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by cj 12y ago
Here's a simple implementation in 20 lines of code - I use this in production for our single page Backbone app (migrated away from Requirejs). https://gist.github.com/paton/ab27a1be7e843d220ee3
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by cj 12y ago
> What would translators see in this case for Arabic The Arabic translator would have to provide 6 different translations, one translation for each plural form. > And if there were two variables, nine translations? We currently only a
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by cj 12y ago
Lemmatization isn't necessary in this case, as there's no need for a grammar engine. Here's how we handle pluralization on our backend (all abstracted away from the user): For a language with 2 plural forms (ie. French), we
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by cj 12y ago
I created Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com ), a localization SaaS. Pluralization is a challenge, but we're able to solve this with some pretty simple HTML tags. For example: <div>I have <var pluralize="3&quo
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by cj 12y ago
I experienced the same thing when I was at the pre-seed stage. I got an email from an exec at our competitor trying to hire me. I figured I'd grab dinner with them to see what they had to say, and they ended up being completely transpa
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by cj 12y ago
> There are a few warnings that go along with working for equity. Another warning: Equity can be expensive. It can cost a lot of money to keep that equity when you leave the startup. I was at a startup for 2 years and had 2% vested eq
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by cj 12y ago
Position: Full stack engineer (Backbone / Node.js) Location: SF / NYC (will help w/ relocation) Company: Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com/ ). We're a fast growing, engineering-focussed company building
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by cj 12y ago
How a company is really doing is often disconnected from the press. I know people in companies that appear to be doing fabulously on the outside, but internally are horrible places to work. There's two sides to every story. A lot of st
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by cj 12y ago
Localize.js requires adding our Javascript library to your page (like you do with Google Analytics, Optimizely, Mixpanel, etc). If you don't mind me asking, what is preventing you from adding a line of js code to your website?
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by cj 12y ago
Shameless plug: I've been working on a i18n / localization SaaS for about a year now called Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com ), with the goal of automating the localization process. It works by scanning the DOM for t
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by cj 12y ago
Congrats on the new job! > I suffer from crippling anxiety [...] foggy Xanax brain. Consider asking your doctor about propranolol. It's a safe, non-addictive beta-blocker often used to treat high blood pressure, but it also eliminat
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by cj 12y ago
They don't have a CSV export, but here's a quick Javascript script that pulls the fundings and calculates the median and average. Total companies: 486 Median funding: $450,000 Average funding: $2,039,918 Total funding: $991,40
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by cj 12y ago
Techstars is incredibly transparent with their stats. Full funding data available here: http://www.techstars.com/companies/stats/ I just pulled some numbers quickly... In the last 3 Techstars NYC batches (not incl
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by cj 12y ago
Question for Tyler (or anyone who signs contracts with their customers): What's the minimum deal size that you'd want to have a contract with a customer? If you're a $50/month SaaS, it probably doesn't make sense, b
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by cj 12y ago
Position: Full stack engineer (Backbone / Node.js) Location: SF / NYC (will help w/ relocation) Company: Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com/ ). We're a fast growing, engineering-focussed company building
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by cj 12y ago
IMO, a big upside of using a define / require pattern, even when the final library is fully concatenated, is that you have a clear picture of all of variables that are available in a particular module. It's a little ambiguous when
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by cj 12y ago
File size. I run a service that requires our customers to install our Javascript snippet on their page. Migrating away from require.js reduced file size by ~20%.
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by cj 12y ago
I recently wrote a 20 LOC (synchronous) implementation of define() and require(). https://gist.github.com/paton/ab27a1be7e843d220ee3 Less than a tweet long when minified :) If file size is extremely important to your p
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by cj 12y ago
Position: Full stack engineer (Backbone / Node.js) Location: SF / NYC (will help w/ relocation) Company: Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com/ ). We're a small B2B startup that makes a tool for developers
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by cj 12y ago
Technically, it's possible. To get stuck in a loop you'd have to have another script that uses MutationObserver to reverse the changes that Localize.js makes to the DOM. We haven't run in to this yet, but I'll see if the
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by cj 12y ago
We use MutationObserver ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObs... ) to detect when content on the page changes, so when you add (or change) a <div> on your page, we're ab
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by cj 12y ago
Localize.js is fully compatible with all DOM-modifying frameworks (Backbone, Angular, etc). Localize.js doesn't actually replace existing DOM elements, rather it simply changes the existing elements' contents as to not interfere w
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by cj 12y ago
Shameless plug: I've been working on a similar project for about a year now called Localize.js ( https://localizejs.com ), with the goal of automating the entire process of internationalization / localization. It works
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by cj 12y ago
Paul Buchheit: "We definitely fund [solo founders], but you have to be about 4 times as good. I think Instacart was a solo founder, and that's a great company. We're very happy to fund single founders; it's really more
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by cj 12y ago
> I’m not sure of a good alternative to Google Fonts though. Is Adobe's Typekit blocked?
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by cj 12y ago
There's a pretty good Bloomberg article about this: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-04-17/how-can-yah... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606891
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by cj 12y ago
The biggest flaw is the assumption that people who live in cities where Uber is available drive an average of 13,476 miles per year (with avg commute distance of 25 miles). Those numbers are the national average, but I'd guess the aver
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3D printing used to create impossible spinning tops(techcrunch.com)
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by cj 12y ago
On another note, as an advertiser on Twitter I'm surprised that I'm not allowed to create ads to be displayed to users in countries like India, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Ukrai
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by cj 12y ago
As is the NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&...

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