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by pcmaffey 9y ago
tldr; Outsource your relationship with your customers / audience at your own peril.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Unless you want become a decent designer, don’t even try to make it ‘look good’ because you don’t really know what good design is or entails (and I don’t mean that condescendingly). Bad design is worse than no design. Instead, just make it
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
The pen is mightier than the sword.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Users don't enter urls into browsers?
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Unless you sync app state with the router, then you cannot "Enter a command / url" => "Output a state / action".
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
The browser? Though as you mention, many developers nowadays don't see the need for history, and so are putting application/webpage state somewhere other than the router. This IMO is short-sighted, as it undermines the transparenc
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Finding the time for experimenting while doing ____ exhausting, responsible thing, is incredibly hard. It really has to be a matter of life and death for your soul. But here's the thing, finish your PHD. You'll be in the same situ
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Hey all, a few updates: 1. You can now check out the top 100 poems (as you can see, these are all in good fun): https://www.pcmaffey.com/01100111011000010110110101100101/po... 2. I updated the dictionary. So it now sho
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
That’s a philosophical fit
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
[searches "prefix tree"] Sweet! Thanks for the tip, that does indeed look like what I should be using. As for plurals, that's not a bad idea. But I think the # of false positives would be > false negatives.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Point noted about the time. You may be right. Will play test that a bit. Thanks!
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Built this game in React in ~ 20 hrs. Thought I'd share a few things I learned: 1. You can disable React Dev Tools in Prod, by including this script before React loads. Because this game is 100% client side, fiddling with component sta
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Show HN: 5 minute word game(pcmaffey.com)
28 points by pcmaffey 9y ago|12 comments
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
If sheep have evolved to have drone guards, then wolves will just have to feast on deer, elk, and whatnot, until they join forces with the eagles and hawks to take down the drones.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Actually, I'd say: Build an audience, not a business.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Non sequitur opportunity to recommend one of my favorite movies of all time: Delicatessen. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/ If you've seen the movie, you'll get why I'm posting this.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
This is exactly what React's virtual DOM does. Maybe the future is making the virtual DOM native to the browser? Bundle React with Chrome? Or how about a browser package manager that could cache and reuse all these common js libraries
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Portland cement is also incredibly brittle (and thus short-lasting) compared to the natural lime-based concrete used pre 19th century. Here's a great explanation of the differences: http://limes.us/about-saint-astier-nh
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Also sprayed on your food... sometimes not even to kill insects, but to kill the plant, desiccating it right before harvest so its easier for a machine to pick and sort.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Privacy is as much a feature as it is a business model (or reaction against ad-based business models). The biggest question to consider is what will you replace that business model with? And will people pay to use software they're used
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Ask HN: Do you use a calendar app?
2 points by pcmaffey 9y ago|1 comments
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
The irony here is that many of the responses in this thread are pushing you to start your own thing and change the world in a way you care about... which is pretty much the origin of these cult mentalities you're trying to get away fro
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
I helped rescue 13 wolf husky pups (genetically confirmed) from a situation where the owner was getting evicted and animal control was coming the next day. Because the rabbies vaccine isn’t proven to work on wolves, I was told they’d be eut
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Wow, that broke my browser (chrome, no less). I love innovative UX, but multiple internal scrollbars, a <noscript> tag that shows up as text at the bottom of the page, hijacked and then broken scrolling. Looks more like a college web
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Great looking project, and really well documented. It's way more than I need at-the-moment, but starred it for future.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Yeah, a public API anyone can sign up for, get a token, and call from anywhere to store key/value data, without needing to setup a server/database. Basically like Web Storage API, but saved in the cloud instead of locally, so that
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Ask HN: An API to store/retrieve JSON?
5 points by pcmaffey 9y ago|7 comments
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
For anyone reading this interested in mattresses, I highly recommend natural latex. It's pricey, but 7 years and 17k+ hours of use later, it's still in near impeccable condition, sleeps perfectly (I got the firm) and is easily the
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Rather than working on a real issue, I'd recommend a made-up task/feature, modeled after something they might actually do. Just put it in a repo and share to all candidates. It shouldn't take more than half a day's work.
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by pcmaffey 9y ago
Yup, generally when I come across a salient thought or idea, I load up Bicycl and input it manually. The act of intentionally trying to remember a thing by summarizing & writing it down is half the battle. Bicycl then does a really good

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