joshuarrrr

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by joshuarrrr 2y ago
Mistakes happen: https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-portland-3point-line-d78742b...
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by joshuarrrr 5y ago
I guarantee it’s a human typographic error, where the superscript was lost when converting the text from the print layout. (Source: I used to work at the magazine and am painfully aware of previous such mistakes.)
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by joshuarrrr 11y ago
Yeah, it seems like it. You can see how the budget ballooned here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/the-life-cycles-of-failed-pr... (select the 5th project)
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by joshuarrrr 11y ago
One of the authors here- we have another graphic coming about Queensland Health. The craziest part was when IBM estimated it at $6 million.
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by joshuarrrr 11y ago
What's worse is that they didn't try to even hold those requirements on paper.
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by joshuarrrr 11y ago
Hi, I'm one of the authors of the piece. As my co-author would say, the industry is fueled by failed projects. But because outright failure is common, huge overruns can be seen as a success when they actually manage to deliver anything
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by joshuarrrr 13y ago
A Spectrum editor here- yes, we know the layout is far from ideal, especially on large monitors (I'm painfully aware-my primary monitor is a 30-inch cinema display). We just had a meeting about page templates for infographics last week
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The next medevac helicopter won’t need a pilot(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by joshuarrrr 13y ago|0 comments
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by joshuarrrr 13y ago
Yes, and the idea of comparing Africa to other countries is certainly not new. Here's an example from 2006: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/35-the-size-of-africa At the time, the Economist also redid the exercise
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by joshuarrrr 13y ago
Presumably you could also use lossy compression across users, especially for the boring parts. I imagine that, within the confines of my bowl, my milk and cheerios look pretty similar to yours. Do the actual differences matter, as a record
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
The IEEE's datacenter in New Jersey has been without power for days and eventually ran out of generator fuel. There were some intermittent DNS issues after Spectrum moved to backup servers in Arizona. I've been told they're resolved now.
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
That's right-it will be fully implemented in an upcoming redesign, but we've already shifted our production and design process to a non-paginated model. Usually when our articles were posted on Slashdot, Reddit, or here, readers used the si
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
Agree completely with font size and column-width critiques, both of which are addressed in an upcoming redesign. And, for that matter, I've always had issue with Slate's UX and design choices. >The fact is that editors simply don't beli
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
I'll ignore your general disdain for writers and editors, and point out that not all readers want the same thing. I've pushed for non-paginated articles at my publication, but I admit that I'm not always happy with the result, and we do hea
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
>there are copycats that don't do the testing, don't optimize for their niche of readers, and are probably losing both money and readers because of it. I think this is much more common than sophisticated A/B testing. At our publication,
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by joshuarrrr 14y ago
I think the term's a bit too old to be considered hip and trendy. Did you have any specific criticisms about the way cypherpunks were represented in the article itself, or is this just a superficial complaint about the headline? As an edito
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The Facebook IPO in Perspective(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by joshuarrrr 14y ago|0 comments
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How the Sinking of the Titanic Sparked a Century of Radio Improvements(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by joshuarrrr 14y ago|0 comments
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
My boss works in a different city, and we're on the phone all the time. The simplicity of this is priceless. I especially appreciate that the viewing side requires no setup. That makes it much preferable to WebEx or Skype when I'm dealing w
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India's premature $50 tablet little better than a prototype(spectrum.ieee.org)
28 points by joshuarrrr 15y ago|3 comments
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
It's because it's their mobile website. The text on the normal version of the story seems to zoom fine: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/02/daniel-ellsberg-li...
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
I think you have to consider that not all submissions are equal. Some stories are likely to shoot to the top of the front page regardless of their competition. For those, you would want the post to peak when there are the most readers, whic
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
That's because it's totally optional, and anyone who doesn't like it can stick with the default. I'd wager that if they switched the main site tomorrow, there would be some negative feedback.
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
A couple more: Miter limit will behave differently, as it will revert to bevel instead of cutting off the joint. (65 occurrences) Adjusting the font kerning within dynamic text is not supported. (7 occurrences)
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
Fair enough, that's his call to make. Meanwhile, I'll keep using InstaFetch for its value added to my Android phone.
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by joshuarrrr 15y ago
Agreed, in fact offline reading (+Kindle syncing) is why I sought out the app in the first place.
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What Are You Allowed to Say on China's Social Networks?(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by joshuarrrr 15y ago|0 comments
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The Making of Diaspora(spectrum.ieee.org)
2 points by joshuarrrr 15y ago|0 comments