tomkarlo

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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Have you looked at the list of top 10 movies from last year? Besides, it's only a knock-off if you were exposed to the original.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I used to work for Lehman Brothers; since then I've worked for Amazon and Google in product capacities. (I was a PM before I went to MBA and then LB.) The biggest problem was that there's little incentive in financial products to pursue tru
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
The ability of trademarks to protect against commercial re-use of intellectual property isn't a good measure of how much they can replace copyright protection. If I write a fantastic book, trademark protection isn't going to help protect me
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Even if you want to move towards resolution independence, when you have a huge universe of apps at a particular resolution, simply doubling the screen size is the easiest way to let them migrate with minimal pain. It's a lot easier to tell
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
On mobile devices, it may still be prohibitive to continually convert from vector art to pixels. I guess they could do it at build time.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
If it's a mistake, or a rogue team member, the onus is on WP to correct the letter. Aside from verifying that the letter did indeed come from someone authorized to speak on behalf of WP, it's fair for the recipient to assume that the letter
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I believe folks have already seen evidence in OSX that Apple will be doing "retina" displays for laptops and desktops. Continued movement towards a resolution-independent OS.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
It's easy to do that thought experiment at the extremes, but that's not what the article is about. It's talking primarily about corporate law, and a public company isn't going to hire a public defender. More realistically, you're a company
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Yeah, but it's unclear what constitutes "success" in the case of a lawyer. If you're a litigator, much of that will depend on the facts in a particular case. If you're drafting a contract or financing doc, it may never end up in litigation,
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
> That's easy. The expense of a car or plane doesn't indicate it's safety, infact it's usually the opposite, the more expensive the car or plane the faster it goes and less safe it can make your trip. > With a doctor or lawyer more
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I used to "hire" law firms regularly for my clients. What's not being mentioned here is that since in most cases the individuals _choosing_ the law firms for large financial and M&A transactions (which represent the real meat of the "bi
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Apples and oranges. Apps like e-readers are mostly code and have only a few images assets for icons, logos, etc. A game has a large code base, but it also can have tons and tons of image assets for textures, as well as video and audio asset
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
As a customer, that's how I want it to be. One of main reasons I consistently order from Amazon (and buy Prime) is the bad experiences I've had when trying to get customer service / return / exchanges on other sites. Saving $5 or $10 isn't
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
"Amazon spends more than $90 a year for each Prime customer, losing $11 annually for each subscriber" Narrow thinking like this is why other retailers don't offer Prime. If you can turn a $400 customer into a $900 customer, you're probably
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I appreciate your view on that, but I'm expressly not posting on behalf of Google or in my role as a Google employee. I don't think it would make sense to clutter the HN threads with disclaimers considering that just about every topic here
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
I think Nevada's DMV / legislature deserves some recognition here for taking a reasonable risk in the name of potential innovation. We give lawmakers flack when they pass stupid laws (or try to) and it seems fair to appreciate when they hel
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
It also has a legal obligation to the US government and the US courts, a government I have no right to elect and a legal system I cannot afford. Generally, if you're not in the US (and I'm assuming that's what you mean, not that you're di
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Even if they did, they shouldn't be disclosing them.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Yeah, I actually use Ultimate Ears (if I remember to put them in my bag.) I've found that there are some advantages to earplugs, though - they're so cheap you can leave a dozen in your work bag (and give a pair to your travel companion if t
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
For one thing, when you're lying down, your feet are generally level with your heart, which makes it easier to circulate blood through your legs. Also, you're going to change position naturally while sleeping in a bed, but you're much less
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Neither of us can really hope to assess the change in risk of something like DVT based on personal experience. We're talking about something that normally kills some tiny portion of travelers (1 in 100,000 passenger legs, maybe?)... if not
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
What I mainly took issue with was the conclusion: "Thus, alternative energy sources must approach the energy density of petroleum if they are to be competitive." That seems utterly faulty to me, as I pointed out - there are multiple ways to
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
If you're going to do this (and I've done it myself), be aware that it may increase the risk of blot clots (deep vein thrombosis). You're supposed to try to get up and move around every couple of hours on a long flight, and taking an Ambien
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Thinking like this is what prevents real innovation. All of these statements seem to be common sense, but they're all individually false when you dig below the surface. There are huge variations in how much vehicles consume on a per-passeng
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Just because there's a free option doesn't mean you can't successfully offer a non-free alternative. Books have long been available for free - from libraries - yet the bookstore industry has done well both online and offline, despite the le
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Except it's always a Vi expert making that assertion. I've yet to hear anyone say, I'm a Blub expert, but Vi is better.
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
Treat your employer like a relationship. As long as it works, be invested in your job and do your best. If something isn't working (like your comp), man up and have the hard discussion with your employer. If they don't fix it, find another
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
The OP ignores the fact that at most decent tech companies, a TON of time is spent on annual or semi-annual reviews to determine raises and bonus comp for better performing employees. The exact reason this is done is to ensure they're being
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
The goal of a new text editor shouldn't be to make things better for people who are already experts on an existing platform. It should be to make it better for beginners on the new editor (because initially, everyone is) and better for them
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by tomkarlo 15y ago
"Contracts are only really useful for big company and with big accounts." This is totally untrue, and incorrect. Not only because you can take even a tiny client to small claims court (but without a written contract, forget it) but becaus

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