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by jaaron 13y ago
Ok, I said this in another post, but don't call yourself CTO then. Outside of the tech bubble, it comes across as self-aggrandizing even if you don't mean it to. Have some humility and use the title tech-founder or tech lead or so
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by jaaron 13y ago
Thank you. I came here to say the same. If you're company is < 10 people, you're not a CTO or CEO. Putting it down as your title only makes sense in the bay area. Outside of the bubble, it looks ridiculous. Even _if_ CTO is &qu
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by jaaron 13y ago
There are arguably a fair number of moving sidewalks in Hong Kong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%E2%80%93Mid-Levels_esca...
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by jaaron 13y ago
How is this a surprise? The particular argument in this case is as old as GMail is: Google uses email content as a factor in presenting ads in the service. That's been the case since day 1. The case isn't suggesting Google gives i
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by jaaron 14y ago
I lived in Santa Monica for a year without a car (intentionally). It's totally doable, but it takes planning.
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by jaaron 14y ago
That depends on our definition of property rights and sovereignty. You may "own" the land, but you are not sovereign on that land. The larger society, which claimed and defended the land prior to your ownership claims, has sovereignty over
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by jaaron 14y ago
Ah, see now we're getting into what are "natural rights" which is much more tricky, yes. The facts of the matter are that we find ourselves born into some particular land and some particular society. We have no choice about these things, we
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by jaaron 14y ago
No, I don't point a gun to your head. Instead, we agree on a mechanism by which to make decisions and reach compromise. As everyone has different opinions and agendas, compromise is required. Not everyone, no one perhaps, will get their ful
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by jaaron 14y ago
I'm likely going to regret getting into this conversation. > Our system is the final consequence of people who want safety guaranteed by the government. That's quite a statement and I expect you intended unjustifiable hyperbole. Yet, fo
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by jaaron 14y ago
This is fantastic. Reminds me of this article from a while ago: http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/03/12/dads-plea-de... So many kids apps could take advantage of these best practices. Glad to see this on HN.
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by jaaron 14y ago
This is why I prefer bridge loans for seed phase startup funding (project funding, like kickstarter is completely different). With convertible notes, the early owners retain control and there's less risk for the investor. If everything goes
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by jaaron 14y ago
Here's the first half of the tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pOqwUoJniPQ I feel like the controls are pretty decent. It's pretty much a straight port from the PC, so the menus are the same, etc. T
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by jaaron 14y ago
If you like these, you should check out the RPGs by Spiderweb Software. They're available for iPad as well as Mac and PC: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/products.html
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by jaaron 14y ago
The developers were seeing out of memory issues on the iPad 1, thus the requirement for iOS 6. I believe there is still some hope they can get it to run, but ultimately, that didn't hold up the release: https://twitter.com/TrentOster/statu
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by jaaron 14y ago
This is one of my main concerns too. What's the business plan here? How can I trust "lifetime" will mean something more than a year or two? As much as I appreciate Dean stepping in, it may be too late.
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by jaaron 14y ago
It's expensive, but consider the Jot Touch stylus: http://adonit.net/product/jot-touch/
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by jaaron 14y ago
I've had close friends and family members battle addiction of several kinds. With that in mind, this post sounds very typical of many addicts (drug, games, etc.). Likely several parts are extensively embellished, perhaps outright false. As
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by jaaron 14y ago
Seeing just how risky the Curiosity landing was reminded me just how far away we are from landing on Mars. I now seriously doubt I'll see such a landing in the next 30-50 years. And with respect to "we've already explored this planet, let's
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by jaaron 14y ago
I can see both sides of the argument. The case for personal responsibility is strong, but I can also see the case that this product is deceptively dangerous, i.e.- it resembles many other non-dangerous products, leading to easy consumer c
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by jaaron 14y ago
I've primarily switched to ebooks as the convenience is simply compelling enough for me that I'm willing to accept the downsides. The result? I read many more books than I used to. That said, there are two major concerns I have with ebooks
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by jaaron 14y ago
In my case, it was cheaper to pay for a physical Sunday delivery subscription which includes digital. I don't really want the Sunday paper, but it's a better deal.
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by jaaron 14y ago
Which is why they're worthless if that's what you have them doing. I was chief architect for a startup and my job was basically filling in for everyone else wherever I could. I did all the documenting no one had time to do. I took every tas
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by jaaron 14y ago
It's a role that any senior engineer should be able to take. And yes, every senior engineer should be architect-quality, but in some projects, it's useful to ensure that at least one person is tasked with the sole role of keeping an eye on
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by jaaron 14y ago
There have been a couple web services I've done which we've modeled as a state machine. I found the approach gave the architecture and API much more consistency, especially when paired with REST.
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by jaaron 14y ago
MVC, more than other design patterns, is horribly abused. Developers should keep in mind its GUI roots. Here's my "is it MVC?" litmus test: How much of my code survives if I drastically change the view? For example, if I want to switch to a
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by jaaron 14y ago
+1 I'm also a single father (part-time, 50/50). Luckily I have plenty of job opportunities where I am, though I could certainly have even more if I would move. And while I don't want to dismiss the real issues many women face in the workfor
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by jaaron 14y ago
No. In fact, it's not much more than a cut and paste job.
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by jaaron 14y ago
Westside Rentals uses them on their displays in LA and I've often used the QR code to check out the details of the listing when walking by in Santa Monica.
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by jaaron 14y ago
What sort of pricing plan is this? The per-user expense _increases_ as you buy more seats? https://secure.stairwayapp.com/plans
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by jaaron 14y ago
The issue isn't publishing, or even selective publishing, it's smart aggregation . You'd still need a solution like a feed reader or a site like FriendFeed. And even then, you don't have the interactivity of FB with the ability to "like" c

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