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by bkrausz 19y ago
I'm working on a member management system targeting a small niche market. Currently waiting on design revisions, my designer is coming up with some pretty unique stuff so I don't want to code too much since a lot will need to be rewritten
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by bkrausz 19y ago
There's a good list at http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/01/build-your-very-own-goo... Yay for random contests + me staying up late to win them :)
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I agree with rms...not too much in terms of startups, but we do have 2 things going for us: 1) College students, lots of them. That means that you can find cheap smart labor if you're looking to hire (Carnegie Mellon has lots of coders).
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Ok, by overwhelming majority the script is down. Just don't flame me if I (as a human) post an xkcd that I actually find relevant :)
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I'm not experimenting so much as trying to provide a beneficial service (at 6am the differences blur significantly though). I'd say around 25% of xkcd's are remotely relevant to this site, the question is whether or not an automated source
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Search of SearchYC based on title on 30 TechCrunch articles from March 27-29 found 7/30 articles = ~25% PG's articles get a huge amount of karma regardless, that should probably be botted but may never make it in time (I don't know how quic
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by bkrausz 19y ago
The problem is we don't want to flood HN with stuff like this...someone should look at the HN/Posts % (number of entries posted to HN/total number of entries)...I'd say if it's around a constant 2/3 it's worth doing. If I have the time I'l
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by bkrausz 19y ago
a) dum/p/ b) I believe ideas are worthwhile when combined with good execution. I have several, but I'm holding them for a time when I feel I can commit to releasing a well-made product.
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I used to use 1&1 for domains and hosting, their hosting and support are terrible, and I find their transfer/cancellation process strangely difficult, but they are the cheapest and domain name registrations don't need much in terms of q
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Ask HN: Autoposting script?
5 points by bkrausz 19y ago|14 comments
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XKCD: Convincing Pickup Line(xkcd.com)
8 points by bkrausz 19y ago|4 comments
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Be entrepreneurial, write a scraper API
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I have a girlfriend, but the condition I made when starting the relationship is that she has to be ok with me being too busy certain weeks to see her. I promise to see her once a week at the least, and she's ok with that. She's not thrill
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I'd say go for the large company. I interned at a large company the summer after my freshman year, and I feel I learned significantly more by noting what they did right/wrong with all of their influence and money than I would by working at
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XKCD: 1,000 Miles North(xkcd.com)
1 points by bkrausz 19y ago|0 comments
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Learning to program well is a valuable skill that is well worth the time invested into it. For however long it takes to learn you free yourself from needing others to do all of your future development (sans time constraints of course).
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XKCD: Large Hadron Collider(xkcd.com)
14 points by bkrausz 19y ago|10 comments
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I'm several months away from launching (SaaS product), but since our service is targeted towards paid clients, we figure the growth will be much smaller. We'll probably use S3 for daily backups when we go live, growth after that will be de
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XKCD: Important Life Lesson(xkcd.com)
2 points by bkrausz 19y ago|2 comments
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Syntax error...you have an odd number of pluses :P
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Xkcd: Travelling Salesman Problem(xkcd.com)
41 points by bkrausz 19y ago|14 comments
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Xkcd: Tap That Ass(xkcd.com)
7 points by bkrausz 19y ago|1 comments
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by bkrausz 19y ago
It depends who's perspective you're coming from. You want people competing for you, whether you're hiring or looking to be hired. It's great for the self-esteem and makes you look good to companies.
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by bkrausz 19y ago
From http://xkcd.com/about/ How do I write "xkcd"? There's nothing in Strunk and White about this. For those of us pedantic enough to want a rule, here it is: The preferred form is "xkcd", all lower-case. In formal contexts where a lowerc
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Does anyone else find it funny that this is an HN link about a TC link about a HN link?
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by bkrausz 19y ago
You can be an ex-programmer? As I see it it's a mentality, you can't really lose that.
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I'm not working full-time because of college. I've heard many arguments for/against it, but I do feel that a degree is a useful and worthwhile plan B in case you do need to go to a big company for a paycheck. So for now I hack away on wee
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by bkrausz 19y ago
Interesting idea, but the problem is many people use social news as a quick way to view/post/discuss things. The time involved in solving puzzles offsets that convenience, i.e. it can discourage posting because of the time necessary to mak
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I've tried blogging 2 or 3 times. Right now I post on my blog every month or so. The problem with me is that I eventually run out of ideas and the blog feels more like work than a pass time. But I think that may just be me...I'd say go fo
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by bkrausz 19y ago
I find that interviewers are more interested in the method than the answer...if you just sit there and say "I was never taught this" you probably won't get the job. On the other hand, if you stand up, go to the whiteboard, and start writin

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