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by ralston 5y ago
Was just talking with friends yesterday about this - Internet Computer getting absolutely dumped by the VCs who pumped it so hard from the beginning. Once I saw that they were headquartered in the Bay, had their entire team in the Bay, and
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Ask HN: Anyone in the LA area want to team up?
9 points by ralston 8y ago|0 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
Only if there was a Gavin Belson in this version
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Ask HN: What's stopping you from turning your idea/project into a business?
3 points by ralston 8y ago|1 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
The idea of the NSA googling `lemon graph` then saying "Welp, looks like someone else already has it. Back to the drawing board", is actually pretty hilarious.
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by ralston 8y ago
I agree with the general sentiment of the article: "In order to make money, Snapchat is doing things it previously scorned" This is particularly saddening for me because I remember back in 2011/12 (around that time) I desper
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by ralston 8y ago
> "this generation wasn't ready for this boom of communication we are living in" I definitely think we will look back on my generation (Generation Y) as the guinea pigs for this whole "connected social world" thi
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by ralston 8y ago
The UI looks incredibly good. Is this just implemented in pure JS?
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Ask HN: How to build a Google Sheets/Excel?
3 points by ralston 8y ago|3 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
Hilarious quiz. Thanks for the laugh
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by ralston 8y ago
> "If you got a downvote, it wasn't from me." > "EDIT: just checked. Downvote was mine. Sorry for this comment claiming I didn't." XD (slightly funny to read those sequentially)
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by ralston 8y ago
While I agree with the general/intended sentiment of "Advertising is has changed from a bunch of slick white guys in suits, to tech", it might be worth pointing out that Don Draper doesn't _exactly_ have anything to do w
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by ralston 8y ago
I share the sentiment. Sadly it appears as if Spotify is pulling a Snapchat - "We know what's best for our users, their opinions be damned".
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by ralston 8y ago
> As someone who has his genetic profile with 23andme (as well as my kids, wife, parents, etc) Well there it is. You couldn't have an objective discussion about this, even if you wanted to. You (and your family) have already gone th
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by ralston 8y ago
Bingo. > "maximize shareholder value" > "utilizing its assets to their full revenue potential." That's quite literally all that needs to be said here. How people fail to see the downside(s) to a large, multi-n
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by ralston 8y ago
I once studied for about 48 hours (off and on) for interview at a security-related startup. After 5 rounds of interviews, not a single person asked me a single technical question. Needless to say I got caught up in the modern "study fo
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Ask HN: Can someone code review my Rust Tcp Server?
2 points by ralston 8y ago|0 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
Github issue tracking doubling as a personal blog = effin genius
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by ralston 8y ago
Wow. I haven't laughed that hard in a while
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Ask HN: Example of a Robust TCP Server in Rust?
2 points by ralston 8y ago|1 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
I like this idea of setting concrete goals.
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by ralston 8y ago
I like this idea. Limit the time you give yourself, so that in that (relatively) small amount of time, you actually get things done and don't screw around. A slight take on the (time) scarcity principle.
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Ask HN: How do you balance side project time?
8 points by ralston 8y ago|9 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
> "You're going to get ads. To try to fight against the very existence of advertising is quixotic to the point of being sad." This idea is complete bologna in my opinion. People aren't trying to fight the existence of
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by ralston 8y ago
Python 3.5+ >>> first = {"a": 1} >>> second = {"b": 2} >>> merged = {**x, **y} >>> print(merged) {"a": 1, "b": 2}
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by ralston 8y ago
I always enjoy browsing the Twitter Engineering blog because of 1) the granular detail that they give 2) the concise, organized format that the information is presented, and 3) because I love their creativity. However, the first sentence of
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Ask HN: What are your go to tools for privacy on the web?
1 points by ralston 8y ago|0 comments
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by ralston 8y ago
I actually just now took the time to read this. A good (20-30 min) read. +1
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by ralston 8y ago
> ven if the worst case is true, in legal terms, and you decide that you're forced to redesign the system to make the right to be forgotten (and while I'm not a lawyer I really doubt that that is a sane explanation of the GDPR)
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by ralston 8y ago
Personally, I'd just get a computer (server) and launch Flask[1] - using a single HTML landing page that sends the form (e.g., email) input to a MySQL database or something. I actually find that setting up a WordPress/Wix/Squ

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