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by maratd 12y ago
> I can quite easily imagine a RapGenius like service being created by someone I can imagine quite a few things too, but reality has a different take on things. At the end of the day, he did ... and nobody else stepped up. Is he immature
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by maratd 12y ago
It's not the form factor, it's the pricing structure. Most phones are "free" with contract or very near to it. It's difficult to complain about something you're getting for "free". Now look at off-con
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by maratd 12y ago
> there are thousands who go hungry every night. Hyperbole much? I don't think a single person ever went hungry because they didn't get a piece of paper that says they're super duper smart.
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by maratd 12y ago
> And that's a hero? Yeah, it is.
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by maratd 12y ago
> Nobody who visit Trenton or New Haven comes back home and says "I went to New York". You're stretching things. Trenton is 2 hours from Manhattan by car. If you stay in Northern New Jersey, you definitely "went to Ne
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by maratd 12y ago
> Because it makes doing things right hard. It actually doesn't. It makes doing things wrong easy. And no, those are not equivalent.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Yet, how do you tell when Amazon are about to do that? Amazon will never do that, because it can't. It's in retail. Retail is and always will be a low margin business. Is there an example of a large retailer that doesn't
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by maratd 13y ago
> So I can't buy a Tesla in New Jersey Sure you can. Just go to their website.
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by maratd 13y ago
> And a reason why the west survived the onslaught of the Axis powers The reason the West survived the Axis onslaught is because Hitler and his cohorts, unlike Stalin, were morons. Only an imbecile would open a second front with a countr
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by maratd 13y ago
> It's also interesting to be reminded that Stalin was indeed a guy who could talk about ideas. He was an very intelligent man who genuinely believed in what he preached. Which is precisely why millions paid for his idealism with th
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by maratd 13y ago
In all of the examples given, government contributed funds toward the creative process. At no point was the government itself the source of the creativity. Which makes sense, since those who create are scientists, artists, industrialists, e
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by maratd 13y ago
The market is maturing. Take a look at a market that is similarly structured. Look at construction. You have general contractors and then you have subs that work under them. A general contractor is a jack of all trades, master of none. Exac
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by maratd 13y ago
> What language should I learn next? You should definitely learn PHP. That way you can partake in all the wonderful flame wars that pop every few weeks here.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Are you saying you fail to sympathize with them because those people are poor? These people aren't in trouble because they're poor. They're in trouble because they're criminals, mentally unstable, deadbeat dads, laz
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by maratd 13y ago
> This is actually modern day slavery Yes, it is. And contrary to the assertion of the article, this sort of thing happens pretty much in every town in the US. If you owe the court money and you don't pay ... you'll be thrown i
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by maratd 13y ago
> Which mainstream language would you have chosen in 2003 that you think would have had similar success? Bingo. In 2003 PHP was the best option to get from zero to hero.
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by maratd 13y ago
> What I, who likes computers much more than people, can do to generate freedom is write free software. Life is not that simplistic. So you wrote a new CRM suite and made it free. This put a bunch of shops out of business, because their
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by maratd 13y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head and this is really region specific. There was a mall next to me when I was growing up and it was dingy, just poorly maintained. Then the area became hot, Whole Foods moved in. Then Target. Then a bevy of
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by maratd 13y ago
The damage wrought by the alternatives is MUCH worse. We're far better off with nuclear.
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by maratd 13y ago
While I agree with the spirit of your post and that of Mr. Musk, there's something missing here. Contrary to Mr. Musk's assertion of conspiracy, what seems to have happened here is that there were some unfortunate laws on the book
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by maratd 13y ago
> It's much simpler for them and more efficient on their end to just sell to a middleman. In that case, Dell, Apple, Sony, and Microsoft must be morons. Because they sell directly to consumers. It's not about simplicity or effi
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by maratd 13y ago
> I don't understand the objection to laws against cooking for yourself at home. If it was cheaper to hire a Chef to cook meals, I wouldn't understand all the noise about making it mandatory either. Bad analogy. If you want amm
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by maratd 13y ago
> This is surreal. Sure, but we still end up paying less for gas than our neighbors. Don't get me wrong, if it were up to me, this would be gone in a heartbeat ... but it's not the end of the world.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Have you ever shopped for high-end routers, like Juniper or Fortigate? A lot of people don't understand that this isn't just high-end routers. It's actually all electronics. Try to buy a motherboard directly from the man
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by maratd 13y ago
> At least in the U.S., lying by itself cannot be made illegal Try lying to a cop. Watch how fast they slap you with obstruction of justice.
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by maratd 13y ago
> the former, (correct me if I'm wrong), is a lost city that won't be possible to inhabit for thousands of years. You are horribly wrong. The radiation levels there have fallen off as well. And as far as people are concerned, t
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by maratd 13y ago
> The guy is just a fucking idiot. Cant fix that. Well, who's the idiot? The idiot or the one who took him on as a client? Again, screen. Don't blame the client. Blame yourself for taking him on as a client and then do a better
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by maratd 13y ago
> Fuck freelancing. Nothing wrong with freelancing. Just something wrong with the way you're doing it. Screen your clients. > 6 months ago I was hired to build a guy a website for his wifes chain of dentists offices. You either d
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by maratd 13y ago
> Though his point about Bitcoin may be valid, we should take it with a grain of salt. Why? His point is valid. Just because something is digital doesn't make it magical and certainly doesn't make it a good idea. For all inte
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by maratd 13y ago
> FontAwesome icons are not responsive. That's not right. It's a font. It will be scaled properly, same as regular fonts.

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