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by pxlpshr 17y ago
I haven't had cable in over 3 years, and I don't miss it for a moment. Between Boxee and Netflix Streaming via PS3, it's a complete waste of money. Per the live events issue, that's largely a non-issue for me because it almost never fails t
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
I voted you back up. HN has been suffering from a flight of noobs that downmod as a sign of disagreement but without voicing an opinion. I agree with the animation bit, it's a little distracting. I disagree about the size of the box because
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
you shouldn't be waiting for your users to tell you where your security holes are. while I agree with that ideology, in reality you just can't assume that to be the case when you have multiple people touching the code, and features added
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
He sounds naive and his logic is quite the cliche. Surprised he didn't close it with a line from the hacker's manifesto. I'm not sure what it is with some people acting like the smartest guy in the room while refusing to share their knowled
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
For a second there I thought I was on HakkerNews.
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
next time i'll more carefully monitor my word choice in haste, but then again why bother when I have trolls that auto-check my grammar for me? Maybe you should concern yourself with the proposed legislation, instead of illustrating that you
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Repeal this bill here: http://gopetition.com/online/32354.html
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Exactly. I use to work with a company funded by Benchmark that approached it the exact same way. Their first game was just the start, and most definitely not the end. A lot of game designers fail to understand this; very few game empires ar
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
I deserve to eat my foot then. However, my comment is still largely true. Today our site was down with the same exact error, and it was down a few days ago. Every other day with little communication about what they are really doing to fix i
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Tighten the freemium model?
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Just want to say thanks for doing such a fantastic job with Urban Airship. We're using it for our app and it's proven to be extremely valuable and has saved us loads of time, we'll have no problem paying when we exceed our usage. :) Really
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
I don't disagree with burning patent trolls at the stake... but why does it always seem that if something happens in Texas, it has to be called out specifically as if we don't have enough misinformed stigmas hanging over our head? Maybe it'
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
If you stop working because you completed your task for the day, you belong in a cubicle. Dime a dozen, and a dozen too many.
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
The average work environment is all relative. Maybe you should be a web developer for advertising agencies -- after all, print is dying. :)
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
You're making an assumption. My guys rarely, if ever, work more than 40 hours a week but 30 hours a week is unacceptable at this stage . I agree with you about inspiration in some regards, I spent the first half of my career as a creative
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Question: How do you know the true capabilities of your employees when you measure work solely by results with no correlation to time? Does your company get a pay discount when an employee finishes a milestone in half the time? I ask becaus
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
That's because you had a terrible work environment and you're honey mooning, not because working from an office is evil. Separating life and work is generally a very good thing, particularly if you're an entrepreneur because it forces you t
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
+1. This is what I miss the most as HN becomes more popular and slants toward a karma-game of news submission. I would also like to be able to submit a URL and description for readers who click on comments as a way to provide context and
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
What a great post. This is a similar story as mine except it was for a lot smaller (seed) amount to churn out a prototype. For 6 months almost every meeting was at a bar until we closed, and just last month we finally put together a financ
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
we use celery for task scheduling in the web app we're building. it's pretty fantastic for our needs, haven't had any major issues with it. they just announced 1.0 but we're still on .9.
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Plants vs. Zombies was very popular before it ever hit the AppStore. And, PopCaps already had a massive fan base from Peggle and Bejeweled before P vs Z ever came out; they've been cranking out great stuff for a while now.
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
There is a fine line and it comes down to the situation at hand; ultimately I don't disagree with you, I've extended my early guys 4% each on top of their salary. The thing is, not everyone is founder-material either. Prior to hiring our fi
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
i'm waiting to see his cap table. my guys get paid market rate, i'm paying myself less than a teacher; the least i've ever made in the last decade. i also work about 20-30 hours more than my team.
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CodeOrgan(codeorgan.com)
1 points by pxlpshr 17y ago|0 comments
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TEDx Austin Live Stream(livestream.com)
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
Seems like this topic comes up pretty often. I agree with Fred but some level of nurturing by mentors is important; the mold usually needs some shaping and polishing. ycom, techstars, et al. are prime examples of this.
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Google is Not draining the pool, you've got to really want it.(giffconstable.com)
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
I agree. As much as I appreciate hack-a-thons for creative and mental outlets, I'm growing cynical of all this nonsense and association with "startups". Startups are f-ing hard, they are not 48 hour bus trips and SXSW parties.
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Gowalla releases API(gowalla.com)
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by pxlpshr 17y ago
There are a few fundamentals I see lacking in your sites that would be a night/day improvement: 1. Grids 2. Typography 3. Thorough understanding of CSS Both of your example sites are accessible but good minimalism generally emphasizes #1 an

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