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by prsimp 4mo ago
> when someone comes up with excuses for not making something open source This is a wild take even coming from HN. Nobody needs an excuse to not make something open source. This sort of entitlement does, and has done, far more damage t
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by prsimp 4y ago
In my experience, there is a thin line between "blameless" cultures and "responsibility-less" cultures. Blameless cultures accept that we are all human, make mistakes, have off periods, etc. "Responsibility-less&quo
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by prsimp 9y ago
> One sort of answer would be how people are convinced that their data is not important. When I'm wandering through my yard watering plants, I like to imagine a world where our personal data, or more precisely access to it, is treat
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by prsimp 11y ago
While not limited to the Soda industry, this sentiment is expressed pretty vividly (even comparing testimony, marketing etc.) in the documentary Fed Up[1]. Worth a watch if this sort of thing is interesting to you and currently available on
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Harvey: Add a Second Face to Your JavaScript(techtime.getharvest.com)
3 points by prsimp 14y ago|0 comments
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by prsimp 14y ago
Original Discussion from it's first appearance on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3906143 Also, blog post from presumably the author about how the idea hadn't really taken off: http://williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com/post/212662872
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by prsimp 14y ago
In all fairness, it makes it pretty tough to take your comment seriously when you consistently refer to Rails when you mean Ruby. Also, I have to disagree. Like the author of the post, I found Olsen's book to be a delightful read. It is cer
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by prsimp 14y ago
According to an Oct 2011 answer by Zach Holman on Quora[1], they only release publicly the number of users. According to the homepage, that number is currently at 1,455,656 (hosting 2,444,052 repos). You could extrapolate from their with an
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by prsimp 15y ago
It's not impossible to remain a creator while using an iPad (or other tablet) - at least not when it comes to development. There are certainly people who are happily developing on an iPad (albeit with a more powerful remote backend)[1]. I t
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by prsimp 15y ago
Snide comments aside, I think you're missing a lot of value in slides 26 through 34, the section on communication. Reducing the 'spin-up' time for new employees and documenting even the one-off conversations seems like a great way to incre
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by prsimp 15y ago
User westiseast posted a blog post[1] about A/B testing a grid vs. list product displays on his online tea shop, Min River Tea, which lead to a pretty good discussion on the topic[2]. [1] http://westiseast.co.uk/blog/product-listing-ab-tes
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Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”(daggle.com)
95 points by prsimp 15y ago|27 comments
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by prsimp 15y ago
I sleep ~4 hours a night during the week. I find that if I sleep more (~6-8), I am not tired again by the time the remaining hours have passed and it is time for me to sleep again. For instance, when I sleep 6 hours, I am not ready to sleep
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by prsimp 15y ago
Doesn't appear to guess correctly in Chrome 15 on OS X (10.7.2). I'm not sure exactly what the 'whoops' means for google - but I've obviously visited HN and have visited a few of the others as well. Screenshot: http://cl.ly/1i0921270W2b1u1
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by prsimp 15y ago
I read this more as being about creating jobs than making money for one's self.
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by prsimp 15y ago
While it's not drag & drop, you should take a look at beets ( http://beets.radbox.org/ ). It's written in Python and has fairly active development. It uses the MusicBrainz database for cataloging music and is pretty customizable as far
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by prsimp 15y ago
Exactly. All of the points made about free or semi-free education can just as easily be applied to the 'harder' subjects, and while there are plenty of examples of well-versed, successful, self-trained members of all disciplines, they ar
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by prsimp 15y ago
I'd say it has at least a bit to due with sampling bias - many of the more prolific content-creators on the internet are more likely to comment on the passing of Jobs than Steinman.
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by prsimp 15y ago
Clickable Link: http://www.flamecourt.com I agree that it does seem a bit vague. I get the idea of wanting to pique interest, but I'm also loathe to give you my e-mail address with so little information about what you mean by delivering
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How to Assess the Market Potential of Your Idea(inc.com)
1 points by prsimp 15y ago|0 comments
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by prsimp 15y ago
My initial impression: I think I "get" what your site is used for, but I'm having trouble really envisioning the "work-flow" of the process. I would probably remedy this by either: 1) make the three "use" descriptions clickable and lead to
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by prsimp 15y ago
More people joining a pool doesn't increase your personal Bitcoin production (in theory), it simply lowers your variance. That is, your payments will become smaller but more steady.
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by prsimp 15y ago
Actually, I'm almost certain that AngelusWebDesign (on Bitcoin.org) and Matthew (on Bitcoin-Board.com) are one-in-the-same. As I understand it, he runs Bitcoin-Board and simply cross-posts all his stuff.
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by prsimp 15y ago
The author addresses the first issue in the paragraph preceding the one you quoted. As it currently stands, most 'confirmation e-mails' I get also provide an 'if this isn't you' section. All the author is arguing is that we can do away with
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by prsimp 15y ago
"In the edge case, where some unauthorized person has signed up using my email, then include some directions at the bottom of the email that instruct me how to deal with the abuse. And an extra benefit: If I have a good experience with yo
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by prsimp 15y ago
I found this to be pretty surprising as well. It also made me wonder what Firefox feels like with no addons installed. I pretty much automatically add my 'essential' addons whenever dealing with a clean version of Firefox and this list incl
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by prsimp 15y ago
The fallout, or lack there-of, from this will be interesting to watch. Any legal battles fought over this will certainly further shape precedent as more and more of our digital media moves to personal online storage and streaming. (Not to m