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kahawe
15y ago
Not having a clear-structured and measured method doesn't equal to not having any method any relying purely on your subconscious. Sounds more like you were parsing through the code and lots of typical hints such cesspools usually have made
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kahawe
15y ago
I would say it is just a different way of teaching and probably also a way of creating an opportune niche, at least for some time. Every student would eventually figure it out and be able to differentiate between the two and I am sure they
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kahawe
15y ago
Considering you can provide as many details on HOW you got stranded there (flight numbers, cruise ship name etc.) as possible and add details about WHERE you got stranded, I think that would help search&rescue to at least narrow it down
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kahawe
15y ago
What actually is "outrageous" about those rates is what will ends up in the pocket of the poor sob who will be doing all the work... because it won't be an actual Oracle employee but very likely just some small contractor. I used to be a co
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kahawe
15y ago
> Better search I seriously hope they would _FINALLY_ include some sort of sub-string search as the lack of it really makes their mail search pretty much unusable unless you know exactly what you are looking for but I have a huge mail
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kahawe
15y ago
Nazi Germany was doing this on a whole different level and for different reasons... in their own twisted way, they were actually believing they were doing humanity a favor by cleansing it. There were even scientists there backing all their
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kahawe
15y ago
This story is shocking and I hate to nit-pick here but > Just to remind all of us that racism is alive and well in the US and in tech. [...] The customer site is a government owned military installation. This doesn't make it any "be
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kahawe
15y ago
For the hundredth time: Google is mainly an advertising company! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Advertising That's where their money is coming from. Advertising is at least as evil a concept as DRM if not worse. And it is the fuel of
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kahawe
15y ago
Just ignore him, he is nothing but a troll using buzz words he read somewhere...
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kahawe
15y ago
> As anti-capitalist, I oppose all corporations Yea, some anti-capitalist you are - cheering for Google any chance you get and buying a "huge hdtv"! You are just a troll.
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kahawe
15y ago
> Google will give me Yet google will not give you any code to their actual core services. > Google FTW. I rest my case. Yea, this is what this whole "discussion" has been about... go figure, you were right from the beginning un
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kahawe
15y ago
> natural monopoly You are constantly making completely false claims and you are wrongly using words and terms. Utility computing and grid computing has got nothing to do with google's search engine. Internet search is in absolutely n
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kahawe
15y ago
Google is way more than just google-search and has been for a long, long time. Those are the google applications I am talking about; all the different ways google gets data from you through allegedly free services. And they track you as bes
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kahawe
15y ago
hahaha I don't know which developers you are talking about, just look at the numbers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)#Milestones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AppleAppStoreStatistics.pn... And just because PG said somet
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kahawe
15y ago
> Paul Graham (the creator of this site) commented on the App Store himself, and his words were not entirely of ignorant praise like yours are And you will find just as many people who love the app store oh and 18,000,000,000+ downloa
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kahawe
15y ago
> but at least Google's main goal is deliver intelligent services like search and machine translation And at last Apple's goal is to deliver easily usable, reliable and sexy hardware and software and they are forerunners in quite a fe
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kahawe
15y ago
> No, but Google also doesn't attempt to install their search service on your computer But for using any of their services they are infamous for tracking you everywhere they can, scanning your emails and for analyzing ALL data they ca
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kahawe
15y ago
I still have quite a few other options to buy my music online or just buy music the old fashioned way; same goes for shows and movies. I do not see anything "scarce" here at all. And I can play music in pretty much all popular formats I got
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kahawe
15y ago
I don't know why Apple has gotten THAT much flak for allegedly being totally closed and locking you down worse than Microsoft did back in the dark ages etc. Yes, they have certain core products which are their own and they don't open them u
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kahawe
15y ago
Here is a fact that will hold true no matter where you are working and whether it is the smallest, most promising little startup or the biggest governmental behemoth, whether you are just a low-level code grunt or the CxO: Do not ever put y
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kahawe
15y ago
Totally aside from what "feels" and "seems" good or bad, the only relevant question is whether OP kept their shares or not when they left... this should be the only point they have to prove, no? And what about the patent? Was that bought or
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kahawe
15y ago
I have to admit, I just emphasized on what is strange or downright wrong about selling guitar-related gear. There certainly are a lot of great companies out there and if you swear you hear the difference or just like their products and can
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kahawe
15y ago
This is a very inspiring "so I just made my own stuff" story but then again, I think the music instrument business and especially the market of guitar players has got to be a horrible example for hackers. Imagine your customers swearing by
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kahawe
15y ago
I play guitar and this is still very true today - Peavey deals mostly in the lower to medium bracket and their most legendary (and "premium") amp is beloved for just that: (comparatively) cheap, reliable and a distinct sound. Interestingly
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15y ago
> what happens when you invest intelligently in a booming real estate and stock market Or, more realistically... what happens when you just get lucky swimming on the rising tide. I wonder what OP did after year 10 when the real estate
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kahawe
15y ago
Judging from his submitted stories, it looks like he pretty much exclusively linked and x-posted to his own blog(s). ( http://www.reddit.com/user/MarkDennehy/submitted/ ) The FAQs DO have a section on that: " It's not strictly forbidden to
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kahawe
15y ago
Well, I am 30 and I had some freedom in my childhood growing up in a (European) city but mostly under some sort of "supervision", if only playing in our garden instead of at the park with the other kids. I never had this group and social th
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kahawe
15y ago
Excellent comment and conclusion and should be a mandatory read after the nyt article, really, because the newspaper story draws (or suggests) a conclusion that isn't really there.
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Details on the German government malware's applications
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kahawe
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> Perhaps people should consider putting their children up for adoption, too. Well, from the (very cynic) view of an armchair psychologist, one of the possible consequences of a child losing their parents can be a subconscious feeling
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