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811.
by po 16y ago
Besides what patio11 said, there is something similar to the US National Alert System which gets used quite often. It puts alerts on the top of every TV channel when an earthquake starts... unfortunately my TV then fell off the cabinet so
812.
by po 16y ago
I'm still feeling shakes every few minutes. It's like living in a house on a block of jello. Long rolling waves. I'm in central Tokyo and our china cabinet was shaken pretty badly: http://www.flickr.com/photos/poswald/5516954100/in/photost
813.
by po 16y ago
If sex ratios are as important as Mr Wei’s argues, the only way the Chinese can restore global financial order is to either import women from other countries, export men, or promote polyandry. … or start a very bloody war with someone.
814.
by po 16y ago
I see; I'm glad I gave you the benefit of the doubt then. It's so hard to get tone with online comments. FWIW, I think the idea of it not being a departure is significant. He's saying that they are sticking to the core themes that motivat
815.
by po 16y ago
The original iPad doesn't have anything on the left side for the magnets to grip onto.
816.
by po 16y ago
Hacker News doesn't hate John Gruber. Gruber polarizes Hacker News, just like Apple does.
817.
by po 16y ago
I think you're trying to make a joke about how the iPad 2 isn't any better than the first but it doesn't make sense. Any village idiot could tell you the iPad 2 is better than the original. There's not a single feature that got worse. So th
818.
Flash Rules(quirkey.com)
2 points by po 16y ago|0 comments
819.
by po 16y ago
Yeah the difference in inertia on Safari's scrolling has been bothering me for a while so I feel you on that. There are a ton of places where I think native apps are better than a modern web app right now but I think that's just the state o
820.
by po 16y ago
Apple was pushing HTML5 as much as anyone else if not more. Agreed. I would say they still are pushing as hard if not more. To claim that it was only ever because of Google is unfair at best. I certainly never made that claim so I don
821.
by po 16y ago
In my view, Webkit is the canary in the coal mine for the strategy tax. The most viable competition for iOS native apps is HTML5/Javascript applications. If I ever feel like the webkit team isn't pushing into new technologies as aggressivel
822.
by po 16y ago
…except for the boats it sinks. Namely, the long tail that they cleaned up. I'm not sure I understand when you say "SEO creates value" if you mean the so-called good/relevant SEO or the low quality/sketchy SEO. I assume you mean the former.
823.
by po 16y ago
Everyone likes to vilify the content farms and scrapers (and they deserve it) but the real villain behind all of this is CPC/CPM based advertising. Can you imagine a world where your attention was sold off based on how long you stayed on a
824.
by po 16y ago
In short, not all that is rare and limited is valuable. I have a few additional concerns with the adoption of bitcoin. One being that it displaces those currently in control and will therefore be made illegal. It would not be too hard to po
825.
Google rolls out algorithm change in the US(googleblog.blogspot.com)
149 points by po 16y ago|52 comments
826.
by po 16y ago
Maybe because you are limiting people's ability to complain. :-D
827.
by po 16y ago
This is fantastic. From my perusal, I don't think the headline selection looks that different from today. There aren't that many hard-core programming related articles in 2009 for instance. I personally feel that it is more the small ne
828.
by po 16y ago
Those days are gone. I blame karma. I know it existed back then too but I don't think people talked about it. There should be no "top users" page. Having a measuring stick drives competition and there should be no metric to civil discussi
829.
by po 16y ago
This app is the equivalent of "circling" the lot instead of parking far away. Would make for good logo inspiration. :-)
830.
by po 16y ago
Yeah! and why even bother closing that </html>? Google doesn't. Hell, why bother with it at all? And why assume the developer wants english? Here's the real html5 boilerplate: <!DOCTYPE html> <meta charset=utf-
831.
by po 16y ago
I hate the name (because I don't think it's shameful ) but this gives a good idea of where things are: http://python3wos.appspot.com/ For most people, the docs/tutorials aren't that big a deal because the differences aren't that great.
832.
by po 16y ago
For me the turning point of The Motley Fool was when they started to send out those loooong 12 page email marketing pitches that reminded me too much of a penny stock pitch. ALL CAPS PROFITS!!!! 127% Growth! They still send them out. It too
833.
by po 16y ago
How many/which banks do you support? Also, I understand you're not storing login credentials on the server but are you writing the bank site-crawling code yourself or are you using a third party?
834.
by po 16y ago
…find a way to best unlock the value of this asset. That's the kind of phrase that makes me shudder.
835.
by po 16y ago
Roots, medicine, hangovers… adding more analogies to the conversation doesn't convince me of anything. If anything it throws up red flags that you're probably using a simplified model to analyze the problems. What takes root? What happens?
836.
by po 16y ago
Unfortunately the first link is to the primary source and the wired article is effectively just reporting on it. It's unfortunate that science is so dependent on (typically poorly done pop-culture) science reporting due to the article submi
837.
by po 16y ago
…especially since they might not have eyes.
838.
by po 16y ago
New rule: governments shouldn't ask for advice about what to do in a banking crisis from a company who owns a ton of bonds in those banks. The conflict of interest and lack of accountability is astounding. Politics suck: you're in charge of
839.
by po 16y ago
Unlikely. I think it's just supposed to be a joke.
840.
by po 16y ago
I really like Nokia Plan E. Get it? Nokia plane ? Ha! http://nokiaplane.com

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