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by noarchy 15y ago
Almost sounds like how a credit report can work. I've had my current address appear on mine without any effort on my own part. Once one company gets it, it seems to propagate.
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by noarchy 15y ago
At this point it seems more like a reminder that they exist. The project isn't in beta yet, and the alpha has been dragging on for longer than many had probably anticipated. In that time, G+ has arrived, gone through beta, and has fully lau
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by noarchy 15y ago
For me it was better results, combined with a clutter-free interface. By that point, Yahoo's page was filled with garbage that I didn't want to see.
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by noarchy 15y ago
I think that some politics are definitely in play. American news will often feature photographs of fallen US soldiers, though this is as far is it will usually go. You end up knowing how many soldiers have been injured or killed, down to
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by noarchy 15y ago
You needn't single out Fox, since all of the major US networks behave similarly in this regard. Some wear their bias on their sleeve a bit more than others, it is true. Instead of quoting a Fox News anchor, I can quote Dan Rather, who sad t
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by noarchy 15y ago
"The coverage in question was to include images of injured civilians, which were allegedly removed by Khanfar." When was the last time that the major media in the US showed injured or dead civilians? The tendency to sanitize the effects o
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by noarchy 15y ago
I think that there is a perception that Google is turning to the "dark side", whether true or not. Recent examples include: Android isn't open enough, Google wallet is going to be used to track you, G+ puts you at risk of losing your Gmail
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by noarchy 15y ago
I'm almost willing to be that more people are using Bing, relative to Bing's main competition. G+ has to get the buzz back, or this risks becoming Wave, Part 2. Edit: I deserve some flack for using the word "buzz", I know ;)
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by noarchy 15y ago
I concur with the disappointment in Lion. I don't even see 3+ GB in new features, much less features that I actually like.
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by noarchy 15y ago
I've noticed a sudden, sharp rise in Diaspora's outreach efforts in recent days, ranging from activity on Facebook, to direct emails. It looks like they're trying to get things moving again, from a PR perspective. Unfortunately, they've pro
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by noarchy 15y ago
Which, of course, is MG Siegler's style. That makes the tone of the article far less surprising than if it had originated from another writer.
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by noarchy 15y ago
Making posts to inquire about why one got downvoted seem to throw fuel on the fire, resulting in yet more downvotes. At least, this is what I've observed time and time again here.
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by noarchy 15y ago
For the same reason that they spread, for example, to China? If they think there is money to be made, you can't underestimate the concessions that a company will make to the local government.
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by noarchy 15y ago
I've thrown out invites, and offered to invite a ton of people. Most didn't take me up on it. The ones who would've been most likely to join, had already found a way to join on their own.
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by noarchy 15y ago
My experience with G+ has been telling me that it just isn't catching on beyond a small group of my tech friends, and has indeed been fading in use. Some solid competition in this area was needed, and I think Facebook has been feeling the h
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by noarchy 15y ago
Depending on the position, a prospective employer may not care if you have either. Someone with a 2-year degree or diploma in related skills can do plenty of the programming tasks out there, especially if all we're talking about is gluing t
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by noarchy 15y ago
It only cares a little bit in some professions, such as humanities professors. They almost certainly went to school for longer than the lawyer did, but make far less. So the market value in this case is closely related to the work that is b
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by noarchy 15y ago
You can also outsource the task to India for a similar amount, or even less, and get someone who will be better than a high schooler. That's the thing that should make some North American developers nervous.
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by noarchy 15y ago
I use mine mainly for streaming audio or music, but I don't think I've ever used more than a gig or two in a month. I've got an unlimited plan via Wind Mobile in Canada. If it were a faster and more stable data connection, I'd consider repl
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Apple, publishers sued for alleged price fixing: report(ottawacitizen.com)
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by noarchy 15y ago
Unfortunately, I've seen the same thing on my end. I've enjoyed using G+ far more than Facebook, but I think that it's going to be tough to pry enough people away from Facebook to make G+ work. Folks don't seem to want to maintain more than
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by noarchy 15y ago
It would be interesting to check to see what David Cameron said in response to North African governments like Egypt who did the same thing this year.
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by noarchy 15y ago
My own experiences have shown me that the bigger the company, the more convoluted and delayed the hiring process. I've had the resume-interview-hire cycle happen the span of a few days at smaller firms. More recently, a larger company calle
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by noarchy 15y ago
Duped Stones of Jordan were so prevalent in D2 that they introduced a mob (Diablo Clone) that spawned only when those duped SoJs were sold to merchants. I look forward to D3's dupe economy :)
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by noarchy 15y ago
Fake references services already exist. One example: http://www.thereferencestore.com/ It's dishonest, but it is also an example of the market adapting to what is happening. People who need work badly enough may not be too worried about t
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by noarchy 15y ago
Governments don't like it when it goes the other way. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2008566,00.ht...
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by noarchy 15y ago
So we're talking about a free market, yes? Ideally, if folks didn't like the pricing scheme that ICANN has presented, they'd go to a competitor. Then you could "fight with your wallet", to quote the article. Where is ICANN's competition?
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by noarchy 15y ago
There are plenty of people who won't bother, if they have to take any amount of time to figure it out. I've seen plenty of that attitude on Facebook. One could argue, of course, that we shouldn't worry about such people, since they don't se
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by noarchy 15y ago
Are there currently any TLDs that are not under the control of a country?
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by noarchy 15y ago
You can pay for a VPN and get Hulu (and Pandora, and whatever else you're not "allowed" to use) in Canada. It's crazy that this is the kind of thing we have to do in order to circumvent the silly IP/location restrictions that exist today.

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