lurcio

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by lurcio 12y ago
“I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?”
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by lurcio 12y ago
Post of the day!
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by lurcio 12y ago
"supported piracy against the Spanish Armada" I wish your statement of fact on this issue had been as well placed as your sentiments.
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by lurcio 12y ago
Great response indeed. Employ n-th mover advantage.
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by lurcio 12y ago
They seem quite rational to me.
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by lurcio 12y ago
Beautifully put. Marginal innovations are like a greedy algo, & its not like the lofty goals are devoid of funding. Progress there feels so slow because the search space is so complex/expansive and there are so many local minima t
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by lurcio 12y ago
Really really o/t but... Im going through this now, having just returned to the UK after a number of years away. Last time I felt this way was when i left a village bubble for the bubble of London village. That said - I'm amazed a
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by lurcio 12y ago
High-end jewellery still serves that function for many who don't trust the banks, want to diversify from currency for some longer term store of wealth, or want to discreetly move some wealth across borders.
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by lurcio 12y ago
Each have their use cases/advantages. & Im not sure that people cling to print solely due to nostalgia/habit. We have just returned to the UK after three years in a small country that had hardly a bookshop, where we've be
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by lurcio 12y ago
Are you saying you have not observed this is in our age, or even in OECD countries? Or are you objecting to the absolutism of the quote?
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by lurcio 12y ago
Tap certainly would solve the feed problem - but thats a problem for affiliates, not retailers :-) Its likely that I don't have much clue what I'm talking about, but I can't see great benefits for many retailers from this a
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by lurcio 12y ago
"Facebook was his 3rd company, and his second (Synapse Media Player) reputedly got a million-dollar buyout offer from Microsoft." Surely that makes him a useful example to learn from?
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by lurcio 12y ago
I understand your sentiment, but can't quite agree. Apple are innovating. I like the way all my iDevices are becoming 'as one'. Not quite to Mark Weiners vision yet - but its compelling and builds on Apples core value proposi
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by lurcio 12y ago
I find it to be the kind of response to be welcomed (from a product developer/manager viewpoint)
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by lurcio 12y ago
Not unless he's followed through with it too :-)
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by lurcio 12y ago
Even with my dev hat on I'd say marketing should always be top priority :-) Go for low-hanging fruit. This may stimulate office discussion http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/how-wordpress-makes-...
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by lurcio 12y ago
Have you not come across Appcelerator/Titanium?
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by lurcio 12y ago
Love
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by lurcio 12y ago
Richardson was an early interest and influence to me. For those so inclined and with a taste for a little more on Richardsons work and related areas I heartily recommend: TH Körner "Pleasures of Counting" and Manfred Schroeder &
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by lurcio 12y ago
"And I'm not even touching middle east and africa where civil war without end seems to be the norm." Nothing new in this, Im afraid to say.
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by lurcio 12y ago
Thank you for posting it on HN. Its fascinating to see Sassoon's private position. Its an interesting frame to his public opposition. I'm aware his branch of the family had no power, yet given his background I still found some ent
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by lurcio 12y ago
Software >publishing< business :-)
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by lurcio 12y ago
Looked like a thrown match to me tbh Dont think models need fitting to this kind of result
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by lurcio 12y ago
Discover Meteor Multi-Format: epub/pdf/html, great use of Middleman, being internationalised, interesting & useful videos (but more might perhaps be made of the premium end) Content: really well matched to target audience. Ong
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by lurcio 12y ago
This stance seems to imply that those who may have transgressed somehow should enjoy less rights. I would suggest thats a sloppy slope. Is not the ability to take measures that prevent self-incrimination a marker of freedom/liberty?
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by lurcio 12y ago
A variety of household/family coping strategies, some anomic, and typically utilised together: 1. doing without 2. extended family help, 3. multiple low-paying jobs among family members, 4. subsistence agriculture, 5. family splittin
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by lurcio 12y ago
My variation: If all you have is a hammer, you'll only look for nails. Re: OP. I always maintain the source of the quote to be Nietzsche (He was a jackdaw - aren't we all? - so I'm not claiming he's the original source
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by lurcio 13y ago
Its been pirated since at least v0.75 (I know bcd its my business to know) I pre-ordered btw. I have no pretence to design/UX chops beyond appreciation - but for the times i want to throw a nice front end up to work towards, this is us