michaelmarion

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by michaelmarion 7y ago
Ahh, I see your point. Good question.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
Yeah, this is exactly what I was alluding to when I said "we all know what the answer is." It's the needs of the business, not customers, that are being put first.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
All candidates get an equal amount — including incumbents — and no outside or personal funds are eligible for use towards a campaign. The incumbent advantage would be negated in some part by term limits.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
This would never pass muster in the context of freedom of speech. Instead, we should just remove money from politics entirely: campaigns should be publicly financed at a fixed amount each cycle, and term limits should be set on all elected
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
I was thinking on this the other day, and I think what ultimately boils down to is this: there’s no “why” anymore at Apple. Go back and watch old keynotes with Steve. Almost always, whenever he’s talking about a new feature or piece of hard
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
This. Cable television at least has bundling economics going for it [1]. In most cases, streaming services don't. (Save, perhaps, for the forthcoming Disney+ bundle with ESPN+ and Hulu.) [1]: http://cdixon.org/2012&#x2F
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
I really wish Apple would make a standalone fitness tracker. (They'd rather upsell me a Watch, but, still...) Just give me all of the Health-related aspects of the watch without anything else. It doesn't even have to have a displa
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
One could argue that the iPad is intended to do the same thing to the MacBook line. Obviously the iPhone is a bigger driver of Apple's business, which changes the circumstances somewhat.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
Hey neighbor!
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
Agree. Other than that, I really like this as a concept and can't wait to see where it goes from here. Will be keeping an eye on this for sure.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
I also bounced after step 7, but namely because I kept getting sign-in errors with the email link.
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by michaelmarion 7y ago
You do (1). Give me an alphabetically-ordered list of search engines and let me choose for myself. If the user takes .0001% of the responsibility here and makes anything resembling an informed decision, everyone wins — Google avoids antitru
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by michaelmarion 8y ago
Merry Christmas, HN! This community is something I check in on every morning — I’m happy I can always find something new or interesting to learn about each time.
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by michaelmarion 9y ago
+1. Proximity to Duke/UNC/NCSU/WFU means there are plenty of local new grads, MBAs, and Ph.D's. Already a pipeline of foreign talent immigrating to the Research Triangle. Good weather. Beach is three hours one way and th
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by michaelmarion 9y ago
Took the plunge and deactivated my Facebook and Twitter accounts over a month ago. I haven't missed them.
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by michaelmarion 9y ago
"That just comes off to me as though even he didn't realize how ubiquitous phones would become, and how integral to our lives they would become, even replacing computers for so many tasks." No one did, though. Go back and wat
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by michaelmarion 9y ago
"we expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of the consumers." Well, yeah. Money talks.