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by BryantD 13y ago
That looks like a cool app, but it is not a new kind of calculator: see also Calca and Soulver for previous work in this space. I think adding a grapher is a real advance, however.
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by BryantD 13y ago
The next time you wonder why a major online game launch didn't seem to have exercised the proper care for quality, redundancy, and the other factors that go into keeping your site up -- go back and re-read this job posting.
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by BryantD 13y ago
The various LLCs all track back to Donuts. See http://icannwiki.com/index.php/Donuts for more details on the company.
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by BryantD 13y ago
He's been doing marketing for ages. Search back on HN a bit; every six months or so someone links to a new profile piece on him and his business. He's just really good at PR.
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by BryantD 13y ago
The old stuff is fun, but I've gotta recommend the newer efforts for really high quality text adventure. The current interactive fiction subculture is doing some pretty keen stuff, both novel and retro-flavored. I think Emily Short&#x2
906.
by BryantD 13y ago
NSFW, even the URL so I ran it through a shortener you're welcome: http://bit.ly/Zfi1J7 (Chuck Wendig) Very simple one year plan: write 350 words each weekday. Take the weekend off. Done. Chuck Wendig provides more obs
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by BryantD 13y ago
Collecting data about customer purchasing habits is valuable in the aggregate. Shopping Express links that data more general data about the customer's habits on the Web, etc. In some cases this will enable Google to serve the customer
908.
by BryantD 13y ago
There's a fairly large body of law that hinges on the intent of the individual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention_(criminal_law)
909.
by BryantD 13y ago
Eh. If I don't mind someone editing Wikipedia from work (and I don't), I don't mind a Senate staffer editing Wikipedia from work. I would mind if it turned out to be an astroturf campaign but I don't see any evidence of
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by BryantD 13y ago
But on the flip side, nobody ever talks about barbecue in San Francisco, so it balances out. (Hill Country Barbecue in Menlo Park is pretty solid, wouldn't be laughed out of Austin.)
911.
by BryantD 13y ago
This is a pure publicity piece. McDonald's had a chicken wrap on the menu in 2006, albeit without as many vegetables. An article about the business of the McWrap would talk about earlier versions of the menu item, whether or not they s
912.
by BryantD 13y ago
As an ex-AltaVista employee, I don't really care about the brand; I care more about the underlying technology.
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by BryantD 13y ago
The article doesn't say; I assume that the people who say "no, I am capable of working in a manner which ensures that I won't need to give you my whole life" are the A players. B players think working nights and weekends
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The story behind the DNS server at 4.2.2.2 [2010](tummy.com)
2 points by BryantD 13y ago|0 comments
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by BryantD 13y ago
Actually not always. My current work environment is open floor plan for everyone, up to and including HR, vice presidents, and so on. (Several hundred people in the office, not a startup.)
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by BryantD 13y ago
In the original post's comments, Matt says: "FWIW, I don’t think there will be any sort of exodus from Tumblr. For most folks habits overcome internet-outrage. Even if a million people left, that’s just about a week’s worth of signups."
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Amazon Payments Down; Kickstarter Somewhat Hampered(status.kickstarter.com)
1 points by BryantD 14y ago|0 comments
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by BryantD 14y ago
Leaving aside innovation, I think it'd be reasonable to add LTE and a 20% weight loss to that list.
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by BryantD 14y ago
David Tran continues to be really good at PR. See http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5266906 . I do love me some sriracha, though.
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by BryantD 14y ago
This is pretty cool. I'd like to be able to log in with something other than Facebook, but I like the idea of being able to save text snippets.
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by BryantD 14y ago
Thanks! And thank you very much for this work -- it's tremendously useful.
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by BryantD 14y ago
I apologize if this question has been asked and answered, but why is netty missing from the database tests? No ORM?
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by BryantD 14y ago
"I often had a moment to rue my mistake before anything happened, too, because there's a fair amount of lag between the controller and the console. It wasn't always present, and seemed to have to rhyme or reason to it, but about half the ti
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by BryantD 14y ago
I have not worked at the companies you worked at based on dates and descriptions, but I've worked with people you've worked with. (Atari-funded studio with MMO logic in the database? Yep.) I can't gainsay anything you've said. The flip side
925.
by BryantD 14y ago
Yes! Excellent point. Note also that all those careers are fungible insofar as you can take those skills outside the gaming industry relatively easily.
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by BryantD 14y ago
That's a great piece. Cranky but good. I will offer one disagreement: he's thinking about single-player games. There're also good jobs available on the server side for any online game (which is almost all of them these days). Server enginee
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by BryantD 14y ago
I do think the gadget is pretty cool, and I'm interested to see where it goes.
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by BryantD 14y ago
We've slipped from "every mass shooting" to "in many cases." I thought your comment was worth researching, and I should note that I found more mass shootings taking place in gun-free zones than I'd expected -- I'm glad you made the point. B
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by BryantD 14y ago
Ah, didn't know that! But aren't we walking a fairly narrow line here? In order for this to be a meaningful distinction, we have to assume that mass shooters a) plan their attacks, b) are smart enough to choose gun free zones, and c) are du
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by BryantD 14y ago
I'm not sure it counts as a success just because they reached goals. Get back to us when they've shipped.

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