jbillingsley

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by jbillingsley 14y ago
I've had (very) modest success at passive income ($60-100 a month) with a niche iPhone app. The nice thing about it is that it is truly passive. I haven't touched the ting in over a year (I know I should update and improve on it but I lost
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by jbillingsley 15y ago
Not a hack really just a gross oversight on Sony's part.
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Ask HN: Three questions for your users
1 points by jbillingsley 16y ago|0 comments
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
Now you can see why the government wants to privatize everything. If it's a private institution they can infringe upon your rights however they like.
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This is what happens when use the design sweatshops(specwatch.info)
8 points by jbillingsley 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Charging for niche app a money grab?
2 points by jbillingsley 16y ago|1 comments
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
Add a really awesome voice control interface to this and I could see it being nice in a consumer context.
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I came here to make the exact same comment...
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I can't for the life of me remember what I put out on geocities but it was probably something to do with Star Wars. I think my username back then was Fett82. Good times...
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
It's nice to see some noteworthy CS/Mathmatics accomplishments coming from outside Stanford and MIT. But perhaps I'm biased being from the Dallas area.
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
If I'm understanding this correctly the competition wouldn't be dev vs dev but store vs store. If that is the case then your app becomes a commodity and each store will try to compete on price, lowering the dev's profit margin in the proces
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
The idea of "one or more" stores distributing these apps seems likely to hurt profit margins for developers. I was intrigued until they mentioned that aspect.
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Ask HN: Sacred Cows and Self-Preservation
1 points by jbillingsley 16y ago|0 comments
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I'd like to see a poll of users to find out what percent actually uses instant as it is meant to be used. I know I still do searches how I always have, by hitting enter. I imagine most non-technical users are still hitting enter.
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
The thing that all these people who are bullish on streaming content replacing TV never discuss is sports. It the main reason I haven't ditched a cable subscription. Plus I don't like the idea of 5 different content providers replacing the
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I fully agree with you. If your app is heavily social it would be ridiculous not to leverage the worlds largest social network, even with very occasional down-time.
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I think the best thing for bicyclists to do is avoid main roads with a speed limit over 35 mph. You give yourself a better chance of being noticed by automobiles if your rate of speed is closer to theirs. The last thing you want to do is be
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
Great video player. I will be pushing clients to use this instead of flash-only players for sure.
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by jbillingsley 16y ago
I wouldn't put it past Siemens to be in on this. After all the most profits are made by playing both sides.