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JavaScript Mini-App Contest - Pageforest.com(pageforest.com)
2 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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by mckoss 15y ago
The highest marginal federal tax rate for corporations is 35%. I think that's too high. But Google, a US Corporation, who derives most of it's earnings from it's US operations, is paying but a small fraction of that. I think in the case o
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by mckoss 15y ago
Our congressional representatives are corrupt, doling out tax breaks to wealthy corporations, while ordinary people are left to pay high tax rates on ordinary income. I think Google should be ashamed to be part of this corrupt system. It's
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Google.com detecting malware and notifying search users(googleblog.blogspot.com)
66 points by mckoss 15y ago|12 comments
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(3:25:41 PM) bradass87: god that pacman thing is starting to get annoying (3:26:14 PM) bradass87: enjoyed it at first, but now everytime i open a new browser window… whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo
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by mckoss 15y ago
You have to have a design patent to protect the "shape" of a product. They look a little like iPod nanos, but can Apple really protect ANY small rectangular metal music player?
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by mckoss 15y ago
I've seen quite a few of these "part 1" articles on HN lately. I find it annoying and would down vote this listing if I could. This story is a good start, but not complete, and therefore was a waste of my time.
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by mckoss 15y ago
The DOJ claims that allowing defendants to exercise their 5th amendment rights against self-incrimination would "make their prosecution impossible." To which I say: 1. Your prosecutors are lazy and want to force criminals to prosecute thems
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by mckoss 15y ago
I don't think the inventor of the HTTP protocol would have envisioned that one of his error codes would be the answer on an Jeopardy (Kids!) game ... AND correctly answered by a 12 year old!
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Jeopardy Kids answer: 404(j-archive.com)
3 points by mckoss 15y ago|1 comments
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It isn't clear to me that the users clicking the most popular version of their ad were not more interested in beer than in their product.
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Why are advertisers paying $9 to $20 CPM to AOL when they generally pay a tiny fraction of that to advertise across most web sites and on Google?
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by mckoss 15y ago
You can view the awesome presentation (in game-show format!) from the creators of the Pac Man Doodle from Google I/O (Ryan Germick - Creative Lead for Google Doodle, worked on both of these): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttavBa4giPc
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The chart on page 3-2 gives you a good idea of the G forces you'd experience on a launch. Imagine the feeling of instantly taking away 3.5 Gs as each stage blows away. Also notice how the Gs increase as the mass of fuel volume is reduced
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by mckoss 15y ago
I this to be a surprisingly good use of interactive design (one not possible with a static newspaper). Note that you can slice by geo or by time.
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Middle East Turmoil - WSJ Interactive Info-Graphic(online.wsj.com)
4 points by mckoss 15y ago|1 comments
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He uses a Wacom tablet to write.
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by mckoss 15y ago
Off topic, but WordPress has made blogs unreadable for iPad users. I can't even scroll through this article without the screen jumping erratically past many pages of content.
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I think the point that OP is trying to make is about skill acquisition. He argues you can't learn to program well merely by learning programming concepts. Rather, you must immerse yourself in reading and writing real programs.
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Given that momentum based mouse scrolling existed in the prior art, I doubt that the addition of touch would pass the non-obviousness test in court.
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by mckoss 15y ago
Android activates 400,000 phones PER DAY! beating Microsofts numbers for the quarter in just 4 days.
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How a Seattle Startup Failed(geekwire.com)
2 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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Smear campaign against Google Chromebooks?(betanews.com)
3 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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I wrote this site to combine Markdown documents and executable <script> sections. http://wiki.pageforest.com
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Each use of a non standard library makes code less "portable" - both in the sense that you need to include another library to support it, and in that it will be a speed bump to other developers reading and using your code. So I generally ha
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Simpler, but with a changed meaning. The original speaker does not want to be read to from the book; he does not contemplate reading it to himself.
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The announcement that they were going to strengthen the requirements on vendors to get the Google apps received enthusiastic applause at Google IO. Manufacturers and carriers have shown a desire to "differentiate" their offers even if it m
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I love my iPad too - but after playing with the new 10.1" Galaxy Tab for a few hours (thank you, Google IO), I think I'd now recommend an Android tablet over an Apple one (for just the kind of BS App Store policies being enforced here).
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Consumers can react to market changes much faster than enterprises. We are seeing a rapid migration away from Microsoft's product in the consumer space. That must worry MS as this phenomenon seeps into their enterprise business over time.
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30 hours. http://startpad.org/blog/diving-android-development-the-pock...

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