willimholte

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by willimholte 13y ago
There's a lot to like in this, but the intro is gimmicky. "Why are diamonds more expensive than water?" is a classic question for super early economics lessons, but not really appropriate for the more complicated piece that t
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by willimholte 13y ago
It's a commonly suggested thought from people that like both companies. In a happy-go-lucky sort of way it is a fun thought experiment, but I've never heard anyone seriously suggest it.
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by willimholte 13y ago
This is purely anecdotal: every time I have lost one card I have lost all of my cards (because it's when I lose my wallet or the bag my wallet is in). In this case I'd be able to go home and grab my 'originals' and use t
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by willimholte 13y ago
>() The obvious issue of losing Coin and losing everything. People like backups. It's a mindset. I fail to see how Coin is a lack of backups. If having two copies of a card isn't 'having a backup' what is?
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by willimholte 13y ago
I don't understand what this is linking to. Why not link directly to the WSJ?
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by willimholte 13y ago
There are no social requirements in the app—you can use it to get your record from multiple doctors and never add any friends in Prime. The target market of the app is people who have close friends and family members that they want to keep
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by willimholte 13y ago
We're fully HIPAA-compliant, as Tyler mentioned in another comment. Data is encrypted, and isn't stored on the device. HIPAA (and specifically MU Stage 2) is actually more helpful for what we are doing than anything else; letting
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by willimholte 13y ago
My memories of the iPad 1 might be hazy—though I had friends in education that purchased them well after the iPad 2 was available. Perhaps they were getting bulk orders of refurbished (or third party refurbished) units. The main point is th
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by willimholte 13y ago
IIRC it was not legal to install on multiple machines (perhaps it was legal for multiple personal machines?).
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by willimholte 13y ago
Apple has continued sales of old devices to corporate/educational buyers without making them publicly available in the past. The eMac and original iPad were both available to education markets far longer than public markets.
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by willimholte 13y ago
Good news: loaded in ~2 seconds. Bad news: interface seems to not work at all. (I'm using iPad 2, with iOS 7.0.2)
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by willimholte 13y ago
Makes sense, thanks. I use iTunes Match and have quite a bit of music on my computer and my phone, so it doesn't often occur to me to listen on my iPad. However, when I do, I exclusively stream, so this might actually be the perfect fi
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by willimholte 13y ago
Took the first code, am excited to try it out. Why go iPad first?
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by willimholte 13y ago
I didn't really connect with this piece until the end. >Remind yourself, that you are not that thing. This will help you to see the other person’s point of view, instead of lashing out irrationally. I'm pretty sure the entire r
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by willimholte 13y ago
PSD > PDF is easier than DOC > PDF.
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by willimholte 13y ago
Perhaps deactivate Pressy if the phone is locked? Does that kill all useful actions?
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by willimholte 13y ago
It's probably closer to whiteboard coding than relevant work. Designers need support and can't work in a vacuum. Without a deep understanding of the specific requirements designers will make generic (though perhaps beautiful) work
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by willimholte 13y ago
> a) I've found that lots of design applicants will put stuff in their portfolio that they contributed to, rather than built end-to-end. This solves that problem. Effective designers (and effective hiring managers) have already solv
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by willimholte 13y ago
Perhaps I'm missing something, but I am interested in what behavior you expect from the app vs the behavior you are observing. (I've used iBart a few times, but not in a few months and not to route trips in Oakland.) Are you sayin
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by willimholte 13y ago
> I can certainly see that. Do you count "main body text" as 'content' in your designs? I make an effort to never use placeholder text that doesn't at least closely resemble the real (or intended) content. This m
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by willimholte 13y ago
I can't speak for every designer, and it is possible that the shift is entirely a visual trend based on rebelling from the past trends. My justification for keeping the interface low contrast is to emphasize content. Keep in mind that
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by willimholte 13y ago
There is plenty of criticism of San Francisco coming from people inside, and outside, of the startup/tech scene. His post was misogynistic and hypocritical, which encouraged the pitchfork mob. (I don't intend to make a value judge
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by willimholte 13y ago
I'm not sure this is fair—doesn't the author admit that the value of the good is based on scarcity? That it became valuable when it could be shipped to places that didn't have two foot tall piles of lobster washing up on the
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by willimholte 14y ago
I'm curious to learn more about the decision to keep it invite only. I can only provide personal insight, but I lost interest as soon as there was a link I wanted to comment on and couldn't.