mvalle

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by mvalle 16y ago
Yep, Microsoft (probably) just bought Unix. Somehow, there's something poetic about that...
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by mvalle 16y ago
This is an important point that I think a lot of people don't understand. Even respected people in the technology world don't recognize that the GPL is not a use license.
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by mvalle 16y ago
And it's probably not the first or last word. And if it precedes a ',' then it's probably more likely to be it. There are many ways to increase the hit-rate.
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by mvalle 16y ago
If SPAM is interesting and engaging, is is SPAM?
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by mvalle 16y ago
I suppose getting the GPS co-ordinates would help the local search. Most modern smart-phones have GPS nowadays, and I believe that they GPS co-ordinates are embedded into the images.
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by mvalle 16y ago
Or maybe it makes sure that the only people who go the length to sign up are aware of the benefit of Quora, and therefore likely to be quality users contributing the the quality of Quora. In a sense, Quora uses Facebook as a filter to get g
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by mvalle 16y ago
I know someone who works for an insurance company that covers credit card and identity fraud. They are actively monitoring these sites for their costumers information. Even though that's a private company, I wouldn't be surprised if governm
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by mvalle 16y ago
I suppose, it's not a trivial task to complete, otherwise it would've been done already, as I can only imagine that there is a lot of cash to get in that game.
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by mvalle 16y ago
You?
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by mvalle 16y ago
I feel the same way too. Most of what I knew about HTML/CSS was through trail and error (especially for CSS). Now I am thinking of redesigning my whole site using what I've learned from these videos. Also, I know of some friends who have e
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by mvalle 16y ago
Hardware companies buying security software companies. Looks like it's the new trend. Now is a good time to own a security software company, but probably too late to start one.
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by mvalle 16y ago
No, it doesn't. I read the Wikipedia's overly academic description and I still don't get it. (And I've never heard of corporations either.)
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by mvalle 16y ago
Key quote: "The advantage of a university is a high concentration of diverse, smart, and interesting people."
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by mvalle 16y ago
Is this from Adobe, or does someone really care that much?
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by mvalle 16y ago
Step 5: write an article about how cheaply you made you blog.
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by mvalle 16y ago
Definitely, I like the way it is written. I don't know how to describe it, but it feels like an entrepreneur wrote it. It has a feel to it.
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by mvalle 16y ago
Yeah, I particularly like the new range-slider input option, it seem much simpler to use than jQuery UI's range-slider. Which is where I think HTML5 really shines, making things simpler, by putting more functionality into HTML you previousl
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by mvalle 16y ago
I'd define a "well-behaved dog" as "a dog that doesn't bother me all the time", in which case most cats are well-behaved.
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by mvalle 16y ago
How about having a dummy-demo. Basically give the user a taste of the UI without the functionality, ie. just send the user a static html page to get a feel of the interface and how it would work. Of course, it depends on what you are offeri
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by mvalle 16y ago
Oracle's other database, MySQL, only cost's $0.1 in download costs, + ~$1 yearly download costs for updates.
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by mvalle 16y ago
The Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1381278
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by mvalle 16y ago
the fork: http://www.illumos.org/
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by mvalle 16y ago
Isn't the good part of being open-source, that you can fork it at any point? If there is any interest in OpenSolaris, someone will fork it and continue the development.
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by mvalle 16y ago
That's the best thing about having a nephew, the Legos.
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by mvalle 16y ago
On the third hand: of the infinite amount of things you can't/won't do in you life, there is only a finite amounts of things you want to do, and you won't regret not doing things you don't want to do.
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by mvalle 16y ago
Oh, that reminds me...
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by mvalle 16y ago
I think it is. I only use un-pirateable software.
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by mvalle 16y ago
What will the pricing be after the beta ends?
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by mvalle 16y ago
because you have the skills necessary?
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by mvalle 16y ago
So you could work for an investment bank, make a lot of money, use as little of it as possible and save the rest, then after a few years, quit and use the savings to fund a start-up? Sounds like a plan to me...

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