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by jmngomes 11y ago
There a lot of problems with financial institutions that would be detected by "increased scrutiny " before something like this...
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by jmngomes 11y ago
I'd venture in saying that the costs actually go to the taxpayer, as the government will simply cut on actually relevant things to build stadiums. As to who reaps the profits, I wouldn't neglect decision makers within governments,
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by jmngomes 11y ago
"huge stadiums which are then completely empty and unused most of the time (like some of those built in Portugal in 2004)" Not "some of those built in Portugal in 2004" but actually most of them are currently being used
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by jmngomes 11y ago
"As for the granting of the World Cup, what has so upset the Anglophonic world is that someone else outspent England and US efforts to purchase the World Cup. " I think that "what has so upset the Anglophonic world", plu
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How does Valve’s management structure fit into today’s corporate world(blogs.valvesoftware.com)
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by jmngomes 11y ago
Management "consulting" firms are probably already preparing strategy maps for the next "new normal"...
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by jmngomes 11y ago
It isn't, unless you can actually sell it.
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by jmngomes 11y ago
It would be interesting to see how client-side templating affects SEO, namely now that we understand that JS is indeed executed by the crawler.
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by jmngomes 11y ago
It makes sense to me that the government should own "the pipes", and then lease them to competing firms, as these are a vital communication infrastructure.
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by jmngomes 11y ago
"Samsung's insistence on bundling crapware is killing Android." Sadly, the same thing applies to all smartphone manufacturers, Nexus being the exception. The amount of useless apps that hog scarce resources and that the every
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Letter to a Young Programmer Considering a Startup(al3x.net)
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by jmngomes 11y ago
I think a lot people already do...
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by jmngomes 11y ago
I think the "confusion" stems from the fact that this article is basically at the same level of quality as any other by Business Insider, i.e. void of content and filled with the traditional hype/BS on "how to be a pheno
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by jmngomes 11y ago
Try http://www.uiparade.com/ and http://ui-cloud.com/
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Twitter’s Streaming App Creates Piracy of Year’s Biggest Fight(bloomberg.com)
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by jmngomes 11y ago
Why? It was public information accidentally released by Nasdaq, right?
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Jobs for Engineering Majors by Salary Potential(payscale.com)
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by jmngomes 12y ago
"...it still seems dumb -- accepting a little money today at the cost of cutting your own throat in the long term. But then there aren't many providers in the US that aren't dumb" Well, if history proves anything is that
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by jmngomes 12y ago
Like in call centers, the toxic people aren't the CS reps that answer your queries, but psychologically troubled managers and paper pushers.
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by jmngomes 12y ago
I read that. Can someone shed some light over the motivation of the attacks?
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by jmngomes 12y ago
"Are you implying that private corporations are more motivated to take advantage of their employees for profit, rather than just trying to keep them happy and productive?" I'd say yes, of course they are, apart from very few
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by jmngomes 12y ago
"Based on reports we've received, we believe the intent of this attack is to convince us to remove a specific class of content." Does anyone know what that "specific class of content" is, or can shed some light over
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by jmngomes 12y ago
It'd be interesting to know how Booking.com, a good example of these tactics, uses "scarcity" messages, as every time I try to book something on that website I always get messages like "only 2 left" and "5 peop
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by jmngomes 12y ago
Agreed, and the same goes for the people that do "customer support" on call centers set up in basements, run by "managers" fit for a reenactment of the Stanford experiment, dealing with disrespectful customers that are a
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by jmngomes 12y ago
Surprising...not really. Saddening...very much, as it is a reflection of where press, as an industry, is going.
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The Technology Sector’s Dangerous Obsession with Startups(polemicdigital.com)
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by jmngomes 12y ago
Your chances are seriously increased if you are addressing a real and validated market need such as "Booking taxis is such a pain" and you get the method to solve the problem right e.g. "wouldn't it be nice for them to
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The NSA and its allies stole the keys to your phone's security(theverge.com)
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Collecting all (API/language) cheat sheets(overapi.com)
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by jmngomes 12y ago
Don't really see any grounds for comparison...anyway, corporate raids and coups are, unfortunately, quite common in Russia: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/magnitsky-verd...

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