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by josho 9y ago
Which is short sighted on their part. As an AMP early adopter they get a boost. But, as the industry moves to AMP their SEO boost is lost. So, their boost is short lived, but Google's edge influence expands and persists over the long t
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by josho 9y ago
Soap doesn't kill germs, it simply makes it easier to wash germs off by making water fit into smaller areas. So, a damp sponge is a perfect environment for growing bacteria. Now if you are using antibacterial soap your sponge may be fi
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by josho 9y ago
What a frustrating article. Did the research show that a boiling water wash to kill bacteria doesn't work, or that some peoples techniques don't work.
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by josho 9y ago
Google et al are largely a consequence of the Cold War. That is government programs dumped massive amounts of money into tech programs creating the first wave of wealthy tech entrepreneurs, since that time the feedback loop has continued. T
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by josho 9y ago
I bought it to wake up without waking my wife. Unfortunately the motor makes enough noise in a silent bedroom that it woke my wife anyway.
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by josho 9y ago
The only use case I know of for a vpn service is to hide illegal torrenting from your isp. Why else do people route all of their traffic to a third party?
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by josho 9y ago
> After the mandated increase in pay Another perspective is that without the mandated pay increase these people were working for a wage below the poverty line. (An assumption on my part, but why else would a pay increase be forced upon a
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by josho 9y ago
Any tool you deploy you'll find a workaround. You will be better off developing the discipline to stay off. Perhaps consider seeing a psychologist for developing strategies to refocus your energies. Or rather than spend your time findi
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by josho 9y ago
Your comment is being downvoted because you dismiss the article based on the first sentence and offer no specific criticism. We can do better than that here.
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by josho 9y ago
You truly need to have heroic levels of dedication to sustain eating 5% less, keeping your home 5% warmer/cooler, and driving 5% less over the long term. Then at the end of the day it still won't matter because your government cho
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by josho 9y ago
you are likely referencing a report that concluded the costs for stopping climate change were higher than the costs of dealing with the consequences. The report that I read on that topic came to its conclusions by valuing people's live
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by josho 9y ago
Yes, I got in a debate with a denier not so long ago and was quickly able to find papers and summaries of the predictions on growth of ice in the south and decline in the north. What I find more alarming are folks like yourself that have so
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by josho 10y ago
I thought satellites in orbit suffered decay and needed Station Keeping, or small periodic thrust to keep their orbits. Does anyone know how long it takes orbital decay to bring a satellite back into the atmosphere?
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by josho 10y ago
Interestingly in AB the investor community is adverse to tech. Because they've had few successes, don't understand it, and have plenty of opportunity to invest in what they do understand (energy).
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by josho 10y ago
How do taxes play a role for a startup that defers profit for growth? Taxes won't be a factor until you've succeeded. Or is it that your experience with grants are that negative that you value them so poorly?
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by josho 10y ago
Hey fellow Albertan. Keep in mind the USD/CAD exchange and that $90k here becomes $60kUSD. The developers I know that are worth their chops have all taken remote US contracts. I'm looking to do the same because local companies jus
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by josho 10y ago
While playing the wii-u titles I don't recall ever saying 'this game would be more fun if only the graphics were better'. The hit Nintendo took by selling an underpowered console was loosing 3rd party support, as it was repor
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by josho 10y ago
This thread has been eye opening. I had always assumed companies seeking remote employers were looking for cheap labor. Do you have any wisdom to share for someone looking to make the switch to remote?
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by josho 10y ago
> A person was legally required… The law is not always just. At one point it was illegal for women to vote, for minorities to work for free, for nations to invade others, etc. A man bought a ticket, was seated in his paid for ticket, the
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by josho 10y ago
Lesson 1 on becoming a 10x programmer is knowing when not to write code. Look into rescuetime.com, it's going to give you much of the data that want to track. Incidentally they are ycombinator alumni, class of 2008'ish. Best of lu
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by josho 10y ago
I used Stache to save a copy of the site and thumbnail. It was a pretty nifty app, but is pretty much end of life from insufficient sales. There is an opportunity to do something better than bookmarks, but not likely as a business.
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by josho 10y ago
You've likely learned a lot about gmail/imap/mail in general, see if you can leverage that instead of walking away completely. Do some brainstorming on how you can turn this into something that is closer to a painkiller, or h
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by josho 10y ago
I really like GitUp ( http://gitup.co ), it's open source and does what you asked.
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by josho 10y ago
Have you ever heard the phrase vitamin vs painkiller? Do a quick google. > solved a painpoint in lot of people's live Your product is a vitamin, it's a nice thing to have, not a need to have. Personal email backup is not a pain
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by josho 10y ago
It sort of doesn't matter if it's legally true, it's an easy out of the question which is the goal. If the other side pushes harder you can simply assert that's your reading of the terms of the contract and you aren&#x27
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by josho 10y ago
Hijacking this for visibility. If the recruiter asks repeatedly, a trick that I learned is to answer that it's in your employee confidentiality agreement not to discuss the terms of your employment. It's arguably a true statement
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by josho 10y ago
Kudos to the founder for trying something new. But, I hope this doesn't take off because there are valid reasons for using fake email addresses. E.g. I don't trust the site not to sell my email, or leak it inadvertently through a
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by josho 10y ago
That is why Apple has had 10.3 in beta, so that developers could test their apps and report breakages before anything goes public. Seems like business as usual to me.
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by josho 10y ago
The problem is not regulation or electronics. Rather the problem is designs intended to fail shortly after the warranty period expires.
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by josho 10y ago
Why not start writing a few articles for IBM developerWorks. At the very least it will connect you to some good editors and give you credibility for the longer book. Potentially IBM will even pay you to write the book and publish it under t

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