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by devmonk 16y ago
Scribd has a number of books (not downloadable, but just as useful). If you're visual, check out the "Head First" titles. http://www.scribd.com/search?cat=redesign&q=programming+... Or use google. http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl
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by devmonk 16y ago
Does this mean that future CAPTCHAs will have questions like, "What is the type of bird whose name is the same as an American Vice President's?"
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by devmonk 16y ago
"Keep your team small. Smaller than that. No team at all if you can help it." I've heard this suggestion from a burn-rate-limiting standpoint, but not from a productivity standpoint. If single-person teams were more effective (which I don't
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by devmonk 16y ago
Links from original post: http://www.google.com/trends?q=posterous%2C+%22doogie+howser... http://www.google.com/trends?q=mint.com%2C+%22doogie+howser%...
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Tell HN: The "Doogie Howser" Startup Test
11 points by devmonk 16y ago|5 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'd like to see how much was made or lost on each of these, enough to do angel investing after all of that. I know the $500/day was mentioned, but just curious. Was the bulk of the money made that is now invested from these startups, or som
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by devmonk 16y ago
Good point. However, http://www.restorethegulf.gov/ (which this article is about) doubtfully needs to pass as stringent a review as, say, something containing more sensitive data that was a little more complicated and crucial than a small
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by devmonk 16y ago
Roughly a few-several months on average to develop, I suppose, but it depends on the app. Estimate the tasks that are involved in the development yourself (a wild guess on the large side). Do the development. Measure the differences in the
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by devmonk 16y ago
Interesting, but this isn't the first time any major government site or webapp has been hosted externally.
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by devmonk 16y ago
"When do Apple and Apple watchers stop caring so much about how exactly how many iPhone apps there are?" By your example, somewhere beyond "billions and billions". The U.S. seems to do the same thing with our deficit. It's over $13 Trillion
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by devmonk 16y ago
Sounds similar to this movie plot. And, yes, it's 30,000 not 20,000. I missed that distinction when browsing Netflix. Stream it- I wouldn't waste the mailer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056026/
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by devmonk 16y ago
Totally agree with this. Simplicity is the reason that higher-level languages and lightweight process for project/task management, design/development should win. So what's the problem in general? Well, let's take it a step further and find
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Dollar fall sparks stability warnings(ft.com)
3 points by devmonk 16y ago|1 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I thought he meant it in the sense of the circulatory motion that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. People that aren't following their dreams are stuck in "convect
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by devmonk 16y ago
"if you use open source technology, don't you have to contribute everything you develop -- related to the open source code -- back to the community?" No. Just open-source the non-business-specific part. Most of the world's largest companies
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by devmonk 16y ago
Why not automate it? And why not automate it for everyone else also? How about writing a freeware system agent/daemon that would allow people to submit sites, and then everyone running that agent/daemon would automatically spider the site a
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by devmonk 16y ago
Do you think IBM is now second-guessing submitting to Oracle's wishes over Harmony? If this is truly an Oracle-sponsored decision, I think Oracle is just sending the big F.U. sign to the open-source community in general. I'm switching over
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by devmonk 16y ago
Without the /. commentary: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council_L...
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by devmonk 16y ago
What about Opera?
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by devmonk 16y ago
Why do people keep talking about IE8? Is it true for IE9?
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by devmonk 16y ago
But, do fluorescent bulbs cause electromagnetic fields to fade? Probably true also, but how would you prove that?
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by devmonk 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1799545
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by devmonk 16y ago
Self-Balancing Unicycle Only Half as Dorky as Segway" Wrong. It is at least 3x more dorky.
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by devmonk 16y ago
As someone who's created a number of open source projects, not many of which have even been the slightest bit successful (even though a few have), I can say that just throwing things out there is fine, but I always wonder how much more succ
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by devmonk 16y ago
Let's see how ok it is when something else comes along that everyone switches to using instead of Facebook. It is inevitable that it will happen. I'd be the first to say, "Do something you believe in, not just something to make money." But,
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by devmonk 16y ago
Thinking out of the box, I say work in the U.S. Odds are it your living conditions will be better. That's not an uninformed slight against India, but I think unless you have money in India, it is fairly factual. You can work harder than U.S
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by devmonk 16y ago
This is the stupidest thing I think I've ever read. Kudos to the moron who wrote it. I hope you get the HN you deserve.
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by devmonk 16y ago
You aren't something unless you do it. First, define programming. I think I program, but I might not be programming if someone's sense of the word is 100% test complete.
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'm not sure on its own that a "more secure" app marketplace is filling any specific need. I think rather you'd want to think about being the provider for various organizations that need secure marketplaces of their own. For example, variou
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by devmonk 16y ago
First off, why limit yourself to only publishing electronically? You'll have a much larger audience if you offer paperback. A few other options: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/books.aspx http://publishing.booklocker.com/ http://

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