kalininalex

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by kalininalex 14y ago
Although Karmas are known to catch fire on many occasions, including while submerged in water ( http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10/fisker-fire-new-jersey/ ).
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by kalininalex 14y ago
The battery on Model S IS swappable, in fact quick-swappable, at least per Reuters ( http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/18/idUS24518959652011... )
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by kalininalex 14y ago
We switched to Oregon once we discovered the price advantage and never looked back. Granted, our deployment is relatively small right now.
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Compared to what?
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by kalininalex 14y ago
As far as I understand it doesn't have to be annoying. Simply having the legible text "By clicking the Purchase button you agree to the Terms" should suffice. There'll be just one Purchase button in both cases (of course, getting a legal ad
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Because, per Spolsky, Fog Creek wants to achieve a widespread adoption first before they start charging for it (with probably a free tier remaining). Other than that, Trello is very much a commercial app. Fogbugz IS a commercial app, and at
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Second Verdana. I use it on both Mac and Windows for all languages. It looks and reads better that any of the fixed fonts I've tried. In the first couple of days after I switched it felt a bit weird, but then that feeling went away. I suspe
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Still QuickTime for me (Chrome on Mac/Lion) and it doesn't work by default (something with permissions).
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by kalininalex 14y ago
The first link on the Yahoo Finance page for FB: "It’s Becoming Clear That No One Actually Read Facebook’s IPO Prospectus or Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter to Shareholders": http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/becoming-clear-n...
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Financial industry is strictly regulated. Otherwise, imagine what would happen if banks could freeze your accounts freely, leaving you out without any means to pay for food or housing. Paypal could be that for larger merchants who could hav
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by kalininalex 14y ago
My impression is the primary purpose of class action lawsuits is to stop bad behavior, not necessarily to enrich plaintiffs. Lawyers do make quite a bit of money IF they win. They also take all the risks since class members don't pay anythi
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by kalininalex 14y ago
"I had a credit card long before I was 18" And this is a different problem that also needs to solved.
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by kalininalex 14y ago
We need a screenshot.
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by kalininalex 14y ago
I'd speculate that's because at the end of the day, for the many people on this board $50 is probably an inconsequential amount given the benefit provided (time saving, ease of use, etc) and the expense profile. After all, someone above jus
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by kalininalex 14y ago
With large volumes the real issue is not the storage but the upload speed. I've done some experiments and with the Comcast link (20Mbps down/whatever up), I got 1 Gb/hour upload rate. So, it'll take 11 full days to upload 256 Gb. Or, more r
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by kalininalex 14y ago
"There's not really an inside of a black hole anyway. The black hole it self is nothing but a tiny spot yet massive in weight." We really don't know that. All our theories fail around black holes so we can only speculate what's going on in
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Now, one hour later, they're at 11M views with 120K live viewers. This is good TV.
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by kalininalex 14y ago
I think the issue is people think they pay $50 for an older version instead of $300 for the latest, thus saving massive 80% or so. In reality, it's $1,970 vs. $2,220 (assuming $80/mo for two years). The difference is only 11%. If people rea
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by kalininalex 14y ago
"But even then, our lack of traction is what set the scene for that dumb decision." But that's exactly what may be the problem with VCs. Sometimes you'd have to go through a dozen of ideas before you find one works. If you're frugal enough
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by kalininalex 14y ago
This approach most likely requires that the script runs within the same trusted local network, correct? So, technically you'd still have to "ssh" into at least one box, and run all admin scripts from it.
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by kalininalex 14y ago
$4,752 of extra savings a year is an absolutely MASSIVE amount for a middle class person. For example, if you're already saving $20k a year, that will bump up savings to almost $25k. Then, this is just one source of additional savings. Cut
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by kalininalex 14y ago
You are right, MVC means different things to different people, so whenever someone says "MVC" I try to stop them right there and ask to explain what exactly they mean before proceeding any further. Martin Fowler has an excellent write up on
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by kalininalex 14y ago
What have you been using instead?
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by kalininalex 14y ago
I agree that method_names_like_this is more readable, even (or, especially) after many years of .NET programming. I used the_style_like_this back in C++ days and, honestly, miss it. Perhaps, the renaissance of C++ in the form of C++11 will
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by kalininalex 14y ago
I recommend watching Money as Debt ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2550156453790090544 ). This fascinating video explains the roots and consequences of the crisis in the very visual way. For a more scientific approach take a look
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Network effect. Sellers go to CL because that's where the buyers are, and buyers go to CL because that's where the sellers are. Other features come in play after that. Once the network effect sets in it's almost impossible to unseat the inc
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Any info on how and why so many were cracked? Passwords too simple?
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by kalininalex 14y ago
After Apple, Jobs didn't sit on his hands, but went on to found two companies - Pixar and NEXT. Pixar alone would have made him famous, again. And, NEXT assured his return to Apple, because of Apple's failure to innovate in early 90s and th
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by kalininalex 14y ago
Interesting. It's seem to be the issue with capturing mouse events. If you move the mouse out of the image quickly, it'll lose it and the resize will stop. But if you move the mouse slowly so that it always stays over the image, it'll resiz
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by kalininalex 14y ago
LOL, yes we have.

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