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Amazon Prime streaming is more than enough for children, and most families already have it. And the kids don't care at all who they get the shows from. I expect Amazon to continue …

From the customer's perspective, they are not two separate businesses. They are one, strong business (well, were). Streaming is most valuable when DVD is (a) there as a backup, and…

^^ This is why Netflix is fubar'd. Totally internally looking -- not giving a shit what it means for their customers. Yeah, we all love paying two bills each month, having to searc…

No, we'll be dropping our Kwikster accounts immediately and looking for an alternate streaming provider ( cough Amazon cough ). Honestly, it feels like this board is being trolled …

Do you work for Netflix? On what planet does any of this make sense for customers. Hastings is the very definition of stupid: hurting himself, his company, and his customers -- all…

I did trust the company. That's gone now. All that time we've spent rating stuff? Spun off to this POS Kwikster company, and no longer integrated. It's rare that companies this siz…

He's not "owing up", that's pure PR. This was hatched back in May, and it was stupid then, stupid now, and will be stupid 5 years from now when what's left of Qwikster is sold off …

Qwikster is a joke and will be dead or acquired in 5 years. And Netflix streaming is not ready to carry Netflix forward. We won't be subscribing to Qwikster, and we're already look…

Qwikster is a terrible name, and this is a terrible move. Hastings is now in competition with that guy running HP to see who can destroy their company first. Maybe Ballmer will get…

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. If you want content free from Hollywood, give YouTube a try.

^^ this. Fixed bid contracts are the ONLY way off of the hourly merry-go-round if you're a contractor/consultant. Highly, HIGHLY recommended.

Wait, the Fed is formed to finance WW1, goes on a massive inflationary binge through the 20s and causes the Great Depression, and the takeaway is that the gold is the problem? Geni…

The author is a colorist.

SproutCore has an entire statechart framework built into it. Not sure where the OP is getting his data...

^^ This. Plus, the employee is coming on AFTER a substantial fund raising round, and should not expect the same terms since the company is already validated (and capitalized); thus…

Wow, a JavaScript MVC application book with no SproutCore coverage whatsoever. If anyone needed proof that SproutCore has failed to launch, this is it.

Lame. The language is almost trivial; what matters are the frameworks that go with it. Those were created at NeXT, and Steve Jobs was a big reason that happened. Those frameworks (…

If only Lincoln had been Thomas Jefferson! We'd be doing so much better as a country right now. :(

Great post! Even the top-level commenter doesn't seem to grasp that early, rapid prototyping only works when someone is around to say "no." Since his return, that's been Steve Jobs…

I would disagree with your characterization of Steve Jobs and James Cameron as horrible bosses to work for, but I certainly see why you say it. Many, many people I'm certain have a…

"Meetings are toxic." One of the strangest things about working at Apple is they have meeting ALL THE FUCKING TIME. You spend more time in meetings than doing anything else. And no…

Would be sweet to run SmartOS on Backblaze's storage hardware.

The experimental record disagrees with Frank Herbert: power corrupts. It was worth doing the experiments though, so good on him.

"Keep logs of any and all materials read, communications, etc." Seriously? Who the fuck has time...