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by gideon_b 8y ago
Interesting, this post implements the og tags for social sharing (image and description) but skips the full og:article tags with author, date etc. Edit: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u&#x2F
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by gideon_b 8y ago
From a Gmail PM: "Thank you to everyone who made Inbox a part of your life. We're taking everything we've learned and rolling it into Gmail." https://twitter.com/prlambert/status/103998266798957
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by gideon_b 8y ago
The company makes 378 real purchases then mails 378 real products to random addresses scattered throughout the US. This allows them to leave verified reviews. There's a whole industry around this - The Reply All podcast interviewed pe
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by gideon_b 8y ago
There is likely some degree of causation, though it would be difficult to measure. As an anecdote, almost everyone I know moves to a less expensive area and buys a larger house when they start a family. Live downtown, have babies, move to
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by gideon_b 8y ago
Reddit acquired AlienBlue and re-released the client as their official app in 2014.
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by gideon_b 9y ago
IQ can be raised by a full standard deviation with a few months of training [1]. IQ is only stable over time because most people don't work continuously to improve it. IQ can be learned, just like everything else. [1] Source: https
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by gideon_b 9y ago
You wouldn't believe how helpful "areas of interest" were for wandering around foreign cities. I was wandering around a city I didn't know, unable to speak the language, and yet I could easily connect corridors of inter
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by gideon_b 9y ago
Two factor won't protect you from a spear-fishing attack. The attacker can submit your info to GitHub the moment you submit to the malicious site. You receive the token via SMS as expected, enter it on the second page of the malicious
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by gideon_b 9y ago
It's a trend in sales to hire retired professional athletes. Google famously hired a cohort of olympic athletes for their Adwords sales team.
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by gideon_b 9y ago
Nobel prizes are awarded for Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, Medicine, and Economics. Cultural progress does not hinge on advances in hard science and the Nobel prize is wise to understand that. Failing to recognize the impact of lit
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by gideon_b 10y ago
He has a pretty thorough DIY for anyone looking to go this route: https://www.sketchcase.com/diy/
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by gideon_b 10y ago
That's a great point. It's not specific to software but knowledge work and creative work are nearly impossible to do without intrinsic motivation.
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by gideon_b 11y ago
Totally agree on the graphs, but the office references are bang-on. The roof of building 20 is built for strolling around and poring over hard problems. It's a 3 minute walk from the rest of campus and they have cold pressed juice up
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by gideon_b 11y ago
Aww but there's a kitten. This must be innocent.
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by gideon_b 11y ago
This works very well: @media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) { select:focus, textarea:focus, input:focus { font-size: 16px; } } It uses a css selector only available on iOS devices and enables a larger font to pre
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by gideon_b 11y ago
There was nothing in the story saying confidential files were stored in his AOL account. Also nothing about when the account was last used. There was a time when we all had noisy modems and AOL accounts.
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by gideon_b 11y ago
The only sensitive information listed in this article is his application for security clearance. While that may contain a lot of personal information, that file would have been compiled and sent before he had access to classified documents
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by gideon_b 11y ago
This is great, it would be better if you could zoom in to a state. You would be able to see migration patterns within cities and regions.
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by gideon_b 11y ago
I was really hoping this would be a native app for the collaborative/social aspects of github.
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by gideon_b 12y ago
These posts are great, there are a few similar one's linked in the description: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107588
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by gideon_b 12y ago
I think we're making the same point. I don't consider niche software that deliver's value and nails one aspect of delivery to be mediocre at all. That's great software. The analogy was Italian food. That's a huge
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by gideon_b 12y ago
Assuming half the costs are fixed (office, salaries, etc) and half the costs grow with revenue (Sales, Marketing, Servers etc.) than the situation becomes a little more bleak: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d&#x2F
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by gideon_b 12y ago
This is more difficult to accomplish than it seems. If I'm hungry, mediocre Italian food can provide me some value. Mediocre software provides no value. Doing something just a little bit better is also not going to cut it. Peter The
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How Much Should I Spend to Acquire a Customer?(attributionapp.com)
3 points by gideon_b 12y ago|0 comments
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The problem with Apple's new plan for iOS attribution(attributionapp.com)
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Ask HN: How do you track ad budget and cost to acquire?
4 points by gideon_b 12y ago|0 comments
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Why your JavaScript tracking leaks data(blog.attributionapp.com)
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Jarring Photos Show The Homelessness Crisis in Silicon Valley(businessinsider.com)
2 points by gideon_b 13y ago|0 comments
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How we ran a usability study in one afternoon(bench.co)
2 points by gideon_b 13y ago|0 comments
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The Syllabus – Startup Accounting 101(bench.co)
2 points by gideon_b 13y ago|0 comments

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