patent office keep its funds so it can invest in updated technology and hiring and training patent examiners. Currently, those applying for patents pay fees to the patent office, but co
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by jimmydddd 11y ago
Is your boss over 45? It could just be a generational thing. For context, in my younger days, I worked in offices where no one ever (literally NEVER) took a personal phone call unless it was an emergency (this is before mobile phones and
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
Law school grad here. I agree with the other replies to @exelius. For law, prior work experience does not help, and can even hurt. Those $160k jobs go, for the most part, to students from the top law schools, or top students from the sec
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
2) above is the best advice in this thread (IMHO). Move to Boulder, and everything else will fall into place. :-)
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
@davidu: I have friends who apply to companies through the company recruiting Web sites. Even when they are great fits for a position, and it would be better to discuss the matter, they are still forced to fill out numerous fields without
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
Good point. I think it was the organization. In a large organization, you can't do everything yourself. "Can I get last year's sales figures for client A?" "When I get around to it." "I'm meeting
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
Nice recap. I had a friend who worked as a sales guy for Gore (his company was acquired by them). He said that he couldn't "order" anyone to do anything for him, so he had to spend all his time sucking up to people just to
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by jimmydddd 12y ago
US citizen here. I have friends and family in Europe and Canada. One relative in Canada was told that they would have to wait several months for an x-ray needed for diagnosis (and might die by that time), so came to the US for treatment in
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by jimmydddd 13y ago
You should reconsider what you were trying to accomplish with your remarks. If your intention was to change the policy, it may have been better to offer your criticism after the public event, in a less confrontational manner. No one like
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by jimmydddd 13y ago
@bigmario I used your extension and liked it. (I'm currently trying a different one). I don't think it's tacky to put up a donate button. I'm happy to throw a cup of coffee amount to free apps. There's even a few