madiator

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   How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong (2008)(wired.com)

   3 points by madiator 15y ago|0 comments
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   Data-Mining Could Predict Heart Attack Risk(wired.com)

   1 points by madiator 15y ago|0 comments
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   by madiator 15y ago

   Or they could start a SilkAds service like AdWords/AdSense so content providers can display ads using Amazon.
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   by madiator 15y ago

   What about pageviews: If Amazon stores one copy of NYTimes and serves it to 1000 users, will NYTimes record it as a single hit?
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   by madiator 15y ago

   Think about this: So Amazon can learn about people's browsing habits and can infer a user's interests. Now, based on this, it can put ads in the screensaver (say with "$20 off on the Kindle fire if you let us do this"). An extreme case woul
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   by madiator 15y ago

   Can it be used as a mouse in Win7 and does it even work with Ubuntu? Cannot seem to find the info..
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   What is the technology behind Dropbox?

   2 points by madiator 15y ago|1 comments
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   by madiator 15y ago

   The brand.
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   by madiator 15y ago

   Unfortunately the audio was bad, so couldn't continue listening after a minute. Would be great if the author could fix it.
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Is this the only post on HN that is above 600 points? http://news.ycombinator.com/over?points=600 . The next highest is like 558 which was posted a month ago..
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Clutter++
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    by madiator 15y ago

    I don't know whom you are talking about, I didn't refer to anybody's last name :) Regarding other comments, I agree Sam didn't bring this down single handed, but may be ten years down the line if I tell my kids about this 'starbucks social
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Had to happen, thanks to Sam and other crooks.
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    by madiator 15y ago

    This scammer has a scary bplan. I mean what would you do if the scammer sets up a bunch of twitter accounts and posting negative reviews and then demands money?
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    by madiator 15y ago

    "If you would like to stop receiving e-mail offers from Amazon Student, you may cancel your Amazon Student membership here:<link>" : UNBELIEVABLE!
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Sounds like a research problem to me. What about an equivalent of Klout score? (just kidding).
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Yahoo for me too
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    by madiator 15y ago

    By the way, I realized that I cannot click on "I'm felling lucky" anymore for any keyword since the google instant immediately fires up.. :( Used to spend quite a bit of time doing that.
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Thanks, didn't know about this!
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    by madiator 15y ago

    Very impressive, but why did they need the cameras? All they needed were external flash units and they could still have been triggered without attaching to the cameras. But the cameras add to the impressiveness..
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    by madiator 15y ago

    like who has the highest price wins?
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    Hotelling’s Game, or Why Gas Stations Have Competitors Nearby(mindyourdecisions.com)

    128 points by madiator 15y ago|71 comments
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    by madiator 15y ago

    No he is right. They also need to continuously innovate before somebody else, for example, comes up with say a better storage scheme.