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by phil 15y ago
Without benchmarks, that's kind of a pointless assertion. I'd guess that both methods are close in performance most of the time but don't really know. Anyway sometimes you need drawing code -- it's much more animatable, for example.
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by phil 15y ago
Tiny swipable page indicator in the nav bar title: awesome. Replacing swipe-to-delete on a message with back/pop: not so good. It's really nicely done overall. Totally rethought from their desktop app.
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by phil 15y ago
And of course you grab a copy of what everybody else says too, since things like HN and Twitter are mostly about context...
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by phil 15y ago
I figured an 8 hour day, but I don't really know.
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by phil 15y ago
So, $2.50/hr then.
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by phil 15y ago
It's endemic to the web. Just look at GeoCities. Or, maybe you entrusted all your medical records to Google Health? The web is built for innovation, not longevity.
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by phil 15y ago
This is less of a hard line than http://everythingisaremix.info PG's argument is that the world is changing and the definition of property should change to match. But Everything is a Remix argues that ownership of ideas has always been pr
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by phil 15y ago
Ah, thanks -- I missed the (outside the US) bit.
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by phil 15y ago
I don't get it. Where's the evidence that these maps are based on OSM data versus, say, Navteq or TeleAtlas data? The tiles use terrain data that nobody thinks is from OSM, and when I look at North American cities, the street grids certainl
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by phil 15y ago
Bring extra cheddar.
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by phil 15y ago
Strange to see a Google comms person claiming that "modern Internet-connected phones exist mostly to run apps." I'm a big fan of apps, I write apps, but I still think modern Internet-connected phones are basically for browsing the web and g
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by phil 15y ago
XMarks is a classic example -- in 2010 they announced that they would be shutting down because their user base (2m mau or so?) did not bring in revenue to support operations. In the aftermath of the announcement they sold, presumably at a f
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by phil 15y ago
This sounds a lot like breaking a timing belt on an engine with an interference design. (When that happens the cylinders plow into the valves and there's a lot of carnage). On my car that's a $6-7000 fix if it happens. I bet if there were o
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by phil 15y ago
I spent two years building one of these systems ( http://rez.urbanspoon.com ). It runs on the iPad and I'm pretty confident it's the market leader in terms of usability. A lot of the responses in here make it out like this is about stupid a
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by phil 15y ago
That's true, but their search ranking is weird and kind of broken right now (e.g. company name is indexed; descriptions aren't). It would be great if that got overhauled.
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by phil 15y ago
On behalf of all app developers: oh, hell yes.
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by phil 15y ago
Looks like you've discovered that KBB applies a linear mileage cost. Does that reflect reality? I doubt it -- at least, not after you reach a certain mileage. I'm curious if you grabbed data to extend that chart out to, let's say, 200k mile
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by phil 15y ago
People are saying this is exaggerated and it probably is, somewhat. But there's some truth to it. Take a list of things for example -- let's say a list of contacts. On the web that's probably a styled <ul>. On iOS, it's a UITableVie
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by phil 15y ago
According to the press release, they are also out as co-chairs of the board. Lazaridis is becoming Vice Chair (whatever that means) and Balsillie is retaining his seat but will be stripped of all titles.
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by phil 15y ago
Hey, if you can't trust your feelings about your own life experiences, what can you trust? And if in fact you can't, why not hop a plane? It makes as much sense as any other response in that case.
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Free and Low-Cost Apps(appcubby.com)
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by phil 15y ago
Happily, the only reliable way to get that evidence is to go collect it yourself...
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by phil 15y ago
The article makes it pretty clear that he's plenty experienced. I agree with the thought though. Rural China is one of the most difficult places to get around I've been to. Outside the cities, most people are just not used to encountering o
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by phil 15y ago
That's certainly true. If you want to do something that requires 10s of millions of dollars to get off the ground, seed funding is not for you. Car and solar energy companies are great recent examples. Hugely capital intensive, and you'll n
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by phil 15y ago
These all require upfront payments in the 6-figure range, right? As far as I know, good 3PL services are at best like Braintree, not like Stripe. That is, they work well but don't lower the barriers so that it's easy to start using them.
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by phil 15y ago
I read your comment and thought "surely that's changing over time and we're trending towards younger legislators." So I went looking and it turns out I'm completely wrong. Check it out -- the WSJ did this interactive chart that shows Congre
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by phil 15y ago
It is. The biggest ISPs in the US (like Time Warner Cable and Comcast) also own media properties. Raising transactional costs for new sites is good for them. It keeps the media properties more valuable, and it raises the percentage of their
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by phil 15y ago
This rings true: I worked closely with the ISPs in drafting this provision to ensure they were comfortable with how it would work This sounds like BS: I remain confident that the ISPs – including the cable industry, which is the largest
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by phil 15y ago
The good news is that you don't have to choose. Launch at $0.99 and look for huge exposure. If that happens, great! If not, you can experiment, get a sense of what the elasticity curve for that particular app looks like, and price it optima
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by phil 15y ago
I agree with markrickert on this. Apps that look prettier and work better (usually) have more sales. And improving those things (usually) improves sales, as far as I've been able to tell. Screenshots are part of it. Word of mouth is also a

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