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MediaBehavior

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About MediaBehavior

Interface of technology and behavioral sciences. "Recovering Psychologist"

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    Comment #3116250

    FWIW: I seem to recall something said at the keynote (or many a discussion afterward) that the greater power of the 4s' A5 was "needed". [ correct me if I just dreamt that ] Not th…

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    Comment #3115585

    > 1. Encryption really was expensive in 1996 or so, but in the age of multicores, its questionable if there's a real cost now. A lot of "budget-priced" hosting services are near-fr…

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    Comment #3107025

    Read the NYTimes article... you learn that the two sets of pedals are 1:1 connected. Your partner pedals faster and you have to pedal faster. Maybe not harder - but you do have to …

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    Comment #3090048

    Plus, stripe.com has become visible only so recently (couple weeks) that other discussions linked here may not even include stripe. "A game changer by introducing developer-friendl…

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    Comment #3063402

    1000+ HN points can't be all wrong. From 2 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3053883

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    Comment #3039283

    I concur about what you say (although it's not exactly an argument for teaching programming ). How different would the online world be if knowledge were universal about: - copy/pas…

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    Comment #2953942

    Safari 5.1 won't even let me try that link, saying: "Safari can't open the page... because Safari can't establish a secure connection to the server 'service.diginotar.nl' "

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    Comment #2941290

    So the diameter more than the width of a football (NFL) field. And... one of those per each household? Besides the visual obstruction, just finding such space for each abode is dau…

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    Comment #2896248

    Does that mean that whenever you recommend server-side solutions that the server must have Ruby set up? [OT question that has blocked this PHP-hobbyist from dabbling in RoR: do pro…

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    Comment #2896215

    supposed by some. Their parliament seems to have been effective in prohibiting that use of footage of parliament be used for parody. [see recent blackout of a John Stewart segment]…

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    Comment #2895283

    And as for the "domain squatting" accusation... I don't see how that can apply to ww.com since it seems to be up and running at this moment.

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    Comment #2894783

    http://www.readability.com/ Takes me only a moment (upon landing at such a page) to hit my R bookmarklet. [Though there is now the pause while they process and resend from their se…

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    Comment #2846003

    After more than a year's use I've only had one failure of cheap CFL I bought in a package of 6 or so (for only about $60US at Wallys/Sams or some such). I wouldn't have paid $4/ea,…

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    Comment #2828349

    Better than email, I've always liked the idea of using URL to my own web site as an identity. Even if not everyone eventually obtained their own domain name, the idea of using some…

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    Comment #2803332

    But then it wouldn't be just "like having Brad whispering in your ear when you pitch VCs," as one Amz customer revr said.

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    Comment #2693080

    Couldn't find it at Amz, and thereby learned the title seems to be actually The Elements of Typographic Style 3rd edition, 2004 is ISBN 0881792063 --hope that helps

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    Comment #2642257

    How much skepticism will need to be raised before investors are deterred from funding "a possible bonanza"? I also wonder how much Groupon is riding high based on the reasoning, "W…