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by re_format 15y ago
If everyone works hard, everyone gets to keep more. Because more is produced. If only some work hard, then the whole group cannot produce as much. Perhaps every worker has a different threshhold for what they will settle for in terms of wh
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by re_format 15y ago
Exactly. You get content only. Do you want to read, or do you want to click on stuff? Most ads (stuff you click on) are javascript driven. Most content (e.g. text, like what you're reading now) is not. Articles on news sites like HN or
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by re_format 15y ago
It's a platform not an application. Nothing needs to be reinvented. We simply reuse what's already been invented and tested. But we do it in a "new" and useful way.
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by re_format 15y ago
The fact that they have to make changes to their system in order to not have useless crap appear at the top of the results tells us something: either people are searching for crap or the portion of the web Googlebot is crawling is full of c
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by re_format 15y ago
I would imagine aspiring actors want fame more than fortune. How does an entertainment world not dominated by Hollywood threaten this? Answer: It doesn't. What we have with Hollywood is execs who obsessively control marketing and distribut
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by re_format 15y ago
With this "RFS" who's pitching who? I'm working on the prototype to prove the concept. But there is no GUI, I am strictly a command-line user. What are the "other ways" you allude to?
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by re_format 15y ago
Best way to find the content: don't use javascript.
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by re_format 15y ago
So many issues with the internet seem to devolve into the same thing: a fight over who gets to show ads to the naive user. Eventually Google itself will be showing "too many ads above the fold". Does anyone doubt it? Gaming the search engi
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by re_format 15y ago
Give me the programmers, UI geeks, the money to pay them to do as they are told, and I will build it. I have the idea, and it's actually a proven winner, among a smaller segment of users. Like most other internet phenomena, it's something
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by re_format 15y ago
A while ago I found myself accidentally reading about the origins of Hollywood on the web. There is a surprising amount of writing posted about it. I'm wondering if others are aware where Hollywood "came from". Specifically, who brought
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by re_format 15y ago
The point that he raises by stating the fact that for most of the history of human art, people have not been paid to create art is not one to be overlooked. Mick Jagger has also said this of the music business specifically. Looking back on