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by gstar 17y ago
We used the C gearman server from gearman.org, and it was highly unstable and very slow (added an extra 10-100ms to a job, which was noticeable in the UI), and did other crazy things like return data from other jobs when the frequency got t
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by gstar 17y ago
I agree also. Francisco clearly has a vested interest in this opinion, and like you say he's absolutely right about implementation making the difference. I have given a Cappuccino app to people to use, and they didn't even realise there wa
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by gstar 17y ago
That's excellent - dedupe makes a huge difference in most storage environments. Shame ZFS has a slightly indeterminate future.
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by gstar 17y ago
The paper describing it is well over 7000 words(!), but basically through natural language processing and machine learning.
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by gstar 17y ago
Bit of both - the sources are "curated" and then we automatically discover other sources. A big part of what the software does is to establish source quality and authority. The taxonomy automatically evolves - so for example during Hallowe
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by gstar 17y ago
This is my startup - TechCrunch took the UK pop-culture spin on the article, but I was very pleased for the coverage! Our product is quite niche and B2B, though very much has a technology and internet focus. Ask away with any questions.
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Stylesignal uses social media to enhance accuracy in fashion trend forecasting.(eu.techcrunch.com)
7 points by gstar 17y ago|5 comments
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by gstar 17y ago
I normally like individual paintings rather than artists. I do like Rothko though - so nice and blobby. For objects though, I especially like Le Corbusier. I gravitate toward modernism a bit, and I kinda think it was the last interesting a
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by gstar 17y ago
I understand, managing this for you has got to be really, really delicate. There's potential downsides in doing nothing as well. I'd still say it is worth having a word with someone more senior if you are able to. He'll likely lose his job
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by gstar 17y ago
I've dealt with this when I had to mop up after a predecessor made a habit of taking bungs at a government department. My advice to you is that you should have absolutely nothing to do with this. You should forget the sale now (it's a poss
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by gstar 17y ago
It might be worth making those about/university/help links under your logo significantly bigger - I missed them on first view. You don't get much attention time on the web, get in there -fast- .. a 10-15 second video is probably much more a
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by gstar 17y ago
I like your cool retro logo. First impressions: - It just looks like a blog, and I didn't immediately get it. - Seems to be a group-blog-per-university (isn't that market stitched up by facebook?) - I looked around, still going "huh?" and c
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by gstar 17y ago
A lot depends on whether the code is unusable as-is - but it's a well established rule of thumb that a re-write of any codebase takes 3 times the back of the envelope calculation.
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by gstar 17y ago
Yes. Some are more webapp than others. http://280slides.com/ , http://basecamphq.com/ (not to my taste, but might be to yours), http://vimeo.com/ , http://www.campaignmonitor.com/ , http://www.checkoutapp.com/ The list is endless!
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by gstar 17y ago
I've noticed recent startups aren't that fixated on having the domain from the get-go (dropbox is a notable recent one). I have no idea what stage you're at, but is it worth considering just going with websiteapp.com, getwebsite.com, websit
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by gstar 17y ago
Great idea - few things: - You could have problems with mastercard wanting to protect their trademark. - Your homepage is pretty heavy on copy. The copy's a bit long on hyperbole, too. Maybe edit down a bit and add a banner pic/video. We
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by gstar 17y ago
I think that the location based networks are probably growing how you'd expect. The exemplary demographic willing to have their location disclosed (with the biggest upside from doing so) is the 16-25 year old groups of mutual friends that
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by gstar 17y ago
My wife has a Displaylink USB adapter attached to her Macbook so that she can run two external 20" screens. It's great - it's fast enough for everything that she does (even for videos etc). You only notice you're on a USB adapter when you
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by gstar 17y ago
That -is- fast, but I still have trouble reconciling that deep down in my computer, a human readable SQL query gets built, and then another process parses that SQL. Seems so wasteful building and then parsing a human readable string for so
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by gstar 17y ago
That's why I called it a hack. Fundamentally, it's not much different to gambling with an advantage - there were certainly a lot of opportunities for him to lose. I don't think this called for a suspension of ethics, rather more of a disre
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by gstar 17y ago
Now -THAT- is a hack. Bravo. As for this quote: He’s just ruined his corporate life forever. I'd say he's just cemented himself as an incredible strategist that will be fairly in demand!
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by gstar 17y ago
This doesn't exactly answer your question, but you could take the contrarian approach and spend time learning Cappuccino, which abstracts a lot of the archaic and difficult web UI principles away. Web UI is difficult to define (there is no
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by gstar 17y ago
During F1 races in hot climates you can see people blowing air into the car and the driver's helmet with a vortex tube on the end of a shop air line.
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by gstar 17y ago
That's incredible - friend of mine and I did exactly that, but in Australia rather than Texas. We rather over-specced the reflux column (it was about 1m tall, copper, and ran a water jacket pumped from a swimming pool) and we even asked a f
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by gstar 17y ago
Middle-men are a personal pet-hate of mine - I wonder if we should publicly name and shame on HN. Difficult line to tread, but is it worth it?
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by gstar 17y ago
Terrible. Most of all, don't beat yourself up about this - there was nothing you could have done to have stopped it, and he did what he wanted to do for his own reasons. I'm sorry for your loss.
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by gstar 17y ago
The value is that it helps you cement the value of your business with potential investors and the bank, it establishes credibility when marketing yourself to customers. I'm fundamentally opposed to them, but the reality is that they exist.
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by gstar 17y ago
That'll slow the car down, and bring it to a stop if the brakes are in good condition. It's really simple to recover from a jammed open throttle (it's happened to me) - and I think it's the kind of thing that ought to be taught in driving l
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by gstar 17y ago
There's a problem with this. On GSM at least, my understanding is that the unique identifier (the IMSI) is rarely sent over the air, and more often an encrypted counterpart is sent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Subscr
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by gstar 17y ago
We have one and a half operating systems, Windows and Windows Mobile. Windows Mobile is kind of a half because it’s not entirely the same as Windows. And everyday, I say I’d love to get those two things to share more. Say, like Apple, Ste

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