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by nika 16y ago
Apple charges the high price without contract now because it is under the contract model still. EG: It sells to AT&T et all for $600 in the contract model and is subsidized. AT&T would not be happy if Apple sold that same phone wi
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by nika 16y ago
Unfortunately with the goons at the department of "homeland" security now disconnecting businesses from "the internet" via control over root DNS servers... this seems kinda possible. These actions are not constitutional, nor are they legal.
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by nika 16y ago
I can't speak from experience, but my perspective is that offshoring works great when what you're offshoring is the building of machine tools, toys, furniture, computer components and even whole computers, cars, etc. I'm sure apple, for ins
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by nika 16y ago
Back when Java was my favorite language, I was once challenged to spend an hour looking at Objective-C and see if I didn't grok it in that time period, and then a week working with Cocoa-- and was promised that I'd love it if I did. They we
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by nika 16y ago
If I were CEO of Nokia, here's what I'd do. I'd go to Apple and license iOS. Now is the perfect time, and Nokia missed a critical opportunity by not doing so. I know, "apple doesn't license their OS dummy!". But think about this: 1. Andr
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by nika 16y ago
I'm an iOS developer who has passed on android, but I'm surprisingly (as a longtime microsoft hater) open minded about Phone 7. I sincerely doubt that it is as easy to develop for as iOS... but I am an optimist and hope MSFT has improved
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by nika 16y ago
So, this is ok if the payout in 4. is sufficient compensation for the existence and effort you put into the company. If, 4. is a desperation move, and you're hoping bigco is going to help your company reach heights you're unable to reach on
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by nika 16y ago
This app is not written for the mac using Carbon or Cocoa, it is using Crossover. It is a windows app and they're using technology (wine for linux) to get it to run on other platforms. I don't think that, after creating carbon and delaying
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by nika 16y ago
It is using crossover to be able to run the windows code on a mac. So it isn't a native mac port.
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by nika 16y ago
It really is a shame that we cannot count on an automatic veto from Obama. This is an area where I really would hope for some change.
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by nika 16y ago
From my perspective, and not an expert on cassandra, but: -- Conceptually more straightforward for engineers, thus less code complexity and less bugs (and the cost of maybe less performance. I'll spend dollars on more nodes over dollars to
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by nika 16y ago
I've evaluated almost all of the "NoSQL" databases out there (excluding graph databases) and have settled on riak-search as the solution for my startups infrastructure. I've been on the painful side of scaling more than once, and while I'm
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by nika 16y ago
Thank you for a fair response. I think the salient point of yours to address is contained in this phrase: "Why, as a society, would we not want to wipe out said disease?" When you say "as a society", you're talking about the collective- th
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by nika 16y ago
I cannot debate a scientific issue with someone who rejects, out of hand, the entirety of the scientific process, as you do. When you use the term "now-settled science" you are rejecting the scientific method and science. Only in the realm
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by nika 16y ago
Because anyone concerned about the safety of something being forced on the population is an anti-science religious zealot, right? Seriously, that's what this whole thread is about. If you are worried about whether vaccines are safe, then y
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by nika 16y ago
You're confusing ideology, eg: "It is moral to force all people to be vaccinated even if the vaccinations kill some percentage of children" with science. I really don't care what you're demanding to see because your sides position is to ass
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by nika 16y ago
"My experience, and you may be an exception although I doubt it, " Of course you doubt it because you've been taught that anyone who disagrees with this position is a religious nut. Reality is, I'm a scientist and an athiest. I'm not even
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by nika 16y ago
Because he believes himself superior to mac users, the act of saying "hey, there's a better way" is another way of saying "you're stupid for picking your way (because there's a better way)" The ideological immune response ties self esteem
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by nika 16y ago
I first heard this analogy in the 1990s with regards to the dotcom boom. I've found that every bit of good investment advice I've seen is very applicable to startups. This is great training for weeding out ideas and thinking about business
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by nika 16y ago
I switched from PCs to Macs in the early 1990s because I got tired of dealing with drivers, etc. Since then, on BBSes and not online, in the "technology" media and in advertising, I've seen no end of derogatory characterizations of apple us
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by nika 16y ago
Everything you learn about programming will help you if you decide to find a technical cofounder. "Facebook for an untapped market" already exists, its called facebook. But really, you understand how facebook works and so making this site
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by nika 16y ago
I apologize for being off topic, but the last national convention I went to (many years ago), the cops rounded up the protestors, blocked off cross streets and then forced them into a line of cops with billy clubs who beat the hell out of t
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by nika 16y ago
I gave up on Hurd back in the late 1980s. I'm not kidding. Before it was even called Hurd. I had heard for several years that GNU was going to make their own kernel. Eventually I gave up and stopped hoping for a release.
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by nika 16y ago
That's just crazy right-wing nutjob talk! Science and Facts prove you are wrong! Citation please!
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by nika 16y ago
The rejection of science, in favor of an ideological agenda, is literally destroying our economy, and may well destroy our society. One of the key enablers of this is that people like you-- who soundly reject science-- believe they have "fa
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by nika 16y ago
There really is no practical way to "make sure" they delete anything. They could have seen the writing on the wall weeks ago and smuggled code out. If I was bringing my own laptop into a job, and they fired me and wanted to see what was on
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by nika 16y ago
Firing someone is one of the situations where you can get into legal trouble. So the best advice I can give is to not be heavy handed, and be respectful of the subjects rights and feelings. The best opportunity to do it would be if they st
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by nika 16y ago
I don't think "fooled by randomness" makes sense, because it presumes its conclusion. I do not believe that Warren Buffett is just a random guy who happens to always make the right stock picks. He makes the right stock picks not out of ra
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by nika 16y ago
I agree with you. But I believe most startups do not need a bizdev guy (or they are more likely to get one they don't need than to not get one they do). And that "bizdev" guy is a marketer, (eg: he's wearing one of the hats I described) a
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by nika 16y ago
I think you've got half the equation- you're motivated you know what you want, and you're seeking guidance. The best way to learn programming is to have a project you want to implement. It is clear you have a web project in mind, so the be

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