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mikecarlucci
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About mikecarlucci
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Comment #5698807
If the tech shrinks enough to fit in what are today normal glass frames, then it will be everywhere. Until then I feel like it's more like the camera was before it merged with the …
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Comment #5612958
Depending on the data being analyzed the app could have a use for sports organizations as well. But that's a more difficult market to break in to directly. A company I helped with …
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Comment #5474501
$999 is cheap for a bar review. Prices do vary from state to state, but BarMax, Barbri, and Kaplan all offer programs for the CA bar. Barbri for California: $4,135 http://www.barbr…
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Comment #5385806
Not messaging per-se exactly, but making Dropbox an account that could be accessed through Mailbox. The standalone messaging without sending a file as well is just a wacky idea of …
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Comment #5381737
There are so many options once Dropbox can theoritcally be accessed through an inbox interface... Mailbox could be a first step to competing with Messages/gChat. Instead of rolling…
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Comment #4361265
Yeah, even if it influences the Xbox Arcade (and Sony, Nintendo competitors) then it could have an impact on the market simliar to the Steam effect. Every July and December gamers …
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Comment #4347821
I agree. I've always thought it was a combination: a thank you that the person took time to talk to you and with you about the position (especially a non-HR employee), a follow up …
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Comment #4334742
I hope someone creates a version of that game for Google Glass. Or a Glass parody video acting out similar poses.
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Comment #4027234
I am. I like restoring old computers, replacing capacitors etc. to get them running again, keeping my bike in order (though not my car), and messing around with HTML for simple thi…
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Comment #4026032
This is exactly what I am striving for. I don't want to program full-time, but I like to be able to understand enough and be able to muddle through somewhat if there's a project I …
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Comment #3662888
As an Apple user with an Android phone I've really tied with pointless bashing from either side. Android is successful and Apple fans need to live with that. At some point with it'…
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Comment #3304155
This. Cyanogen is still harder than jailbreaking an iOS device, but the gap is narrowing. As that edge reaches more casual users, who aren't just tech-heavy people, there's no reas…
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Comment #3212902
Exactly. This is the sentiment I expected to see on HN, where there is always praise for the hacker "building" and sticking it to the man because he/she can make something on their…
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Comment #3212862
Aren't the members of the handmade movement part of the capitalist system? If no one purchases their goods, preferring instead a factory made product, they will go out of business.…
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Comment #3192452
Amazon must have concluded that people with Kindle hardware would be more likely to buy books than those with who have Prime but an iPad which uses the Kindle, Nook, and iBook stor…
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Comment #3192317
What would be great would be a discount to purchase books you've already borrowed for free. Or just include book credits like Audible. Each year your Prime membership gives you 12 …
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Comment #3187750
I don't think anyone is talking about creating "STEM-lite" grads but maybe there are qualified people who for one reason or another can't pick up calculus as fast as the school wan…
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Comment #3093803
The new Chrome Remote Desktop BETA could go a long way towards increasing usability too.
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Comment #2626692
Not that I game enough on either platform for it to matter, but a unified gaming profile including Xbox Live and GameCenter (among others like Yahoo Fantasy Sports) would be fantas…
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Comment #2615001
What would be great is if iCloud is part of the long-rumored iOS 5 wireless syncing and updating for iPhones/iPads/iPods. One of the best things about my Android phone is that if I…
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Comment #2609989
And software has copyright protection as well. Putting aside the length of copyright protection, which is a separate problem, copyright doesn't protect functional elements.
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Comment #2531092
Interestingly, if Microsoft does buy Skype and make it Windows only, they would be opening a huge door for GChat as [EDIT: the obvious] cross-platform client. FaceTime too, I guess…
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Comment #2494685
Maybe I'm off base, but for #10 formal clothing rentals, if people are dressing up less often, wouldn't it make more sense to rent a suit or tux for an event than to spend several …
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Comment #2435437
According to Wikipedia: "With the accession of Russia to the Berne Convention, Soviet and Russian works that were copyrighted in Russia in 1995 became copyrighted outside of Russia…
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Comment #2409731
I haven't laughed so hard in months. The clay portraits and taxidermy rat simply amazing. That said, I bought a poster on etsy of the 500 most common passwords, it's not all creepy…