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by rbobby 12y ago
Support (try calling google) and analysis (how to implement, how it could fit within their existing processes/systems). Your commitment (much like the pig regarding breakfast, you're committed to this). Speed/flexibility (how
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by rbobby 12y ago
No support for dates... which I think is the most glaring problem with JSON.
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by rbobby 12y ago
Ohh... quick thought you might want to pass on. This study is great for transit access to work... but what about access to parks/recreation and maybe entertainment (this could be tricky because parks are free but entertainment can be a
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by rbobby 12y ago
Here's what may be the transit schedule data: http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/ttc/ For the specific Census data... all I can do is point to http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.h
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by rbobby 12y ago
I wish they had included Toronto. There's an ongoing debate about how to improve transit and being able to see various options compared against each other empirically would be damn useful. As a philanthropic effort an open system that
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by rbobby 12y ago
> Small. Fast. Reliable. Choose any three. Nice tag line.
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by rbobby 12y ago
I had 5 or 6 1u servers in a rack. I would roll up a monitor and keyboard (provided by the data center folks). Twice just plugging in a ps2 keyboard froze the server. The fix was a usb keyboard (kept in the cabinet). A kvm would be a soluti
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by rbobby 12y ago
Really this a question that can only be answered by a judge. The CFAA in the US might apply, section a.2.c bit is pretty broad: information from any protected computer). The wikipedia article is full of interesting bits and bobs: http:&#x2
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by rbobby 12y ago
Bank robber calling the cops to report the safe has already been cleaned out...
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by rbobby 12y ago
> significant benefits over PS/2 Being able to unplug a keyboard and plug it back in again while the PC/server is on without the PC/server freezing is a pretty significant benefit. Also... though not a tech limitation... t
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by rbobby 12y ago
> We can figure out another way to reward creators without creating artificial marketplaces If you do that first, then folks who's IP is to be given away free would more likely be on board with the idea.
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by rbobby 12y ago
Not having worked with bash (et al) in ages I wonder whether allowing a function definition (even without trailing commands) is not still hole? What if you defined a function 'ls() { evil... }'... could a CGI script making a call
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by rbobby 12y ago
Quick note... your pricing page references discount if signing up by 1-Sep which has already past (unless you meant 1-Sep 2015).
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by rbobby 12y ago
40 years ago red delicious were small with firm flesh and a great taste and even better refrigerated. They were also uncommon and perhaps more expensive than the locally grown McIntosh. Now... red delicious are usually mealy and blandly swe
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by rbobby 12y ago
Should Google really be selling advertising to these sites? Payday loan operations really are the scum at the bottom of the barrel.
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by rbobby 12y ago
Add suction to the treads? A few air holes routed to the side of the tread where there's a vacuum pickup? I bet it would be tricky to get a seal that has low enough friction to allow the tread to slide past but still a good enough seal
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by rbobby 12y ago
See: Berlusconi
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by rbobby 12y ago
I hope this works out. If enough of the big email vendors (gmail, outlook, yahoo, etc.) get on board the network effect could be enough to push adoption to a very high percentage. Once that happens my "unencrypted" email folder wo
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by rbobby 12y ago
> Third, I think it makes sense to bring this to the attention of the VCs Don't do anything without talking to your lawyer. This advice could lead to claim a of tortious interference. Hell this whole post could be tortious interfere
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This Man Built a $3M Business a Year After Four Years in Prison(forbes.com)
188 points by rbobby 12y ago|46 comments
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by rbobby 12y ago
Here's a fun fact for you. Under Canadian employment law/case histories if you as a senior management employee with many years of service are "romanced" away to a new company which then fires you... your years of service
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by rbobby 12y ago
The "truth" is only what can be proved in court. Lots of folks have been tripped up by that before... so be careful. In this specific case the legal is likely very low. It's a startup and it's unlikely they have money to
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by rbobby 12y ago
Shows up to the interview and then spends 5-10 minutes quietly reading the candidate's resume and making notes. Not very courteous and makes for an awful first impression.
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by rbobby 12y ago
> Criminals can be just as deadly and corrupting to our society I would argue that criminals are way far and away more deadly and corrupting to society (though terrorist is just a particular form of criminality, so all criminals except t
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by rbobby 12y ago
For each person's coin I hold if that person goes "off the rails" then would the value of any of their coins that I hold depreciate (possibly to 0)? If yes, then how do you protect yourself from folks like Ken Lay, Jeff Skill
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by rbobby 12y ago
Seems like you're pining a lot on a model either being 100% correct or 100% incorrect. That's not really how models, especially statistical ones, work.
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by rbobby 12y ago
Given that copyright automatically attaches in a lot of countries... then yes anonymous people retain copyright over their work. However an anonymous person could not do anything about enforcing their copyright without losing their anonymit
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by rbobby 12y ago
Meh... a bitcoin is a bitcoin is a bitcoin. If in the future the gov't is ordered to return X number of bitcoins they can simply go to the marketplace and buy them.
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by rbobby 12y ago
So kids that can't afford/qualify for a top school would also face much higher student loan interest rates. Humm... that doesn't seem that much different from "tax the poor" style of economics. Perhaps schools with
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by rbobby 12y ago
I wonder if they are using paid interns or unpaid interns? Makes me wonder if the cost of paid interns was put towards regular advertising whether it would generate a better return.

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