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by martian 13y ago
I'm excited about this new direction for Gmail. I think their team makes some of the greatest products in the Google ecosystem. But I have to say, reading this on mobile (Chrome for iOS) is next to impossible. The scrolling is all over the
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by martian 13y ago
Your comparison of Wizard with Refine is misguided. The two products do completely different things. Refine "refines" data into a usable form. Wizard is a stats and visualization tool for understanding an already-clean dataset. Last I check
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by martian 13y ago
Thumbtack - San Francisco We're "Amazon for services". It's a big vision and our sights are set high. You can visit Thumbtack to hire any kind of person from home contractors and DJs to French tutors or wedding photographers. A quarter of a
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by martian 13y ago
Yes, in your Angular app's config you can use the $interpolateProvider to adjust this. For example, to use [[ ]], just do this: var myApp = angular.module('myApp', [], function($interpolateProvider) { $interpolateProvider.star
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by martian 14y ago
Yes, most of us also worked out solutions independently. Our solutions all follow the same 4-step pattern outlined in the post (your solution also follows this pattern). Glad you enjoyed the challenge!
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PyCon 2013 Coding Challenge Roundup(thumbtack.com)
29 points by martian 14y ago|3 comments
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Thumbtack - Software Engineer Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we connect those businesses with new customers everyday. Our small team is dedicated to excellen
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Petition to save Google Reader(change.org)
1 points by martian 14y ago|0 comments
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Thumbtack - Software Engineer Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we connect those businesses with new customers everyday. Unlike many startups, we're well on our
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by martian 14y ago
"Mandiant discovered several cases in which attackers logged into their Facebook and Twitter accounts to get around China’s firewall that blocks ordinary citizen’s access, making it easier to track down their real identities." Amazing.
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Thumbtack - Software Engineer Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we connect those businesses with new customers everyday. Unlike many startups, we're well on our
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20 Tech Trends for 2013(designmind.frogdesign.com)
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by martian 14y ago
If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend taking a look at Stacked Git (stg). It adds a beautiful layer on top of git that helps you manage a "stack" of commits. Useful when you're working on a large change and want to think about smaller
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Stacked Git(procode.org)
1 points by martian 14y ago|0 comments
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Thumbtack - Software Engineer, Product Designer Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we connect those businesses with new customers everyday. We're well on our way
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The Top of Coprates Chasma (Valles Marineris)(uahirise.org)
1 points by martian 14y ago|0 comments
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by martian 14y ago
This is awesome! I love that Mars continues to baffle, astound, and fascinate us. Sometimes our 21st century hubris makes us think we are reaching some kind of peak knowledge, but moments like this prove that we yet know so little. In parti
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by martian 14y ago
It helps that the design of the new Dwellable is very similar to the popular magazine Dwell. I wonder how much of the gain is due to brand recognition of a different brand? - Similar san-serif lowercase font - Large-format images of moder
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Software Engineer; Product Designer Thumbtack is Amazon for services. A quarter of a million small businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we connect those businesses with new customers everyday. We're well on our way to be
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by martian 14y ago
The Atlantic recently wrote up a nice piece on Google Maps. It explores just how complex the whole operation is, how many humans and machines are involved in making Google's maps... http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how
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by martian 14y ago
Hi, nice to meet you. In all seriousness, I think Google+ is a massive force. If you play the SEO game at all (and let's face it, most web companies do at least a little bit), then you have to pay attention to Google+ because it's showing u
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by martian 14y ago
Thanks for the clarifications.
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by martian 14y ago
What strikes me about Dropbox and Airbnb more than anything is that they had incredibly strong growth strategies. * Dropbox used rewards for more storage, as well as its fundamental file-sharing tools, to encourage users to sign up their fr
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Honduras deal sets stage for investors to build 3 privately run cities(washingtonpost.com)
10 points by martian 14y ago|4 comments
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by martian 14y ago
San Francisco - Software Engineer Thumbtack is hiring awesome software engineers to transform the way services are bought and sold online. We're Amazon for services. A quarter of a million small businesses have listed on Thumbtack, and we c
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Microsonic Landscapes - visualizing music in physical form(realitat.com)
8 points by martian 14y ago|0 comments
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Using Fertilizer Wisely Could Help Feed 9 Billion People(scientificamerican.com)
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Ask HN: San Francisco Startups and Chefs?
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Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am to Debut New Song...From Mars(eonline.com)
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by martian 14y ago
Am I the only one who wishes they would charge for this? I'd love to start using it, but I don't know what their business model is or how they'll be using my data, so I'm far less inclined to start. If it were 5 or 10$ (or even more?) I'd h

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