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by cpayne 11y ago
What do you do with one of these things? I get the concept of totally understanding the hardware & software, but once you bootup, then what? Are you presented with a command prompt? Can you use it for an IoT? Or (on the software si
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Microsoft Launches a Beta Bug Bounty Program for .NET Core and ASP.NET(blogs.msdn.com)
2 points by cpayne 11y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 11y ago
What @personjerry said. His accountant must loose his mind. In my experience, hosting is a lot more expensive than everyone thinks. That being said, choose a number - 40%, 60%, 90%. I've never seen a business that generates THAT much
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by cpayne 11y ago
The article says the platform has a ‘few thousand’ users. Let's be conservative and say 2000. 40% of basic at $295 = $236k 40% of pro at $295 = $396k 20% of basic at $295 = $398k Equals $1.03M. PER MONTH! With one staff (I think the
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by cpayne 11y ago
I'd love to see a postmortem on Atlassian's rise to fame where other tools haven't succeeded. I remember reading a brief comment by Joel Spolsky saying he wasn't too worried about "those blokes from Australia".
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by cpayne 11y ago
You've done that quite well. I'm surprised its that thick, but it looks like it give the numbers an awesome rounded look. Really adds to the organic look and feel. Well done!
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by cpayne 11y ago
I was wondering about the spikes. What did you do that worked / didn't work to fix that? What is the 'thickness'? I'm guessing only several millimeters??
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by cpayne 11y ago
New Zealand! As RowanH suggested above. Have a look at www.seek.co.nz
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by cpayne 11y ago
Not so sure about the expert comment. What is an expert? But I do agree about the 'tech-handicap'. If / when you do become an evangelist, these people are likely to be your customers. If you can't relate to them (why
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by cpayne 11y ago
Git with a Gui (Sourcetree, Github etc.) is a pretty straight forward exercise. I've seen designers use version control with things like: filename.FINALE.jpg filename.Last Finale.jpg filename.Approved Finale.jpg etc. Certainly its wort
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by cpayne 11y ago
Distribution! They have an audience, and they know if they publish x books per week, they will make y $$$'s. But that is a fair question for an author to ask. If you already have an audience, then you would seriously look at what val
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by cpayne 11y ago
It would be both. 10 days of doing anything intensively is a LONG time! The author did say that several people couldn't last. I'm sure you would either crack or have a breakthrough...
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by cpayne 11y ago
good results by taking 10 days off to go surfing Or just 10 days of doing anything you don't normally do. 10 days of doing anything intensively would make a drastic results: - learn a new programming language - learn a new skill (coo
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by cpayne 11y ago
Step 7: Release it as a... Damn. I actually have no idea what this thing is for Summarizes my development career to date. Still awesome to watch...
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by cpayne 11y ago
Not sure why this comment got downvoted without a reply. Anyway, I remember hearing the same argument when Youtube exploded. It's one thing to have a product (Bingo Cards, Youtube or whatever) but distribution and an existing client b
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by cpayne 11y ago
It depends on what skills you bring to the table. (Personally) I know I can execute and grow. But I can't for the life of me find an idea to get started with. Also, if you already have an existing business (such as the OP), then you
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by cpayne 11y ago
I hear a lot of talks about NDA's but I have never heard of one being enforced. Anyone else seen where an NDA was successfully enforced?
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by cpayne 11y ago
Great game! How did you do the cross platform? Xamarin, native or something else??
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by cpayne 11y ago
The only answer I can see is - whatever the market is willing to pay. I can't understand the high prices for art, but I can see it for musical instruments [1]. My wife can "hear" a Stradivari. It doesn't make my hearing
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by cpayne 11y ago
It is totally awful! But it's also the reality (that doesn't make it ok). I thought the same thing - just pay someone to be the face. I don't think it is all that different to a celebrity endorsement...
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by cpayne 11y ago
Have you read "An Astronaut's guide to life on earth"[1] by Chris Hadfield? Its written in a little more informal context than a to-do list, but it does describe what he (and his family!!!) had to go through. Brilliant read!
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by cpayne 11y ago
A "Developer" today is very different to a developer 7 years ago [ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer ]. I started as a software developer in the 90's. Back then, if you didn't have a degree
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Game of Thrones: First 4 episodes leaked(smh.com.au)
1 points by cpayne 12y ago|0 comments
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by cpayne 12y ago
(For me) the kicker in your response was: than to give everyone the same amount of time and respect Who then, is worth of your time and/or respect? What is your criteria? Fine by me to have your opinion. But at least be able to bac
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by cpayne 12y ago
Yes, I'm the only Tech Lead. We are a tiny company (less than 10 staff) But even in bigger companies I've worked for, mentoring is probably the biggest difference. I've worked with a LOT of Senior Developers where English i
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by cpayne 12y ago
At my company, I am the tech lead. (For me), the company isn't big enough to justify a full time Software Architect. Also, generally Software Architects don't spend a lot of time (if any) coding. I prefer the title Tech Lead over
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Swedish airport introduces retro games(traveller.com.au)
2 points by cpayne 12y ago|1 comments
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by cpayne 12y ago
Not sure why this was downvoted. I agree, after the 10th discussion on how designers are breaking scrolling, I'm not sure what is achieved apart from "yeah, that still pisses me off too!"
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by cpayne 12y ago
I think that is the point - it isn't making them money! When you think of the brand "Maxis", what do you think? Either the Sims or Sim City. But the brand EA is a far more recognisable (and valuable). Like it or not, EA buys
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by cpayne 12y ago
I remember at the time when Steve Jobs said that no one will want a colour iPod. That was the first time I stopped and thought - really???

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