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bhpon Firefox: 46 features you might not know about

The list doesn't display correctly in Chrome. How ironic.

Was the conference recorded?

If not, I'm sure everyone here would love to watch the next one on uStream. If not, what are the reasons it shouldn't be streamed?

bhpon How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying

I would usually agree, but the techniques of rapid learning that he introduced make a lot of sense. I've been studying neuroscience recently, and it is well known that the brain learns by linking new information with existing (metaphors and analogies) which is what the article is basically pointing out.

bhpon This Is Why I Want To Have A Paid, Premium Section Of Mixergy

I don't have a steady income and am trying to save.

This is the case for most college students and entrepreneurs who haven't been successful yet. These people, including myself, are who mixergy's interviews might be most valuable to. We know that the interviews are invaluable, but we don't always have the $$$ to show for it.

bhpon This Is Why I Want To Have A Paid, Premium Section Of Mixergy

I obviously wouldn't actually register that domain... I was just making a point. Somebody else would do it.

bhpon This Is Why I Want To Have A Paid, Premium Section Of Mixergy

Wait, you're going to allow paying members to embed your paywall-protected videos on other sites to be viewed by non-members for free? If so, could I just register mixergyfreeinterviews.com and offer your entire archive there?

The free-embed idea is definitely risky, but it might help if you require there to be a certain amount of unique text/editorial surrounding the embedded video in order to avoid abuse. Otherwise, I'm going out right now to register that domain.

bhpon Spam vs Mahalo: Matt Cutts Explains the Difference

The concept is important, but the personal attacks (link bait) is what I'm referring to, and is unnecessary.

bhpon Spam vs Mahalo: Matt Cutts Explains the Difference

All these Calacanis / SEO Book cat fights are getting annoying.

bhpon TPUTH — Socially Generated Newspaper for Geeks

The font and its size make the headlines extremely hard to read.

bhpon High Availability Principle : Concurrency Control

The 101st request should not be allowed to negatively impact the experience of the other 100 users.

What about the 300th request? I guess it's a matter of opinion, but is it better to provide a mediocre (or worse) quality experience to all 300 users, or to provide a good quality experience to 1/3 of the users and deny the other 2/3 requests?