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by jhancock 17y ago
Good post. I solved my mongo full text search problems 2 weeks ago using Ruby's Sunspot gem http://outoftime.github.com/sunspot/ . I walked through this tutorial http://masonoise.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/using-sunspot-for-... on using S
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by jhancock 17y ago
Not only was an MBA not a requirement for writing the article, the knowledge has been around for ages. My grandfather taught the principle to me. He was born in 1889 and his "formal" education ended at age 11.
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by jhancock 17y ago
Sounds like you've never lived in a communist country; where the government decides there shall be one and only one marketplace for a certain set of goods/services. You are severally missing the point of the problem with Apple's App Store.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I've been down the full text search path a few times; never fun, too many compromises and too much work. Just last week I used Sunspot solr http://github.com/outoftime/sunspot for a new site and wow, what a breath of fresh air. Its the
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by jhancock 17y ago
"About 80% of the income comes from books, 20% from things like ads and affiliate links". You may be disappointed that pmichael isn't showing you his bank balance. I'm not. He does tell you how he's making money...well, you have to have t
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by jhancock 17y ago
Where are they located? Are there benefits to the location, such as fair treatment of IP disputes? It would be nice to have a server hosted in a place where the ISP only unplugs you after a court decision, not before.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I don't see this as a cat fight. People using online backup services are being sold "security". Not all users care about, much less understand, security to the extent that user of tarsnap do, but users should know if a product's marketing
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by jhancock 17y ago
Wow, that is a sweet deal. Thanks for posting jacques. I can't imagine a startup idea I may have that requires that much disk space, but it may set the mind turning to know the option is somewhat affordable.
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by jhancock 17y ago
What are you willing to tell us about your revenue model and profitability? I have used your search a few times and like it. Just haven't committed it to muscle memory yet ;). Where is the Chrome plugin that uses duckduckgo instead of goo
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by jhancock 17y ago
Yep, I was lucky and got sucked into one club my first year, which led to another, and another (all nothing to do with my studies). It was very rewarding and my closest friends from college (20 years later) are the ones from these extra ac
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by jhancock 17y ago
I agree with your general recommendation. Go to College..period. A good University will do wonders for a curious person. If the OP doesn't know why he needs to go, that's all the more reason he needs to go...and if the studies are not ch
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by jhancock 17y ago
http://m5hosting.com . They're in a solid data center in San Diego. I started with them for two reasons: 1- they knew FreeBSD (I use ubuntu now but wanted someone who could hands on cover me in a pinch with FreeBSD at the time). 2 - I w
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by jhancock 17y ago
For me, not owning my own server as a serial entrepreneur is like a graphics design consultant not owning a mac. Or a mechanic without four extra cars in his backyard. I'm sure Heoku is a great deal if you don't have the sysadmin skills.
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by jhancock 17y ago
"This is a resolution by a virtually unanimous parliament, but it is not formally binding for the Commission. If they want to ignore us, they technically can." Can someone please help me understand "who" this ACTA commission is and under wh
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by jhancock 17y ago
Would you mind making this a facebook group or find some other subscription notice mechanism? I can't make Thursday's meetup but would like an easy way to get notice of future ones. The chance of me missing a notice on HN is high. Also pe
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by jhancock 17y ago
Other ways to spend the money? Well, anyone living in Atlanta now will tell you this winter's rainfall showed them just how bad the city's sewer system is. Its well known that Atlanta has major sewer problems for perhaps 100 years...think
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by jhancock 17y ago
I'm from Georgia and moved to Atlanta in '87 to go to Georgia Tech. I was a part of the student group that put together the Olympic bid. I stayed in Atlanta through the '96 games. My view is different than yours. I do feel Atlanta did a g
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by jhancock 17y ago
Patent number: 7479949 http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=dCKzAAAAEBAJ&dq=7... Filing date: Apr 11, 2008 - Issue date: Jan 20, 2009 Less than a year from filing to issue!!!?? Do "frequent filers" get in a special priority queue
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by jhancock 17y ago
Thanks for the pointers. I have written a few patents. Well, I wrote the invention part and paid supposedly good patent attorneys to clean it up and write the claims and educate me on the process. I "thought" my lawyers told me the first
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by jhancock 17y ago
I have just read the claims of the patent you linked. The first 3 claims [1] describe events (basic MVC stuff) as has been used in the wild since at least 1979!!! The patent has a filing date of May 13, 1994. I had written Smalltalk code
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by jhancock 17y ago
Note: This is "dev" release. 1.2.x is the current production release.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I don't have a problem with paying a business partner 30% if it makes sense. In the past, I built a business where I only had one client, IBM...they sold my app frameworks into their clients...big honkin' enterprise deals. They dictated t
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by jhancock 17y ago
I like the rational in this new RFS but don't like the idea of building a biz that gives 30% to Apple and lets them cut me off anytime they wish.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I installed a firewall at a doctor's office last week. I set the defaults to block pretty much everything so I could whitelist sites the office staff truly needed. The following Monday, I sat around and whitelisted things as the staff stu
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by jhancock 17y ago
Thanks for what you've done thus far. You've obviously put a lot of thought into this change. Go for it, I wish you success.
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by jhancock 17y ago
IMO, there is only one solution: Pick one "small" project and will yourself to take it to "completion". Define completion as something you know you can attain. In this context, complete can't be "I flip the project for $3mm" as this is o
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by jhancock 17y ago
Some clients, usually larger ones, can be risk adverse to working directly with an independent contractor. Its not hard for an independent contractor to be "independent" per these tax rules. However, many clients don't want to take the ri
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by jhancock 17y ago
I worked at IBM in the late '80s. A secretary that worked in my department could have her earphone in one ear typing 100+ words a minute while in her other ear on the phone speaking/listening Spanish with her girlfriend. I could walk up t
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by jhancock 17y ago
same here. I spent 30 seconds and have no idea what it does or why I want it.
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by jhancock 17y ago
I would appreciate if you posted some links on home schooling... things a noob parent needs to know. The open enrollment (assuming you mean what I inferred) has not worked well in my home town. About 15 years ago, the city and county schoo

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