qeorge

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by qeorge 14y ago
The big advantage of a rotating cast of competent VAs is forcing you to learn to write a good spec. :) Getting good at writing specs is a great way to multiply your effectiveness. Outsourcing is a cheap and excellent way to learn.
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by qeorge 14y ago
Postini.com (Google), Forefront (Exchange), and Barracuda Networks are some products/vendors in the space - its a whole industry. Just Google around a bit for "server side spam filtering" and such. Anecdote: we use hosted Exchange from Micr
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by qeorge 14y ago
It could be server side spam filtering (not all spam messages make it to your spam folder with any provider - the worst offenders are often just thrown out). Just saying it is possible that this is an over-aggressive spam filter vs. Apple t
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by qeorge 14y ago
I like the concept. We're just starting to use VAs effectively, and it would be nice to have a utility-billed VA service instead of having to go to fiverr or oDesk. I don't like the pricing model. I was hoping for an a la carte VA service;
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by qeorge 14y ago
I'd want to know if the OP ever had a Spotify account before, with the same email (m *@gmail.com). I suspect he has, and that Spotify account was previously linked to the FB account. Another strong possibility is that he has an existing Sp
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by qeorge 14y ago
Some banks will let you generate single-use credit card numbers (e.g., Chase). So you have one CC # for the power company, a different one for Netflix, and so forth. Then if e.g., Netflix gets hacked you can just cancel that one card number
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by qeorge 14y ago
This article feels intellectually lazy. This passage particularly bothered me: "A five-year study, issued in 2011, tracked 51,000 students enrolled in Washington State community and technical colleges. It found that those who took higher pr
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by qeorge 14y ago
Securing your network / software is perhaps non-obvious, and doesn't always make the lists. Example: you're not keeping the server up to date, and someone injects Javascript into your payment page. You could be liable. As I understand it (a
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by qeorge 14y ago
the founders of Posterous who sold out and then shuttered their service Seriously? Just gonna throw 'em under the bus like that? Friends like these.. Its time to stop trotting out this meme that the alternative to an "aquihire" was a sust
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by qeorge 14y ago
That makes sense to me, but then there's that "one guy" (not one guy) that is willing to push it too far and shifts the center of the sport towards the more violent end (e.g., Mike Tyson). The OP mentions this, for example there are stern r
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by qeorge 14y ago
I've always had trouble with the "no pads is a natural limiter to the amount/intensity of the hits" argument. That said - those hard plastic helmets are weapons. They can hurt a player a lot more than a skull. Not sure what to do with that
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by qeorge 14y ago
I'm completely overwhelmed by security topics, so please pardon this stupid question. But could you expound on this part: But ultimately, the conditions necessary for this type attack are not generally realistic, and I don't believe it sho
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by qeorge 14y ago
I would agree with you, except that these look like remnant ads (i.e., no one specifically bid on this keyword, which is common with names). You see this with Amazon and eBay too - if you search Google for something weird which no one has b
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Names: Decentralized, Secure, Human-Meaningful: Choose Two(zooko.com)
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by qeorge 14y ago
Not sure of the exact timing, but I thought Crank That (Soulja Boy) was #1 before he got signed (after getting popular on YouTube/MySpace). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulja_Boy Drake comes to mind as well.
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by qeorge 14y ago
Do you have a PHP library?, he asked sheepishly.
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by qeorge 14y ago
Yes! I agree! This is a great attitude. Good luck with your project! :)
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by qeorge 14y ago
Checking email, Twitter, and Facebook on my phone has also been a constant interruption of time spent with family. I think this is the biggest issue I need to deal with in 2013. Man, do I ever sympathize. I was finding myself standing in
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by qeorge 14y ago
This is an easy one (from Patrick's side): to get a ton of attention and links. To be unique. Or in Seth Godin terminology, to be a Purple Cow. He just hit the top of Hacker News by posting data he had lying around. This is an obvious win,
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by qeorge 14y ago
Tip: if you're like me and not great at small-talk and so you find yourself falling into the ask-a-million-questions trap, try this. Follow your mundane questions with a form of "do you like it?". It will usually break the conversation righ
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by qeorge 14y ago
I hate this attitude. Really do. Its a cancer. You're not "the only person who understands code", you're the person who refuses to write good documentation based on a misplaced sense of superiority. Get over yourself.
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by qeorge 14y ago
If you own the phone you can just do a prepaid arrangement. They just bill you at start of each month for the coming month of service. (I have T-Mobile, Nexus S, $70/mo for voice/sms/5GB data)
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by qeorge 14y ago
Data (wired and mobile) seems like the obvious one in the US at least.
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by qeorge 14y ago
Buy Dragon Naturally Speaking and start dictating. You can pump out an amazing amount of words when you don't have to write them down. Then edit your giant pile of words into something better, instead of starting from a blank page. The more
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by qeorge 14y ago
Of course not - with search ads the consumers and the advertisers interests are aligned. The ads add value. With social the ads are always a distraction. At best its serendipitous. Its the difference between selling vegetables at a farmers
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by qeorge 14y ago
The OP is begging the question. The Release Window never had anything to do with technology. Its has always been about money. Money is not an "analog era relic". Obviously the content producers have considered doing away with release window
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by qeorge 14y ago
Devil's advocate here (and an employer).. Its common for thousands of applicants to respond to a posting, many of whom are not vaguely qualified. So when a position is filled, its not uncommon to be turning down several thousand people. Hon
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Thank You(weblog.raganwald.com)
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by qeorge 14y ago
The author has the saying backwards. WP is free as in beer (you don't pay for it) but not as in speech (you can't do whatever you want with it because of the GPL).
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by qeorge 14y ago
Does it matter? I don't mean that flippantly. - The number of total votes by email may not be greater than the margin anyway - In-person voting also has basically no authentication, and there's been little to no voter fraud incidents - To c

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