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by mattlong 16y ago
crocodoc (we actually applied as WebNotes) applied within a few days of the deadline. The idea of doing so randomly came up during a late night of coding. One of the best decisions we've made.
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by mattlong 16y ago
Circular route calculation would be definitely be the coup de grâce of route-plotting apps for me. I've never tried an online route-plotting app before and was expecting/hoping that yours would be based on generating circular routes. For mo
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Crocodoc (YC W10) Closes Angel Round, Launches New Document Collaboration Tools(techcrunch.com)
39 points by mattlong 16y ago|5 comments
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by mattlong 16y ago
The author states that a difference between Realie and Etherpad is that he users Web Sockets for client/server comm. I'm fairly certain that Etherpad uses Web Sockets too. Am I mistaken?
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by mattlong 17y ago
Firefox (on Windows 7) only uses 1% CPU while idling.
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by mattlong 17y ago
I'm a developer with crocodoc. Thanks, that's what we're trying to do! Would you mind sharing the details of your painpoint? Feel free to email if you would prefer not to reply publicly, my email address is in my HN profile.
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by mattlong 17y ago
crocodoc developer here. This generally depends on the complexity and number of pages in the PDF. If your PDF has a lot of images, graphics, etc or has a lot of pages (more than 60-80) or some combination thereof, Flash becomes...shall we s
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by mattlong 17y ago
I'm a developer with crocodoc. Yes, all annotations you make in crocodoc will show up in Acrobat Reader, Foxit, etc. More detail: Sticky Notes and highlight comments are saved as native PDF comments. All other annotation types (highlights,
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by mattlong 17y ago
If there were an AT&T subsidy, I would upgrade from my crappy AT&T Samsung phone in an instant.
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by mattlong 17y ago
Based on the submitter's username, stealthyc2010, it should be clear that the startup is still in "stealth mode". This is somewhat common in the tech startup world. The veil will almost assuredly be lifted before they launch.
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by mattlong 17y ago
I've had the problem. This past Christmas my extended family did a white elephant/yankee swap/nasty christmas thing. I wound up with a Starbucks gift card b/c it was the most valuable gift available compared to the other items like a mini d
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by mattlong 17y ago
I'm a developer with Crocodoc. We can get very high fidelity document rendering using Flash. We tried out a few PDF -> HTML converters and none of them offered the level of fidelity and accuracy that we were looking for.
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by mattlong 17y ago
But are you really going to be able to walk away from a comfortable life and good salary some years down the road to try something risky? The longer you get used to having disposable income and the freedom to do whatever you want outside of
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by mattlong 17y ago
I can vouch for this from personal experience. If you aren't getting a percentage comparable to one of the founders, then you shouldn't settle for anything less than near-market salaries. Startups bring on employees for their expertise. You
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by mattlong 17y ago
Carrier: whatever works well/best in The Valley (just moved here, so I don't know what's good yet) Price: up to $200ish Keyboard: doesn't matter
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Ask HN: What's a good Android phone for casual development?
5 points by mattlong 17y ago|4 comments
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by mattlong 17y ago
Did anyone else first interpret this headline to mean it moved to 11:59 and anxiously click to see which world event was more alarming than the Cold War that somehow wasn't at the top of HN?
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by mattlong 17y ago
I just pretty-printed the largest JS file loaded in their homepage. The result doesn't look obfuscated by any means. Removing whitespace != Obfuscating Don't take their claims at face-value, get your facts straight. Disclaimer: I'm not clai