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by jharrison 16y ago
If you're removing your rear from the seat while leaning forward, then maybe. The point of squatting, besides the angle of the innards involved, is the pressure on your bum. Leaning forward, or raising your feet of the ground, as is mentio
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by jharrison 16y ago
i7 920, 6BG DDR3, Dell 24" monitor running Windows 7 64 bit host with Ubuntu VM and Win 2003 server VM (both via VMWare). Ubuntu in the VM is faster than Ubuntu on bare metal Core 2 Duo E6550@2.33Ghz w/2gb ddr2. Only downside (totally non-c
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by jharrison 17y ago
I have been a Scout user for a while now. I primarily use it for its Rails monitoring. They also have a Passenger plugin that monitors a number of Passenger stats. My setup doesn't lend itself to Apache log monitoring (which is what the art
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by jharrison 17y ago
Nothing, indeed. I thought I was clever in 2000 when I had IIS "running on" Linux simply because I was using Linux as a reverse-proxy to my IIS box, just for fun (if learning Linux by starting with Slackware could have been considered fun).
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by jharrison 17y ago
That's a great question. I guess I just assumed they didn't want to be left out if the project became a product and made some money. They're a non-profit and any additional revenue would be a huge benefit.
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Ask HN: Can IP be shared on a custom software project?
2 points by jharrison 17y ago|5 comments
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by jharrison 17y ago
I still have the 3-ring binder containing, among other early projects, my first BASIC program written for my Timex Sinclair 1000. I was also oblivious to some of the basic structures of BASIC so there's a ton of repetition. It's fun to go b
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by jharrison 17y ago
Hey, I'm people. Sure, I'm a little round in the middle, I'm graying, and I could stand to workout once in a while. I'm starting a program to revitalize myself and fix those problems. Someone in your position as a person should think twice
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by jharrison 17y ago
I sense strife intra-marital strife.
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by jharrison 17y ago
I've often thought the same thing. I've known people in the food business and it just seems like a lot of work. I think I'd do something like BBQ probably through some kind of catering situation.
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by jharrison 18y ago
I chose none because there wasn't a "It's better" option. I've actually gained new contracts since things went south. So far the recession is working out fine for me. However, I know plenty of people who are struggling so it's not like I'm
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by jharrison 18y ago
I'm with you. I get razzed by a copywriting friend of mine all the time. I learned 2 spaces in typing class and nobody ever told me the rule changed. It's such a habit now that I have to think about using just one space.
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by jharrison 18y ago
I only read 15/15 and as far as I'm concerned I don't need to read the rest of it. There are plenty of examples of succeeding in a downturn by doing the opposite of what everyone else does. It might take a little creativity to find availabl
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by jharrison 18y ago
If Gary Vaynerchuk doesn't answer this question perfectly, and in video form, I don't know who does. Check it. http://tinyurl.com/6lpckv
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by jharrison 18y ago
I'm also using both vendors with a couple VPSes at each. I've had one outage with Slicehost when they needed to replace a drive in one of my servers. I wasn't even aware that there was a problem prior which shows how proactive they were.
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by jharrison 18y ago
I think the "not available" page could have a lot of good uses. A poll of "what are you going to do now?" would add to the experiment. Sure, not everyone will answer honestly but a good number probably will. How about some kind of stats?
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by jharrison 18y ago
It sounds like you haven't ever actually done what you propose to do. I think you'd be better off getting a job with one of the outfits you intend to mimic, first. Like SwellJoe, I've also been contracting for a number of years. Early on I
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by jharrison 18y ago
Why would anyone make Joe Average use Textile anyway when there are plenty of rich text editors available? Many (most?) have button bars Joe would be familiar with if he's ever used MS Word (which most Joes have). And again, many are cheap
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by jharrison 18y ago
When I was at Bank of America I worked on an internal Project Management tool that used a ton of Excel spreadsheets. If you can start with some kind of template it becomes dead simple. Excel spreadsheets can be used as datasources without
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by jharrison 18y ago
Lack of sleep, especially in the face of the scientific evidence of the damage it does, is not a badge of honor. Go to bed.
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by jharrison 18y ago
Eye hacking, duh.
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by jharrison 18y ago
Web/Software development business owner for the last 6 years. Previously all Microsoft dev. Currently a company of one (me) doing RoR. Trying to get past analyzing my startup ideas to just doing them.
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by jharrison 18y ago
Give me a break. Ya, the site could be designed better. Is it a Basecamp copy simply because he intelligently uses "above the fold" and then answers a few question in a two-column format below the fold? How many other sites do that? Many
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by jharrison 18y ago
Definitely not ready for prime time. I did several searches that said there were multiple pages of results but clicking the link to the second page brought up "no results". I'm also not sure how fresh their index is. I went to a page from
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by jharrison 18y ago
What EY does can't compare to your average VPS hosting and is absolutely not even close to shared hosting. If you poke around their site (looking at more than the price), you'll find a lot of information about the depth of their offering.
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by jharrison 18y ago
He may not be the smartest person they could find but he's a damn smart 12 year old. So, perhaps you're right. Either way, I wish my 12 year old had that much interest in anything at all. Very impressive.
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Ask HN: Best "tell a friend" referral service
1 points by jharrison 18y ago|0 comments
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by jharrison 19y ago
You make a great point. I hadn't even considered B to C since that's really not where I operate.
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by jharrison 19y ago
Maybe I'm just old (and by old I mean almost 40) but this is the only business model that has ever made sense to me. I'm obviously impressed with the Facebooks and the HotorNots and everyone else who manages to make a truckload of money wit
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by jharrison 19y ago
I used Mechanize and Hpricot on a project recently to create a sort of poor-man's API. My client is a performing arts organization that wanted a new website but they already had a (dreadful) internally-hosted site for selling tickets. In o

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