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961.
by bprater 18y ago
The reality is that folks who work at the level discussed in the document probably don't have the desire to actually read the article and improve themselves.
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by bprater 18y ago
Why poopoo an idea instead of making creative suggestions? God, who needed another search engine when Google fired up it's first server? There are ideas, and then there are gold inside ideas. Some ideas just need time to ferment and geniuse
963.
by bprater 18y ago
I really love Skitch for taking screenshots. You can go from snapping a shot to having it on the web and pasting a URL to a field in like 5 seconds. Like such: http://skitch.com/bprater/xri2/hacker-news-mac-101-capture-s...
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by bprater 18y ago
Between getting into and becoming truly adept is a giant chasm. If you have a talent for design, step it up several notches. Great talent will seek you out.
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by bprater 18y ago
Show off your design skills. Great developers are always looking to pair up with great designers.
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by bprater 18y ago
Certainly creative! Interesting meme, having Michael Bay inspired screenplays that didn't make it.
967.
by bprater 18y ago
God, I didn't realize IE6 hit the streets in 2001. What is it that makes corporate cultures so slow in upgrading to IE7, especially if they are locked into the Windows platform?
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by bprater 18y ago
The other reason it won't be the Twitter killer is network effects. My friend isn't using identi.ca, so why should I? By the time that identi.ca makes any inroads, Twitter will get its technology fixed and people simply won't care. It's not
969.
by bprater 18y ago
You know -- there aren't a vast number of consumer-facing applications that really need this kind of power. Video games? Ripping a DVD? Editting video? And what does this mean? As a hacker, am I forced to target my tiny little application t
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by bprater 18y ago
Yep, even the folks promoting Bluray are making the realization that most folks can't tell the difference between it and DVD.
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by bprater 18y ago
Agreed, I do my part to try and vote on stuff as much as I can, especially comments that have obviously taken time and effort to create.
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by bprater 18y ago
Although impressive, it still has a long way to go before being considered dominant. A good question might be: why hasn't it gained more popularity over the last 5 years?
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by bprater 18y ago
What a fucking amazing game for it's time. I never had so much fun playing my C64.
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by bprater 18y ago
Everyone "eats, shits and dies" is similar to the "everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time". I think it's an effective saying, but won't resonate with everyone. I think the best solution for some folks is to simply force yourself int
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Ask YC: Links in submission text?
23 points by bprater 18y ago|16 comments
976.
by bprater 18y ago
Would be cool to have a parallel vote open to the general public to see where their interests lie.
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by bprater 18y ago
I really would love to see Microsoft attempt a new OS project. Even if it were designed and released in parallel with Windows 7 and primary for the dev crowd, it might be interesting to see what they can do if they allow themselves to be re
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by bprater 18y ago
Paypal isn't popular? Ruh? Amazon isn't popular because it didn't create a "killer app" for the concept. I think the idea is fucking brilliant. Instead of ad injection for revenue, take Paypal on directly. I'm a buy-my-buddy-a-beer kind of
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by bprater 18y ago
This is where you see a strong advantage in a language like Ruby over Java. The less code you have to write initially, the less you'll have to scrap when the rewrite comes. And the rewrite always comes. The question is when.
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by bprater 18y ago
Elegance here means having much meaning a small space. Variable replacement is hardly programmable. More of a macro expansion. To my eyes, this has lots of meaning: div { color: var(CorporateLogoBGColor) } To my eyes, this has very
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by bprater 18y ago
Long overdue. But it's good to see it implemented!
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by bprater 18y ago
Elegance.
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by bprater 18y ago
Could we have a definition of what this does on the profile page? (Along with the other fields.)
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by bprater 18y ago
What does "keep accounts in sync" mean? (Give an example of the "pain" we face doing such and add this to your homepage. Remember, it needs to "click" in 3 seconds.)
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by bprater 18y ago
I absolutely agree, but if a hacker can accept the fact that their code truly has value, they can bring in someone they trust to sell that to companies.
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by bprater 18y ago
I discovered the goddamn \G trick about six months ago. I couldn't believe I hadn't picked it up anywhere else. It's the most useful thing you can learn when dealing with the MySQL shell! (Especially when your eyes buzz out trying to line u
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by bprater 18y ago
Wrong. Fail. You have THREE seconds to capture someone's attention before they yank the back button and go back to surfing funny cats. The human brain is very lazy, it is constantly trying to put every situation in a box. An easy-to-underst
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by bprater 18y ago
Here's a S3 calculator that can help you figure out costs: http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html A quick check tells me that ~40,000GB storage is about $6k/month, not including xfer costs.
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by bprater 18y ago
Spolsky is one of the best tech essayists alive. If he wants to graduate from college, in 1991, I'd let him.
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by bprater 18y ago
Never heard of such a device. You really do learn something new everyday!

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