newyear2012

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by newyear2012 15y ago
Ugh, I feel bad for them. That is the wrong way to try to drum up interest in music. It is already free. What they need to provide is something else that hasn't already been done. Like support online communities for bands that could write t
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by newyear2012 15y ago
Doing nothing is not an option. I don't even know why that was mentioned. You can't sit on money like that. However, they probably will let the dust settle for a few weeks or few months before spending their cash. At least I hope so. They a
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RedHat to add at least 1000 jobs in 2012, CEO says(wraltechwire.com)
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by newyear2012 15y ago
I agree, but the author attempted to work with Atari to license Battlezone. Also, the game has been out for a while without complaint from Atari. These both seem to make Atari seem less of a victim. As an aside, Atari is really Infogrames.
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by newyear2012 15y ago
This article makes some great points, but the internet itself is not just a composition of the services on the net or the products that use the net. The net itself is very much NOT owned by its users. With China restricting what its populat
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by newyear2012 15y ago
Agreed with much of this! However I disagree with "that's the nature of software engineering. You never stop learning and evolving." The reason: burnout. My guess is that at least 10% of developers begin to lose enthusiasm for coding after
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by newyear2012 15y ago
Does Twitter have a workable business model yet? If it does, I've not seen it.
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by newyear2012 15y ago
By putting people's names and email addresses in his post, he's going to spur people to write more to him. Not a good idea. But like'd the pretty graphs and opinion part.
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by newyear2012 15y ago
"In Citibank’s case, writing messages in that second-person conversational style forced the engineers to put themselves in the mind-set of real humans. You can’t write an 'I' statement for your ATM without also considering the logic, the te