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by pi-err 12y ago
"Pretty wrong"? What's the contention? 1/ you say that anglo-saxon kings had lower quality pottery. I said many in the former western part of the empire were better off because they were under a more local, less taxing g
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by pi-err 12y ago
Surprised by the hate - didn't suppose people were so attached to the Roman Empire. So: - Sanitation: "invented" in India, perfected in the middle east and imported to Rome from there - Medicine: aryuvedic, greek, chinese and
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by pi-err 12y ago
Those maps are good - yet they don't explain the Roman Empire. It's actually tricky to explain the Empire. Over 7 centuries without _any_ significant technological progress. A political regime that is as archaic as its borders are
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by pi-err 12y ago
OP's site is free. I was answering to the ad for the thinkful.com site posted above - which asks $500/m.
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by pi-err 12y ago
Announcing a $500/month price tag _after_ an email signup dripping with trackers is not so inspiring. Hopefully you teach better design practices in your lessons?
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by pi-err 12y ago
Agreed. The demo is a top-down management wet dream. A meeting where people get instructed in details to do specific tasks? No deadline, no ambiguity? Those guys never attended a meeting. UX wise, I'm not ok with the "red/ora
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by pi-err 12y ago
The article is not about the growing share of obsolete apps in the App Store (as I thought). It's about the coming of age of the iOS app market - ie: more contenders, more competition, lower exposure. And the lack of perceived value of
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by pi-err 12y ago
> I cant recall a luckier, more overrated CEO in my career than Marissa Mayer. Short memory, short career or just sexist? In less than 2 years at Yahoo, Mayer brought in unprecedented leadership in a byzantine group left unmanaged for ye
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by pi-err 13y ago
I just left London for Paris based on: - cost/quality of life favorable to Paris by a large margin - France is 2nd biggest consumer market in Europe, giant opportunities still open there (like Germany) - a gifted talent scene, among wh
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by pi-err 13y ago
The exchange rate chosen in the comp kills the euro and CHF zones while benefiting £. I have been living in the UK, France and Germany - no chance that the UK pays less per MB than the 2 others who have among the best providers and networks
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by pi-err 13y ago
Good link. > "Mr. Zuckerberg says the deal fits into Facebook’s journey to become a mobile company." Can you morph from desktop to mobile? Who succeeded in this? I wonder what's the price tag on previous pivots to mobile.
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by pi-err 13y ago
Judges (continental Europe) apply the law. It's a different tradition than common law. They do interpret it though it leads you so far. My guess is that what those decisions mean is that the law needs a big change, especially on respon
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by pi-err 13y ago
ManOs X ! The hands of fate log10! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060666/
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by pi-err 13y ago
what's your point? You rant that France has low/no entrepreneurship culture and bash a newcomer who tries to change just that? If you truly believe that you've no chance at succeeding because you're lacking public fundin