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by aichcon 17y ago
This article makes a distinction between mature companies and startups, but I think the most important distinction is between simple web projects and startups. The difference between a personal project and a startup is that a startup has a
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by aichcon 17y ago
The problem is internal legacy applications that only work in IE6. If they upgrade browsers the apps break, so in order to support these apps they keep IE 6. The question for them is 'do we spend time and money to update all of our applic
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by aichcon 17y ago
"Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the record labels. ... Under federal law, the recording companies were entitled t
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The Fundamentals of Scope in JavaScript(digital-web.com)
2 points by aichcon 17y ago|0 comments
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by aichcon 17y ago
I notice a few people using "guy" to refer to the writer here ... unless I'm missing something, I believe she is a woman (Tina).
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by aichcon 17y ago
There are 13" unibody Macbooks (not Pro). I have one. http://www.apple.com/macbook/
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by aichcon 17y ago
Haha, yes, absolutely. I always like to have something to distract my hands. Rubber erasers are heaven for this.
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by aichcon 17y ago
Slightly off-topic, but I tend to highlight text as I read it, and I find it very annoying how they seem to automatically save the text snippet that you highlight whenever you highlight it. The progress bar constantly updates and it's quit
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by aichcon 17y ago
Sounds like a "recipe" for disaster (excuse the pun). Part of success is learning to strike a balance that allows you to spend a lot of time on your product but also leave time for maintaining your personal health and sanity. You can't go
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by aichcon 17y ago
I've been an FD customer for 3 years and I am pretty impressed with their operation as well. The usability of their site is very good and they have a lot of innovative ways of doing business. - Their sliced meats and cheeses usually have a
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by aichcon 17y ago
When I was a teenager, and even when still in college, I had the same attitude, mainly because I had no money and I had lots of time (relatively speaking). Now that I'm older I have a job, disposable income, and responsibilities that tak
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by aichcon 17y ago
The domain may be difficult for your users to access or remember. The dashes and the .me could easily be forgotten or mistyped, as well as "tutorial" vs "tutorials". When trying to generate a domain I like the "say it out loud" test so I c
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The New NPR.org - Intro video integrating a user feedback session into the demo(youtube.com)
1 points by aichcon 17y ago|0 comments
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by aichcon 17y ago
I also wonder where these figures came from: "Computer hardware and software, semiconductors, communication, and biotechnology account for 81 percent of all venture capital dollars, and 72 percent of the companies that got VC money over th
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by aichcon 17y ago
I appreciate the explanations. I was not familiar with the fact that the "overlords" joke was overused in hacker circles, so I can see how it is played out. I'm just a big Simpsons fan.
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by aichcon 17y ago
Really? It was an innocuous joke on a quite off-topic submission. Is HN the "right place" for this article?
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by aichcon 17y ago
Ouch. No one got the Simpsons reference?
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by aichcon 17y ago
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
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by aichcon 17y ago
A similar example is how Google renders the histograms on the Google Stock Screener - they use tables instead of an image. http://www.google.com/finance/stockscreener
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by aichcon 17y ago
What are you referring to when you say the NBA is conservative? Play calling? Refereeing?
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by aichcon 17y ago
There's no such thing as a free lunch (or dinner or breakfast) - these costs are factored into salaries.
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by aichcon 17y ago
Here's a relevant HN post that came to the top of Google results when I searched for 'spreedly vs amazon fps': http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517
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Ask HN: Thoughts on OpenID?
12 points by aichcon 17y ago|11 comments
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by aichcon 18y ago
In addition to jQuery, check out YUI. It is incredibly well documented and featured. I see it overtaking the other JS platforms soon.
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by aichcon 18y ago
I pay for Backpack and Basecamp, and will start paying for GoToMeeting once we have more use for it.
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Ask YC: Resources for learning about revenue models?
4 points by aichcon 18y ago|3 comments
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by aichcon 18y ago
Make sure you save up a lot of cash if you're going to be staying in NYC!
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by aichcon 19y ago
It's not a clear cut win-win to me because, even though I may be richer, I may hate working with these people and my life may be miserable for that period of time. And the 'richer' argument is only in the short term -- what is one year of
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by aichcon 19y ago
Exactly. My biggest fear is that they will try to assert control where they do not have expertise. If they gave me the control I need to build the software correctly -- instead of just saying I have control but then making unreasonable de
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by aichcon 19y ago
Perhaps I was being a bit dramatic in that I have no faith in the idea or people -- it is more that the idea is so ambiguous that I am weary of trusting it. If the idea eventually resolves to a more solid plan, I would certainly be committe

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