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by fortes 14y ago
Out of curiosity -- what makes Detroit special (aside from cost)? Why would Detroit be a better choice for Tech than other 2nd tier centers?
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by fortes 14y ago
Some other coverage: http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/18/facebook-acquires-karma/ http://gigaom.com/2012/05/18/facebook-buys-karma-app/ http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/05/18/facebook-not-busy-enou...
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by fortes 14y ago
Excellent, detailed article. Really worth your time.
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by fortes 15y ago
"There is, however, a shortage of good startup designers, at least when it comes to people who have both interaction and product design experience and skill sets. Designers today are being asked to do more than simply build visuals and hand
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by fortes 15y ago
Non-apps services aren't subject to the same SLA. If you go into the domain management UI, they are very explicit about this.
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Strobe Launches Game-Changing HTML5 App Platform(techcrunch.com)
27 points by fortes 15y ago|7 comments
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by fortes 15y ago
Agreed, this is the type of specific, practical content that is so hard to find.
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by fortes 15y ago
Love it. Could also imagine an ES5 mode, etc.
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by fortes 15y ago
It's an optional mode via command line, no? Opt-in won't require anyone to use closure.
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by fortes 15y ago
As a heavy user of Closure Compiler and a fan of CoffeeScript, I love love love the potential here. @jashkenas -- any thoughts/concerns with this? How likely is it to hit main branch?
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by fortes 15y ago
Google Voice / Skype are the way to go here. Keep a US number that rings on your computer (or on your cell)
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by fortes 15y ago
MSFT does something similar as well. Was $500-$1500 while I was there (2002-6)
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by fortes 15y ago
Any advantage (performance? memory use?) for using Go vs. Python? Or is just programming language preference?
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by fortes 16y ago
I believe the admin interface doesn't work on AppEngine though :(
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by fortes 16y ago
Try holding down the arrow key (or j/k), goes through pages fairly quickly.
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by fortes 16y ago
Hi, thanks for the feedback. What browser are you using? I'd like to investigate the performance problem.
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by fortes 16y ago
I would love to support this, but we don't right now due to performance reasons. Dirty laundry: Each paragraph is laid out and measured only once (at a specific column width), then the metrics are all cached. Layout is then performed by dum
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by fortes 16y ago
Thanks all, author here (along w/ bramstein). The documentation and site aren't quite ready yet, but we're getting there. If you're curious to see how to use the framework, your best bet is to start with this tutorial we're working on: htt
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by fortes 16y ago
Treesaver is looking for some HTML/CSS designer/developer types. We need some help creating and implementing designs using the Treesaver.js framework we've developed. No JavaScript skills are required, although they're always nice to have.
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Wattvision (YC W09) Power Monitor: Best Price through Energy Circle(energycircle.com)
16 points by fortes 16y ago|7 comments
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by fortes 16y ago
Treesaver is looking for iOS & Android development help. We've built a sophisticated JS framework for creating adaptable page and column based layouts, and are launching this month with our first clients. We work beautifully in all sort
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by fortes 16y ago
However, new hire orientations now provide this card along with a full handbook of other more specific rules and legal regulations, as the way Nordstrom operates has changed. Too good to be true in the modern day perhaps. Seems like they
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by fortes 16y ago
> it is helpful to realize that the United States is, in fact, larger in terms of landmass than China True, although the difference between the US and China is about 1% or so -- they are practically the same size. And since Alaska is a
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by fortes 16y ago
> Also, if I offered you a javascript library that could lay out columns properly, on existing browsers, with two-column width floats, would you use it? This is relevant to my interests. I've been working on exactly that: http://www.wi
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by fortes 16y ago
Interesting. Got any details?
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by fortes 16y ago
> When can we get you on board? When Google buys my startup. Or it goes under. Whichever comes first :)
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by fortes 16y ago
> The sin wasn't in IE6 itself but rather in letting it rot as the world moved on. A strategic bluff that Firefox (and then Safari) ended up calling. (hey joe!)
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by fortes 16y ago
Because he was doing what he could to help from the inside?
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by fortes 16y ago
Chris was my direct manager for two or three of my years at MSFT. He genuinely cares about the web in a way that always surprised people outside of Microsoft. (He was also good at being pragmatic about what could be done within the company)
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by fortes 16y ago
I wouldn't put Case Western in the category of Blub U. It's a solid, possibly top tier, tech university.

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