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Re:Writing a Programming Book in 2021 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:01AM (#27131131)
Good points! Thanks.
Re:Writing a Programming Book in 2021 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:00AM (#27131123)
The author forgot to mention that Amazon kindle publishing take 70% out of your sale price :) Also, that when they print the books, the quality sucks - thick cheap printer paper, toner saver enabled. As a customer I have had very bad experience with books printed by Amazon.
Re:The End of AMP on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:05AM (#27026011)
I have always detested AMP. But there was no other way around - if you wanted to appear in google results on top you had to use it.
Re:India’s second wave on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @03:42PM (#26894451)
Re:Screw it, I’ll host it myself on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:34AM (#26736811)
Completely misleading title and this is basically an ad:

(* Links to Vultr contain my referral code, which means that if you choose to subscribe to Vultr after you clicked on that link, it will earn me a small commission.)

host yourself means - running on your own hardware

Re:The Health Hazards of Plug-In Air Fresheners (2017) on Thursday April 08, 2021 @05:31AM (#26736793)
You don't have to be very smart to figure that out. I get sick only from the slightest smell coming out of those things.
This is not necessary. They only have to tax the parent company at 21% and any of it's subsidiaries. If on the other hand a company buys services from its subsidiaries located abroad, then impose a customs tax of 21% for any imports / exports.
350–530 kg Al would be needed per apartment. One question left unanswered is - how many cycles does this system support before it becomes substantially inefficient?
"We learn in school that a proton is a bundle of three elementary particles called quarks..." - do kids learn this in school nowadays? Because I don't remember learning that in school.
Re:Making Games on Your Own as an Engineer on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @11:52AM (#26252166)
I haven't read the whole article, but making games on your own is really hard. You are either good designer, but bad programmer or the other way around so. I think the easiest if you are a programmer and know a little bit of Unreal or Unity, you should use free assets and not bother with creating assets as this will eat up all your time. It's better if you pair with someone.
Must be a bad batch. Please return by post with batch number visible for a refund and let us know what you didn't like about the product
Also, the same destination: Honolulu. And only 1 digit difference in registration number (N773UA in 2018 vs N772UA in 2021).
Enough advertising this guy's new book already
Marketing has reached new levels
Re:Email from Jeff Bezos to employees on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @08:13PM (#26009415)
Probably `Cadabra` came from `Abracadabra`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabra
So they are now rebranding the fact that they are trying to monopolize the ad space?
I can't see the video. Incredible that the actual appearance of the crystal happens in phase transition - almost instantly.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens? on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:08PM (#25851291)
How many times has this story been presented over different names and titles?
Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:09AM (#25834830)
And why did you quit your job? Always validate the idea first and validate it only by making lots of people pay you for it. Not by asking your current boss.
Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:06AM (#25834806)
Yes, they wanted cars before the cars got invented. The wanted greater speed, more comfort, less trouble. People didn't care whether it took the shape of a "car" or of a "sdflkjsdkj". As long as the invention satisfied their needs, people were willing to pay for it. This stands true always.
Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:03AM (#25834768)
Yes, I read this article several years ago. Why is it reposted with a recent date?

Anyway, besides all the BS the author wrote, I didn't see the business model. What was the basic - dumb business model?

So you find which is the best painkiller. So what? How do you charge users for this? This is one-time info. Once we all agree which is the best, why would anyone pay you for this?

And why the fuck did you draw diagrams on your parents' windows? Have you watched the facebook movie too many times?

Re:Google Safe Browsing can kill a startup on Saturday January 16, 2021 @09:28PM (#25807511)
I say it's time we get rid of these monopolies?
will the regulators allow this kind of tests on public roads?
Re:The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:07PM (#25722810)
Hahaha
Re:Ecosia – A search engine that plants trees on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:02AM (#25715969)
Something - friendly is just the same as Something - ready. If you remember the HD - ready TVs you know what it means.
Re:Google Chrome browser privacy plan investigated in UK on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:36AM (#25684554)
These sentences summarise it all:

"Google will effectively control how websites can monetise and operate their business,"

"This means that any business that buys or sells advertising will be reliant on Google for a part of the process, whether they like it or not."

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