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by marcusf 15y ago
Typeface design is as much art as it is anything else, and this is firmly in the art camp and not concerned primarily with legibility (kinda like an issue of Raygun). I like it, it made me smile.
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by marcusf 15y ago
I've honestly tried hard to understand the other side, but no, I cannot. First of all, I don't see what gives you the moral prerogative to make that choice for a woman. Secondly, I don't believe it's a human being yet (we're not talking the
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by marcusf 15y ago
It's always befuddled me that when it's a woman making a conscious choice about her body or when two men wants to marry the small government party see no issue with injecting themselves into peoples lives. Also, it's slightly ironic to comp
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by marcusf 15y ago
For me, there's so much viscerally wrong in this comment I'm just flabbergasted. I wrote a long reply and erased it. I think I'd rather just leave you with a cultural observation. Americans tend to mired in sexism to a much greater extent t
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by marcusf 15y ago
A beautiful thing. My father passed away about six years ago as well, far too young. But cancer doesn't really care, does it? This very much reminded me of him. Our final days were not as apt for stories but I'm sending him an extra thought
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by marcusf 15y ago
I think you're completely missing the point. If you're doing software that needs per-customer customization (typically enterprise), then at some point the vendor and customer will need to talk. A great salesperson will be there to help you
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by marcusf 15y ago
It's an amusing post but if Cisco reads this: Please bite! After having spent hundreds of hours in WebEx conferences, I would kill to be able to use anything better (alas corporate mandates against it for conversations > 2 people). The
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by marcusf 15y ago
I hope it's OK that I go of track and rant a bit about Rands in general, instead of specifically this post. Because Rands reminds me so much of both Joel and Yegge, in a very specific way. All of their posts make sense, I agree with them an
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by marcusf 15y ago
OP must've miscalculated, surely. 0.1 pageviews per machine per second is quite amusing though. "We're really struggling here cap'n":)
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by marcusf 15y ago
One company that does this exceedingly well, me thinks, is Toca Boca. In a sense, they don't make iPad games, they make iPad toys. But kids respond to the toys, and enjoy them. Slightly unrelated, their CEO has a good talk on the way to fig
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by marcusf 15y ago
Well, what I can think of is that of course you need to sample at > 2*max frequency if you do uniform sampling to avoid aliasing (by Nyquist), but that's not the same as playback.
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by marcusf 15y ago
Yeah I get that I'm getting older. It's just, what's the point of having a stereo that gives perfect playback at 22 kHz if you can't hear it? I'm guessing there must be something since people buy gear like that, or is just a case of derange
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by marcusf 15y ago
...of course I mean audible. Or spectral? Not aural, anyway. English is not my first language. Sorry.
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by marcusf 15y ago
I might sound/be stupid for asking, but what's the actual physical response from something at 22 kHz+? I have a hard time picking up a pure sine > 17 kHz. I doubt I'd get any aural response from anything at 22 kHz, so what's the deal?
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by marcusf 15y ago
This sort of reminds me of a DAM (Digital Asset Management system). I work in the media CMS industry, and most big news organisations carry one + usually some front end integration code. Seems like an obvious direction to take this (though
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by marcusf 15y ago
I'm unsure if this is trolling or not or if I lost my sense of humor. Anyway, I can simply not buy that Windows 95 sucked or was a half way-house of old and new tech where Windows 98 was a major technical step forward in comparison. And of
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by marcusf 15y ago
I am sincerely wishing that there were multiple upvotes to dish out. My little brother, at 16 and new to hacking, turns out Rails apps like nothing. It's part of the charm of a framework that is so easy to get started with. What's wrong wit
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by marcusf 15y ago
This is one of those issues where I realize just the vastness of the cultural divide between the US and over here. I live in Sweden, we've got lower unemployment, better average living conditions, free health care, all that jazz AND of cour
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by marcusf 15y ago
A complete aside, but the pushState/client side rendering implementation on the blog surprised and confused me massively. It seems like the wrong tool for a blog.
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by marcusf 15y ago
It should probably be noted that 'product' in this article only means physical products, eg the iPhone, iPad, MacBook etc. It would be interesting to see how this relates to software. I might just have to buy the book.
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by marcusf 15y ago
It sounds like a fun place to be, and just reinforces that this industry seems to endlessly spin around in circles. I mean, when you read this and compare it to what you hear of MSFT today (via Mini, for example), it's not far off to compar
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by marcusf 15y ago
I disagree. I've laid out my arguments best as I can, pointing to how we've measured and that we've seen improvements. In response to that, the commenter compares the post to scientology. The hypothesis under discussion here isn't "these pr
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by marcusf 15y ago
Thanks, but I've seen Gregs talk and the book has been on my short list for a while. I whole heartedly agree with trying to bring some science to the table. However, in lieu of any research on the subject and given the tools at our disposal
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by marcusf 15y ago
Ok but I believe the burden of proof is on you. I'll claim that adhering to some principles has given us quantifiably better results, and that the time scale is long enough that any Hawthrone Effect would've worn out by now. Also, "producti
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by marcusf 15y ago
Yegge, as usual, is hyperbole and a half. Don't get me wrong, I like his writing. I liked it more when I was younger, but I still enjoy it. I have to say though, after working the last 3.5 years in an organization that Yegge would categoriz
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by marcusf 15y ago
Hm. I don't understand. Could you elaborate why that is important here?
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by marcusf 15y ago
I counter-call bullshit on your last part. Every time I get on a flight these days half the plan sports an iPad. On the tube, iPads and Kindles are abound. Sales trajectories aren't pointing anywhere but up. I think they left the realm of "
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by marcusf 15y ago
People tend to shove disruptive in wherever they can - I guess because it sounds cool. _Cannibalize_ might be better here? Anyway, it's hard to argue Apple didn't cannibalize on its own iPod sales when it introduced the iPhone, and with som
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by marcusf 15y ago
Not sure why the headline was changed on this submission? Original says "possibly pictured".
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by marcusf 15y ago
Agreed that a VP of PM (or whatever title) should report directly to CEO, though having engineering report to CEO directly as well makes sense. As a PM, I've always felt that the tension between PM and engineering is a good thing. It leads

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