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Re:Good bye, Google Maps… thanks for all the fish on Thursday January 12, 2012 @06:19AM (#3455904)
I've been using Streeteasy.com a lot over the past few weeks. Sometimes I get Google.com maps, and sometimes I get the Open ones. I always think that the Google ones look and function much better. I hope the open ones improve, but it's not there yet.
Re:University of Phoenix Enrollment Down by 42% on Saturday January 15, 2011 @11:43AM (#2107216)
There are three categories of college degrees, when it comes to helping you advance your career:

1. A small set of elite schools: Ivy League, MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech. Having Harvard on your resume will always stand out. "Harvard, huh? Certainly worth a look at what else he/she has done."

2. A school that happens to match with the hiring person -- you happened to attend whatever state school or private college that the hiring person went to or knows well. This is basically nepotism.

3. Everything else. UoP is most likely to end in this bucket.

Re:Tom Siebel on Being Gored by an Elephant on Saturday September 25, 2010 @04:49PM (#1727807)
Yeah, why was it written like that?
Re:Ask HN: After almost 30 years the romance is over - What now? on Saturday September 25, 2010 @10:16AM (#1726993)
Try creating something new instead of learning about what other people have created.
He seems just a little too full of himself. One of those people who gets too much pleasure from hearing words come out of his own mouth.
Same here. Insta-downloaded to my Kindle, and I'm reading it already.
Re:4.2.2.2: The story behind a DNS legend on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @10:49AM (#1282299)
I thought I was a nerd, but I must not be, because that was one of the least interesting stories that I've ever read. I want my 3 minutes back.
Re:Automate any GUI using screenshots on Saturday January 23, 2010 @09:58PM (#1072885)
Clearly Sikuli has flaws, but for a research project, their presentation and execution is impressive. Their efforts should be commended. Hopefully they'll continue enhancing their scripting environment so that the scripts are robust to significant variation in the GUI.
Re:Scott Adams on Bad Interfaces on Thursday January 21, 2010 @04:55PM (#1068443)
Scott Adams turned into Andy Rooney.