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by glimcat 15y ago
The net echoes.
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by glimcat 15y ago
> Construct will be a bit abstract for a lot of new visitors. Exactly. They won't associate brand and product yet.
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by glimcat 15y ago
Hard to focus on either when no one focused on the page's text readability.
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by glimcat 15y ago
Many. It's getting to be a common feature.
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by glimcat 15y ago
The front page is nice. It could use polish, but that's usual. I think the visual emphasis on the "Learn More" button is the main thing that needs improvement; it's easy to overlook due to proximity and visual similarity to the download but
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by glimcat 15y ago
I got bored before being able to find anything that adequately illustrated the workflow. The site's visual design is nice, but the content for a site promoting a tool should focus on communicating the experience and utility of the tool. Com
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by glimcat 15y ago
A good name is brandable, memorable, and relevant. Strict use of keywords is usually only relevant.
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by glimcat 15y ago
It varies wildly. The old rule about remembering to pay your soldiers goes. Cutting salary has consequences to your ability to attract and retain talent and equity is worth $0 until some hypothetical point in the future.
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by glimcat 15y ago
Communication is a deeper problem than email. It's not something you will single-handedly solve, but there is a lot of room to do good work in this area. "I want to be that social network" - if that's your sole strategy, you're screwed. You
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by glimcat 15y ago
I generally use Virtualbox for this.
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by glimcat 15y ago
It's self-defeating because it degrades the quality of your site, it's self-defeating because it blocks some user behaviors for discussing your site, and it doesn't work. Rule of thumb: if you don't want something shared, don't put it on th
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by glimcat 15y ago
Quantized electron energy levels. Niels Bohr pretty much nailed the "what" but completely missed the "why." https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Bohr_model
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by glimcat 15y ago
> Consider watermarking all of your photos This part isn't such an awesome idea.
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by glimcat 15y ago
Gmail has ads? Enticing the average HN reader and enticing the average Gmail user are two different problems. And it already has great spam filtering and minimally-intrusive ads that people have learned to ignore.
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by glimcat 15y ago
Is it just me that always registers Twitter at the same time as the domain?
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by glimcat 15y ago
What you have to understand about middle school science teachers is that they optimistically have less electronics and physics knowledge than a first-year undergraduate in either of those majors - and the same goes for most tech bloggers. B
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by glimcat 15y ago
I seriously hope not.
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by glimcat 15y ago
I wonder what it costs to launch a small communications satellite these days.
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by glimcat 15y ago
There may also be some good puzzle games around which teach relevant skills. Boolean algebra, stuff like that. Simple programmable robots are also good, like the old LEGO turtle. If it's accessible, kids will often self-determine things the
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by glimcat 15y ago
How about this? http://sip.clarku.edu/3e/tableofcontents.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0805377581/condition=...
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by glimcat 15y ago
Keeping something as big as Amazon reasonably usable is hard. But they have a pretty significant focus on improving the user experience. The culture is also less problematic than Microsoft and they're much easier to connect with than Google
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by glimcat 15y ago
Doesn't look that great. http://i.imgur.com/FICO5.png May look better with Javascript active. If so, stop assuming that it will be available. Mobile devices often don't have it. Tech-savvy users often have it disabled and are unlikely to
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by glimcat 15y ago
They could easily have been intimidated by the prospect that they would be wrongfully accused and went to his office under the implied premise of amnesty. The game as visible to the student is something like an extra essay assignment weighe
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by glimcat 15y ago
"Dark" is a typical label for unobservables (see also, "Dark Ages"). The fact that dark matter is specifically unobservable via electromagnetism just makes it funny. Well, a little bit, if you're a cosmologist.
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by glimcat 15y ago
They're observable particles. They probably wouldn't fit unless it somehow turns out to explain the entire Standard Model. What I'm getting at is that it might explain some dark matter, but it is unlikely to explain all dark matter even if
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by glimcat 15y ago
Not hugely likely, but interesting to explore. There are also things like neutrinos which wouldn't fit.
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by glimcat 15y ago
To answer my own question, there was an article in Science yesterday which goes into much more detail on this project. The backing appears quite scalable if there aren't any hidden gotchas that they didn't discuss. The electronics are proba
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by glimcat 15y ago
It's easier to land (and vet) a cofounder after you've done some initial work on the concept. Particularly if you've been going out of your way to meet people who might be suitable for some time beforehand.
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by glimcat 15y ago
It is fairly common, but it was much less common.
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by glimcat 15y ago
I love how Time decided to prepend the headline with "Viral."

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