smpetrey

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by smpetrey 10y ago
I completely agree. Humans will be humans and we will always have tribes. And that's okay. What needs to change is modern voting systems to accomadte the growing fractions of views. Such as, The Alternative Vote (Instant Run-off) [1] A
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I have such respect for these people. Partly because without them, NYC would be devoid of life. NYC is unlike any city in the world. I challenge anyone to live there for a time in their life. You won't regret it.
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For the uninitiated. https://canarywatch.org
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Whoa whoa whoa that's awful packaging design
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This was not before the Macintosh as the author points out. Hartmut Esslinger prototyped the "MacPhone" in a study in 1984 after the success of the Macintosh. [1] Other prototypes in this series were part of the Snow White project
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Image from the Esslinger book regarding the "MacPhone concept" http://imgur.com/MMYDogd
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No. Hartmut Esslinger of Frog Design was hired to prototype a number of different ideas and concepts at Apple. Project Snow White, as it was called, sought out to create a unified design language for a range of products (and to hopefully ca
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Oh yeah, royally screwed.
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No thanks. I'll stick with Roots. [1] [1] https://roots.io
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Apple Music is decent, Google Play is probably more worthwhile
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Well, if any Dev Leads or HR Managers are reading these comments, you could start by getting rid of the Taleo (or even worse iCIMS) Career search engines from your career microsite. [1][2] These are awful to use and often require a new prof
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Rule number 1. Don't piss off investors. This won't bode well for Comma or the investors. Really bad PR move.
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completely agree man. I'm pretty positive his organization failed to reach out to the NHTSA for product approval and now he's upset that they recommend pulling the product before it is tested in their VRTC facility in Washington.
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(Sadly) We should've expected this the moment Twitter acquire Vine. The Vine team no doubt brought some amazing improvements to Twitter since 2012. Sad to see it go. It's kinda fun seeing a front-page of Vine at any date at the ar
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I think the author only brings that claim to make a point. Which is, Apple put companies like Blackberry (RIM), Nokia, and Motorola on life-support several years ago after the introduction of the iPhone. Fast forward to now, market share of
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Awful things paywalls. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4_QIjk...
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Damn. So cosmic rays are pretty intense huh?
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Overuse of bullet points(writers.stackexchange.com)
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Watch movies, play games, or even karaoke. Together(rabb.it)
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Ah man, knew this one was coming one day. But you know what Google Local Guides is awesome. If you're a fan of Panoramio go sign up and become a Local Guide.
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Food for thought: https://twitter.com/i/moments/788073951511535616
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Not surprised. I freelanced for something like 5 years before finally getting a 9–5 job (not that it pays much more but it's a stable income).
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We hugged it to death!
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What if Twitter buys Slack, and rebrands as a communications company hell-bent on connectivity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Pixel comes, and Pixate goes. Bummer.
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Google Apps for Work is now G Suite(gsuite.google.com)
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But there's no SD Card interface on iOS?
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My Ecology professor was a great mentor, leader and hilarious guy. He was super inspirational and taught us that nature was something to marvel at, and always informed us it was our responsibility to take care of it. He grew up a farm-hand
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It's almost like they've done this before. [1] Probably a bag for use at Cafe Macs or Retail or both. https://www.google.com/patents/US20120024859?pg=PA1&dq=Longo...
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Such a fantastic episode. This was the first episode I had ever listened to of Radiolab.

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