rorymarinich

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by rorymarinich 15y ago
> Curtis, can be as arrogant as he wants and still have a great product (or be right). Ah, but there's the rub: Dustin doesn't have a great product and he isn't right. At best he's a good marketer: the only things he ever stands out for
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by rorymarinich 15y ago
I mostly read Hacker News without posting. I like the change. Something about the feeling of reading comment chains changes when you can't see what the faceless community has thought about every comment. Now you can read the arguments witho
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(2005) Jeffrey Zeldman on style versus design(adobe.com)
2 points by rorymarinich 16y ago|0 comments
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
You're right! I am ashamed; I have no right to call myself a Mike Oldfield fan now.
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
> It's wonderful that your mother was able to balance both, but that doesn't counter the apparent correlation with women's increasing career aspirations and the breakdown of traditional families. This isn't being sexist, it's being hone
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
> Every single review would say "it's cute and all, but without the apps its a nonstarter". I think we're getting to the point where we can't discuss this alternative reality meaningfully (but don't get me wrong, this was a very nice
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
> While I do believe anyone can learn programing, thats not really the issue at hand. The question is how fast do most people take to it? I think programming is one of those things that only a certain type of person will take to it reas
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
> Could that be because it is in fact an extreme brain activity that only a small percentage of people is capable of doing? Nope. The ideas behind programming are extremely basic. The rules, so to speak, that dictate how programming w
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
I know it has been. But I don't agree that just because that's the tradition means we should go on with it. I see nothing wrong with using "she" as the default sometimes, and quite a few reasons why sticking to "he" might not be the best
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
It's interesting because I agree with you, Steve does feel a little awkward on stage, and he always has. But at the same time I think he's the best corporate showman I've ever seen. I think there are two reasons for this. First off, he's
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
I disagree with your disagreement, but I figure at this point it's nitpicking on both our sides. We both stated our cases pretty thoroughly, I think. > (btw. why are people downvoting my opinion? ok, anecdotal evidence and all that, but
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
But you forget that the iPhone competed in many, many fields. Consumer phone market? iPhone was up against every single cheap phone that called and placed texts. Those phones are still popular for the majority of the population. Enterprise
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Well, that's why looking for a "rockstar programmer" probably isn't the best thing to actively seek in an employee. Not unless you're only looking to be a "cool rad" company and not an efficient company that gets things done.
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
No, no, you're right. iTunes does have some usability issues still. The "removing a song from playlist" is actually the first one I'd think of also; the fact that you hit the same button to delete a song and to remove it is problematic. By
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Why is it wrong that occasionally manuals use a "she" to describe somebody? Is "she" an inherently wrong default position to take as opposed to "he"? Even if 4 out of 5 times it's a guy, why not suggest that perhaps it'll be a girl sometime
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
I might be wrong, but I think the term "rockstar programmer" originated to describe a certain type of programmer who's outspoken, interesting, and possibly controversial. The first person who comes to mind for me is DHH from 37signals, who'
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
I wish it was an iTunes ripoff. iTunes has got a lot of bulk but I find its interface vastly more intuitive. Look at the screenshot included in this post: http://amarok.kde.org/files/amarok2.4.0.png It uses a three-panel layout, for infor
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Dude, no way. While the iPhone may have had a temporary large majority in the "smart phones consumers actually want to buy" field, they never had more than a fraction of the cell phone market, and they never established a monopoly in the s
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
While I really dislike a lot of things about Amarok, particularly its UI design, I love it in that it's a media player that seems to constantly strive to add new, innovative features that let its users do new things with the music that they
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
But whats more incredible about this is the change in attitude it has brought about. I’m starting to see through the irrational fears that I have (and everyone else does too) and doors are starting to get opened left and right. Well sai
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Oh, definitely not deliberately! But inaction can be just as harmful sometimes, if our natural actions are serving to drive others away. The argument isn't whether or not some people, including many women, are turned off by the current cult
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Only if she had a certain intolerance for that kind of behavior. I don't think it should be expected that she has to conform to their behavior. That's not the polite expectation, anyway. I don't associate with many geekier types of peop
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
That's a toughie. Apple's had an extraordinary decade that'll be hard for them to top. I certainly think it's prepared to have another extraordinary one. But whether it'll compare to the decade of the iPod and iPhone and iMac is a bit trick
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Arguments like this are enjoyable so long as they're argued with a spirit of fun. But I think too frequently people forget the insignificance of the debate and begin really getting angered and hurt over the other side's arguments. I mean, i
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Hmm. I see where you're coming from, but I don't think that the kid's impatience and intolerance necessarily came from the fact that she was a she. I'm a guy who's seen plenty of exasperation and arrogance from other guys. (And on the flip
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Hilbert, I'm sure that you mean well and I mean this with no disrespect to you at all, but you're making statements that're unpleasant and bordering on outright offensive. Statements like: > Women are attracted to biomedical careers due
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Ah! But did the girls overlook them because they naturally preferred jocks? Or did they overlook them because even when they were younger they lacked a certain social ability that other kids had? My youthful experience was that nerds tended
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
> Why does it matter how many women are in tech? If we're all equal then it doesn't. This is an argument that's popped up in a dozen varieties over the last century of slowly bringing equality to a bunch of different groups. An extreme
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
That makes sense. Cheers!
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by rorymarinich 16y ago
Tumblr's become a youth phenomenon. In high schools and colleges it's everywhere. Posterous is prolific, but it's not omnipresent. And I doubt it will ever become omnipresent, because it doesn't offer enough to differentiate itself from Tum

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