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by mryan 16y ago
My personal opinion is that this is a bad idea - unless I have to use a specific software package, asking for my contact info before I try your software is enough to make me close your website and go on to the next one. Beginning the downlo
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by mryan 16y ago
Very nice idea. As btilly says, you will probably quickly fall afoul of various gambling laws, so that is something to investigate. Re. the site design: * personally, I find your main font off-putting and difficult to read * you should stop
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by mryan 16y ago
You are welcome - happy to (attempt to) help!
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by mryan 16y ago
If it is for a prototype, why not just use the Django admin? I would not run a full-on SaaS site with the built-in admin, but I would be happy enough to use it to demo back-end functionality. There might be use-cases which would prevent thi
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by mryan 16y ago
I found an article [1] which cites "The Effect of Live Plants and Window Views of Green Spaces on Employee Perceptions of Job Satisfaction" [2], by googling for "study shows plants office"... I was sure I would find a PR fluff piece with th
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by mryan 16y ago
While I agree that we should not blindly place trust in security tools and assume we are safe, this link [1] gives me some optimism about TC's security (if it is to be believed... that's the problem with paranoia). [1] http://www.theregist
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by mryan 16y ago
Two reasons I can think of: 1) Someone with no coding skills can put up a nice looking page without needing a designer or programmer. Market testing an idea then becomes a lot cheaper. This happens before there is an actual "startup" with
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by mryan 16y ago
Interesting. Design only, or HTML/CSS implementation?
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by mryan 16y ago
STUN and TURN are listed in the open source protocols used by FaceTime [1], so it is probably one or both of those. There are probably a few more methods too, and it will just keep trying until it finds one that works on the current network
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by mryan 16y ago
From the title, I was half-expecting a link to patio11's profile on some dating site. Great video, thanks for posting.
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by mryan 16y ago
Fantastic, thanks. This is one of the reasons I love HN.
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by mryan 16y ago
3 or 7.
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by mryan 16y ago
> Learn how to code in MVC architecture First you need to pick a framework, unless you plan on implementing one yourself. I used to like CodeIgniter when I used PHP, although there are many more. Follow the "hello world" tutorial for th
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by mryan 16y ago
Very nice improvements... I hope you are online when I do my own ShowHN ;-)
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by mryan 16y ago
Badges do absolutely nothing for me in the web/app context. Twice in the last week or so I have clicked a link from HN and been taken to a site which awards me with a "Just Arrived" badge simply for visiting the site. I can see what they ar
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by mryan 16y ago
My first impression is that the name is bad. If I was working with a web designer and they asked me to use "clickdummy" to collaborate, I would wonder who the "dummy" is supposed to be. Although you go on to explain what dummies are in the
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by mryan 16y ago
Poor choice of title. Someone's Gmail account got hacked and he has no idea how - nothing to suggest Gmail is at fault. Edit: From the OP on the Reddit thread: ------ This account password was shared with a few other accounts (Netflix) I us
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by mryan 16y ago
) Stress-test your app by simulating loads of users performing realistic actions on your site. See what breaks first. Optimise that. Start again. ) Offload your static media to a CDN. The cheapest and easiest way to do this is to copy your
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by mryan 16y ago
So what are you asking HN? There is no question here.
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by mryan 16y ago
Sure thing - my email is in my profile.
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by mryan 16y ago
Thanks for the detail. I completely agree, exposing linked accounts is a serious privacy issue (assuming you didn't click a box that says "we will link your accounts whenever you invite someone to a meeting" ;-) ).
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by mryan 16y ago
Can you replicate it, or provide steps so others can try?
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by mryan 16y ago
) Read every single business-related post at patio11's blog [1]. That is great advice for any startup (due to the quality of the content), but for a startup selling to educators? Unmissable. In case you are unaware, patio11 is extremely pop
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by mryan 16y ago
Nice one! You should feel good - it's what open-source is all about: solving your problems and contributing back to help everyone else.
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by mryan 16y ago
If I may add to this... Step 1: Create a landing page using Unbounce, you do not need to know how to code in order to do this. Describe your idea and begin promoting the landing page to collect email addresses of interested people. This wil
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by mryan 16y ago
I shall be equally honest - you have an extremely low threshold for what counts as genius. :-)
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> The murder in that news story was not triggered by the anti-litter. It seems highly likely that he murderer was already out for blood What makes you think that? From the story it seems clear that the confrontation took place due to th
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by mryan 16y ago
Like kkowalczyk says, you really need a copywriter or proof reader to go over the text on your site, the grammar and spelling errors ("see'ing") are very noticeable. With regards to the idea - it seems as though you are building a site whic
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by mryan 16y ago
Didn't this go out of fashion after the first bubble burst, leaving warehouses full of branded swag that no-one wanted? Unless you are engaging with your target market, this is probably not the most efficient marketing technique. I could se
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by mryan 16y ago
(Replying to davidw to keep all the geolocation reports in order) I am in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but the site listed my location as Aalsmeer - given this is the first item in the list (as is Ancona for Italy), I think the geo lookup works

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