emeltzer

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by emeltzer 14y ago
Yeah, in the US Charles Schwab provides most of this stuff (they refund all ATM fees so you effectively can use whatever ATM you want, they have an app w/ check depositing, etc) and has for a long time. Don't really get it.
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by emeltzer 14y ago
The "instant signup" page says I have to wait one day for underwriters to assess the app, is that normal?
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Going to China to make the perfect tee(blog.theopencompany.net)
2 points by emeltzer 14y ago|1 comments
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My experience manufacturing clothes in China(blog.theopencompany.net)
4 points by emeltzer 14y ago|0 comments
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by emeltzer 14y ago
"seats upholstered with the tanned skin of Scandinavian virgins" Ew?
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by emeltzer 14y ago
I'm so glad the chances of San Francisco hosting the olympics in the near future are basically 0
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by emeltzer 14y ago
"I don't much care about the successes of the developers if they come at the cost of the tools I've invested time switching into" It's a bit silly to say that you don't care about their interests, if they come at the expense of your interes
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by emeltzer 14y ago
What law entitles users to bug fixes for major issues?
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Help us beta test our tee shirts.(blog.theopencompany.net)
1 points by emeltzer 14y ago|0 comments
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You should start teaching now.(blog.theopencompany.net)
3 points by emeltzer 14y ago|0 comments
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by emeltzer 14y ago
MyGengo has built a fantastically useful tool which has saved me a ton of time and money. I don't know anything about the addressable market size, but they have <i>nailed</i> the product.
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by emeltzer 14y ago
Strongly disagree with this. Minecraft's graphics are a direct consequence of what the game IS (i.e. a world made out of large-ish blocks). More realistic (that is, less stylized) textures look strange on top of huge blocks, and anything th
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by emeltzer 14y ago
Thanks. That doesn't appear to be the latest HN though (no search for example)
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Where is the Hacker News source code?
2 points by emeltzer 14y ago|5 comments
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by emeltzer 14y ago
Would you mind explaining what the alternative is? (that is, what non-market-based approach to web publishing is better than the status quo?)
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Bespoke software for tiny problems(wheatpond.com)
3 points by emeltzer 15y ago|0 comments
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by emeltzer 15y ago
All of you who are saying things in judgement of Kevin Rose's behavior, have some perspective. This is the planet you live on: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/earth-1.jpg It has lots of problems, waiting for good solutions. Instead of explai
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by emeltzer 15y ago
I'd be very interested in a description of how italian coffee shops handle a rush
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Yep, we targeted 10k for this project ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tocguide/toc-guide-to-sf... ) and with 24 hours to go we have 15k. We certainly don't have any name-brand power!
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Why is there no link to information about the team under About?
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Lies my airline told me(wheatpond.com)
3 points by emeltzer 15y ago|0 comments
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Yikes.
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by emeltzer 15y ago
I'd be interested in seeing that. Someone did make it in Wolfram: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MiuraMapFoldingAndUnfoldin...
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Actually, the same professor (Miura) who invented the fold I talked about in that note came up with another way of folding (that also involves binding part of the map) that does "reference a portion" much better than the traditional way man
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Err, if you can issue me a pardon here, that was meant to be a footnote but I got the markdown wrong. The footnote should read: "By conventionally folded I mean folded first horizontally and then vertically such that each folded unit is rec
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A neat way to fold a sheet of paper(wheatpond.com)
268 points by emeltzer 15y ago|31 comments
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Hospitality norms around the world(wheatpond.com)
2 points by emeltzer 15y ago|0 comments
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Beautiful app.
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by emeltzer 15y ago
Your map styling looks really great, nice job!
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If you hate email, you're doing it wrong.(wheatpond.com)
1 points by emeltzer 15y ago|0 comments

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