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by philk 17y ago
Would you care to clarify why? Apple is either upset with Gray or it isn't. Woz wearing an irreverent shirt won't change it either way.
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by philk 17y ago
It's called having a sense of humor and it's not harming Gray at all.
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by philk 17y ago
...and Apple closed the income gap with Exxon Mobil to ~ $3 billion. Not that these comparisons are of any value.
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by philk 17y ago
It's just thinly concealed envy. Older generations have always looked down on the young.
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by philk 17y ago
Agreed. Apple products are cool and all but there really is much cooler stuff going on out there than a marginally upgraded iPhone.
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by philk 17y ago
Can't disagree more. You're saying Steve is going to go on stage and pretend like he's "unveiling" something everyone knows everyone in the room has seen? I'd expect that from any other CEO, but Steve is smart enough to not reek of bullshi
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by philk 17y ago
Getting angry that a company is going to have a little less marketing buzz at launch seems a like a bit of an overreaction. Apple make some awesome phones. This one will do just fine on its merits.
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by philk 17y ago
Maybe it's just my white male privilege here but that article (and it's predecessor) seemed to be little more than bitter rants.
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by philk 17y ago
Why do we care what Ebert thinks?
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by philk 17y ago
Given Evan deleted his post it might be best not to reproduce it. Yes, Jason is an immature douche but it'd be nice not to screw over Evan, particularly when he's taken swift action to correct his mistake.
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by philk 17y ago
That was a remarkably immature response from Jason.
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by philk 17y ago
I'm not sure why Ebert's opinion matters on this. He doesn't play games and is hence manifestly unqualified to comment on them.
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by philk 17y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1264353
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by philk 17y ago
Humility is the best PR strategy in this kind of situation.
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by philk 17y ago
The article should be titled How to Burn Bridges with Blog Readers and Other Audience Members
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by philk 17y ago
How to Burn Bridges with Bootup Labs and Other Investors They're only investors if they actually invest money.
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by philk 17y ago
I agree completely and it's a poorly written article. However, it's been my experience that far too often in government/big business you wind up with a project that costs millions of dollars that could have been pulled off by two hackers,
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by philk 17y ago
I might be a little too cynical here but a government agency spending millions on something that is functionally equivalent to a mailing list and a wiki is not an unrealistic scenario.
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by philk 17y ago
Or he might just be making a joke.
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by philk 17y ago
I think you might be reading too much into what is a lighthearted video on YouTube.
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Profile of Wikileaks founder(theage.com.au)
3 points by philk 17y ago|0 comments
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by philk 17y ago
The problem is that the article falsely connects the two (as though somehow Apple screwing over Adobe is justice for Adobe screwing over Apple historically) when it's just companies acting in their own self-interest each time.
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by philk 17y ago
Criticizing bad ideas isn't whining, and if there was ever an idea in need of criticism it's the conventional performance review process.
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by philk 17y ago
Gladwell's 10,000 hours yarn is bullshit. There is talent, and Bolt's got so much of it that he's been regularly demolishing more experienced, harder working opponents for his entire career. Good post. However, I think this needs to be c
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by philk 17y ago
As a midwestern corn farmer, I'm glad the US has placed tariffs on Brazilian ethanol.
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by philk 17y ago
Hell, as I age I'm for the "10 years younger" concept. Call me in five years and I'll discuss the virtue of "15 years younger".
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by philk 17y ago
I'm not sure why they had to take the rather sound message of "make useful stuff and you'll be happier" and dress it up with all of that "Be A Real Man" wankery.
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by philk 17y ago
I would view it more as a reason to avoid community activists.
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by philk 17y ago
The problem with this approach is it gives benefits to people on the basis of race rather than social disadvantage. So you have the difficult situation (for example) of explaining why a black person from a wealthy background benefits from a
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by philk 17y ago
Sandy, Jim and Karen work at a downtown community centre where they help low-income residents apply for rental housing. Sandy has a bad feeling about Jim: She notices that when black clients come in, he tends to drift to the back of the of

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