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by jpadvo 16y ago
>But ControlJS, HeadJS, and many other script loaders like them are doing the same thing. They aren’t necessarily using the exact same trick as LABjs used, but they are pinning their entire loading functionality on hacky, non-standard b
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Yet another example is organizing color libraries / color swatches: http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/Color/CSDR
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by jpadvo 16y ago
What do you mean by "too big"? I guess what I'm wondering is what about that would motivate switching to smaller providers.
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Copy the url, search for it on google, under the article click "options," then "mobile formatted."
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Hilarious. :) Some of the other answers are worth reading, too. Specifically, there is a really good one a little lower that is worth reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2407540/what-are-the-down... > The same basic problem yo
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by jpadvo 16y ago
How to pick up Donald Knuth is something computer scientists rarely talk about.
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by jpadvo 16y ago
> I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/04/the-first-linux-announc...
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by jpadvo 16y ago
I always was thought people were just puffing words when they said that...until one day I had that exact feeling. Trust me, it does exist. Basically, the feeling is a combination of being built up, and honored, and as a result suddenly havi
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by jpadvo 16y ago
I'm bootstrapping a startup, and plan to find time for this by using it as a break from coding and designing my own stuff. I think if I'm disciplined and efficient I'll be able to find enough time...I hope. ;)
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Thanks. ;)
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Haha, I like how you put that. Yes, I just really want to teach that badly. ;) It's possible that friendships and collaborations could come out of this, but I'm already working on bootstrapping a startup, and we aren't looking to expand our
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by jpadvo 16y ago
It also seems the same as Action Method. I can't see any difference.
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Probably true in part, but they also go a lot further than most. For example, the way they post "unrated" content on their website, and push it during the Super Bowl.
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by jpadvo 16y ago
That link doesn't seem to work... Edit - great. :)
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by jpadvo 16y ago
"In any case, I'm all for equality, but I'm also all for acknowledging human nature. Men like hot women, women like men with money and power." I'm also for recognizing human nature. Like the fact that women like hot men, some men like women
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Our peers in the web industry who just happen to be women regularly face difficulties and indignities for no other reason than that they happen to be women. In terms of treating men and women as equals, we're decades behind most of the rest
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Here's a mobile formatted version that is readable on my iPod, at least (courtesy of Google): http://www.google.com/gwt/x?source=m&u=http://fourstarst...
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by jpadvo 16y ago
"I want to help people make things, and I want to become a better hacker, teacher, and writer. Teaching people to become hackers over email kills all three birds with one stone. :)" No ulterior motives or schemes, I promise. But now that I
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by jpadvo 16y ago
I'd be looking for another hacker to help teach/mentor some of the people who are interested. If you want to help, let me know here or you can shoot me an email. My gmail account has the same username as my HN account. :)
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by jpadvo 16y ago
"Heck, I'd be happy if free listeners accounted for 99.5% of daily visitors (that'd be a 10x improvement!)"
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by jpadvo 16y ago
I always use semicolons to end lines in JavaScript because it is comfortable for me. ...and I always feel a little guilty about it, because it seems wrong to add superfluous characters to my code. Is it actually "personal preference" and I'
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by jpadvo 16y ago
That's a great idea. You should http://news.ycombinator.com/submit it!
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No. :)
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by jpadvo 16y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in these areas, I'm just a regular hacker. You won't become a Rails ninja-rockstar-guru under my tutelage, for example. What you'll hopefully become is a confident beginner who has knows how to learn. Like the
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Offer HN: I'll help you become a hacker
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After an unsuccessful attempt to login, say "Sorry, that login information didn't work." If someone wants to reset their password, after they enter their email address say "Thanks. If that email address is in our database we will send a res
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by jpadvo 16y ago
But only because the credit card company charges merchants an unnecessary extra 2% in fees so they can bribe you with your own money. The cost of that lunch should be $19.60, or less.
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Preventing CSRF and XSRF Attacks(codinghorror.com)
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As a hacker who married a philosopher, I can also say with confidence that this is a great synthesis. More than just in grand sweeping ways, the fields align in the little ways, too. My wife understands my work more quickly than other non-h
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by jpadvo 16y ago
"World's first unfurling of a solar sail in orbit" would be quite a bit more accurate.

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