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by dmragone 15y ago
As someone who is just starting to learn to code, this is an interesting list, but I can't help but want more info. The "why" each language is preferred is missing. Obviously some of this is in the comments, but summarizing that text will t
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by dmragone 15y ago
It might seem like a productivity win, but it may also be a creativity loss. A recent book by Jonah Lehrer http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0547386079/theeconomi... (I found out about it via The Economist http://www.economist.com/n
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by dmragone 15y ago
I clicked on "Archival Database" and then "Find" (with no input) to see all documents. Using the filters on the right, I was then able to filter for Author = "Albert Einstein", Language = "English", and Digital Object = "Digitized Documents
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by dmragone 15y ago
At the same time, Facebook seems to do a pretty good job of building reliable systems.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Thanks for sharing your usage - I don't think dating sites are one-size-fits-all, and it's great to hear that you've made them work for you. I love your idea of not having a picture up there. So simple, yet probably hugely helpful for you.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Aren't we also talking about a tiny sample size with the Knicks? And one of those games I believe he had 8 turnovers. That could easily be skewing these early numbers. Is there any evidence of turnover concern from his time at Harvard?
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by dmragone 15y ago
As someone who recently started learning to code, I would agree with that statement wholeheartedly. Learning how the pieces fit together is the most difficult part, by far.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Oh my. And here I imagined some nifty webapp for easier rss reading. I suppose that would work as well.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Perhaps this is a dumb question, but what does it mean to "Mainline RSS Feeds"? (slide 12 from the link)
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by dmragone 15y ago
Wow, you guys are on a roll with bringing in new folk! Congrats to everyone
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by dmragone 15y ago
I concur - please put pricing in the FAQ. It's a great service, you shouldn't hide the cost. Maybe I'm missing it on the front page, but I couldn't find the price anywhere (and only saw that the download is free, which is different from the
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by dmragone 15y ago
I'm curious about the RFS's: Is YC still looking for responses to all 9? Are there any in particular you feel have been met, and any that have disappointed in solutions?
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by dmragone 15y ago
Could not agree more with both the need for funding options for those without the financial resources to be without income for long periods of time (hence need to get funding to support living and development full-time), as well as need for
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by dmragone 15y ago
I'm sure I will be able to sign up when the site is back up, but I'm a little sad it's not working right now. I am eager to join.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Thanks, Marty - I had not seen it as I haven't had the time to read much news today. Got excited about this and tossed in the link.
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by dmragone 15y ago
tl;dr: Changes Google's "search plus your world" to include other social networks (Facebook & Twitter being biggest). Released as open source code.
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'Don't Be Evil' Tool for Google Search, by Facebook, Twitter Devs(pcworld.com)
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by dmragone 15y ago
Love that people are responding positively to this. I shared the idea with my brother, and we're going to try to throw something together in our spare time over the next week. If anyone's interested in helping out (I'd say we're most in nee
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by dmragone 15y ago
I wonder if you can truly approach movies like start-ups. What would it look like to build an MVP for a movie? Is that the script? How do you get enough people to look at it to truly evaluate the concept? Perhaps this is why books that sell
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by dmragone 15y ago
I would love to see a simple service that groups people who are willing to commit to getting up at the same time each day in order to hold each other accountable. There doesn't need to be anything significant - maybe it's just a matching se
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by dmragone 15y ago
One might think asking people what value they would get would be a good idea - making sure there is in fact some audience that would pay. There are a lot of really cool things I'd like to have, but that doesn't mean I'd pay for all of them.
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by dmragone 15y ago
Learned a great trick from my old boss who gave a lot of powerpoint-based presentations. He would frequently add a "black" slide (as in nothing on the slide, completely blank, just one big block colored in as darkly as possible - a good alt
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by dmragone 15y ago
Apologies in advance for a comment that adds no value, but I feel the need to say it: Thank you for summarizing. As someone who is not nearly as technical as many people on HN, I really appreciate seeing a summary of an article that can cut
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by dmragone 15y ago
I am still digesting all the comments, but think I agree. Storytelling has existed as a form of entertainment for quite some time. The primary change has been the delivery mechanism, which provided for alternative ways to consume the conten
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by dmragone 15y ago
No interest in starting a flame-war, but as someone who's just getting going learning to code, I'm curious why you would call Rails an abomination. Can you explain in a way a complete beginner would understand?
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by dmragone 15y ago
Would love to hear about selection criteria - it does seem that you have generated quite a bit of interest.
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by dmragone 15y ago
This sounds great, and exactly what I'm looking for. I'm currently in the Bay Area doing analytics at a services company and want to transition more into tech. I started teaching myself Python a few weeks ago, but would love a crash course
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by dmragone 15y ago
Fascinating. Gotta love the HN format. Any sense of what the Quantly user base looks like? Geographic diversity and all that jazz would be interesting.
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by dmragone 15y ago
What would the level of light produced by this red dwarf in comparison to, say, the light produced by a full moon on Earth?
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by dmragone 15y ago
Love that this was on top of HN this morning. Personally, step 1 is simply knowing what your employees are doing, what out of that they like, and what they want to be doing. Then jointly develop a plan to get them more of what they want.

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