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by locopati 16y ago
For the other 56% (or 73%) that you've inconvenienced with unconstitutional searches (regardless of what the courts have decided, these violate the 4th amendment pretty clearly), words stronger than 'only' and 'just' are appropriate.
662.
by locopati 16y ago
You're so right, good thing the internet (created by a people at a government institution) exists for us to have this discussion.
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by locopati 16y ago
A mortgage is also potential equity whereas your credit card debt is not. I'm going to pay to live somewhere (rent or mortgage). If I have mortgage debt, that 'rent' payment is becoming ownership. In addition, the interest on that debt is d
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by locopati 16y ago
With the amount of cash they have in the bank, it would behoove them to spend a little on human oversight to protect their reputation as the go-to search site.
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by locopati 16y ago
The mistake is thinking that '90% of an app' is actually 90% of an app.
666.
by locopati 16y ago
This is the US military we're talking about - they're in the business of blowing things up on behalf of US economic interests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
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by locopati 16y ago
It sounds good until you ask 'where are they going to put all that snow'? Can't put it on the sidewalks, cars are parked on the sides of the roads. The process of getting rid of that much snow in NYC involves industrial snow melting machine
668.
by locopati 16y ago
Chrome 9 beta running on Win 7 - the text is readable, but the font doesn't make for easy scanning of paragraphs of text (compared to a serif'd font like Times New Roman).
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by locopati 16y ago
Erlang - playing with serious functional code for the first time in a long while has done wonders for my day-to-day Java job.
670.
by locopati 16y ago
Especially for a new language where it takes time to build a base - time that would be well spent bringing the toolset, libraries, and frameworks up to level.
671.
by locopati 16y ago
What is the reliability of TLD registrations in other countries? While it seems like a nice idea to have a clever name, have there been problems working with foreign registrars?
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by locopati 16y ago
Do you think the one-strike and you're out policy, with little chance of direct human-contact in resolving disputes is reasonable? For Google, they get to have their cake and eat it too - to them it probably doesn't matter if they lose a sm
673.
by locopati 16y ago
Doesn't seem like you have a ton of control over the situation, seeing as the rules as written are almost impossible to break in some manner, the rules are only partially declared, and you cannot police your users who may think they're doin
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by locopati 16y ago
So basically, Google has written the rules so they can call you on it at any time and if they deem they're paying you too much money, they kill your account? Seems to weigh the playing field pretty heavily in their favor - they're getting t
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by locopati 16y ago
Doubly so when you consider the sources of most Americans' information and that it is not in the best interests of those media giants to fight for a level playing field on an open internet.
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by locopati 16y ago
While not familiar with Prolog, I understand that Erlang's pattern matching comes from that world - so Erlang? EDIT: Here's a couple references for the Erlang/Prolog connection... http://www.erlang.org/faq/academic.html http://hyperpolyg
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by locopati 16y ago
I think he's saying that the result of his learning experience, while valuable to him, is not something that you or anyone else would find usable or enjoyable.
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by locopati 16y ago
Be sure to click around and read more - at first I thought, 'oh, free Cory Doctorow stuff, whoopie' (always appreciated, but nothing out of the ordinary). But now he's exploring self-publishing http://craphound.com/walh/about/with-a-little
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by locopati 16y ago
Am I the only one who finds that diving in and exploring-through-doing is the best way to avoid thought-paralysis?
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by locopati 16y ago
In some cases, there's a bit of self-interest. I tell Netflix about the movies I like because the recommendation system works better for me that way and improves the quality of the system in general. So, it's not a total something-for-nothi
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by locopati 16y ago
Why would MS be on a 3-6mo release schedule when their big money comes from bigcos who are slow to require vetting of any new OS release and aren't going to invest the time/effort required to do that more than once every couple years? (work
682.
by locopati 16y ago
Not wanting to learn a new shell, is there any movement in the bash community to implement some of these features?
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by locopati 16y ago
Weather? In case of power outage, a land-line will still work (assuming the phone lines aren't down). A cell-phone will work until your battery is gone.
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The Importance of Designing an Experience Culture(uxmag.com)
1 points by locopati 16y ago|0 comments
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by locopati 16y ago
Do keep us posted on how well you do with this - maybe a counter somewhere on the page
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Apple Products Destroyed(fubiz.net)
1 points by locopati 16y ago|0 comments
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by locopati 16y ago
Oh? How do you create a poll then? Is it a text submission with special formatting?
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by locopati 16y ago
Duplicated here... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2016379 (original ISOC post that the Google post builds on) EDIT - fixed the link (which is the same as the child post) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2016434 (same link but wi
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by locopati 16y ago
Already posted using a direct link to ISOC story http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2016379
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UN Needs to Ensure Open and Inclusive Internet Governance(isoc.org)
8 points by locopati 16y ago|3 comments

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