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by raheemm 17y ago
With so many cities trying to capture startup energy - why aren't hackers taking advantage by harnessing such interest to mutually benefit themselves and the respective cities?
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by raheemm 17y ago
"How should one put the balance right?" - recent Nigerian terrorist I think this is the key point - the conflict muslims feel between the western lifestyle and the islamic lifestyle. This conflict is not just between cultures. Even in mus
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by raheemm 17y ago
I think that government in particular needs to provide a web-based dashboard of stats to its citizens so we can see how the country is doing. This is a great idea and should be easy to implement. A lot of data is already collected by the
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by raheemm 17y ago
Seems like this would be in demand, especially as more people start producing their own videocast and audiocasts. If you target the blogger market, and many of them use Skype, then you can implement your idea as a skype/justin add-on. It'l
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by raheemm 17y ago
I am perplexed why this kind of information is not classified.
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by raheemm 17y ago
If smtp could be linked to an iTunes style payment processing system, those billion spam messages would result in $10 million (assuming a penny per email) and quite possibly reduction in spam.
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by raheemm 17y ago
Setting aside all other factors (complexity, progress made, resources available, etc), I would argue that the culture of bug acceptance has lead to more bugs in software than would have existed had it been less tolerant.
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by raheemm 17y ago
You could make the same arguments in every industry that exists, somehow software is the only one that gets away with it. Even our counterparts in hardware are held to a higher standard. Djikstra and Hoare are the only ones who tried to adv
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by raheemm 17y ago
Its pitiful that building bug-free software is considered legendary. Speaks volumes about our industry.
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by raheemm 17y ago
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
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by raheemm 17y ago
He is especially known for workshops he has led around the world constructing very large models of four-dimensional polytopes (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), These extraordinary activities expose participants to important conceptual ideas they migh
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by raheemm 17y ago
Guy gambles away $127 million and turns around to sue the casinos - only in America!
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by raheemm 17y ago
I look forward to learning the other side of this fiasco.
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Debt Crisis Tests Dubai’s Ruler(nytimes.com)
2 points by raheemm 17y ago|0 comments
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by raheemm 17y ago
People are willing to pay for indepth reporting - this type of content can be sustained by subscriptions. People are not willing to pay for newsbites or breaking news, since this type of content is widely available for free - this kind of c
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by raheemm 17y ago
I would attribute this failure to the vendors/developers/IT experts in the healthcare sector. IT works extremely well in many sectors that need speed, accuracy and reliability such as finance, transportation, manufacturing, etc. So why can'
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by raheemm 17y ago
Good point but the funny thing is that I did not find a single spelling mistake in the OP's post or his about section. Compare that to a TC post about the wakeband and its riddled with spelling errors. So maybe he is being facetious.
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by raheemm 17y ago
It may sound illogical but experience proves it to be true
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by raheemm 17y ago
Yes, and it has an angry and evil look. A very bad logo. Surprised that it made it thru. Even Scott McCloud did not notice this?
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by raheemm 17y ago
You have a typo on your first link to dotnetstories. (The i is missing leading to dotnetstores.com)
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by raheemm 17y ago
I am part of an IT department and I would gladly move our 350 users to Google Apps, Gmail, etc. Google could do more to make their products seem less "mavericky" for the office environment. For one thing, it would be great if there were Goo
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by raheemm 17y ago
That title is completely misleading - I actually was looking forward to reading about the market they had perfected for and how long it took them.
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by raheemm 17y ago
I like his tribute to Apple - its very true that Apple has completely changed the mobile space for the better.
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by raheemm 17y ago
Goal setting is one of the best ways for me to get around the self-control/procrastination issue.
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by raheemm 17y ago
Don't all plants flower and pollinate, meaning they are all hermaphrodites?
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by raheemm 17y ago
Those stairs that allow you to roll your bike is very useful and creative too.
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by raheemm 17y ago
I like the harmonica feature! LOL!
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by raheemm 17y ago
Looks like a great read but they offer only a paid version. Would appreciate if someone could provide an alternative link to a full version for Free :)
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by raheemm 17y ago
Hey thx - I'll check it out.
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Ask HN: What is a good client mgmt tool for IT Consultants?
3 points by raheemm 17y ago|2 comments

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