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by varaon 17y ago
My impression from the slides is that they see it as a financial gain if it frees up the job for a higher performer. No mention is made of why they feel the need to offer severance when they're shedding an underperformer, but maybe they wan
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by varaon 17y ago
I think you're overlooking the online rentals market. Netflix's original business will die (or be killed) off at some point. They already have a strong presence in the online movie rentals market. It should also be pointed out that they
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by varaon 17y ago
I'd contend that lately they've gone over the hump that divides "sucks less" and "much improved".
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by varaon 17y ago
What makes me angrier is that they'd still put ads in somewhere, eventually. I hate the amount of advertising that precedes a movie that I've paid to see. Trailers are often amusing, and I like to know which movies are coming out, but the
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by varaon 17y ago
Based on what I understand from this presentation: http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce... Gladwell means that people don't always know what they want (or wont be able to tell you).
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by varaon 17y ago
It's on Apple for explicitly targeting Palm. I'm sure Palm would've been more than happy to update their software in response to any changes by Apple. Apple had other alternatives as far as liability goes. For example, they could've prompt
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by varaon 17y ago
I used to use that for easier reading. Irony being, now that my Firefox skin and menubar are both black, it just makes them obnoxiously bright. f.lux is wonderful though - lowers the colour temperature based on time of day, so you don't ha
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by varaon 17y ago
Try Magnifique: http://magnifiqueapp.com/ (free)
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by varaon 17y ago
Mixed feelings on the updates, but Microsoft seems quick to patch security vulnerabilities lately. Same topic but unrelated, W7 will fetch and download drivers that it doesn't have installed. I find OS X to be too monochromatic - I've made
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by varaon 17y ago
It seems that they have the same problem the App Store has now - mixed messages as to what is acceptable, and no clear public guidelines.
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by varaon 17y ago
Refreshingly honest. I'm impressed to see this sort of viewpoint in the WSJ.
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by varaon 17y ago
Note: The NWS is News Corp's stock symbol, not the acronym for "not work-safe."
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by varaon 17y ago
The site looks like a parked domain/spam. I navigated away the first time I loaded the page. You might want to differentiate the design a bit (not sure how).
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by varaon 17y ago
I could see a hash tool being useful here - maybe even some sort of upload applet that sends the hash too. If the uploaded hash matches the hash generated on your machine, you have less plausible excuses. Of course, you could just use Scri
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by varaon 17y ago
See here for an opinion from an SDK beta tester: http://daringfireball.net/2009/06/palm_saturday Scroll down to "Regarding the Mojo SDK and Eating Their Own Dogfood" for the goods.
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by varaon 17y ago
Consider that most Web 2.0 forms of communication (i.e. Twitter, Facebook and the like) are still closed gardens. Yes, they have APIs, but they still hold the keys and own the technology. Anyone can set up an email server and have it talk
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by varaon 17y ago
Mirror: http://74.125.93.132/search?hl=en&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2...
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by varaon 17y ago
Poker is an easy way to lose a lot of money if you're not careful
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by varaon 17y ago
The existing problem (for Jeff) is that it is hard to find modified or improved versions of the same snippet. Whereas a URL points to an inidividual snippet, the GUID could point to different versions. The same GUID could also be used fo
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by varaon 18y ago
I agree with robryan's point. I also wonder if teaching leaves professors too busy to keep up with the latest trends. Web _design_ might actually be a good course to be taught by a part-time professor who is also freelancing and staying cu
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by varaon 18y ago
IE6 - Kill it with fire! Might be a pain for IT to replace with Firefox, but is doable. I did this for a 60-year-old and then skinned it just like IE so the difference was barely noticeable.
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by varaon 18y ago
Ehh, to a degree. Many of the default games are similar to the type that would come bundled with Windows 95. The better games need to be installed (as they would on Windows), and even then they're mostly just OK. Robots is the only bundle
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by varaon 18y ago
...and therefore may help you avoid getting shafted?
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by varaon 18y ago
Seconded.
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by varaon 18y ago
Ottawa has a strong developer and startup community.
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by varaon 18y ago
Yeah, you'd need a serious karma system like eBay or stackoverflow. Problem is it makes it hard for first-time users.
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by varaon 18y ago
Free Darkroom, plus cross-platform. http://www.codealchemists.com/jdarkroom/
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by varaon 18y ago
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/15/accessories-for-macbook-air-u... Possibly compatible, who knows.