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by d_r 15y ago
Thanks for posting this link! I've always wondered who designed the beautiful icons on their pages, and it's even more remarkable to see them in high-res.
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by d_r 15y ago
I don't find this surprising. Enrollment is expected to be a lagging indicator. Effects of any "trends" may take a couple of years+ to propagate themselves between industries. If tech firms are incredibly hot today, CS50 enrollment isn't go
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by d_r 15y ago
Is anyone else irked by Forbes' need to use a "revenge of the nerds" picture there? I feel like the SOPA argument is inherently skewed for most Americans, and it is bitterly unfair. Pro side: "we're stopping evil foreign counterfeiters, we
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by d_r 15y ago
I see. In that case, your heart is in the right place. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. The sweet spot is really the "formal" university education, combined with independent/group projects. Of course, it's absolutely instrumental t
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by d_r 15y ago
I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but it sounds like terrible advice. Yes, most of coding knowledge comes from real world experience. But a university is essential in building the foundation. Those theory and math topics do matter. CS
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PostSecret Pulls iOS App Over Abusive Submissions(macrumors.com)
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by d_r 15y ago
Perhaps off-topic, but after reading GoDaddy's letter, I am surprised that our discussions against SOPA don't focus on the root -- the fact that the legislation is presented in an incredibly misleading and vague manner. At face value, its p
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by d_r 15y ago
You should also mention which state you live in, as options can be different. For example, MA has a single-payer system and you're eligible for group coverage even without an employer. In some states like NY even alone you can join a "freel
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by d_r 15y ago
Some of these exemplify "premature optimization" and will clutter code with no discernible benefit. I remember some days ago, in the days of PHP, there were heated debates about whether or not using single or double quotes for strings makes
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by d_r 15y ago
That's fair, but who actually cares about how good your code is? Make it work. Hack things together. After you practically code for longer, patterns will emerge, you'll refactor and rewrite as necessary. At any point in time, if I look at c
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by d_r 15y ago
What you see on HN/TechCrunch/whatever has a strong "success bias." What this means is that you only get to see/read success stories. But there are also many people just like yourself who are just starting out. Many have failures under thei
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by d_r 15y ago
IMO, the current title unfairly sensationalizes the (what seems to be a very reasonable) response, and is a good example of why "editorialized" titles are ought to be discouraged.
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by d_r 15y ago
I just bought your app out of curiosity. That is a very interesting concept -- would love to see how you keep innovating further! Good luck! It took a few tries/a darker room to get just the right effect. I don't actually know much about im
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by d_r 15y ago
It's hit or miss. Once I made a free app that displayed a picture of a cartoon cow and made a "Moooo" sound when you turned the phone upside down. I had a toy like that as a kid. Okay, don't judge me -- but I thought I would be a fun quick
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by d_r 15y ago
Cool, hope it is useful. Be sure to not skip the long "Introduction" chapter, too.
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by d_r 15y ago
To me, absolutely, but it depends on your interest area and expertise/writing level. I would say that this book would be more valuable to an entrepreneur who actively communicates with customers or investors, or performs marketing activitie
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by d_r 15y ago
FWIW, if you're interested in how misquotes happen, I highly recommend grabbing "Words that Work" by Frank Luntz [1]. Luntz analyzes extensively how companies and politicians we know regularly get misquoted/misinterpreted due to an unfortun
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by d_r 15y ago
I'd say it's even less complex. My non-techie friends who have bought Android, did it for one of two reasons (I've actually asked many of them!): * They wanted a smartphone, but they live on the east coast (NYC). For sometime, iPhone was on
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by d_r 15y ago
This, and preinstalled "crapware" on newly bought computers/phones happens because vendors have no incentive not to do it, except perhaps out of goodness their heart. Yes, it disgusts me too, but moral issues aside: (a) Vendors are lookin
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by d_r 15y ago
That is incredibly cool and "just getting out there" shows the true spirit of entrepreneurship. Thanks for the response + inspiration! You just got my 10 bucks. =)
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by d_r 15y ago
This is going to be a stupid question (but I'd really like to know!) How do these Kickstarter projects make such quality "model" photos showcasing their project (e.g. the guy dancing)? Are these just skillfully customized stock photos? If n
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by d_r 15y ago
I know that this is probably a recruiting-inspired post, but detailed posts like this genuinely benefit the community. Thanks for specifically mentioning the reasons for choosing particular technologies (i.e. why you switched to Gunicorn fr
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by d_r 15y ago
"- Facebook represented that third-party apps that users' installed would have access only to user information that they needed to operate. In fact, the apps could access nearly all of users' personal data – data the apps didn't need." Pr
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by d_r 15y ago
I'll throw out a random personal theory here. I think this is because buying apps is a solitary activity. As humans we are more comfortable fitting in or following. When you go to a coffee shop or a crowded store, you're buying something be
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by d_r 15y ago
.NET actually made a pretty good effort in addressing this with strong names and assembly signing. Unfortunately, .NET is probably not all that common for mainstream consumer apps (I may be wrong here, please correct me if so.) [1] http://
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by d_r 15y ago
This does make much more sense compared to the assumption we immediately jump to ("eliminating liberal arts majors.") Actual facts aside, what is fascinating is how we arrive to this assumption. The article only mentions "unemployable gradu
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by d_r 15y ago
Thanks for the reply. Definitely interesting to hear what it is like on the "other side" of the drawing board. Android is actually an interesting case. Android applications are sandboxed. It's just that applications can request some very
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by d_r 15y ago
Am I wrong in wishing for Microsoft to take a step toward sandboxing/code signing instead of playing the cat-and-mouse (and sometimes snake oil) game of antiviruses and antimalware products? Admittedly, this is probably not feasible by defi
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by d_r 15y ago
To avoid this, vesting founders would presumably file an 83b election within 30 days of receiving the shares (mentioned in the PDF.) Then, they only have to pay tax when they sell the shares. And if they held on to those shares for over one
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by d_r 15y ago
While not mentioned in the article, one annoying phrase that has emerged recently is "X for Y". "An AirBnB for music." "A Yelp for wedding dresses." To me this speaks: "We aren't able to clearly explain what we do, but here's this other wel

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