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by jncraton 17y ago
Temp workers are more expensive than CPU time. Bayesian filtering would go a long way in cutting out the auto responders, but I agree, the problem doesn't seem too difficult.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I don't think this is going to kill flash, or at least not for a while. The speculation that Google is going to switch YouTube over to HTML5 any time soon is quite far fetched. They would be alienating a large part of their user base. What
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by jncraton 17y ago
I agree. The web has changed a lot even since 2005 (when the article was written).
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by jncraton 17y ago
I am a student who is 1 year away from a BS in computer engineering. I'm also working on a startup.
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by jncraton 17y ago
It really depends on what you want to do. I like to have Wine installed so that I can run some Windows apps, but if you don't use Windows, that will be less important. I've also used QEMU in the past to run a virtual Windows machine inside
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by jncraton 17y ago
I don't know a lot about cryptography, but I have read a little about it and I've used it in projects. Could someone explain why a 256 bit key seems to crack more easily than a 128 bit key according to this paper? It seems to me that the op
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by jncraton 17y ago
That makes some sense. The key would fit more comfortably on the ring, but it would also probably make the construction even weaker and more likely to break off in a lock. I'm not sure which is better.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I think that the Google OS will be great even if I only boot to it occasionally. If it really only takes a few seconds to boot, it will be useful to use when on the road or when I just want to check email. It's a little like using Chrome in
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by jncraton 17y ago
Mozilla Firefox is completely independent and not pushing anyone's agenda I'm not sure that this is strictly true. The majority of the revenue from Firefox comes from the search deal with Google. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozi
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by jncraton 17y ago
The last time I checked, you could also accept a gmail invite without giving your mobile number.
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by jncraton 17y ago
As much as we work at viral marketing campaigns, its great to see that sometimes marketing is just dumb luck.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I'm relieved that the majority of technological advancement happened before I was born Maybe, but there is a lot of technology advancement still happening.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I get your point, but I just wanted to point out that there are cross browser bookmarklets available as well as the FF extension. http://readitlaterlist.com/bookmarklets/
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by jncraton 17y ago
Permission Marketing (Seth Godin) http://www.amazon.com/Permission-Marketing-Turning-Strangers...
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by jncraton 17y ago
You're correct. For someone who understand usability and interface design, the ability to customize will enhance productivity. Unfortunately, most users don't understand this, so the ability to customize generally leads to clutter (see mysp
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by jncraton 17y ago
I run Ubuntu daily. I love Linux, and I want to see it improve. Linux dominates in the area of raw performance, but that isn't the main thing that matters to an end user. When I sit down at a Mac, I know exactly how to do everything because
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by jncraton 17y ago
The Windows' fan club likes to point out that Windows is far more popular than Linux. The reason for that has nothing to do with quality and everything to do with monopoly. This is pretty flawed reasoning. Sure, Linux is much faster than
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by jncraton 17y ago
If people who played the lottery understood math, they probably wouldn't be playing the lottery. :)
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by jncraton 17y ago
I agree that current social networking applications fail at real world search at the moment, but what is preventing Facebook from adding a search component which searches the broader internet and uses information about your friends, interes
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The Great Wall of Facebook(wired.com)
83 points by jncraton 17y ago|39 comments
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by jncraton 17y ago
I agree completely that the service is infringing on the intellectual property of the authors of stories that HN links to. I just don't think that it is likely to get shut down, because, as you said, it is under the radar.
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by jncraton 17y ago
It's been working at least for a few months without getting shut down.
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by jncraton 17y ago
They didn't list YC among the Tipjoy investors.
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Ask HN: Who created hackernewsbot on Twitter? It rocks.(twitter.com)
7 points by jncraton 17y ago|0 comments
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by jncraton 17y ago
How long have you been holding on to that first one?
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by jncraton 17y ago
They may have a small head start. The article also doesn't mention what the boot time is for the current 9.10 build of Ubuntu.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I generally like to use frameworks that take care of the admin interface for me so that I don't have to worry about it. Django is a good example of this.
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by jncraton 17y ago
I think it's a little to early to say that Android has missed the game. I agree with your argument for the most part, but I'm waiting to see how the launches of Android phones go for the other major providers. Last I heard, Sony Ericsson an
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by jncraton 17y ago
I don't really see the great advantage of this over a simple task list. I've tried several GTD apps, and I eventually settled in to Google Calendar with Google Tasks loaded in the sidebar. For those who care, Google tasks can be accessed di
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by jncraton 17y ago
It turns out you are absolutely correct. Thanks for pointing that out. "Stackless python does not make use of any kind of multi-core environment it runs on." http://stackoverflow.com/questions/377254/stackless-python-a...

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