lukevdp

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by lukevdp 16y ago
I'm the opposite - Chrome for browsing, Firefox for development. I havent found anything on Chrome to match the usefulness of Firebug
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by lukevdp 16y ago
That doesn't show anything empirically. You can lose the same weight on a twinkle diet. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.profes...
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Just ammonia since methane is odorless :p
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Regardless of whether it affects their revenues and sales, they went to the effort of building a website, and then made it nigh impossible to get to. At the very least, they're wasting a large portion of their investment in building a websi
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by lukevdp 16y ago
The lack of padding on the text of the article view stands out. http://fireballed.org/linked/2010/12/22/reeder-rip/
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Work with people where your services are going to make them lots of money. I've never met anybody who won't spend $5k for $50k of added value to their business.
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Freelancing in 6 steps. 1. Find some businesses or non profits that need what you can do for them 2. Tell them how you can help and that you can do it cheaply and with a 100% guarantee that you will refund their money if they don't like it
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by lukevdp 16y ago
This is from the author on that link: "Holy crap. The situation is quite simple: pre-existing work I contributed to this project remains under my copyright contributions other people make to this project remain under their own copyrights co
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by lukevdp 16y ago
"Even though you can learn it and then pass, the fact that you are past 8th grade and cannot means your education is deficient (mine as well)." No, it means that people forget things that they don't use. This test is testing specific conten
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by lukevdp 16y ago
You turn javascript off to get rid of lightboxes? I can kind of understand that, but you're also turning off lots of functionality in modern websites/apps. It's like blowing your leg off because your little toe annoys you.
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by lukevdp 16y ago
As long as you're clear in your mind on what you can't say to him BEFORE you meet with him, I think it's a very good idea.
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by lukevdp 16y ago
I never knew that before the dot com bubble he actually had a net worth of over 100 billion
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by lukevdp 16y ago
The spending shouldn't be related to each other. The spending should be related to the benefits associated with the spending.
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by lukevdp 16y ago
When you say you are an anarchist, what exactly do you believe? For example, do you believe in a police force? My problem is this. I agree a utopian society is an anarchist society. But it seems to me that the only way anarchy can work is i
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by lukevdp 16y ago
I thought that as soon as you start introducing rights, you're talking about a libertarian
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Yes, fair points and I understand it's a tiny slice of a massive pie. Maybe I respect tax dollars too much, but I did get a somewhat annoyed reaction about the way spending tax dollars was so flippantly worded in the article
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Just because a government can possibly turn ugly, it doesn't mean that no government is better. The argument is akin to "beef can give you food poisoning, so we should eradicate all cows". Everyone hates paying taxes... But anarchy? Come on
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by lukevdp 16y ago
"only 250-300 million added to the budget" Yes research is important. Yes exploration is important. But at least show some respect for tax payers. Asking for 250 million is the equivalent of asking 3000 people to work for nothing for a year
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by lukevdp 16y ago
That is indeed a very good sales pitch :)
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Thanks. Reading it again I agree with you completely.
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Like ojoe said, depends what you're after. http://www.squarespace.com/ seems modern and good for design flexibility. For small businesses, I'm building one called NetMate http://www.netmate.co
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Sounds to me like you were being proactive. Get 5 minutes with him, bring up the topic and ask him why? His reaction was probably symptomatic of another issue. By talking to him you can either figure out what you did wrong or hopefully get
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by lukevdp 16y ago
At this point it sounds like he doesn't want the files and just wants a refund. My response would be: "I'm sorry you feel that way. As per our initial agreement, the initial deposit is non refundable, and I will not be refunding any amount
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by lukevdp 16y ago
I would draw up a quote on how much you would charge for the work, submit that to him and say that you're open to discuss equity arrangements. Then you can make a decision based on how much you want to risk. Without knowing the whole situat
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by lukevdp 16y ago
I'm building a results based website builder at http://www.netmate.co and iterating photography shopping cart software http://www.photographyorders.com
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by lukevdp 16y ago
How about start freelancing? Or start a business? Nobody is "entitled" to a job. Yes, the job market is tough right now, but the reality is, if you're totally awesome at creating value, you're going to get a job. If you think you're totally
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Great idea in theory... Until you have to actually say how Sharia law is great, then you've got nothing to say
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Well I think you need to give great support when you're starting up because you need good feedback from your users. A good way to get feedback is through the support process. I think a low price and not offering support is not a good way to
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by lukevdp 16y ago
I agree. It definitely seems as though the author is working from their own design intuition rather than data. On a side note, what effect do you think design has on the decision between pricing plans compared to the decision to buy the pro
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by lukevdp 16y ago
Stories like this blow my mind and make me very thankful to live in a free country. I don't care what anybody says about being ethnocentric and relativistic morals and "it's their country, their rules". This country has absurd rules and it'

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