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by pkaler 16y ago
spoken like someone who is a "social media expert" I resent the ad hominem attack. I happen to have a computing science degree from when they used to actually teach Lisp in university. look this whole Facebook is the future of search is
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by pkaler 16y ago
Madison Avenue is about demand generation not demand harvesting. You can't market to people that don't realize they have a problem or a need. You could invent the wheel and there will be no demand to harvest because everyone has always dra
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by pkaler 16y ago
The rate of return is a lot worse with Facebook, because you can only target by demographics...not intent Facebook will harvest much more intent than they do today. There will be many cases where "Ask your friends/experts" is much better
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by pkaler 16y ago
It has nothing to do with being ripped off or disagreeing. Michael Porter would say that the format and presentation of a PDF has little competitive advantage over a list of links on a web page.
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by pkaler 16y ago
I love the textures. I also love the contrast of the wood and concrete. It also looks very well lit. The first thought that came to mind was that this is the type of office space that Howard Roark would architect. http://en.wikipedia.org
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by pkaler 16y ago
USB used to need a bit of charge to negotiate a session with the host so you couldn't charge a completely dead battery by connecting to a PC. I'm not sure if that is still true. I just tried to charge a dead Canon point-and-shoot camera o
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by pkaler 16y ago
It wouldn't work in this case. Digg did a Round C in 2008 of $28.7m. That's when they were over funded. Reddit was founded in 2005. Digg was founded in 2004 and did a Round A at a reasonable $2.8m in late 2005. http://www.crunchbase.com
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by pkaler 16y ago
This article is not specific enough. I highly recommend finding an Alexander Technique instructor in your area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_technique A good book I've read on the Alexander Technique is How You Stand, How You
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by pkaler 16y ago
This is completely rational if you consider that Larry Ellison's goal is to build TJ Watson's IBM. Oracle wants to be a systems company instead of a software license company. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/ellison-wants-to-model-new-ora...
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by pkaler 16y ago
It probably shouldn't be referred to as Tim Ferris' "no grain" diet. The original post was Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution. The goal isn't to eat no grain. The goal is to eat no gluten. Grain just happens to contain gluten. It s
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by pkaler 16y ago
Ironically, I send replies to a FogBugz mailbox. It works decently. Ever think about building a CRM for developers that connects to a bug database (FogBugz) and knowledge base (StackExchange)? Most CRMs are aimed at sales professionals (Sa
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by pkaler 16y ago
Click through to the David Brooks NYTimes article. The real story here is that there is a mismatch between supply and demand. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/opinion/10brooks.html?_r=1... One of the perversities of this recession is t
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by pkaler 16y ago
HP/Palm have one possible advantage: bundling for the enterprise. Give away a Palm phone with each purchase of a PC by corporate accounts. Apple essentially does this in the consumer market. MacBooks and the iPod Touch get bundled togethe
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by pkaler 16y ago
Passion fuels the fire but make sure you're camping in the right forest.
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But if I were TC, I wouldn't be happy with that outcome by itself at all. Saying that one "wouldn't be happy" implies that an emotional decision is being made rather than a rational decision. But if TC can afford to take this to trial an
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by pkaler 16y ago
What's up with the Party Poker pop under ads? Seems like short term focus on revenue over long term brand damage. Sure, this year Startup Bootcamp is only available on Justin.tv. But in the future, I'm more likely to go to UStream or You
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by pkaler 16y ago
It's never cheap to hit 0-60 in 3.7s or less. My Kawasaki 650R does 0-60 in about 3.8. I paid less than $10k for it. The ZX-6R can do it in about 3.1s. A Ducati 1098 will do it under 3s.
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by pkaler 16y ago
I'd suggest downloading the iWork demo and installing it. http://www.apple.com/iwork/download-trial/ It's a magnitude easier than installing anything on Windows: Click Link. DMG gets mounted on desktop. Click continue a couple times. Bu
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by pkaler 16y ago
I use both StackOverflow and Quora every single day. I think StackOverflow's approach of staying on topic and building a community around a topic is great for bootstrapping. But in the long run I think the Quora approach is better. I like
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by pkaler 16y ago
How is this a bad thing? It's all about building the best applications for your customers. In the enterprise space the customer is other businesses. Apple does essentially the same thing in the consumer space. The user is more important
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I don't. That's part of my point. The system needs better feedback.
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Adding down votes would add another input to the system. In general, elegant systems aren't improved by adding more inputs. My plan of attack would be to think about the internals of the system and decide which inputs need to be simplified
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by pkaler 16y ago
I flag stories that are spam or flamebait. I'm not going to flag a story where the authors conclusion does not follow from their premises. But clearly these stories shouldn't hit the top 5.
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by pkaler 16y ago
A technical solution to a social problem. I am not confident that this will solve the root cause of the problem. Not that I understand the root cause. Coming from a game development background ("real" games not "social" games), there are
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by pkaler 16y ago
Facebook and farmville are the ghettos of the social media world They are more like the soap operas of the social media world. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s the decision maker in the household would have nothing to do at 2PM in the afternoon.
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by pkaler 16y ago
I tether with my iPhone on Rogers in Canada without jailbreaking and without paying extra. I have friends on Telus and Bell that do the same. Don't lump us with the poor service of AT&T in the US.
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by pkaler 16y ago
Hmm, interesting. Click through to Hunch's VP Biz Dev blog. http://shaival.posterous.com/cannabilize-business-developmen... For example, Hunch.com is built entirely on our own API. A team of clever and ambitious people could access the
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by pkaler 16y ago
What did you have for lunch? Inquiring minds want to know! http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/
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by pkaler 16y ago
You don't need a VM to solve endian issues. This can be handled at the framework or library level. For example, the NSCoder class handles most of this for you in the OSX/iOS world. Conform to the NSCoding protocol and endian issues durin

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