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by gbelote 15y ago
FWIW I think some people are just trying to troll. It seems like some of the comments have been downvoted into the negatives. (Maybe by HN'ers?)
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by gbelote 15y ago
Wow, the interface is very slick. I really like how you put focus on the viewpoints and how you collapse the details. Even though there's a lot of information it doesn't feel very cluttered to me.
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JQuery Conference Boston 2011 (Oct 1-2)(events.jquery.org)
3 points by gbelote 15y ago|0 comments
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by gbelote 15y ago
Not really, it depends on the context and is somewhat of a relative word (like "fast"). I personally interpret "real time" as "practically instant". In the case of RT analytics, there's probably very small practical difference between 1s an
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by gbelote 15y ago
Yes, but presumably they aren't spending those extra 20-30 hours writing StackOverflow answers.
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by gbelote 15y ago
I don't think a 45-year-old developer has inherently more free time than a 25-year-old. Given that a 45-year-old is more likely to have a family than a 25-year-old, I'd expect them to have less free time.
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by gbelote 15y ago
Very cool, thanks! Do you mind me asking how much users pay for a subscription? How sensitive is your game to "critical mass"? That's a good point about fairness and casual vs serious, it makes a lot of sense.
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by gbelote 15y ago
That's interesting. In the CoD:Elite example, do you know if the "haters" were folks who paid and were disappointed, or were generally upset about not being able to play for free? Do you think that deterred others from paying?
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by gbelote 15y ago
Cool, thanks for the link! I've noticed that a few sites align their premium with being able to play more. Chess.com is a service that I started paying for because I wanted to get past the rate limit and they had a lot of neat-looking membe
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by gbelote 15y ago
Good point RE: MMOs, I wasn't thinking about them as a separate category. Why do you think it's easier for them to pull off a freemium/subscription model? Gifting is interesting, I first noticed it with reddit. If you don't mind me asking,
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Ask HN: Are there many web-based games that are subscription-based?
5 points by gbelote 15y ago|14 comments
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by gbelote 15y ago
I work in a coworking space that has IdeaPaint everywhere. It's awesome. But you're right: it's lower quality than a typical whiteboard. The surface is bumpy and doesn't erase as well. I personally don't mind the negatives and enjoy the ext
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by gbelote 15y ago
Have you already claimed a facebook.com/username? I thought the same, but it seems like my username@facebook.com was already setup for me. Try sending yourself an email to @facebook.com (ideally from the email coupled to your FB account).
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by gbelote 15y ago
OpenTok is another good potential service provider that's very customizable/programmable
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by gbelote 15y ago
If you make it illegal to accept BC as a business that will deter many websites from using it. And the best way to kill BC is to make sure it doesn't hit critical mass. The difference between filesharing and BC is that in the former the val
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by gbelote 15y ago
> I am wondering how they could simulate the loss of an AZ. Any ideas? They could instrument whatever library they use to interact with AWS and make it report failures or fail to respond to "create new instance"-like commands.
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by gbelote 15y ago
I really like this idea, I'm a general fan of skill bartering. You might want to consider capturing what camp folks are in when they sign up so you get a better sense of the distribution before releasing your beta. You might find that it's
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by gbelote 16y ago
I like comments without, I find myself focusing more on what's being said than skipping over folks with significantly less comments. I've read criticisms about not being able to quickly/easily filter out top comments (which I care about, to
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by gbelote 16y ago
Self discipline is key. No tool can really prevent you from goofing off. Things can help, but it all boils down to you. One thing that helps me: focus on the good feeling when you accomplish something and think about how you're going to get
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MillionaireGoogle, for the sophisticated invididual(millionairegoogle.com)
19 points by gbelote 16y ago|4 comments
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by gbelote 16y ago
Thank you, I thought I was missing something really subtle
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by gbelote 16y ago
He wrote about this some on his blog: http://blog.asmartbear.com/vetting-startup-ideas.html I don't see why AdWords couldn't work if you built the right experiment. For example, a simple email-capturing landing page with a price tag doesn
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by gbelote 16y ago
The challenges are different. Most startups struggle to get awareness. A very abstract tag line (e.g. "Do it the fun way") doesn't really help with that problem. Your customers are different too -- a "mainstream" audience is more moved by w
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by gbelote 16y ago
I hear they also write much of their software in LISP
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by gbelote 16y ago
Vivek Wadhwa dissed Boston when speaking at an MIT event and that sparked the topic: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2281824 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2281966 And FWIW my startup is in Cambridge too and I really like it he
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by gbelote 16y ago
Your point about hiring's a good one, but there's certainly a developer drought here too -- sounds like it's worse over in Cali. On the flip side I've found bootstrapping to be a viable option in Boston/Cambridge. There's enough demand for
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by gbelote 16y ago
FYI: It looks like there's a rendering bug in Chrome that pushes most of the interesting content below the fold: https://skitch.com/gbelote/r12ay/breakup-notifier
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by gbelote 16y ago
Your last point is very creepy, and something I've never considered before. I hope I never become a computer's computer.
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by gbelote 16y ago
This is gorgeous, nicely done. I find myself wanting a better way of going to the next story, because some articles are very long. Maybe you could add controls? For example, keyboard shortcuts or a floating "next" button (anchored with fixe
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by gbelote 16y ago
My guess is yes. I think it's worth trying, at least. There may exist zillions of sites, but that in and of itself doesn't matter. If they can build a better product that can draw a large enough audience, that's important. I have personally

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