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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I'm not so comfortable with making a similar statement about medicine because the rites of passage are implicitly set by government regulation rather than market forces. It's not as if I can start-up a certification program for high-end he
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I am not a fan of Google at all, and even I must admit the ad was pretty good. I'm interested in what's behind this reversal, though. I read that Larry and Sergey had previously vetoed any kind of Super Bowl advertising. I think albertsun a
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Actually, Alan Kay appears to be a big fan of the iPad concept. From Janko Roettgers: I interviewed Kay late last year, and while he didn’t mention the tablet by name, he did share a story about the unveiling of the iPhone, to which Steve
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Headline should be "How to Run a Meeting Like Marissa Mayer" I've heard that she is hated within the company for things like this. Maybe that's a minority view, but the article is still way too positive overall.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I don't think Ning was ever in YC.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
The two pictures the author showed after saying, "Here are two photos of the same model" are of two different women. I'm pretty sure about this, because I know who the first woman is. So it appears he did catch them on some things, but he's
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I just don't see why this would be worth $300-$400. Based on what I've seen, I doubt the software will be really good. Edit: Remember when it was supposed to cost $200? Then it was $300, and now it's even more.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
> I doubt there's an example of a monarchy anyone would seriously want to move to You doubt that people wanted to move to the old European monarchies? Even if we're only talking about the present, I'm not a fan, but there are plenty of
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I get the impression that you've tried to pigeonhole me into a category that you're familiar with, and then responded to me based on that, instead of addressing my points directly. > In the meantime, I'm standing over here in the corner
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
> "democracy", which is a shorthand for what America is supposed to be about - government by, for, and of the people and all that. It's not at all clear that America was supposed to be about this, even if that is what they teach in scho
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Of course you can. Even mainstream commentators agree with me on this one; they have a term for it: "illiberal democracy" [1]. In any case, I would make the stronger point that you can't really have freedom with democracy. [1] The Rise of I
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
> To make this treaty take effect in the US as written, the Constitution will have to be rewritten. Politicians are much too lazy for that, so I am not worried. Don't be so sure. It's not like they don't ignore the Constitution when the
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
> That is not democracy. Not even close. Why is that not democracy? What does democracy have to do with it? I often see the word "democracy" used as if it means "freedom".
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
What do you think has been going on for the last century? The "ruling class" has greatly expanded the education bureaucracy. They love democracy; when combined with their schools it makes it easier for them to achieve their goals.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Interestingly, some of you find this disturbing. Out of curiosity, if we work backwards from the percentage of annual income taken, what percentage of you does the government own?
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the reaction to this, but I was. Honestly, I'm disappointed by it.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
This is on the front page, so maybe this is a good place to remind people that GeoCities is being shut down today . If there is some content you want, make sure to download it and/or have the Internet Archive crawl it ASAP (See gojomo's co
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
The problem is, he hasn't actually admitted his biggest mistakes. As far as I know, he has never taken responsibility for the credit and housing bubbles.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
No, I don't think there is any Python support, but they do support some other languages. Edit: After investigating further, it looks like there is an alpha-quality Python plugin, and eventually there will be full Python support, available i
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
So the whole thing was a Microsoft conspiracy to make people think twice before trusting the cloud? Just kidding. ;)
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
A few days ago I posted one potential issue with Heroku: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859544 Does anyone know if this has changed recently?
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
What is?
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Wow, that sucks. At least you've been able to see the truth about what's actually happened and why.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
"Absolutely nothing...say it again!" (bad joke, but also an article summary)
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Thanks for sharing. I'm not sure how you feel about it, but that sounds terrible to me.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I agree that's one perfectly valid way to interpret it, and I can see how articles like this can have that effect. It does seem like the author had something else in mind, though.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Personally, I find these emails annoying. I don't doubt that they work in general, though.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
Are you saying they did have failover set up for everything? I'm just curious. I do agree with your point, though.
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
> I don't think either of us know enough to say for sure, I was simply speculating. Agreed, but I'd think you'd have to be sure to say it was incorrect. > I'm claiming that for society (underprivileged * degree) + (privileged
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by johnnybgoode 17y ago
I am not very familiar with Dreamhost, although I've heard of them many times, but if they're big enough, shouldn't they have failover for everything?

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