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by mfringel 14y ago
My first thought: Could I put my phone in a radio-proof room, and externally synthesize the GPS signal to put my phone wherever I wanted, complete with robo-play as necessary? My second thought: If it's possible at all, I have to assume t
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by mfringel 14y ago
At a guess, it's because you don't describe how it would help. "Just do a TopN report" is not a diagnosis, analysis, or furtherance of the discussion. If you want to do an effective shameless plug, write a few sentences about how your produ
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by mfringel 14y ago
So I have to admit. I'm still quite torn. On one hand, keeping slides simple and avoiding "eye charts" clearly makes for better readability, and reduces the risk of the presenter "reading from the slide." OTOH, a set of slides like that is
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by mfringel 14y ago
This is a remarkably accessible way of explaining source code control to people.
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Google cuts Cloud Storage prices another 10% after Amazon S3 price cut(thenextweb.com)
105 points by mfringel 14y ago|76 comments
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by mfringel 14y ago
Visa and MC are, as mentioned, an effective duopoly over card payments in the EU. This means that Visa and MC are in a position to govern the flow of money. Since they have started acting as a governing body by unilaterally cutting off ac
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by mfringel 14y ago
I have never found the Learned Hand quote persuasive specifically because I know the context.
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by mfringel 14y ago
Seeing the Judge Learned Hand quote taken out of context is a pet peeve, mostly because it happens so damn often. Your latter quote is actually from Helvering v. Gregory, which was the 2nd Circuit case. Here's a quote from the case actually
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by mfringel 14y ago
Actually, I think the interesting story behind the corp-speak is that this is now an internal vendetta with corporate sponsorship.
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by mfringel 14y ago
Since I see a lot of "Hey, doesn't X do that too?" remarks, I just wanted to say: Execution counts. It's not enough to say "Hey, X does that, too." There has to be a qualifier on how well/poorly/etc. it does it. Otherwise, we're meaning
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by mfringel 14y ago
They could, but their goal isn't to make money on test drive fees; their goal is to sell cars.
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by mfringel 14y ago
I tend to use the phrase "Of course there are some people who do X, but we don't care about either of them."
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by mfringel 14y ago
Everyone reserves instances, but they do other things, too. You can do a setup based on application demand, such that you have reserved instances for baseline load, and then a mix of spot instances and on-demand instances for load/spikes ov
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by mfringel 14y ago
BitCoin isn't a payments infrastructure. Rather, it's a set of primitives over which you can create one. The same can be said of git w/r/t source code control systems.
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by mfringel 14y ago
All this tells me is that it hasn't hit governmental radar in any meaningful way, yet. If Bitcoin was annoying enough to be a real problem to the powers that be, the computing resources necessary to hijack the main chain would be online in
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by mfringel 14y ago
Aye. "No pool?"
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by mfringel 14y ago
To that point, it's hard to get a handle on how many GET, LIST, POST, etc. operations one would routinely do in the course of a blog or something else. While that can get pretty complex (especially if you end up throwing varnish in to min
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Pair Programmers Wanted; Week-Long Audition Required(itworld.com)
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by mfringel 14y ago
I know people who don't spend $1000/mo on those type of things. Anecdotes cancel. The reason that there are TV shows about that kind of thing is because the occurrences are far enough out on the bell curve that people can get the entertain
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by mfringel 14y ago
Why do they even need a $20/mo cellphone? They can just get basic metered service on a landline for $7-8/mo from the local telco. Of course, having a phone number is a luxury, too. There's certainly no mandate to have one, but let's say
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by mfringel 14y ago
So, a block chain contains all transactions in the BitCoin network since the beginning of time? How does this not end up with having to eventually transmit multiple gigs of data every time you want to do a transaction?
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by mfringel 14y ago
Alternately, noting them but not sending them an email at all. Much like a gym membership, the people who don't use it at all but feel like they should someday (as long as they're not nagged about not using it) are one of the most profitabl
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by mfringel 14y ago
No, that's just bad manipulation. If a salesperson is good at their job, you walk away thinking that you came to the decision yourself without any coercion at all.
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by mfringel 14y ago
I sincerely hope that you succeed. This is a brilliant idea. Here's why: I think that we're at a Nash Equilibrium for Trusts, at the moment. That is, Trusts are only useful and good for sheltering assets because only a privileged few kn
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by mfringel 14y ago
Thanks for the posting. This has inspired me to learn how to write Mozilla plugins. My first project will be to write one that will strip (or at least alert on) referrer codes.
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by mfringel 14y ago
So, for those of us who know nothing about bikes, why are steel frames suboptimal for commuting?
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by mfringel 14y ago
Insert obligatory "No one will tell me what to do! They're not the boss of me! I love working 15 hour days and why would they want to stop me!" comment, here.
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Uber allowed to operate in Boston [pdf](mass.gov)
1 points by mfringel 14y ago|0 comments
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by mfringel 14y ago
So, here's why that happens. There are typically two phone-minute charging models: "Calling party pays" (Eurozone, others) and "Both sides pay" (US, Australia(?)). In a "both sides pay" scenario, each customer pays for their own side of a
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by mfringel 14y ago
And now Chick-Fil-A continues to expand out of its home region, and the things they used to garner that support in Georgia may not help them in the Northeast, where religion is considered a more private affair.

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