arn

24 ms·

271.
by arn 14y ago
Seems likely that there are other users that are blocked and never complain, and just leave. I had similar problems with blocked users and site-is-down false positives, so I had to drop it.
272.
by arn 14y ago
Better content and conversation? Yes Better aesthetic and worse content and conversation? No
273.
by arn 14y ago
Of course, The technology wasn't good enough 20 years ago. They could have made it, but it would have sucked. Apple's success was making an iPhone right when a iPhone became possible due to the confluence of technology. When the iPhone was
274.
by arn 15y ago
Agreed. I'd like to see the same benchmark run with Varnish + Apache. No W3Cache, No Nginx. I'd bet this synthentic benchmark would show the same performance, meaning it's all just hitting Varnish anyway.
275.
by arn 15y ago
Because QR codes are a stop-gap and won't exist in a few years? Seems like low-power Bluetooth will replace QR codes in the not-so-distant future.
276.
by arn 15y ago
An overnight success story that took only 4 years. :) Shorter than most. These guys are the real deal in terms of inspiring indie "it could have been you" team. Keith decided to quit his day job, and become a game designer coming from a no
277.
by arn 15y ago
short answer: had kids, and a financially successful website. (longer answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=236308 )
278.
by arn 15y ago
I quit medicine too, but not because of the lack of adequate computer interface :) The whole taking notes, jotting down patient information. It seems antiquated, but it's really a hard problem to "fix" - if it really needs fixing. These
279.
by arn 15y ago
It depends? :) I think the short answer to "faster traction" is Mobile App. But there's a lot of factors and depends on your app, of course. Instagram is a good example of a mobile-app-only that gained massive traction. Websites tend not t
280.
by arn 15y ago
I agree the quote from Steve Jobs was impressive, but it also fits the well known quote that goes "the best way to predict the future, is to invent it"
281.
by arn 15y ago
It still needs to be activated on a computer, but I believe the Apple Store will do that for you. Otherwise, it's very usable without a computer, now with over the air updates. edit: oops, I guess I'm wrong.
282.
by arn 15y ago
I don't know if I agree with that. At the time of the original Angry Birds launch, I didn't really think they could branch out as far as they could. Rovio really redefined the limits. Draw Something would obviously have to go in a differen
283.
by arn 15y ago
It was meant to sound silly. I think Apple is in a position to know if it has too much. Note: Apple's cash increased by $40 billion last year alone. Apple's dividend plan will spend only about $45 billion in the next 3 years. that means t
284.
by arn 15y ago
Are you suggesting there is no upper limit amount of cash that Apple could accumulate that it wouldn't make sense to distribute some of it? Apple has hit that limit, where it has plenty of money to do all that (safety net) and more.
285.
by arn 15y ago
You might have said the same about Angry Birds, and yet they've been able to milk that into about $100 million in annual revenue with App sales and licensing. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/37c3d96e-280c-11e1-a4c4-00144feabd...
286.
by arn 15y ago
Note, he's pre med, not in med school. Pre med doesn't give you any specific medical knowledge.
287.
by arn 15y ago
You seem to have the opposite bias, no? Do you believe that diet alone is better than diet + drugs? Do you believe that diet alone is better than drugs alone?
288.
by arn 15y ago
Just to add. Depends on why he was seeing a cardiac surgeon (who usually sees patients that have had or need surgery), and what his heart disease is. I don't think you have enough medical knowledge to assume the cardiac surgeon was, in f
289.
by arn 15y ago
I thought this was a good take on it: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=13682720&post... It's impossible to separate Steve's rejection of cancer treatment from his brilliance as an innovator and CEO. A more risk averse guy,
290.
by arn 15y ago
isn't that because there is inherently less data in http logs? Google Analytics use cookies and Javascript to track more data on users. There's no session data in http logs.
291.
by arn 15y ago
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/10/ces-2012-panasonics-20-i... Panasonic showed a 3840x2160 20" screen at CES at 216dpi. 3.5mm thin. No word of pricing, but the technology seems to exist. Also 2880x1800 would be the 15" size, not the 13
292.
by arn 15y ago
"how much did Forbes add to the original content to warrant a clickthrough? " Forbes filtered the article and presented the most enticing part. Filtering/curation is of enormous value - on the web and in app stores. It's ironic that you pos
293.
by arn 15y ago
1. yep. medical doctor. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/technology/21blogger.html 2. yes, I know. :) he's adjusting.
294.
by arn 15y ago
nah. No worries, I didn't take it harshly at all. ;)
295.
by arn 15y ago
Yep, and longtime HNer
296.
by arn 15y ago
disagree. a name isn't a throwaway item. it's your brand. it's not the end of the world to change it, but it's not something you want to do if you don't have to.
297.
by arn 15y ago
There's an RSS feed http://itunes.apple.com/rss that you can use, but it's slower than straight scraping, which I'd guess many of these sites use.
298.
by arn 15y ago
I think mappu meant the block message: http://imgur.com/BJJOs
299.
by arn 15y ago
I found your story very interesting. Some might question how you made it so far without a plan, but I get it. So, what would you do if you had no debt, and no obligations? What do you do on weekends? Any hidden career desires?
300.
by arn 15y ago
so I know these guys. still possible for small team of people to hit massive success in the app store. 3 people team. #1 grossing app.

More ›