kondro

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   by kondro 14y ago

   Except for virtual products this analogy always falls down. Ultimately, the issue here is that content producers don't have simultaneous releases of this content online (for a worldwide standardised fee) because they don't want to. Selling
2. 692.▲
   by kondro 14y ago

   Pretty cool. I've always thought it would be cool to do something like this for glasses, but never had the guts.
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   This Guy Got 4 Magnets Implanted In His Wrist To Hold His iPod Nano [video](cultofmac.com)

   11 points by kondro 14y ago|8 comments
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   by kondro 14y ago

   Ideas are everywhere and most aren't unique. The average "business" guy's ideas on implementation are usually quite crappy. If someone wants me to be their "technical" co-founder, I will want market-rate salary compensation and equity equal
5. 695.▲
   by kondro 14y ago

   Inflatable seems much more sensible to me. Especially when you consider the work in some of the self-healing plastics, etc which could seal over in the case of small, high-speed impacts.
6. 696.▲
   by kondro 14y ago

   In Australia there is no tax on winnings from any form of gambling and all Australian lotteries (like this one) pay in one lump sum 14 days after the draw. Not that the Government doesn't take their cut, it's just already been factored into
7. 697.▲
   by kondro 14y ago

   How big do you think an index on a 255 character string is (at least in MySQL)? And if you're not putting limits on your strings, do you think it's likely you're putting limits on your indexes?
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   by kondro 14y ago

   I'm confused. I don't see a link to your company or apps on your HackerNews profile or your Twitter profile. Maybe you could increase your sales by using some of your karma to link to your companies?
9. 699.▲
   by kondro 14y ago

   But, supposedly, they are losing money on even $32/unit (see the comments) with someone else willing to make up the difference in pricing.
10. 700.▲
    by kondro 14y ago

    These seem to have a number of interesting possibilites, especially if the price-point can get to below $10.
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    Tōd: Bluetooth 4.0 beacons that activate automatic alerts (kickstarter.com)

    3 points by kondro 14y ago|4 comments
12. 702.▲
    by kondro 15y ago

    I would definitely use PHP if it were more British. ;-)
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    If PHP Were British(addedbytes.com)

    2 points by kondro 15y ago|1 comments
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Well, to be honest, they already had a product ready to send into production. This is probably why the product has been so successful.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    I think what publishers miss is that people (if they are anything like me) are buying and reading more books because e-readers are much more convenient. So, whilst Amazon may be pushing down the mean price of books (books that have no produ
16. 706.▲
    by kondro 15y ago

    I'm not sure about using them for list scrolling, but they are definitely interesting effects that would be great to show new elements getting added to a list (e.g. of notifications for example).
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    CloudFlare - Introducing: I'm Under Attack Mode(blog.cloudflare.com)

    3 points by kondro 15y ago|0 comments
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    by kondro 15y ago

    It's because most recruiters want to be able to easily copy and paste data from your resume into reports for their clients and that doesn't work well from PDFs. However, I don't want to work for a company that uses external recruiters that
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Yes. But in-game.
20. 710.▲
    by kondro 15y ago

    This is an excellent-ish idea. I'm not a big fan of pay-to-win games however, if there was an in-game store for in-game currency, I think it is an excellent idea.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    I think you severely overestimate how much water an average desalination plant can process.
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    Politics of Open Source Software [Rails Commit](github.com)

    2 points by kondro 15y ago|0 comments
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Meetings are about lost opportunity cost more than lost salary cost.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Higher resolution displays, bump/texture maps for live 3D rendering, 8K video, etc could all contribute to huge page sizes.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Encryption. That's what I'm looking forward to with native SIP support on all mobile devices.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    I wonder what type of equity I would get in the company for my angel investment?
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    by kondro 15y ago

    Also, why not just store everything in memory. 512GB of RAM is also not overly expensive… even with the extra MS licensing required for it.
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    by kondro 15y ago

    It's good and all, but you're telling me that no significant innovation has occurred over the last 5 years (since Dropbox was just a Show HN) in start-up land‽
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    by kondro 15y ago

    You're either very lucky, go through security at quieter times or self-selecting (subconsciously) by choosing the optimum time for you to be chosen.
30. 720.▲
    by kondro 15y ago

    I've watched them, they are random. If they aren't screening someone, they choose the next person to walk out from the x-ray screening area. If they are screening someone, then they are busy. Given the fact that they probably screen 5-10% o