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@DellOutlet nets dell $3million(wired.com)
2 points by saturdayplace 17y ago|0 comments
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
Isn't this the same thing Joost did, only in reverse? Why go with a desktop client?
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
>Do you know why it annoys you? My first instinct when this happens is to say, "Pay attention to me , I'm right here ." which feels narcissistic. That feeling caused me to think again about why I get annoyed. Do I really deserve t
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
I'm just trying to play the devil's advocate here, because honestly the behavior annoys the ever-loving crap outta me. But I think the conversation is interesting... Why are you having lunch together? To kill time? To work on a deal?
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
I understand that this really can be a problem in a business setting when you really want the people who are physically present to interact with each other . This kind of argument has been going on for a while though, about how we defer a
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
I don't think the cutoff was arbitrary. Rather, it had to do with the differences in the interruption quotient of those technologies. Books don't vie as aggressively for your attention as the newer tech he's frustrated with. Especially
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
> Page and Bud found that most of the songs available for purchase had never been downloaded, and that the concentration of hits was more pronounced than ever before. The question not answered by this statement is whether the concentrat
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
Finally? Forgive me, but I can't really see the need for CSS to pull this off on its own. With gradient text you're not looking to convey information (or at least, no more than the words would convey with any other css-available text effe
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
Presumably, you're not being asked these questions if you remember your password.
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
Music with lyrics = distraction. Instrumental movie soundtracks work for me.
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by saturdayplace 17y ago
> To be fair to Hulu, the restrictions on content distribution are from the networks, not Hulu. I always thought that Hulu ARE the networks. Founded by Fox/NBC. ABC/Disney recently acquired a 30% stake. This kind of thing never s
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
My phrasing was because of the markup discussion above. I'd assumed people were talking about the high (?) markup because it'd factor into their buying decision, which seems pointless. I see nothing wrong with wanting to know for curiosi
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
Who cares how much it costs Amazon to make the thing? You don't like the price, you don't buy it. What do Amazon's costs have to do with that decision?
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
One of the best resources for getting typography right on the web: http://www.webtypography.net/ .
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
I'll second that. Having dropped out of an undergraduate architecture program a few years ago (for unrelated reasons) and having worked (until recently, laid off) at an architecture firm, I can attest to the gap between education and profe
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
I wondered why Jason didn't just contact GS directly with his concerns. Even if his customers might be confused by GS, Jason knows who/what they are and could of raised his grievances with them directly. Instead he published some serious
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by saturdayplace 18y ago
As a long-time-lurker-first-time-commenter: I understand that the x-men movie and Hacker News have a lot of audience overlap. That said, this feels more like a reddit/digg post. I know, I know, it's a subjective judgement, and I'm new. A