mikehuffman

6 ms·

1.
by mikehuffman 14y ago
Forced public service.
2.
by mikehuffman 14y ago
I'm confused. The web page didn't auto-start midi music and there were way less animated cartoon animal gifs than expected! Anyway, good job for what it is, and kudos for releasing source!
3.
by mikehuffman 14y ago
I was very impressed with Meteor, but it is very new and isn't really bringing anything of substance to the table yet. Everything (other than client-side database interaction, which I am confused about who would want), that they spotlighted
4.
by mikehuffman 14y ago
If you and the site are located in the United States, it is illegal.
5.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Very well done. Simple and effective. This will be useful on a surprising number of my projects.
6.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
This is actually a big deal. It is a step in the right direction to take care of the missing pieces of mobile app development. I really believe that in 5 years time, "application development" will be just assumed to be web app development a
7.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
One obvious idea that I can think of is returning sanitized jsonp directly from the database to the controller. The database will nearly always be faster at formatting data in different ways, than the controller.
8.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I would not be surprised if the government directly began to subsidize facebook, just for the incredible amount of personal information they could mine. Another scary thought is a company like equifax, buying into facebook.
9.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
It is pretty amazing that nearly all of the western first world nations agree on one thing...they are pretty ok with KGB style spying or monitoring of their citizens. It doesn't seem to matter if they are on-the-fence-socialists, outright s
10.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
2012 is making my head explode. Two things that used to be hard and out of reach for the "poor" are becoming mainstream and easy for anyone to access....college level education and mapping. I'm going to be honest, mapping-for-all is more su
11.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Nothing is wrong with yajl it is awesome! I have used the lua module for yajl for some time with no hiccups.
12.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I would be interested in hearing results from anyone who has switched the payment structure of their product. From say, one-time-purchase to saas, or vice-versa.
13.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Because of the power inversion. Historically they get to decide what will make money and when. It is frightening to them that all of that power and control can be taken away by a couple of guys in Sweden with a few servers.
14.
Funding streams for smaller niche start-ups?
3 points by mikehuffman 15y ago|1 comments
15.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Pretty much thanks to google by the looks of it. I wonder why google hasn't yet used it's heft to cut a deal (a la itunes) with movie makers for distribution. Google already knows our surfing habits, so they could deliver the same ads we ge
16.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Whenever I suspect that politicians might be writing a "power-grab" law, the one sure way I know to confirm it, is to start looking for immunity clauses. They know they are doing something bad that would require the "immunity" or else they
17.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
In my 15-20 years of work history, to my knowledge, I have never had an employer confirm my academic credentials. Credit score? Yes! Criminal history? Yep! Whether I am academically qualified for the position? Nope! In particular (in my yo
18.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I agree. Perhaps I'm getting too old, but it just seems creepy to approach someone you "found with your phone" vs. just striking up a conversation in a line or at the next table in a restaurant.
19.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
If I understand you have $100k burning a hole in your pocket and you want to use it to fund a start-up in some way. If you want a riskier way but more input and ownership, you can post on angel list. You can post on HN for potential start-u
20.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I am going to make a wild prediction right now. Taking into account that 2012 seems to be the year of the "legit" free online schools. I am going to predict that within 5 years a person will be able to get a high-school or college degree (p
21.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Arduino's own "getting started" page is probably a good start[1] Lady Ada has a starter kit[2] and beginner tutorials[3] Sparkfun has an "inventor's kit" with teacher/student resources[4] [1] http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage [2] http://
22.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I wonder why people seem to avoid the fact that the laws already know it is impossible to shut down file sharing. It is a power play. Just like it is impossible to stop marijuana usage, but that has no affect on the repercussions of the law
23.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I have always hoped that new power and energy advances would come from these military applications.
24.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
I've had products produced in China. They remind me of that honey badger video. If you have money they will do whatever you want. I was shocked at the ease with which I could contact one of their companies and request that they change and r
25.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
KVM/IP is common for remote windows server admins. Sounds crazy, I know, but they are out there.
26.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Perhaps he means liberty in the sense of freedom from being America's lapdog. One might be considered a "liberty fighter" for wanting to be held accountable by their own country's morals and mores, and not at the insistence of another count
27.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Well, it would appear that this is indeed "bad ass js". I can't for the life of me think of a way to use this, but it is very, very bad ass.
28.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
Before Valve and Gabe-mania my first dev crush was John Carmack. His postings and .plan files where were not only shockingly open and honest, but, I guess, genuine... it was apparent that here was a very successful man that was like me...a
29.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
This is a fantastic way to get knee-jerk laws passed. (Think patriot act). I would not doubt it if this was in fact a hacker hired by the MPAA.
30.
by mikehuffman 15y ago
There will be no permanent solution that works for "the people". Think about it, throughout history when a sufficiently powerful or profitable medium of information exchange has arisen (think radio, television, phones, mail), the govt. at t

More ›