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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
I was referring more toward not being able to save/load but as I read this awhile ago, the case may have changed.
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
If I recall correctly, this is only the case for the beta version of the game so that people can become familiar with the gameplay but won't be the case for the retail version.
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
That is very true. But that's on us for being disingenuous and watering ourselves down; not on the kids for revealing their age.
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
I think announcing your young age alongside your project is important because it opens up more opportunities for others to guide you and help fuel your passion and talent. Without the age, people will assume that the creator is old enough t
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
Then you are optimizing for a minority of your audience and alienating the majority, all for a shade of gray. Readability should never be compromised. edit: And before this is perceived as me being hostile rather than my intention of helpfu
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
For something aimed at designers, it's disappointing that the design is lacking. The font color is too light. I have young eyes and I found myself straining a little to read. This is especially poor since the number of points is in this lig
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
This is exactly what I was thinking. I had about 5 seconds of thinking that this was very intriguing. But then I stopped thinking about it abstractly and imagined it in the context of my life. I just can't think of any situation where my de
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
At the very least, I would be wary of any project which offers so many rewards for so little money. It's poor planning and poor allocation of money. And thus it reflects poorly upon the project creators. For this project you have 1217 backe
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
But anyone familiar with Bravo programming knows that it's just par for the course. After all, it's on the same channel as all the Real Housewives shows. Bravo reality shows depict glamorous and dramatic lives that most people won't experie
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
Probably my absolute favorite book series are The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. The protagonist is a princess who grows up hating all the typical princess things she's being taught so she convinces people to teach her sw
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
I don't know about everyone else, but I've tweeted/shared pictures of food before. It's almost always food I've made. I grew up in a family where food meant contentment and happiness. Food was made with joy and love. And sometimes, when I g
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Ask HN: What is your ecommerce setup?
2 points by ktrgardiner 14y ago|0 comments
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
On an aesthetics note: pick a cleaner, more serious font than the script. It shows that you mean business with your app and it's meant to be used seriously rather than as a fun one-off. On a consistency note: the examples in your copy shoul
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
But that would only work to a certain extent. All you would need is one lucky submission (think Steve Jobs' passing) to get around this.
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
Freshplum sounds very interesting and like something I may find useful in the near future, but I fear that this may be because of how vaguely it is described. "Virtual goods" isn't specific enough (in my opinion). I think everyone would be
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Ask HN: How much of your product/project is your own code?
4 points by ktrgardiner 14y ago|3 comments
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
Perhaps some good points were in there, but they were too deeply buried under her grating writing style and overuse of sarcasm. She could have talked more about Greece and written something of substance but instead she decided to go with th
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
I doubt he'll get anything more than a slap on the wrist. Not just because he is famous, but because this is his first offense, he has a clean record, and he's unlikely to be a repeat offender.
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
As The Eagles said in Hotel California: "We are all just prisoners here of our own device."
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by ktrgardiner 14y ago
The article began with an introduction to what could have been a really great dialogue. Why do those who didn't experience the inspiration for icons still inherently understand them? Yet it dropped that in favor of the same schtick for each
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
Short answer: a fair amount. Anecdotal story: The one time i played, having never even heard of the game before, I learned as I went along and ended up winning. I'd say my final few plays were the only ones based more upon strategy and less
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
I think this idea has a lot of strong elements to it. However, the issue that sticks out the most to me is the pricing model. $.99 per viewing? That would make making a profit incredibly difficult. It just isn't realistic. Instead, I think
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
You seem to have a lot of career experience and have built up a nice resume for yourself. But you need to ask yourself if you have and will have enough college experience. Prepping for a job is not the only thing you should be getting out o
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
Perhaps the word you're looking for is half-hearted? That's how I felt as well after reading this. I was nodding along in agreement until I reached the end. I live and breath what I do and love every minute of it. And my level of devotion d
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
Even many startuppers, who often work insane hours on the assumption that their options will turn to gold when their company is acquired or goes public, seem to reserve special pity for lifestyle entrepreneurs who haven’t won Sand Hill Roa
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
Honestly, I think that's just the normal scenario for niche apps. You have a product that people react to in one of two ways: "why would I ever need that?" or "holy crap, that's exactly what I need." If the number of people in group two is
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
I was going to say the same thing regarding this app. I love cooking but I absolutely hate figuring out what to make for dinner to the point where I sometimes avoid making anything beyond pasta. Something that makes the decision for me is a
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
Surely there are better ways to support a candidate than money. If you want to donate something to a candidate, donate hours of your time toward their campaign. If you have easily stated reasons for supporting a candidate, you will be more
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
> Obtain periodic assessments of its privacy practices by independent, third-party auditors for the next 20 years. This is assuming Facebook will be around in 20 years.
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by ktrgardiner 15y ago
I go to a fairly prestigious engineering school and it works the opposite way here. Math and science grades are always curved. You have no idea what grade you are going to get for the class until you get it. The grades you receive are more

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