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by hrabago 15y ago
It seems appropriate for its environment. If you write code like that today, it wouldn't be.
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by hrabago 15y ago
A potential issue here is agreeing on value. Coding tasks can look really easy when in fact they can be incredibly complex. I'm not sure a design for a landing page is the market equivalent of an entire iPhone app. Edit: typo
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by hrabago 15y ago
I wasn't aware there was a consensus that prompting for reviews is a bad idea. I would guess the devs thinking it's bad is doing it wrong. Yes, personally I hate being prompted to rate an app right upon launching - I launched it to use th
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by hrabago 15y ago
If I love one device over the other because it gives me more potential earnings, does that make me less of a geek?
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by hrabago 15y ago
It may cost more than $25 per computer to collect computers being recycled, evaluate them for suitability, clean them up, and install a fresh copy of Ubuntu on them. Also, the size difference could be significant, as well as allow novel way
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by hrabago 15y ago
Hopefully for the better. Al Qaeda has proven very resilient, so hopefully this breaks them down.
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by hrabago 15y ago
[Deleted] Don't know why this is being downvoted. I was sharing an analysis of what could happen as a consequence of this event.
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by hrabago 15y ago
The question now is, what will his followers do?
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by hrabago 15y ago
I found the version on the left quite readable. Then I thought - this is a website of someone who wants to teach others about design, so the correct answer is likely the right one. I saw the design principles in play - the justification,
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by hrabago 15y ago
I don't have a problem with your tone. What I suspect, though, is that based on the message you're trying to convey, you might be the target of the author. "So from my viewpoint I am trying to increase S/N ratio by cutting down on courte
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by hrabago 15y ago
It's because I'm cursed, and I always get the slowest line during checkout. It's okay, though. I make up for it by always switching to the faster lane while I'm driving. Kidding aside, I like his way of presenting. I have an appreciation fo
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by hrabago 15y ago
Based on your comment here, and your comments on other posts, I think you're among the target audience of this post.
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by hrabago 16y ago
I can't remember waiting as anxiously for a product as I have for this, since the original iPhone. Now the problem becomes taming the expectations that have built up. At the very least, my fingers should be able to revert to the shortcuts a
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Everything I ever learned about marketing I learned from D&D(conversationmarketing.com)
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by hrabago 16y ago
To me, it's much closer to communicating agreement in Apache open source projects. Someone proposes an idea or expresses an opinion, others simply respond with "+1" instead of a variety of ways of saying "Yes/agreed/I concur/indeed/I secon
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by hrabago 16y ago
I suppose it wouldn't help much if I leave a comment there discouraging the very thing the article seems to be suggesting.
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by hrabago 16y ago
The tip about the support / bug report button is very helpful. It's one of those that seem obvious in hindsight, but I suspect is helpful in reducing negative reviews on the App Store. This gives the user another outlet for expressing neg
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by hrabago 16y ago
> IMHO strip you idea of unnecessary complexity (advanced functionalities, etc, etc) in order to be able to execute it as good as you can as fast as you can. Simplicity allows better execution. I think this is one of the important facet
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by hrabago 16y ago
Argh, you're right. I should've used private browsing for this. Fortunately on FF there's a "Clear Recent History" feature.
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by hrabago 16y ago
The issue is the market. From what I've seen and read, Android owners are less likely to pay for apps, so devs have to resort to advertising to get their revenues.
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by hrabago 16y ago
The way I understand it, the $200 price is for 10 submissions, not 10 applications. So if your app has a bug, and you submit a version of the same app which fixed the bug, and/or added features, that counts against the limit. Think of it a
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by hrabago 16y ago
I tried signing up and was surprised that a Twitter account is required.
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by hrabago 16y ago
It might be meaningless for Verizon, but useful for Apple, and those with a stake in iPhone sales, such as iPhone app developers.
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by hrabago 16y ago
I was hoping the BlackBerry patent issues from a few years ago would prompt our lawmakers to finally fix the problems, but even then they ignored it.
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by hrabago 16y ago
> I'd say the second biggest reason is the annoying user interface DuckDuckGo is the first website that made me want to install a browser plugin to change the way the page looks. (As for other websites that had a look I didn't like, I
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by hrabago 16y ago
I remember reading about the application of this mindset in retail establishments before. It's also why I never specify a size before seeing the actual cup sizes.
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by hrabago 16y ago
The issue isn't about being able to build on top of what you built. This can still be done by open sourcing your app. The issue is distribution. Those people may not be able to redistribute the app, but they can still contribute code.
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by hrabago 16y ago
That's an amazing story, almost unbelievable. Thanks for sharing.
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by hrabago 16y ago
One's headed to my zipcode. That's interesting because ours is a smallish town. However, there are quite a few IT people around (where both me and my wife works).
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by hrabago 16y ago
My favorite tool for offline reading on the iPhone is actually another browser. Before I go on a flight, I load up HN, open up links to stories and comment pages I want in iCabMobile, which then saves them for offline reading. I've found it

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