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Google Q3 Earnings(investor.google.com)
2 points by twrkit 12y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 12y ago
I used to work for one of the megabanks. The majority of their credit card processing is written in Fortran and runs on 20-30+ yr old mainframes. They don't dare touch it. "If it ain't broke..." There are certain univers
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by twrkit 12y ago
congrats! incoming Google acquisition in 3... 2... 1... :)
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by twrkit 12y ago
The National Security section leads me to question the authenticity and/or seriousness of this
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by twrkit 12y ago
> They need to diversify their sources of revenue more. Self-driving cars, robotics, Nest, Fiber, contact lenses, ... ?
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by twrkit 12y ago
see 'House of Cards' for textbook examples of this in action
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Microsoft is the very antithesis of strategy(techpinions.com)
3 points by twrkit 12y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 12y ago
not sure if this is the right place to report bugs (and/or if this is intended behavior), but if one clicks the COMPUTE button without a query entered, it decrements the guest query counter
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'Living in a Fool's Paradise' – on the SF Housing Crisis(boomcalifornia.com)
2 points by twrkit 12y ago|0 comments
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Analysis of which image features lead to increased sharing of visual content(curalate.tumblr.com)
2 points by twrkit 12y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 12y ago
There are a lot of people who live paycheck to paycheck.
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by twrkit 12y ago
Yeah I think the point is that the majority of urbanization in the US occurred in the 20th century, whereas China has only very recently been doing so.
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by twrkit 12y ago
Yeah I've experienced that too, I always assumed it was their equivalent of Pandora's "are you still there?" only without politely asking before shutting it off
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BrightnessTheme: Adjusts Sublime Text theme based on your Mac's brightness(github.com)
1 points by twrkit 12y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 12y ago
I tried the Glass about 2 months ago, and one of the demos was a Word Lens feature. Worked pretty well too. So either they licensed it or just plain stole the idea and then bought them as retroactive immunity.
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by twrkit 12y ago
So why pay extra for a Stripe wrapper?
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by twrkit 13y ago
When Bloomberg ran the show in NYC, he "prescribed biking" [1]. Despite the focus on cyclists, here's one filmmaker's experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ [1] http://www.nyt
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Two Days(blog.cityboundsim.com)
1 points by twrkit 13y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 13y ago
This is one of those unfortunate situations where no matter what he says it's going to make things worse. And now to nitpick: >I can’t help noticing that 100% of the people I see who are building the future and making the big bucks
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by twrkit 13y ago
Anyone have a tl;dw?
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by twrkit 13y ago
Was naively hopeful that someone had finally reversed the iMessage protocol. Much to my chagrin, it's 'just' an Applescript wrapper. Nice work, nonetheless!
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by twrkit 13y ago
FYI the app requires Facebook account. from the app: "Q: Why is Facebook required?" "A: We haven't had time to build an alternative yet"
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The Valve Mindset(charliecleveland.com)
2 points by twrkit 13y ago|0 comments
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SF's bus protests and the Affordable Housing Mythology(chicagonow.com)
1 points by twrkit 13y ago|0 comments
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by twrkit 13y ago
A double decker bus at capacity holds ~80 people. Imagine if the FB/Apple/Yahoo/Google transportation infrastructure didn't exist at all... [0] [0] http://i.imgur.com/axZLrMT.gif
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by twrkit 13y ago
The Only Sure Thing In Software Development: Never Underestimate the Incompetence of the End User
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Ask HN: What are good questions to ask during the first week of a new job?
1 points by twrkit 13y ago|5 comments
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by twrkit 13y ago
So this is what $634mm gets you? https://www.healthcare.gov/marketplace/global/en_US/registra...
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by twrkit 13y ago
>I'd argue that Apple is first & foremost a hardware company I would argue that Apple is primarily a software company. Sure, they do offer nice, polished hardware touches like Retina display, TouchID, unibody aluminum enclosures
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by twrkit 13y ago
The whole Drug War is a colossal waste of time and resources. Those who choose to indulge in narcotics will continue to do so, despite the legality or accessibility of their preferred substances. Of course, the fact of the matter is that an

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