silkodyssey

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by silkodyssey 16y ago
You don't like the direction Digg is going. If you were the one making the decisions what would you do?
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
The 11 Companies That Tried To Buy Facebook http://www.businessinsider.com/all-the-companies-that-ever-t...
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Absorbing Scala in the Java Ecosystem [video](infoq.com)
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Lobsters and Crabs Feel Pain, Study Shows(dsc.discovery.com)
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Facebook to Roll Out Q&A Feature(mashable.com)
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
This is a powerful endorsement of the iPad. To me the message is you can't really judge the iPad based on the features it has or the list of things it can or can't do but instead it has to be experienced.
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
As far as disruptive technologies go I think saluto, if they deliver on their promise of solving users' computer problems deserves this accolade. I have always lamented the fact that personal computers users have to double as system adminis
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I've never looked at grails so I can't offer an opinion but I have some links that may be helpful to you. The first is a HN discussion on the play framework and the second a discussion on google groups about the differences between the two
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
The play framework sounds like something you'd be interested in. It abandons the Java conventions for a more rails like experience. http://www.playframework.org/
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I think you're focusing too much on Ning. What I am really referring to is the business model that it uses. As you've suggested it's imperfect and maybe Ning hasn't run their business very well but I don't think because of that we should s
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
See my reply here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1377750
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
Well maybe Ning's execution of the model leaves much to be desired but what I wanted to express was the idea that a social network where the owner of the network paid for it is a good system because the provider of the service has to cater
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I also have SICP on my reading list so I just thought this would make a great follow up to that text since by then I would have a good grasp of scheme and functional programming.
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
Just glanced through the book and was pleasantly surprised to see that the code is lisp. Adding this to my reading list.
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I like the Ning model. I think the value of a social network is in the common traits among users. Ning facilitates this extremely well by allowing users to create their own social network. The creator of the network pays for the network so
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I think facebook is a perfect example of what happens when businesses are created "by accident", where a product is created first then a business model is grafted on afterwards. As the article mentions the needs of the users are in conflict
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
Would you care to elaborate? Your assertion implies that arc is going to surpass clojure in popularity. Why do you think so? Personally I think that's unlikely to happen given the traction that clojure has been getting already. Clojure has
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
An acquisition seems to be the logical outcome because if the team is going to be working at Google then that raises the question of what's going to happen to the ruba.com site. It doesn't seem plausible that the project would just be aband
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Experts: Accused Jamaican drug lord akin to Robin Hood, Pablo Escobar(edition.cnn.com)
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I actually think that the Black Eyed Peas make great music! In terms of lyrical content no but there is a lot more to music than just the lyrics and this is even more true in the case of the Black Eyed Peas. I get the impression that for t
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I would like to know what was the motivation for starting the project. I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea for David to tackle Goliath but there has to be a unique value proposition. Based on the information I have found about the pro
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I am current taking the search engine for a spin and it has made a great first impression. I particularly like that instead of paging the search results it displays the results on demand using ajax. I prefer this interface because with less
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Open Content Free Web Books on AI programming with Clojure, Ruby and Java(markwatson.com)
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Broadcast live video, realtime location, and media updates from Android phone(answers.oreilly.com)
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Nuke the Entire Site — It’s the Only Way to be Sure(wired.com)
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Rape accused to be given anonymity(telegraph.co.uk)
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
Google has stated that they are already using vp8 on youtube so I guess this may be part of their strategy. Youtube is a big target and if they don't have patent troubles then this may ease the concerns of other users. Alternatively if Yout
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
I think the relationship between the content of hacker news and the userbase is like an ecosystem and maintaining the fidelity of this system is necessary to preserve the mission of the community. People are attracted to hacker news because
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Patent Troll Larry Horn of MPEG-LA Assembling VP8 Patent Pool(osnews.com)
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by silkodyssey 16y ago
This is typical competitive business behaviour. I don't see a problem with it as long as it doesn't go overboard and I don't consider this to be the case here. People tend to choose between competing products based on comparisons so the per

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