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871.
by noodle 16y ago
could you not retain control and attempt to hire someone to do the legwork on it? i have a feeling that the community would rather put up with something like adsense, a sponsored ad, or donation requests in order to help fund the community
872.
by noodle 16y ago
what is the expected outcome if someone fights hard for years and sees no success? is it never justified for someone to fight hard, see they're not getting anywhere, and then drop their effort level down to match the situation they're in,
873.
by noodle 16y ago
predictive feedback isn't all that useful. if someone is trying to predict success or failure before a product or feature is released, you shouldn't weigh it so heavily. you can find plenty of people who, in past writings, dismissed thing
874.
by noodle 16y ago
what scripting language do you think was designed with security in mind, then?
875.
by noodle 16y ago
he is not. for example, i know for a fact that denmark as a country will not accept equipment for the sport of fencing (they are not actually dangerous blades, all are totally safe) under the premise that they appear to be weapons.
876.
by noodle 16y ago
this kind of sounds like a problem that could be solved by a good startup, no?
877.
by noodle 16y ago
> (at obvious costs) i suppose thats my point. languages are just tools. some languages are hammers, where you can accidentally hit your thumb. some languages are like an automatic electric hammer where its all safe, but its heavy an
878.
by noodle 16y ago
i guess that means that assembly, C, etc are all terrible languages because they don't have a clear design with system security in mind.
879.
by noodle 16y ago
i came here to say basically the same thing. "no support staff" is not the same as using engineers as support staff. i was expecting more of an article on a startup of 2 cofounders who are managing things themselves.
880.
by noodle 16y ago
related question for those who have experience: what do you think is the best phone and carrier combo on the market right now (or that will be on the market soon)? i'm about to be a free agent and i want to get myself into the best of wha
881.
by noodle 16y ago
if you're going to have to sit down and power through a task that will take you a long time (cramming for an exam, a weekend marathon coding session, etc), operate in cycles of 20-30 minutes of focused work and then 5 minutes of something u
882.
by noodle 16y ago
i agree that it isn't that expensive anymore. more than anything, its the existing reputation and simply the fact that there is a cost. there's a huge psychological gap between charging $0.01 and charging 0.
883.
by noodle 16y ago
as it has already been mentioned -- having to pay license fees means ramen profitable is even further away for your average, small bootstrapped startup. there are some good startups based on the MS stack, but they're generally startups done
884.
by noodle 16y ago
i think that it is appropriate for a $300-500 custom project. he could've done better, but for a full site redesign at under $500, he could've also done much worse.
885.
by noodle 16y ago
i find it hard to take this angry rant seriously. if it were much more calm, with rational arguments and justifications, i might actually agree, or at least agree to disagree.
886.
by noodle 16y ago
yes, because the consistency removes it as a potential cause of bugs, and makes my code easier to debug by someone else.
887.
by noodle 16y ago
fair enough. thanks for the info.
888.
by noodle 16y ago
so, its a theme plus a plugin? does this instantly kill the entire premium theme/plugin market?
889.
by noodle 16y ago
17 month lead time to develop the making process, with trial and error, in his free time. i'm sure he could drop that down to a week with some effort into reproduction. would be worthwhile for $1k+ or so.
890.
by noodle 16y ago
thats already happening, more or less. except the culture here is to flag things out of line, and they usually get dealt with. if they're not out of line, then why would it matter?
891.
by noodle 16y ago
> I don't think the median HN reader needs further encouragement to write well. perhaps, for now. but if PG's concerns are valid, then it may be the case that this will change. alternatively, consider it a functional way to reinforce
892.
by noodle 16y ago
how about hacker news gold, with a special restricted-access area only? ;) a bit more seriously, are there any plans to increase the number of karma-locked features? if people knew that there were more benefits to contributing high quality
893.
by noodle 16y ago
i do java at work, and ruby/python/php at home. for me, its simple. java and its frameworks are too bureaucratic. getting things done requires too much. in an enterprise environment with lots of developers, this is good. in an agile, ra
894.
by noodle 16y ago
c'mon now. boo on sneaking an affiliate link in.
895.
by noodle 16y ago
clickable: http://www.appsumo.com/
896.
Tell HN: Appsumo's current deal is nice for startups/freelancers
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897.
by noodle 16y ago
i'd point out that this is pretty common for his posts.
898.
by noodle 16y ago
an irrelevant degree will not hurt you. an irrelevant degree only has the potential to help you, although whether or not it will actually "help" will vary from job to job, HR person to HR person, etc..
899.
by noodle 16y ago
custom blogging software. it can start simple and get really complex.
900.
by noodle 16y ago
ease of use. merchant accounts are easier, but still not nearly as easy as paypal. and i wish i could tell people about some alternative to use, but there isn't anything as easy to use out there (amazon payments probably being the next cl

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