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by randall 15y ago
I think what the HN comments are missing is the tech blogs only care about what people have done for us lately. IE people say Yahoo is collapsing because it seems like their potential for innovation is gone, and instead they're moving into
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by randall 15y ago
Or subspace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)
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by randall 15y ago
"Rent. People will argue that the price of the mortgage, maintenance taxes, etc is all baked into the price of rent. Sometimes this is true. But usually not. And often maintenance and taxes will go up faster than your rent." Citation needed
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How to date an Entrepreneur(datingandmatinginamerica.com)
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by randall 15y ago
I like to think of it in terms of communication bandwidth. The written word is low bandwidth, but if executed well, theoretically the ideas can be consumed more succinctly. Radio would be the next step up the spectrum, adding implied emotio
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When To Work On Technical Debt(nomachetejuggling.com)
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by randall 15y ago
Yeah that was my feeling too. I mean it's great to have a one-click application to get up and going, but Twilio is about the easiest API i've ever seen, so it's not exactly rocket science.
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by randall 15y ago
Wait, so it's middleware / hosting on top of Twilio? Am I reading that right?
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by randall 15y ago
Since computers have been around generally for more than 20 years now, I wonder if anyone who started in a programming job when they were 40 are still doing it. More bluntly: Is it possible / fun to be a programmer when you're 60? I imagine
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by randall 15y ago
App Sumo has extremely limited utility to me, a potential founder. Statistical fallacy aside, do we really need Groupon for Kissmetrics?
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by randall 15y ago
"The old regime “makes it very hard to start radical new branches because you generally need to convince the people involved in the status quo up-front about their need to support that radical branch,” Torvalds says. “In contrast, Git makes
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by randall 15y ago
First: Brian is the man. (Had him on a show I used to be on called The 404, and he had me both laughing and vomiting by the end of the show.) Second: Teller's advice is echoed by another great... Ira Glass. He talked about how to make it in
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by randall 15y ago
Steve Blank always justified it as saying "you want it to be on your shelf, with notes..." I think it's just a luddite reaction on Steve's part. Apparently he hasn't done enough customer development.
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by randall 15y ago
I _love_ that I'm not the only one! We need a hacker parents support group.
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by randall 15y ago
I think I disagree with the buffer pattern. I'd probably run the function with an argument of next() so you could keep the function more portable.
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by randall 15y ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html Your point is valid, but your tone is needlessly negative.
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by randall 15y ago
Like. I think this feels more sparse than I'd expect, which is a good thing. Not going to switch from backbone right now though, but I appreciate the experimentation.
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by randall 15y ago
Woo Verbling! My favorite story of Verbling: the cofounder who had an "interesting" job "talking to people" who were "under stress" which required him to learn a bunch of different languages. I veil the secrecy so the founders can use it to
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by randall 15y ago
To the contrary. The purchase included all of Moto Mobility, which is the STB / Phone side of Moto, and must also include patents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Mobility
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by randall 15y ago
AngelList's peg / competitive advantage is Venture Hacks / Nivi and Naval. It sounds like this guy is a technology insider (investing in SecondMarket) not a Hollywood insider. That makes me think it's going to be more difficult for the winn
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Browser-based Facetime in iOS (WebRTC experiment)(labs.ericsson.com)
1 points by randall 15y ago|0 comments
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by randall 15y ago
"I’m just so proud of Apple that I’m willing to look foolish saying so." Mission accomplished.
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by randall 15y ago
UNLV's major programs, iirc, are hospitality. Lack of tech talent might be a bit frustrating, though it's not exactly the middle of nowhere.
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by randall 15y ago
I think your assumption about no call blocking libs leading to a mess is under the assumption that people see a need for a blocking lib with Node. The assumption by default is that every call is async. Even calls which happen instantly some
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by randall 15y ago
Full post- http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/01/webkit-in-your-living-ro...
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WebKit on specialized devices (like TVs)(cdn-0.nflximg.com)
1 points by randall 15y ago|1 comments
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Reinventing the Chamber of Commerce(pandodaily.com)
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by randall 15y ago
FYI- I installed Chrome Frame on a coworker's computer yesterday so she could check out Asana. It worked really splendidly, even without admin rights. Chrome Frame is the new Flash.
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by randall 15y ago
TJ's goal (in my view) is to make a really unopinionated way for node to interact with the web in a modern way, standardizing things like routes, sessions, etc. Matador would provide some opinion on top of Express to standardize file locati
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by randall 15y ago
OpenGL ES is a more apt comparison. You're precisely correct.

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