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1411.
by acconrad 16y ago
I was hoping they were going to haze a Noogler and force him into deep sub zero tundra.
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Ask HN: What is the best Twitter feed for HN?
1 points by acconrad 16y ago|1 comments
1413.
by acconrad 16y ago
Haha nothing against your article - it's well written. But if we're on HN, any post that can invite an argument, will invite an argument.
1414.
by acconrad 16y ago
(Insert hackneyed religious battle between Python and Ruby here).
1415.
by acconrad 16y ago
This is incredibly condescending and to be honest, you're not that intelligent if you have to resort to the faceless ridiculing of someone in a public forum. I had to work with plagiarism first-hand at a first-class graduate school. You wou
1416.
by acconrad 16y ago
It makes you wonder if there would even be enough space on the surface of the earth to replace Google's or Facebook's modern day servers with the equivalent computing power of these analytics engines - my guess is no.
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by acconrad 16y ago
I don't really know why this is still a discussion - Digg failed because its an old dinosaur that had a high amount of upvote politics, superhuman power users...ALL voting on useless content or content that was pushed by major news publishe
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by acconrad 16y ago
So true. I live in Boston and I've been to these events, and he's hit the nail on the head. You would think having Boston be ranked the #1 spot for innovation 2 years in a row would inspire the community to rally together and keep its young
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Ironic [pic] - possibly NSFW (language)(imgur.com)
1 points by acconrad 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How much of the equity pie do I split with my co-founder?
2 points by acconrad 16y ago|2 comments
1421.
Six Ways to Supercharge Your Productivity(blogs.hbr.org)
2 points by acconrad 16y ago|0 comments
1422.
by acconrad 16y ago
Wow, this screams "Philanthropic PR stunt to get people to forget they hated us for killing net neutrality with Verizon."
1423.
by acconrad 16y ago
Rails just released 3 today as a final release, which means its the new official release supported by the Rails team, so you won't have to worry about lacking useful plugins. In fact, rails 3 has MORE plugins built-in to the ecosystem than
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Social Entrepreneurial Success Questioned(blogs.hbr.org)
1 points by acconrad 16y ago|0 comments
1425.
by acconrad 16y ago
What do you guys think of Rails for .NET Developers?
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Ask HN: Recommend me a learning course for RoR
2 points by acconrad 16y ago|3 comments
1427.
by acconrad 16y ago
Ha I know right? Sorry about the feedburner crap, and the start of the article seemed suspect but the later half of the advice is pretty solid.
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Practical Tips on Starting Your Own Company(blogs.hbr.org)
87 points by acconrad 16y ago|38 comments
1429.
by acconrad 16y ago
I really can't stand it when people complain about computer science education. News flash - programming != computer science. It doesn't require a PhD to learn (or teach) Python or AJAX. In fact there's nothing inherently scientific about th
1430.
by acconrad 16y ago
There already is (or...was): Facebook. Back in 04 that's how people found friends before they went off to college; they would look people up in their class who had a common interest in music, movies, activities, etc.
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by acconrad 16y ago
I have nothing to add from a business prospective, but from a UI/UX perspective, you NEED to change that header font. It's not legible. Your logo uses a serif font, so you should use a serif font for your headers (that's legible), such as P
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Ask HN: How do sites obtain their initial content?
3 points by acconrad 16y ago|2 comments
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by acconrad 16y ago
Here's a couple of things I've done over the years to make seemingly boring foods tasty: -Make shakes. Almond milk, protein powder, berries and sugar free Jello. Buy like 5 different flavors and you can have strawberry cheesecake, dark choc
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by acconrad 16y ago
Funny...except for the part where I quit my job...I'm doing the same thing, and I'm even using rails myself! We should bounce off ideas. But I don't use skype or ym...try me at acconrad on gchat though!
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by acconrad 16y ago
Does anybody want to get together to solve one of these? This seems kind of interesting and would be neat to develop.