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by neilc 16y ago
anyone who is currently using Windows XP should upgrade Can we stop this silly meme of calling a switch between two unrelated products an "upgrade"? WinXP => Linux is an "upgrade" that has 0% software compatibility, and requires a mas
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by neilc 16y ago
Well, if Microsoft delivered more value to shareholders (and to its employees), then those folks could choose to contribute that money to a variety of sources, philanthropic and otherwise. I'd personally think that the Foundation has done m
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by neilc 16y ago
I don't think that was the outrageous or controversial part of the OP's comment at all. Making Microsoft a better company than they are today would just require beating Ballmer, which is not exactly difficult.
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by neilc 16y ago
I'm inclined to agree with you (and I certainly don't care about Zed's current job), but Zed made a huge (and very public) fuss about his job hunt. Curiosity about the consequences of that job search seems only natural.
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by neilc 16y ago
I think Apple is very strongly research-driven with respect to materials science and industrial design: the basic design of the iPhone / multitouch interface, the unibody design of recent MacBook Pros, the stainless steel antenna in the iPh
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by neilc 16y ago
Foursquare is one of the few startups that I actively dislike (because they are responsible for much more noise than signal). At least in my mind, their brand represents some of the worst "Web 2.0"-era narcissism. Their growth is certainly
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by neilc 16y ago
A board of directors has significant discretion in deciding what course of action truly maximizes the long-term value of a company; see the business judgement rule, for instance ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_judgment_rule ). The
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by neilc 16y ago
Apple is obligated by its contract to its shareholders to avoid taxes as much as possible; they are just avoiding a lawsuit. To which contract/obligation are you referring? Per http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1013744
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by neilc 16y ago
But Neal Patterson, the author of the memo, is still the CEO and chairman of the board. http://www.cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586
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by neilc 16y ago
making the Back button in Safari take you back to a cached, post-rendered view of the previous page This behavior is extremely frustrating. It is similarly annoying when Safari reloads a page because the previous copy has been reclaimed d
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by neilc 16y ago
I know you're joking, but I don't see the moral concern about investment banking. You may not be making the world a better place (although that is very debatable), but you're not making it worse, either.
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by neilc 16y ago
Well, no, they do say a little more than that: "... the techniques that George used to prove that his computer based proof was correct happens to have direct application to a set of tools that we give to people that build PC peripherals...
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by neilc 16y ago
Security shouldn't be optional. That seems like a very dogmatic attitude. Security almost always comes at some cost (e.g., inconvenience), and sometimes that cost is not worth the benefit.
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by neilc 16y ago
Still, I find it hard to fathom why the iPad only has 256MB of RAM, for example -- the cost difference between 256 and 512 MB of RAM is very small. More RAM will consume marginally more power, but that doesn't seem a convincing reason eithe
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by neilc 16y ago
"Virtual memory" does not imply "it would have to swap"; indeed, the iPhone does have virtual memory, and each application has its own virtual address space.
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by neilc 16y ago
It's not entirely clear that the audience want broadcasters to do this: while I certainly find it annoying, there are those who think it is part of the atmosphere of the game.
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by neilc 16y ago
Neither Fiorina nor Whitman is an entrepreneur, however.
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by neilc 16y ago
Well, $9.95/month for 50GB, but I agree that some competition would be welcome.
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by neilc 16y ago
Sure, but dropbox themselves aren't exactly a blue chip corporation with a long-established reputation. There's no need for additional third-party configuration, either: $X.com could easily host a custom build of SparkleShare configured for
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by neilc 16y ago
If Sparkleshare develops some momentum, you could easily see third-parties compete to offer Sparkleshare storage as a service, in a similar manner to how Dropbox works today.
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by neilc 16y ago
Pray that this mindset does not infect your ISPs and tempt them to introduce traffic caps. I don't think this would be such a bad thing -- just as you pay on a per-unit basis for the water and energy you use, paying per unit of bandwidth
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by neilc 16y ago
I still don't see what "having fun" has to do with "solving customer needs": often customer needs are boring, esoteric, poorly-specified, and technically uninteresting -- exactly the opposite of the sort of thing you'd do to "have fun".
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Inferring travel itineraries from Flickr photo trails(glinden.blogspot.com)
7 points by neilc 16y ago|0 comments
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by neilc 16y ago
I think that's far too cynical. gdb is fine, but there is tons of room for improvement, and more competition in this area can only be a good thing. It is early days yet for LLDB, but it is a promising start. I've yet to see any IDE/debugg
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by neilc 16y ago
It depends on if you have to switch to the tiered plan on upgrade. ATT has been pretty clear that you don't (i.e. you can upgrade and retain the unlimited data plan).
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by neilc 16y ago
iPhone OS’s status as the best platform for completely open mobile web content. Wait, what? What exactly makes the iPhone OS the best platform for "completely open mobile web content"? The differences between Android and iPhone OS for ope
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Chrome Dev Channel: WebM support on Windows, Linux and Mac(googlechromereleases.blogspot.com)
2 points by neilc 16y ago|0 comments
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by neilc 16y ago
A 3G modem for backup would be pretty useful: I'd feel more secure while traveling to know that all my photos were wirelessly synced with my desktop PC or the cloud, so that if I lost or damaged a memory card I wouldn't lose anything. And a
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by neilc 16y ago
I think the obligation to work in exchange for pay that is the problem. If you're in the position where you can freely choose what to work on, I just think you'd be a lot happier than if your choice is dictated by your employer. That is a
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by neilc 16y ago
Living off the dole is filled with stress. If you had a reliable, steady income and the health to enjoy it, I think most people would be much happier than they are working a typical job. Living off the dole is also not something considered

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