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by hbien 14y ago
Not sure about Desura/GOG, but Steam has a vetting process. If you're not a game developer with a following, or if your first game doesn't meet their standards, you can't get onto their marketplace. You're also required to use their SDK an
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Put the logo below the fold: Breaking design rules for profit(blog.studiofellow.com)
25 points by hbien 14y ago|24 comments
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by hbien 14y ago
Slightly off topic, but one of my favorite episodes from that podcast actually aired right after Derek Siver's interview: http://foolishadventure.com/audio/write-compelling-copy-with... It was definitely worth a listen and included a ton
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by hbien 14y ago
http://us.fotolia.com/ is a good place, cheaper than istockphoto but less options also.
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by hbien 14y ago
For a pragmatic overview the "Non Designer's Design Book" and "Bootstrapping Design" are great for developers. These cover the basics of layout, color, typography, contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity, and more. Since you're interest
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How To Write Compelling Copy with Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers(foolishadventure.com)
3 points by hbien 14y ago|0 comments
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LessConf Videos 2009-2012(lessconf.lesseverything.com)
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by hbien 14y ago
I'm in a similar boat. I got the cheapest GSM android phone I could find. I have data switched off and don't download any apps. I do enjoy using it as an mp3/podcast player for runs and train rides. Also, I switch on the data whenever I'
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by hbien 14y ago
If you're looking into making a big impact: http://80000hours.org/ The answer is usually not clear cut.
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by hbien 14y ago
But the document checks weren't finished yet and the guest still arrived. At this point, they're not really protecting the guest.
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by hbien 14y ago
Have you seen http://givewell.org/ , specifically http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities ?
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by hbien 14y ago
Wow! I just took a look at the original author's page and he's got some amazing stuff: http://hakim.se/experiments
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by hbien 14y ago
I was in the same situation, my girlfriend and I preferred a less urban place. We ended up living in Campbell (I used the VTA light rail + Caltrain to get to work). We looked at some places in Cupertino and Palo Alto, but they were too pr
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by hbien 14y ago
Awesome, I'll have to take a look at how that works. I've gotten it to work with quickfix (set switchbuf=useopen), but still have no idea how to get vim to do that for ctags.
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by hbien 15y ago
Waking up ~2 hours early before anyone else to hack/create works for me. Then leave the evenings to enjoy with your significant other. =]
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by hbien 15y ago
I'll second this. I'm currently using the X220 with Gentoo and it works perfectly except for the trackpad (which shakes the cursor in some areas). I have to use the keyboard mouse pointer. I was also concerned about price and managed to
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by hbien 15y ago
For website design, I'd recommend two books: Mark Boulton's "Designing for the Web" and Jason Beaird's "Principles of Beautiful Web Design". It really comes down to practice. You could try imitating the websites you like (implement but not
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by hbien 15y ago
I'm not a designer, but this tool is very cool. I love the simplicity and I understood how to use it right away. The overall problem and concept reminds me of http://conceptshare.com
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by hbien 15y ago
Shameless plug: I've been putting together book lists at http://bookbased.com (links are affiliate)
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by hbien 15y ago
http://hackerthings.com has a pretty good list for tinkerers.
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by hbien 15y ago
How much programming have you learned so far? There are a lot of free resources available online: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books http://www.khanacademy.org/#computer-science
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by hbien 15y ago
The great thing about bioinformatics is that there's so much data available online for free. Here are some links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ - sequences, papers, and so much more http://www.expasy.org/ http://smd.stanford.edu/ -
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by hbien 15y ago
I'm actually trying to get into bioinformatics myself. Here are some of the resources I've been using: - Khan Academy (Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Probability) - Molecular and Cell Biology for Dummies <-- includes overview of
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by hbien 15y ago
I don't think he'd be surprised. Didn't C++ initially compile to C? He mentioned how these "to-JS" languages are more like C++ to C than C to assembly.
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by hbien 16y ago
http://orgmode.org/
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Your Design Is Wrong (And Here's Why)(flyosity.com)
45 points by hbien 16y ago|9 comments
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From CEOs to Opera Singers – How to Harness the “Superstar Effect”(fourhourworkweek.com)
1 points by hbien 16y ago|0 comments
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by hbien 16y ago
Just clarifying, Django models only create the initial tables/columns of a model after running the `syncdb` command. If you add fields later on, you'll need to write the SQL to add the columns yourself ( http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/
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by hbien 16y ago
IE6
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Selling a Wordpress Plugin on Flippa(flippa.com)
14 points by hbien 17y ago|4 comments

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