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by faramarz 16y ago
You know what, it just dawned on me that at one point I had my IE7 ClearType disabled because I didn't like it's smoothing effect. I don't know if that setting is carried on to Chrome or not. I'm on XP + Chrome.
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by faramarz 16y ago
I just tried it. It's not the same, they're using Hinting to render better, but it's definitely not smooth. my comparison http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9537/textshadow.png It's even worst at smaller font-size. My test font is relativ
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by faramarz 16y ago
Just a quick tip while we're on subject. If you use any exotic type for your @font-face, be sure to give it a text-shadow: 0px 0px 1px #fff; to smooth out the edges. The shadow colour should be the same as the background colour. So techni
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Developing Business Models on the iPad(businessmodelalchemist.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
I admire so many of those companies listed that I'd highly consider applying. Problem is, I'm in Toronto and only through a NAFTA VISA I can work there. I highly doubt many of the jobs are open to this Visa. That's frustrating.
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by faramarz 16y ago
That sucks. This is a could be a huge blow to oDesk. If oDesk can't guarantee, they should be put to shame for assuring users and using that language on their websites or documentations. Finding reputable/trustworthy offshore development is
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by faramarz 16y ago
No, and I might be alone in this, but i'm pretty comfortable with fb.
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Tell HN: Great example of monitoring and targeting your users
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by faramarz 16y ago
Why doesn't Digg sell its platform? If not, licence news networks like CNN and FOX to use the platform, hosted or otherwise. Most news sites now have a "user generated" section that could take advantage of "digging" natively. Do what wufo
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by faramarz 16y ago
Could be that they have it internally. That was the case for my university. But I agree, very useful for press/users/internal.
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by faramarz 16y ago
I love that upon error, you have your name and cell-phone number available for support. (FYI I tried a Canadian postal code thats why) Refreshing!
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Ask HN: Is there a place for developers/designers to meet and barter services?
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by faramarz 16y ago
Yea.. Sorry folks. Pre-mature panic. Looks like a site-wide event
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by faramarz 16y ago
DO NOT DO IT! I just attempted an Accept BillGates and both my "followers" and "following" are reset to zero. this better be a bug. http://twitter.com/faramarzhashemi
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by faramarz 16y ago
This is just a five minute excerpt of his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. A must read for every American IMO.
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John Perkins: America's Secret Empire(youtube.com)
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by faramarz 16y ago
Here are my thoughts and questions some of you may find helpful. I consider myself an above average facebook user. Meaning, between my 250ish friends and I, I know more about the features and settings than they do. 1) Why would I leave my f
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by faramarz 16y ago
Apple's purpose is to make you feel good. They do that superbly.
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by faramarz 16y ago
Thats not desperate, that's a great retention technique! Every startup can learn from this. If you don't have a practice to retain your users, you don't care about the success of your business.
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by faramarz 16y ago
What a crock of shit. Pardon my french. If you're going to close your account, the world doesn't need to hear about it. Those of you jumping on the bandwagon to close your accounts probably can't come up with a real reason why you joined th
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by faramarz 16y ago
...we asked about the relatively weak Android sales. Rohit blames it on Google's lame Android Market, "Google does not provide web links that we can link to app -- they have no web store".. There's an opportunity! Someone get an Android a
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by faramarz 16y ago
His personal blog post here http://bmannconsulting.com/2845/personal/roller-coaster
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Boris Mann, Bootup Labs Co-founder leaves the startup accelerator(blog.bootuplabs.com)
4 points by faramarz 16y ago|1 comments
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by faramarz 16y ago
I thought the Xobni deck was incredibly insightful. it's definitely worth the download http://www.slideshare.net/brezina/5-stages-of-xobnis-growth-...
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by faramarz 16y ago
I left a comment on your thread. You need to focus on the backup part and do it for multiple platforms, not just Wordpress. Six Apart has a lot of enterprise users who pay big fees to the licence. Go to each platforms website and most of th
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by faramarz 16y ago
To even be considered for an EIR role at a venture fund, you need to have previously exited successfully or failed miserably. If you don't launch, you're risking everything. If you do launch, albeit it not 100% ready, at the very LEAST you
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by faramarz 16y ago
I find my Chrome browser does an adequate job for me. I'm using it constantly. When you star a page, make sure to type in a descriptive title and include keywords. This will help you narrow down your search in the Bookmark Manager. Anothe
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Ask HN: Share encouraging advice
25 points by faramarz 16y ago|23 comments
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Smartphone Patent Battles: Dumb Move or Smart Strategy?(knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
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The world cup is almost here. a great opportunity for app developers(faramarz.posterous.com)
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