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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
I'm not sure Stallman needs "standing up for." The Kottke post from Winer had a quote from Stallman's rider, and that's about it. http://kottke.org/11/10/richard-stallmans-rider . Some people think Stallman's weird, but I'm certain he's d
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
I would rather have a system where karma has some sort of multiplier for their submissions or comments, i.e. voting for a comment or submission from someone with high karma counts as f(karma) times as many votes. This preserves the "legacy"
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
It's more about generating publicity for DARPA than an actual solution. Just look at the website design and the language. I mean seriously, a forum? Most public DARPA projects are awarded via grant application from serious labs, and the fun
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
DARPA has a ton of research done by foreign nationals. (I have worked in labs which have foreign nationals who get paid to write code for DARPA projects).
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Even if you develop a tolerance, it might be the case that the regular news doesn't seem as interesting or enticing anymore. While other news sources might actually summarize in a headline, and so deprive you of that need-satisfaction dopam
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
I like both. I think yours conveys a sense that computing is not driven by the particular application of computers. The quotation I provided conveys instead the idea that computing is not only about a particular tool of computers.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
I particularly like "Wee"
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
The About page reminds me of a Dijkstra quotation: "Computing is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Maybe the rule is "don't be embarrassed about asking questions when your business/reputation is on the line." Kind of easy to get starstruck, I guess.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Also, you probably want designing teams smaller, because it's easier to parcel out and subdivide engineering problems than design problems: I feel like it's easier to maintain consistency across code than across various elements of user exp
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Agreed. In this sense I'm worried that google will lean more toward "Internet For Dummies"(e.g. losing the + feature in favor of double quotes to make way for G+), attempting to coral my internet use into certain patters the same way Apple
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Some simplified products are iPods. Some simplified products are Zunes. Just sayin'.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
My biggest problem with patent-overload isn't Apple v. Google v. Amazon, and lost innovation, it's Big Company v. Samll Company (particularly the physical engineering kind), with large legal departments versus smaller ones. E.g. "please top
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
This misses the point that the land still costs about the same it's just that the cost is swallowed by the government, not the factory-owner. That is, the government assumes the opportunity cost of not selling to some other individual. It
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
"Whatever Google is planning cannot be [just not kicking off pseudonyms], because they think it will take them months to implement." That's relevant speculation, regardless of whether he's right.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
I think it's still a reasonable "BS" call. If you support pseudonyms, you stop kicking them off. That doesn't take first-hand knowledge to notice.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
What concessions (if any) did Apple make, especially with respect to cloud-based services?
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Music syncing, etc. was what I was referring to. I don't think they'll flame out right away, but in 5 years, what will they have that doesn't ship with your OS?
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Dropbox executed well. But where can Dropbox expand to? Unless dropbox can get better and better, eventually the competition will catch up. Better device and product integration? That will require more and more cooperation from Windows, App
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
You can use iCloud on Windows... Check the website.
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
yeah man, that OS is so unsafe. Better get some Windows!
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Funny how I get the annoying hit-backbutton-twice effect ... Always the hallmark of a good website ...
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by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
The biggest problem I have is that Apple and Jobs have become synonymous, but who designed the iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, Powerbook, G4? Oh yeah, Jonathan Ive. Damn.