kwis

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by kwis 15y ago
I tend to agree with you. When I write scripts, I target sh, not bash. If it doesn't fit in sh, then I look at a dedicated scripting language (perl/ruby/python) that will almost certainly be a better fit.
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by kwis 15y ago
This makes a lot of sense, and meshes with my own experience. I've created a lot of programs that collect data using Python/Ruby/similar and then use R for the analysis. While using two languages is an overhead, it feels like it plays to t
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by kwis 15y ago
Congrats to the Zite team. You made one of my favorite apps, and whether you continue development at CNN or move on to other ventures, I wish you the best and look forward to seeing what you do next. Zite is one of the most used apps on my
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by kwis 15y ago
If you're on FreeBSD you can use dummynet to simulate packet delay and loss. It's quite handy. My partner has slow, unreliable, high-latency Internet in his house and there are an entire class of performance problems that are extremely obv
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by kwis 15y ago
You know nothing about the people you judged except that they threw a coffee into a virtual 'give a coffee / take a coffee' tray. And from that, you've extrapolated that they care more about art than world hunger. That's as illogical as it
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by kwis 15y ago
Being a fast-follower is often an excellent strategy. I've long thought that somebody will make a fortune by setting up a company that clones successful America-centric startups into Europe, Asia and/or Brazil; using a fast-follower strateg
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by kwis 15y ago
I don't agree that ACSOI makes sense. Marketing isn't just the initial customer acquisition cost. It's also a substantial expense that keeps existing customers active, engaged and profitable. If it was just about customer acquisition the
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by kwis 15y ago
It'd be trivial to sort the calls by listening to a few seconds of each to identify potential high value phone numbers (banks, florists, catalogue ordering lines, etc), then listen to every call to the high-value numbers.
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by kwis 15y ago
What's the point of an apology? Homeaway.com, VRBO.com, and roomarama.com all offer similar products, and they built their businesses without dishonesty or spam.
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by kwis 15y ago
If my business could borrow at the same rates as the US government I would take on as much debt as possible, in perpetuity.
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by kwis 15y ago
The only blessing in this story is that the miscreants made their damage so plainly obvious that the problems were identified quite quickly. If they'd been a bit more subtle and a little patient, they could've engaged in massive identity th
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by kwis 15y ago
http://www.google.com/patents?id=DlttAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&#38... It appears that's allowable now, since the patent has expired.
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by kwis 15y ago
I'd argue that the existing system does just that. The big boys have portfolios of patents that they fling at each other until some sort of cross-licensing deal is reached, whilst smaller players just have to cross their fingers and hope th
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by kwis 15y ago
For any project, you're always balancing quality, schedule, budget, scope and risk to try to get the best business outcome. Because of this, I don't believe in any of the hard and fast rules about the "right" way to code. It's far too sit
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by kwis 15y ago
I'd argue that USAA is already trouncing BankSimple. USAA competes with the same sort of value proposition (convenient banking with great service, but without a B&M presence), and is a fortune 500 company with millions of happy customer
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by kwis 15y ago
Some people might also be concerned that the note about sending emails wasn't added to the post until after there was mass outrage at the lack of notification. Makes it feel very inauthentic, as though they were really hoping they'd be abl
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by kwis 15y ago
I think term limits are probably ineffective, if only because so many staff stick around even as the names on the offices change, and they hold so much of the power.
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by kwis 15y ago
Can you provide me with one or two examples that are 50x slower on pg than my? We're a postgres-heavy shop, and would be interested in finding solutions to any such problems that you can identify.
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by kwis 15y ago
I routinely work with vendors who make non-contractual promises, where the only recourse is damage to their reputation and the probable loss of me as a client if they break them. Not everything needs to be a contract or a lawsuit. Sometime
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by kwis 15y ago
Thanks again for the great work.
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by kwis 15y ago
My manual says: When disconnecting the power adapter from a power outlet or from the computer, pull the plug, not the cord. But it doesn't say anything about tilting.
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by kwis 15y ago
I feel like I read a product announcement that claimed this thing is here, and world-changing. But I couldn't see anything I could use today, as a consumer, merchant or developer, so it didn't feel like it was here. And I couldn't really un
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by kwis 15y ago
I just accidentally deleted my post, but here's a rewrite. Constraints: - little/no capital required. - location independent, or available at your current location. - must provide enough income to service/remove debt. - should provide a rou
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by kwis 15y ago
It doesn't clarify anything for me, really. I feel like your PR is ahead of your product.
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by kwis 15y ago
A high college GPA sends me a very clear message: this candidate has a proven ability to identify what dozens of different professors and TAs wanted, and deliver it. When I was 19, I didn't see it as a valuable skill, I just thought it was
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by kwis 15y ago
> It's just false. No, you just misunderstand the actual statements. Deflationary currency doesn't mean that people don't buy anything. It means that the supply and demand curves shift, reducing (but not completely eliminating) invest
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Ask HN: Can you help me find an experienced copywriter on contract?
2 points by kwis 15y ago|3 comments
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by kwis 15y ago
You didn't spam anybody. You didn't go against anybody's explicitly stated contact preferences. You didn't even represent yourself as real identifiable people, since the whole site was built to support nicks and personas. I've never taken
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by kwis 15y ago
There are two-sided networks that have launched without spam, or deceit. The standard approach would be to pick a city like NYC, and pound the pavement selling the site to every high-influence group you can possibly identify, do that to get
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by kwis 15y ago
> but... she put the cup between her legs while driving. No she didn't. She was a passenger and the car was parked. > The McDonald's case is the poster child for frivolous litigation because, It's the poster child because if you don

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