slindstr

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by slindstr 12y ago
Also be sure to find out who will actually own your project once it's done! It'd be a shame to build something you'd like to continue working on after graduation only to have it be owned by your school instead of you.
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by slindstr 13y ago
I went to FIT (2004-2008) and moved to SF last May. Twitter contact's in my profile if you wanna meet up!
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by slindstr 14y ago
I also got my MBA after getting my BS in Computer Science and while I think I could have learned most everything we talked about by reading books, I did learn: - public speaking because we had to do a presentation just about every other w
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by slindstr 14y ago
I always liked the air cooled 911s myself because I remember playing with a MicroMachines 911[1] and they had all of the cool vents (which I guess are silly reasons), but man the new water cooled ones are fast. I think the eggplant headlig
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by slindstr 15y ago
Just RSVP'd. I can't believe that there is so little going on here considering all of the nearby schools (FIT, BCC, Kaiser, UCF Cocoa Beach Campus, etc.) and all of the industry (Harris, Northrop, Lockheed, GE, NASA, etc.). I guess these tw
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by slindstr 15y ago
I agree with all of your points, but I'm wondering about the case where it's a solo technical founder that has to do EVERYTHING - marketing, development, customer relations, billing, etc. In that case do you think it makes sense to outsour
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by slindstr 15y ago
For a project I'm working on right now, we're using HighCharts[0] which makes use of SVG. There's a ton of examples of how it works, so I won't delve into that, but I'm thinking you could probably do this by making use of HighCharts like y
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by slindstr 15y ago
Cool idea! I'll be sure to bookmark it... Here's my $0.02: - Typo in the about page : "As weel..." - I'd change the 1st 2 paragraphs in the about section to "Jobs Tractor looks for people trying to hire developers on Twitter, but filters ou
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by slindstr 15y ago
I'd buy both - I'm guessing people might misspell one thinking it's the other...
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by slindstr 15y ago
I was actually in a meeting today where someone was showing us mockups using Balsamiq. First time I've ever seen it - looked pretty cool. He was able to make interactive PDFs so when you click on an element of the mockup (say a button) it
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by slindstr 15y ago
Back in '97 it was the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. Not sure about the time before that... http://web.archive.org/web/19970214020411/http://www.mcc.com...
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by slindstr 15y ago
That's a pretty cool idea, but I don't like that it's an added step for the user when submitting a form. I used to get a TON of spam on my website(s) until I threw in a hidden text field. When the form is submitted I assume the submission
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by slindstr 15y ago
Given this article, I'm kind of surprised that they are using @EntMagazine for their Twitter handle. Why not sue @entrepreneur into submission too?
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by slindstr 15y ago
I've been using http://www.thenounproject.com/ a lot recently.
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by slindstr 15y ago
Out of curiosity, why'd you change from Cow's Milk to Goat's Milk? I temporarily switched to Almond Milk because it doesn't have lactose (which doesn't promote estrogen production), has the same amount of protein, more vitamins, and at the
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by slindstr 16y ago
Thanks for the insight! I agree completely - the only reason I ever did free work for them was because they were literally my first customer ever, and I wanted to keep them happy.
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Ask HN: Do you charge a retainer?
5 points by slindstr 16y ago|6 comments
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by slindstr 16y ago
Out of curiosity: 1. What was the startup? 2. Can you link us to the review? 3. What problems did you have that caused you to fail?
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by slindstr 16y ago
This thread has already happened twice in the last 13 days. Here are the threads for reference (ordered from newest to oldest): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2097735 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2057704
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by slindstr 16y ago
http://www.coolmaterial.com/ is a website dedicated to affiliate referrals. While they do use a bunch of affiliate programs, it seems like Amazon is their primary source of income. Unfortunately I don't know anything about their conversi
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by slindstr 16y ago
Yep, though it was internal to the company I used to work for. The project I was on had probably one of the best teams I will ever be on - everyone (for the most part) followed coding standards and if someone didn't then they were called o
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by slindstr 16y ago
I take cold showers immediately before going to bed. Hasn't failed me yet! Now if only I could get my neighbors to be quiet so I could stay asleep... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2031470
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by slindstr 16y ago
I always kind of wondered if your points on HN were taken into consideration if you apply to YC. If nothing else I think it reveals a lot about you, like what interests you (links you post), how knowledgable you are (providing help), and i
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by slindstr 16y ago
A useful keyboard shortcut that I use when I write code is CONTROL+OPTION+COMMAND+8 which inverts the colors on the screen. It makes it a lot easier on the eyes IMO. If you want to take a full screenshot hit COMMAND+SHIFT+3 or if you want
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by slindstr 16y ago
Be wary of the more expensive sites that sell - something seems fishy about selling a wordpress blog with no revenue, no page rank, and no site stats attached to the auction. I recently asked a question about this: http://news.ycombinator
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by slindstr 16y ago
Here's link to that interview if anyone's interested: http://mixergy.com/timothy-ferriss-four-hour-body-interview/ I'll have to check out his book to see what else he says about it. Thanks!
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by slindstr 16y ago
I couldn't agree more on both points! Luckily since I'm in Florida, our water doesn't get that cold, but it gets cold enough to make me yelp every time I jump in.
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by slindstr 16y ago
I fall asleep faster and I feel great the next morning (not as groggy). I'm not sure if I used to have trouble staying asleep, but I know for sure I had a real tough time falling asleep in the first place. Either way, I feel more energeti
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Ask HN: Cold Showers and Other Tricks
12 points by slindstr 16y ago|11 comments
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by slindstr 16y ago
Thanks for the insight. It seemed like something fishy was going on and I'm glad that you think so too - that means I'm not (that) crazy :) When you sold your websites was it fairly straightforward with how you had to transfer all of the m

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