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by gault8121 10y ago
Yes, this is a very insightful comment, and I think it should have been mentioned in the blog post. Many people don't use security passwords on their phones, and people can also be coerced into providing that information. Providing the
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by gault8121 11y ago
HN, we are writing our high level overviews as Readme MD files. Any ideas on how we could help condense this info for open source contributors?
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by gault8121 11y ago
Great job Open Whisper Systems team!
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Ask HN: Zerigo DDoS has taken my site down – other options?
1 points by gault8121 12y ago|0 comments
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by gault8121 12y ago
Use waffle.io to visualize Github issues.
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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS - Quill.org Quill is an open source platform for educational apps. We're currently developing three apps focused on teaching writing and grammar skills to K12 students. Quill is a free tool, and these apps are being
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by gault8121 12y ago
Check out Quill.org, a free literacy tool that provides writing, grammar, and vocabulary activities to K12 students. We're an open source nonprofit, and we currently have 45,000 students using our platform. We're primarily looking
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by gault8121 12y ago
I skipped to this activity and didn't read the instructions, so I didn't see the part about line breaks. It seems to me that a good solution would to be have the green guy mention the line break, or some other reinforcement of the
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by gault8121 12y ago
Hi Pamela, I love the contextual interactive hints. I'm getting stuck on the second step of how to write a poem, perhaps this hint could be clarified? http://i.imgur.com/LEhLwUJ.png
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by gault8121 12y ago
I'm coordinating the development of Quill.org, an open source platform for writing apps. We're a nonprofit organization, and Quill is a free tool. We currently have three apps under development, and we've got 40,000 students
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by gault8121 12y ago
I received an interview for Quill.org. The third time was the charm. The only thing that really matters is your users. Other people, such as the judges who assess your app, the influential people whom you'd like to get their support -
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by gault8121 12y ago
For the last batch they arrived around 11 pm PST.
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A benefit corp can always vote to remove its benefit corp status. If a majority of the ownership goes to investors, they can vote to revoke the no advertising clause. Public Benefit Corporations really don't have teeth, at least as far
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by gault8121 12y ago
Andrew and his team have been working incredibly hard. It's great to see that YC is making an effort to find and support mission driven organizations.
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This is akin to saying people have a right to smoke cigarettes in a room, because it is their choice. This behavior has a clear impact on other people. When you see the people to the right and left of you glued to their screens, its like th
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by gault8121 12y ago
Cool thanks for the response. We're looking forward to getting in our nonprofit app.
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That's great to see. How many YC companies apply multiple times and are accepted in a later batch?
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Yeah it's not going to be easy. It depends on how the project is being financed, but you'll need to make it clear that the goal is to invent as little as possible, and re-use as much as possible. The CTO could open source the libr
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by gault8121 12y ago
Creating your own tools will only add more friction into the process. One thing to be careful of is that a developer may invest time into a project because the developer loves building that project. That doesn't necessarily mean that i
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Ask HN: Use Docker, Foreman, or Vagrant for installing our FOSS project?
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It's great to see that YC will experiment with new models and ideas.
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If you have the time, could you please review our docker + fig instructions? These instructions are for Quill.org, a web app that provides free writing activities to middle school and high school students. https://github.com&#x2F
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by gault8121 12y ago
Thanks for posting this! Checking it out now.
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by gault8121 12y ago
Thanks for this note! We are looking into it now.
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Hi Jason, Thanks for this feedback! We are an open source community, and this sounds like a great project for a hacker to pick up. I'm making a GitHub issue for it now. Thanks!
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Show HN: Quill - Interactive Writing Activities(quill.org)
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I'm building an metrics dashboard for Quill.org, a platform for writing activities. How can I reach you?
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Seeking Freelancer - Designer / Front End Developer Quill is a web app that provides interactive writing lessons. Quill is a free site, and we're an open source, nonprofit organization. Quill launched eight months ago, and we now
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by gault8121 12y ago
Hi Everyone, I am the Executive Director of Empirical, the nonprofit building Quill. You may explore all of our Common Core lessons at www.quill.org/lessons. Quill is a completely free tool, and over the course of the next year we will
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Quill (Open Source NP) Receives 200k Grant to Develop Free Writing Activities(news.quill.org)
1 points by gault8121 12y ago|1 comments

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