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14 years ago
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on: Splunk (big data) IPO Raises $229.5 million ($1.6 billion valuation)
invertd
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14 years ago
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on: Show HN: Tired of entering map directions on iPhone? I've streamlined it
Come on man! A brief & polite human interaction never hurt anyone!
invertd
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14 years ago
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on: Think you understand Monty Hall? Try the Tuesday boy problem.
How would the solution change if the problem was stated as follows: 'You meet a man on the street and he says, “I have two children and one is a son born in March.” What is the probability that the other child is also a son?'
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14 years ago
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on: Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers (stock drops 28%)
The users balk because they understand that their effective monthly/weekly price was jacked up, by a lot. Regardless of how much Netflix pitches their "unlimited" plan, users understand that their time for (movie) entertainment is not unlimited. Therefore, from their perspective, they see it as it is - a huge price increase - and they move on to better deals or something else entirely.
invertd
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14 years ago
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on: Apple's infrared 'camera kill switch' patent application hits a nerve
Yup...the radio (wi-fi, 4G, LTE etc) version of this patent might be just around the corner.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public
I kinda like it - picture this simple scenario; you need to fix your car's brakes/rotate tires/change oil/fix taillights/buy gas?/ instead of going to 4-5 garages to get an optimal price/quote you broadcast your interest in the local neighborhood in the hopes that the interest will be fulfilled by a "service provider"..
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: How a Tweetdeck, UberMedia deal could cut down Twitter’s bird
Totally agree. Also, he makes it sound that somehow creating a different platform - comparable to twitter in scale - is an easy task....
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Are There Any Compelling Reasons To Continue Using Firefox?
If you really think about it that's what advertising is, isn't it? Introducing the right stimulus at the right time at the right place to hopefully make you act when you otherwise wouldn't. But it's not just about advertising....having someone or some entity - with much better analytical capabilities than you yourself - posses all this fine grained knowledge about you and you knowing nothing about them and having no control over their actions (in terms of what they can do with your information) it's just asking for trouble. I think we're at a wall here so let's agree to disagree - at least this way we're both happy...
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Are There Any Compelling Reasons To Continue Using Firefox?
You don't have to wait for the worst to happen. They don't have to blackmail and/or threaten you. They don't even have to abuse the data. What they have already gives them informational asymmetry over you and other users in aggregate - and that's what matters to them. By having access to your search history, documents, emails, spreadsheets, pictures, text messages, blogs, videos, your web page analytics, visitors, purchases, location, friends etc etc they're always guaranteed to be one step ahead of you. That ensures predicting with satisfiable accuracy, say, what you'll buy next, what you'll visit next, where you'd click next, where you'd go next, or, in general what you'll do next. This gives them a clear advantage in terms of controlling a good part of your online life and in turn a good part of your real life. If you feel that's something you can live with, that's fine. Older people recommend not putting all the eggs in one basket (even Google apparently listens to them by diversifying immensely). I am sorry if this may sounds a bit unrealistic/gloomy to you but there's never been an entity in the history of the world that has not abused the power that was given to them.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Are There Any Compelling Reasons To Continue Using Firefox?
That search alone is probably nothing to worry about. However, over time they will know almost everything about you and you, on the other hand, will know almost nothing about them. I am not sure how that makes you feel, but some people do not prefer to be in that situation.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: TweetDeck launches web client alternative to Twitter.com
I guess next in the pipeline is TweetDeck Web Desktop App :)
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Mark Bao tracks down his stolen laptop and has the last laugh
....wow, you lose your laptop(s) often...
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Why isn't a content addressable cache built into the Internet?
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: MIT OpenCourseWare programming lecture videos (in Python)
Thank you bitsai! Great source. Google's Python Class is also good.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan
My question to you; is consuming content in a device that is not "dull, stodgy" worth 30% overcharge for life?
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15 years ago
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on: Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan
The problem is that YOU're going to end up paying an additional 30% of the price. Don't be fooled...those companies at the other end of the subscription will pass that 30% straight to you.....
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Regulators probe Apple 30% subscription plan
Well said sir, well said.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: Obscurity: Does Changing Your SSH Port Lower Your Risk?
There is definitely a benefit. However, don't feel too complacent about the perceived benefit.
invertd
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15 years ago
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on: The HB Gary Email That Should Concern Us All (Sockpuppet Management Software)
Would you make the same comment when they turn and use their "toys" against you?
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15 years ago
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on: Last.fm co-founder: Apple just fucked over online music subs for the iPhone
Yup, when you start introducing countless rules like these topped with the tightly controlled procedure of approving/rejecting apps the whole iOS ecosystem just doesn't feel enticing (or easy) anymore. I can't believe that people actually have to put up with some dude sitting somewhere approving what apps are worth it and getting content via them will cost +30%. It's unreal, if content providers go on with this they'll pass the 30% down to user. How is that not a "tax"?
