moconnor

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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Couldn't purchase with paypal - first time the paypal site showed a generic "we don't know" error (didn't note it, sorry), the next time after signing in to paypal I got further, but was told that the payment had been rejected and the error
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Cute, I like it. My feedback: * I love the streamlined nature - auto-sell duplicate items, auto-equip. There's a couple of little niggles that go against this when moving, such as having to let go of <left> and press it again to col
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Paypal payments just aren't working, I tried twice. Might want to look into that. Do you deliberately hide the price on the front page?
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Thanks for the summary. I had to disable adblock and go back to see what you meant, though. Seriously, adblock / friends will fix this problem on the entire internet for you!
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   Metagame Productivity Boost: Stats and Charts(yieldthought.com)

   10 points by moconnor 15y ago|1 comments
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Both great reads, especially interesting to see the same effect crop up in another field; I wonder if it's actually quite well known...
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   If there's any interest I'll happily do a more in-depth follow-up post with my specific numbers and scripts. My metrics (bugs fixed, commits made, functions changed) all jumped by roughly a factor of 10. Yes, really.
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   It seems to take a while to search; are you querying wikipedia each step instead of a DB snapshot?
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   by moconnor 15y ago

   Have you got any good advice on building passive revenue streams? I for one would love to read more about this; the only people I know doing it are really just putting out MFA pages. Actually creating software and selling it, well that's no
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    Work is Fascinating: The Metagame(yieldthought.com)

    114 points by moconnor 15y ago|21 comments
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    That'd be a very interesting data set. I'd love to explore it too - I'm also sure personalized news feeds are achievable and valuable. PG: why not make an anonymous sample available for us all to play with?
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I enjoyed the last one, will be there on Tuesday again!
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Sounds great, I'll try to be there again
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    For better or worse I've been working on the same codebase for almost a decade; now whenever I patch the code I've got half an eye on how likely it is that I or someone else could accidentally break this code in the future. If you've got to
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    The author founded http://buddycloud.com (an open, federated social network) - there was a lot of buzz around its Diaspora integration not so long ago; he already is working towards a (in his view, at least) better future.
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I made http://www.findanewgame.com , but I don't know if it counts :-)
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Why would the author know that?
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Let's all do that O_o
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    The issue isn't the amount of time a post is on the new page for, it's how many people get to see it before it falls off the page. So long as the number of people viewing the new page at any one time increases proportionally to the number o
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Thanks, I'm struggling to justify adding a/b testing vs all the other things I could do with the same amount of time (e.g. add social proof etc.) Also it took me a long time to realize I can a/b test amazon conversions by using multiple aff
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I wrote it because it gives me real time tracking for posts that have just been published. Initially it updates every minute, which is really fascinating to see. The rate of hits once the site is picked up by HN or Reddit is a very strong
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I was pretty surprised to find this on the frontpage. I've noticed that the new page is a brutal place; anyone who had a twitter following (or a few friends) prepared to throw in a few votes right after submission would probably be guarante
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Without wanting to detract from a fascinating read, s/stupid/high on C02/ is another interpretation.
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    As an added benefit the call to action (tweet more links) guarantees that this is the first article people will be tweeting...
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    Twitter discussion aside, this is one of the most compelling 'sales' posts I've seen in a long time. It offers the reader something of value just for reading it, with the promise right there up front, and it introduces the product natural
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I know of at least two native English speakers who are coming; I also expect there'll be a mixture of English and German conversations going on. Plus, beer is good for your German!
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I'll be there!
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    Hacker News Munich Meetup

    32 points by moconnor 16y ago|40 comments
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    > Then again, I've never named my case statements after myself. I bet you created a half-assed linked-list implementation and prefixed the class name with your initial, though ;)
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    by moconnor 16y ago

    I've had philosophical discussions with Germans that ended abruptly because one party suddenly exclaimed 'Kant!'