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by amix 14y ago
The problem is that people could be insincere, non-rational or ignorant. I doubt they will know what their problems are, what they are willing to pay or what the solution could be. There's a great quote by Henry Ford: "If I had asked people
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by amix 14y ago
I think a better approach is to solve your own problems. This way you don't have to waste time cold calling people and hoping they are sincere with you with their feedback. You are the user and the creator... It's a very powerful position t
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by amix 14y ago
I have been programming for the last 15 years and I still sometimes look things up, even in languages I use daily. I would not really change this, since if I use it often I will remember it - - and if not, it's just one search away. I think
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by amix 14y ago
Great tool! I also find the title funny (which referes to following quote by Jamie Zawinski: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.)
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by amix 14y ago
I am sure there will be people that make money on the advice that's given. And I am sure most of the advice is valid. The question is: is it really worth $1000? Maybe you could have saved that $1000 and done these optimizations yourself (th
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by amix 14y ago
Their business model isn't creating software - it's selling "get rich fast schemes" and other information for high margins. You are the target of their sales channel. You can just see it in the financial Brennan posts: 12% comes from sellin
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by amix 14y ago
You found my comment offensive? And you think it helps calling me an asshole? I don't think I need tips from you.
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by amix 14y ago
Being a founder of a todo-list featured in the article (Todoist) I find your comment quite ignorant. Modern task managers aren't just about managing text. For example, our app integrates with Gmail, Outlook and Thunderbird and makes it easy
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by amix 14y ago
I don't think you have failed. I think your strategy has failed. Maybe a better strategy would have been to still have your job (part-time?) and still have a visa and then use the rest of the time to create your product. You might use a lot
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by amix 14y ago
I would recommend reading "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug. It will teach you the most important aspects of a usable design - - which are much more important than just doing a pretty design.
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Releasing bitmapist.cohort - or how we saved over $2000/month(amix.dk)
11 points by amix 14y ago|1 comments
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by amix 14y ago
I don't think sketching is only useful for designers. Before I solve complex coding problems I usually have a block where I can scribbled and sketch solutions. This method makes it much easier to brainstorm and think than using something ri
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by amix 14y ago
Gizmodo has more details, especially regarding his meth activities and drug use (which could explain his paranoia and erraticness): http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/11/john-mcafee-wanted-for-murd... Reading about John McAfee is similar to re
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by amix 14y ago
I have used something similar since 2007 ( http://amix.dk/blog/post/19199 ), I only use it on client side to generate DOM elements and generally it's a nice approach (I like this much better than constructing HTML via innerHTML). The gene
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by amix 14y ago
I think this kind of obsession (about things that don't matter) was best portrayed in American Psycho's business card scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y
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Bitmapist: Realtime analytics with Redis 2.6's bitmaps and Python(amix.dk)
8 points by amix 14y ago|0 comments
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by amix 14y ago
Is it possible to get any work done on Curacao given how hot and humid it is? And does air conditioning cancel this issue? Also what about the Internet :-)?
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by amix 14y ago
Where would you stay in Thailand?
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by amix 14y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback and would love to hear more. Don't have your email, but please contact me at amix _at_ amix.dk Thanks!
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Ask HN: Best island to live and work from?
12 points by amix 14y ago|23 comments
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by amix 14y ago
Basing this on the screencast I think this looks amazing and they seem to be very productive. This said, I am unsure if this would produce codebases that are easier to maintain, since there is not a clear separation of concerns and everythi
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by amix 14y ago
Great comment! I did not watch that talk. But I did watch another talk by John Cleese on how to become more creative ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8uYDJlwog - only 10 min). It's a very recommended watch as well. I especially like th
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by amix 14y ago
Deferred pattern isn't from jQuery. It's from Twisted and the first JavaScript library to use it was MochiKit. A nitpick I know, but I think it's good to know where things really come from ;-)
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by amix 14y ago
I also found Kathy's blog very insightful and it's a great tragedy that she stopped writing. An eye-opener for me was her "Is Twitter TOO good?" post: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/0... For me, this opened up
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by amix 14y ago
Let me present another view why I dislike this kind of selling. I think this author sells a story of how they got rich and how you also can get rich (and how you can do this easily) It's a common scheme and I think the only people that are
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by amix 14y ago
While I can answer some of these questions (and could answer them all a few years ago while attending university) this kind of knowledge is simply not something that I use on a daily basis. I also doubt that many others developers use it un
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by amix 14y ago
This has nothing to do if I can afford this or not. Imagine if you had to pay $250 every time somebody had some knowledge to tell you, would this be a great community that encouraged learning to build the best stuff we can build? Probably n
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by amix 14y ago
Sorry for not being an ass kisser, but I think this is way too overpriced and I would not like to see HN turn into a marketplace. Imagine if every HN contributor started selling their knowledge this way - - it would be a bad community where
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by amix 14y ago
My guess is that they want full control. If you look at Apple it is clear that there are huge advantages in having this control. Not only is it possible to build a better and more streamlined experience, it's also much easier to monetize a
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by amix 14y ago
I can't believe this biased and unintelligent rant is being upvoted. HTML5 does not suck because of JavaScript, or because of using greedy algorithms, or because people allocate too much memory. It sucks because browser support isn't there

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