Jacob4u2

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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I've been helping as a technical editor (programming perspective) to another book you might be interested in as well, http://www.design4software.com/ . It's a good introduction to design for programmers of applications, whether they be we
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
Is there a way to see how long he has owned the domain? From there, estimate a yearly cost to him (12$ * years registered) + 10% profit and start from there. That seems reasonable.
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I found the story they give about GE forgetting how to make water heaters interesting. The line you usually hear about startups creating their core technologies in house and outsourcing non core things comes to mind. Was GE originally know
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
The message from Twitter reads "It does not appear that your service addresses an area that our current or future products do not already serve", which I interpret to mean they could be planning a future native app that this might be inferi
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Design4Software: A Playbook for Developers(design4software.com)
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I've been using chaplinjs as a backbone architecture for my last couple side projects and I really like it. https://github.com/chaplinjs/chaplin Simplified router, subviews, model binding techniques like described in the OP are all helpfu
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
The author offers an alternative that would require a change to the language. Callbacks and their use in "callback hell" are a little different than use of "goto"; "goto" appears to have an obvious alternative that was more logical to use
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I noticed that dragging around causes the graph to change. I know I should just look at the source, but can someone tell me what inputs the dragging changes for the computation? Also, bonus points for some cool drags I can do that you not
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
In case people don't catch it in the upper right corner, you can also view the project page for more information here: http://jgable.github.com/errorface/
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Show HN: Errorface(jgable.github.com)
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HTML5 Contre Jour conversion: Behind the Scenes(contrejour.ie)
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
Sometimes things like nerf guns are indicative of a culture at a company that would be more fun and upbeat than working in a corporate cube farm. Now, obviously, cube farms can just as easily buy nerf guns and I'm just picking nerf guns be
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
Why doesn't it work on my IPad 2? Don't I have geolocation API on here?
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In 50 years, Bill Gates will be revered and Steve Jobs will be forgotten(geekwire.com)
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I disagree that the site design is awful. But agree that the spelling and grammar could use a little more attention.
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
Launched an HTML5 offline app analytics library - http://discolytics.com . Not profitable, but haven't really tried to market it. Was originally developed for another clients project and figured someone else out there had a similar need. I
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by Jacob4u2 14y ago
I don't believe the customer service was polite. They shouldn't scold the person right up front about multiple emails; maybe it's just me, but the customer pays you, they can send as many emails as they want. Also, it's confusing that he
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Show HN: Kwery.js - lightweight wrapper for webSql(jgable.github.com)
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Ramblings on the Magnitude of our Work(jacob4u2.posterous.com)
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
That's an interesting opinion. How do you feel about the fact that Sencha touch requires the purchase of a license for a commercial app whereas jQuery Mobile does not? IMO that makes jQuery a more attractive choice. However, I will agree t
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Win 8 Metro App Design Templates(blogs.claritycon.com)
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
I can't speak for backbone.js, but this looks a little more verbose than my favorite MVC framework; Knockout.js ( http://learn.knockoutjs.com/ ).
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
You are still creating another site even when using polyfills. The surface area for display bugs in a polyfill is > 0.
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
I'm having a hard time finding comparable Team Foundation Licensing costs for a team of 20. Does anyone have an idea how this compares?
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
Any plans on releasing the source? I'm sure there are others who'd love to help with the project.
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
Their HTML5 showcase site doesn't display properly on IPhone; doesn't sound like someone I want to take advice from.
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
Even though I started this whole religious war thread, I don't really want to continue with it (but I'm too proud to delete my comment). Here is my rebuttal in a nutshell; VB is not succinct and therefore not a powerful language[1]. [1] h
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
Why in the world would someone include the words Visual Basic in the title of a submission to Hacker News? And how in the world does that article get to the front page?
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
I don't think the "Garage" is necessarily a separate unit. > “The Garage is open to anyone, which means we have people from all over the company working together. The Garage provides support through Garage Weeks, Science Fairs, free hos
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by Jacob4u2 15y ago
Isn't the general consensus that regexes are hard to maintain and debug? I'm not sure that "structural regexes" are solving the right problem. I think maybe we're not shooting at the same baskets though (basketball reference, apologies if y

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