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Always look on the bright side of total and humiliating failure(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Sorry, incase it was not obvious meant the final buttons in the article not the ones they actually use in production (which he says you have to reverse engineer yourself) as per his comment http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/02/04/recreati
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by babul 18y ago
You cannot always make back any money you lose, if you could, the world would not be in this current financial crisis and the many before it.
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by babul 18y ago
In case you miss the (non-obvious) link in the article (or do not want to read it), the final buttons (v3.1, created without using any images) are... http://stopdesign.com/eg/buttons/3.1/code.html
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by babul 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ojbyrne built Digg for $10 per hour (and a total cost of ~$200) and was hired through elance... http://digg.com/programming/Digg_com_created_for_only_200_00 ...so you can get your ideas implemented
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by babul 18y ago
On a side note, the scrapbook of the company history is very interesting (a startup story beginning >20 years ago with one guy)... http://www.wolfram.com/company/scrapbook/page02.html#1988_St...
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Some Thoughts On What The Obama Election Meant To Me(whatisleft.org)
1 points by babul 18y ago|2 comments
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by babul 18y ago
who cares Those who want their sites/products to go mainstream without ridicule (ExpertSexChange.com/ExpertsExchange.com is a popular example) or false negative impression/bias. This is why people often spend a lot of time to choose a nam
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by babul 18y ago
To many people (not really versed in internet culture) that would be pronounced [pawn/porn]tube, with the connotations such a name brings. "Mom can I go on pwntube to get a video for my homework?" "WHAT?!?! PORNTUBE!?!? NO!!!" ;)
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by babul 18y ago
"We're not for sale" often translates to "Our price is much higher than (we think) you will ever offer or can afford". If the offer was e.g. $500M cash, "we're not for sale" would simply become "sale".
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by babul 18y ago
Through enhanced confidence. Many consumers like to see a phone number on the site (especially for companies/services they are not familiar with) even if they have no intention of calling (at least in the purchasing phase). It is psychologi
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by babul 18y ago
GMail seems pretty fast to me, often faster than Outlook on my desktop which is synced to it.
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by babul 18y ago
Hopefully Michael doesn't shutter Techcrunch Given how much money it makes, I doubt it will happen.
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by babul 18y ago
I'll dive into Python 3 once Django moves to it (soon I hope).
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by babul 18y ago
Why not read their blogs? Chris Sacca writes it in his own words why... http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2008/03/thanks-to-auct... ...and elsewhere. Basicially, to me, it reads because they were passionate about what they were doing
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by babul 18y ago
Six-figures is often base for a graduate London trader. Many of them earn a LOT more than that after a couple of years, even now, even with bonuses having been cut back due to the current financial crisis.
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by babul 18y ago
They sold too early. (I recall reading Kulveer saying this in own words in his blog, www.kulveer.co.uk, along with the advice PG gave them to keep going and not sell yet, but his blog seems to be down or has a problem so unfortunate I canno
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by babul 18y ago
No sign-up version... http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/26/technology/26spend.ph...
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by babul 18y ago
Saddam had a lot of mansions.
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by babul 18y ago
BES - Blackberry Enterprise Server ( http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/ ) typically for businesses. It requires you have your own Exchange server or similar and someone to set it up for you as it, and has $$$ monthly subscription
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by babul 18y ago
Used to use Big Brother.
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by babul 18y ago
xymon/hobbit ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/hobbitmon ) The name change was due to trademark issues ( http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/11/msg00123.html ) ...not sure Gandalf would aprrove, but it keeps lawyers happy.
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by babul 18y ago
6. Spectacular Gigantic Unbreakable Security Chains It reminds me of when I used to work in Holland and would cycle to the train station to commute to the office. The train stations in most large cities have HUGE bicycle-carparks, literal
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by babul 18y ago
If you are on twitter (or use RSS), http://twitter.com/newsycombinator alerts you of the top 5 new stories each hour ("the algorithm is just the top 5 items from the RSS feed every hour" - http://twitter.com/riklomas/status/1093938010
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by babul 18y ago
Congratulations! The first of many kids hopefully (assuming you want many kids, that is).
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by babul 18y ago
I know there are drive recovery services, and have backup of most of the data, it is the challenge of fixing it.
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by babul 18y ago
On a tangent, does anyone know how to perform recovery on a HDD that is not detected by the bios (e.g. due to defect/damage on the pcb)? I have a 500GB IDE Hitachi Deskstar drive (was originally in an external USB caddy, but now taken out)
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by babul 18y ago
Simply brilliant. Really shows how tight focus on goals, some planning, and positive attitude can be very productive.
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by babul 18y ago
Slightly off topic here, but as many people are mentioning rsynch, I was wondering if it is possible to get rsynch working on a cellphone/smartphone. I was intrigued by the idea of making a universal backup/synch client based on rsynch.
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by babul 18y ago
If you can, why not buy your own servers and have it co-located. The hardware often pays for itself after a few months compared to leasing.

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