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   by dkyc 12y ago

   nodejs, requires node package fetch Under four seconds, please note that this violates Google's ToS and you will likely be blocked if you do this on any significant scale. var bandname = "All Time Low"; var fetchUrl
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   Typography is one element of UI design - I agree with you that the material they provide / you linked to is probably high quality, but there must be a faster and more actionable way to learn to design than to read 3 books on every one
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   Ask HN: How to learn design as a hacker?

   117 points by dkyc 12y ago|49 comments
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   Amazon Local Register(localregister.amazon.com)

   321 points by dkyc 12y ago|216 comments
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   Not OP, Ars Technica linked to it a couple of days ago.
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   The age old problem that the demographic that watches video ads for .50$ is not the demographic you want to advertise to...
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   If there is demand for an oversupply of everything (which there apparently is, otherwise the oversupplying companies would go bankrupt), it no longer fits the definition of oversupply.
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   pg weighed in a while ago on this in his essay "Why To Not Not Start A Startup" (March 2007, http://paulgraham.com/notnot.html ). See point 8: "A lot of people look at the ever-increasing number of startups a
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   by dkyc 12y ago

   Interesting how the post completely ignores the quality of the language . Most people I know don't use C# for the same reason they don't use Java: Because it's often feels bloated, over-engineered and too verbose for buildin
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    Multiline strings in JavaScript(stackoverflow.com)

    1 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Because the capital that you invest has been taxed before, when it was earned. Kind of harsh to tax 40% on your income, and when you save it, tax again the same amount on your returns.
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Indeed, most of the yc-funded startups still focus on building practical stuff. But isn't the airbnb example showing that it works to "not think about how to be a huge company one day"? I mean, if the size of their idea (chan
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    I dislike the new, hyper-ambitious side of YC (also in the other new RFSs: AI, HealthCare...). Have any of the truly revolutionary inventions (like steam engine, automobile, microcomputer, internet) started out as something developed to hav
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    Free will could be the result of 'background noise' in the brain, study suggests(independent.co.uk)

    2 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    Viaweb's First Business Plan (1995)(paulgraham.com)

    2 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Would be interesting to see at which point face recognition software stops recognizing her, given a training set of present-time pictures...
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    Google Says It Passed on a Deal of up to $5 billion(blogs.wsj.com)

    1 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Source (OECD study): http://gallery.mailchimp.com/de3259be81e52e95191ab7806/files... page 25
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    Life expectancy by health spending per capita [graph](i.imgur.com)

    3 points by dkyc 12y ago|1 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    I would suggest he finishes his other book, "The Blueprint", first, since it is "pre-ordered" on Amazon for two years now... Talk about a slow launch.
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    OnePlus releases 300$ 64-GB "flagship killer" Android smartphone(oneplus.net)

    4 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    Aerofex hoverbike could be yours by 2017(cnet.com)

    6 points by dkyc 12y ago|1 comments
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    'Hoverbike' Aerofex will come to market in three years(aerofex.com)

    4 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    I'm not judging his intentions here, just very curious how he managed to pull this remarkable hack off. No problem with him asking for 10$, I'd just love to take a look at the source. (I would certainly buy a version for 20$ w&#x2
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Here's a video with with a demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teFyAqj1eog Just amazing how close to an official product this gets quality wise. I really regret updating to 7.1, too bad this guy plans on releasing it
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    I hate the one-letter caption. Upvoted accidentally, I'm sure I'm not the only one. Maybe there should be a minimum amount of characters for the title.
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    Jailbreak-Tweak brings multi-window multitasking to the iPad [video](youtube.com)

    1 points by dkyc 12y ago|0 comments
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    Jailbreak tweak brings multitasking to the iPad(thenextweb.com)

    47 points by dkyc 12y ago|34 comments
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    Finally! I've been envying Chinese Alibaba user's for a while now... Good to see some movement in that space!
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    by dkyc 12y ago

    There definitely is a funeral-insurcance-disrupting startup in grave.ly...