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Show HN: Flask-Ask - Amazon Echo Development in Python(johnwheeler.org)
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by dontscale 10y ago
It's easier to share code nowadays given that momentum is part of a project's overall allure and that momentum is not easily recreatable.
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by dontscale 10y ago
From what I remember, you can change in and out of phone numbers like with Google voice - and there are a ton of them. I don't know if that matters for spammy calls - I don't know anything about that domain. Twilio allows you to a
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by dontscale 10y ago
Does anyone else wonder whether or not the explosion of solar panel telemarketing calls are a consequence of how easy Twilio makes it to set up call center operations and change in and out of numbers?
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by dontscale 10y ago
That was then. This is now.
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by dontscale 10y ago
This differs from other Python frameworks like ask-alexa-py by being geared towards HTTPS endpoint development. ask-alexa-py is for Amazon Lambda. A video tutorial on the github page shows how to setup ngrok for rapid app development https
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Show HN: Flask Extension for Developing Amazon Echo Skills(flask-ask.readthedocs.io)
2 points by dontscale 10y ago|1 comments
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by dontscale 10y ago
In that case, you'd really enjoy Charlie Munger's parable about the Shoebutton Prince. The story goes that one of Charlie's distant relatives had cornered some part of the 1920's shoebutton market. Back then, shoebuttons
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by dontscale 10y ago
Yep - that's the one. I remember it was slow and seemed to be built with either Java or Flash or something crazy.
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by dontscale 10y ago
I always suspected the cost was a function of the profits of the firms using them. I think it is a smart move to force bundle the hardware and form the users' keystroke habits over a career. I imagine the switching costs are extreme. I
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by dontscale 10y ago
Talk about your SaaS. $24,000 a year for one of these babies. I think it's how he made most of his fortune. Edit: corrected for year https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
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by dontscale 10y ago
I think the debate about Colleges vs. Bootcamps is an apples to oranges comparison Algorithms are commoditized into libraries. Web design has been commoditized with templates. Open-ended programming is still more complicated, but putting ap
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by dontscale 10y ago
Another project Google with kill in 6 months.
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by dontscale 10y ago
More like VI months?
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Response to my brother's open letter(dweezilzappaworld.com)
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by dontscale 10y ago
It's good sauce
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by dontscale 10y ago
Copying and pasting from SO is perfectly acceptable as long as you know what the code is doing. When I paste code, I include a comment with the link back to SO. I see it as the standard way of declaring a precedent in programming, where upv
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by dontscale 10y ago
This is all correct except that financial accounting deals with external reporting and managerial accounting deals with internal reporting. But the distinction between bookkeeping and accounting is spot on IMO.
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by dontscale 10y ago
Hopefully getlektor.com graduates to a top-level project there one day.
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by dontscale 11y ago
I bet you didn't know I'd read it with the Trivago spokesman's voice in my head. ;-P
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by dontscale 11y ago
For those of us who are pissed that this is going down but need the status to get on with our lives: nj48 is a known friendly who has identified himself to us. We're going to clarify later today. https://twitter.com/sel
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by dontscale 11y ago
But you shouldn't condemn the developers over this. Arguably, there's not major differences between Colgate and Crest toothpaste, but having alternatives in the market drives innovation and keeps prices down.
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by dontscale 11y ago
Why... can't there be alternatives?
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by dontscale 11y ago
Great article
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by dontscale 11y ago
Ideas don't have to be original to succeed. Not at all. Having an original idea doesn't even give you a leg up. It's all about execution and having an idea that is at least desirable. That's what Alex is trying to do. He
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by dontscale 11y ago
Politics aside, does this seem terribly elitist to anyone else? Is this what plutocracy looks like?
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by dontscale 11y ago
There's an excellent book (you're probably aware of) called The Outsiders. It compares the results of operations focused CEO's like Welch to capital allocators like Buffett, Singleton, and Malone. The thesis is that overtime,
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by dontscale 11y ago
It's wise to work with accountants, but it's not enough. There are a lot of characters in business, and in order to know when they're full of shit (because sometimes they don't even know), you need to know how to count
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by dontscale 11y ago
Accounting is the language of business. If you go into business, you should either know it or be willing to learn. It's not good enough to have someone specialize in it for you unless you want to be handed your ass when it comes to any
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by dontscale 11y ago
Excellent work and general information. Templates are eating the world. I saw a post on HN the other day about no design jobs--the author got it wrong in his reasoning. Design jobs are shrinking because of templates. It's not economica

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