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by rickmode 17y ago
Exactly. Past a certain level of detail the brain flips from the conceptual to the specific. More on the "uncanny valley": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
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by rickmode 17y ago
I love that Scala has more expressive power than Java. I did not love the esoteric bits of the language that seem to come from limitations imposed by being JVM based. Scala definitely has more expressive power than Java, but I'm not convinc
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by rickmode 17y ago
OMG: It's the Internet, only wired. ("The IT Crowd" Series 3, Episode 5.)
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by rickmode 17y ago
I've used some of these services and I've yet grokked the point. They make me feel like a baby playing with a mobile: lots of loud noises and blinky lights. MyTown is the best at this. So is that all there is to these things? Or are they ju
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by rickmode 18y ago
Initially we'll side-step that issue. First we'll build the equivalent of an online mountable disk so it'll be a natural fit for online storage/backup and sharing. Building applications on top of this storage layer such as photo sharing and
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by rickmode 18y ago
I'm working on an open platform for cloud storage. Imagine something like MobileMe, Microsoft Strata, or Carbonite, but without your data being trapped by a single vendor. At the moment we are considering Celeste as the basis for this platf
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by rickmode 18y ago
I suspect it wasn't so much accidental discovery as a trial and error refinement of their craft. Metalworking began long before they knew the science of it all. History seems littered with these practical applications of phenomenon without