jlsonline

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by jlsonline 17y ago
Unfortunately, the industry we provide a service to is mired in local authority politics, so I can't disclose here. I'd like to be able to say "fuck, that is ridiculous" without someone picking up on it someday and killing my business as a
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by jlsonline 17y ago
I know it's currently in-fashion to give everything away for free but I personally think most reasonable people (that is to say, the ones you actually want on your site) don't mind paying for something of value. Create a product. Charge a f
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by jlsonline 17y ago
Back in the day, PHP was exciting. It was free, it was powerful, it was easy to learn. Everyone coming out of college knew C anyway and it has a similar structure. You could suddenly give your circa 1999 web pages a page date in REAL TIME
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by jlsonline 17y ago
Amusing. Rails as the "Dane Cook" of web frameworks pretty much hits the nail on the head. I love Rails but the fanboy culture really sucks.
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by jlsonline 17y ago
FWIW they provide an almost completely functional Visual Studio Express edition for free (that is a relatively new thing) and have even started including things like JQuery. It's a pretty slow process but I think they have always listened t
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by jlsonline 17y ago
Just took a look at EarthBrowser. Very cool indeed. I didn't expect Adobe AIR and would prefer it didn't default to a desktop icon but overall I like it quite a lot. Can I remove the drop shadow from the default font? An unexpected side e
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by jlsonline 17y ago
I have half a preserved brain sitting behind me on a shelf (seriously.) I think I'll make a sign with that phrase on it :-)
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by jlsonline 17y ago
Actually that's for the PRO edition (actually it's currently $799 USD.) It's $299 USD for the standard one. I absolutely defy you to come up with a better IDE with better support (MSDN, etc.) It is a joy to work with. They DO take care of
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by jlsonline 17y ago
Apart from the clunky interface (wait, was this intended to be used only with Facebook?) ... That was the first thing I noticed, too. You can click the 'more information' button and get a bit, eh, more info. Not a bad idea but the executio
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by jlsonline 17y ago
I think the only people who don't value experience are those without it. Skill is almost always a result of experience. Yes, there are those who "just get it" and can code circles around others but without the experience, they are having to
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by jlsonline 18y ago
As a side note... Check out http://www.carrotmob.org/ and watch the little video. It's cute and get's the point across. Consider using something like this in your startup's web site, HN readers. :)
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by jlsonline 18y ago
I'm sure this was intended as a joke but it was an actual issue for me, since I sometimes can't read an entire article without looking suspiciously inactive at work. :-) I use an add-on for Firefox called "Read it Later" ( https://addons.mo
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by jlsonline 18y ago
lol at least you can do that one for free... Having said that, I saved some money and took two years off to pursue all of my life-interests (mine, in fact, are quite similar to yours) but when it came down to it, I surfed the web, played ga