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by patmcc 13y ago
And that could change at the drop of a hat when a new president steps in - it's simply too risky a business proposition.
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by patmcc 13y ago
If you're a contractor, you should have a contract - does it not spell this scenario out?
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by patmcc 13y ago
Do you want to ever show up in search results when people google your company name? If yes, then yeah, you should change it. I wouldn't even worry about trademark issues or brand confusion, just visibility.
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by patmcc 13y ago
Fair enough - I'm not saying no video, but maybe have a "Read more" link underneath the "Learn More" or something? Just a thought for the next A/B test.
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by patmcc 13y ago
You know, I skimmed the article and liked it, and thought "hey, I'll check out GrooveHQ.com, see what their deal is" since I haven't heard of them before. And I get to a page where the only way to learn more is to watch
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by patmcc 13y ago
People also forget that cash isn't free - you have to protect it (with a safe/locks/doors/armoured cars), count it, process it, watch for counterfeits, have change on hand, deposit it, and so on. And it's flammable.
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by patmcc 13y ago
It's not widely practiced because it makes for a poor user experience in most cases - what happens when a user forgets their secret? Either they can never access their email account again, or at least they can never read their old emai
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by patmcc 13y ago
I also find a warm shower a pleasant way to wake up (and live in a locale where neither electricity nor water is scarce) - so it's a combination of sense, custom, and pleasure.
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by patmcc 13y ago
Congress could be replaced by the following: while(1);
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by patmcc 13y ago
So you believe in 8 hours * 99 applications (792 hours total - 4 months of work) of wasted time (not even your time) per hire?
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by patmcc 13y ago
Knowingly and willfully destroying evidence that's been legally subpoenaed is indeed illegal, whether done by Enron "immorally" or $tech_company "morally".
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by patmcc 13y ago
How do you figure? 99.99% of the time our clients expect us to be up, we're up. We're not the electric company; if we're up the right 166 hours in a week our customers aren't impacted. If you turn your monitor off at nig
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by patmcc 13y ago
What? No, that's completely untrue. We guarantee 4 nines on some of our services, but they're measured with 2 hours of allowed downtime early Sunday mornings (we usually don't need this, but very occasionally we do).
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by patmcc 13y ago
It's not that it saves money, it's that if the people who manage it aren't allowed to work, it's super dangerous to leave a website up. What if it gets hacked/compromised in some way, and employees are literally not
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by patmcc 13y ago
Why are your examples "evil"? Your first one might mean gmail serves me ads for chicken wings (which I want) instead of diapers (which I don't). Is that evil? As for the second, banks are under Orwellian central management -
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by patmcc 13y ago
If you live in a jurisdiction with good labour laws, your boss might be able to fire you "on the spot" but they'll still have to pay at least 2 weeks of severance. Also, keep in mind that leaving immediately might seem like i
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by patmcc 13y ago
There's no way to have a perfectly secure system if the hardware is in someone else's hands. Period. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill_(software) for one reason why.
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by patmcc 13y ago
This has the problem of any user under 20 asking "What's a phone directory?"
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by patmcc 13y ago
Is there a market/business model where that isn't true? The key to sustainability isn't to be the only person doing something, it's to keep improving on how you're doing it.
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by patmcc 13y ago
Couple things there: Axe is owned by Unilever, who also makes brands like Dove - they might not want the press of "owners of Dove advertise on shock porn sites" or whatever. Axe might be ok with being associated with "two sex
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by patmcc 13y ago
That's not the problem described in the article though - it's an entirely non-technical issue about harassment, sexism, and general acceptable classroom behaviour. It's not about the level of computing knowledge at all.
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by patmcc 13y ago
It's a double edged sword though. Outside the US you can be spied on, inside the US you can be served a warrant from a US court.
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by patmcc 13y ago
Barriers aren't necessary artificial or terrible. Unless you'd like your "doctor" to have no accreditation or training.
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by patmcc 13y ago
More likely her resume wouldn't get past hr without the class listed.
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by patmcc 13y ago
The "Netflix for books" is, and has long been, libraries. And yes, almost all of them have an ebook program in addition to their huge supply of paper books.
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by patmcc 13y ago
If you're that concerned, use a different name/email/address than you normally would (maybe have a friend order it for you and pay him in cash).
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by patmcc 13y ago
Good post in whole, but part of #3 really caught my eye: >>When I go to Kindergarten Moms Night and someone asks what I do, "computer programming" usually ends the conversation I don't this is specific to women - I run
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by patmcc 13y ago
Badly.
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by patmcc 13y ago
That's a bit unfair - when you grab a bowl of cereal in the morning, there's not really that much "experience" there - it's just fuel. I'd be a fan of eating something like Soylent (if it was cheap+healthy+tast
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by patmcc 13y ago
So all taxation is immoral then? I'm Canadian, so I could have more correctly written "CRA" instead of "IRS" - and on balance, I do believe my government spends the money on good things. Certainly there are parts I

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