natrius

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by natrius 14y ago
Ideas aren't that special.
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by natrius 14y ago
I honestly thought you were being sarcastic. I've never heard of someone who has actually used EBCDIC.
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by natrius 14y ago
"Open" in the social sense means that people know about the lives of others. Claiming that Facebook hasn't made the world more open seems odd to me. "Connected" is even more straightforward. Facebook dramatically strengthens weak social tie
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by natrius 14y ago
I don't think that's what's going on. Once polls close, early vote totals are available. Those aren't counted in the percent of precincts reporting. That means there can be zero percent of precincts reporting, but 25% of the vote counted al
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by natrius 14y ago
It sounds like you're arguing for designing iPad mini apps as iPhone apps, which is contrary to one of Apple's major arguments for the device over existing 7" tablets. Apple wants iPad minis to run iPad apps. Their customers probably do as
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by natrius 14y ago
If "agreed" were used instead, it'd perform the same function without being called out by people who don't like internet linguistic trends. Clearly indicating one's position in an argument is valuable, and "this" accomplishes that.
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by natrius 14y ago
The Supreme Court of the United States disagrees with you.
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by natrius 14y ago
This arrogance is baffling. What makes you think you know enough about Facebook's infrastructure to make such a claim?
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by natrius 14y ago
http://glade.gnome.org/
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by natrius 14y ago
It'd be within the reach of more families if they could take the money that would be going towards their child in the assigned public schools with them to the school of their choice. I don't understand why that idea became a partisan one.
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by natrius 14y ago
If that's what you call immoral, do you only buy goods and services produced by workers making American/Western European-level wages? In the unlikely event that you do, isn't it morally suspect to deny workers in developing countries jobs j
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by natrius 14y ago
Dribbble does not change the value proposition I outlined. What rational business owner will choose picking a designer from Dribbble and hoping they'll produce a desirable logo instead of picking a logo from 99designs? To me, 99designs seem
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by natrius 14y ago
You were just talking about the distinction between morality and legality, then you justified your position on morals with laws. I do not believe that it is immoral to offer less than minimum wage for a job. I do not believe that any consen
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by natrius 14y ago
If a logo produced by a single employed designer or firm is better than a logo produced via a 99designs-style contest, then you're going to have to prove it instead of merely claiming that your way is superior. The Stack Overflow logo doesn
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by natrius 14y ago
Can you define the moral line that using 99designs crosses? I think it's a perfectly moral agreement between designers, those seeking designs and 99designs itself. If it is immoral to ask someone to produce work with the understanding that
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by natrius 14y ago
Choosing a designer is hard . Using 99designs freed me from that task. The final comparison comes down to $300 for a logo vs. $300 plus the time and effort required to find the right designer plus the risk they'll produce something you don
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by natrius 14y ago
The distinction here is that few of us will think you're a jerk for taking that approach. It's a completely valid one, in my opinion. I think it rarely leads to success, but if it works for you, go nuts.
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by natrius 14y ago
Since you've created this developer vs. executive dichotomy, I should point out that I am most certainly a developer, and only an executive in the sense that anyone can print out business cards. I do not care about maintaining high wages fo
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by natrius 14y ago
You call it a "race to the bottom." I call it a functioning market. Lowering prices for a product isn't a bad thing. It's effectively what we're all in the business of doing.
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by natrius 14y ago
I don't understand this sort of complaint. Are the participating designers being deceived? Are they being forced to participate? Are they being subjected to conditions that are hazardous to their health? If not, what is wrong with participa
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by natrius 14y ago
Has that actually happened to you? I doubt it, especially if you've indicated she's your mother on Facebook. People who post rarely would show up more often when they do post in any reasonable weighting scheme. "Close" was a loaded word to
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by natrius 14y ago
Facebook has enough data to know how close you are to people, and there's even a "Close Friends" list you can add people to in order to see all of their posts. Your friends who want to see your posts will see them. Those who are ambivalent
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by natrius 14y ago
It's not brainwashing. $50 up front makes a significant difference for most Americans. I bought my last two phones (Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S) at sticker price and got a cheaper T-Mobile plan. That's not an option for everyone. Even accounti
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by natrius 14y ago
Coursera isn't a nonprofit, and a plain reading of that statute seems to require nonprofit status.
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by natrius 14y ago
The first Google result for me is Urban Dictionary, which has good definitions for it.
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by natrius 14y ago
Doxxing is a word with a precise definition that allows writers to be more concise. It is useful and it describes what happened.
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by natrius 14y ago
Those incentives are there, but the linked post isn't about that, nor is it a particularly useful starting point for that discussion.
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by natrius 14y ago
I don't think she's saying that. Do white males without programming skills get programming internships at a higher rate? Are there even a significant number of people who take that path? Hiring is not the problem. Getting underrepresented f
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by natrius 14y ago
Merit does not require effort. I haven't heard anyone claiming that their ability to program is a measure of their worth as a human being. It is, however, a measure of one's usefulness to a development team.
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by natrius 14y ago
I was astonished to see it as well, but mainly because the logic was so poor. How is pretending that the attendance at conferences should reflect the world's population a useful addition to this discussion?

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