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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   While true, I imagine a lot of small businesses who use 37signals won't have a dedicated IT staff to manage and maintain an instance of XYZ project manager. Having 37signals handle all the 'techy' stuff and having them as support must be ch
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   The benefits of a monthly recurring revenue model in tough economic times(37signals.com)

   22 points by bdotdub 18y ago|19 comments
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   The Uncanny Valley of user interface design(billhiggins.us)

   1 points by bdotdub 18y ago|0 comments
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   Yeah, I don't know that oDesk trends is a good indicator. Plus, I have a weird feeling that people who post jobs on there aren't really tech savvy and know so far as BUZZWORD1 BUZZWORD2, etc
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   Somehow they all find jobs at Scientific American
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   Agreed. It also seems like he's switching editors for similarly misled reasons. Sure, trying it out because everyone seems to be switching is fine, and if you like it better sure, stick with it. But to switch editors "just because everyone
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   I agree. There should be something indicating what this thing is, if nothing else a tag line that hints at what it is. I'm still not entirely sure what this is supposed to do.
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   I mean, I agree this idea is great and very helpful. its definitely practical and useful but personally I just don't think its a 'hack'.
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   by bdotdub 18y ago

   You think so? I feel like most non-techie people use hacker to mean someone who breaks into your computer and puts viruses on it...
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    This is probably a nitpicky thing, but things you can't rate, you shouldn't rate. Customer Service 9? (Never had to use it) Why a 9?
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    i feel like use of the word 'hack' has become a little bit too liberal
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    Zero-Downtime Restarts with HAProxy(igvita.com)

    19 points by bdotdub 18y ago|1 comments
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Any links or resources for this? I would much rather do that than using vimscript!
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    Drop.io file sharing service redesigns, gets more intuitive(arstechnica.com)

    1 points by bdotdub 18y ago|0 comments
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    Can you really Rent a Coder?(codinghorror.com)

    10 points by bdotdub 18y ago|4 comments
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    I'm not sure, but this title seems a little distasteful
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Agreed. Recognizable lyrics is usually not good, unless its music that'll pump me up when I need it. I've been trying out listening to some sort of white noise, ie. running water, static, etc., borrowing from the idea on this post: http:
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Good lord... stop .... with the lists!
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    * do not teach languages that have concurrency models that really support it* I don't know that I agree with that at all. My first college CS class taught Java, definitely supports concurrency. It's not Erlang-like concurrency, but concurre
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    Things Caches Do(tomayko.com)

    48 points by bdotdub 18y ago|3 comments
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    yeah and it doesn't help they closed down invites for n months after they got acquired and wasted time porting their codebase over onto app engine
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Haha I thought Google has only one profitable product, AdSense :) That said, a number of their high profile apps are in Python, most notably YouTube and App Engine.
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    I hear ya. Let them go bankrupt. I believe that there is no reason why we should be saving them because of their inability and refusal to adapt and change. The fact that these US automakers have blocked legislation to make cars more fuel ef
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    I don't see how share nothing concurrency solves the "problem" of learning about locks. While locks in a share nothing concurrency architecture is not a problem, it is in other concurrency setups (you know, like threads?)
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    I'm not sure how you can talk about concurrency without talking about locks ... which I think is very ambitious for new programmers. I agree. I don't think it should start from CS1, but you can start with the Dining Philosophers problem i
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Now if only this could happen for the US cell phone SMS charges. Theres absolutely no reason why it costs 20 cents each way to send 140 7-byte characters.
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Man, everything I did for my third grade science experiment was a lie. Sorry Ms. Mariano
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Just added both. The icon nothing special, but its better nothing. If anyone has anything better, let me know :)
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    UPDATE : Hey everyone, I've updated iCombinator with a couple of things: 1. http://icombinator.net/ now forwards to http://www.icombinator.net/ GAE doesn't allow naked domains anymore 2. Added an icon for the web clip 3. Enabled standa
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    by bdotdub 18y ago

    Awesome. Thanks for the suggestions. Will look into it when I get back home :)