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by tjansen 14y ago
I must admit that I am not sure whether I understand what you plan to do, so let me try to rephrase it: you want people to fill out a profile to describe themselves, and then you use it to build them some kind of MySpace profile page, just
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by tjansen 14y ago
"They" or "He"?
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by tjansen 14y ago
I guess you can find pros and cons for every different design (or non-design). Example: if you know just a little bit about Manhattan's geography, you would have an idea where to find 30th street and how to get there from almost any point
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by tjansen 14y ago
I am not sure whether suburbia is really to blame. People who are not able to drive are likely also unable to climb stairs or to walk a mile to the nearest supermarket and carry the groceries back home. Also, I would expect that for people
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by tjansen 14y ago
Here in Germany it's also pretty normal that even in a densely populated residential neighbourhood there are not too many people on the street, unless there's a larger store nearby or something like that. Otherwise, if you do see many peopl
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by tjansen 14y ago
Yes, but as I get older my tolerance for public transport is diminishing. It's ok for commuting to work, but at night I don't really feel really comfortable in public transport with all the drunks and sometimes worse. Also, albeit possible,
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by tjansen 14y ago
That's interesting... I was born in Germany and live here in an extremely densely populated, but quite affluent neighbourhood. Imagine 6-story houses, each maybe 60ft long each, standing directly next to each other. Each house has about 20
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by tjansen 14y ago
Isn't that true of every geek-oriented news site with comments? In every community that reaches a certain size people start complaining that everything was better in the early year(s). There's always a lot of cynicism because that's just ge
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by tjansen 14y ago
I am also in Duesseldorf and don't know a single person with a Bada phone :)
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by tjansen 14y ago
Can't confirm that, I haven't seen one in DE in the last year. All I see are Android, iPhone, Blackberries and old (feature) phones that are 3 years or older.
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by tjansen 15y ago
I don't think that there will be any kind of collapse, sudden peak oil or any other sudden and drastic change of civilization. Some people are bored with their life and want to believe in such things, but it's unrealistic to expect that thi
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by tjansen 15y ago
If you have only one offer, then that could happen, but it's unlikely if you have more than one offer or at least several interviews (and I would always mention this).
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by tjansen 15y ago
I don't think that you should see it as a loan, because AFAIK the band does not need to pay the advance back. The band sells the right to its music, in exchange for the advance. If the band's income exceeds 1000% of the advance, it will get
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by tjansen 15y ago
Sure, but in the meantime the label made the band famous, which is worth a lot of money. They have a much larger audience at concerts, can sell merchandise and possibly have other sources of income. And, when the record contract expires, th
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by tjansen 15y ago
I have a similar background and am also working as enterprise Java Dev. Financially, I don't think that it is a smart idea to transition at the moment (at least in germany, where I live). Java developers still seem to have the highest salar
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by tjansen 16y ago
I guess in the long run, most multi-platform content providers will simply have to offer two products: one with iOS support and a 30% surcharge, and a cheaper one that only supports open systems like the web and (plain) Android. No one can
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by tjansen 16y ago
I know those bindings (obviously not all of them), but AFAIK there is not one binding that doesn't treat the programmer like a second-class citizen. For example, is there at least one binding with a complete reference documentation? From wh
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by tjansen 16y ago
Actually I think Meego does not have a chance because of C++. It is Meego's main fault. Qt is a great framework, but that won't help if you force programmers to use languages from the stone age. Anyone who wants to establish a new platform
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by tjansen 16y ago
Idea: to differentiate your list from Amazon's universal wish list and others, make your list prettier and more memorable than theirs. Decorate the list, offer several themes to chose from, allow users to upload photos of themselves and to
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by tjansen 16y ago
I am glad they kept much of the original design, especially the rounded edges and the green. Yes, it's not pretty, but for me it's like listening to an oldie station. Slashdot was there in the 90s when you felt like participating in a revol
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by tjansen 16y ago
Seems like you can buy it in Germany since 2007 (www.dienanoexperten.eu / www.der-nano-shop.de). Never heard about it before, so I guess it can't be that revolutionary, but maybe I give it a try...
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by tjansen 16y ago
Linux is not a good example, because many (most?) good programmers love their work and would do it without payment. But this is not the case for many (most?) other workers - they would rather do something else and only work because they hav
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by tjansen 16y ago
My knowledge of the banking and financial system is limited, but from what I can see the article contains several factual errors that it exploits to make the point that private banks are evil. Example: the author claims that the ECB (europe
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by tjansen 16y ago
Did a manager at a grocery store have the same amount of responsibility as today? My guess would be that today being a deli manager just means that you need to follow your chain's rule books. In 1985, with more independent stores and smalle
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by tjansen 16y ago
I haven't bothered to register yet, but after looking at the site I don't understand what it does. You say that it's a cron replacement. So is it a software package that you sell? For which platforms? Or is it some kind of SAAS that does so
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by tjansen 16y ago
Beside Salsa dancing (where I met my girlfriend 3 years ago), I can also recommend meetin.org - at least for people who are 25 or older it's a great way to meet people and hang out.
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by tjansen 16y ago
Today wi-fi printers usually use some proprietary protocol (and with my Canon and HP printers I had nothing but trouble). Currently the only way to print over the net without drivers is to use Postscript-capable, or possibly PCL-capable, p
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Mozilla Game On 2010 - Open Web Game Competition(mozillalabs.com)
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by tjansen 16y ago
Installing and data availablity are a huge part of what I meant with 'trouble'.
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by tjansen 16y ago
Depends a bit on what you mean with "a place". There's certainly a market, at least when you write a Windows application. I guess most people don't care much where their application runs, at long as it help them to do their work (or have fu

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