jmtame

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   by jmtame 15y ago

   I forgot he released those in that format, and you're right; he really hit some impressive numbers with that experiment: "A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transa
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   When Trent Reznor released Niggy Tardust, 28,322 paid $5 for it, which was 20% of the total who downloaded the album freely. Were there any other albums he released for $5? Granted, this was Saul Williams' album and Trent appeared on it; it
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   I was curious so I was reading over the comments, and I noticed that most people seem to back this with the caveat that it only be done in the United States since it's not an international affair. That was the major thing I took away from r
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   Working at Heroku(vimeo.com)

   6 points by jmtame 15y ago|0 comments
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   Sounds like your body transitioned into ketosis during the third or fourth day. You can know for sure by buying ketone test strips and drinking enough water. I've tested out ketosis for myself and experienced some strange effects: salad tas
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   did you try to sign up? you can save your progress and edit your code on any repo by signing up.
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   can you email us your application URL? we're founders at trybloc.com
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   sorry, we'll get this fixed. the browser window is gaining focus after clicking the next button and we should refocus it back on the console
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   by jmtame 15y ago

   yeah, there was some confusion between us and the javascript framework.
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    Show HN: Write and deploy your first web app in 5 minutes, no setup needed(trybloc.com)

    86 points by jmtame 15y ago|31 comments
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    Djangy has been open sourced(github.com)

    9 points by jmtame 15y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Use Dojo to learn, build, and deploy web apps(dojoapp.com)

    119 points by jmtame 15y ago|29 comments
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    "On September 22, 2011, a letter signed by greater than 350 businesses and organizations — including names such as NBCUniversal, Pfizer, Ford Motor Company, Revlon, NBA, and Macmillan — was sent to Congress encouraging the passage of infrin
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    People paid us $10,000 last week to learn how to program. Lessons learned...(niroka.posterous.com)

    114 points by jmtame 15y ago|39 comments
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I feel I should chime in since I know BC. I've been dating a girl now for 2 years because of a party he invited me to, and have to admit he handled this way better than I could have (and he has way more game than I do). I was a big wimp whe
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I'm on a 512 Linode, and my Wordpress would freeze when I got on the front page of HN. I ended up turning Apache's Keep-Alive to off and installed W3 Total Cache, haven't had any problems since then.
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    Sorry, I think I'm coming off as an evangelist when the reason I replied specifically to wheels is because I know him personally and it was intended as a personal recommendation to try out since I had many of the same complaints as him a fe
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I edited out some of my previous comments where I mentioned "I don't understand why people still like books" before you replied. What I mean is "I like the e-book experience so much that I'd be surprised if most people who switched over did
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I would recommend trying out the Kindle app. You could download the app in Chrome and read out of one of your tabs. The books overall are a lot cheaper; you don't need a Kindle device; more of the money goes directly to the author. You stil
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I'm genuinely curious why you prefer a paperback, could you elaborate? Also, wanted to ask: have you tried the Kindle app on your Mac/PC and mobile device yet?
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    Also, string interpolation using only double quotes has bothered me in Rails. That was the one feature I saw that they supported, although now that I think about it, Rails probably adopted it as a convention to prevent excessive escaping.
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    http://www.airbnb.com/events/startup-school-2011
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    I was a beta tester, and I sent my mom a card using SendWrite. She just told me she got it and that it was the single best thing she received this year =]
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    Founders Fund Redesign(foundersfund.com)

    5 points by jmtame 15y ago|0 comments
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    Why do people still buy books?(jmtame.posterous.com)

    5 points by jmtame 15y ago|2 comments
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    Ask WePay CEO (YC S09) Bill Clerico anything about your startup(officehours.tv)

    12 points by jmtame 15y ago|1 comments
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    The problem with this article is it comes across (based on the title) as statistical, but it's not: "This isn’t a statistic, it’s a casual observation..."
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    Non-competes for acquisitions in California are enforceable. It's one of the few exceptions where it can actually be enforced, but they usually expire after a year.
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    Is there anything to stop Arrington from creating another news blog? He's losing properties like CrunchBase and the conferences, but why not take a few of the TC employees and keep writing news?
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    by jmtame 15y ago

    There's something difficult about saying "hey go to mypornsite dot x-x-x", it's 3 syllables over the conventional "dot com", "dot net" or "dot org."