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811.
by bprater 18y ago
Sorry to hear about your partner. If you are reliant on that expense and at the same time trying to start a business -- you might consider finding traditional employment while trying to get this business going. Starting a business can be ro
812.
by bprater 18y ago
Don't listen to anyone who talks about price. Price is immaterial. Provide amazing value and you can pick your price.
813.
by bprater 18y ago
Too much for whom? $500 is a drop in the bucket for a corporate client. In fact, they might find it too low to take seriously.
814.
by bprater 18y ago
Heard of downsampling? There is a reason that HD video looks better on a standard television.
815.
by bprater 18y ago
When I was staying in Amsterdam, I picked up this book and read it from cover-to-cover. And when I got back to the states, I read it again. I read an enormous number of how-to, self-help, technical and spiritual books every year. I can easi
816.
by bprater 18y ago
I'm not sure I understand the motivation for LDS to own Facebook. Sounds like lots of eggs in one basket for a company that certainly hasn't proven it's value yet.
817.
by bprater 18y ago
If you messed with Actionscript in the past, but haven't played with Actionscript 3, you'll be impressed. It is no longer a toy language.
818.
by bprater 18y ago
You're right, they don't want that cash cow leaving anytime soon. But when iPhone gets their act together and allow for background applications, it will be a death knell. Even now, some of my friends will "ping" me with SMS and then we will
819.
16 Ways QVC Hacks Us(hackinghumans.net)
1 points by bprater 18y ago|0 comments
820.
by bprater 18y ago
Correct grammar and punctuation please.
821.
by bprater 18y ago
I call bullshit. Raytracing an entire city with quality exceeding that of any video card on the market -- and do it in the cloud in real time? Mind-blowing and seductive, but impossible with today's technology.
822.
Steve Jobs Shouldn't Be Happy with the AppStore...(hackinghumans.net)
1 points by bprater 18y ago|0 comments
823.
by bprater 18y ago
"It will stop the low budget projects and answer a lot of questions upfront." Ding, ding. And at higher rates, you immediately classify yourself as an expert. The human brain automatically connects higher prices to higher value. (Even if it
824.
by bprater 18y ago
"2 x Quad Core 3GHz processors, 128GB of RAM, and 8×73GB 15,000 RPM SAS" Holy cow, I didn't realize you could stuff 128GB into a server.
825.
by bprater 18y ago
I'm similarly curious about the legality of using screenshots.
826.
by bprater 18y ago
Might consider star ratings without forcing a login. I think the site is useful, but not useful enough to want to create a user account. A great technique is marketing is to get people to make very small commitments (star ratings) which wil
827.
by bprater 18y ago
It'll be interesting to see who ends up on the show. Will DHH be there?
828.
by bprater 18y ago
Just when you thought you've seen the nerdiest thing in the world...
829.
by bprater 18y ago
I use something similar, dnsmadeeasy.com. API, fail-over, redundancy, crappy UI. I can't ask for more from a DNS host!
830.
by bprater 18y ago
One of the beautiful things about craigslist is that it is a holdover from the early days of the web. It is a snapshot of what we all once were. I hope they never give in to the temptation to redesign. (And it doesn't hurt that it is blazin
831.
by bprater 18y ago
I do. I want to pay. I like paying for software apps that small independent software creators make a living with. I know it isn't alot of money, but I know that it makes a real impact on them and their families. And that makes me feel good.
832.
by bprater 18y ago
Conversion rate (browsers / buyers) is a function of the level of interest from the browsers. In markets that I deal with, we can prime a mailing list ahead of a purchase and scale the conversion rate 5%, 10%, 15%. A useful bit to think abo
833.
by bprater 18y ago
I'm not a video expert, but why aren't we focusing on the h.264 standard? We will start to see h.264 decoding chipsets ("anytime now") so we can watch 1080p, why revert to a standard that makes it an additional transcoding step and not supp
834.
by bprater 18y ago
And it took the Wright Brothers how long to pitch that bucket of sticks and cloth into the sky? I'm confident the crew will work the kinks out and we'll look back at this phase as "humbled beginnings".
835.
by bprater 18y ago
I'm sure they are covered by insurance and I'm confident Musk clearly clued them in to their current success rate. And I'm guessing the rates were heavily discounted.
836.
by bprater 18y ago
It is that kind of self-policing (is that how it is spelled?) that really sucks. And it is one of the reasons I make little use of Facebook. I realize that silly stuff or things I'm passionate about now might come back to haunt me.
837.
by bprater 18y ago
And we continue our march closer to the year 1984.
838.
by bprater 18y ago
Anyone know of a fun little webapp that can give you this info at a glance, perhaps over time?
839.
by bprater 18y ago
Agreed, you are totally on to something here. It makes it really clear how the volume changes over time.
840.
by bprater 18y ago
Completely irrelevant and flagged. I suggest positive karma for being able to submit.

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