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   by apsurd 16y ago

   No, that's still a stupid proposition. Most Harvard students are presumbly pretty damned well off in the first place. Also, now that we've seen Zuck after the fact, you can't deny he is reasonably intelligent. Seems like a completely
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   Humans build cities; or robots that build cities, or robots that build robots that build cities.
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   and I'd like to think weebly since it really is a pretty darn good value add. But the freemium approach ( you can omit the powered-by links if you know anything whatsoever about HTML, and it's like $30 bucks for a year of hosting) is the
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   No problem, just get in touch with me so I can put you in the queue. This is a very casual offer, as helping others is essentially helping myself be a better page creator. email is in the bio!
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   GIVE HN: I will convert your designs into Facebook landing pages. (free)

   2 points by apsurd 16y ago|3 comments
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   At least I know I'm not alone =). I [x] out that stupid box when it takes longer than 1 second to load, because apparently older versions are not asynchronously loaded, they are loaded at the time you click the feedback button. It bothers
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   Be sure to check out: http://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip (this also has an amazon s3 integration api) I share the same sentiment in that I know I could code out a solution in an afternoon and avoid spending 50 bucks a month for the re
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   =D Thanks!! You just made the end (technically start) of my day! That and having a ASK HN submission that got wonderfully great feedback. I am thankful for HackerNews. I bet we'd all get along reasonably well offline which is a very very u
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   by apsurd 16y ago

   I like streaming; set it and forget it. http://trancearoundtheworld.com http://mugasha.com http://pandora.com http://grooveshark.com sorry thesixtyone... we used to spend a lot of time together, till the UI change ... =(
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    I was finally able to understand REST by learning ruby on rails, specifically going through this tutorial here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html So REST is a "standard and accepted" way of structuring your URL paths to m
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    It's not exactly "giving up" per say, the path is more like continuous seemingly unrelated (but really related) iterations for the sake of finally gaining traction (with something, anything) but more concretely becoming a better and better
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Are you a designer forced to dance to FBs tune? Use aplanofattack to deploy hassle free and concentrate on what matters the most; beautiful, seamless design. I like that! Thanks for your input. I definitely hear you on the "show don't tel
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Thanks. I am not a designer per say so if anyone can help out with designing a couple sample facebook pages (for local businesses possibly), email me with a rate and/or we can work out some other agreement!
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Thanks, that is surely first on my list: "show don't tell." Since I probably couldn't make compelling enough designs, I'll have to find some designers to work with.
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Well you are right, there is stuff out there, but its not in one dead easy package. You kind of are talking about Rails, git, and capistrano. Surely any version control system can clone code but I know git so I'll talk about how setting up
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Thanks, that is helpful as I didn't find that one during my research. I know of http://northsocial.com/ which is nicely done. Also this writeup on http://pagemodo.com @ http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/04/facebook-tab-creator-pagemo... l
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    You know, I think there is a lot of value in what you are saying. I mean literally what you are saying... "93 is believable". And you know what, you are right! I think that's a great startup lesson... 93 is believable! I like that! I wil
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Haha, I would have thought 93 was an outrageously big enough number so as to be an obvious exaggeration. What I mean is that I am an aspiring web developer that happened to come from a non-related previous background. I chose not to go to c
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Sorry, you are correct, they will be samples of Facebook pages made by the service. Sorry that it is unclear, I just felt it important to get feedback. Everything works though, the admin is functional and you can use the demo account provid
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Any and all feedback is welcome. Hacker News has pretty much been my cofounder, investor, mentor and friend all rolled into one. So as always, thanks everyone. If you like the concept please feel free to "Like" my application here: http://
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    ASK HN: Feedback on my 9,356th attempt at a niche business.(aplanofattack.com)

    34 points by apsurd 16y ago|33 comments
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    HN has a social network. It's called this website and email. I don't want people "poking" me while I'm trying to GID. The quality of HN is a direct result of it not being like any other online environment, social networks especially . J
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Actually I'd like a discussion on this. Are you kidding? I personally think fb usability is terrible as well. The thing is, I can see how thats likely intentional. It is obvious fb wants you to do certain things like share all your crap wit
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    maybe: "Google employees discuss what working at Google is really like (via Reddit)"
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Yeah, but when you meet this: http://github.com/sorccu/cufon It's a no-brainer.
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    Here you go: http://support.github.com/discussions/accounts/709-student-a... FWIW - isn't it kind of backwards that public code encourages cheating? Shouldn't we all be working together anyway? I have learned nearly everything I know from
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    How is github expensive if github is FREE!? All you would have to do is open source your projects, and pay a big fat $0 per month. Just .gitignore your sensitive data files like database credentials, api keys, etc. If you are using somethi
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    I always thought it would be cool if people who are pursuing excellence shot off their mouth before they were anybody even remotely significant. Then, along their journey, there would be a trail to measure the success of whatever it is th
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    To each his own. "stupid" seems like too harsh of a criticism. People have different value systems. I think it's not so good that you think so linearly. I'd argue that one's entire life is a lot of "randomly walking around trying to figu
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    by apsurd 16y ago

    REST and JSON hands down. So easy even I can do it. =) XML has been around but JSON is so much easier and more efficient that I tend to raise an eyebrow at services insisting I use XML =/ Start with basic GET services. Have users do admin