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by redthrowaway 16y ago
Some redditors are college kids. Many, however, are professionals. Just look at the money raised for Haiti, the Colbert Rally, etc. They are notoriously willing to part with their money for things they like. I think the problem is not
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I have no idea what their hosting costs were, or their 5 salaries, but they did make enough to stay afloat, although not enough for CN to approve more staff. Jedberg's commented in this thread, so I suggest you ask him whether they were pr
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
>That's nice, but they know that idea is not commonly held. Only amongst those opposed to gay marriage. It is very much a human-rights issue for everyone I know, particularly those who are gay. As for the decisions reddit takes as a s
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
That's 40k on top of what they were already making from ads, Which was still more than their expenses.
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
It definitely changed post-gold. IIRC, they're bringing in 40k/month from gold alone.
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
Yeah, but they've always been reticent to capitalize on traffic with ads, and the ads they do have are empty half the time. I think they could very easily make quite a bit of money, but it would require monetizing their traffic and selling
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I don't think anyone in tech can match the colossal, repeated fuckups of Xerox.
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
As a CS student, I'm a bit surprised that our curriculum contains no .NET whatsoever. We learn Java, C and C++ (both with gcc), Python, Perl, Bash scripting and ARM assembly, plus others depending on electives. While some of the lab compu
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I don't know how many left because of the outages, but I think it's safe to say that very few, if any, left because of the honest explanation of their cause.
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
The main thing I took from this incident is how much being open and honest about issues improves a company's image. Foursquare and 10gen could have very easily played the blame game, or kept their cards close to their chests, and both woul
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I don't think you can say you've fixed the problem when the man most directly responsible for the problem is now your infallible leader, and was likely chosen as such so as to avoid direct criminal charges. Regardless, I can appreciate the
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
What's complicated about moving priests around? It seems to be entirely cynical and self-serving. Had they handled the issues differently, you wouldn't see the vitriol. I'm sorry, but you can't claim to be a member and defender of an orga
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
It wasn't a break-in that released the data. They shut down the website in the face of the DDoS. When they brought it back up, their backup copy allowed unfettered access to their server. No exploits were required. They essentially post
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
"Hackers" in the MSM = "Anyone who uses a computer for nefarious purposes".
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
"Odd, your entire economic model seems to suggest otherwise."
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I'd rather not, thanks ;) I'm sure if I challenged someone to come up with a result of 170, there'd be at least one person out there who could do it. My money is far better spent on tuition and beer. Now, if I was a psych major, I might be
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
I think that's a fair analysis. It wasn't how I took it, but I could see that being the author's intent.
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by redthrowaway 16y ago
There is some truth here, especially in regards to more intelligent people taking a mainstream view that lacks the illusion of nuanced thought. That said, I find it hard to read an article on "intellectual hipsterism" that claims the avera