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by iamdev 12y ago
They're showing how often coders accidentally write ":wq" in their code, which is a common command in vim (save and quit).
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by iamdev 13y ago
Unless your ideal customer is a tech-entrepreneur, this is all very misleading. It's going to amount to very little lasting growth.
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by iamdev 13y ago
As someone who has been curious about Haskell, I'm happy to hear someone else say this. The way this article was written feels exactly like the "ruby fever" of 5 years ago.
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by iamdev 13y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. The author didn't emphasize that point, and it makes sense now. Is it me, or was it a bad example for where Haskell "really shines"? I don't like the "use Haskell cause it has these r
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by iamdev 13y ago
The example provided is too contrived. By that logic, here's a way to "match" haskell with php: $a = range(2,100,2); $b = array_slice($a, 5);
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by iamdev 14y ago
One thing experiments like this often seem to forget is that our bodies have evolved to eat. Even something as simple as your stomach physically expanding to hold large quantities of less nutrient-dense whole foods has been shown to have a
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by iamdev 14y ago
My company also experienced not getting as much traffic to my site as facebook claimed. What I was told before I pulled my campaigns is that Facebook considers it a click when the visitor clicks your ad, but BEFORE the visitor is shown a "w
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by iamdev 14y ago
I'm sure all the genius's are excited about Apple giving permission to the WORLD to make them work off-the-clock ;)
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by iamdev 14y ago
I should have been more clear that I personally thought your article was spot on. I was only trying to summarize the debate brewing on HN. Great blog post and really thought provoking.
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by iamdev 14y ago
TLDR: (Using Phil Libin's own logic against him) Startups are likely to fail, so it's just as absurd to say you're doing it to change the world as it is to believe you're doing it for the money. You're still better off joining an organizat
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by iamdev 15y ago
Econ 101? Sounds like we need to remember Business 101. Yes , it's revenue not earnings (profit), but a) as a manufacturer, Apple earns more profit on a sale than Best Buy, which b) makes how much more money they're earning all the mor
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by iamdev 15y ago
Thanks so much!
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Livecast: Ann Arbor Hackathon(ccgoose.com)
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by iamdev 15y ago
Oh the list of terms we should avoid.. it could fill a NoSQL database.
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by iamdev 15y ago
Keep in mind that Forbes (and this author) live in a world where people make money almost exclusively via cash investments. Given THAT world-view, the article makes more sense, and $2M is indeed a dividing line between classes.
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by iamdev 15y ago
Here is a heatmap I made of Kindle Fire sales by warehouse: http://yfrog.com/z/kj34txp
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by iamdev 15y ago
especially when <competitor> is a YC startup ;)