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by phillmv 15y ago
I would wait until more reports come in. Alternatively, just turn off iCloud back ups.
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by phillmv 15y ago
>Nirvana is CoffeeScript web development backed by erlang and Riak. OH COME ON, I would almost bet money @nirvanacore follows the great traditions set by @rolfscale and @hipsterhacker. That said!, good luck :D. >The idea then become
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by phillmv 15y ago
This is crazy good! A common complaint is that it's hard to find out about new openings because they're often pushed through your social networks. Directly mining the social networks is a great man-I-should've-thought-about-that idea. I'm i
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by phillmv 15y ago
What I don't get about that rule is what prevents A players from hiring B and C players, and what prevents B players from hiring A players. I'm more than capable of recognizing someone who is smarter than I am, and as a rule of thumb I pref
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by phillmv 15y ago
Uhm, I think you lost the game when you had a BADGE to cover up.
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by phillmv 15y ago
>but you cannot make it one Why not? It makes no difference whatsoever. Make it so that the only constructor in the system is Object.new(), and so everything else that inherits behaves just like a method. >Without it: in var foo = B
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by phillmv 15y ago
Can someone explain to me what's the point of having syntax like: `var foo = new Bar()`? Why can't a constructor just be a regular method that happens to return a new instance? What's with this new nonsense?
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by phillmv 15y ago
They already did all the ground work when they forked OSX into iOS, and they're notoriously paranoid about keep their options open. I bet you they already have those prototypes lying around – but the economics won't make sense for another f
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by phillmv 15y ago
That's the incredible thing. By all accounts he's remarkably accomplished and intelligent. To make everything worse, he's already impossibly rich. It's as if he's decided to just make the world a worse place because he can .
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by phillmv 15y ago
>It's not that hard. eye roll
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by phillmv 15y ago
No. I for one would be comfortable describing those people as douchebags as well. Larry Ellison, for instance – widely considered a douchebag. I can't speak for others, but I'm fairly certain the issue are bullshit patents. >All of thes
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by phillmv 15y ago
I think you may have misunderstood the average complaint. The complaint isn't about little guy vs big companies, it's about bullshit patents . A big company using a bullshit patent to squeeze out a little guy is just the most egregious exa
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by phillmv 15y ago
... yes, actually, that sounds like they would think about. "Median hand comfort" vs "maximum screen real estate" is probably something they at least toyed with.
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by phillmv 15y ago
Their bosses bosses' have never seen their CEOs. I bet you there's a good chance a CSR doesn't even know their CEO's name . I certainly didn't back when I worked at $IMMENSE_FINANCIAL_INSTITUTIONs
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by phillmv 15y ago
I for one think it's a seriously unrealistic expectation to think that AMEX or insert large corp here will handle security vulnerabilities over twitter. It's the equivalent of telling a teller or their doorman about it.
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by phillmv 15y ago
This is what I hate, hate, hate about all the language used to describe the PIIGS. Deadbeats! Irresponsible losers! Well, a little bit but – someone had to lend them the money in the first place . The liquidity crisis of 2008 hit everyone…
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by phillmv 15y ago
Does anyone have an html copy of dive into html 5?
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by phillmv 15y ago
Mark Pilgrim is an awesome dude. I remember stumbling upon http://web.archive.org/web/20110724223826/http://addictionis... years and years and empathizing and feeling moved. I hope he's alright.
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by phillmv 15y ago
Until recently those were the only situations in which you could get a job as a Ruby developer – hamming it out on your own, in a small startup or at a consultancy. It's still hard to get an Enterprise job as a Ruby developer. Hence the ste
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by phillmv 15y ago
1. Way back up there I used it in the context of, > See how blanket statements are easy? and, 2. How are you seriously trying to pretend that these policies were the bastions of "progressives and their allies"?
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by phillmv 15y ago
I'm confused about your point. Are you suggesting conservatives at the time were somehow different?
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by phillmv 15y ago
Hong Kong still has property taxes, payroll taxes, corporate income taxes and gambling taxes among a few others. Pre-1913 America had a radically different view on what kinds of services the government should provide. Most of the US budget
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by phillmv 15y ago
>(And yes, tax revenue per capita is the correct thing to compare with benefits received.) I'm more inclined towards Yglesias' counter argument in the second link, in that the US has plenty of room to raise taxation but that's a reasona
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by phillmv 15y ago
Actually, levels of American taxation are amongst the lowest in the developed world. Yes, and the ideological forebears of American conservatives today had a penchant for lynching people with a different skin colour. See how blanket stateme
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by phillmv 15y ago
You're being disingenuous. >Anyone putting their time and/or money to work on a risky enterprise where the expected value is negative That's crap. If the expected value is negative, then it's irrational – clearly there is some outcome w
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by phillmv 15y ago
>Trying to take on the local corrupt buffoon of a government thinking you can rule the city better is a definition of hubris. It's no more arrogant than starting a company because you think you can make a better product or service than
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by phillmv 15y ago
Okay. Who are these people? Show me these cases. You're describing "tax deductions", i.e. unusual cases where you extenuating circumstances have reduced their overal utility. How does this work against any aspect of my argument above? >
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by phillmv 15y ago
You prioritize, you build institutions, you work within your community. >Some of us have jobs, personal crisis, or is already working on one of those problem. Most of us do fuck all. I should know, I'm sitting in my underwear past noon
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by phillmv 15y ago
Outliers… gonna outlie. Have you ever looked into the requirements for a Rhodes scholarship? Also I think the article was a bit fawning.
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by phillmv 15y ago
Because you would benefit disproportionately from those same services due to the diminishing marginal utility of income. In real terms, if you don't engage in progressive taxation you are being subsidized by those poorer than yourself and s

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