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by markerdmann 2y ago
isn't "delve" a classic tell of gpt-generated output? i'm pretty sure simianparrot is just trolling us. :-)
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by markerdmann 8y ago
By design, a public blockchain is an immutable record maintained by a decentralized network where no central authority has the power to go back and remove something from the record. This makes the blockchain an exciting technology for resis
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by markerdmann 8y ago
At the same time, it's possible for the NYT to hire a curator who doesn't act in your best interest. Jayson Blair is a good example of that problem. If there were an economic incentive to challenge facts published by the NYT, woul
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by markerdmann 12y ago
This looks terrific! I was looking for something exactly like this not too long ago. At that time my parents were about to embark on a round-the-world journey, and it was so difficult to find a simple travel blogging app or service for my m
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by markerdmann 12y ago
That would be better than nothing, but there's still a long road between here and there! This also sounds like more of a soft landing or "acqui-hire" for a company that was running out of money rather than a concerted effort
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by markerdmann 12y ago
This feels like a huge loss. Readmill stood head and shoulders above other reading apps like Kindle and iBooks in terms of design. It was also one of the few services that would let you upload ePub books to your account through the website
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by markerdmann 13y ago
"Looking so dorky" is actually fairly low on the list of ways in which Google Glass fails to be a usable product. Dustin Curtis wrote an excellent review in which he discusses these more serious problems: http://dcurt.i
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by markerdmann 13y ago
At least as of July 2013, the appreciation in the stock price was due to the increase in the value of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. "But Yahoo’s turnaround remains very much a work in progress. Although Yahoo’s stock price has soared by a w
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by markerdmann 13y ago
http://helios.io/ is an open-source backend framework.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing as I was making the recipe. That brings up an interesting question: Is it fine to get 200% of your daily requirement for Vitamin A on one day and 0% the second day and let things average out, or will you
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Thanks, that's a great tip.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Sure, it's at: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
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by markerdmann 14y ago
After reading the first Soylent post, I felt inspired to try and come up with a recipe for a "nutritionally complete" soup. I used an online tool that calculates the total nutrients for a recipe and came up with this: 3 potatoes 1 onion 500
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by markerdmann 14y ago
That Forbes article seems highly politicized and doesn't cite a source for that number.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
This reminds of a good friend. He got a job making six figures at Google straight out of college, and then lived in his van--in the Google parking lot--while saving every penny he earned. He took showers on campus and only ate free Google f
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by markerdmann 14y ago
When people say Maps is a "huge step backwards", are they actually using the product? I mostly use my phone for driving directions, and the addition of turn-by-turn navigation has been a huge step forward. Maybe I'm the one iPhone user in t
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Why are people calling it the "maps fiasco"? I just installed iOS 6, and the new Maps app is one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I would easily pay $500 a month for a service like this.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I just bought a mattress a few months ago, and I agree whole-heartedly with this post. My solution was to buy a foam mattress from bedinabox.com, which I would say is the Warby Parker for mattresses.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I think describing that linked product as "essentially equivalent" is a bit misleading. It takes 5 hours instead of 2 hours to charge, the top speed is 15mph instead of 20mph, and it weighs 37 lbs. instead of 12-15 lbs.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
From the essay: "And since risk is usually proportionate to reward, if you can afford to take more risk you should." I think I understand the intent of what you're saying here, but it could also be read to mean that you can increase your re
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Did Dropbox appear to be a bad idea at the time? I seem to recall that the market was pretty crowded when Dropbox launched, and that everyone was expecting Google to announce a "GDrive". Or does PG mean that the idea can seem bad because th
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Tell HN: A private library in SF that could double as a hackerspace
13 points by markerdmann 14y ago|3 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
I've been meaning to do some iOS tutoring for a while now, but unfortunately the site I was planning to use, TutorCloud, shut down recently. Is Tutorspree the best alternative? Does anyone have additional recommendations?
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by markerdmann 14y ago
thestoicjester, this is one of the funniest blog posts I've ever read. This line is especially good: "A 'co-founder of a mobile development startup in SF' was a humorous creature I’d read all about on the internet — I may as well have been
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FTC clears Facebook's acquisition of Instagram(articles.chicagotribune.com)
2 points by markerdmann 14y ago|1 comments
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by markerdmann 14y ago
This blog post presents some interesting criticisms of the book "Wheat Belly": http://noglutennoproblem.blogspot.com/2012/03/wheat-belly-bu... It sounds like the book often misrepresents the research that it cites.
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by markerdmann 14y ago
One of my apps went into "In Review" status at midnight (19 hours ago) and still hasn't been rejected or approved. The rejection or approval has always happened in less than 12 hours for me, so it seems like Apple might be holding all appro
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by markerdmann 14y ago
An order of magnitude? Do you really mean that you've seen iOS programmers spend 10x as long on something (e.g. 10 months vs. 1 month)? Let's imagine a simple, specific example: you want to add a button that sends a message to the shared ba
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by markerdmann 14y ago
Jamie, what experience or research backs your claim that mobile development is an order of magnitude slower than web development? I've been coding iOS apps for the past 6 months now (after coding web apps for years before that). If anything

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