healthyhippo

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by healthyhippo 15y ago
I'm loving the author's repeated statements in the comments, "To be clear, this is a concept, not a real game."
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by healthyhippo 15y ago
I just sent this out to a friend who was trying to figure out whether to build his simple app in ruby vs. php. Think it made up his mind.
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by healthyhippo 15y ago
I really liked this, until I used the shared HN one and it got really laggy / Chrome kill button came up
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
In high school US history, there was a daily homework assignment where we had to turn in a 1 page paper on some historical topic (for example, the battle of antietam in the civil war). Teacher never really read the homework- just scanned it
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
This is pretty dope. The design is particularly excellent. Nice work
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Its really ridiculous how many sites still store passwords that way. SurveyMonkey still sends forgot password requests in plaintext email. You'd think with $100M of funding they'd have sorted that out by now.
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
I haven't been managing our email messaging, but this seems considerably cheaper than Sendgrid which charges something exorbitant (I mean, its like $80 a month, but they're f*cking emails). Does anyone have a perspective on whether their se
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Sure, he could just run it like Swoopo.com and charge people for each bid they make
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
I don't know much about photo editing, but I've used Gimp for a little while along with Inkscape for editing. I use it for simple stuff- drop shadows, minor logo work, etc. Is there a noticeable difference vs. photoshop on that level?
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
They make money for three reasons: 1. Their music is excellent and consistent. Dave Matthews is one of the best songwriters of this generation. 2. They constantly make concerts exciting by playing completely different versions of their song
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
I think it is a bit shortsighted to imply that every sector of the web besides small businesses has been conquered.
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
African Americans and Asians Americans are people. I heard that Finland has people (though I'm not really sure). So, their school systems seem comparable. Because after 1st generation immigrants, race is more linked to identity within a soc
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
I was actually talking about the colors to the side of the font-- the blues, oranges, and reds that shaded the outside of the black. It turns out that most type in my mac shows up like this, though it doesn't show up like that in inkscape w
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Ask HN: Warmer font color?
4 points by healthyhippo 16y ago|6 comments
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Alex- if you're interested in the work, drop me an email and we can talk
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Ask HN: Anyone used an iPhone development company?
3 points by healthyhippo 16y ago|3 comments
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Agreed, thats a miniscule share of the equity. i know people who have joined companies with 20+ employees and gotten that much or more
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Pretty sure Joe gets more equity here. Joe had the idea, wrote the initial code, and has stuff up and running. I'd guess the split here should be 75/25 if Joe worked on it full time. If I were the biz-dev cofounder, if Joe gave me 50%, I wo
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
All sorts of problems can crop up if you don't resolve the equity situation up front. Its good you're trying to resolve it as soon as possible. Depending on how much thought leadership he's provided and how much direction he's given you, it
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
I agree that competition validates a market, but as an entrepreneur I'm still hesitant to launch a competing product that I had an idea for. Here's why: 1. My competitors may be ahead of me. If something is just out there launched, that mea
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Really enjoyed this- the best customer acquisition strategy is building a compelling user experience.
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
Agreed that its generally backwards looking and at times just strange (urban entrepreneur?? really?), but there were a few points that resonated with me: 1) Conway's point that UI/UX is becoming far more important. Hipmunk seems almost ent
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
If you're dedicated to being an entrepreneur for "love of the game", there's value in doing diligence on the vertical/idea that you might spend your next 1-4 years in
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
The psychological impact of being wrong is big enough to do it very often. Everyone going "oooooh... AHH" when they show the slow-motion ball cam, and most of the time its out. Then everyone looks at you like you're the asshole. All of a su
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
The post boils more fundamentally down to hiring managers who have well developed skills of empathy. When people can put themselves in the shoes of others and feel as they feel, its a lot easier for them to act in the collective good. Most
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
There must be a faster way. I sit around waiting for 10 seconds for it to reload, and I've got the attention span of a goldfish
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by healthyhippo 16y ago
You should quit, especially if you don't major obligations (debt, family). In 10 years you'll always regret not having done so. And definitely think you can emerge on the other side just fine- thats largely a function of how you're willing