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6,657karma·1,778submissions·June 27, 2009
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I find utilising the Feedback Sandwich Technique, with some authentic positive encouragement, usually works well. I apply it mostly when I'm writing something and am getting the feeling that it might …
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I'm wondering is there a Wikipedia article on this issue, I was interested to get more background on this, especially the status in other countries.
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Sign #52 that you are in a bubble, people start using the phrase 'It's different this time'.
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Interesting but unsurprising.
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I see your distinction. I'm not talking about Siri improving itself I'm talking about Apple suddenly now being the primary recipient of your search requests and mining the voice data. You could say yo…
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On a related note, a friend was recently telling me they think Apples big strategy is in being able to mine the Siri data stream of a user. So to me this doesn't seem as far fetched when considered fr…
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Woah. Join our giant spam list. I can't see anything in this which encourages messages to not be a form of spam.
Daily spam. No thanks.
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I call bullshit. A contact is always between separate parties and is always able to be adjusted and changed.
Their 'you don't matter enough for us to take your needs into account' approach is totally …
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Is there a link to a more tangible 'take action' page?
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Even the suggestion that 'everyone should sign up' for this is a big flag itself.
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I would suggest that 'Unlimited' has a very clear meaning to the reasonable person and that they are now breaching their contract as it was initially advertised to the public. Assuming it was initiall…
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Yes I was recommended 8 eggs for breakfast!
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SUSPECT AUTHENTICITY
This site consists of only this article and almost nothing personally remarkable about who the author is. It is also the users very first post to HN on an account created the day …
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I think the boards concens and response is fair enough, google employees have an obvious potential conflict of interest if they are vandalizing maps, even if they are acting by their own volition it i…
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'A practice that is quickly gaining popularity in the Ruby community is isolating your business logic from your persistance logic and framework.' Anyone have links/further reading for this?
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By blackout I suggest that the site changes it's look (goes Black for the day) and only shows SOPA/PIPA related articles and resources. Maybe for the day, the submit form asks something similar to: 'I…
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SOPA 'Technology Tax' will push innovation offshore.
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'The government could shut down your pub cause 2 old guys were at a table bitch'n about Obama.'
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Good to hear. What's the back story here?
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One reason is the risk involved in app purchasing.
With all the other items you essentially already know what you are getting. With apps you essentially buy them blind.
A crappy app already has your m…
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Ouch
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I remember making a game with hyper card when I was at school and loved that I could visually script the buttons. We hand drew pictures of 3D rooms and then scanned them in and put big invisible butto…
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Woah EPIC post, would be great if you added a TLDR comment upfront for skimming.
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Great. Now I know something I could use it for.
I suggest you add some copy to that effect.
Something like: 'Need to send a client bunch of links, do it with style.'
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Call them Back, tell them what you think then do a blog post, would still love to read it.
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Care to explain why?