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by mattmillr 14y ago
One advantage to using a multi-seat solution is the same reason virtualization in datacenters works so well. One user isn't going to maximize resource usage at all times, so my spare CPU cycles are available for you when you need to run a b
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by mattmillr 14y ago
I'll agree there are much more neutral & accurate titles that could be used, but given that the title is factual (For some reason, Apple has begun enforcing a policy that they were being selective about previously, and is now indeed rej
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by mattmillr 14y ago
As best I can tell, the title here is better than the title of the forum post ("The Horror." has been removed.) I think "Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox." reflects what's going on pretty well. Why do you disagree?
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by mattmillr 14y ago
"SUCCESS - 2 second burn!" http://twitter.com/#!/SpaceX/status/197056890595852289
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by mattmillr 14y ago
From their twitter: "May recycle and try again today, watch for update." http://twitter.com/#!/spacex
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by mattmillr 14y ago
I seem to recall reading somewhere that most kickstarter projects get the bulk of their support at the very beginning and end, with a "trough" in the middle. It seems like a good prediction model would take this into account, perhaps by int
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by mattmillr 14y ago
ProvoCraft seems to be operating on a razor & blades model, and aggressively suing anyone who tries to provide another source for getting 'blades'. http://www.scrapbookupdate.com/2010/04/07/provo-craft-sues-m... http://www.scrapbooku
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by mattmillr 15y ago
Thanks for those links. The analysis on the older one is really interesting Most significantly, 76% of HNers were 'NT' types, compared to 11% in the general population. Since HN has grown quite a bit in the last few years, I'd be interested
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by mattmillr 15y ago
He links to the site that uses it. It's not hard at all to use your browser's developer tools to inspect the requests that site is making and find the one that returns a JSON list of all the busses for a given stop. Give it a shot, no refer
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by mattmillr 15y ago
You seem to have just lifted your comment directly from this 2008 Business Insider article and changed "we" to "I." But you missed the "our" in the second paragraph. http://articles.businessinsider.com/2008-04-23/tech/30027421...
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by mattmillr 15y ago
That's not why it's called ripping. From the Jargon File: "Rip: 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a “CD ripper”." ( http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/R/rip.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
s/protest/attempt to prevent/
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by mattmillr 15y ago
The article (and that statistic) is from 2008.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
"We investigated some traditional payment processors like Braintree and Authorize.net ... A lot of traditional gateways have long, complicated setup processes, often involving sales calls and working with banks. ... They also typically r
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by mattmillr 15y ago
"Mery Christmas" [sic] dates back as far as 1565 - It's "Happy Christmas" that doesn't show up until the 19th century (and apparently is still more widely used in the UK than in the US.) That to say, I think the origins of words and languag
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by mattmillr 15y ago
SEEKING WORK - NYC or Remote I'm primarily a Python/Django developer. I do backend & frontend work, HTML/CSS/jQuery, linux admin, etc. I take a pragmatic, get-things-done approach. I've got iOS, PHP and Adobe Flex/Flash/ActionScript exp
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by mattmillr 15y ago
The correct plural of "life" is "lives." "Lives," the plural of the noun "life" is pronounced differently that "lives," the verb. Go figure.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
I bailed the first time the site told me to upgrade to Firefox. I'm using Chrome 15, but that shouldn't matter. A modern site purporting to offer jQuery plugins should support all modern browsers.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
SEEKING WORK - NYC or Remote I'm a full-stack coder, my strengths are Python/Django, jQuery, iOS. I would love opportunities in Android, MongoDB. I have experience with RabbitMQ, Celery, nginx, memcached. I've done plenty of PHP and Actions
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by mattmillr 15y ago
Charge more than you think you should. The fact that you're still a student doesn't have much to do with it. How skilled are you at the technologies they're asking you to use? Do you get things done? You might charge on the lower end if you
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by mattmillr 15y ago
I've just started doing freelance programming work with a brand (Sole Propietorship, d/b/a). One reason I made that decision is that my name is very common and I want something I can tell people that they have a chance of finding with Googl
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by mattmillr 15y ago
He suggests your identity data be stored in the cloud so all your browsers and devices can access it. He doesn't mention whether or not you need a password to connect your new phone to your cloud identity wallet...
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by mattmillr 15y ago
If I knew my full family tree, I'd probably find a closer immigrant, but 13 generations back my great..great grandfather was on the Mayflower. Not a great data point for this survey though: he was an indentured servant, and the whole Pilgri
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by mattmillr 15y ago
"We are working with RBS to recover the data from recipients where possible." Is there some business or legal necessity for making statements like this? When I've got my geek hat on, this seems like an incredibly stupid statement that betra
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by mattmillr 15y ago
SEEKING WORK: Python/Django, jQuery, iOS, PHP. NYC or remote. Contact matt@brooklynsoftworks.com
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by mattmillr 15y ago
I had this same issue in college, and later as an employee. I've discovered I don't perform very well when I have to ask "why" too many times to figure out the value of the work I'm doing. "Why am I studying this material? To pass the test.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
Having had a machine in Romania keep (and supposedly destroy) my card in the first week of a 10-week visit in 2004, I can attest that this is not a US-only thing.
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by mattmillr 15y ago
SEEKING WORK Python/Django Developer in New York City (& remote). Remote work preferred, available for face-to-face meetings in NYC area. Can also do Javascript/jQuery, PHP, Adobe Flex/Air and iOS/iPhone/iPad. Would love to learn Ruby/R
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by mattmillr 16y ago
Sometimes, I do have time to read all the comments and evaluate for myself which are good and bad. That's great. Other times, I don't have that much time and simply want to glean from the best comments on a post. And then there are the post
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by mattmillr 16y ago
Considering Netflix accounts for 20% of evening traffic? Nope. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20020434-17.html

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