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by pplante 14y ago
You might want to check out www.laundrylocker.com, its all over the bay area.
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by pplante 14y ago
I love the idea behind this software. I just wish it worked with Django.
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by pplante 14y ago
I love ScreenHero. I am using it for remote pairing with a new engineer in Utah. I cannot wait for the integrated voice chat, using Skype for that is annoying. Great work guys!
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by pplante 14y ago
That was just the mobile app. It mostly just acted as a gateway to the other backend systems.
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by pplante 14y ago
At a quick glance I think its a good idea, and will be recommending it to some friends. But that video is awful.
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by pplante 14y ago
The website doesn't work correctly on my Android (JB4.2.2) browser. I can see the page background with a lot of scrollable space, but no text or header.
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by pplante 14y ago
If you are using pip you can type "pip freeze" and it will spit out a list of all modules and the version currently installed. Most write this out to a file called "requirements.txt" in their project root. You can then use this list to in
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by pplante 14y ago
there is no proof that valve can count to three.
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by pplante 14y ago
I didn't believe your comment about the Combine, so I googled it. Farmers are pretty awesome hackers: http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,8436.0.html
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by pplante 14y ago
TMobile has been calling their HSDPA+ network 4G for a while now. LTE on bands supported in the USA is not possible on the device.
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by pplante 14y ago
Well he could have reviewed the code on a daily basis. He wasn't doing much else with his time. I bet it would take only a few minutes to glance through the code to get enough of an idea what had been worked on. If he was ever asked, he
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by pplante 14y ago
because they acquired a company called "zavers."
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by pplante 14y ago
This came just in time for the first release of my webapp later this month. Hopefully the upgrade goes smoothly. Thanks guys!
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by pplante 14y ago
Sent you an email, good luck!
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by pplante 14y ago
i don't think they are able to take it...
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by pplante 14y ago
I agree with you about the use of raw SQL when a query gets too complex. Often I find that the ORM is capable of expressing a query I have in mind, but it might do it inefficiently. Sometimes I will rewrite this using SQL. Usually what l
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by pplante 14y ago
I too lost my Father, but at a young age (12). Deal with your emotions as you can, and take time for yourself. That is the only advice that I found is portable across different people. Its been 15 years for me, and it gets easier with tim
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by pplante 14y ago
this would be awesome for group vacation planning via airbnb.com.
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Ask HN: Securing passwords for client systems my app must access
2 points by pplante 14y ago|1 comments
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by pplante 14y ago
tl;dr: guy wanted domain zap.com, owned by a hedge fund. he tried emailing and calling people there with no luck. he decided to spend many thousands of dollars flying from london to NYC to meet with CEO. got shot down again, ended up gettin
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by pplante 14y ago
not to nit-pick too much, but these splash pages are really getting old quick. im a huge supporter of customer development. splash pages these days are so devoid of information that i question their value. this is a trend amongst so many
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by pplante 14y ago
it appears to be responsive for me in chrome on my mac, and my android phone. but i agree with your point about the site not really containing much information. its certainly not enough to entice me to sign up. there should be more of a s
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by pplante 14y ago
I hope not.
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by pplante 14y ago
You might want to check out http://www.stashboard.org/ and http://shopify.github.com/dashing/ Those are rather simple to setup. Dashing is more of a generic dashboard, but its rather pretty.
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by pplante 14y ago
While that device does sound nice to have around, I disagree with the notion that it seems such an obvious thing for the market to produce. It would have very little market appeal outside of the development community in my opinion.
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by pplante 14y ago
in my experience, regardless of your application to YC it is a good idea to get things documented. not because you mistrust your cofounder, or anything of that sort. simply it puts everyones mind at ease for what they get out of it. not
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by pplante 14y ago
i doubt any startups were planning to launch the iPhone 5. in your eyes, what exactly have they announced that would cause someone to pivot?
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by pplante 14y ago
the dip in refinery sales might be related to the shutdown of a few refineries which appears to have occurred during fall 2011. here is a google search i used: https://www.google.com/search?q=gas+refinery+shuts+down&... edit: speeling
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by pplante 14y ago
whats also interesting is that the price of gas hasn't moved much either: http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=24 i guess this is a case where lower demand has kept prices high.
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Ask HN: Software Engineer salary range in Germany?
2 points by pplante 14y ago|0 comments

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