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by zimbabwe 17y ago
If FB screws this up there will be a huge backlash for a few weeks, then FB will apologize. FB screws up with some regularity, but they check themselves quickly afterwards.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Normally I'd agree with you. In Facebook's case, I'll make the argument that Facebook's only trying to do a single thing, but that single thing is so ambitious that they're justified in taking this move. The goal of Facebook is to let peopl
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
The retraction seems to be saying Facebook will make it obvious to new users just how privacy works. I've found that my friends tend to follow those notices, somewhat surprisingly. Facebook will let people know what's going on once it's hap
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I've seen a few of the movies on that list. Titanic in particular stands out as a non-action/horror film on the list that was resoundingly mediocre.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Ugh. Not the sort of person I'd expect to suddenly turn around and release a good movie. This story re: the graphics was interesting, though. I might give Avatar a shot.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
What other films has he made, out of curiosity? This is the first I've heard of his name.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I guess, but I'd rather geek out about something other than what I disagreed with in an article.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
But Facebook doesn't care, because their brand overrides everything else. Name doesn't matter during a collaboration of this size.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I'm curious what differences there are between the services that would make Facebook pick Ustream over Justin.tv. Was it something in function? Aesthetic? (Ustream's front page admittedly looks a lot sexier.)
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Wow, you got downvoted hard. I disagree with you because in this case, it's a matter of semantic structuring. The language should be free to change, but only when it doesn't conflict with how the language functions. In this case, "lot's" wo
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
If I'm writing a book on a subject, I'm going to write it because I understand it well and think I have something interesting to say. I won't just pick something that I think makes money and then bullshit something into profitability. Come
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
It’s one thing when you read these books on your own but the thing is - being GRADED on books that scar you for life - at that age - is a lot like a Rorschach test being conducted using human blood to a classroom of fresh faced 12 year old
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Perhaps it takes ten years to learn the language of film. In fact, it almost certainly does. But if you're spending ten years developing every product you launch, you're doing it wrong.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
If you index all the voices of my neighbors so I can access them at my leisure, and allow me to search for a few million voices at a time, I will pay you as much money as I pay the Twitter founders.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Naked links? There's certainly context. A particular sort of site was asked for; a link was provided, the front page of which said exactly why the link was being offered. If it had been something a bit more informative (if you'd mentioned Y
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I know this is news.YC, but if it's a good company can we link to it without the affiliation notice? It's understandable - though irritating - that any company with a "(YC 200X Grad)" label gets all its minutiae voted to the top of the page
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
FF has lots of problems like this. From the user interface to name of the service itself, everything about the site seems very awkward and not user-friendly. Judging from how many people use it I'm certain some people find it very useful, b
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
So now "Fan" pages work essentially like Twitter accounts in terms of letting people follow and receive updates. I wonder what they'll do for normal profiles, where you can't look at a person's feed without their accepting. If they figure o
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Dropbox is one of those products that's so good it doesn't get nearly enough hype. I can't think of any service I've ever used that was any better or more flexible. It's my all-time favorite app.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I remember when people would comment on various Ron Paul stories on Reddit with a similar sneer toward Digg. HN is not a unique community except for the fact that it's thus far remained away from the public eye. The more people join HN, the
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
What cool human problem is it solving in particular? If it's a biggie then you should have no problem finding an excited programmer.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I must say, the layout for the ads is pretty nice. They lifted The Deck's design more-or-less, and that's not at all a bad thing.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today welcomed the launch of AdBard a new advertising network for technology based websites based upon the promotion of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) friendly products and services. "Free,
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Jesus, man, I know it's your web site but can't you filter your stories a bit? How is the name of the iPhone at all interesting or important? Who cares? Who would discuss this here?
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
The screenshot looked really good. Running live, it's way too cluttered and there's not enough of a relation between relevant pieces of information. I strongly dislike the lefthand column, and the lack of contract with the righthand one.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Woz was working on interesting stuff from day 1. He also didn't view his start-up as a business. He and Jobs were fucking around to see what they could do, having a good time, and it happened to be an incredible business opportunity. You
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
It's unethical and immoral only if Apple isn't currently attempting to make the system better, and we have no evidence of that. I agree that it's stupid of them, I agree they're not supporting developers like they should, I agree that lots
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
It's more a matter of people being able to go to your profile and click a "view photos" link. Some people don't want to restrict privacy, but they don't want drunken pictures on their profile. In the event that my boss looks at me on Facebo
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Tumblr started off as a quiet, clean way of posting. It has since then become noisy, obsessed with popularity, and filthily cluttered. I joined originally because I like that it never pressured me to do things on it. They nuked that style i
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Not if it provides a useful service that's worth the DRM. The Kindle's worth it, as is something like Steam. I proudly use both.

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