bradshaw1965
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12 years ago
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on: Enough with the JavaScript already
The same comparisons were made when Flash was being misused. It doesn't take much to muddy an ecosystem. There were certainly other problems with Flash, but thinking that best practices for JS will filter through to most developers is unlikely.
bradshaw1965
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12 years ago
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on: iOS 7
Dribble Crowd? Yep, what the world needs now is yet another cultural stereotype.
bradshaw1965
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12 years ago
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on: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact
The direct response industry continues to use long sales letters and "ugly" design to great effect. It's the same kind of a/b testing that agile UX practitioners espouse that produced "Red gets read!" lore in direct marketing. Still gives me the heabie jeabies looking at that stuff though.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Congress is Passing an Internet Sales Tax: Why Doesn't HN Care?
...The bullshit part is trying to apply a geographic model of governance...
You could use a VAT, but that won't appease the state constituencies looking for more revenues. Taxes are hard, full of unintended consequences and conflicting stakeholders.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Marissa Mayer breaks her silence on Yahoo's telecommuting policy
When they are they laugh in the face of the peon daring to question his greatness.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Marissa Mayer breaks her silence on Yahoo's telecommuting policy
Male CEO's can act like alpha animals, take what they want and flaunt blingy perks, but let a woman build a nursery... Employees never get the same perks as CEO's.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Ten predictions (2004)
10 year, very lightly hedged, mostly specific prediction is hard. Pretty good job, I think.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Incredible Secret Money Machine
Wasn't a whole lot of spam in 1978 when first published.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: 90% of Tech Startups Fail [Infographic]
A vast percentage of all companies fail. Take a look at stock market listings from 20,50, 100 years ago. The question is what kind of value was produced from the organization.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: There’s no money in 3D printing
You're correct in the quote being the inverse in intent. It's still a big call on a nascent tech. Big calls on nascent tech tend to be wrong.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: There’s no money in 3D printing
This...
Well, theoretically such a machine could be worth billions but actually you’d probably sell a few to research institutes and then one to a commercial company and then it is game over for you.
sure sounds like
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
I've got no predictions on the future world wide market for 3D printing, but big predictions on future tech are usually wrong.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: iPhone 4S outselling iPhone 5
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1. Open up the platform, or
2. Go down the same road that they went down in the 80s/90s, handing the bulk of the business over to an open platform.
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You gave two options at a crossroads as a result of a maps fiasco, both options end up with the "open" solution winning. My reading comprehension is fine, your arguments are faulty.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: iPhone 4S outselling iPhone 5
All roads lead to open by way of a maps fiasco? I can't even begin to diagram your thought process.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50?
What is it with fluorescent light and programmers? I left a gig specifically because of a mid-afternoon fluorescent hum that was soul sucking. Decent light and a good ergonomic work environment are so important.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Are “Let’s Play …Videos” bad for the gaming industry?
I used to burn some time when my son was young by sitting him in front of the attract loop of games in places like Dave & Busters. The more things change...
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Apple ignores bug report
...are up to par with...
We disagree on use of language so we won't be able to reach agreement.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Apple ignores bug report
>>>Conditons are so poor<<<
is your interpretation. It does not take a mass delusion Stockholm syndrome sort of interpretation to figure out that a lot of developers get great satisfaction working on the platform. I'm sure to a person there are things they dislike and would change, but that doesn't mean they are being abused.
It's much easier when you accept that people have different opinions about just about everything and that those differing opinions don't always indicate a lack of reason or ulterior motive.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: Apple ignores bug report
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Those that refuse to ditch iOS aren't doing so because they'll miss out on potential customers, it's because they like the idea of building apps for the most popular phone on the market, despite the crap they have to put up with.
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Trying to assess peoples motivations is unlikely to be accurate or useful.
bradshaw1965
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13 years ago
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on: There is no retirement
Financial freedom is a hedge against the loss of your human capital. Most people dramatically overestimate the continuity of their human capital and are surprised when it starts to diminish. It's a great thing that a certain percentage of people remain vital their entire lives, but you can't count on it.
bradshaw1965
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14 years ago
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on: Infographic: Flash vs HTML5
I've got no truck in this fight, but they really should call these things propogandagraphics.
