vannevar

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2011.
by vannevar 17y ago
Your argument requires a preference among successful companies for male directors, which is essentially the same as the "old boy's network" theory. It may be that the preference is rational, but this study provides no evidence to prove that
2012.
by vannevar 17y ago
The title of this submission is grossly inaccurate---the study in question shows nothing of the kind. This is a textbook example of the media (and the submitter) jumping on correlation and confusing it with causation. Women represent a tiny
2013.
by vannevar 17y ago
"But for that to work, he’ll need the nation’s economy to start performing more like Texas." Well, that's easy. Just discover large quantities of oil and gas under every other state. Texas' relatively good economy has nothing to do with Rep
2014.
by vannevar 17y ago
There are no paradoxes: http://bit.ly/bV9xa
2015.
by vannevar 17y ago
As I note in my comment above, the App Store is not merely a neutral distribution conduit, it is also (by far) the primary discovery medium. The vast majority of app shoppers buy from the top lists. And the top lists are systematically stru
2016.
by vannevar 17y ago
You're right that the App Store distribution channel does not limit a developer's marketing ability. It does, however, limit the pricing. The App Store is structured to directly reward high sales with exposure, creating a feedback loop that
2017.
by vannevar 17y ago
Another way of stating this would be to say that the top 1% now cumulatively earn roughly half as much as the entire bottom 95% combined, as their income has risen while the bottom 95% declined. So much for that old 'rising tide raises all
2018.
by vannevar 17y ago
Twitter is email with three technically trivial but socially significant differences: - messages are public by default (every account is a mailing list) - all messages go through a single server (Twitter can mine all the messages for intere
2019.
by vannevar 17y ago
The title is misleading---these are all apps in the Top 25. They are not the 'middle class', they are the 'rich' in the App Store economy.
2020.
by vannevar 17y ago
If person A truly wants to move off in a different direction, take the stock and run. Don't waste your time and energy on a lawsuit, particularly a venture that has no capital. Put it into your new direction. If you really, absolutely can't
2021.
by vannevar 17y ago
I think the classpath problem is the number 1 reason Java failed on the desktop. Sun would've been much better off freezing the core language at Java 2 and solving the classpath problem than wasting all that time since then cluttering up th
2022.
by vannevar 17y ago
How about adding ethernet and wireless latencies?
2023.
by vannevar 17y ago
Not much, PageRank was never the brilliant innovation it was made out to be. It was a nice improvement ca 1998 but Google has spent most of the last ten years throwing patches at the problem of people gaming the system. They've been the Red
2024.
by vannevar 17y ago
"If you're from a disadvantaged background, but put as much effort as a person from an advantaged background, then you would make the same after-tax income." This is clearly untrue. If I have $2M US in the bank, it takes me no effort at all