JackWebbHeller

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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Having written all that, this comes to mind: http://xkcd.com/386/ ;)
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I'll take this point to clarify just what I mean. I totally agree when you say "he has a gift of cutting through the bullshit". And I think that's great, which is why I started following him on Twitter in the first place. I wanted to hear s
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
They're different. There's certainly some cross-over. Rework is more tailored to businesses in general, whilst Getting Real is more specifically about launching web-based businesses (particularly web applications).
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
You'll find it at the bottom, but Portscan script alone: http://pastebin.com/KFyFaDmz
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I haven't heard that proverb before, and yes, I can see how you can apply it. I think that maybe this is being overanalysed slightly, I don't mean to apply a quota to anyone. I hardly think this qualifies as a 'cult'. I just think that over
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I'll give David credit where it's due - Rework is an excellent book, ROR has a great fanbase, and 37Signals products are generally very well executed. However I find myself paying little attention to anything he says because it's all just s
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Q&A: Meet the 15-year-old who just sold his tech startup(geekwire.com)
66 points by JackWebbHeller 15y ago|29 comments
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It seems the arrest was not of a LulzSec member...(twitter.com)
3 points by JackWebbHeller 15y ago|1 comments
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Metropolitan Police confirm arrest of LulzSec "Mastermind"(content.met.police.uk)
4 points by JackWebbHeller 15y ago|0 comments
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Scotland Yard press release: They have confirmed his arrest. http://content.met.police.uk/News/eCrime-unit-arrest-man/126...
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Just noticed that a moment ago. As of now no reports on the Channel 4 News website ( http://www.channel4.com/news/ ) but I'm keeping my eye on it...
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I see - I misunderstood your CNN-approach thing, thinking you meant reading tweets about their shows (on Twitter.com or something), whoops. I don't get CNN in the UK (CNNi but that's different) so I'm not too familiar, but I agree that th
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Why do you believe it's not the CNN-approach?
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Ask HN: What do you think is the future of news?
8 points by JackWebbHeller 15y ago|5 comments
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Where I live in Norwich, England, there's a popular local expressions: "There's a church for every week of the year, and a pub for every day" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwich#Architecture ) - it sounds like there's just over 1000 pubs
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Coincidentally, there is a lunar eclipse tonight. If you're in the UK, take a look at 9:15PM this evening - I'm afraid I don't know how visible it will be elsewhere.
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How to build a Popularity Algorithm you can be proud of(blog.linkibol.com)
4 points by JackWebbHeller 15y ago|0 comments
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Firstly, it originates from the US, so I suspect they can make savings like that. Secondly, US stores typically don't include Sales Tax or VAT in their listed prices. So I'm sure you'll pay 10-15% more on top of the price that's stated. I'm
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Can't say I know too much about Loctite (as far as I know they don't sell it in the UK where I'm from), but they did point out that each of the screws had a small amount of blue substance on their bottom half. Supposedly this was meant to s
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Also, forgot to mention the brilliant ending to the story. All this was happening around the same time Gizmodo and Engadget were having fun reporting "emails from Steve Jobs". I emailed a copy of all my Genius Bar woes to sjobs@apple.com -
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I can sympathise with the difficulties the Genius Bar cause. I had a standard MacBook - about 2 months old - when I noticed, whilst working on it on the train, after picking it up one of the screws from the underside had become loose and fa
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I got a lifetime free Optimizely account as part of an AppSumo deal. I can successfully say it's one of the simplest yet most powerful and effective web products I've ever used. The ease with which you can make changes is astonishing and th
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I actually remember when he was announcing FaceTime, he had a list of all the FaceTime protocols and technologies onscreen - H264, AAC, SIP, IMTC, STUN, TURN, ICE, etc. I remember him pausing, then saying something along the lines of "... w
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Fascinating to see how much more technical vocabulary he uses when speaking in '97. I don't remember any recent keynotes where he used so much tech jargon onstage. I guess this is because now, every word he says is analysed and reported by
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
This was a 'coronal mass ejection'. Inevitably, you're right - particles will no doubt make their way towards us. These incoming particles will probably cause an increase in Northern/Southern Lights (Aurora Borealis/Australis). The earth ha
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
I can't get it to work - none of the examples in fact. I'm running Chrome Mac Dev Channel (v13.0.782.4). Clicking any of the buttons causes nothing to happen whatsoever. One error is shown, when a button is DOUBLE-clicked (does not appear o
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
My school gave a student £200 to build his own RepRap as a project. It took him all year but he left for university before I could see it in action. I did have a chat to him whilst he was laser-printing some parts and it looked absolutely i
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Jeremy Paxman. YES. I would love to see how he would respond to that!
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
This is so much fun! It would be great to know how many people are currently online. I played three matches, each time against the same person - who I presume was selected randomly, so there can't have been that many people playing. Also, d
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by JackWebbHeller 15y ago
Point 4: Insist on Retina... I think there's a better way to do this than you suggest (time-limit before they're kicked for no retina support). Start enforcing this rule after, say, 3 months - to give devs enough time to comply. From then o

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