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901.
by jarin 16y ago
Start consulting on the evenings or weekends. Even if it's just setting up Shopify stores or making someone a portfolio site. If you don't have any leads, skip Craigslist and Rent-a-Coder and start going to tech/business meetups, asking fri
902.
by jarin 16y ago
There's a pretty easy solution if that happens. Host your files somewhere else. Your use of Dropbox (and their decision to allow you to use their service) is on a purely voluntary, at-will basis.
903.
by jarin 16y ago
John Cleese did this experiment years ago in his "Wine for the Confused" series.
904.
by jarin 16y ago
It's sort of counter-intuitive, but taking responsibility for something (even if it's not directly your fault) often has the effect of deflecting some of the anger from your customers/clients/boss/etc. Personally, I prefer to just get the b
905.
by jarin 16y ago
The value is polish. He's not making a data-driven business app, where a shadow here or a custom icon there are nice but ultimately unnecessary. He's making a piece of software in a field where the small details can often be the difference
906.
by jarin 16y ago
It's not really that different from going to tech meetups or events and meeting people you talk to on HN or Twitter. I guess you just have to accept the reality that if you spend a lot of time online, your persona exists as much on the Inte
907.
by jarin 16y ago
I went to the one in New Orleans, I forget which year it was but I think it was the 3rd one? Lowtax wasn't there, but I think a couple of the admins were. It was probably 90% super awkward nerds trying to "hilariously" ask my black friend (
908.
by jarin 16y ago
From my understanding, setting leap seconds 20 years in advance is not a good idea either because large earthquakes (such as the recent one in Japan) can change the Earth's rotation speed enough to require an update.
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by jarin 16y ago
10 minute "What did you do yesterday, what are you doing today, and do you have any roadblocks?" meeting first thing in the morning = good 2 hour "We need to figure out how to monetize our shelf space and maximize user engagement" meeting r
910.
by jarin 16y ago
I've never been overly weirded out by meeting people from the Internet (going to Gooncon came close), but I will say it was definitely strange the first time some completely random stranger came up to me in a bar and said "You're Jarin, rig
911.
by jarin 16y ago
There's an edit link next to the playlist name.
912.
by jarin 16y ago
It's just YouTube playlists, how is that illegal? Edit: all of my 4- and 5-star rated songs in iTunes: http://instant.fm/p/7d
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by jarin 16y ago
That's essentially the crux of NoSQL. When your company consists of 90% developers and you're moving at breakneck speed, who wants to wait for Bob the Cranky DB Consultant? Just add another node to the cluster and let the auto-sharding figu
914.
by jarin 16y ago
Forgive me, but I'm kind of missing the point of this article. It's a basic review of a pretty ordinary looking resume builder?
915.
by jarin 16y ago
I just chalk it up to the fact that I can't possibly know everything. As long as I'm good at programming and/or business, I'm ok with basking in the glory of science without being an active participant. :)
916.
by jarin 16y ago
I don't really mind the redesign since I usually get linked to individual articles instead of browsing around their sites, but that grey line at the "fold" really bugs me. Anyone else get that?
917.
by jarin 16y ago
Damn, now I feel like a dummy. I've been thinking about .app for years but I figured it was already in the (super long) process of getting registered.
918.
by jarin 16y ago
Yeah, I definitely would like to see a .app TLD and would buy up a bunch of them (as long as they're priced similarly to .com).
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by jarin 16y ago
I would say yes, especially if you have newer code you can show off as well. Code can always be refactored and improved, but knowing (and making) what users want isn't something they teach in school!
920.
by jarin 16y ago
That's essentially what you're doing when you are trying to mine Bitcoin :)
921.
by jarin 16y ago
I have several email accounts and I'm overall pretty happy with the way Sparrow works. I generally know which mailbox to search in, since each email account has a definite purpose (personal, business, and one account for each client that I
922.
by jarin 16y ago
In short: Don't be a dummy and expect git to be some kind of advanced artificial intelligence.
923.
by jarin 16y ago
If you don't have that luxury, Sleep Cycle is a pretty good iPhone app for waking up. It attempts to learn your sleep phases via the accelerometer and wakes you up during the closest light sleep period to your alarm time.
924.
by jarin 16y ago
Oh I got that impression too, I was just being literal for the sake of discussion :)
925.
by jarin 16y ago
You know, I almost wonder if it's intentional. Using an image-based seizure page with a very generic image name prevents search engines from having any content to spider (and thereby prevents people from searching for seized sites).
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by jarin 16y ago
Let me just preface this by saying that I think kids are great (and this is not taking into consideration the other benefits of having kids, like happiness and sense of purpose and things like that), but if your goal is not just to get up e
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by jarin 16y ago
I'm in the "show karma only after voting" camp.
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by jarin 16y ago
I'm a big sleeper. I really enjoy sleeping, but I usually get up at 4 am. I'm not necessarily recommending this, but here's what I do: - I drink a lot of caffeine (studies show that after a regular, high level of caffeine intake it doesn't
929.
by jarin 16y ago
Tumblr has the same thing.
930.
by jarin 16y ago
Seems like a pretty cool company. It's like mint-for-democracy!

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