cmeranda

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by cmeranda 8y ago
Have you tried just getting him to read the Wikipedia page? It describes how those gases circulate and how it was discovered. Particularly the "Misconceptions" section. Also the shape of the depletion is not shuttle-sized AFAIK. F
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by cmeranda 12y ago
IMHO this is a fantastic way to make sweet, very flavorful iced coffee without it being too weak or containing an acidic aftertaste. On especially hot days it's nice to freeze some into large square or spherical ice cubes to put in gla
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by cmeranda 13y ago
It is interesting that sometimes being in a new environment can promote creativity and even discipline (for instance, it's easier for me to work continuously on a plane--which I'm doing right now--than when I'm in our home of
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by cmeranda 13y ago
Programming (for me) occurs at the apex of an extended Maslow's type hierarchy, and traveling often destroys the very foundations of it. The code I write when sleep-deprived, hungover, hungry, sunburnt, and sitting on a bumpy Thai trai
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by cmeranda 13y ago
We're a two person development team who sits in the same 5 foot radius and we've had to merge xibs semi-frequently. It's not overly viable to ask the person next to you what files they plan to work on in the hour, because that can be diffic
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by cmeranda 14y ago
Even if they self-correct, it's how they'll be treated. They just tapped into a massive vein of loathing for vague DMCA notices (particularly on the design trend front), and did it quite effectively. In the case of incendiary actions with u
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by cmeranda 14y ago
I have to wonder if training and repetition might make a difference there; for instance, after a week of doing computations while walking, can your friend now multiply faster? The mind is an efficient adapter. It would also be interesting t
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by cmeranda 14y ago
Yeah, the glamour goes quick, that's for sure. But when it goes it reveals the bones of the thing, and that can be good. A fast learner and thorough problem solver will find work in programming, IMHO, competition be damned. Personally, I di
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by cmeranda 15y ago
I agree with the majority of this but would like to add that founding your own startup and keeping it ultra lightweight can gain you these same freedoms on a higher income. Don't take on investors: make a product that earns money. Don't hir
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by cmeranda 15y ago
I suppose that's a temporal difference...you had it, then you ate it. It appears that both things are possible, given sufficient duration and stomach.
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by cmeranda 15y ago
You could actually perceive women-only gyms and scholarships as a response to events such as this. How would you react to being told your presence caused bad behavior, and so you'd been disallowed? Why, you'd create a space from whence you
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by cmeranda 16y ago
We'd like to eventually create a few templates to choose from that have more of our look and feel. Thanks for the advice, glad to know others feel the same way!
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Ah that's brilliant! Love it. We could definitely track calls and maybe directions as well.
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Great suggestions, thank you. Would love to target the Chinese takeout market, that's spectacular, although the restaurants we've spoken to so far in that corner are somewhat frugal/take more convincing :)
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by cmeranda 16y ago
See I think that statement is a fallacy. Restaurant owners began to believe in the power of websites when other restaurants began having them and HN-type people began using them, and they saw what a great tool the internet is to draw more b
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by cmeranda 16y ago
We've got a lot of numbers in our minds, that's for sure. We do believe that 1000 clients is a possibility in a landscape of potentially millions worldwide, but a lot of that depends on how much traction we can acquire in the restaurant com
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by cmeranda 16y ago
We've been wondering: what's the business model there? How are you dealing with development and hosting costs?
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by cmeranda 16y ago
I think the key word here is "required". Most of the restaurants we've spoken to are averse to the idea of having to promote a new piece of technology because of the time and effort that involves. This gives them the opportunity to make the
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Hmmm, good idea, maybe I'll change that.
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Thanks for your feedback! This sounds precisely like what we're encountering right now: restaurants are uncertain why people would want to see their site on a phone and how it increases their bottom line. We'd like to educate them and show
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Well I've got to give you credit for saying it to our faces, considering I designed that site. Now on the count of 3, tell me how a software engineer with no design experience can figure out in under a month how to put together a full-featu
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by cmeranda 16y ago
I used freeprivacypolicy.com for the PP and ToS from Wordpress, however I modified both of them extensively due to people warning me against the Wordpress ToS being basically like Calvinball. A caveat: freeprivacypolicy.com WILL continue to
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Thanks for the input, I'll validate our blog tonight. We do extensive testing and validation of our mobile sites on many mobile platforms but obviously were sadly neglectful of our Wordpress blog. Doh!
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by cmeranda 16y ago
We're very interested in expanding the product to include a desktop website version as well for a nominal monthly upgrade. The reason we didn't start out there is because we felt the mobile lure was a little stronger, due to the fact that m
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by cmeranda 16y ago
That whole vertical idea is brilliant: if we could convince a handful of pizza joints it would give other like restaurants a high level of motivation to join them. What type of restaurants do you think we should target? Who would most benef
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by cmeranda 16y ago
I've heard the general POS term of existence is 2-5 years, so a lot of restaurants might be inclined to upgrade I would think. However, restaurant owners can be a suspicious lot, and they require more than proof-of-concept by early adopters
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Holy crap icons are apparently affordable from iconshock, as are logos! I was imagining like $1000+ for a logo, never having commissioned one myself. Thanks!
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by cmeranda 16y ago
Great points, and we agree wholeheartedly. Most of our cold calls to restaurants have terminated in "We're just not interested" or "We have a website." Wish there was a way to take all of this feedback and channel it directly to them (or pe
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by cmeranda 16y ago
I very much like the Apple bite idea with the C, and you're right, I've already made our site so Web 2.0 that what's a little nudge further? :) I'll get in touch with you, thanks.
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by cmeranda 16y ago
We'd like to do one in Python/HTML5, open-source, cloud-based server. Not sure about device interaction though, and can you imagine the sales cycle? Yikes. Are people on HN interested in being part of a project like that? We weren't sure (a

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