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by mrtron 18y ago
The 'fixes' aka hacks aren't that difficult. The problem is it makes everything so brittle and people tend to do things the shitty route just to support IE. Maybe it was the last changes to fix IE6...but I actually looked up browser percent
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by mrtron 18y ago
Safari 4 is a pretty good user experience for me. I used to use Firefox...but the new Safari just became my primary browser.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Bell/Rogers have horrible cell phone pricing. Before the iPhone came to Canada about 6 months ago, they were charging 30$ per month for 5 megs of data usage. In 2008. Why? Because Blackberry users here are mostly corporate users that don'
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by mrtron 18y ago
This stat is accurate for applying >10 years ago. Never stay at a crappy job so it appears 'better' on your resume, when I am hiring I look only at what you worked on. Many candidates of higher caliber I interviewed bounced around.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Tapes went well beyond what you are giving them credit for - the mixtape scene in rap pre-released compilations of hits and were massively popular. Many artists claim they went the equivalent of platinum on mixtapes in NY alone. The distr
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by mrtron 18y ago
Clearly a technology is not to blame, or Google would be at fault for linking to them as well. But using torrents the 'wrong' way? File sharing is legal in Sweden, which is why they have been able to operate for this long in a very transpa
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by mrtron 18y ago
Carleton or UofO? Are you in the co-op program or looking for a general summer position? Startups tend not to hire co-ops, because they cannot afford the risk of getting a dud. I worked for a term at a startup and it actually was very dif
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by mrtron 18y ago
Being Canadian...I recommend PC Financial. Their high interest savings is great, and no fees! With 2 mil, I would personally: -Buy a place to live in the 400k range. Housing is probably overpriced right now, but generally speaking the Can
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by mrtron 18y ago
> A Tribe Called Quest ("People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths Of Rhythm", "The Low-End Theory") Classic. High quality. > De La Soul ("Three Feet High & Rising", "De La Soul Is Dead") Fantastic. > Jurassic 5 ("Jurass
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by mrtron 18y ago
In the B2B space? That doesn't exactly narrow things down.
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Listen to Kanye's last album - Graduation. It entered my top 5 favorite rap album list, and I listen to a lot of rap. Maybe even number 1. It is like a Pink Floyd album in terms of continual flow and quality, and I don't say that lightly.
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by mrtron 18y ago
Being a connoisseur of rap... Eminem is a very talented rapper and was incredibly clever with his lyrics. Many of his lyrics including the one you quoted are meant to be satirical of generic rap lyrics. Take the whole song 'Just Lose it' w
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by mrtron 18y ago
"I finally realized today why politics and religion yield such uniquely useless discussions." In the context of HN or other topic specific forums your points are valid. Check your guns at the door.
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by mrtron 18y ago
I think it would be preferable to do both. Have a few really solid and well contained modules that are well tested. Testing is only a piece.
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by mrtron 18y ago
One of the simplest but most complex religious concepts is hats. Christians say no hats for men, hats for women, but special men can wear special hats. Jews say no hats for women, but hats for men. That is the tip of the iceberg, hats pla
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by mrtron 18y ago
I would never wait for someone to begin executing on an idea, the search could be very long and hard. If you can get things up and running perhaps you could take a few early employees on and not need a cofounder. I actually was in that situ
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Ask HN: Can you help me find a wife? Really - a cofounder is a tight relationship that is tough to find. I wouldn't jump into bed with a stranger :)
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Unfortunately there are very few real words or even real word combinations that are not registered. Clever misspellings have been a solution to that problem. What do you propose as an alternate solution?
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by mrtron 18y ago
Great post. I think one of the few possible solutions to crime and poverty problems is having more volunteers doing exactly what you noted - helping fill out forms, getting people to appointments, etc. Unfortunately currently a lot of the
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by mrtron 18y ago
Digital signage is a pretty unique industry in terms of the sales cycle. There are some industry blogs that you could probably get on. (I used to work in the industry and sold a few of my own solutions)
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by mrtron 18y ago
Don't go to SF, traffic is horrible. </sarcasm> Go for it, I have never regretted a large drastic change to my life yet. But I do usually regret passing up good opportunities.
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by mrtron 18y ago
I don't think so. The nutjob that apparently threatened Arrington did so on his own blog too. I really dislike the attention this is gathering, mainly because it just furthers the ego of the few people stirring trouble. You can never sacri
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by mrtron 18y ago
We found a great project to test working together was a todo list. There are many questions and paths you could take, and it seems to be a good project to determine if you can get on the same page together.
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by mrtron 18y ago
And it provides the content too. So are you more likely to print out math questions and do them daily to stay sharp, or to play the game? I always dislike the 'oh this isn't that great because I could do it myself' argument. Brain age mak
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Subtext looks interesting. I think this type of visualization would be fantastic as an eclipse plugin for Java. It would be at a minimum a great teaching tool to new programmers.
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I live in a condo and work from home and the separation is very difficult. Especially when I was contracting and trying to work every waking hour. However, I still really enjoyed the flexibility of it and still had enough social interactio
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It started much later? For some reason it has taken off in Toronto though.
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I don't know why you are getting massively downvoted other than being a bit off topic. Anyways, fighting is an important part of hockey. Hockey is a very physical sport, and fighting keeps things clean. Players enforce a whole set of rule
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I don't think that would be nearly as effective as the netting - the orientation of the pads would make it only be somewhat upright a small percentage of the time.
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If the goalie is hugging one post, I am going for the opposite side. That is my patented wrap-around move since I am not as quick as I once was...the goalie always makes it to the same side so I come out a bit and go opposite top corner. H

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