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by alex_c 17y ago
I have occasionally done this, for stories that are of personal importance to me. I won't argue that it's absolutely justified, but there are a few reasons I can still sleep at night after doing it: 1) I love the HN community, and would ne
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by alex_c 17y ago
Argh. Yes, that's exactly how I felt when I finally got it. :p
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by alex_c 17y ago
it must be possible to have interest rates below the inflation rate (economics neophyte question) Why is that?
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by alex_c 17y ago
4chan clearly means a lot to him, god knows why Forgive me if I presume too much, but it sounds to me like you've never had a wildly successful project of your own.
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Amazon's Kindle has copyright protection hacked (news.bbc.co.uk)
3 points by alex_c 17y ago|0 comments
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Tour of Blizzard HQ(leenks.com)
47 points by alex_c 17y ago|11 comments
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by alex_c 17y ago
My native speaker bias for which language? :) I'm not a native English speaker, although I did learn it young, which I'm sure helped. Still, my native language is Romanian, and I found English verbs easier to learn than French conjugation,
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by alex_c 17y ago
English is not my native language, and I agree completely - it's easy to pick up the basics (in terms of grammar and basic vocabulary, at least) but difficult to master (irregular pronunciation, idioms). On the other hand, you might have a
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by alex_c 17y ago
I'm not sure if there's an absolute scale, but you can't deny that some languages have more complex grammar than others. Conjugating verbs is a good example: coming from a Latin language, English verbs are almost trivial, but I doubt that
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by alex_c 17y ago
Why is this okay? You wouldn’t post an R.I.P. status update if someone you knew personally passed away, would you? The family of an acquaintance of mine recently went through a difficult time. They chose, wisely, to keep their suffering
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by alex_c 17y ago
Ah, sorry - my intent wasn't to be snarky or confrontational. I automatically switched to review mode after reading that it's a YC startup, since I figured the founders would be seeing this thread.
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by alex_c 17y ago
Nope, cause of Flashblock: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433 What I get instead is the outline for the Flash ad and a transparent gray lightbox background which at least lets me read the text behind the ad... but still wi
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by alex_c 17y ago
I've been meaning to write a blog post about this, but here's a quick list (I've finally started to learn Japanese): Human Japanese - basically an interactive textbook, with audio clips and interactive quizzes. Probably the best of the bun
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by alex_c 17y ago
Argh. Show, don't tell. I'm not going to "Sign Up or login" just to see what the interface is like. There are tons of language resources out there, and tons of different ways to learn (currently hooked on language apps on my iPhone) - I
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by alex_c 17y ago
How so? I still admire Slashdot's moderation system. (unless there's a woosh sound over my head right now). The thing that killed Slashdot for me was the redesign - I'm not usually a design snob, but it's way too visually heavy for me.
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by alex_c 17y ago
I really think you might be on to something. It's just as much fun to play as any of the big hits in this genre I can think of - really is in the same class as Tetris, Bejeweled, etc. Some random thoughts: - I started reading the instructi
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by alex_c 17y ago
Reddit comment suggesting it was a DNS hack: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ag0gn/twitter_ha...
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by alex_c 17y ago
How so?
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by alex_c 17y ago
No, to the extent where the first step in booting up your Android phone for the first time is filling in your Google account information (at least on the HTC Dream I tried). It's closer to Windows asking you for your MSN or Live or whateve
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by alex_c 17y ago
I don't know about wrong, per se, but Android phones are absolutely tied to your Google account. Doesn't have to be your MAIN Google account, of course, but still.
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by alex_c 17y ago
No - as far as I understand it, the issue with IE wasn't that Microsoft used profits from Windows to give away IE, it's that they used a monopoly product (Windows) to give an unfair advantage to IE (out-of-the-box distribution not accessibl
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by alex_c 17y ago
You're absolutely right. However, that doesn't mean that taking any opportunity to push back towards more privacy is in any way misplaced effort. I don't expect it will magically bring us to an utopian world where privacy is assured, but
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Reading while rolling Cuba's famous cigars (news.bbc.co.uk)
3 points by alex_c 17y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 17y ago
Might not be exactly what you were asking, but I like Envato. http://envato.com/ Particularly, I like their themes site: http://themeforest.net/
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by alex_c 17y ago
Well, not quite perfect, you'd actually need a "server got hit by a meteor" contingency plan.
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by alex_c 17y ago
Saw you demo at SF Musictech today - good demo, and very solid product. I don't think the stock photo on the front page is that bad - people who work with websites might cringe, but other than that it's not so bad. My one criticism is that
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by alex_c 17y ago
I agree. The most common example for me is visual design. I know when something is ugly, but that doesn't mean I can actually create something better.
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by alex_c 17y ago
I don't think we're disagreeing on much. Yes, of course, a startup with better connections in the US has a better chance to get funding from US investors, and it's easier for an US startup to make these connections. My point is that P(Canad
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by alex_c 17y ago
Specifically, how likely is it that a US venture capitalist will invest $250,000 or more in a startup that's not located in the US (or Silicon Valley for that matter) vs. another startup that is? It might be more likely than you think. I
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by alex_c 17y ago
At first glance, it looks sleek, polished, and feature-rich. Not sure yet if we'll need charts for the project I'm currently working on, but if we do, we'll definitely consider it - $80 sounds reasonable.

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