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by milestinsley 15y ago
The 0.2 implies two "point releases". Traditionally these increment the value after the decimal point in a version number. so: 8 + 2 = 10, therefore 1.10. It's best to view the version number as a string rather than a decimal number. This
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by milestinsley 15y ago
I think he was referring to 4GB as being too little . If you are doing anything involving photos/video/audio editing, you are probably going to want at least 8GB.
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by milestinsley 15y ago
It will be available on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, in addition to the PC.
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by milestinsley 15y ago
The user who made that comment (and subsequently deleted it) was http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213 As you can see, their karma is -2, but there are no comments on their profile. This would suggest that karma does persist aft
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by milestinsley 15y ago
Here's the write up in Science Insider: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/geographer...
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Geography Students Pretty Accurately Predicted Osama Bin Laden's Location [pdf](web.mit.edu)
26 points by milestinsley 15y ago|10 comments
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by milestinsley 15y ago
Yeah, good point. I'm new to this hiring thing, so I'm trying to establish a reference point. I specifically mentioned "junior", but still, you're right, all the good ones will be freelancing. I'll rethink my strategy!
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by milestinsley 15y ago
London, UK - Junior Rails Developer We're a startup who build business software. Our web app, ClaimAble, is for insurance claims management. It runs on Rails and MongoDB and we're looking for a kickass Rails developer to help us out. It wou
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by milestinsley 16y ago
Berlin has a very active, vibrant startup scene.
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by milestinsley 16y ago
Great! Still a good read though and it certainly conveys sentiment I am sure is shared by many (and perhaps even more so in post-recession 2011) :P
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by milestinsley 16y ago
It would appear they are doing some server side magic to determine which stuff shows up (hence the need for their own server): "...Well, it has a set of algorithms that are looking for highly engaged items. You know, items that have lots of
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Agreed. In fact, "getting rid of cocks" would go along way to making most things in life more interesting and successful!
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by milestinsley 17y ago
What a great idea! Who hasn't got an unused gift card lying around somewhere!? Although, it would be awesome if they offered digital delivery of gift cards that can be redeemed online in addition to delivery of physical cards.
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Maybe they are planning on monetizing based on those stats. I'm sure certain companies would like to deliver targeted ads based on individuals' preferences. Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page ( htt
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Definately try http://heroku.com . They have an excellent free plan that is perfect for smaller projects and development. Also, if you use git, it's really easy to deploy an app by just pushing up to Heroku.
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by milestinsley 17y ago
I recommend Blueprint CSS grid framework ( http://www.blueprintcss.org/ ) . It's really easy to use and forces you to think about layout (which is the root of good web design). You get some basic typography styles for free too. I've found
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Of course. That's a good use case. Thanks :)
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by milestinsley 17y ago
This is pretty cool and worth noting for future project, but I can't help thinking it makes more sense to do this server side. It would be more useful, to me at least, if it converted user inputted "cute dates" (i.e 3 days ago) into a compl
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by milestinsley 17y ago
This guide is excellent. Reading it now! Thanks for the tip!
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Thanks. This looks great. It's exactly the sort of thing I am looking for as I too don't want waste time re-learning the basics!
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Ask HN: Which Ruby on Rails Book?
6 points by milestinsley 17y ago|5 comments
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by milestinsley 17y ago
I use http://www.fastspring.com/ . I too am UK based and this solution works nicely. They're US-based, but it means anyone with a credit card (US, UK or whatever) can pay for your software and FastSpring just wire the earnings to your UK a
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Cool. I will have to try this out too!
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by milestinsley 17y ago
You are charging $0.99 for an app that does nothing more than copy a URL to the pasteboard. I understand that you are trying to make the process of adding the bookmarklet to Safari simple, but making it free with a how-to video/tutorial wou
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by milestinsley 17y ago
+1 for MongoDB. I love in particular the lack of structured schema meaning you can arbitrarily modify records without migrating the DB. Also there's a growing, awesome community.
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Firstly, congratulations to Posterous. They are one of my favourite startups. It's impressive how their platform lets you post via email, but at first I didn't quite see how this was special, besides the ease-of-use angle. But use cases lik
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by milestinsley 17y ago
I completely agree with you on this. This guy clearly knows how to successfully conceive, develop and bring an idea to market. There must be countless ideas in his head. Invest in those!!
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by milestinsley 17y ago
This is fascinating. Yet another reason I should dive in and learn Ruby! There are some great screencasts on their blip.tv channel (which don't all appear to be on their website) http://adhearsion.blip.tv/
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Based on your project spec, the logos from snipp seem to be the most successful. I like how they use a similar set of colors to your screenshot. They are simple, elegant and compliment your app's UI. If I had to choose, I would probably p
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by milestinsley 17y ago
Valuable information, concisely explained. Thank you. I have now learnt that I have 100 shares of preferred founder's stock in my own company which has 100 shares outstanding! This is equally as useful for potential employees at a startup a

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