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by jpastika 13y ago
Clear-coat is an awesome idea! I remember seeing this a while back, but only white was available. My kids are going to love this.
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by jpastika 14y ago
"I can't say it made me the coolest kid in school, but it was fun. Don't worry, I still got chicks because I played trombone and was in advanced math." <-- I can relate (except I played trumpet) I enjoyed reading your story. Always ins
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by jpastika 14y ago
I think the value here isn't really displaying weather. I believe the author effectively demonstrates an interesting technique that non-native apps can utilize to make them feel more native. As far as awesome and simple non-native weather
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by jpastika 14y ago
Am I the only one here on HN that finds the whole 37Signals vs HN battle entertaining? DHH makes a direct (sometimes arrogant) comment, HN jumps all over him, Jason "clarifies", and HN hugs Jason. DHH and Jason seem to have contrasting pe
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by jpastika 14y ago
How is this better/different than using a recruiting service?
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by jpastika 14y ago
I'm having a difficult time getting past the image that the author wants startups to sit around a campfire and hold hands chanting "we're all in this together". That is not the reality of business. Today it seems that the entrepreneurial
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by jpastika 14y ago
I really like what you have done. Having transitioned from a Windows/Visual Studio .NET application development environment to an OS X and Rails development environment within the last year, this would have been very useful.
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by jpastika 14y ago
You made me laugh this morning, thank you. Should have added a "<yawn>" in front to make the snark complete. Adding the smiley face on the end was a nice way to soften the blow.
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by jpastika 14y ago
Trimble has a large office in Westminster, CO, which is just outside of Boulder.
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by jpastika 14y ago
Actually, Trimble's focus is not on consumer GPS, it is on machine control (heavy equipment GPS guidance), survey, and build construction. I'm familiar with the machine control hardware through my involvement with a Trimble distributor. T
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by jpastika 14y ago
I wouldn't expect much in the way of improvements (read additional functionality) because of the acquisition. Google is a company for the masses, Trimble is sector and market specific. The only changes I would expect for a while are integ
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by jpastika 14y ago
I have worked with a Trimble distributor for many years, and find this acquisition interesting. Over the last few years Trimble, traditionally a hardware company, has been acquiring various software companies. Internally, they are develop
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Google SketchUp and Team Being Acquired by Trimble(sketchupdate.blogspot.com)
70 points by jpastika 14y ago|30 comments
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by jpastika 14y ago
Congratulations, you are awesome! Not only did you accomplish your goal, but you have tangible evidence of your achievement. Your name is on the cover of three books, and no one can ever take that away. So what now? Does the bar get rai
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by jpastika 14y ago
This is a great story. There is a website for the arcade http://www.cainesarcade.com . They are accepting donations for a scholarship fund for Caine and so far has received over $85,000! It's nice to see that not all kids are glued to t
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by jpastika 14y ago
I recently began experiencing and practicing exactly what this post describes. The startup I co-founded began receiving leads and of course not all leads are a good fit for our product. I'm a developer and have never been in a sales role
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Ask HN: Event or Data Driven Email Service
1 points by jpastika 15y ago|1 comments
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by jpastika 15y ago
Funny to say you miss "compilation errors", but as someone who works with ASP.NET MVC during the day and RoR at night, I know what you mean.
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by jpastika 15y ago
Two years ago I began developing a large web application and I had to choose a language and stack. Having built applications on .NET and PHP most recently, I knew I could fall back on either and be safe. I decided to investigate RoR and .
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by jpastika 15y ago
There is a "Demos" section on the http://www.oicweave.org/ page with a few working examples.
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by jpastika 15y ago
Interference Studies: http://saveourgps.org/interference-studies.aspx I am by no means an expert on the technical reasons for the interference with GPS, however, I work in the heavy highway construction industry and LightSquared's use of
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by jpastika 15y ago
Similarly, my first exposure to programming was in a high school AP (advanced placement/college credit) class taught by a math teacher. The teacher would give us an assignment and then leave the room for the rest of the period. As a group
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by jpastika 15y ago
More fun than I was expecting. Going in I thought it would be more of a test, but the game aspect made me want to keep playing. I ended up with a 9.3!
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by jpastika 15y ago
You make some good points, but I don't think the approach I describe is wrong, unless like you said, I allowed requests to go on indefinitely. In the scenario you describe, it certainly makes sense to block the UI if editing uniquely ident
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by jpastika 15y ago
I recently used several of the techniques described, but I carefully chose when and where to implement them. For example, when a user "deletes" an item, rather than removing anything from the DOM before the request, I hide the appropriate
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by jpastika 15y ago
I'm guessing the black bar on top of the HN menu is for Steve Jobs. Apple is the most incredible comeback story of my lifetime. Under Jobs, Apple's stock went from $10 to $400. His dedication to the user experience and unwavering commitm
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by jpastika 15y ago
Congratulations on your first rails app! I picked up Rails about two weeks ago and challenged myself to launch an app in 7 days. I'm not going to make it in that time-frame, but my app is turning into something I am very proud of. I'm ho
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by jpastika 15y ago
I also began a "develop fast and get something out there" challenge this week. My goal is to get my app launched in 7 days. I'm documenting my progress on my blog: http://jpastika.posterous.com/ . I'm not sure I'll have the app out by t
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by jpastika 15y ago
I setup a blog to chronicle my adventure of trying to design, develop, and launch a product in seven days. This is my first rails application, so I'll include information on the tools I'm using and where I am finding sources of information
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Tell HN:Designing, Developing, and Launching in 7 Days(jpastika.posterous.com)
2 points by jpastika 15y ago|1 comments

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