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by katzgrau 10y ago
Right, I'm basically saying the a separate service / utility would generate the image which would, in-turn, be placed in a markdown doc. An inline image, as unnatural as it might appear in a markdown doc (as the DF post notes) is
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Interesting, but in a weird way it kind of works against the whole point of Markdown - markup that emphasizes text-only readability. I think visualizations are best left to separate projects that specialize in them - which in turn generate
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by katzgrau 10y ago
If the client is coming back with clearly unscoped changes, it's generally out of the question. Be polite at first and let them know that it's "out of scope" and that you could estimate the time required to do it. When I
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by katzgrau 10y ago
> if you're not an idiot ... I lol'd, but to clarify this very accurate point: * Be reliable (never, ever go dark) * Be a nice person (polite and upbeat, even if the client isn't exactly deserving) * Do quality work, regar
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I should note that the book goes much deeper, offering insight into how habit-forming is used by marketers, how it impacts addiction, personal success, etc.
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Have a read, great book on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081... Systematic, definitely. Scientific? Not really sure, but I find it extremely effective. If I could boil it down
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I built my business by listening to customers. Do I discount a bunch of ideas that come my way? Absolutely. But over over time you begin to develop a filter that separates really good ideas and mediocre ideas that serve a single or rare use
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by katzgrau 10y ago
It's true, but it really has to start with an open mind on their end. In my experience, I find that people who have racist beliefs often see differing viewpoints as the enemy - the first breach being simple consideration of a new persp
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by katzgrau 10y ago
There seems to be a lot of thoughtful, educated comments here, while all I'm thinking is: spontaneously combusting cows #southpark
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Free, global internet access is the next step toward a smarter, more progressive planet. I don't even care about the speed - if the only thing users could access was wikipedia, I'd still personally donate to the project. I cannot
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Generally, people like their businesses to reliably turn $1 into $2 over time, not turn $2.50 into $2 over and over. I genuinely laughed out loud that you qualified that with "generally." Some quality dry sarcasm if I&#x
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I should add that when I said "overgrown startup," the implication wasn't that it's a small company. I'm saying that they've operated at a loss for all of their existence (like many SV startups) and never turne
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Huge waste of money is more like it. Call me an old-fashioned businessman, but $2 billion in rev still sucks when the end result is a $500MM loss. Even at that scale, $500MM is no small gap to close, especially when your primary competitors
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by katzgrau 10y ago
The difference is that Yahoo actually made real money and had valuable assets other than its core offerings (Alibaba). Twitter is just an overgrown, overfunded startup without an obvious path to revenue strong enough to support its operatio
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Security is not my specialty, but I obviously wade in this field, being a developer. Having read this article I will say this to OP and the author: Thank you, I am sufficiently paranoid enough to change my keys now.
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Sounds a lot like my first startup out of college: * Focus split between two products * No real revenue * A blog to catalogue our path to wild success (I think it lived at diariesofastartup.com) Long story short, it didn't pan out for
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by katzgrau 10y ago
These sort of deeply apologetic and hyper-transparent post-mortems have become commonplace, but sometimes I wonder how beneficial they are. Customers appreciate transparency, but perhaps delving into the fine details of the investigation (v
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I'm definitely going to do this and have a little fun, although I'm not sure that's the intended purpose #cestlavie
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Comfortable and happy is a great place to be - no argument there. It's my personal end goal. But don't think that your idea indefinite comfort and happiness is everyone's version of mediocrity - to many, it's the definit
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I agree with you to an extent, but want to elaborate for anyone who may read your comment and misunderstand. Value investing does involve investing in companies you believe in, but that belief stems from research and a deep understanding of
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Mediocre or not, my personal view is that everyone should envision themselves as the person they want to be. Being mediocre may or may not prevent you from achieving your highest goals, but believing in your mediocrity will prevent you from
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I dig, very much. That's all I've got.
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by katzgrau 10y ago
Yay, another set of regulations for business owners to navigate (it's pretty hard to keep up with the existing ones) and another government agency to manage and enforce them. I'm more than happy to let the free market work this on
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by katzgrau 10y ago
I run broadstreetads.com (2x techstars finalist, 3x reject), and it's profitable with plenty of growth potential. Building a profitable sass business lies in the ability to understand your market, the problem your product solves and ex
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by katzgrau 10y ago
As a bootstrapper of broadstreetads.com (about to pass the four year mark), I can genuinely say that focusing on building what your customers truly need and measuring growth are two critical pieces of advice that do not get emphasized enoug
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by katzgrau 10y ago
In the words of Joel Spolsky, "code doesn't rust." Who cares how old the code or the medium is? If it's tested and working, and it's used for nuclear effing weapons, I'm happy to leave it in my pile of tech deb
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by katzgrau 11y ago
Yes! This is the hackaton I've been waiting for. Practical in its purpose, low key, and (hopefully) fun. Wish I wasn't on the opposite side of the country ... Also wish I didn't miss the one that was on my side of the country
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by katzgrau 11y ago
I dig Seth Godin a lot, but the real reason that software trends toward mediocrity over time is that the code base generally becomes an unmaintainable pile of crap. I find this this takes place over the course of years due to: 1. Tight deve
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by katzgrau 11y ago
"Not only did I begin viewing creativity as a limited resource I create and have access to over time, but I noticed that some activities, like reading about science, listening to music, and walking around town actually increase the rat

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