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by bporterfield 18y ago
fortune cookie fortune that stays on my laptop: "the benefits of our efforts are not always obvious" this helps to remind me that any new project I work on helps me learn from simply the experience of creation. Additionally, there's no way
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Good feedback. We do tweet for you when you post if you want, you can set that up in your settings. Friendfeed integration would be great as well. Thanks for the encouragement!
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Having "invite issues" at the moment - I'll batch up all invite requests and send them out this evening. You can also hit me up at ben [at] 12seconds.tv if you're interested. Thanks for checking it out!
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Invitation should be in the mail - let me know if you don't receive it. Thanks for the interest!
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Ask HN: Feedback on our startup - http://12seconds.tv
11 points by bporterfield 18y ago|16 comments
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Very interesting post. To the point that levels of complexity can be hidden by an external production pyramid: Encapsulating complexity through a 'pyramid' of vendors is the evolutionary norm for all complicated systems. "I don't want to ha
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I do know little about the development process, but that wasn't the point of my comment. I think it's perfectly acceptable to discuss things that justify general points without having in-depth knowledge about the specifics. Nor was my point
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I consistently see posts like this touting 'new web-app frameworks' and such, and always find a few important concepts about web apps mysteriously unmentioned: 1) Video. Video on the web is king. Streaming video. Live video. Video comments.
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by bporterfield 18y ago
We use Plone CMS ( http://www.plone.org ) and it's fantastic. Loads of options beyond standard wiki, easy to set up. Edit: Quote from their site - "An eWeek Labs Analyst's Choice award winner, this open-source product is one of the best sol
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by bporterfield 18y ago
63 comments and you're the first to notice! I've finally found my co-founder.
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I think the point of the post is to express a slight frustration over stories ranking high simply because they come from specific sources, and the fact that many people seem to approve of these posts simply because of the source. If everyon
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My New Instant Karma Plan
50 points by bporterfield 18y ago|66 comments
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Yes, by best I meant "Most Ridiculous". I thought it was hysterical, and took nothing from the site whatsoever except for a laugh. Jokes!
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vNES FAQ(virtualnes.com)
5 points by bporterfield 18y ago|10 comments
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Agreed with everyone. Programming is hard. Computers are hard. Just ask my nana. I suppose I should revise my question a bit. What I really meant to understand was what was it is about OO that makes it a focus of conversation as a hard tech
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Ask YC: What exactly is so hard about OO?
25 points by bporterfield 18y ago|59 comments
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by bporterfield 18y ago
EditPlus is a good one for windows development
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I find it very hard to agree with thesis when there is absolutely no backing information about how OO programming is "hard". What are the difficulties people are having with OO? How can I take this article seriously when it's nothing more t
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I seethat you have invites to evernote and yet it's not on your list of apps you use - why not?
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by bporterfield 18y ago
Agreed that it should be simple, but it seems that there's enough room for error with security, sessions, etc, and enough functionality that needs to be built out that's common (mass email, sign-up email, sign-up verification email, for exa
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I think that the point is being missed here. Adobe's intentions probably have little to do with player development and a lot more to do with Silverlight & Canvas. Adobe's hope is that opening a platform with 98% penetration will further
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by bporterfield 18y ago
I would imagine it would be a set of APIs a website could use for new user signup, logging in, session tokens, logging out, and retrieval of lists of users based on some criteria. This could be a hosted solution or one that you install on y
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Ask YC: Open-Source User Management System
1 points by bporterfield 18y ago|5 comments