Travis

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by Travis 16y ago
Sure, a change does require education. Where we differ is that I do not agree that pure CSS layouts are always the "best" solution. The "best" solution takes programmer familiarity, style, languages, business case, time lines, budgets,
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by Travis 16y ago
I can see the advantages and disadvantages. I spent several years trying to force myself to use CSS for layout, because I thought that the abstract benefits of CSS were worth it. Abstract = "easier redesign" or "more accessible" type stuf
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by Travis 16y ago
Buy one. Get a free one. It doesn't matter if it's pretty, just get one to get started. Use 99designs.com and crowdsource it. Best of luck in your endeavor. But the #1 skill that you need to launch a startup is resourcefulness. If you'
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by Travis 16y ago
lwhi - sure, I'm more comfortable doing back end dev work (and try to focus on it). But that doesn't change my opinion that CSS is a half assed solution that doesn't solve my problems. Tables do. And the counter-arguments against using a
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by Travis 16y ago
All very valid points. But compared to using CSS for layouts, where the downside is that I get so frustrated I have to stop working, these "downsides" aren't that bad. I value my sanity most. And, 1) in some minute percentage of my users
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by Travis 16y ago
And sometimes tools are just bad. Yes, a bad workman blames his tools, but that doesn't mean all tools are as good as they can be. Sometimes a good workman blames his bad tools; when there aren't better alternatives, what can he do? Let m
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by Travis 16y ago
The analogy falls flat, because business attachments are not necessarily the same as romantic attachments. Or friendships. That said, I agree. It can cause trouble. But is your priority running your business, or is it keeping your friend
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by Travis 16y ago
How is that a legal business practice? I thought price-controls set by an oligarchy was a clear violation of anti-trust laws...
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by Travis 16y ago
Books that I read for pleasure, I tend to read all the way through. Fiction, or Malcolm Gladwell type stuff. Everything else (technical books, what it sounds like you're talking about above...) I read until I find something useful and appl
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by Travis 16y ago
Box office returns at an all time high? With or without adjusting for the increase in ticket prices (i.e., I seriously want to know how many tickets were sold per capita)?
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by Travis 16y ago
As a person who has twice tried to hire remote/foreign workers, it boils down to this (for me): when I'm looking at markets, how do I differentiate you from the rest? I've had 2 mediocre/bad experiences, trying to piece out some component w
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by Travis 16y ago
I'm surprised nobody has discussed the selection bias going on here. The better programmers are the ones that will stay on. IDK what the general turnover is in coding, but it makes sense that some people won't be able to hack it, appearin
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by Travis 16y ago
I definitely see where you're coming from -- excellent point, mentioning that monopolies are about power, not numbers. However, your comment, "How many times do we need to see ignorant people lured into these roach motels before we as an in
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by Travis 16y ago
Correct me if you disagree, but it sounds like there is a pretty healthy non-monopolistic ecosystem in the mobile market, doesn't it? It confuses me how people can equate Apple with a monopoly, when they clearly are not controlling the ent
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by Travis 16y ago
I recall reading that Android was shipped on more phones in Q4 than iOS. If true, how can you consider Apple a monopoly if they aren't even the most popular mobile OS out there?
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by Travis 16y ago
When I think a company is limiting invites to generate buzz, it totally turns me off. OTOH, when I can tell it's because they don't want to overload their systems, or are still clearly building something, I don't mind. It's really just tha
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by Travis 16y ago
I'd go even further and suggest that the current plaintiffs have proven they could not have made FB. Their focus on "getting credit" signals that they wouldn't have been as focused as Zuck on "making something cool". From the posts on thei
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by Travis 16y ago
What is your evidence to support that statement? All I see is many attempts that indicate Google gets that social is important. All those attempts seem to illustrate (to me), that they don't get how to do it, or what the core ideas in "so
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by Travis 16y ago
Agreed. How can you possibly expect a computer to make a non-optimal decision, such as humans regularly do (e.g., the lottery, short versus long-term output, etc.)? Until we can model these decisions, there will be areas that tech falls f
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by Travis 16y ago
We tried using Wave for our startup. Really, we did. We tried using it as a collaborative tool, as an communications tool, and as a toy. The bottom line was that we found we'd rather share a Word doc via DropBox, or send an email via gmai
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by Travis 16y ago
I'm doing the same thing, except leaving my corporate job (moving to half time there, to keep bennies/some money). I have spent 3 years on this startup, but only my last pivot got me to where I'm willing to take this move. It's part scary,
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by Travis 16y ago
Just trying to think like a corporation would... Perhaps it's a signaling thing. Historically companies have wanted their workers to be loyal and dedicated to them -- that's part of the reason they do 401k's, career paths, etc. So perhaps
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by Travis 16y ago
Same here. I do both recurring (over a time period, recharge) and on-use (essentially saving their cc info, but without storing the cc number...) I think if I did it over, for the time-based recurring payments I would use chargify or one o
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by Travis 16y ago
Do you really not believe that humanity is overall better off due to technological progress? Or were you just looking for an argument? While I agree with your Gibson comment, your outrage isn't really justified. It's not like he made a bo
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by Travis 16y ago
It's also a little naive to blanket all networking events with not providing business value. The statement is a false dichotomy. It also appears to reveal a bias that things not directly related to the business or product do not provide v
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by Travis 16y ago
My personal theory? There's a lot of jealousy in HN users WRT groupon because they didn't start it. It's not an unbelievably complex idea -- I'd wager that many Groupon-hating HN users probably think that their current startup is much mor
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by Travis 16y ago
he details all this stuff in his "4 steps to the epiphany" book. It's very popular around these parts.
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by Travis 16y ago
I suspect that most of these large players have very heterogeneous environments, and will use a combination of 5-10 different languages depending on the task. E.g., SQL db for production, but NoSQL for log analysis.
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by Travis 16y ago
It is very explicitly and obviously against their terms of service if you run a whois from a cli. The first lines returned: "You are not authorized to access or query our Whois database through the use of electronic processes that are high
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by Travis 16y ago
One practical explanation is that it simply hides the information from "nefarious" elements (e.g., spam bots, etc.) that only have the sophistication to pull low hanging fruit. Somewhat related: I loaded your profile and then to your linked

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