tjmc

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by tjmc 18y ago
Would it roughly translate to redneck (US), chav (UK) or bogan (Aus)?
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by tjmc 18y ago
Paul, out of interest, at what phase do you think the term "startup" changes to "business"? It's pretty clear when there's an IPO or a big aquisition, but what about companies that just steadily build their revenue like 37signals? I wouldn'
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by tjmc 18y ago
The thing that hackers (pg included) fail to understand about video online is that there is no first mover advantage. There's no network effects. There's little if any brand loyalty. It's about IP ownership of popular content. Who cares i
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by tjmc 18y ago
Agreed. Personally, I'm surprised that no electronics manufacturer has built wifi and Skype into a video camera yet.
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by tjmc 18y ago
I'm still to be convinced that the bandwidth and storage costs of YouTube are economically viable. If he (and many others) had 'limiting beliefs', they were in overlooking that hugely popular businesses often attract buyers even when they'r
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by tjmc 18y ago
The experience of teaching improved my public speaking significantly. I think most people hate public speaking because the initial experiences they have are for short periods of time when they're nervous and full of adrenaline. That adrenal
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by tjmc 18y ago
Ok - it's a story about a clown. But does that mean it only satisfies the intellectual curiosity of bozos? I'll take this article over another tawdry analysis of the financial crisis any day.
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by tjmc 18y ago
You're assuming he read it
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by tjmc 18y ago
This effect can be beneficial. Swap the mercury for gallium and you get a neat way of producing hydrogen on demand: http://cleantech.com/news/1205/gallium-and-aluminum-tigers-i... Too heavy for aviation but potentially useful for fuel cel
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by tjmc 18y ago
Personally I don't think the filtering will ever become law. The Australian govt are pandering to a single evangelical senator (Steven Fielding) who's vote is critical in getting a lot of their legislation passed. My guess is that they're h
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by tjmc 18y ago
Jellyfish are extremely primitive creatures. Words like "awareness", "care" and "think" are probably about as relevant for a plant.
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by tjmc 18y ago
> What other economic activities would be a good fit for an educated population willing to take risks? Solving the engineering challenges on sub-sea high voltage DC power transmission would be a worthy goal. Iceland has vast geothermal
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by tjmc 18y ago
Bittorrent does the same thing more easily, but neither works for live broadcasts. The technical solution to the HD bandwidth issue is probably ISP level multicast, but they'd still only be able to deliver the most popular content, making
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by tjmc 18y ago
> I don't know how things are in Australia, but we can't identify criminals and the like without actually checking. Interesting viewpoint. Would you have a problem with having your photograph and fingerprints taken whenever you boarded
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by tjmc 18y ago
Just out of interest with #1 - what's to stop an immigrant from simply "buying" themselves a visa by hiring 4 people at minimum wage for 9 months? Even if you didn't make a cent of revenue, you could do still that for ~60K right? Doesn't se
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by tjmc 18y ago
That's a fair point, but the other datacentre attracting factor I should have mentioned is the presence of surplus optical fibre bandwidth on the Oregon/Washington border: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/technology/14search.html
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by tjmc 18y ago
The point about Google having a datacenter in Oregon has nothing to do with mismanagement in California and everything to do with the availability of cheap, green, hydro power in the Pacific Northwest.
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by tjmc 18y ago
> Can you point to other situations where an advanced infrastructure created by government led to an increase in entrepreneurial activity? Military spending has spawned huge amounts of both direct and indirect innovation. Aviation and t
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by tjmc 18y ago
Not generally no. There is certainly some racism in Australia and some areas that you'd roughly compare to parts of the American "Deep South" in terms of backward attitudes, but overall Australians are pretty tolerant.
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by tjmc 18y ago
This is (mostly) how the Australian immigration system works. It's a point system which is weighted towards the young, healthy and skilled. People with certain in-demand professions (eg doctors) can get in relatively easily.
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by tjmc 18y ago
Google aren't going anywhere but what about YouTube? They recieve around 13 new hours of video every minute and that's just uploads! The storage and bandwidth costs must be horrendous. I just can't see how the very light amount of ads they
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by tjmc 18y ago
This is good advice. Also: 1. Eliminate any outstanding debt. Mortgage, credit cards, car loans etc 2. Consider buying a place to live outright. Saving rent or mortgage interest is better than earning the equivalent in interest because it's
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by tjmc 18y ago
Macromedia (before the Adobe takeover) had hardware 3D support years ago with their Shockwave plugin, yet its install base never got close to Flash which is installed on the vast majority of browsers. There have been countless other plugi
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by tjmc 18y ago
I think more magenta : colour :: alloy : element
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by tjmc 18y ago
I think in general the distinction is that a startup can scale more readily than a small business. That's easier to do if you're selling software than, say, haircuts which is why I think the term "startup" is used so much around here. I thi
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by tjmc 18y ago
So... how long have you been at Apple?
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by tjmc 18y ago
If I'm ordering food at a place like Subway, I'll list the toppings I don't want if it's shorter than the list that I do want.
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by tjmc 18y ago
Doesn't Joost address the simultaneous user problem?
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by tjmc 18y ago
First thing to know is - there is no such thing as a "standard contract". It's always useful to have a lawyer look over a contract before you sign it. Then - never be afraid to request changes. I've found employers are usually happy to make
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by tjmc 18y ago
What about qualifications that require specialised equipment or infrastructure? If you need to learn about say chip fabrication or radiology it's not enough to just read about it. I suppose you could just pay for access to facilities and eq

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