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by numair 18y ago
I'm sure most people here will consider me crazy for saying this, but I really hope the music industry manages to make some inroads with these initiatives. Here's my problem with the free culture / "information wants to be free" crowd -- wh
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by numair 18y ago
Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, but most significantly wealthy people I know read the newspaper (usually, several newspapers), and I think keeping up-to-date on the world around you is an important part of being a successful member of
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by numair 18y ago
Is it just me, or does the phrase "cross-platform Web app" remind you of the JVM fiasco of the 1990s?
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by numair 18y ago
Someone needs to do a parody of Wired Magazine. Here's my attempt at an article that would be contained therein: A solar powered sea colony, built entirely out of carbon nanotubes, whose building plans are open source, Creative Commons sha
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by numair 18y ago
Congratulations Elliott, you've invented a new ad product.
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by numair 18y ago
"But here is the issue, in taking on this bank, the state has now taken on it’s liabilities. All €30Billion of them. This is now thrown on top of a €40Billion national dept. Overnight (literally as the takeover order was given Thursday nigh
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by numair 18y ago
Let's hope they don't put it in every household product imaginable and exploit it to the point of uselessness, as was done with the previous crop of antibacterial agents.
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by numair 18y ago
You just reminded me that, during her tenure, she was one of the people responsible for cutting back on American engineering talent (or whatever there was left after the 90s) and moving nearly everything to Chindia. Yeah, AWESOME choice for
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by numair 18y ago
Padmasree Warrior is so obviously suited for this job. After all, she was one of those incompetent, political executives who ruined Motorola, then exited with golden parachutes into the arms of new companies (which, of course, extended a wa
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by numair 18y ago
I love Morten, and I love what he wrote here. He is one of those people who understands there's a thin line between having everything and having nothing at all (as so many are learning in this financial crisis). A truly talented person wi
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Morten Lund provides an update on life(lundxy.com)
23 points by numair 18y ago|6 comments
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by numair 18y ago
Don't try to meet people like you. Instead, become interested in lots of different types of people, how they live, who they are, etc. And don't just become interested, but actually make an attempt to blend into their cultures, social grou
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by numair 18y ago
"...Long-term, I think Apple will succeed, with or without Jobs at the helm..." You obviously weren't with us in the 90s.
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by numair 18y ago
Um yeah, and telling other people how to live their lives makes you appear SO intelligent and mature!
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by numair 18y ago
This totally seems like a story from that newspaper in Sim City. How utterly pointless.
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by numair 18y ago
I think the best way, at least for me, is to work your way backwards. Come up with an idea, and then figure out how you can create it... Most people I know who created successful projects (millions, tens of millions of users, etc) did this
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by numair 18y ago
Generalized rules such as these tend to be meaningless within the context of specific situations. Do what feels right.
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by numair 18y ago
I live in Malibu, where we have those all-too-famous wildfires on a regular basis. Several of my neighbors have quietly told me that they really wouldn't care if their house burned down - yeah, they will lose some nice stuff, but they will
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by numair 18y ago
Let me get this straight - the company that wants me to run my business on their infrastructure, postpones the introduction of their most important product due to lack of infrastructure? Yeah, I think I'll pass on that.
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by numair 18y ago
Since you're young, and you're already a hacker, you might want to look at going to a place where there's an entirely different sort of student body. This would help "balance" things out a bit for you, and would give you a more interesting
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Cooking is good for hacking.
6 points by numair 18y ago|0 comments
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by numair 18y ago
I would have to disagree. If this thing supports Flash, which is likely, it is Apple's greatest fear; there are far, far more people who can develop compelling Flash games, than people who can develop stuff for the iPhone. Also, as a Palm
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by numair 18y ago
This hasn't launched yet. It's in the "sandbox," which means you can test it. I submitted a question asking if they had any sort of timetable on launching Subscriptions - nothing definitive in their response.
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by numair 18y ago
Expect advisors to give you advice - and only that. The best ones usually don't have the time/bandwidth to perform any sort of real action for you (including email introductions to their famous and important friends); if that were the case
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by numair 18y ago
Whoa, weird! How did I end up on Climatologist News? Does anyone know where Hacker News went?
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by numair 18y ago
Completely, totally agree. I was just discussing this today with my business partner; I think that many people won't even know what to do with extra money if it is given to them. That's never happened before - there's always been the "wel
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by numair 18y ago
Here's the thing. Problems that can be solved via software are problems for which we can sit in our bedroom/office/deck on the beach and work out a solution. In fact, with the advent of virtualized servers, we can plan, create, implement