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by jraines 17y ago
They don't. I've typo'd my destination URL and immediately got stopped because it didn't match the display URL. Definitely some trickery afoot.
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by jraines 17y ago
Is it possible to take advantage of this with any existing Ruby framework?
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by jraines 17y ago
Now if only I could get my mic to work with Linux.
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by jraines 17y ago
The opening essay on television (E Unibus Pluram) is a great read as well. Another great one (from "Consider The Lobster"), if you're interested in linguistics and who gets to decide what is "acceptable" English, is here: http://instruct.w
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Ask HN: thoughts on Wave development language choice?
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by jraines 17y ago
where do you actually buy it? I can't find a link on that page or the main one. Do you have to call them?
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by jraines 17y ago
I installed W7 yesterday and get a BSOD on a lot of video sites (hulu, adultswim.com) Any recommendations?
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by jraines 17y ago
Could someone add me as well? username: jraines
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by jraines 17y ago
The ones I've read aren't mostly testimonials -- but yes, making testimonials up is sleazy.
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by jraines 17y ago
Writing a long-form sales letter that fully and narratively explains the benefits (especially emotional) that will accrue from the purchase and use of the product is not sleazy, it's smart. Lying about those benefits is sleazy.
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by jraines 17y ago
I agree, especially with the first point. Also, though the program was a lot of work, two years of being back in a college environment is pretty cool for most people (from the people I've met in this program, it's not like the typical ennu
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by jraines 17y ago
Friend of mine went to one that's around #25. His offer coming out was $35K more than the job he left to attend the program full time. And he moved fields from one he didn't like (healthcare) to one he did (marketing). No rich parents in
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by jraines 17y ago
Isn't 2. what make it evil though?
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by jraines 17y ago
Why?
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by jraines 17y ago
yeah, Kindle's not a good example -- I was lazy to use that. I just wanted to comment mainly because I always see people going way out of their way to disclose affiliate links (and conversely -- people pouncing on undisclosed ones like they
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by jraines 17y ago
I guess you're not being critical, but I'm going to defend kirse anyway. I think it's disingenuous to use affiliate links if someone said, "Hey, where can I buy a Kindle?" or "what's the best ebook reader I can buy online?". But in this ca
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by jraines 17y ago
Maybe I'll go with Berry Gordy's first.
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by jraines 17y ago
. . . and Jon and Kate are fertility hackers, and Paris Hilton is a PR hacker, and the Jonas Brothers are teen girl psychology hackers . . .
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by jraines 17y ago
Plans are nothing; planning is everything. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
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by jraines 17y ago
Yeah, and sometimes the renters first notice is the deputy showing up telling them they've got 2 hours to get out before the locks are changed. Apparently there are cops in Vegas working 12 hour days just doing evictions.
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by jraines 17y ago
Because Brawndo's got what programmers crave; it's got electrolytes! Hmm . . . maybe I just proved your point. All I've had to drink today is coffee and Red Bull.
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by jraines 17y ago
So if someone really likes crystal meth, is any strong metaphorical perjorative out of bounds, or just "brain damaged"?
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by jraines 17y ago
I usually like to take the devil's advocate position in this argument, because I don't think you have to be as smart as HN thinks[1] to understand what you're getting into when you enter these auctions -- but in this case, yeah that's freak
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by jraines 17y ago
I think Twitter is probably a better place for this kind of speculation.
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by jraines 17y ago
Maybe they donate to charities. I would, I promise! Also, what actually made me start building it was that I would have a twist where losers would be given the chance to still buy the product at a discount (ensuring a profit margin by taki
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by jraines 17y ago
I'll be the first to admit that it's one step above gambling (you do actually have control over if you 'win' or not, if you're willing to spend until you do - this is why it's legal and not a raffle). But you just said you're OK with gambli
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by jraines 17y ago
What do you think is critical mass for making something like this profitable? And how do you scale something like this that seems to require 1 db call per user per second minimum? Is this something memcached would be good for? (I don't rea
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by jraines 17y ago
Ruby is pretty easy to learn. RoR is great, but the easiest Ruby framework to learn is Sinatra.
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by jraines 17y ago
Don't believe anything you read in a div with a horizontal gradient background. Seriously though, all he's really saying is that people don't change if they're content with where they are. Well, sure, why would they?
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by jraines 17y ago
Lap times in F1/NASCAR?

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