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939 karma · joined June 12, 2012

CS student from Kenya. Sometimes programmer, blogger at http://Cdohnio.blogspot.com and avid technology follower
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cdooh··on Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright reform memo
Lemme see if I can find it, read it when this story first started
cdooh··on Twitter Is Stalking You - Here's How To Make Them Stop
Sensationalist headline there, make you think as if they're down something wrong with your data. Wish websites and papers would stop doing that
cdooh··on Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright reform memo
It's not the government's job to protect any industry from anything, only to foster jobs and the general economy. The 100 billion the industry makes is besides the point. Further it's been proven that there was nothing 'rogue' about that report, it was properly vet and screened before release but the GOP bowed to lobbist pressure and came up with that lame excuse
cdooh··on Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright reform memo
You're right that perhaps what the paper was saying was to radical to be really implemented but sometime radical things are need to bring change! You can't be paying over a billlion dollars for the music in a single ipod...
cdooh··on Kim Dotcom Gets Green Light to Sue New Zealand Spies
Worse is any goverment willing to break their own laws for another government that is really a proxy for an industry... That's what's really scary about this
cdooh··on "Not Invented Here" Versus Developer Sanity
I think his main concern was for the users or did I read it wrong?
cdooh··on "Not Invented Here" Versus Developer Sanity
I think he's right, but this is really a problem a developer would have. Most users just want the very best exprience, which in most cases means the most upgraded software. If you can build the tool for yourself though do it.
cdooh··on Ask HN: Why Do Some Posts On The Homepage Have No 'Points' And 'By'?
I think it's because they're sponsored posts of sorts. The one's I've seen so far all seem to be promoting some start-up, probably that are connected to y-combinator
cdooh··on Belgian team develops “LCD” contact-lens display
Isn't there a rule about writing biat switching headlines?
cdooh··on Tweeting on behalf of users is bad
Why'd you want to know who unfollowed you?
cdooh··on Tweeting on behalf of users is bad
I wouldn't have taken this as lightly as he has. I mean 100s of tweets in a short while is not just a simple coding error. It was built in. Jullien is right, great product don't need to auto-tweet to grow
cdooh··on Don't read TechCrunch
I don't want another TC type, I've found I've become tired of hearing who was acquired or who raised how much
cdooh··on Don't read TechCrunch
I've been meaning to stop reading TC, but the question is what do I replace it with? Already read th Verge, Ars Technica...found that TechDirty covers a lot about what I'm concerned with
cdooh··on Apple patents the page turn
Are you saying the US patent system is not broken and completely f*cked up?
cdooh··on Life in the Universe
There nothing disappointing about strictly controlling that type of research and the experiments they're allowed to do. If superhuman's were to be developed it could spark off the same type of arms race that defined the cold war. Every country would want to have better humans ot risk being left behind
cdooh··on My IQ
Never quiet thought of it like this. There some things that would seem obvious to me but reading this realise perhaps not so much. Anyway IQ tests have long fallen out of fashion as they only measure a certain type of intelligence
cdooh··on The decline of PCs and the rise of smartphones and tablets was predicted in 1993
Top brass at Microsoft have known for a long time that the PC will be replace by something more portable; Bill Gates has tried, and failed, to launch a tablet for a while now. What they got wrong was execution and execution is everything....
cdooh··on The Scam Wall Street Learned from the Mafia
Here in Kenya our politicians are the thieves cheating the public out of millions, in America it seems your bankers are the crooks
cdooh··on Twitter Completely Down
It's down here in Kenya too
cdooh··on Is Twitter down?
Yes, I think so. I'm in Kenya and I can't access it
cdooh··on I don't "get" art
If creativity were anything but random someone would have figured out the algorithm by now - Dilbert
cdooh··on India firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts
I concede to your superior argument. There is a better way to look at this topic but I still don't like the crippling debt cancer treatment leaves with families. Though stealing is a strong word, I'd use copying.
cdooh··on India firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts
Also speaking as someone who's lost friends to cancer, I'd not like it if the drug was there but out of my reach because it was too expensive. It's like looking through glass, you can see the other side but you can't get through
cdooh··on India firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts
I meant western companies how much do they send? I once read an article that suggested that even after they've made back the money spent on R&D they still keep their prices high to keep making a profit
cdooh··on India firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts
Why is Cipla able to produce the drug at a fifth the price? Can someone please explain how Western companies price their drugs? How much do they send on R&D, marketing and all that? I mean it doesn't really make them look good does it? P.S. Being from Africa I can testify to how much of a difference Cipla's 1dollar a day AIDS drugs make a huge difference!! Here in Kenya medication is given free of charge under government and NGO subsidies. AIDS is no longer a death sentence if you're poor.
cdooh··on Internet Archive Sues to Stop New Washington State Law
Why do governments everywhere feel the need to legislate things they know little about and even less how to deal with?
cdooh··on Zero-day Exploit Price List
Perhaps 'perceived' public safety?
cdooh··on Zero-day Exploit Price List
I think he is free, however with all the fear-mongering how long before calls to regulate this appear?
cdooh··on Zero-day Exploit Price List
Another article that reveals nothing new and only serves to help elevate the public's fear that a full scale cyber war is imminent...
cdooh··on Science May Soon Give Us Pills That Make Us Exercise
Aren't we overmedicated enough already?
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