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"I secretly chuckle at how I've never once met a Chinese citizen who has felt oppressed, in China." A lot of people fail to realize during these "I've been there and asked around" …

I don't get the nobleness. If he wanted to donate to charity, why didn't he do so with his own money? He basically took other people's money from an honor system, intended for sole…

That's why it's called an honor system. It's based on trust. Not on any guarantee that it can't be circumvented. Of course it can. But if you do, I fail to see how that wouldn't ma…

Oh man, I've tried numerous time to buy something using Steam and was never able. If you have a card issued in a country and you are traveling abroad, good luck making a purchase. …

This sounds more like social engineering to me. My first thought was this was a hacker who took control of an email address from the security firm, and just tried to exploit the we…

I think you need to act on this, rather than just keep making promises. I also believe you would have helped already if you really wanted to. You're essentially asking her right no…

Mark Suster has a more in depth post about hiring based on attitude not aptitude. http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/03/17/whom-should-yo...

Another problem that Android has is with the availability of the Market. Right now there are not many countries where you can purchase apps. Which is irritating for a lot of users …

Agree. While it's great to have a demo available if it pops up in a conversation, power pitching can be annoying. Especially if it's done by somebody who exhibits the traits of poo…

It's also about creating new markets. Identifying something along the way and taking your business in a different direction. There are successful businesses today started out as so…

EU based jobs would be highly appreciated.

The point seems to be that it doesn't do all the things that the author wants it to do. And, it doesn't have to. Anybody who knows what his talking about is not saying that compute…

Agree. The point was that it's more of a principle not buying the .ly domains rather than something having a real economic impact.

I would say buying their oil has more of an influence, rather than owning a .ly domain. The earning for the domains are probably insignificant compared to the oil.

I think Joel and Jeff touched on the issues discussed in the article in their podcasts. And Jeff always proclaimed that the purpose of the site is a very pragmatic one. To be a sou…

He was referring to the fact that once you've made significant investments in a platform + applications + DRM content, it's not really straightforward to move to another platform, …

Maybe it's part of their long term strategy. For now just require validation of fake sounding names. But as soon as you have critical mass, roll out the requirement for everybody t…

From the screenshot of the secret page: "Also, we can only give you a Chrome notebook if you live in the United States and ... " I find it such a shame that these types of conditio…

You know you can disable data transfer for roaming right?

Multiple contributors does not necessarily mean pair programming.

My problem with pair programming is that it doesn't allow me to get in the mental state of "flow". The most productive state at least for me is when, for a period of time, I'm so f…

Oh yeah. Cause if you're already using the mouse to navigate it's so fricking hard to click. And the whole graphics with the mouse and hand, just hides away all the content, so I h…

That was my main reason for not picking UK when deciding to work abroad, even though that was my first preference because of the English language. Eventually I ended up moving to t…

> There is _always_ going to be a better tool for any job, but the criteria for said 'right tool' I think needs to be perfectly spelled out. It is difficult to perfectly spell out …

> Some smart people are interested in this stuff, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to transform the industry. I would argue it already has. Now, has it transformed the entire indus…