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by noodle 16y ago
some people consider "bootstrapping" to be equivalent to "spend most of your cycles on the startup, but also spend some time freelancing to fund it"
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by noodle 16y ago
it gets to be a little complicated, especially with the advanced options. interestingly, it looks cheaper to use paypapl if you have a really low monthly throughput (not surprising), or a really high one (kinda surprising). but never by th
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by noodle 16y ago
i disagree with that type of rant. using a framework isn't about "making it easy" and "hiding the details". or at least, not to me. its about not having to mess with the details. repetitious, abstractable details waste time and energy.
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by noodle 16y ago
i disagree with this part of the conclusion: > Summing it up, a framework tries to save you work by make you define an overly complex configuration, that has to accomodate every possible use case. i use codeigniter specifically becau
515.
by noodle 16y ago
why can't you postpone the travel for a few days? tell them you have some responsibilities you couldn't manage to get out of on the short term but still are very interested. if they're looking for you specifically and not just a warm body,
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by noodle 16y ago
well, that was supposed to be a response to a post in the 3 letter io TLD thread. sorry about that. most likely my fault, of course, but i'm not sure how i did this. off chance of an HN bug perhaps?
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by noodle 16y ago
indeed. a lot of interesting ones, too. not just random letters. i was definitely surprised at some of the things available still.
518.
by noodle 16y ago
i wonder if you can use this as a generic web application paid subscription solution like a merchant + recurly (for example).
519.
by noodle 16y ago
depends. if you have low volume, paypal is really going to be your best option. i was rejected from merchant accounts for low estimated volumes. if you have higher volume, any merchant account will do, really. consider using something li
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by noodle 16y ago
unlikely. even if they could port it into a web interface to compete with google, i'd bet that IBM would rather wrangle watson into higher-end commercial usage, like medicine or law. that is what IBM does best.
521.
by noodle 16y ago
they aren't always, no, but this one's wording definitely sounds like a summary, and is at least somewhat misleading.
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by noodle 16y ago
and evangelized the hell out of it, too, which isn't exactly easy work. i mean, its still a good story. but the tl;dr title isn't accurate.
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by noodle 16y ago
i think its interesting that, for a guy writing a book about the colonel, he doesn't seem to know why they renamed themselves officially to "KFC". it was because of a trademark dispute with the state of kentucky, not because it wanted to a
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by noodle 16y ago
i understand generally what you're talking about, but could you elaborate or provide an example? i've always been kind of curious, myself
525.
by noodle 16y ago
yes, i'm certain. straight from the email: "Unfortunately your transaction volume was too low to be approved for a merchant account at this time. "
526.
by noodle 16y ago
i should clarify (since i can't edit anymore) that this was/is an ecommerce site that didn't have much wiggle room in changing prices
527.
by noodle 16y ago
not that friendly. i applied to their special branded merchant account and was denied due to low volume.
528.
by noodle 16y ago
i guess with 1m pageviwes/day, spammers are going to try and hit it.
529.
by noodle 16y ago
i know someone that has proven through their own A/B testing that a seal (i forget which, possibly TRUSTe) increased their conversions. not 60%, but maybe 10%. they referred to it as the #1 change they made in testing that increased conver
530.
by noodle 16y ago
the most important skills you can have, imo, is the ability to learn new things as soon as possible, to be come competent quickly. taking the time to learn rails isn't just about learning rails, it is also about keeping your ability to lear
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by noodle 16y ago
iirc, we had a discussion here about this here some time in the past. jetblue and southwest don't charge for the first bag specifically because of this. their processes are optimized on the assumption that you're going to check one bag. i
532.
by noodle 16y ago
love the idea, in theory. in practice, i'd have to drive to library, but can walk to any number of coffee shops or book stores instead. much easier to execute for a student.
533.
by noodle 16y ago
do both. you will have a TON of free time in college, unless you inundate yourself purposefully. use some of that free time to continue doing part-time work. hell, you might have enough time to do full-time work. i had much more free ti
534.
by noodle 16y ago
making absolutely no judgment calls on any of the situations, there are definitely a few cases of hasty generalization fallacy in the OP.
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by noodle 16y ago
simple example? wordpress plugins.
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by noodle 16y ago
my mother listens to him a lot, so i've heard him quite a lot. his advice is good, of course, but i find it interesting that every program is the same thing over and over, like its a reaffirmation mantra that people need to hear in order t
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by noodle 16y ago
relevant video: http://www.hulu.com/watch/1389/saturday-night-live-dont-buy-...
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by noodle 16y ago
you'd be surprised. in a larger, complex app that is meant to be quite visually appealing, CSS will get huge. i mean, i work with an app that isn't nearly as complex as mailchimp, and isn't nearly as well-designed, but the CSS for the app
539.
by noodle 16y ago
so then that means $10 would convert even better?
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by noodle 16y ago
how to know your side project is ready to be a startup: * you have employees * you have investors edit: note that this is a tongue-in-cheek response to the article that implies that you might somehow be considering something a "sid

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