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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Despite the negative parent, wouldn't you agree that the cost of integration has to be absorbed by somebody? In this case, the application vendors have to pass the cost to the schools (plus a margin). [edit] The question is whether th
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I built a student tracker/analytics app for use by parents (and students) which integrates with school systems, but I tend to agree that you could not charge parents enough to pay for the Clever integration costs. The only way I think
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I may be entirely off the mark, but reading about this gives me pause as I think of all of the 3rd parties that invested in other platforms (Twitter), only to be cut-off later. Why would I hitch my ride to this wagon?
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
One way to approach this problem is to have accreditation bodies require a more equitable distribution across the student body.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Or even inject some known negatives and see if they turn out positive. Seems pretty simple.
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I guess one man's bug can be another man's feature.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Let's not get carried away. Bill Gates is Chairman of the Board of Microsoft. Its not like he is far removed from the company that he used to run.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
There are likely many motives, with some being opportunistic. My read is that a lion share of the discourse is rooted in Google attempting to redefine its relationship with users (unified id), when users are happy with the status quo. YouTu
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I agree, but lets also be sure they don't get a pass just because they are large. In Google's case, being a behemoth corporation is in itself a business risk that they need to manage, and one way to motivate them self-police is b
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
While health concerns are an obvious concern for second hand smoke, for me, the smell is a huge issue, and drives me away. If the e-cigarettes are accompanied by any odor, please keep them away.
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Understood. They may have done well to bring a car broker onto their team who understood the market, and already had relationships with dealers in order to shortcut through these issues.
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Why wasn't it scalable?
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
In some cases, its not about the specific coverage, but about cost. Completely anecdotal, but a friend of mine that owns a small business had his current coverage canceled on him, and that the cost to cover his family (wife, 2 young kids)
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
You wouldnt leave a $100 bill on the ground just because it doesn't come with a money tree. Even some non-sustainable businesses may be worth pursuing while they are viable if the benefit/payoff far outweighs the cost/effort
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Does an MBA inoculate someone from making these judgment errors? If so, I personally know multiple MBA-holders who've made similar errors who should be informed that they deserve their money back or something. An MBA inoculates someb
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
While I think this is beyond dispute (gathering information for indexing), with some of their more recent moves, we may want to extend that to recognize that Google is also in the content production business.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
That's a great idea, but with two kids in grade school, the local private schools would cost me about $30k per year. I would rather invest 15 minutes a day with augmenting what they are doing in the classroom. If you have the resource
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I have an 8 yo going through the common core transition now. What I would recommend parents do is teach the traditional fundamentals after school. Give your kid regular work. Its not worth being an experiment.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Since Google apps tie into Google plus, how long before Google touts how every phone call made to and from an android phone is a G+ activity? Sounds like a huge headline opportunity to me. [Edit] Thinking more about this, and how G+, gmail
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I checked out the page, but it looks to me that the $30/month plans are just data. Am I looking at it wrong, or does that include voice and text as well?
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
The issue that I see (IANAL) is that these incremental changes to embedded advertising within search encroach ever-closer to a form of paid-search. When you own 60-70% of search, and you start requiring companies to pay in order to appear
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I think the parent is insinuating that Google is not only not shutting up, but in fact, these activities are part of the lead-up to some PR event.
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If they follow through with what you suggest, I wonder if it will be the straw that breaks the camels back in regards to an antitrust lawsuit by the government.
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Ridiculous. Why would the Chinese want to destabilize their biggest debtor?
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
I live in Southern California. SC Edison has a 4 tier pricing system based on kWh consumed. The first tier is $0.13 kWh, while the top tier is $0.31 kWh.
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Or change your name to an alias.
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I understand your point of view, and in specific cases, the choice has little practical impact. However, when a business is dependent on an aging technology (language/framework/etc), the choice can have real consequences. As one
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I don't think its unique to IT. What you describe can probably fit any role at many companies where the role isn't in a profit center.
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Don't you think that the division between rich and poor has historically been worse than it is today? I can't imagine that the early[edit] 1900's, characterized by horrendous labor practices that ultimately brought on the la
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by ryanhuff 13y ago
Why can't you structure an app such that it runs for a limited time for free, after-which a one-time, in-app purchase is required to continue? That sounds like a trial to me.

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