majorapps

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by majorapps 14y ago
I think another key to your success: you are writing a book about design and your front page is stunning... congrats! I would happily trust your judgement on design based on your home page. Did you design this yourself?
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by majorapps 14y ago
$15k certainly sounds impressive, but how many hours have been spent researching, writing and marketing the book? Only once we have a ratio'd figure to compare can we claim success.
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by majorapps 14y ago
Could someone explain the following terms: Elastic Block Storage unit, IOPS, Striped 1000-IOPS EBS volumes, Memory warmup time.
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by majorapps 14y ago
Unfortunately Apple have adopted a philosophy of rejecting any app that loosely competes with iOS native apps - we for example had an app rejected for allowing users to share apps on Facebook/Twitter... the reason given was apparently it di
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by majorapps 14y ago
What now is an API call that counts towards your quota? An API call to the Cloud Code from the client, or each call to a Parse method within the Cloud SDK?
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by majorapps 14y ago
Peer-reviewed science is built on anonymous reviewing so that assumptions like this are not an issue. Look at the data, not the publisher.
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Tell HN: Free iOS Apps generate 1.6c per download in advertising revenue
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Ask HN: Does 'prior art' apply to trademarks?
3 points by majorapps 14y ago|1 comments
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by majorapps 14y ago
I find Richard Feynmanns accounts of hacking (non-computer) systems at Los Amos to be fascinating - I was hoping once the cheating was revealed we were going to be treated to a story of how someone cleverly found a loophole in the system th
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by majorapps 14y ago
So do you really believe that the whole secrecy thing is just so Steve Jobs could surprise Apple employees at WWDC? I believe sir you are suffering from choice-supportive bias.
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by majorapps 14y ago
Interestingly, the journalist who wrote this article also wrote a terrible review of the Nexus 7 when it first came out slating the device with multiple inaccurate statements. He was roasted in the comments & had to append the article
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by majorapps 14y ago
Google Hangouts
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Apple will reject any app containing a mic icon
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by majorapps 14y ago
There is so much wrong with this comment. Why spend thousands on a website? Why rand, an obscure South African currency? Will clients leave you..not if you dont have any clients due to your competitor down the road appearing top of the sear
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Ask HN: For how long will I be green?
1 points by majorapps 14y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: For how long will I be green?
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by majorapps 14y ago
I don't know how I would feel if I pitched my side project to someone and they then went and cold called 40 companies discussing the project without my knowledge. This time it worked out great, but what if one of those larger companies had
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by majorapps 14y ago
So you can review a product thats available on Amazon without actually having purchased it? Surely thats a flaw?
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by majorapps 14y ago
I honestly believe that this is the beginning of the end for the patent system. If this was granted and enforced we would see something along the lines of the advertising mantra: "good advertising the the fastest way to kill a bad product"
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by majorapps 14y ago
I'd love to hear the reaction of those universities who initially rejected this and their reasons.
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by majorapps 14y ago
Also http://www.chromeweblab.com/ :)
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by majorapps 14y ago
This is truly awesome.
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by majorapps 14y ago
http://www.majorapps.com/movies.html
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by majorapps 14y ago
I begged my parents to buy me a piano when I was a child, there was something amazing about being able to produce sound that would have an impact on people. Find the music you love, and learn how to play that... it mightn't be efficient or
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by majorapps 14y ago
NFC - once NFC becomes ubiquitous, it'll be a lot easier for developers and manufacturers to integrate solutions. The problem at the moment is that we don't have critical mass of readers.
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by majorapps 14y ago
What are your goals? A high level "renaissance man" is a good start, but how about breaking these down into tangible 'deliverables'. E.g. what languages do you specifically want to learn? Do you want to spend time in a country applying thos
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by majorapps 14y ago
It would be great to know how much each designer charged.