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by aklemm 14y ago
Agreed. Those things are the worst. Hopefully the broom and rake have a renaissance.
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by aklemm 14y ago
Amazingly, Silver himself said it better than I did above: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/03/1154733/-Nate-Silve... Here's the quote on pundits saying the election is a toss-up: "then you should abandon the pretense that your goal
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by aklemm 14y ago
Such an objective approach like Silver's removes the market for the subjective narrative (convention bumps, opinion swings after gaffes, perception of the candidates, etc.) journalists rely on during the many months of campaigning. That's a
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by aklemm 14y ago
Could you expand on what your bad contracting experience was? And did you end up funding this project with contracting income over the last (almost) 2 years? Congrats on keeping it going!
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by aklemm 14y ago
Feedburner also helps ensure a good experience for the user while subscribing to the feed. Instead of showing a page of XML or requiring the user to configure an action in the browser/system to handle feeds, FeedBurner subscribe screens sho
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by aklemm 14y ago
This is the core problem; typical lack of long-term thinking when there is so much pressure for revenue. Too bad no one could think of a better idea than display ads.
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by aklemm 14y ago
This will happen once we have a federated social network with individuals maintaining their own little slice of the Internet. Please happen soon rather than later!
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by aklemm 14y ago
This is the ideal solution. All the better if the presenter makes the online version more concise than the in-person presentation.
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by aklemm 14y ago
Getting 1 in 12 onto your mailing list isn't bad (of course, the cost is too high for those 12 clicks, but still). How is it targeted to followers? Do they put the tweet in front of people that would care about it?
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by aklemm 15y ago
So true. The photographers need to get into the calendar making business or some other value-add beyond simply creating images.
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by aklemm 15y ago
This is the correct answer. Photographers--even more than musicians and journalists--are having a terrible time coming to terms with the new world. They seem to think they should be paid for their effort and expertise, rather than based on
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by aklemm 15y ago
Interviewer: O.K., now we need your Facebook password so we can verify you're a good fit for this position. Interviewee: I'm uncomfortable with that. How about you all give me your Facebook passwords first?
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by aklemm 15y ago
Prices will just go up a bit across all items once this available in all/most stores, and the stores will stop relying on suckering us into buying a bit more than we want in order to keep their margins up. That's the small price we'll pay f
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by aklemm 15y ago
This is an excellent question. At the end of the day, the TSA exists as it does because the population is fearful of dying in an airplane explosion (even though these tactics don't much help prevent that), and there's no political cover wha
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by aklemm 15y ago
Would love to have seen some energy-industry ideas in pg's essay on Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas http://www.paulgraham.com/ambitious.html
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by aklemm 15y ago
Do you think reaching some critical mass of female developers (say 20%) will help prevent the problem? Perhaps an industry goal of reaching 20% female developers would be worthwhile (who would set such a goal?) These problems also exist in
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by aklemm 15y ago
This describes his work well. Just go back and read the book that made him semi-famous: 21 Dog Years, Doing Time at Amazon.com I can't figure out how he's been able to keep a career going. Maybe this will--mercifully--be the end of it all.
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by aklemm 15y ago
Wow, I have to admit I hate this. I've also admitted to myself recently that Twitter's interface drives me nuts after the rehaul a while back. What would help? If these guys would release a thorough write-up and details about the user testi
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by aklemm 15y ago
Having once worked in a female-dominated department of a large company and currently spending 9-5 as a stay-at-home dad, I can say it's not ideal to be surrounded almost completely by the opposite sex. Sure, we're adults and we can make it
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by aklemm 15y ago
I passed the test. w00t!
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by aklemm 15y ago
Agreed. I participated quite casually all throughout high school, but it really taught me enough to be able to tackle any speaking opportunity with enthusiasm. And it wasn't even specific tactics that were important, rather it was all the e
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Ask HN: What are your Google nightmares and how did you fix them?
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by aklemm 15y ago
This is great. By the time I was 9 or 10, I was frustrated that for all my playing with tools, reading, tinkering, etc., none of it was towards a practical goal. Finding a way to give kids real-life responsibilities in such an engaging way
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by aklemm 15y ago
No idea why someone would prefer app switching, but the info in your post proves you're an awesome person! I've looked all over for a window switching solution and never found ctl+fn+f4. Ahhh, much better.
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by aklemm 15y ago
Confirmed. This is exactly how the most exciting opportunities in my life have come about. It would be awesome to hear from someone who either doesn't get this or disagrees with it. It seems simple enough, but I bet there are quite a few pe
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by aklemm 15y ago
Someone mentioned the Mass. HealthConnecter. Here is another established tool the developer should know about: https://calpers2011.chooser2.pbgh.org/Default.aspx PickHealthInsurance looks nice and clean. Good job!
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by aklemm 15y ago
"And there is your lesson in inflation 101 " What does this have to do with inflation? Also, that site looks suspiciously auto-generated; there is nothing to explain who is behind it nor what its theme and purpose are.
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by aklemm 15y ago
This site is solid and quickly gives a good idea of the who the owner is and what he does. Love it. It would be great to combine this design concept and personal information with the indie web experiments (syndicating and aggregating your a
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by aklemm 15y ago
What is the best way to use/access information from org-mode using a smart phone (iPhone, specifically, but Android solutions will be interesting to know too)?
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by aklemm 15y ago
I wondered where those Amazon ads were coming from! This is definitely shady; to have websites modified without your knowledge is unnerving. With such a successful extension, there must be a better monetization idea than tricking users.

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