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by aneth 16y ago
Google maps won because they provide accurate directions and maps in a really simple, clean, fast interface. Competing products have caught up quite a bit, but I still cant bring myself to go to mapquest because of how much it used to suck
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by aneth 16y ago
Enjoyed the article, but I've learned to just be a little rude. Rejection is part of life, and you can't live yours just trying not to hurt peoples' feelings. In fact, if you actually care, you should find a time to talk to the person abo
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by aneth 16y ago
This guy has everything backwards. I sort of hate writing tests, but still write them first most of the time. In the end, they catch so many bugs and save so much time, I would never go back to hacking code and point and click testing. T
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by aneth 16y ago
You've got to admit that Apple has an uncanny ability to find such things though. It's no random event.
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by aneth 16y ago
Funny it ended up with the same title I gave it the first time I typed it. I like thinking of articles like this as a failed present that never happened, because I find that to be a deeper way of considering wrong predictions. That's the
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by aneth 16y ago
Maybe why Microsoft was so successful? Well, I suppose creativity was not their strong point. I hear Jobs has a temper...
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Why the iPhone will fail (2007)(suckbusters2.blogspot.com)
100 points by aneth 16y ago|87 comments
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by aneth 16y ago
Wow, lots of vagueness here. I'll try to be concrete. I'm looking for someone who amazes me with their insights in the areas of my relative weakness. That includes design, user experience, sales, marketing, and media. You should also hav
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by aneth 16y ago
Free plans work if they are inadequate for customers who can afford to pay, but adequate for a taste. Less Accounting does a great job of this. The only reason not to offer such a plan would be the resources it requires to support free cu
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by aneth 16y ago
Why you should listen to doers, not talkers. Makers not breakers. Unfortunately, people who know how to do usually spend their time doing instead of writing in magazines and blogging.
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by aneth 16y ago
> So, unless the Java compiler itself takes code from Oracle's compiler, it is hard to see what in their would contain copies of Oracle code. This is about patent infringement, not copyright. Whether or not code was copied is irrelevan
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by aneth 16y ago
Yes, Perl is a great example of a language that enables maintainable clear code.
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by aneth 16y ago
If you're relying on obscure not well known operator precedence rules, you are writing less maintainable code. It's as bad or worse than using meaningless variable or function names. Use parentheses so your code communicates your intentio
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by aneth 16y ago
I star (gmail feature) emails that are actionable. Archive the rest. Then work through the starred emails as part of my daily run. I'm not sure what value this app ads over that system other than allowing me to add my summary in the task
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by aneth 16y ago
I say "this code sucks" pretty often. Occasionally, I'm wrong in ways similar to those described in this article. Often, it's crappy outsourced code built by intern developers with no sense of right and wrong.
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by aneth 16y ago
Better late than never. The course I used was this one: http://www.naturalstressreliefusa.org/compare.php I'm sure there are many like it, but this one was well done and taught me the basics of this type of meditation.
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by aneth 16y ago
I agree with a lot of these responses. If you're on a 50 mile hike, focus on the end point and you will be constantly discouraged. Focus on the next step, the next viewpoint, and the journey, and you will enjoy yourself and get there in
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by aneth 16y ago
I buy Southwest always for one reason: no change fees. Every dollar I spend is applicable toward another fare if I don't go or want to change times. I spend more money sometimes, less money others, but always have confidence I'm not throw
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by aneth 16y ago
I don't remember the name of the course but will respond when I get home tonight. Message me if I forget.
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by aneth 16y ago
I highly recommend learning meditation. I meditate once a day for 15 minutes and it's worked wonders for my ability to feel well and focused. Personally I learned a cheaper and less cult like variation of transcendental meditation, because
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by aneth 16y ago
I want Rails 3 and a white iPhone. Gimme now or I'm going to spend my impatient youth bitching about it in fanboy forums.
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by aneth 16y ago
Can you really say "forever" on $20,000 of YC funding? Is there a foundation set up to host the site in the likely event that investors balk? Are you spending your YC funds on offsite backups and some sort of forever RAID? I'd much rather
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by aneth 16y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if many hotel owners, planners, etc didn't know what an "HT22 encoder" is, or that they were a rip-off. "Expensive proprietary key card system" rings everyone's bell.
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by aneth 16y ago
A policy against vague restrictions in an open-source license seems sensible to me. I appreciate Crockford's humor, and also that he freely offers exceptions to the clause, since in end, it's silliness.
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by aneth 16y ago
Looks like an interesting system. If I were planning a hotel I'd certainly consider this, along with replacements for the crappy in-room entertainment software. Regarding the press release, in the future, I'd put the mortal readable functi
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by aneth 16y ago
I'd love to hear someone frank legal input on the risk of a team leaving a company to start a similar competitive product, and marketing themselves in reference to the previous company. If I work at GE, learn how to make light bulbs, then
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by aneth 16y ago
This is an interesting analysis but a very flawed conclusion. What percentage of restaurant owners will make money? How about online entrepreneurs? Just because the expected value of building something is low doesn't mean it's a bad model
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by aneth 16y ago
Every successful person has doubts about their own ability to execute and just keeps moving. Pretty soon you'll realize you are the best at what you do because you are focused on doing it well.
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by aneth 16y ago
Personally, I'm pretty happy with AT&T's changes. When I'm not using the service, out of the country, etc., I pay less. The overage charges are reasonable. Get real. Only the self proclaimed "data hogs" are complaining. Now, if they
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by aneth 16y ago
I think you need to change the way you view this from short term to long term game. If you have a free app that you want people to use and know about, help the guy out as much as you can. Leverage the limelight of your app and yourself fo

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