jemka

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I create websites for fun. None of which have made any significant impact on society, but I'm trying to change that.
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Comment · 11 years ago
The comments of a submission are valuable to those other than the participants. To readers that don't or won't comment, the concept of 'live active discussion' is moot. In fact, I could argue that it's most beneficial for a reader to wait until the comment activities die down.

Either way the link to another similar thread is an odd thing to be tired of.

Comment · 11 years ago
Off topic, but why does Google return "About 187,000 results" for ("* is about to *" site:wired.com) and only "About 14,600 results" for ("is about to" site:wired.com)?

Isn't the second query less restrictive?

Comment · 12 years ago
Looks interesting. You might want to consider fixing this...

"Safe time optimizing bottlenecks" should be "Save"

Comment · 12 years ago
I spent entirely too much time trying to parse 'outagelet'.
Comment · 13 years ago
>Isn't this the same as bookmarking?

>No, because when you bookmark you have to remember to go back to your list of bookmarks to re-read the article

I have a folder on my bookmark bar titled "Articles". When I don't have time to read an interesting article I see, I add it to that folder. When I'm bored and can't find anything to read, I open that folder.

I'd argue that most people's pain point isn't lack of remembering they have articles saved to read.

Comment · 13 years ago
In other news, The United States has launched a "Freedom Campaign" against itself to locate and seize weapons of mass destruction.
Comment · 13 years ago
Alcohol makes me sleepy and lose the ability to concentrate. I have no idea why people enjoy drinking when they're trying to get stuff done. Especially if any of that "stuff" requires significant brain power.
Comment · 13 years ago
Apps like candy crush are edge cases that make general comparisons meaningless.

Given most successful apps aren't anywhere near as popular as candy crush you're not comparing apples to apples.

The chances of building a successful anything are low. Even lower for the first attempt. So if you take 2 years to build something...you've stacked the odds so high against yourself you might as well not even try. And if you're the one paying the bills, 2 years is a long time to wait for a failure.

Comment · 13 years ago
We'll it's what the observations converted to audible sound, sounds like.
Comment · 13 years ago
"It will eventually blow over." -NSA
Comment · 13 years ago

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