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by mckoss 15y ago
I agree. Why are do so many people need to weigh in on what the "numbers" must be telling them. The process seems way more subjective than analytical.
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by mckoss 15y ago
This was pretty typical at Microsoft too. Many groups (Windows, Office, Exchange, etc) had a leadership group hold a regular "war room" type meeting at which major decisions were made. From 10 to 30 participants was common at these (usual
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by mckoss 15y ago
What's the spin here? Google is trying to project: - Search is a hard, interesting problem - and we have really smart people working on it (come work with us). - Search is a competitive business (don't regulate us). - W
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by mckoss 15y ago
So Microsoft is being anti-competitive here. The question is, are they using monopoly power (illegal) to do so?
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by mckoss 15y ago
I feel for the victim here. I find it distasteful to see <BIG COMPANY> using such a big hammer against a little guy who just posted a link. "Real" IS an English word, after all - their protections are therefore more limited. "Real
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by mckoss 15y ago
Actually, "meme" was coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 (The Selfish Gene). Although, the meaning in popular culture has morphed from the generic definition (any self propagating idea) to refer to fast spreading cat videos and the like. I r
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by mckoss 15y ago
Each language has its own conventions. I try to use the dominant convention for each so as to be more readable to the community of developers in that language. So, snake_case in Python and camelCase in JavaScript (with classes being initia
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by mckoss 15y ago
If you remove the nationalistic bias, this story sounds like exactly the "right thing" happened to Dell and Amazon. Work migrated to where it can be performed most efficiently. This is exactly what we want an economy to do. It's true that
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by mckoss 15y ago
The note is really about the best way to specify a range/sequence of integers, not why we start from 0 as an index. But it is an excellent example of thoughtful reasoning to choose between multiple (seemingly arbitrary) design options. I t
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by mckoss 15y ago
Nothing wrong with open speculation at taxpayer's expense? This reminded me of an excellent essay by Michael Crichton on the rampant increase of pseudo science in our society. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122603134258207975.html I par
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NASA funded pseudo-science(m.digitalspy.com)
2 points by mckoss 15y ago|3 comments
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by mckoss 15y ago
I'm not claiming I could INVENT any machine with a software process. Only that one could take any patent granted for a machine, and build a total software simulation for the described machine. By the judges' logic in this ruling, the soft
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by mckoss 15y ago
Judges have NO IDEA how to interpret patents. I would claim that EVERY MACHINE is reducable to a (software) simulation, and that every software simulation can be (in theory) executed by the human mind with paper and pencil. While you coul
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by mckoss 15y ago
A patent holder is not required to license their patent. If found valid by the court, they are free to enjoin others from using their technology for the duration of the patent period.
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Xkcd Password Generator (with visual mnemonics)(ipass.pageforest.com)
3 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: HTML5 Slide Show Builder(html5slides.pageforest.com)
6 points by mckoss 15y ago|0 comments
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by mckoss 15y ago
It boggles the imagination to see one person leading three companies, each of which has to solve enormous problems that no one else has been able to overcome in the past several decades. I find it quite inspirational to see Elon doing this
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by mckoss 15y ago
Excellent presentation of the library. After reading the source, I am struck with how much of the code here is just one or two line wrappers; "convenience" functions that don't really do anything but pass on the arguments to another functi
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by mckoss 15y ago
code.pageforest.com is in early alpha now - but we'd be happy to have comments on the system we're building. The goal is to build a site that can allow anyone to not only solve JavaScript coding problems, but also to author new ones.
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by mckoss 15y ago
Actually, hashed password ARE recoverable, technically. Though it would take a VERY long time to brute force the original passwords.
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by mckoss 15y ago
I might suggest that the password pattern strings are encrypted using a key based on the user's password plus salt. This way, the password pattern list is only recoverable AFTER recovering the users password (via brute force). I think thi
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by mckoss 15y ago
Excellent visual. I've not seen this explained as clearly in any other news source. It seems so simple to do; I chalk it up the kind of lazy Journalism we have today.
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by mckoss 15y ago
http://www.quip-art.com/3RP
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by mckoss 15y ago
I remember hearing that Google is making well over 50% of all Internet Advertising revenue in the US.
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by mckoss 15y ago
Facebook did the same thing to me when I tried to advertise my social networking service on Facebook. This is anti-competitive - on both counts. But it's illegal if you are deemed to have monopoly power.
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by mckoss 15y ago
I think a better solution is a mandatory licensing process. The threat of absolute exclusion is too damaging to the industry. AND, the patent office needs to start DOING THEIR JOB and stop granting patents for obvious inventions.
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by mckoss 15y ago
The Visa Waiver program allows "business" travel to the US. I think Nefario's planned activities are allowed: "Independent research, no salary/income from a US based source, or benefit to US institution."
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by mckoss 15y ago
I had cash in my office ready to exchange for Bitcoin when Nefario was to come to Seattle. It's no different than trading at MtGox.
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by mckoss 15y ago
Anyone have a link to the video they were referring to in the clip?
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by mckoss 15y ago
That's fun! It runs pretty fast, though. You might want to have it start a bit slower. You should also use requestAnimationFrame instead of setInterval. http://paulirish.com/2011/requestanimationframe-for-smart-animating/

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