dominik

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   by dominik 18y ago

   I'm unclear what point Jeff had in mind... A micro-summary to illustrate: 1. I love strings. 2. You don't want to concatenate strings in (large) loops. 3. You already knew that, at least if you're a decent programmer. 4. Analysis of various
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   by dominik 18y ago

   Sounds interesting. Can you elaborate and provide context?
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   by dominik 18y ago

   What sort of virtual goods could they sell in their game? And how do they prevent people buying virtual goods from feeling as if they're "cheating"? Perhaps it's an old-style complaint, but virtual goods feel against the "purity of the game
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   by dominik 18y ago

   Unless or until overturned on appeal.
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   by dominik 18y ago

   > "I literally got my ass kicked on the exam." = Wrong. Usually. I'm sure conditions exist where such a statement evaluates to true.
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   by dominik 18y ago

   Unless they happen to get a patent on their small, disruptive idea... Caveat: And don't infringe on any of the nuclear arsenal the big leagues have. And don't get bogged down in litigation to defend against infringement. Fortunately it's us
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   by dominik 18y ago

   "What makes Pipl different?" leads me to: Unlike a typical search-engine, Pipl is designed to retrieve information from the deep web, our robots are set to interact with searchable databases and extract facts, contact details and other rel
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   by dominik 18y ago

   I'd be curious to learn more about how you plan to make money as well... The home page reminds the visitor no less than four times that the site is "free" -- that's setting up a pretty big mental adjustment for if and when parts of the site
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   by dominik 18y ago

   You're correct that the claims are what matter. The article, unfortunately, sensationalizes a bit and looks to the specifications to show how Palm designed around Apple's patents. But Palm didn't need to design around the specification. Pal
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    How Palm Designed Around Apple's iPhone Patents for the Pre(palmaddict.typepad.com)

    35 points by dominik 18y ago|12 comments
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Something from the article worth quoting: "It's saving that kind of intimacy for those that are close to you, your friends and family, who have earned the privilege. For the first time, I saw that the abbaya may have a role in protecting wo
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    by dominik 18y ago

    I found this cartoon appropriate as a response: http://tumble.dominik.net/post/70979983/via-julianakeibel (Two lemons see a sign that says: "When the world gives you lemons, make lemonade." One lemon asks the other, "Daddy, why do they ha
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Rands in Repose has a useful take on "Rock Star" programmers; he calls them "Free Electrons." http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2005/03/20/free_electr...
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    by dominik 18y ago

    True, but cost depends on scale. And economies of scale can quickly make the expensive cheap.
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Why can I vote for both yes and no?
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Is that URL linked anywhere in the UI?
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    by dominik 18y ago

    If you so desire, you can get all your site's comments out of DISQUS using their API: http://disqus.com/docs/api/
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    by dominik 18y ago

    "This article was published on May 28, 1992."
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    by dominik 18y ago

    I find irony in "your a genius."
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Almost always, as the comments let me decide whether I should bother reading the actual link at all.
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Wow, congratulations. How did you get your initial growth? i.e. where did you find your first 100 guilds and how did you convince them to sign up?
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Rediscovered this, quite useful. Available for Windows as well.
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    Ask HN: A legal career helping start ups?

    13 points by dominik 18y ago|21 comments
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    by dominik 18y ago

    I don't like the phrase "moronically easy," but that might just be me.
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Perhaps I'm not as talented, but it seems it'd take far more than a day to write a robust, production-quality cms.
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    Ask HN: HN like forum software?

    7 points by dominik 18y ago|2 comments
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Idiotic title, but interesting article.
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    by dominik 18y ago

    I agree with this comment on that article: "when a man of true integrity comes along, he doesn't need to motivate people." How can a start up have true integrity? Easy to say, hard to do: Make something people want -- that they really want
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    You can't present at DEFCON -- Federal Judge to MIT Students(eff.org)

    2 points by dominik 18y ago|0 comments
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    by dominik 18y ago

    Yes, but it depends.