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by moconnor 16y ago
The claim that IE is legit hinges on the diffs causing a valid bug in IE's optimization code (e.g. deadcode inside deadcode prevents the latter being optimized out), versus foul play in the engine (a hard-coded case for this benchmark). Can
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by moconnor 16y ago
Yeah, I should definitely put these in a cookie - it's amazing how many blind spots you have about your own work!
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by moconnor 16y ago
There should be 5 popular games shown, with Like / Dislike buttons, for this very purpose. Is this not working, or just not obvious enough?
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by moconnor 16y ago
Clickable: http://www.findanewgame.com for the app and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1811024 for the HN thread on the 'making of' blog post.
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Ask HN: Review my board game recommendation app
11 points by moconnor 16y ago|8 comments
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I made $37.91 from frontpaging HN; what now?(yieldthought.com)
3 points by moconnor 16y ago|1 comments
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by moconnor 16y ago
Don't take a cofounder just because pg tells you you'll need one; his advice, while awesome , doesn't always apply to bootstrapped startups. People like to draw a distinction between funded and bootstrapped startups, including me ( http://
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by moconnor 16y ago
Thanks; do you have an example of when it's not accurate?
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Users who can't buy; customers who don't use(yieldthought.com)
4 points by moconnor 16y ago|2 comments
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by moconnor 16y ago
This is a call for balance. Not testing at all is not a productive use of resources either.
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by moconnor 16y ago
High bang for buck is definitely key. I wonder if the differing points of view really come from different kinds of development - consulting vs product development.
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by moconnor 16y ago
I like TDD, but it has its place. I think you'll find the rhetoric here is a reaction to the inflammatory tone in the article more than anything else. It's perfectly possible to develop and maintain large, complex systems without 100% code
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by moconnor 16y ago
More time spent writing unit tests does not imply the product will be better for it. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1846841
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What, more tests are always the best way to improve my product?(yieldthought.com)
24 points by moconnor 16y ago|22 comments
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by moconnor 16y ago
s/a few/20/
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by moconnor 16y ago
I've a 2 year old son. A lot of comments about sleeplessness and being on call 24/7 stop applying after a few months, when a baby sleeps through the night. I find I have less time in front of the computer, but more motivation and inspiratio
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by moconnor 16y ago
This is a shame. I wish the team all the best, but I can't see them pulling this off. I hope I've misunderstood, but it sounds like they want to: 1. Refactor a ton of code (this is not much fun, as you're just breaking things and fixing n
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by moconnor 16y ago
It's an easy mistake to make - when you come from a Java or C# background one of the most striking things about Python and Ruby code is the use of first-class functions . Not everybody knows that there's more to a functional language than
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by moconnor 16y ago
Is that somehow more your own fault than when, after months of ignoring the strange popups that appear when windows starts up, your virus-ridden computer finally grinds to a halt and fails to boot?
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by moconnor 16y ago
That would be incredible, not just for the people selected but as a weekly masterclass for those of us without design talent - before and after helps a lot .
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by moconnor 16y ago
I play (well, I have played) and agree it's an amazing, beautiful game like no other. I only reached around 10 kyu though; don't have the time for it these days.
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by moconnor 16y ago
Shame, it's a really nice place to work. Nice Sumo sacks, too. There's a couple of HNers work there; I'm around most afternoons.
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by moconnor 16y ago
Call in at http://combinat56.com sometime; there's always a couple of devs doing interesting stuff there.
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by moconnor 16y ago
No. I thought about Directed Edge, but playing with recommendation algorithms was the raison d'etre of the project. I didn't want to make a web site and throw some amazon referral links at it, I wanted to play data miner!
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by moconnor 16y ago
I didn't keep a journal, but after a couple of weeks when I decided to write this post I jotted down what I'd done when. The filesystem helped with a lot of dates (creation, last modification and so on). Going to England in the middle was a
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by moconnor 16y ago
Yeah, #players and playingtime are both on my list of things to optionally filter. Just need to find a nice way to do it without complicating the initial user experience.
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by moconnor 16y ago
Especially when the blog's hosted on tumblr and the app on GAE ;)
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by moconnor 16y ago
Actually, forget the login screens, it can stay public. This is the first time I've ever launched a site in a 4th level comment, though. Analytk's a pet real-time blog tracking site I wrote because I was thoroughly dissatisfied with the typ
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by moconnor 16y ago
Ah, my other unreleased side project has come to light. Time to add some login screens, then :-)
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by moconnor 16y ago
Great, I'm glad to hear it's proving useful! I'll do a follow up with how well my NoDB implementation stood up to the pounding it's getting at the moment later in the week...

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