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The Allure of an Ad-Free Internet(theatlantic.com)
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by oneJob 11y ago
This is disgusting. I've turned down job opportunities based solely on the feeling that it would compromise my values / principals. So whether you just need to pay the mortgage, your school loans, or for the booze and clothes you&
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by oneJob 11y ago
Hello antigen8, I wanted to clarify my reasoning for including Socrata in that list of software suggestionss. All-in-one solutions often don't address and sometimes actually create a coupling of your data and the applications you utili
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by oneJob 11y ago
Not even going to read this. Assumes websites exist sold for profit. Internet originally existed as a non-commercial medium. Sad that we forget so soon.
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by oneJob 11y ago
Suggesting that a site agree to have either one or no ads seems a bit to comand-and-control for the Internet. I agree with the other commenter that it seems reasonable for asightto a sight to block content if their ads are blocked, but do n
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by oneJob 11y ago
Banks aren't scary, they're a-hole dinosaurs. Banks epitomize centralized authority and regulation. Banks borrow money for less than they lend it effectively guaranteeing a profit if properly and concervatively managed, and yet th
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WarGames (1983)! I don't think this has been mentioned yet (?!). The modem, hacking the phone companies, motivated by curiosity and paying no mind to whether or not one is breaking any rules, military misuse of technology, programs bei
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by oneJob 11y ago
Boooo. No fun. Do what I did. End up living with the other two people who ended up in front of a door you've never walked through in Alphabet City, NYC in response to a Craigslist advert. Did one of those two people stop paying rent wi
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by oneJob 11y ago
This, now obvious with hindsight, is the perfect application for other DARPA developed technologies such as the "robotic feeling hand" recently on HN. Limiting applications to anthropomorphized form factors is, of course, extremel
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2 Accelerators Find Particles That May Break Known Laws of Physics(scientificamerican.com)
1 points by oneJob 11y ago|0 comments
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by oneJob 11y ago
Only if doing web development involving the Internet, which is, well, a network.
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by oneJob 11y ago
Opening on my iPad, this takes me away from my browser and into the App Store, with no notice. Please change link to website or change title.
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by oneJob 11y ago
You don't want to build your own data store. You want a better solution than the legacy system you're dealing with now. I work contract jobs, which has given me the opportunity to see many different approaches to IT infrastructure
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by oneJob 11y ago
Because, we can't trust poor people to make good decisions. Otherwise, we'd empower them rather than clean up after them. Given that we have enough money to not be living hand to mouth, we make better decisions. That was sarcasm.
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High-Tech Lights to Help Baby Sleep, or Students Stay Alert(nytimes.com)
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by oneJob 11y ago
I stand corrected. It was really too long ago (+4 years), I should really have double checked my thoughts before posting. Gracias!
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by oneJob 11y ago
If you're worried about being "slow", don't introspect, use metrics. First, define "slow". Everything else follows, so this is important. "x" many key strokes per hour? "x" solutions per hou
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by oneJob 11y ago
So true. Why build dedicated infrastructure when electric cars and bikes are so much cheaper and flexible?
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by oneJob 11y ago
Attempting to force Google to change course on this would at best result in an empty gesture on Google's part with likely no follow up regarding the bigger project. They may open up what is already scanned, but they're not likely
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It would illustrate how language and ideas evolve over time. It would illustrate how language and ideas that are from different geographical sources might differ or be similar, especially during pre-Internet periods. It would provide source
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by oneJob 11y ago
If you're an academic who has already completed their PhD program, I'd love to hear your thoughts. My wife just finished her minor comps and is in the middle of her major comps. Tonight I'm going to a party to celebrate a fri
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by oneJob 11y ago
Just read the article. Yeah, a Bloomberg terminal does a lot (a lot alot) more than scroll "news tickers, checking Bloomberg email, and trading." When the author suggests that Google might make a play for market share (or some oth
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by oneJob 11y ago
Last time I was in the Bloomberg building much of their Dev Dept was underground, and they have a neon art display which is supposed to simulate a sunset, or natural light, or something. Sure, visiting Bloomberg and getting the tour leaves
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by oneJob 11y ago
Bikes! Bikes! and Trikes! Also, with electric bikes, which now make longer commutes possible, I say, bikes! Let's look at one possible way in which bikes could be a path forward. Replace 9 out of 10 miles of road currently utilized by
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by oneJob 11y ago
I know this not the optimal place for this comment/question, but I think likely that many who are interested in this post would be able to speak to the post. I'm also a huge fan of the Chapel Programming language. Anyone else thin
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by oneJob 11y ago
How much would you pay for content? That is a completely different question than say... How much would you pay for us to remove ads from our content, given you can go elsewhere for similar content? It's not just a price-point issue, ei
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by oneJob 11y ago
I suspect I'm not alone is thinking, that it's not a problem specific to OSS. The codebase at work,,, for 25% of it, basically if it worked the first time, zombie.
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by oneJob 11y ago
It's gonna be like "Beauty and the Beast" up in here. You have far too many opinions Cogsworth!
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Noooooo!!!! None of those. I go with Gandi.net Check them out. They are good people and give back. Never anything but great experiences with Gandi. You'll get a free year of ssl certificate and 50% off hosting. But, to really do it on
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Rubbish. There is plenty info available in open data sets to have a field day with. Oh, and you could test the thing out in the real world, like, say, Jeopardy. I would think the smarter critique of Apple here is pointing out they are chasi

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