Aqua_Geek

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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. In a previous job (security system tech), we could donate an install to charity - it would still show up in our numbers (for pay grades and bonuses and whatnot), but the money we would have made f
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
Yes and no. About a year before I started this job, I founded a digital publishing company with a friend, so I was working this 40 hr/week job AND on my startup whenever I "got done" for the day. It got to the point where I finally took a s
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I've been telecommuting for about a year and a half now. If there's one piece of advice I have, it's to keep a clear distinction between work and home. For about the first 8 months, I would be logged in to work for about 14 hours/day (not n
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I imagine the breakdown is pretty heavily weighted toward free accounts. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if 90% or so are free - I know I have a few projects on there that are mostly idle deployments of weekend tinkering. Personally, I hav
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I think the length of runway required to get a 747 off the ground would make this prohibitive (as if the cost of an aircraft carrier didn't already). Nimitz class carriers are just over 1,000 ft in length. A quick Google search reveals th
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
They seem a little more expensive for starting out I've also been looking at various payment gateways lately, and Braintree looks awesome. However, the $75 monthly minimum in fees is way too much to start out. Sadly I think I will eithe
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I agree that the 30% chunk taken by Apple is a bit large. For iOS, the huge draw (apart from the obvious "it's the only way") is that your pool of potential customers is enormous. You give up 30% of your revenue in exchange for making you
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
How many customers do you have? I imagine most of the backend powering this will be the same as for iOS, so you can do a couple of things: 1. Give out promo codes. IIRC, you get 100 codes per app version, so if you've got a lot of customers
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
It will be interesting to see how well it does on Mac OS X. I doubt it will bring in the same number of new developers as iOS did, but I imagine it will bring in a nice chunk of new revenue for Apple and hopefully help some indie dev shops
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
2. Founders were surprised how harsh our feedback was at times. We may be able to be more diplomatic. But I think the fundamental problem is that this is a domain where, so far at least, many participants fail. So if you're truthful, you'r
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
What's with everyone thinking Objective-C is inefficient (in developer-hours)? I have found it to be very easy to use. Granted, it does have its warts that make coming from a language like Ruby somewhat painful. But I second Craig's comment
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
What level of granularity are you using in your estimates? Are you just calculating a number for the whole (eg "I think that will take 120 hours") or are you also breaking that down as much as possible? I've found that if I can get an estim
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
Same here. I went from knowing nothing to being somewhat proficient in about two weeks thanks to your tutorials. Thanks a million for the excellent help!
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
This sounds like an opportunity for new or existing competitors. Personally, I'd love to see a service that would store my CC numbers as well so I wouldn't have to fork out ANOTHER $20/mo to Auth.net. I realize that Braintree does this, but
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
I worked as a customer service rep for DirecTV in high school. They DEFINITELY run a credit check when you sign up - the rep never sees the actual number, they just get back a result group (ie good, fair, poor - though I forget the actual b
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
As many commenters on Slashdot have noted, this is most likely Shuttle 2.02 of the Buran program ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_program ) and was never actually fully assembled.
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
Wow. This pretty accurately describes my feelings as an "independent contractor." "A vacation day is a day you’re making zero money." For anyone looking into becoming a freelancer/independent contractor/consultant/whatever you want to call
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
The average rate first mentioned is roughly what we charge as well. Personally, I think it's absurd that people are willing to fork out that much money on an app. The gold rush is over, people; look at the recent analyses: most apps don't m
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
"I might be wrong, but I'm that the sensors in modern professional SLRs can handle much more difference in exposure latitude than smaller digicams and especially cell phone cameras, with film holding even more latitude." Correct. Here's an
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
Awesome! I worked on an iPhone app about 6 months ago that could have really benefitted from this. Instead we had to use a third party lib on the server to render the MathML into images. It was a huge mess. Here's to hoping we see this tric
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by Aqua_Geek 16y ago
A lot of it depends on your other obligations. If your student loans are your only source of debt and you land a decent job after graduation, I think it's very doable to pay off your loans quickly. However, if you have a car payment, credit
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Interesting breakdown of the film business(slashfilm.com)
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