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by bherms 16y ago
1) Try to improve yourself in some way every single day. Even if it's the smallest thing, making a conscious effort to be a better person in some way will put you far ahead of most people. 2) Make a strong effort to always leave things bet
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Ask HN: Your words of wisdom to live by?
11 points by bherms 16y ago|19 comments
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by bherms 16y ago
Oops, had it in my list of useful links note in evernote. Haven't looked lately. There are others out there that work.
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by bherms 16y ago
Yep, exactly. It crawls the CSS for images and preloads them with jQuery.
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by bherms 16y ago
You're thinking of lazy load. He's talking about something different. If you were wondering how to do that, though, here is a link http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyload
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by bherms 16y ago
I'm not quite seeing how this differentiates from JQTouch or just vanilla jQuery Mobile. However, since I'm doing mobile HTML5/js development right now, I'll check it out after work and give my thoughts after playing around with it.
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by bherms 16y ago
2011 may be a big year for changes in the way we bank, with BankSimple releasing and this technology finally making its way to the US. It's no secret that the banking industry is screwed up. It will be interesting to follow how this indust
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by bherms 16y ago
I've considered Devise as well, but I've been using Authlogic for a while. I'm of the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality, but I may eventually try Devise as an experiment. Thanks for the recommendation.
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by bherms 16y ago
I agree with LRM about the logo... little too dark. Didn't even realize it was there. For your issues: 1) Try using Authlogic ( https://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic ) to handle users/passwords... It's a great solution and is super easy
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by bherms 16y ago
Where does it say that? Because Social Network won.
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by bherms 16y ago
Using CakePHP framework? That wouldn't affect it, but that's the first thing that popped into my mind.
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That's It Media, Blame Everyone & Everything(davegrodzki.posterous.com)
1 points by bherms 16y ago|0 comments
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by bherms 16y ago
Clickity Clickable -- http://howas.it
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Show HN: Signup for my startup beta launch notifications
2 points by bherms 16y ago|1 comments
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by bherms 16y ago
I feel the same way... 24 yrs old in Indiana and only making $45k + benefits. Granted I never finished my degree (12c short)... :\ I'd like to see lists like this normalized by region taking into acct cost of living, etc. Also, I wonder i
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by bherms 16y ago
The best job of 2011 is the one that makes you happy.
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by bherms 16y ago
I absolutely love dark comedy generally, but for some reason the idea of a comedy about this just rubs me the wrong way. I'm not sure why, but that's my reaction to it.
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by bherms 16y ago
"Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Ben Franklin
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by bherms 16y ago
Definitely a crazy story and will likely remain one of the most perplexing "unsolved crimes" of our time. On a related note, though, it seems Hollywood is making a comedy based on this. Yes, you read that right, a COMEDY. I'm not usually
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by bherms 16y ago
I agree too... Categorizing these based on subjective gut reaction from a single person takes away any credibility from the author.
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by bherms 16y ago
The book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks just came out recently. Amazon picked it as their book of the year. My girlfriend, a bio-molecular & chemical engineer, just read it and said it was fantastic. http://www.amazon.com/Immo
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by bherms 16y ago
Thanks a ton for this! I'm in the middle of trying to figure out how to incorporate, how much $ I'll need, which route to take, etc... Couldn't have come at a better time. PS, I still plan on contacting you for advice per your offer on my
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by bherms 16y ago
I don't necessarily think DHH's problem is with not charging for things, but for not charging and calling yourself a business/company. Listening to him talk about it, he seems to be more pissed about this bubble that's come up in the last
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by bherms 16y ago
One thing I've been doing is working on a fun side project. (I'm currently building software for a new business, and I would never work on that during office hours -- FYI). However, I found another cool idea for the guys in my office to us
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by bherms 16y ago
Great article, but it's been posted a few times this week: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2023215 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2030286
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by bherms 16y ago
Unfortunately, with any specialization comes a sense of superiority and, oftentimes, extreme smugness. I'm guilty of it myself at times. Hopefully reading this post causes some of us to do a bit of reflection and introspection because bei
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by bherms 16y ago
I have about $90,000 in student loans and credit cards and I am struggling to deal with it all. Even with several of these in default status (slowly working on setting up payments here and there), do you think anyone would risk giving me a
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by bherms 16y ago
Is it really so bad to let our guard down for a few minutes to celebrate the holidays and the things we're thankful for? Your office is supposed to be (in most cases) a professional environment for conducting business, but everyone has a ho
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Ask HN: Importance of trademarking early on
5 points by bherms 16y ago|2 comments
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by bherms 16y ago
From Rework - Jason Fried, DHH " Learning From Mistakes is Overrated People who failed before have the same amount of success as people who have never tried at all.* Success is the experience that actually counts." The good thing for

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