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   by delano 16y ago

   Face paint, seriously? You might fool the software but every person that sees you will remember you forever.
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   by delano 16y ago

   It happened to me as well (in Chrome), but only on the first mouseover. After that it worked fine.
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   by delano 16y ago

   This is a standard technique in B2B sales. Instead of trying to sell a predefined product (aka a solution), have a conversation with the customer about the issues that they want to address. It's a reasonable approach for complex problems be
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   by delano 16y ago

   I only take the train now too. Experience on Greyhound: forced to buy two tickets for the same trip. Experience on VIA Rail: picture with the Stanley Cup.
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   by delano 16y ago

   This is generally the style of most ignite talks.
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   by delano 16y ago

   This is interesting from a historical perspective but it reads like the ramblings of a micromanager.
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   by delano 16y ago

   - I love clean REST APIs so I can clearly see the value in your service over others (e.g. using S3 directly). But the benefits probably aren't immediately obvious to most potential customers. Maybe consider a side-by-side comparison of step
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   by delano 16y ago

   Isn't the stock market the Digg for stocks?
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   by delano 16y ago

   Never give up on fantasy!
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    by delano 16y ago

    When it comes to humanitarian work, I don't care what someone's motivation is. By the way, if you get in the habit of editing messages after they're posted, you can add a publishing delay in your profile settings.
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    by delano 16y ago

    People hike across Canada all the time. So much so that there is a national network of trails: http://tctrail.ca/home.php
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    by delano 16y ago

    I agree! Having overlap between skill sets also helps communication about problems and solutions.
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    by delano 16y ago

    That's funny, I actually considered doing that at one point.
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    by delano 16y ago

    That's good advice!
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    by delano 16y ago

    Thanks for the congrats. It feels good to ship!
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    by delano 16y ago

    Good points. We certainly have some work to do yet! - I need to think more about what would make sense in just a couple words. - Ya, lots of blue is good; lots of red is bad. This is a work in progress. - SD == standard deviation. Lower is
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    by delano 16y ago

    Good question. We're playing around with all kinds of options. Right now: - the bar on the left is the average of all sites tested in the previous week. - the bar on the right is the site you're checking. Each bar is broken down into the sl
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    by delano 16y ago

    Haha, thanks.
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    by delano 16y ago

    Thanks, I'll pass that on.
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    by delano 16y ago

    Ah, debugging code. Thanks for finding that so quickly! (it's fixed)
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    Ask HN: How fast is your site? (A short bootstrap story)

    11 points by delano 16y ago|16 comments
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    by delano 16y ago

    So many folks suggest "If you don't have anything you can show, start by contributing to OSS work!" that I sort of have the urge to be contrarian Many interesting companies prefer to hire (and in some cases hire only) people who have or h
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    by delano 16y ago

    "Talk doesn't cook rice."
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    by delano 16y ago

    Surely not in the Netherlands!
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    by delano 16y ago

    Interesting. Where do people play Go in Toronto btw?
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    by delano 16y ago

    Absolutely. Cleaning your home is also very effective.
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    by delano 16y ago

    I left full time work 2 years ago to bootstrap my own company. I've hit many periods of "reduced productivity" along the way, but I'm now about a week away from a public beta that I feel great about. Allow yourself to be less productive som
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    by delano 16y ago

    I'm not familiar with any of the people involved, but it could just be an accurate statement. Also, you left out the last part of the quote: You can’t miss that one that is brilliant.
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    by delano 17y ago

    To quote angelbob on an adjacent thread, traffic is not created equal . For example, you can't sell tickets to watch cars drive down main street.
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    by delano 17y ago

    The locked-downness is part of Apple's approach to entering the corporate market. Interestingly, this approach (consumer -> corporate) is precisely the opposite to RIM's approach with the Blackberry. It almost seems too crazy-bold to ha