mikedouglas

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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Google has a few Java properties. I'd be really surprised if they hadn't already solved this.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
I wouldn't be so sure. It's just that they're proposing a very different method (statistical analysis) to uncover the inherent meaning in the text.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Wait, so you would've been willing to pay for the product originally (which, as you mentioned, would've collected less data and therefore be less useful than todays Last.fm), but you wouldn't be willing to pay for the more useful version av
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
"It's unrealistic to not expect a huge backlash against a service that's restricting itself to only those markets where they think they might make money." Which, in one sentence, explains the insanity of the mindset of web startups at the m
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
The UK, USA and Germany are large enough markets for them to sell ads in. If anything, over the last few years, ad sales in those countries has been subsidizing everyone else. Hulu, Kindle, GrandCentral, etc. It's not like this is a new exp
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
How about from a profitability perspective? I think we should suck it up, and realize large companies aren't going to subsidize what we want to do on the internet, forever. If Last.fm isn't €3/month, don't pay it.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Right, but the 'scare' is an orthogonal issue to how law enforcement acted in this instance.I'd expect the same response whether it was human trafficking, stock fraud or racketeering.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
But what "additional evidence"? They enough evidence to link the ip address to a serious felony. If you lend someone your car, and they try to drive it across the border with 20kg of cocaine, expect them to come crashing through your door.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Where did the process screw up here? Regardless whether he was running a Tor server or not, you don't think that the link between his IP address and child pornography was enough to warrant a search?
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
If you think the extent of AIGs insurance business was 10 companies, you're hugely mistaken. AIG is the backer of a huge number of corporate, state and municipal bonds. The usual terms of those bonds state that if the insurer fails, the bon
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
http://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Aangry-economist.russnel... People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones :)
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Tiny (misproportioned) photos, sentence fragments for bios, no explanation of method... This is just bad, even for a list.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Did you even click the link? Which of the examples listed in the article was due to bad regulation? A "net neutrality" bill would've forced the CRTC to rule in favor of the small ISPs, the copyright modernization act is being pushed by the
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
It's fairly well known that multiple monitors increase productivity. Here's one study: http://research.microsoft.com/research/coet/multimonitor/chi...
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
* Sounds clunky, and overspecialized. * Awkwardly splits the product (display/no display). * Competes with the low-end Macbook, while being a lower-margin product. * Can't imagine a design for this that isn't ugly. Very Un-App
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
Was that discussion Spolsky's "How Microsoft Lost The API War" ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html )?
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
(Non-dead) link to the file: http://www.maximumcompression.com/selfgz.gz
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
But he's undermining his movement here; in effect he's saying "don't share that code with your neighbour". The contrast isn't between tool and movement, but between a strict deontological perspective, and the justification of unethical mean
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
What about PageRank fraud? Are the links nofollow?
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
You don't need to write a 600 page book to convince people to be selfish.
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
If your business plan is "maybe one of us will turn out to be the next Steve Jobs," it may be better just to sell to MSFT ;)
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by mikedouglas 18y ago
gmail, using self-addressed emails and labels as folders. Being able to search and "reply" to your own thoughts is really nice.
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by mikedouglas 19y ago
mike.douglas at gmail