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by devmonk 16y ago
What changes do you think should be made to enhance the quality of content and get more people to vote?
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Ask HN: How would you improve Google News?
6 points by devmonk 16y ago|4 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'm having trouble finding a link, but there have been user experience studies involving heat maps, etc. showing that any unnecessary visual elements distract the user. I'm with you that I like the idea of having a strong visual indicator t
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by devmonk 16y ago
"It's a magic box. A box where you push a simple button to get a category of information you are interested in..." Actually, there would be no box and what you want would just be there.
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'm somewhat new to HN, but I don't like the new look. The existing one is much easier on the eyes. A good UI should not introduce new colors or visual elements that are unnecessary. Zebra coloring of rows has its place, but not here. Don't
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by devmonk 16y ago
Is that what the Firefox search page is about? I always switched it to the real Google page. Was I doing Mozilla a disfavor by doing that?
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by devmonk 16y ago
Virtual machine can give the wrong connotation to a Java developer though. It isn't just running compiled classes like in Java. It has to do ongoing runtime compilation.
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by devmonk 16y ago
Has anyone done a shootout recently like this?: http://programmingzen.com/2007/12/03/the-great-ruby-shootout... I'd heard that JRuby was fastest these days, so it would be great to see some numbers and side-by-side features comparisons.
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by devmonk 16y ago
As others said, I don't think I've ever see entrepreneur spelled entrepenuer quite that many times before. If the nuclear bomb was mispelling entrepreneur, it has been dropped. Though, I appreciate Ron's willingness to speak out against the
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by devmonk 16y ago
松本武 - At often, the goat-time install a error is vomit. Agreed. 松本武 - To how many times like the wind, a pole, and the dragon? I don't know... 5, maybe 7? 松本武 - Install 2,3 repeat, spank, vomit blows Was that a Windows install? 松本武 - goat-t
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by devmonk 16y ago
Neat. Still, I think there is a much greater gap between punch cards and today and all of the technology lost to history than is being recognized in this article. We aren't saying "You're too young and stupid," we're saying "Holy cow, I did
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Design flaw in the MacBook MagSafe power cord attachment?
2 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I miss racquetball. Good post!
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Ask HN: Pair programming anti-patterns?
2 points by devmonk 16y ago|2 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
No idea what the startup is or what you are trying to do, so no idea what you would need in a CTO or why you'd need one before you have anything else. I worked for a startup where the president/founder of the company's friend created a sing
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by devmonk 16y ago
Do what you said you can't. Get code into Github, etc. Focus on one project that you're interested in, and do it well. As people have stated recently, go to bed earlier, wake up earlier so you work on it first thing for a few hours each day
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by devmonk 16y ago
If you really want to drive change, do this: - Create a very convincing, clearly written and illustrated report on the top 100 visited websites (Amazon, Facebook, etc.) and how they fail on accessibility. - Film yourself and your daughter s
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by devmonk 16y ago
Will they be able to do satellite deployments and research in such a vehicle? Are we really advanced enough to be sending something that big and fast into the air that is under automated control? They better guard the guidance controls on t
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by devmonk 16y ago
I disagree. If anything, buy stock in McDonald's. While the world's economy continues to suffer, people will be working longer hours, more depressed, and stressing out. This is basically a recipe for fast food profits. On the other hand, it
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by devmonk 16y ago
Not the page linked, but the first post on that site is pretty funny: (from http://52weeksofux.com/tagged/week_1 ) "You cannot not communicate. Every behaviour is a kind of communication. Because behaviour does not have a counterpart (the
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by devmonk 16y ago
How do you measure confidence and delusion quantitatively?
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by devmonk 16y ago
Decide what you want to program before finding a mentor, even though some mentors might help you find a language to specialize in rather than just teaching you a small part of what they know and how they think. If you want to be more involv
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by devmonk 16y ago
I know two programmers that have pilot's licenses, but I don't know any pilots that have programmer's licenses. ;)
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by devmonk 16y ago
Some ideas: - Bill on a per-use basis - Hours of usage are prepaid like calling cards - Ads - Selling data collected to others (and it doesn't even have to be personally identifying customer info. I worked for a company that did speed tests
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by devmonk 16y ago
Unfortunately, as long as the result arrives quickly, many users won't know or care. As request/response time goes down via faster processing/faster networking, there will be more room for more redirects, if desired. It is a problem, and it
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by devmonk 16y ago
Some thoughts: PhP is for general-purpose web application development, but somewhat targeted at building "higher traffic dynamic webpages", although it is much more than that. It's widely used, and it's been around a good while. It isn't go
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by devmonk 16y ago
The offer sounds good to me. In other parts of the country for an FTE, that's not too shabby, and it will look loads better on your resume (depending on what you'll be doing and how that fits with your goals) than other positions. But, I'm
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Ask HN: How do you find time to code/build your business in the evening?
119 points by devmonk 16y ago|73 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
Instead of trying to do what you want to do, even if it is simple and you know what you want to do should be easily doable, try some tutorials. Note that if you are using Rails 3, most of the tutorials out there are for Rails 2. This is goi
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by devmonk 16y ago
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