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by pwim 16y ago
There seems to be many factors besides race that could be the actual cause of this, such as that people of one race are most likely to be around people of the same race, and people's family is from the same race. Having the hypothesis that
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How DeNA Beats Facebook and Zynga(asiajin.com)
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Bruce Schneier - Reconceptualizing Security - TEDxPSU(youtube.com)
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Japan, deflation, and other hobgoblins(japantrends.com)
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Gap: Controlled Brand Demolition? No.(informationarchitects.jp)
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by pwim 16y ago
This is standard feature, called footprints, on Japanese Social Networks.
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by pwim 16y ago
You probably haven't heard of any Japanese startups because there haven't really been any who have been successful abroad. Here's a good presentation that can give you an overview of the web startup space: http://www.slideshare.net/araipiy
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by pwim 16y ago
I'm also in Shinjuku so feel free to shoot me an email. Mobile Monday is another international tech event that is happening on the 18th ( http://momoto.doorkeeper.jp/events/43 ), so if you are not too jet lagged, maybe we can me there.
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by pwim 16y ago
Thanks Jawaad!
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by pwim 16y ago
Thanks for organizing this event and promoting doorkeeper. It's still lacking polish, so if anyone tries it out and has any questions or feedback, please let me know!
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The business of software(sethgodin.typepad.com)
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by pwim 16y ago
When generating a QR code, it's important to keep the URL short, as the size of the QR is proportional to the length of the URL.
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by pwim 16y ago
If age doesn't matter, why is it on the application form to YC?
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by pwim 16y ago
You can run Rails on GAE by using JRuby.
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Ruby divide at RubyKaigi 2010(blog.new-bamboo.co.uk)
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by pwim 16y ago
In Japan, these kind of games have been popular for at least a couple of years. One I know of is "Keitai Kunitori Gassen" where players check-in to different regions of Japan to get points and take them over. They have enough money to adve
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by pwim 16y ago
Android already indicates things like whether the app requires network connectivity. I've never submitted an android application, but it should be possible to determine whether an application uses network connectivity based on code analysi
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3 Asian Major Social Networks form partnership(asiajin.com)
1 points by pwim 16y ago|1 comments
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Freed journalist tricked captors into Twitter access(itworld.com)
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Consumerization and Corporate IT Security(schneier.com)
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by pwim 16y ago
The number is from a press release, so unless there was a mistake in it, I don't see why they would intentionally under-quote it, as they want to encourage developers to use their platform. Also note this is just for 3rd party developers at
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by pwim 16y ago
The ARPU for mobage town is higher because these games are just for Japanese mobile phones (using flash lite). Because Japanese phones have integrated billing (you buy something and it shows up on your phone bill), and Japanese are used to
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by pwim 16y ago
To organize a successful conference, you need support from the community. Why do you need to buy ads on these freelance blogs and sites? If your conference is truly a great resource, those sites should be promoting your conference on thei
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by pwim 16y ago
I'm not sure why the Japanese don't adopt romaji more - Romanized Japanese. Japanese already has two syllabaries - katakana and hiragana - so if anything replaced kanji it would be these. However Kanji makes reading Japanese a lot easier
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by pwim 16y ago
I'd be interested to see the converse as well - the countries that let the most other countries' citizens in without passports.
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The Hardest Adjustment To Self Employment(kalzumeus.com)
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by pwim 16y ago
iTunes makes money on music, which you can download online, so why can't it on TV?
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by pwim 16y ago
It wasn't initially obvious to me, but this is a documentary about text based adventure games: http://www.getlamp.com/introduction.html
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by pwim 16y ago
Perhaps the most relevant point: A closer look at its selection of items underscores the brilliance of Coulombe's limited-selection, high-turnover model. Take peanut butter. Trader Joe's sells 10 varieties. That might sound like a lot, but
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by pwim 16y ago
Privacy and sharing are opposites of each other. When you share something on the internet, you are relinquishing control of it. Someone can always manually redistribute content you create (for instance, saving a photo you share with them).

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