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by jsankey 16y ago
Your comment is long on hyperbole, short on reasoning. What, specifically, is wrong with a textual representation? What alternatives do you suggest? People have tried more sophisticated representations than text before. In my experience,
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by jsankey 16y ago
I don't really understand the author's aversion to other people adding their own contributions and creativity. How exactly is it harming him? He can retain control of the original -- it's not like anyone is forcing him to accept contribut
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by jsankey 16y ago
Google also advertises Chrome in the Real World - e.g. several London tube stations are plastered with Chrome ads. I've not seen anything that high profile for Opera.
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by jsankey 16y ago
His frustration is understandable, and I'm certainly guilty of venting at times too (after wrestling with one, or likely more, browsers!). But the fact that it is understandable doesn't mean the title of the post is any less nonsense. In
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by jsankey 16y ago
Sure, it's a bit of fun to point out an IE error visiting Bing. But the title of this post, and the uncalled-for leap to generic Microsoft bashing are pretty pathetic. The first comment (from a Microsoft employee) rightly calls the author
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by jsankey 16y ago
In fact, this the key reason that you need to have automated tests. I don't know anyone that commits a new feature without trying it -- be it (conveniently) at a REPL or via some other UI. But the manual "trying it out" method, REPL or
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by jsankey 16y ago
I see five reasons, and they are all advantages of being cloud-based, rather than a desktop application. There isn't much about drawing itself.
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by jsankey 16y ago
You're putting words in my mouth. I'm not at all suggesting that you need "world-class rockstar skill" to succeed. You do need some skill (I suspect less than you think), and the more you have the more likely you are to succeed. And that
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by jsankey 16y ago
Well, I don't see why a person without the requisite skills should expect to succeed. Sorry, if you're no good at basketball, don't expect to play in the NBA. So, by all means, if you're no good at creating websites, it's not a good idea t
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by jsankey 16y ago
I look at it like this: up front capital requirements are more of an artificial barrier to your success. It doesn't matter how good you are: if you don't have the money, you can't get started. Removing this artificial barrier is a good th
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by jsankey 17y ago
Looks like a great way to shorten the edit-run cycle, but my first question would be: where is my source? More specifically, is Akshell storing it in some kind of version control? Is there any possibile way to take it offline, and edit it
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by jsankey 17y ago
I guess he is just visiting the main campus for a while. That would explain why he is put up in the temporary corporate housing just off Castro.
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by jsankey 17y ago
I tthought the gmail (heck, Google) way was to search, not sort? Of course, now you can do both -- but the danger is the more labels can be used like folders the less likely new users (coming from an Outlook world) will embrace the gmail w
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by jsankey 17y ago
Although the analysis in the Economist is excellent, they can still get it wrong. Perhaps not in this case, but often, there are valid counter-arguments which are worth listening to.
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by jsankey 17y ago
> What the media industry needs to realize is that people don't pay for crap. If you want to make money > out of movies then stop producing crap like Jennifer's Body and stop promoting crap like Britney Spears. Somehow I doubt that
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Extent of the Myriad Patent on the Breast Cancer Gene(badscience.net)
1 points by jsankey 17y ago|0 comments
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by jsankey 17y ago
> The problem isn't distribution - it's a couple of different things. I certainly agree that we can't solve this problem by just trying to redistributing existing wealth (i.e. aid). It was never a viable long term solution, and not eve
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by jsankey 17y ago
Agreed, we've done a pretty amazing job to become so productive. But we've done a terrible job of distributing this among the world's population. It's pretty appalling that with our current levels of productivity there are still so many p
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by jsankey 17y ago
The real question is whether you get better selection overall by taking more time. The HC may improve decision making on Google's side, but if the lag gets too long you'll start losing people to other offers. And the people most likely to
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UK Ordnance Survey Opens Up Detailed Map Data, API(ordnancesurvey.co.uk)
21 points by jsankey 17y ago|4 comments
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by jsankey 17y ago
It would be nice if everything did, but some major pieces of software don't. For example, the Java I/O library: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4508058 This is one of those problems that also won't be fixed to preserve
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by jsankey 17y ago
Presumably another April Fool's day prank. Click on the streetview man to lower his glasses. For more fun, ask for directions which involve paying a toll...
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Google Street View Goes 3D(maps.google.com)
4 points by jsankey 17y ago|6 comments
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by jsankey 17y ago
Unless, perhaps, they have memories of watching Monkey during their childhood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)
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by jsankey 17y ago
This reminds me more of Get Satisfaction than Yelp - in the sense that people perhaps aren't even after publicity, but they can get listed anyway. Only now it's individuals that can have their reputation held to ransom!
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In fact, if they are happy with their life they could easily be considered more successful than someone that gets ahead in the marketplace. There are many people who have achieved what society thinks of as success, but are never satisfie
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by jsankey 17y ago
OpenDocument is available now, as is free software such as OpenOffice.org that allows anyone to create OpenDocument files at no cost. OpenOffice may be free, but it certainly comes at a cost. For starters: the cost of learning a new UI.
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by jsankey 17y ago
It seems unlikely that the file system would disappear/become inaccessible altogether. Sure, when you want to edit photos you should have to dig around in folders. But existing apps already insulate you from these details - just by layeri
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Google fails to renew Chinese licence(smh.com.au)
2 points by jsankey 17y ago|0 comments
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by jsankey 17y ago
The deciding point was that I had a chance to team up with great editor, Mira. You might want to correct that (with a great editor). A tiny thing, but as your post is meant to be verified by your own service...

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