maxklein

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by maxklein 17y ago
If they are having problems reproducing the crashes, they should pay for me to send my MacBook to them - it is 100% reproducible every single time. I actually installed Windows on a partition, and I boot in there to play flash video. I open
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by maxklein 17y ago
I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about the people who read what you write.
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by maxklein 17y ago
Yes, but I'd like to point out something you did that is worse than misquoting a statistic: You painted AIDS as an African disease. Rather than speaking about AIDS as something that affects all of us in the world, you behave as if it is som
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by maxklein 17y ago
One document? It's from the U.N. There is no better document than this, and nobody will take more care of their statistics than this. That document can be trusted. It's not a debate, there are 25 million people with Aids in Africa, not 400
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by maxklein 17y ago
Read the actual survey: http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_200... It contains some very interesting information: * AIDS has basically stabilized world wide. The number of new infections is only slightly higher than t
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by maxklein 17y ago
Your comment is uninformed and silly. This post links to an article with information from the UN. This survey has well researched numbers on the number of people who have AIDS in Africa. This number is 25 million. 25 million is not 60% of t
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by maxklein 17y ago
I'm talking of castes like in ants : worker caste, soldier caste etc. Recently wrote a paper about this, so it seemed natural to me, I forgot it may be misunderstood.
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by maxklein 17y ago
I've been wanting to write about this, and this is as good a time as any: We have evolved this far, not in spite-of, but with the help of stupidity. You cannot have a successful company where everyone is exactly the same intellectual type.
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by maxklein 17y ago
I think you're wrong. Websites have the ability to be extremly good looking and slick with killer animations and everything big and obvious. But if you look at the most popular websites in the world - there is no clear design advantage. Bet
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by maxklein 17y ago
China is taking all the massive cash it is making now because there is no other really big and cheap factory, and sticking it into infrastructure. Buildings, roads, subways, minority villages - all of that is being built up. Even if you hav
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by maxklein 17y ago
Okay, I'll cede that point. Python (don't know much about ruby) has the support you need to write your own web apps. But try to find people who you can pay to continue your work - very difficult and very expensive. That's my main reason.
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by maxklein 17y ago
I wish I could find more of these, but ruby and python are indeed tiny compared to PHP: http://www.zacker.org/files/market_share_graph.jpg My judgement call is that the battle is over. I may be wrong, but I am on the right side of wrong.
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by maxklein 17y ago
Yes I am serious. The most widely used and supported web language is likely to remain the dominant language on the web and will not be surpassed by tiny niche languages. That statement is one I would describe as reasonable.
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by maxklein 17y ago
I actually agree with you. Javascript is next in line. But it's not yet its turn. It will come soon, though, but what's the point in jumping off the dock on a boat when the boat has not arrived yet?
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by maxklein 17y ago
The average programmer does not use Ruby or Python. He uses Java, PHP or C. And the programming world is dependent on the average programmer.
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by maxklein 17y ago
That's what you believe. I believe something different. I believe that these languages had the chance, and it didn't happen. Technology rarely gets a second chance without some type of major change.
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by maxklein 17y ago
I really could not justify not doing web stuff in PHP anymore. PHP is THE web language. No, Ruby is not going to take over, and no, python is not going to take over. Those two would have been the main contenders for the space, but they both
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by maxklein 17y ago
That's a very japanese point of view you have there. Why does nobody speak of the exploitation of china (nanjing massacre, etc) as part of what made Japan rich.
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by maxklein 17y ago
But your statement is also making a generalisation. You say $50 is not much money to a lot of people. How do you prove that statement? The one-time fee strategy is a way of pulling people in cheaply and then upselling them. You will not a $
830.
by maxklein 17y ago
I think my generalisation is quite warranted. My sample size ran to about 30 people, who were not selected by me in any way. If you are selling a product that is a one-time fee and you are happy with the model, then fine, let's agree to dis
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by maxklein 17y ago
Actually - I have some data. I had a product priced at $2 per month subscription vs $50 one-time fee. More people paid the one-time fee than the subscription. From talks I've had with people, people prefer to pay a one-time fee than a subsc
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by maxklein 17y ago
A human controlled robot on the moon is much better at exploration than a human. Humans have to do things like eat and shit.
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by maxklein 17y ago
Humans should not be going to the moon at this point in time for exploration. We should focus on robots going to the moon - spending that money on developing robots will have a much larger benefit than spending the money trying to keep a hu
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by maxklein 17y ago
I don't think this blog post is correct. I do not think that "indecision", or "thinking about something as you work on it" was critical to the failure. The problem did not lie in the indecision or the discussion, the problem lay in a combin
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by maxklein 17y ago
People don't want to subscribe to stuff. They only do it when there is no other choice. If your site only offers subscriptions, I'll make a site with a one-time payment thing, store the users payment information and sell them new 'innovatio
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by maxklein 17y ago
What's your project?
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by maxklein 17y ago
I'm wondering that too.
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by maxklein 17y ago
By the way, I'd also love to move to San Fransisco area. Let's say as a foreigner to the U.S from a Visa Waiver country, is it possible to move to San Fransisco, hire a home office and just live and work on internet stuff? Or is that illega
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by maxklein 17y ago
I was once cheated out of $15 by a phone provider. I spent $500 and a lot of time and went to court to get the money back, which I did. I also got my costs recouped. I have spent more than $500 on karaoke in Asia without blinking. Money doe
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by maxklein 17y ago
Your tone is a bit incorrect for the particular situation. But whatever makes you happy. Just give me back my $5, I'll buy myself a beer this evening at a bar.

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