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by mvzink 14y ago
I read the first half of the first item and closed the page. I was going to write more on this subject, but now I'm going to submit this comment as is and close the page.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Isn't Devise older than OmniAuth?
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by mvzink 14y ago
You're right, he should have avoided confusion/inaccuracy by just saying "neoliberal subjugators". If you think that's delusional, I have some bad news for you.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Another reminder of the internet's awesomeness: browse through the comments on the followup to see the original author answering reader questions.
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by mvzink 14y ago
The PDF files are part of the joke. They were probably produced with LaTeX too, just like in mainstream academic publications.
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by mvzink 14y ago
On the other hand, a "sickness in our industry" doesn't have to be the majority behavior. It may seem more common than it actually is since it's easier for the press to talk about the businesses that just care about quick exits, but there
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by mvzink 14y ago
I like the acknowledgement that we aren't all perfect—not even as close to perfect as we tell ourselves and others we are. It actually reminds me of this collection of Isaac Asimov stories I've been reading called The Edge of Tomorrow, with
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by mvzink 14y ago
I understand everyone's HP-10 series nostalgia, but to replace the TI-83 on that list would have to be the HP-48 series. Full graphing and programming capabilities, released 3 years before the TI-83, and of course using the all-but-forgotte
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by mvzink 14y ago
Well there goes the one draw I had to the Ouya.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Yeah, I would be in favor of keeping the existing font face and W.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Yeah, but you have to admit that this is pretty skilled sensationalist journalism :P How convenient Nanex didn't include labels in the graphics they provided! [1] In fact, they specifically say that high frequency trading doesn't concern th
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by mvzink 14y ago
Agree or disagree with their design decisions, I do hope they are right that "the discussion begins". Does anybody know of internal/official Wikimedia efforts/discussions wrt redesigns?
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by mvzink 14y ago
You're absolutely right, but I think you're understating the issue. DavidChouinard and csomar also have good points. There are clients who want to hire good developers for a lot of money and those who want to hire good developers at univers
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by mvzink 14y ago
For all the other shit MS gets (I'm thinking of Kinect), at least they are actively trying out new interfaces/inputs. Let's hope they go places.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Good to know I got the point! :P Can I ask about your thoughts on StatusNet?
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by mvzink 14y ago
Aha, I didn't understand at all before your edit (no offense :P), and I think you have a good point, but it is actually on the "pro" side for approaches like Winer's: the hypothetical "Twitter-like ecosystem" is targeting now, just like T
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by mvzink 14y ago
You just made me think of something. The common folk may as well continue using Twitter, and you're right about the bar to entry. We few, the vanguard of openness and reliability, can use approaches like Dave Winer's to provide an open, dur
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by mvzink 14y ago
Foucault's treatment of psychiatry comes to mind. He raises the possibility that psychiatry/psychoanalysis and mental normalcy are effects of bourgeois dominance/the capitalist system: on some level, we care about individual behavior to the
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by mvzink 14y ago
Not surprising; most don't even realize the impacts of basic web technology. But indeed, the obvious fact that Americans have far less privacy than they realize is interesting and important. I am repeatedly reminded of Brin's "The Transpare
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by mvzink 14y ago
On another, unrelated note, I'm excited to see a company whose first hiring post on HN is for writers and reporters, not engineers. Interesting times!
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by mvzink 14y ago
Based on Curtis' explanation of Svbtle[1], I took "the essence of blogging" to be more in the graphical design sense. I wonder what Curtis (and who else is behind Svbtle?) imagines "the future of news and opinion" looks like, and whether he
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by mvzink 14y ago
If there is one thing I wish I saw more of on HN, it's posts about funding and business outside of the VC model. I feel the thoughts expressed in this post are on the rise.
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by mvzink 14y ago
Further context/information: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3584635
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by mvzink 14y ago
Github didn't crowdfund $500,000 before having a paid tier and being profitable.
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by mvzink 14y ago
I'm surprised to see only one comment with the word "reliability" in it. I almost laughed when I saw examples from Google and Twitter. The article and the comments, sadly here as well as on the site, betray a shocking unfamiliarity with tec
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by mvzink 14y ago
R has frequently been a source of inspiration for me. (I mention his briefly here: http://mvz.so/articles/lend-a-hand-to-science.html ) It appears, to me, as an example of a tool that has done and continues to do its job, for the benefit o
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by mvzink 14y ago
Prescriptively, I agree. But descriptively, the economy isn't rational, and I bet we will implement that bug again: arguably the most essential and accurate message on that page is "ultimate freedom"—flying cars, and normal cars, and planes
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by mvzink 14y ago
Update (in case anybody sees this) an example of the sort of information I was looking for could be found here: http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2012/06/28/wheres-yo...
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by mvzink 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Probably remote, as I'm currently in Buenos Aires and heading back to Chicago in October. I do more than just web stuff. I'm also really smart (heheh). Let's talk. Things I've used for serious work: Objective-C for iOS, C, Er
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by mvzink 14y ago
I love this idea (with some reservations re: gibybo's comment), and it brings to mind an important quote from Thomas H. Huxley that has been with me for a while: "Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make your

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