idheitmann

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by idheitmann 15y ago
The best products solve niche problems that the solver is familiar with and is personally invested in solving. So if I have 3 good ideas, I'll do one and give the other 2 away - that way all my problems get solved! This is called commerce,
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Visualizations of Networks: beautiful, functional, various(visualcomplexity.com)
23 points by idheitmann 15y ago|0 comments
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by idheitmann 15y ago
Why, are you looking for ideas? :-D rummages for NDA
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by idheitmann 15y ago
Without turning this into another Python vs Ruby post, let me ask this: How should someone choose between the two when the priorities are time and quality of the learning resources online? Rails has RailsforZombies and the Poignant guide. D
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by idheitmann 15y ago
This is more or less the answer I've been giving myself. Thanks for confirming it!
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Ask HN: Not a design or code ninja - how do I pursue a great idea?
7 points by idheitmann 15y ago|12 comments
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by idheitmann 15y ago
For many folk who may not use PSN much or recently, the first concern I imagine would be to recall whether they ever provided Sony with the most sensitive things on that list. A quick gmail search tells me that they had my mailing address a
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by idheitmann 16y ago
Anyone who has built their own bikes quickly realizes how easy it is to get to the order of thousands. $3500 for carbon fiber is fairly reasonable.
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by idheitmann 16y ago
It also makes people do drugs. Such as frozen pizza. I wonder what evolutionary psychology has to say about this phenomenon. Why is luxury so goddamn depressing?
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by idheitmann 16y ago
Fewer vertical lines looks cleaner to the eye. But "never"? I'm sure gorgeous counterexamples are only a few hops away. Reminds me of militant opinions on font choice for resumes.
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by idheitmann 16y ago
Another great parallel is from photography: Many film cameras used to be sold with only a fixed 50mm or a 35mm lens. The restriction forced people to think about what was in or outside the field of vision. Today's cameras that have 10x zoom
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by idheitmann 16y ago
I hope that's not insensitive to kreci! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2095979
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Share your experience with selling to stock photo sites.
4 points by idheitmann 16y ago|1 comments
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by idheitmann 16y ago
If HN has jumped the shark, what's the next hip spot?
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by idheitmann 16y ago
HN is a great reference library as well as a news source and a community. The 'front page' is great for keeping your finger on the pulse, but what about more tools for finding and keeping up with subsets of the astronomical amount of inform
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Ask HN: What CAD program is worth learning, if any?
8 points by idheitmann 16y ago|12 comments
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U of Rochester Tech Entrepreneurship & Management MS(rochester.edu)
2 points by idheitmann 16y ago|0 comments
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What are your favorite music industry startups?
4 points by idheitmann 16y ago|2 comments
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Lightweight Open Source Multiple Desktops works for Windows 7(code.google.com)
1 points by idheitmann 16y ago|1 comments
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by idheitmann 16y ago
The mystery of the PageRank algorithm is not only a defense against gaming, it's a defense against competition. Other than stylistic differences (a la Bing), it seems difficult to differentiate a new service when nobody understands the deta
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by idheitmann 16y ago
They really are good shoes, especially in an urban jungle. The trouble is that they don't provide much insulation, so anyone living in colder climates has to go back to cramming their toes in Oxford toeboxes for half the year. We need more