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by taopao 13y ago
I would like to think they'd annihilate each other like antimatter and antimatter. Microsoft tried to smother OSS on many occasions, both directly, through FUD, and by proxy (SCO). Embrace extend extinguish. Steamrolling Windows-only s
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by taopao 13y ago
I think it was like Reader, where the service was so good and ubiquitous that nobody felt compelled to make a replacement. This will affect a lot more people than the Reader shutdown, and in a way that hits the pocketbook for those that hav
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by taopao 13y ago
I have a lot of hardware that's SOL if Shoutcast goes down. I hope they have a transition plan if that's the case.
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by taopao 13y ago
I'm running into more people that are proud to know nothing deeply. "Why bother? I know how to search on Google! I can learn !" I'm glad this article doesn't buy into it. Sure, the knowledge is out there and you ca
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by taopao 13y ago
It's enormous on the outside and tiny on the inside... not a good car.
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by taopao 13y ago
Very few new lines of business. Most of their new ventures are failures or perpetually in the red.
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by taopao 13y ago
Gold membership isn't free...
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by taopao 13y ago
UX => UI
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by taopao 13y ago
I'd exhaust that quota after just a couple work days! Why are they being so stingy with just- 6 months?
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by taopao 13y ago
Can I play Google Doodle door games?
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by taopao 13y ago
Bigger than 3.5 inches, not interested.
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by taopao 13y ago
The Apps and Games image takes me back. I remember Cannon Fodder giving my Mac SE nVIR. :(
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by taopao 13y ago
Online news is about chasing pageviews, not conveying truth or looking out for the public interest. It pays them more to milk the bajeezus out of Apple events by spinning each minor bullet point into complete articles.
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by taopao 13y ago
http://buttcoin.org/the-reddit-bitcoin-tipping-bot-is-the-wo...
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by taopao 13y ago
Nexus 10: 9000 mAh HP Chromebook 11: 2300 mAh ^^ I'm betting it's this.
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by taopao 13y ago
And it's comment #1!
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by taopao 13y ago
Consult the SEO chicken bones.
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by taopao 13y ago
Oh noes, think of the growth hackings!
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by taopao 13y ago
They do? Women be shoppin'?
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by taopao 13y ago
YES! I'm so grateful that these guys scooped up all this useful info into one place.
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by taopao 13y ago
Is it a smart choice that the store feels like 1998 web applications? Given the size of their workforce and the amount of revenue they make, why can't they invest some time in making the interface any good?
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by taopao 13y ago
Some of them look like they're from my e-ink Nook.
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by taopao 13y ago
If you can pay off the mortgage quickly, the low interest rate discount works in your favor.
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by taopao 13y ago
Yes. And .io means Indian Ocean, .ly is Libya.
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by taopao 13y ago
Aw, Christ.
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by taopao 13y ago
Kinesis is the final word in keyboards IMO. It's expensive for a keyboard, but they last a very long time, and the shape is far superior to any other ergonomic keyboard I've used.
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by taopao 13y ago
IIRC DDG was vocally against personalization and "filter bubbling". Even if they collected these stats, they wouldn't be able to refine their results unless they've changed their position.
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by taopao 13y ago
Sure, it's prettier, but still way too much information. Anybody that's handling the pass prior to boarding surely has access to a computer system. Why not devote 80% of the entire pass for the passenger's benefit, and just h
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by taopao 13y ago
I thought Hacker News was the home of pivoting, launch-'n-iterate, and all that.
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by taopao 13y ago
Put yourselves in the shoes of an employer. There are a hundred candidates applying to your position. Would the answer of "just trust me" convince you to hire one person above the 99 other applicants? If only one of those 100 appl

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