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by allenp 16y ago
Actually this is the real world adblock: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1770950 ;)
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by allenp 16y ago
And another nice thing is that if you're in chat and a question is just too big or too detailed (or you just don't want to deal with it) you can always just tell the person "go post this question." I think this would reduce a lot of the dri
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by allenp 16y ago
Did you pre-analyze the images to do the color filters?
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by allenp 16y ago
The flaw in the argument that there was lost dev time/resources because they can't use the free api is that the dev time is going to happen no matter which product you're using. The real cost is that if you want to still have a similar no-c
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by allenp 16y ago
Due to the ease of unintentionally spending so much so fast, it seems like the US should have consumer protection laws in place that the mobile phone companies should at least be mandated to text or call you and let you know when you've gon
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by allenp 16y ago
Really though, if they had that kind of funding they could have afforded some serious mentoring, code review, reality checks, etc. I think the problem was/is their schedule and inexperience rather than the funding and publicity.
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by allenp 16y ago
Yeah I agree, I think it kind of relates to this: http://www.lostgarden.com/2010/08/visualizing-creative-proce... Where basically if you don't experiment and then cull, you'll end up too constrained and never find "the good stuff."
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Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity and Stifle Your Success(randykepple.com)
166 points by allenp 16y ago|20 comments
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by allenp 16y ago
Or they should make the version tags a separate set of tags - they are really different information than the content of the rest of the tags. Edit: Re-thinking this - maybe version should be mandatory, but again not count against the tag li
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by allenp 16y ago
I think you're right. I'm thinking the computer programmers are the COBOL programmers that are still writing code on the mainframes at banks and utility companies while the software engineers are replacing spreadsheets with .Net and Java ap
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by allenp 16y ago
I don't think distracted driving falls under the reckless driving laws - I think it is "driving without due care and attention."
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by allenp 16y ago
Here is an example that will search hacker news (via google). This is based on the wikipedia example: javascript:function se(d) {return d.selection ? d.selection.createRange().text : d.getSelection()} s = se(document); for (i=0; i<frame
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The Real Reason Facebook Is Trying To Kill Quora(sfgate.com)
1 points by allenp 16y ago|0 comments
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by allenp 16y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head - it really just sounds unworkable. Just getting civic approval seems unsurmountable, the system seems frail (breakdowns, capacity, misuse) and all it is going to take is one person to have a serious med
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by allenp 16y ago
I thought you were joking. I'm sorry you're not. http://shweeb.com/
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by allenp 16y ago
Kind of meta but I thought the stock quotes (which are just text in the article) changing in real time was both distracting and oddly intriguing.
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by allenp 16y ago
So you have a few options - one would be to split profits with an artist (usually you would need to have some fairly well working code for an artist to take the risk). Another option would be to use resources like Open Game Art - http://op
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by allenp 16y ago
I thought this sort of thing would be interesting to HN because of the focus on the business side and getting out a MVP (MVgame?).
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Challenge: Make a game, sell 1 copy by Oct 31st(ludumdare.com)
101 points by allenp 16y ago|56 comments
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by allenp 16y ago
Can you comment on the impact the affiliate program has had on your sales?
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by allenp 16y ago
Buried in the article: "Whoever created Stuxnet developed four previously unknown zero-day attacks and a peer-to-peer communications system, compromised digital certificates belonging to Realtek Semiconductor and JMicron Technology, and dis
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by allenp 16y ago
I'd be willing to bet the same is true for adults.
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by allenp 16y ago
Not sure if this helps but it could save you some time / money - http://www.80legs.com you should be able to set up a sample crawl for free to start to get a feel for the size of the dataset.
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by allenp 16y ago
I can see where you're coming from, but I thought both the buckyball and today's logo were interactive and fun. Both ran great on multiple machines I've used so I had a good experience (and I like that sort of stuff anyway). Just throwing a
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by allenp 16y ago
Yeah I had no idea about this either - it is so encouraging to find new stuff online. New markets, new experiences, new ideas. I think for a lot of us, being out on the forefront of technology and innovation (especially regarding the intern
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by allenp 16y ago
You got me - we don't really know either way.
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by allenp 16y ago
Here is a link: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65K3YV20100621
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by allenp 16y ago
I think it is important to note that ceremonial burial was practiced by archaic secular societies as well - including Neanderthals. I think that we need some sort of group activity to help us transition to new situations - ie graduations, w
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by allenp 16y ago
I think the key here, besides stability, is really whether you own the users or not - similar to the iPhone, the rules can change pretty fast and it is easy to be left holding the bag on a lot of time and energy with nothing to show for it.
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by allenp 16y ago
This really illustrates the diversity of hardware Android manufacturers are using - both the versatility of Android and also the burden of developing for a diverse (and constantly growing/changing) system specification.

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