'Opinion' Category
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Apr072009
Linux: pain-free at last, or did I just get lucky?
Like every good geek I’ve dabbled with Linux a few times in the past. From a couple of attempts at getting Fedora going as a server on old hardware to the more recent Ubuntu assault on the desktop market. Unfortunately for my relationship with the ubiqtuous operating system, it’s never Just Worked(tm).
The first problem I’ve [...]
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Apr062009
StumbleUpon – why can one user ruin the rating of a site with a single click?
Why is it that one user can tag an article with the word “pornography” even though it has clearly been marked as “not adult” by the original discoverer, thus causing referrals to practically dissapear.
This is something I’d never experienced before with StumbleUpon, but it’s quite striking how much of a difference it makes to referrals.
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Apr052009
If nobody had told you there was a recession, would you have noticed?
At first it sounds a bit stupid: of course you would have noticed… it’s a recession. Less money, high prices, bankers not welcome at dinner parties, easy.
But really, how would anyone actually tell? Prices fluctuate all the time but the trend is usually upwards. Besides which prices haven’t really shot up all that much. In [...]