jhancock

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   by jhancock 17y ago

   All I'm arguing in favor of is multiple markets, which requires an unlocked device. If a software developer or consumer wants to use Apple's store, they can. If they want to use another, including Apple's they also have that choice. At t
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   Without the App Store, there would be dozens of download portals and review sites and countless blogs for iPhone apps doing marketing for you, just as they work for every other product or service in the internet. I don't think anyone is mi
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   I've used both; erlang more. You really can't go wrong from a learning perspective with either choice. You would need to post more on the types of things you want to build in order to get further opinion.
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   We probably have a different view on what is a killer app. From my perspective: Windows - Outlook Express, IE. OS X - Mail, Safari. I can't recall the last time I fired up "Photoshop, Excel, Quicken, Final Cut" and I bet 90% of randomly
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   I assume your being snarky. To be a bit more serious though, China has a large ebook publishing economy. An author in China would be thrilled to make $25k off a book. Royalty payment in China are horribly low and accounting of books sold
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   Any info on the traction of noca? How do consumers react to this new form of transaction? Is the merchant seeing lower conversions due to consumer unfamiliarity?
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   Mortgage interest tax deductions were certainly an accelerant, as they were designed to be, but that alone wasn't to blame. Packaging mortgages into investment vehicles was a horrifically bad affair which was at least the number two ingred
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   Apple wants to lock you into their market and does so by locking down the platform. If your a fan of free markets, this is going in the opposite direction. A user or a publisher can choose that a 30% "tax" on a transaction (Apple's cut of
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   by jhancock 17y ago

   kindle and streaming media. Amazon doesn't compete with iTunes/NetFlix yet, but they want to.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I'm proud to say my site passes all tests with flying colors!! Under the first test, I think the colors actually look better. Thanks for the quick check tool!!
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I'm excited about atlas. However, posting a "watch this page" notice on HN is a bit out of place. How about posting the HN notice when it actually is available?
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Where is the atlanta hacker events list/twitter/etc?? I may be able to come to an event and would like a channel for event notices.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    My advice is to dump the site and replace it with a clean blog. If your as busy as you need to be to survive, you'll never have time to maintain a custom site like that. Don't let your site show off your skills, let your reference-able po
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Here's what I've learned about whistle blowing: you have little protections. I was in a situation about 10 years ago where I wanted to report investor fraud to the SEC. My legal counsel told me I had no protections from being sued. My logi
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I'm married and have a 5 year old son. When I finally settled into a family, some aspects changed but I had already been living life as an entrepreneur for close to 20 years and my wife accepts and supports this. My family is healthy and
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I think you misinterpreted my post. I have zero "pride" in place here. I was simply responding to the parent post that some of these may not be homophones (at least according to my definition). For the record, the OP's strong reaction to
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    agreed. by the same reasoning, affect and effect, compliment and complement also shouldn't be considered. It takes a well trained ear and a good tongue to get it right, but by my well trained ear and tongue they do not qualify.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I'd be very disappointed if they were sold on ebay instead of listia ;).
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    What do you mean by "startup technology site"? from startups.com home page: "It's THE website for business people, entrepreneurs, small business owners, home-based businesses to ask business questions." startups.com has a wide agenda. It i
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Performance is only one reason I've chosen MongoDB for my new app. I actually don't see the performance factor yet as I'm still developing and would see good enough performance on any number of DB choices. The benefit I am seeing right now
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Even if your spouse doesn't do your web design, he/she is in business with you. Its critical your spouse supports this lifestyle.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Well, I did start my narrative by saying I was told this story 20 years ago. I was told this by the researcher that was part of the experiment. I had no reason to doubt his words.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Here's a story I was told by a dolphin researcher about 20 years ago. They had a man pretend to be drowning in the open ocean near some dolphins. A dolphin came to rescue the drowning man. They repeated the experiment. After the third o
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Looks nice. Here's the part I don't get: I read to my 4 year old son. I do so while he is in bed as part of the purpose is to settle him down. I set the lights low, just enough so I can read and he can see the book. I don't see how a web
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    I'm guessing that a personal bankruptcy may get you out of this debt.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    thanks. I would have failed the "winning" team. From my perspective, they made nothing from their two hours. The money was made by the 3 minutes in class which was not part of their 2 hour earning time.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    If you have enough time, they don't have to be. But if publishing is a side-venture, you probably need to make a choice.
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    Every time I see a "puzzle" in a programmer ad, I feel they are not getting the desired effect. The only effect they should want is to get the ad noticed. They should not want the effect of weeding out potential applicants that simply don
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    you get 50% bounce from spikes from reddit, slashdot? or you get 50% bounce rate normally?
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    by jhancock 17y ago

    world's finest engineers? ;)