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Ask HN: How do I go from abstract concepts to a pitch
9 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|10 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Not the OP but from our interview: 6 interviewers, two had laptops, everyone else was working from paper or nothing at all.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
You're confusing e-books with Kindle books. You can still buy a ton of DRM free books online. You can even buy DRM free .mobi (Kindle) books. PS: Calling someone "idiot" is never a good way to start a discussion. Especially when you're wron
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
A lot of the stuff Spolsky's covering right now is coming from his Strategy Letter I ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000056.html ). That's probably my favorite thing he's ever written.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Implement a “useless” algorithm like a bloom filter or a skip list... This a hundred times! The majority of us are probably working on web-related stuff that usually does not need a lot of CompSci on a daily basis. Picking out an fancy a
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
The 1 in Inconsolata does not have the serif either, and it hasn't for a while I think: http://levien.com/type/myfonts/incoshow.png
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Can someone with knowledge of economy explain what's going on here and how does this affect me as an individual or as a company?
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
The problem with this is that although your solution might be better while reading the file where `updateOutsideSubscriber` is defined, once you see that method call somewhere else you'll have to go to that other file to read the comment. W
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I'm the same when it comes to typing and I've found out that the Aeron is perfect for this. It leans back enough for me to put me legs comfortably in the desk and due to its robust build, I know it won't be breaking in a year.
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The True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist (2010)(wired.com)
1 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Yes! Common knowledge says that exercise helps you fight depression. If we see that some class of exercise is not as effective as another one (or is not effective at all) then we can start to ask ourselves how they differ. I think you imply
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
This is all my personal experience, but while struggling with emotional problems I tried exercise (cardio/weight lifting at the gym) for a period of 6 months. Although the exercise itself was not helpful in lifting my mood, having something
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
In terms of social interaction it adds quite a bit. Imagine the tweet: "This party's awesome". Seeing if it was published from Twitter for Blackberry, Tweetbot for Mac or EventualTweet tells me a lot about yourself as a person (and believe
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Just because Microsoft and Apple are colluding to avoid suing each other Do you have facts that support this or is this your opinion?
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
It's a Mac app., not an iOS one.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
You could even make a slider with an animation that displays the percent which goes to each part of your business - so 10% or 15% of the donation could goto administration. This is a great idea. Check the Humble Bundle's ( http://www.humb
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I don't know what the current situation is for Dell, but a couple of years ago I worked at a company that sold laptops like this, mostly targeted towards businesses but ocasionally catering to regular users. The moment they saw a cheaper op
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Design Culture at 37Signals(public.basecamp.com)
3 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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Uber Adding Lower Cost Hybrids to its Service(allthingsd.com)
1 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
You're a coder so you're already ahead in the outsourcing game, you can judge a people technical skills before hiring them and they won't be able to bullshit you with the typical "The RDBMS has no I/O QPS so the MVC can't connect to the fur
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Broken and Obsolete(time.com)
1 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Same thing happens sporadically in Chrome too.
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
Because this is how a lot (most?) people work. They read about something interesting today, buy the book, send it to their Kindle and then forget about it. When they get to actually read a book they enjoy they might start looking for more t
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Pay to Play: Uncovering Online Payola(dailytech.com)
1 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
I'm not the original author but after a quick look at the application code ( https://github.com/mislav/rfc/ ) it seems like mislav's just serving the documents from the database. It also caches the results so the free Heroku plan should be
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All Presentation Software is Broken(igvita.com)
4 points by fbuilesv 14y ago|0 comments
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by fbuilesv 14y ago
The first part of the process (making it to the interview) is by email so you should get one between 8PM-9PM Central. If you pass the interview you'll get a call from them the same day you interview (if you pass) or an email (if you're reje
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by fbuilesv 15y ago
Let me share my experience. Last year I decided to apply to YC with a project I had been working on for a while with a couple of friends. We were nobodies (from Colombia (South America)) and knew no one related to YC. We decided to get a d
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by fbuilesv 15y ago
This is what Netflix has started to do with some movies/series (e.g. Arrested Development). The problem with this model is that it doesn't scale, even if you could make a deal with a handful of the top grossing artists you'd still need to t
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by fbuilesv 15y ago
Are the fans working alright? I get both of them running at 6k RPM when playing any game (or watching full screen Flash/Silverlight videos) but there's nothing that makes me thing it's unsafe.

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