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by ronilan 13y ago
> "nobody would've been willing to take the personal risk of venturing to the Indies" Made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM-igYjn6E4 The corporation sheilds from financial risk, thus ena
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by ronilan 13y ago
I washed my toddler daily and still started walking all by himself and talking back to me :)
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by ronilan 13y ago
There are strict regulations as to how many foriegn players can play on what level and league based on nationality. Real Madrid puts a lot of effort training Spanish players. As do other teams. This is why they won the World Cup. And no. Th
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by ronilan 13y ago
tl;dr - main reason - grapes are sour.
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by ronilan 13y ago
Losing data s but the analogy is flawed. “When all your engines stop, the flight is just starting"
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by ronilan 13y ago
> If we approve your application, we will issue you a permanent resident visa. This visa includes your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) and your entry visa. Canada Permanent Resident (PR) =~ US Green Card
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by ronilan 13y ago
Had I been younger, and had no permanant status in North America, I would have followed this with whole my heart. File the paper work, pay the fees and when the visa is stamped, just pack a small car and drive north. Too bad I'm too ol
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by ronilan 13y ago
I think your'e right. The rule of thumb when it comes to "designed for children" goes something like this - if it does not offer progression toward the "adult" version then it is a toy.
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by ronilan 13y ago
> This is certainly one Path you can take if you have the right background. See that capitalization? freudian? sarcasm? dog whistling? :)
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by ronilan 13y ago
When asked if he would like condensed milk or honey on his bread - Winnie the Pooh said "Both, but never mind the bread". Dropbox went to YC and to TC 50 and did "double-sided affiliation" and has a great product and and
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by ronilan 13y ago
> "The X are very very bright and smart so I was puzzled by their inability to fly an airplane well" Turns out to be true for most X as long as: 1. The speaker does not belong to group X 2. Speaker has one data point to support
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by ronilan 13y ago
1. "The value is in what gets used" 2. "the value perceived by its users." Those are two types of value and they are, like, totally, not the same...
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by ronilan 13y ago
> "Embrace simplicity in your product and in your code. The value is in what gets used, not what gets built." There are all sorts of values. Usage value is only one of. If all that gets built is judged by what gets used, then a
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by ronilan 13y ago
> Of course, it still isn't #1, since that spot is universally reserved for Wikipedia Most likely because both are classified "useful" not "vital".
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by ronilan 13y ago
Volume reduction works great until you get to the kids Legos and Pillow Pets... Isabella the purple unicorn is not for sale.
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by ronilan 13y ago
Why http://neocities.org/blog and not http://blog.neocoties.org ?
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by ronilan 13y ago
Well-curated, semantic information is the opposite of a threat. It will make the results better, making the service provided by the provider of the results of higher quality. A threat can only come if the searching audience moves elsewhere
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by ronilan 13y ago
Stack Overflow belongs to a very small elite group of sites (Wikipedia obviously being another) who's existance is what creates the quality of Google search results. Nough said :)
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by ronilan 13y ago
> Tangentially, Paper has got to be the most overhyped application in the history of applications. Maybe. But, while we bought the iPad for many reasons, being able to draw by hand was not one of them. Paper enabled this in our household
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by ronilan 13y ago
> I and everyone else who isn't a US citizen really need to get our data out of there Futile. While your body may sit idle in a land subject to the queen, your thoughts travel into the independent American colonies with a click of
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by ronilan 13y ago
It is not a lie it is a pie in the sky.
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by ronilan 13y ago
True. But the "monetize THEM" is not the perfect choice of words. You don't monetize the users. Either a third party pays for their attention, or, they pay for their own access. No one owns the users. That's why they are
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by ronilan 13y ago
As long as te app won't "break" by the user navigating away, anything that avoids the "loading" modal is a great UX improvement. Ajax errors can also be sent to the button with "error" icon, BTW.
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by ronilan 13y ago
Very well articulated. The order of things is also the order of precedence.
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by ronilan 13y ago
> we live in a pretty well off part of the city in dhaka, a family of 6 with 2 maids and 2 drivers (thats how the local culture works). I have never seen a comment, anywhere, that so clearly, and concisely, explains how a local culture
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by ronilan 13y ago
It should work smoothly as long as no one is as stubborn as a "mule" ;)
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by ronilan 13y ago
There is a (very good) movie about that analogy: The Commitments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)
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by ronilan 13y ago
OT: There was a time Zone Defense was called "Illegal Defense"; but even in America it is possible to progress in thinking.
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by ronilan 13y ago
> Google needs a way to identify and canonicalize people and organizations No. Wants. Google wants to have a way to identify and canonicalize people and organizations. It is an understood desire. But it is not a need.
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by ronilan 13y ago
There once, during the internet bubble of 2000, was a startup that said anybody who signs up for their newsletter will get a share in the company. All the serious finance people said it was a scam, but a lot of people fell for it and did en

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