nameiscarl

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by nameiscarl 11y ago
Yes, a big disappointment. As the silence of the ISPs.
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by nameiscarl 11y ago
> major activist investor: Nelson Peltz I wish the press would do the responsible thing and use the proper words for those things: "corporate raiders". Giving into establishment's newspeak is not doing anyone a favor. And
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by nameiscarl 13y ago
Thanks for your feedback. This is very interesting. > Your two big competitors are Facebook (free for posting events) Facebook is not exactly a competitor because it's a walled garden. So you have to be part of the right groups o
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by nameiscarl 13y ago
Brandond, would you care to give insight why the local event idea is bad ?
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by nameiscarl 13y ago
I'm interested in that, too. I go out a lot (in my home town, and even more so in holidays), and I'd love to have an app to give me suggestions of events (special nights, museums, openings, and such). Why was it a bad idea ? Have
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
> traveling to Austin during SXSW can be a big productivity and morale boost. I like that you are including morale. I'm fed up with productivity gurus, GTD peddlers and existence hackers. Being transformed into a list crossing drone is
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
So TypeEngine (a company I didn't know existed) got free publicity from Arment himself ? Pretty clever...
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
And yet 007 is not the same as 7. Go figure.
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
TLDR. Excel is a tool. The major problem is the dimwits (mainly in suits) that use Excel instead of thinking. Anyone can make a decision if $A$1 > $B$1 + $C$1. When an Excel formula is doing the thinking for you, this is a bad sign. Fo
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
I second that. As javaists are concerned, Play 2.x is not a good thing : bigger, slower, more rigid and with a lot scala dependencies/idioms you don't care about. Forking Play 1.2.x could be a solution (and maybe remove the python console.
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
Machine are awesome at life advice. Since I take their input, my life is bliss : * wall-e on romance : now I date an ipod * robocop on hairstyle : I had to stop as it screwed majorly my head * HAL-9000 on gaming : I don't let nobody beat me
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
Also, it may a good idea to keep an eye open on elementary/luna : a linux distribution that has UI designers (that owns Apple devices, obviously). That distro (currently in beta) comes with its own eye pleasing apps. More info here : http:
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
From what I understand, it may be tough to open up to your teammates when you feel down. After all, in the workplace, you are expected to show leadership, strong will and the power to go through anything. Especially in the ultra competitive
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
Fixing your moods by replacing them with something else is pretty smart. And if you manage to have a somewhat healthy something else, you're relatively lucky :)
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
"Yes, some may raise the argument that the reason why Jobs was rarely in situations to apologize, was because, for the most part (minus Siri), he pushed excellent and complete product" Please, macosx releases have an history of being bug ri
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
Twitter is the batman trilogy of startups. It took an old idea and make it new and relevant again. In the second movement, it went huge and was the new sensation. The conclusion of the story will be bland and all over the place. With pundit
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
And as for Microsoft, it would have been more interesting than buying a client side software (Skype).
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by nameiscarl 14y ago
Bloated application : itunes. Clunky user experience : finder. Bug ridden OS updates : you know the ones. And best of all, offering two ways to run Windows on your Apple branded hardware : bootcamp and parallels :p Fortunately, there are a