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by d_r 16y ago
This is off-topic, but here is a shout out from one of your customers! PopupChinese is great. I found out about it because AdsoTrans was the most handy pinyin conversion site that I've used for years. And I don't remember how I found about
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by d_r 16y ago
You're underestimating how much this store will help an indie developer like myself.
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by d_r 16y ago
Yes, but if someone makes an OS X malware app, they would still need to think of the distribution channel. Few will download from my-amazing-toolbar dot com. But if your malware is in official app store ... there we go. What's to stop somet
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by d_r 16y ago
I'm surprised this is not getting more discussion. Are these apps going to be iOS-based or genuine OS X applications? (I think the latter.) In the days when I used Windows, I naturally only downloaded "official" apps and avoided any sort of
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by d_r 16y ago
I know that each decision is a result of hard work by many people. While I don't find time for community initiatives, I appreciate that others (like yourself) do. Seriously. My comment was more directed towards the process . Every plan is
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by d_r 16y ago
Not a touchy-feely democracy, it can build bridges, highways, skyscrapers a lot faster with less paperwork and fewer property rights considerations. I have been visiting China frequently in the past years. Economic aspects aside, I still
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by d_r 16y ago
I loved the post, but would be interesting to see some actual data behind these observations. Some of these seemingly contradict each other: one "rule" claims that ascending order of prices is better, another claims the opposite.
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by d_r 16y ago
I presume this talks about them being too cheap to have fridges for employees.
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by d_r 16y ago
Originally called Windows Premiere Edition... Interesting that even in 1985 (with relatively few products released) Microsoft still couldn't resist from using fluff terms like "Premiere" Windows Vista Enterprise Premium Gold Edition.
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Progress/loading animation GIF generator(ajaxload.info)
3 points by d_r 16y ago|0 comments
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The physics of Angry Birds(wired.com)
73 points by d_r 16y ago|25 comments
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by d_r 16y ago
Perhaps unrelated, but I've always wondered why http://www.authorize.net/ insists on generously using 1990s-style stock clipart all over their site. Does the picture of the lady with the headset really make their operation that much more
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by d_r 16y ago
Just finished transferring all my domain names to NameCheap for that very reason -- I got tired of sifting through tens of pages with links in various font sizes to find that ever-elusive DNS setting ... among other things.
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by d_r 16y ago
Major Chinese banks are about the same. The best part is that the ActiveX controls are optimized for IE6 (seriously) since various security settings in IE7+ prevent them from working. Yes, the controls for added security only work with lowe
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by d_r 16y ago
A reader comment from the linked BetaNews page describes it well. Microsoft's marketing people must have sat around a table and pondered what features they could possibly promote about Windows Phone 7. They couldn't really promote it
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by d_r 16y ago
BugMeNot to the rescue! http://www.bugmenot.com/view/nytimes.com
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by d_r 16y ago
This may be stating the obvious, but I can log in to my online bank and presumably transfer money without any dollars ending up unaccounted. I (hopefully) can't go in and tamper with my balance. Are banks that much better at software, or ha
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by d_r 16y ago
Well-written and entertaining piece, but sounds almost too good to be true (a made-for-viral PR story?) Very convenient that it flew into the emergency lane and there were no cars behind.
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by d_r 16y ago
Technically, it seems both are correct. (From http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/?tab=biography ) While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In h
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by d_r 16y ago
The main point, really, is causation. Mark Zuckerberg (and Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, etc, etc) dropped out of school AFTER starting a successful business. Even Paul Graham quit his day job AFTER starting a successful business. On the other h
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by d_r 16y ago
For that, Air Video has worked great for me. (There's a free version that shows up to N files in a folder, if you want to try it out first.)
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by d_r 16y ago
Really? It's true that the developers make the "menus" but Google and Apple make the "restaurant," to continue the analogy. Having recently acquired an Android phone for dev purposes, I find the UI, built-in controls, installing apps, setti
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by d_r 16y ago
Couldn't upvote you enough. This also applies to a startup vs. another startup. There have been a number of "Ask HN:" posts recently along the lines of "oh shoot, we just discovered there's another startup working on a similar idea! should
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by d_r 16y ago
Having thought about nothing other than iPhone or web/SaSS apps in the recent months, seeing this makes me fascinated at just how much of the web (and creative outlets) I don't know.
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by d_r 16y ago
Of course, rolling your own encryption has more than one peril. The catch in this case seems to be that "encryption" includes even making an HTTPS request with built in iOS libraries.
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by d_r 16y ago
For those interested in how this translates to Win32, there's a site with a wealth of tutorials for Win32 assembly that I had used just about 10 years ago. I just Googled and it still exists. http://win32assembly.online.fr/tutorials.html
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Encryption in your iPhone application? Get ready for paperwork.(zetetic.net)
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by d_r 16y ago
I highly recommend grabbing "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser. Beyond that, write as much as you can, and read your writing immediately or later. Is the point you're making as clear to the reader as it is to you? Are you using extra word
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by d_r 16y ago
I wonder how many indie developers make a choice to not develop significant iOS-based products (such as this one) and instead build "unit converters" and "fart apps" since those make it into the store with no problem.
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by d_r 16y ago
One of the last sentences: "This is not a true story but similar things have all happened to me or to my colleagues. "

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