The fact that Reddit does shut these subreddits down when media pressure is exerted shows that they know it's wrong, and that they know it's happening. They simply hope that it's hidden deep enough so that people won't notice. Granted, the deep web/4chan is where most of this stuff has had a safe haven to spawn and spread, but perhaps that is where it should stay. If a stand is made somewhere, it should be on Reddit.
I think this article misunderstands HP's definition of service provider. From what I understand HP considers service providers to be SAAS, IAAS, Hosting, and Managed Service Providers, not only telecommunications and ISP. I'm working for a VAR that has made this definition of service provider into a vertical and we have seen massive growth in this space. A lot of companies are making this distinction now, after seeing their existing hardware sales to SMB drying up as services shift to the cloud.
Indeed, it does. I found the bit about the chimneys interesting. His denial of society in his paintings and focus on nature was new to me, as I never had a comprehensive analysis of his work. This could be related to his time in the army.
I have really enjoyed CreativeMarket - I got in on an AppSumo bundle and stuck around for all the free goodies and high quality themes. I'm not really sure where CM fits in Autodesk's massive portfolio, perhaps they have plans for a similar product in the 3D market.
It's really wonderful to see capitalism fueling innovation like this. You would also need to include the cost of processing power + server time/aws vm's required. This assumes also that you won't get caught - extra work will probably be required in making your bots seem like "natural users" so they can't be detected.
The main difference I'm seeing here is that the current model is siloed, e.g Military-Industrial, Media, Wall Street. The interesting thing here is that this model aspired to optimize the entire economy and all of it's pieces. What we have now is really expansion over optimization, and it will continue to do while we follow the culture of ego. Things like improving living standards and happiness really involve going beyond this solipsist mess we seem to be in.
I have a friend who investigated the possibility of this, he owned a small island off the coast of another larger inhabited island. Although he wasn't far enough off the coast to be declared international (ie international waters) he did tell me that in Canada he could issue commemerative coins (although not his own currency) and stamps.
I used to love Litestep. You know if there was an OS that took the lead in making customization and skinning accessible, it would be quite a great step forward. Instead we have third party programs and customizations that don't quite cut it.
Agreed, and I found it quite opposed to the stiff boring technical read it could of been. Which I believe was the exact point the author was trying to make at the end of his story.
I actually don't think this article falls in the same category as someone doing "A benjamin franklin close" or a forced close or whatever other closing technique involves manipulation.
The article states very simply that there are three different ways you can close a call, hard, medium and soft. It's not a technique, he paints with a broad brush and leaves the article very open to interpetation and adaptation to your sales style.
Chrome 14, 10.7 OS X. Was only able to get the first video to play when I went to ONLY. I watched a video in entirety. Clicking a video title or next would not switch videos.
It works as in today's keynote... Does that mean it's a bit hard to navigate, and not all the apps work? They seemed to have a lot of technical problems in the keynote. My favourite was when they are holding a tablet up to the screen early on and he states "We're going to open the Bing app..." and a woman whispers over his shoulder (on a mic that everyone can hear) "No don't do that!"
No, that's not what I was saying. I'm saying that the future of drugs should include positive side effects, benefits. Right now anything positive in a drug is considered recreational and avoided completely. Hence the perfect drug in this day and age eliminates disease but is otherwise completely neutral.
Someone finally realized we can have our medicine and have fun too. One day we will not have to wade through three pages of possible side effects to get the treatment we need. Instead, it may have side benefits.
A lot of the comments here are saying that Top Gear is an entertainment show, and should not be taken seriously. Yet that seems to avoid the main point of the article which is that it's on BBC, yet not adhering to BBC standards of reporting. The article claims they are not held to these standards because they make entertaining TV that brings in big bucks for BBC. Should Top Gear attempt to follow BBC standards, or should they get away with it because they have a great tv show?
Yes, I agree. Heck you could take popcorn.js and make a course out of it like one HN user did with his Django101.com idea. I am not available during those times on the weekday, otherwise I would certainly apply.