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   by colkassad 16y ago

   I used to enjoy listening to This Week in Tech until they started focusing on Twitter, Facebook, and Zynga. I still listen because I genuinely like Leo Laporte's presentation and personality. However, I am disappointed with him and tech jou
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   Ah, so this is about faith in humanity, and whether the story is true or not does not matter -- as long as we believe. I can live with that. I have to say though, I've met plenty of non-poor, non-immigrant folk that like to help people out.
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   I really don't believe it. I'm sorry, but real life doesn't play out like that. Maybe there is a grain of truth to the story but alarm bells start ringing when the tale comes straight out of a script writers workshop. Read it again! And why
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   That's a good story but a little over the top. If the author had dispensed with the $20 bill in the tamale the suspension of belief would have been a little more effective.
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   Replace "ht..." with "html" in your mobile browser. It's a bug in that reader app. EDIT: The bug is also in the Hacker News Reader android app.
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   I like the hacker news android app, which is the app I use the most. Since I don't talk on the phone much, it's arguable that I spend $1500 a year just to read hacker news on the go...
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   Is it scientifically possible that life does not exist on other worlds? This is a serious question. Billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars...it would be mind boggling to me that it would be possible that we are the only planet in
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   I am impressed that you can hack while walking down the street! When I'm coding my wife has to call my name 3 or 4 times before I notice she is speaking to me. I would be doomed on a busy street.
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   by colkassad 16y ago

   Especially if you have a patent! I kid, I kid. I really enjoyed reading that and I'm glad you have found success beyond Kiko. I remember when Gmail released their calendar and everyone was talking about how it would crush your project. If I
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    "I can't speak for everyone out there, but I'm guessing that most of the people out there have no interest in this drama." Well, I clicked here and only saw Jason's comment. I then wrote an email and refreshed afterward to see a flurry of c
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Thanks for the postmortem, it was very inspiring (especially the image in my head of someone hacking on the subway)! The idea of an intelligent aggregator is something that I have thought about often so I find the idea of NewsBlur to be ver
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    I don't think this is the right direction for Facebook to take. In my opinion, eventually they'll take on 'the America Online of social networks' stigma. This certainly doesn't help. After a certain point I think there will be a real opport
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    I used to write BASIC programs with my Atari 400 (flat keyboard, flat fingers) when I was a child. I never got further than primitive text adventures...I was into Choose Your Own Adventure books at the time if I remember correctly. Saving a
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Nice, I read this a long time ago before learning C++. It's interesting (and reassuring) that some of the stuff we are learning is considered bad practice by Google.
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Actually, I'm 38...bit of a late starter :) Thanks for the reply and link. Modeling and simulation is my area of interest (I work in civil and environmental engineering), so it will be interesting to see what patterns will work best.
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    I found this part of his article to be interesting. I'm working through a CS degree and learning C++ for the first time after cutting my teeth on Python and C#. What exactly does he mean by "(restrained) C++"? He mentions a contract studio
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Sorry, off-topic: I highly recommend the audio book version of A Short History of Nearly Everything narrated by Richard Matthews (not the one narrated by the author).
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Thanks for the tip about the white papers. We do a lot of that at our existing company so it's good to know it will be useful if we decide to branch off.
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    Ask HN: Does anyone have any experience with civil/env. engineering startups?

    2 points by colkassad 16y ago|2 comments
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    This is nice. I really like how easy it is to just bust out an invoice. I'm using google docs for my sidework and it's somewhat of a pain. However, it's offset by ease of access, storage and retrieval. Some obvious suggestions: pdf/doc expo
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    Thanks to the people who put this together. It's one of the few things I look forward to having arrive in my inbox.
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    by colkassad 16y ago

    When I was eleven my father -- a painter who worked fourteen hour days -- bought me an Atari 400 because it was the one thing I wanted most in the world at the time. We were not privileged...my father just recognized a desire and talent in