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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   Whoa... I've seen minimalist product pages before, but I think this one takes the cake.
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   Did SO get everything right? No. Is SO the best code Q/A resource available? Absolutely yes. Remember what was used before SO? Pure shit. Open-ended help forums scattered throughout the web that had little/no moderation and no ind
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   For those curious, here's a great summary of key JS concepts to know: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2629004/1538708
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   I don't know the OP's background, but if he's the great programmer he says then I'm sure he has the smarts to find his place among the countless profitable one-person companies in our industry.
5. 65.▲
   by adamb_ 13y ago

   With your code skills and business aspirations, why not create a "set it and forget it" style product? Create some freemium app; Dominate a niche enterprise market.. Income hack.
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH2B9F-GPm0
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   Meat persists not because it's "cheap", but because it's an ingrained part of society. Consider the feed conversion ratio. [1] There's an high cost to feeding livestock in the form of wasted food calories that could
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   If the top-level domain of a website can now be chosen from any number of 2-3 character combinations (i.e. other than "com"), reducing chances of it having each URL be "guessable", then why bother with top-level domains
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   by adamb_ 13y ago

   Without viewable source code, or a solid explanation of the algorithm at play, this feels a bit like the Turk.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turk
10. 70.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Perhaps the naps empowered their get-shit-done mindset, which in turn allowed to be seen as a "producer"
11. 71.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    At this point I'm willing to see Google for more than the sum of their parts.
12. 72.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    You've got to hand it to Google: They have vision.
13. 73.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Agreed. All the companies @pak mentioned have matured past the rapid growth stage.
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Not taking away from this announcement, but from the title I was hoping this was a new voice-command/NLP library for the raspberry pi..
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Is contention with HN's ranking algorithm common? I've perused the "new" page a number of times, and generally interesting submissions (i.e. what HN finds interesting) DO make it to the front page.
16. 76.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Here's a bitcoin profitability calculator: http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/
17. 77.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    If it reaches $1000, will mining bitcoins be considered a worthwhile endeavor again?
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    "Even if it's not random, it's too complex to be controlled." - OP. I think it's this realization that gives rise to quotes like, "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can
19. 79.▲
    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Reminds me of "Ask HN: What will happen when everybody uses an ad blocker?"[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6382188
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    I agree that I should have written it past-tense... But, until recently, it was clear that Twitter's name was attached to the project. A Google search for "Twitter Bootstrap" pulls up all the relevant docs, and the first line
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    I agree that "hot" companies have their own localized demand, but I don't think that's reflective of the majority of companies in the tech field who are now being encouraged to imitate these top-tech players hiring pract
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    It's interesting to see that employers are essentially requiring more effort from potential job candidates in order for them to be seriously considered, when the tech industry is currently a candidate's market.
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Bootstrap is attached to a big-name company.
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Please remove "[video]" from the title. As of right now there's no video (there's a placeholder saying it's coming soon.)
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    In the entirety of my YouTube use (circa 2006!) I think I've left ~3 comments. I've never seen comments as a core feature of why I use YouTube so this won't change my perceived usefulness of it. This reminds me of Facebook&#x
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    For me, the big value-add of CSS pre-processors is nested rules[1]. [1] http://lesscss.org/#-nested-rules
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    From the HN title & the actual landing page, I thought this was a satirical commentary on "X-as-a-service" startups...
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    I don't think the points mentioned are very discriminating. Planning, design, documentation... Aren't these traits indicative of all "great" software? Maybe the best way to express what makes an API great is to lead with
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    How does airplane mode fit in with this? Wasn't it until recently that FAA regulations required cellphones have an explicit means to halt ALL radio communication? If the phone's radio is still potentially active even when the devi
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    by adamb_ 13y ago

    Is this how Google plans to bridge the JS performance gap to get web apps running at "native" speeds?