benjamincanfly

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   Show HN: Site that makes watching web videos more like watching TV(throwsomethingon.com)

   3 points by benjamincanfly 11y ago|0 comments
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   It does make me think about drains, sewers, menstruation, etc.
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   The soft-focus effect that the glowing creates is really disturbing.
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   It isn't so much about how often it happens as it is about the fact that it happens at all. No, 90% of apps aren't being turned away for competing with the iPhone's built-in apps, but if any application is turned away not because it sucks,
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   The difference is that it's unpredictable, based on Apple's whims. If they said "Hey, here is a list of apps we won't accept from third party developers because we consider them to be competitive," that would be one thing. But as it stands,
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   You have a great go-get-'em attitude, but the issue isn't remotely similar to the question of whether or not to diet and exercise. It's more like, "Should I spend huge amounts of time and effort on diet and exercise in order to enter this b
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   I think most handheld devices will be application-based in a few years, instead of relying on SMS, which is basically a cell's version of the command line.
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   If you're focusing on Anroid, yeah. If you're betting on SMS-based services lasting very long, that'll be a losing bet.
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   by benjamincanfly 18y ago

   By enumerating all possible moves, one can show that the first player can always win in normal-play games starting with n = 3, 4, or 5 spots. The second player wins when n = 0, 1, 2, or 6. Am I missing something, or is the outcome of ever
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    This paragraph is a real nugget: > In most organizations the developers are some of the highest paid employees. They get paid well because their skills are scarce and hard to reacquire. This leads to entrenched “senior” developers who p
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    For an article whose author sets himself up as a sarcastic judge and jury of basically the whole web community, this provides very little insight or information.
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I consider myself to have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_syndrome ), though whether it should qualify as a "syndrome" is debatable. I don't need more sleep than the average person, I just nee
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    Try Amazon's "See a Kindle" program: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_5915932_1...
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    Last week I asked for feedback ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267049 ) on my web app, Circle of Conversation. HN readers were enormously helpful and I've implemented a number of your suggestions. The initial site broke too many conve
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    Ask HN: Web app feedback (chatting site redux)(chchchat.com)

    1 points by benjamincanfly 18y ago|2 comments
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    By default, all iTunes store purchases are verified. Only if the user specifies that they don't want to have to confirm again does the store allow one-click purchasing. Though it would be nice if there were a big-ticket override, i.e. every
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    If you removed thumbnails for apps that only have one screenshot, and moved the "suggest changes" button directly to the right of the vital details, I think the top of the reviews section would be visible above the fold.
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I like this better than most web 2.0 directories I've seen ( http://www.listio.com etc.), but it has to feel pretty exhaustive before I'll depend on it. If I don't expect it to give me better results than just plain Googling, I won't bookm
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I think that's Samwise's point - if you can manage your own startup (i.e. find and communicate with a co-founder) without the startup-management application you're planning to build, it looks like you're shooting yourself in the foot - unle
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    If it's an experiment, the site he links to doesn't add any details or explain why it's challenging/wacky. Edit: Actually - the site doesn't go into detail as to the nature of the app he's trying to build, but it sounds like it might be som
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    This is the kind of helpful feedback I was banking on. Thanks much. Originally there was no recommendation system planned, but once I realized how easy it would be I had some infatuation-based feature creep. Going back to the drawing board
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    Thanks for the notes, I'll take some of these suggestions. The "YouTube of conversations" idea really resonates. Sometimes a simile does far more than a detailed explanation - Command Shift 3's "like Hot or Not except (...) you click on hot
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I guess that's a bit of a GeoCities throwback. Changed it to "in the works," thanks.
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    Thanks! In a way the signup process is my favorite thing about the site, since there's no process required at all. I love it when I stumble upon a painless method of any kind. You can post the link from your address bar, but the next step w
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    >I didn't completely understand it until reading your comment. I'm finding it hard to sum the site up in a phrase, but I know this is important. >Seems very difficult to get off the ground without a large, extremely active userbase.
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    Hey guys! I've been building this app in my spare time. It's based on a simple idea I had over a year ago - somehow after all this time there still has not been a great web 2.0 chatting site to come into existence, so I've been steadily wor
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    Ask HN: Web app feedback (intelligent chatting system)(circleofconversation.com)

    21 points by benjamincanfly 18y ago|27 comments
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I'm a little surprised that PG hasn't already capped the number of users. I think it would be great if user registration happened in seasons. I.e. every three months, there's a 48-hour period during which new people can sign up. The purpose
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    So the real questions are: how do you get a bunch of anonymous people who don't know each other in real life to decide on the purpose of an already-existing website, and once you've done that, how do you keep the influx of new users in line
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    by benjamincanfly 18y ago

    I prefer to think of the motile, living, thinking Hobbes as a real being that most people can't see.