thorstadt

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by thorstadt 10y ago
Because lawyers.
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by thorstadt 10y ago
Yes, it's called "team driving".
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by thorstadt 10y ago
Computers have taken over tons of ridiculous and complicated tasks already, it's silly to think your specific niche is the special case. Liability and government regulation are some of the biggest concerns of the trucking indus
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by thorstadt 15y ago
As an example of exploratory development that's very difficult to do test-first, I've been doing a lot of image processing work lately with the objective of improving the legibility of photographs containing text. Trying to find a way to au
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by thorstadt 15y ago
They let us keep that. There is a rule that the price has to be the same AFAIK, but we're doing that anyway.
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by thorstadt 15y ago
Alas, unfortunately it's not that cut and dry. We're SaaS, and were able to get through 4 or 5 releases of our app without Apple seeming to care about our model. Eventually we got a rejection stating that our application would be pulled if
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by thorstadt 15y ago
Hmm, I don't really think so. Arch packages are distributed as pre-compiled binaries (not counting AUR), and the emphasis is on simplicity (not customization or performance). I've found I can get Arch up and running satisfactorily in about
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by thorstadt 15y ago
The 30% applies to all in-app purchases, and attempting to circumvent IAP is against Apple's guidelines. http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_ttp_ef_tft_tp?_...
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by thorstadt 15y ago
I can definitely relate to the "outskirts of the roman empire" sentiment: I'm also launching a startup in Greenville, SC, and it definitely feels like the "middle of nowhere" in the world of tech startups. I'm curious how many other startup
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by thorstadt 15y ago
You can use other javascript libraries in addition to Closure (i.e. jquery). https://gist.github.com/1096382