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by rmorrison 17y ago
I would hope that recording lights are hardware operated, so that they cannot be disabled via software. When the camera is on, the light is on.
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I put in $10,000.00, and it came back w/ receipts for ~$4500 in yellow toner and ~$3500 in Air-In-A-Can. How would one defend this during an audit? "We had a company wide chicken-colored, jet paper airplane contest. The paper we already h
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by rmorrison 17y ago
If that were true, then we'd still know when to rob your house : )
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by rmorrison 17y ago
"People who suddenly find themselves with really huge audiences often start writing more cautiously, like politicians." This happens way to much, and it causes an echo-chamber of mediocre ideas to be propagated across the web. This is why
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by rmorrison 17y ago
"All these publishers need to do is focus on creating a quality product first, and who is buying it second." Whether or not a publication is quality is in part a function of its readership demographics. US Weekly is a quality product for a
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Amusing read. The one thing that broke the suspension of disbelief was the Velociraptor reference, which was based off of a movie and not history (God would know the difference). http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurbasics/a/velofacts.ht
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by rmorrison 17y ago
"It really should have no impact on either your performance or your willingness to do something if someone else was this age or that when they did something impressive." This is absolutely right. It's good to learn from role models, but ju
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by rmorrison 17y ago
If you don't mind me asking, how did you come up with the pricepoint? How large is your typical customer? It seems to me that you're target audience would be larger, publicly-traded companies, not cash-strapped startups. As an example of
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Wistia looks great, but the pricing seems too expensive. $39/mo for 400 views (of 5 minutes or less), $79/mo for 1200, $179/mo for 3,600. That's a lot when I can host videos for free on Youtube or Vimeo. That being said, I'd love to use
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by rmorrison 17y ago
It's also at our expense that Google is adding yet another shiny distraction so close to an application that so many of us are already too distracted to empty, our inbox. At least we can disable Buzz.
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by rmorrison 17y ago
That's great to hear, and it sounds like that's helping build a strong, honest culture. What bothers me are when I see good, capable people who stay with a sinking ship only because they're holding onto hope. I feel like some startups explo
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by rmorrison 17y ago
It is true that most early startup employee will not become financially independent if/when the startup sells. However, if you take away this dream, I suspect a lot of non-founding, startup employees would not risk leaving a stable job to w
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by rmorrison 17y ago
It's annoying that once software products become extremely popular, the developers/companies often start adding features in an attempt to be everything for everyone. This in turn makes the software unusable, because the developers are too
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I feel that programmers tend to avoid manually collecting data. They program computers to do it for them, or have Mint.com do it, or use products like Nike+, but there are a lot of datapoints that cannot be automated and require discipline
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I agree. Learning about the problems that arise in cryptography (as well as general security issues) help me avoid certain mistakes when writing my own code. This book looks promising, particularly the "learn why certain decisions were mad
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by rmorrison 17y ago
It's usually not appropriate to compare your site to 37signals. I suspect that a lot of their visitors are already familiar with their products or have seen 37signals' name in several places. Therefore, these people are more inclined to re
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Damn.. time to change my pin.
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Of course the passwords should be encrypted, but when they're not it's nice to have a different password on each site. If you haven't already, take a look at 1password, which makes doing this pretty transparent.
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by rmorrison 17y ago
There aren't any scams. Please wire donations to routing number: 388299332 account: 1912818281
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by rmorrison 17y ago
If only one user thinks it's confusing, then it may or may not be. If a lot of users think it's confusing, then it's something that you need to look into.
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Well, here's one. Hi = )
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by rmorrison 17y ago
Yeah, I suppose I should clarify. Instead of storing the plaintext or encrypted version of the password, they should store a hash of the password. Since, if/when the database gets compromised, it's even more difficult for the attacker to
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I know this is beating a dead horse, but encrypting your user's passwords is one of the most important things you should be doing. Failing to do so shows a complete lack of respect for your users, and demonstrates that your site/service is
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I loved David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom. His blog is also filled with a lot of interesting thoughts: http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com
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by rmorrison 17y ago
I agree that Fooled By Randomness was a good read, but since then Taleb has become too wrapped up in self-aggrandizement, and he now thinks way to highly of himself and his abilities. He lost me when he started writing articles like Ten Pri
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by rmorrison 20y ago
I bootstrapped my first company when I was 23. The company hit a positive monthly cash flow a few months ago and looks like it will break even in 2007. The invaluable lessons that I've learned in the years since finishing college have giv