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by ardell 18y ago
> If you knew anything about human language... > My pet peeve is people like you... Wow, that was kind of mean. I understand that you have an opinion about this topic but I don't think that's a legitimate reason to be insulting.
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by ardell 18y ago
> People have been doing it for a long time. Why is it that commonplace misuse of a word justifies the misuse? Should we get rid of "they're" and "their" and simply use "there" in all circumstances since it has become so common?
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by ardell 18y ago
Huge pet peeve. I think less of a person when they use "literally" improperly. Why can't they just say: I mean her hair was _figuratively_ on fire!
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by ardell 18y ago
would be better if it were $('.drink').imbibe(); :-)
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by ardell 18y ago
Interesting points! We are using a naive Bayes classifier right now, and we're working with some social aspects, especially as they relate to Latent Semantic Analysis. We've considered doing a mini Netflix Prize for further improving our
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by ardell 18y ago
Good thoughts, thanks soundsop. Out of curiosity how many feeds do others subscribe to? This post ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248623 ) suggest you, soundsop, might be on the high end for HN readers--that's a _good thing_, you're o
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by ardell 18y ago
Hi Maro, I invite you to try it out yourself. I've released 500 "hackernews" invites so everyone can give it a try. You're right, it's a lot easier to filter out spam emails with the word "V1AGRA" than it is to filter out news posts. You'
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by ardell 18y ago
$5/mo for unlimited feeds for a limited time. Trial accounts limited to 3 feeds to help scale for the launch. Very soon we'll be releasing a way for users to earn more free feeds.
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by ardell 18y ago
Hey pclark, Feedscrub co-founder here. We're still waiting to see what our conversion numbers will look like. I imagine it'll take users a few days to train the filter and see how it works with their feeds. We're thrilled to have so many
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Launch Day at our Start-Up: Feedscrub(blog.feedscrub.com)
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by ardell 18y ago
>The problem really is that freedom doesn't exist. There's definitely more freedom and less freedom, but freedom doesn't exist. Why? Because your actions affect me. The fact that some geniuses at Citibank and others screwed up makes it
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by ardell 18y ago
>minimal is a term you can drive a truck through That's why many Libertarians believe in a _Constitutional_ government. I.e. there is absolutely a standard for what size the US federal government should be (and what purposes it should
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by ardell 18y ago
Given the razor-thin margins of grocery stores I'm not sure why they don't try a more ad-supported model. Hang huge colorful printed ads over each aisle, charge fees to the name-brands if they want to be placed anywhere but directly behind
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by ardell 18y ago
This seems to be changing on sites like HN and Stack Overflow. The only difference I can see is that the moderators intentionally guide the discussion away from trolling. Are there other factors here that I'm missing?
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by ardell 18y ago
Seems to come back to the question of whether you can hold the whole program in your head. If so then it's simple to figure out what needs to be tested and what doesn't. One ancillary benefit of TDD is that it increases your confidence for
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by ardell 18y ago
Try Hacker News OnePage for Greasemonkey. I love it so far. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30512
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by ardell 18y ago
The problem with standardization is that you iron out all of the innovations. Certain language constructs are simply better for certain tasks. Lisp is built for recursion so it's great with lists. Object-oriented languages in theory are
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by ardell 18y ago
Congratulations, bootstrapping is both exciting and honorable. But also remember, some of the best things about bootstrapping are also its biggest challenges. For instance, if you are paying employees in equity instead of salary realize th
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by ardell 18y ago
A SENZ hurricane-proof umbrella, seriously this thing rocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQxaS0zmH4U Also I'd like an iphone to try my hand at iphone development, a nice 21-24" monitor, and a python book.
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by ardell 18y ago
Great strategy, just be honest with your "customers"... "Hey, we built this awesome piece of software that will help you do [x]. We love building software for our customers. Help us continue building great software by paying $[y]."
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by ardell 18y ago
Terrible situation, sorry to hear about it. Brm, you're exactly right, as truly high-quality employees are let go from failing big companies it creates unbelievable opportunities for startups to pick them up. It's true no matter whether yo
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by ardell 18y ago
Related question... we're looking to get t-shirts printed for our upcoming startup (to give to helpful beta users, etc). Anybody have good experiences with a particular vendor? What did you pay, and how many did you buy?
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by ardell 18y ago
My mother always said: You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
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by ardell 18y ago
The open nature of Android certainly has advantages over the iphone, but Apple secured a pretty hefty first-mover advantage. Also, they got it right from the start (or V2) with a great design, whereas Android still feels very much in alpha
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by ardell 18y ago
Why no mention of Rep. Gohmert's proposal to make Jan and Feb 2009 a tax holiday? IMO it's a brilliant way to allow the free market to choose the winners and losers instead of putting that decision in the hands of the government. (more abo
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by ardell 18y ago
I love DHH's talk from Startup School "The Secret to Making Money Online". Seems like his "charge people to use your service" become a lot more relevant since the recession hit. http://www.justin.tv/hackertv/97862/DHH_Talk__Startup_School