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by sabat 16y ago
spammers, scrapers, and SEO'ed-to-the-hilt content farms are winning Spammers, scrapers: sure, they're a problem. SEO'd sites: there is nothing wrong with optimizing your site for search engines. And a site that's optimized ought to win
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by sabat 16y ago
Although MS' reaction does appear to be irresponsible, a browser crash is hardly the worst security issue I can imagine. If that's all this guy is finding -- it's all he mentions in his post -- then this sounds more like security for securi
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by sabat 16y ago
I didn't realize that -- seems like government overreach to me (a political moderate).
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by sabat 16y ago
No, because SOX (the law) only covers publicly traded companies.
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by sabat 16y ago
Why would the SEC have any jurisdiction over private companies??
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by sabat 16y ago
Hence the word "apparently."
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by sabat 16y ago
They place employee performance above all else and strive to create a place where high performers want to work If that was actually true, then they wouldn't fire people automatically based on two mistakes -- because high performers make m
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by sabat 16y ago
Indeed.
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by sabat 16y ago
I had assumed by the headline that this was about the (mis-)use of semi-colons in English; so few know how to use them correctly.
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by sabat 16y ago
That's what it sounds like it means, but the choice of words implies that they're asking for a favor. They want to be paid. Not need or deserve . Just want.
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by sabat 16y ago
I've noticed this trend lately in business parlance -- an executive or manager or founder will same something like "blah blah blah ... and of course the [developers|UI people|marketers|etc.] want to be paid, so that puts more pressure on th
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by sabat 16y ago
It's public right now . It won't be once Yahoo pulls the plug on Delicious.
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by sabat 16y ago
They discontinued the delicious import tool for some reason -- some technical reason from what I understand. However, if you apply for an API key, there are scripts out there that can parse the delicious export and import into Evernote, inc
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by sabat 16y ago
I'll bet other companies (e.g. Heroku, Dropbox) that use AWS/EC2 would have similar things to say. I did have this one question, being a guy with an IT background: they expected stability? Really? I always expect host/app/system failure, an
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by sabat 16y ago
Why are they calling overvaluation by private investors a stock market bubble? I know -- they didn't say "stock market", but that's what "bubble" refers to. It's a word that conjures up images of the the dot-bomb era with a crashing stock m
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by sabat 16y ago
I'm never sure who to fear more: out-of-control government, or the mega-corporations that sponsor it.
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by sabat 16y ago
I'm fairly certain that kenjackson was being ironic.
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by sabat 16y ago
Time.
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by sabat 16y ago
nobody would actually take less money, right? Often it appears that you take a hit to your pay, but when you do the benefits math (paid holidays, vacation, health insurance, sick days) it's at least a wash.
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by sabat 16y ago
Job security is a myth, sure. But that doesn't mean that contracting carries the same risk; the risk is greater. Meanwhile, as an FTE, you get vacation time, sick days, bonuses, and company purchasing perks. You get a much better insurance
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by sabat 16y ago
Here's the thing: bigger companies often buy "feature" startups to -- well, add features. So it's not necessarily a bad thing to start one.
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by sabat 16y ago
I agree -- I applaud the password reset, but would urge them to be specific about the reason, and the fact that this was a bulk action. At first I thought it was just me, and that someone was targeting my account(s). Needless worry could be
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by sabat 16y ago
Not really civil, no -- considering that those kinds of posts are considered appropriate, and that I've been around a couple of years longer than your account shows you've been, and so would more more likely know what's generally OK here an
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by sabat 16y ago
This is nice to see -- a new Rails (and Node!) PaaS startup. Given the recent acquisition of Heroku (and my paranoia about the consequences of large companies like Salesforce acquiring small companies like Heroku), this is a good time for a
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by sabat 16y ago
I definitely agree -- the "Silicon Valley" has expanded in meaning from the Santa Clara Valley to the whole Bay Area anyway. I've always wanted to write up a "so you just moved to the Bay Area; everything you know about living here is proba
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by sabat 16y ago
Actually, people here try to be funny all the time -- and not everyone agrees on what's funny. But we try to keep things civil. I encourage you to be more civil as well.
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by sabat 16y ago
I find it sad how quickly people are downvoting comments these days. That was a perfectly legitimate snarky remark. Don't think it's funny? Don't upvote it.
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by sabat 16y ago
I can't wait for conspiracy nuts to start saying that this is proof that govt satellites use radio waves to cause earthquakes.
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by sabat 16y ago
I had the same thought immediately -- nothing smaller than 350GB? -- but then it occurred to me that fees lower than $800 may not be worth Dropbox's while.
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by sabat 16y ago
I don't know that it's so much about disdain for Salesforce -- I'm just a bit concerned about what a large company like that can and will do to Heroku.

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