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1. 151.▲
   by points 16y ago

   I don't get this at all. The videos are unclear to what the advantage is here... Still, nice to know you can have an ugly website and still get acquired.
2. 152.▲
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   It's a niche product - you have to price it high to make any money.
3. 153.▲
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   Sterile, pretentious, cold. As expected :/
4. 154.▲
   by points 16y ago

   I assume you're being satirical here, maybe mocking 37signals etc but I'll indulge you... A smalltime website I don't maintain any more, and which is basically dead, makes around $30 a day from adsense. Don't make the silly mistake of think
5. 155.▲
   by points 16y ago

   Perhaps the leading article next time will be "Why paid plans don't work". (This months was 'why free plans don't work').
6. 156.▲
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   idk, I've seen a lot of IDE's that have scary high level things like "Refactor this", "Remove unused code" etc.
7. 157.▲
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   Remembering things is VERY important. It means you have an instant grasp of the code base, the APIs available to you. It means you can solve problems much quicker than someone who only has a limited memory, or uses auto-complete all the t
8. 158.▲
   by points 16y ago

   > " I want the "firmware" that knows how to assemble building blocks of code to be in my brain, not in my computer. To me, writing code is like driving a stick shift, for much of it I don't even think, it's unconscious competence. Can y
9. 159.▲
   by points 16y ago

   You're correct (In IE), and also the worst. Security issues, encoding issues, scripting attack issues, inability to work with tables event handlers etc etc. Never use innerHTML for anything serious.
10. 160.▲
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    Do you dispute that he answered the original question honestly and in a useful way? The fact he added a small joke afterward just adds charm. Lighten up a little ;) BUM!!!
11. 161.▲
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    Stand up? Crazy. Get a bath.
12. 162.▲
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    > "Does it really add that much to the conversation?" Yes. It has 3 items that satisfy the requirement of relaxing.
13. 163.▲
    by points 16y ago

    Play piano, watch movies/TV comedies, rollerskate, play Lego with the kids.
14. 164.▲
    by points 16y ago

    The OP was an honest reply, and it's a good reply. No point being a prude. Q. What do you do to relax? A. Play poker, masturbate and play with my cat. What's the big deal here? All healthy fun activities to relax.
15. 165.▲
    by points 16y ago

    I don't think you can draw that conclusion. The Reddit guys (IMHO) have made some bad decisions (Using Amazon for a start), but that doesn't necessarily mean there are too few of them.
16. 166.▲
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    I'd bet money that a Digg user is far more monetizable than a Reddit user. So I'd say Revenue is the best metric to compare, but I'm skeptical Reddit will ever make much money - their users are spending all their cash on weed.
17. 167.▲
    by points 16y ago

    2.4 Decide to have absolutely no advertising and no monetization strategy whatsoever, leading to inevitable growth. ;)
18. 168.▲
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    Agreed @ Reddit. Maybe a winning formula. 1. Find a startup in a new area that is over funded (digg) 2. Copy it, on the cheap. 3. Get bought for a "cheap" price compared with what the over funded startup would request.
19. 169.▲
    by points 16y ago

    I think the parents point was that health care in Europe is substantially cheaper than in the US. We pay similar rates of tax to in the US, but get Healthcare in that as well.
20. 170.▲
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    I disagree. They stopped innovating after they killed all of the competition. They didn't need to any more. MS certainly don't have a vested interest in the internet - it goes against their core business.
21. 171.▲
    by points 16y ago

    > "I believe making friends (and not making enemies) is simply the most important skill you can have. More important than being clever or hardworking." Reminds me of an old boss of mine. He was hiring for the team, and when asked what t
22. 172.▲
    by points 16y ago

    You're quite wrong. HTML5 is innovating. IE is way behind when it comes to innovative features. And please don't hold up 'innerHTML' as an example of a good thing.
23. 173.▲
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    > "the team's response is so stuffed with fluff it appears this whole Q&A session might have backfired." I cannot really imagine how it would have ended any other way. It was obviously going to make MS look incompetent and desperate
24. 174.▲
    by points 16y ago

    Just to clarify for those that haven't read the answers, this doesn't look anything like the "IE9 team" responding. It looks like a marketing team responding. That's why you get BS answers like "XP is a platform that doesn't allow for the p
25. 175.▲
    by points 16y ago

    <object <embed bgsound etc etc It's not like audio didn't exist before HTML5...
26. 176.▲
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    At last. A post about AngelGate I can leave unflagged. Lets draw a line under the soap opera gossip and move on.
27. 177.▲
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    I think the underlying problem is programmers who aren't very good at programming. That means they're constantly on the look out for some magic potion that will make it easier for them. Of course some things do make it easier - frameworks,
28. 178.▲
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    navigator.allowXSSAttacks = false If only the silly browser makers would set that flag to false sigh It's so easy!
29. 179.▲
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    32. Still no signs I'll ever change weight... Maybe when I get to 50 :)
30. 180.▲
    by points 16y ago

    I care enough about hacking to try and keep HN a useful place. Unfortunately it seems most people here are just interested in gossip and giving Techcrunch pageviews.