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by lleger 15y ago
Well, for one, we're Parishes in Louisiana, not Counties, but that's mostly a pedantic thing. There's another site that I've seen that does something similar: http://www.prodigyhealthinsurance.com/
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by lleger 16y ago
19/20. I've done this before because Dr Eckman's work interests me. I always misinterpret Asian smiles, for some reason.
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Ask HN: When should we ask for credit card details?
7 points by lleger 16y ago|4 comments
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by lleger 16y ago
Thanks for all the responses guys. We've decided to drop the free plan in light of the prescient advice herein.
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by lleger 16y ago
Louisiana has free in-state tuition, so I'm graduating with an engineering degree debt free. Sure, my institution isn't as highly rated as the others I got into, but they just weren't worth the premium — especially for a degree like enginee
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by lleger 16y ago
I don't like these kinds of questions because more often than not people get it wrong. People who aren't actually performing any of these actions often mislabel and completely misunderstand the distinction, but also we often don't understan
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by lleger 16y ago
The title of this article is absolutely irrelevant to the actual arguments presented therein. He never argues that a high IQ will kill your startup. He only argues that not working and avoiding problems could lead to the destruction of your
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by lleger 16y ago
His fundamental argument is logically flawed on a very basic level. It's simply insane to think that an ecosystem that has been operating in a certain manner for its entire existence will suddenly change directions and begin operating in a
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by lleger 16y ago
Sounds like you're as much a Steve Jobs (or maybe just Apple) hater as this guy is a Steve Jobs lover. Maybe the article is a tad ridiculous, but at least some of the quotes are really good.
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by lleger 16y ago
Dropbox Github
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by lleger 16y ago
One I went to high school with, another I found at TechStars for a Day, another was a designer I worked with on another and the final one I knew through a blogging network from when I was like 12 and we recently connected in the past few ye
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by lleger 16y ago
A doctored image about any aspect is still a doctored image — the same principles apply. But still: it doesn't matter. Consumers aren't buying products based upon a photo. With the iPad, they've either already decided they want one or went
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by lleger 16y ago
For the life of me I can't figure out why this is a big deal. Every marketing department uses doctored images in their promotions. It's a fact of consumerism. But it doesn't matter — really. That single image, no matter how embellished, did
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Best Technical Support Chat Ever(pastie.org)
13 points by lleger 16y ago|1 comments
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by lleger 16y ago
I'm going to give you an unpopular answer, but as an engineer I have enough credence to say this: You cannot become an engineer or learn engineering without going to college to become one. You have to understand: engineering is far differen
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by lleger 16y ago
This article is indicative of a culture that has become far too focused on being "politically correct" and less focused on everything else. Seriously? This is ridiculous. "Founding fathers" is neither elitist nor sexist. It's a phrase that
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by lleger 16y ago
I think the important thing is that Apple doesn't include features for the purpose of having them. It's frivolous to have a feature that doesn't work properly or can't effectively be leveraged by developers. Apple patiently fleshes out ever
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by lleger 16y ago
This is awesomely good advice all around.
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by lleger 16y ago
By engineer, they mean programmer or developer, of course.
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by lleger 16y ago
OK: democracy was the wrong word to use here. However, the point still remains and you've quite nailed it — there needs to be clarity between Apple and the developers of their platform.
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by lleger 16y ago
True — however that doesn't stop the DOJ from initiating an investigation or other third parties from requesting one. I think that Apple wants to avoid that kind of investigation. In any case: there are problems with the App Store, and I th
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by lleger 16y ago
The point wasn't that those apps _don't_ have this functionality builtin, but rather that it's not an available API to developers. Marco had to implement a workaround in order to offer the brightness slider in Instapaper. It works, but it's
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by lleger 16y ago
Thanks for the compliment. You're probably right about the DOJ, but I like to stay optimistic when it comes to our system of justice.
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by lleger 16y ago
The point is that the API Apple used to implement it isn't available to developers. GoodReader likely implemented a workaround, such as the one Instapaper has. It's not a native element, however.
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by lleger 16y ago
I agree with every single point in this comment. pclark: you read my mind.
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Apple’s App Store and Antitrust(loganleger.com)
16 points by lleger 16y ago|17 comments
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by lleger 16y ago
Of all the languages I've mastered over the years, by far my favorite one was Ruby. It's a different experience than other languages such as C, PHP, or Java. Also: python and, to some extent, perl. Some of the emerging languages, such as sc
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by lleger 16y ago
Foursquare – definitely not, but then again I don't use it. Maybe someone who actually plays the game would. Twitter — possibly. It depends if twitter had the same pervasiveness as it does today. In reality, that's probably impossible: twit
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by lleger 16y ago
If entrepreneurs never pursued their dream just because someone else had already done it, we wouldn't have some of the most important innovations. Some of the greatest companies grew not out of a need for something that didn't exist, but ou
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by lleger 16y ago
It's more like: Q: Which Denny's should I go to: the one on Main St or another one? A: You should go to the IHOP on First St. It's the best all-day breakfast restaurant in town.

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