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by jobu 13y ago
Take note of the caveat at the bottom of the article: *"The Germans appreciate their visa-application process in comparison with America’s, but in the end, it’s still a slower process than many techies are willing to tolerate." Ge
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by jobu 13y ago
It is plausible, but growth has been slowing across many sectors in China: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/10/16/economists-s... Until I see a sales chart from IBM that drops significantly in J
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by jobu 13y ago
My favorite bit in the whole article: "[Walmart] now hires people to work with its employees to help them sign up for Medicaid ..." So Walmart cares about the health of it's employees, just not enough to provide them with a r
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Feds Sued for Hiding NSA Spying From Terror Defendants(wired.com)
8 points by jobu 13y ago|0 comments
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by jobu 13y ago
GPS is not that much of a differentiator, and looking at the Kickstarter I don't see much else that is different. The OP is right. This has been done before, and failed before. What is different about this? How will this succeed where
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by jobu 13y ago
Three billion does seem pretty crazy. The only reasoning I can think is that Supercell has been able to create two very popular (and hugely profitable) games. Many of the rockstar game development houses never get more than one (Rovio, OMGP
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by jobu 13y ago
That's assuming the homeowner has decent internet connectivity wherever they are on vacation.
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by jobu 13y ago
Not enough thought has gone into some of these features. Take this: "If Nest Protect’s carbon monoxide alarm goes off, your Nest Thermostat automatically turns off your gas furnace" In a winter vacation scenario this could be dis
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by jobu 13y ago
It wouldn't surprise me if they had some sort of back door with Verisign or other certificate companies for this.
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by jobu 13y ago
The integrity and bravery he has shown in this fight is impressive. He has definitely earned enough "cred" to restart this business outside the US and be very successful.
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by jobu 13y ago
That was a concern I had too, so we tried breaking them in half, but didn't notice much difference in her nighttime routine after a week. We actually gave up on the melatonin for a while after that, but I decided to try again with an i
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by jobu 13y ago
My youngest daughter is borderline ADHD, and rather than trying Ritalin we've been using Melatonin in the evenings to help ease the bedtime process. (In the hopes that more sleep will help her cope with problems focusing.) The change h
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by jobu 13y ago
Based on the quote from Judge Grewal in that article, he takes this issue very seriously, and will likely issue some heavy sanctions. Samsung is already on the hook for a Billion dollars, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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by jobu 13y ago
"Not to mention that big fish make for splashier prosecutions and faster promotions." You hit the nail on the head there. Nabbing the "Dread Pirate Roberts" is definitely a career making move for any moderately ambitio
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by jobu 13y ago
It really seems like a stretch to call Google's scanning a wiretap, but part of me hopes they lose. If they do, it might be harder for the government to access our online data without a warrant: https://www.eff.org/deep
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by jobu 13y ago
I've had the update downloaded for a few hours now, but it keeps failing on "Verifying update..." After a couple minutes of spinning, it says "Software Update Unavailable".
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by jobu 13y ago
Aside from marketing, it doesn't appear that 64-bit architecture would have any significant benefit (right now). I haven't seen much other technical information about the A7 core, but it's likely this chip will be used in upc
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by jobu 13y ago
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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by jobu 13y ago
Always ask if the school is Regionally Accredited in the degree you intend to take: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accreditation#Regional... If not, the credits are generally non-transferrable and many business
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by jobu 13y ago
+1 for Algorithms & Data Structures In my experience with non-CS developers, this is one of their biggest shortcomings when trying to solve non-trivial programming issues in the real world. However, if you have a design background and a
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by jobu 13y ago
And no word yet from Google... Their lack of customer service is going to end up killing them in a number of markets. I would never use Google for any critical business function (email, payments, cloud computing).
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by jobu 13y ago
Unlikely. The terrorists have known for years that all of their technology was compromised by the US government. Osama Bin Laden would send his people hundreds of kilometers away to make phone calls on his behalf. Also, it was Eugene Kasper
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by jobu 13y ago
Six months ago the idea of a team for hacking foreign evil-doers was awesome, and though I'm not an "elite hacker" I would've jumped at the opportunity. Now that we know the NSA is spying on everyone and collecting every
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by jobu 13y ago
There was a recent article on LinkedIn that talked (anecdotally) about the same taxing on the brain for people that have limited time ( http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130627224702-13... )
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by jobu 13y ago
My biggest gripe is that software gets double protection - copyright and patents. I would be ok with software patents if that meant you had provide the source code as part of the patent application, and if approved it would go into the publ
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by jobu 13y ago
My kids are my side projects. I used to be worried about how they affected my career, but three years ago a bicycle accident put me in the hospital for a week and I completely reevaluated my life. It's a little sad (and a bit of a cl
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by jobu 13y ago
Yeah, that'll never be abused...
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by jobu 13y ago
Google is one well-known example that used to require a minimum GPA, even for people with years of experience: http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/03/27/i-interviewed-at-goo... http://dondodge.t
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by jobu 13y ago
Mistaken clicks are probably part of it, but lots of people on Facebook are there to waste time anyway. For me, the most interesting part is that these ads are interactive (users can Report them or Like them). Hopefully Facebook will learn
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by jobu 13y ago
The solution to the problem is right in the blog title: ... "Less Than What I Make From a Single T-Shirt Sale!" If you are good enough (and lucky enough) to get your music heard a million times, then use it as a platform to sell r

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