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Tell HN: We released our first web service(mobalean.com)
4 points by pwim 16y ago|0 comments
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by pwim 16y ago
Comparing the officially supported iOS SDK to 3rd party open source libraries is more than a bit disingenuous. I wonder what 3rd party libraries they are using for the iPhone. We've had the same experience he had with ruby libraries with 3
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by pwim 16y ago
While block based programing environments like this make programming look easier at first glance, I'm unconvinced they actually make things easier. For instance, I don't really see how the example screen is different than something like th
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by pwim 16y ago
Here's a post from a couple of months ago on it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1317004
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by pwim 16y ago
Harvest for time and expense tracking.
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by pwim 16y ago
Is there really any software you can build in hours or days and return vast sums of money? If you have a really specific market, I would imagine even if the software itself was simple, the challenge would be marketing it to that group.
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A conflict of interests(venturehacks.com)
9 points by pwim 16y ago|1 comments
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by pwim 16y ago
Is the main focus of your site transferring money between users? If not, why not just use paypal or some other 3rd party service? If it is, you are opening a whole can of worms with regards to the legality of your service. You should con
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by pwim 16y ago
As a software development company, all of our code is in a git repository that has a remote on a VPS. Our documents are primarily Google docs. Important docs are checked into git. Nothing we have locally that is important is not also at s
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by pwim 16y ago
They do offer credit card payments.
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by pwim 16y ago
I've heard in France, you don't even need to do a lousy job. You just need to ask to be "voluntarily fired", and you can receive benefits. If you have a startup, you can receive those benefits indefinitely.
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by pwim 16y ago
Care to elaborate? Whether or not you have a professionally designed logo would make an interesting A/B test. Have you done or are you aware of any research about this?
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by pwim 16y ago
Do you have a source for this? According to this blog, twitter's logo cost $10-15 and nike's cost $35: http://www.logoblog.org/wordpress/cost-of-famous-logos/
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by pwim 16y ago
Facebook does appear to use SSL. If you look at the login form, they are submitting to: https://login.facebook.com/login.php?login_attempt=1
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by pwim 16y ago
Even though the title says the employees succeeded to bypass Facebook security, it seems they did so by breaking into the user's home network. It is not clear whether they actually got in due to bad security on Facebook's part, or simply be
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by pwim 16y ago
The cheapest option would be to make something up yourself. Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org/ ) is a decent open source vector graphics editor that you should be able to use to whip up something halfway decent. The issue you can have if y
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by pwim 16y ago
For most, starting with a mobile website is the best option as the cost is lowest to develop and you reach the widest audience. If warranted, you can follow up with apps for specific platforms.
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by pwim 16y ago
If you take the leap and regret it, what is to prevent you from getting another good job? You'll probably regret it if you don't take the chance, so I'd go for it.
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by pwim 16y ago
In Canada at least, you can get a degree in Software Engineering which is aims to teach you the skills you'll need to develop software (not just programming though).
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by pwim 16y ago
I'm missing your point. Physics is also a subset of what you need to know to be a mechanic.
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by pwim 16y ago
Nice as an MVP, but I'm not quite sure the value it provides. As a company, we have plenty of recurring expenses, but not much recurring income (as defined as getting the same revenue every month). I guess we could use this to determine w
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by pwim 16y ago
Using video on the mobile seems awkward to me. I'll be interested in seeing some stats about how much this feature is actually used.
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by pwim 16y ago
Where are you getting that number for Skype from? In October, 2009, they had 521 million registered users, and 40 million registered users in the preceeding 3 months: http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/21/skype-hits-521-million-user... That w
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by pwim 16y ago
I'm still a vim newbie, but something I find helpful is using ctrl-{ to go back to normal mode (instead of escape), as I find it a faster and more natural motion.
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by pwim 16y ago
PivotalTracker is good for managing user stories: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/
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by pwim 16y ago
It seems like this could be a new feature for github - archive a project.
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by pwim 16y ago
In addition to this, I've also heard the government is also giving money to the incubators. They've managed to attract Joichi Ito to set up Neoteny Labs there: http://www.neotenylabs.com/
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by pwim 16y ago
There is an option to reset your password, assuming you've set up an email for your account. Try to login, and when that fails, there is an option to mail yourself a new password. Note, I only found this by looking at the source available
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by pwim 16y ago
Yes, I live in an apartment in Shinjuku (though it is on the border with Nakano). It is a self-contained unit with its own bathroom, toilet, and kitchen (sink and one burner stove).
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by pwim 16y ago
I don't have any furniture. I sit on the floor, and sleep on a Futon (Japanese-style http://www.yumetai.co.jp/img/goods/L/24623s1.jpg ), which I can fold up and put away during the day. Besides that, I just try and not collect possessions

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