rodp

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   by rodp 4y ago

   I played basketball as a teenager. One year, I was in the starting lineup. The coach believed in me and was vocal about it. He gave me clear feedback, both positive and negative. Overall, I played well and was improving quickly. Next year,
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   by rodp 5y ago

   Same in Slovenia.
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   by rodp 5y ago

   Aardvark
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   by rodp 5y ago

   You have basically described most economies.
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   by rodp 6y ago

   True, that issue has been raised before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23176527 I will probably just get rid of the features that require write permissions. They aren't essential.
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   by rodp 6y ago

   Thanks. If it takes off in any shape or form, I will definitely make the best debates more easily discoverable.
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   by rodp 6y ago

   Thank you for the honest feedback. I don't disagree. I see social media as a complex system that is based on a few simple rules that have allowed it to evolve quickly, but not necessarily the way we would like. Since ancient times, two
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   by rodp 6y ago

   Thanks! Debates are public and accessible to anyone with a link. Since the app hasn't really had any promotion until now, the first users are just signing up and there aren't really any noteworthy debates yet. If and when more deb
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   by rodp 6y ago

   Thank you for this feedback. To be honest, there aren't any noteworthy debates at the moment. One recent tweet and this comment on HN are literally the only promotion the app has had, so the first users have just started signing up. If
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    by rodp 6y ago

    What you are (correctly) describing is the status quo. But that is precisely what motivated me to try something different, even if it does end up utopian.
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thanks. I will look into it. And let’s just say I’m not too proud of the test coverage :)
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thanks! I’ll definitely take you up on that offer.
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Very interesting, thanks.
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thank you for the positive feedback. That's pretty much where I'm coming from: "likes" have created an unhealthy dynamic in online conversations and I was wondering if there could be a hack around that.
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thank you for your compliments! And best of luck with Taaalk. I am also a fan of chess :)
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    by rodp 6y ago

    My hopes exactly! I use Twitter a lot and its toxicity has been the main driver behind Debubble. Thank you for your support!
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thank you for the positive feedback! I've registered this Twitter account: https://twitter.com/DebubbleMe . There is nothing on it for now, but if Debubble takes off in any shape or form, that's where I'll be
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thanks for the tip. If I end up keeping that feature, that seems to be a smart way to go about it. Due to time constraints, I was trying to keep it simple. Perhaps too simple.
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thank you!
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    by rodp 6y ago

    Thanks! The app lets users send tweets or DMs and I didn’t find an obvious way to narrow the required permissions down to just that. But a few people have now pointed this issue out and I think I will just remove that functionality and requ
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    by rodp 6y ago

    https://debubble.me Frustrated by filter bubbles and the general state of online debate, especially on Twitter, I made Debubble. It’s a publishing tool that will let you challenge another Twitter user to a debate. If they accept
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    by rodp 10y ago

    While I agree Node.js isn't the right tool for any job -- just like anything else, really -- after reading his description of the problem, I can't shake off this feeling that the main issues he has with performance in this case ha
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    by rodp 14y ago

    I was in Beijing until a few days ago. One morning, I saw some of the hotel's staff lined up in front of their manager, reciting something in one voice. Later on, I asked a girl at the reception desk what that was but she couldn't understan
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    by rodp 14y ago

    I believe there are many A players who perform on B or C level because they are managed by B or C players. Steve Jobs was an A-level CEO, who knew how to inspire his employees and ignite their potential to be 50 or 100 better. Not many CEOs
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    by rodp 14y ago

    I respect Ryan and usually enjoy his advice, but I must say I disagree with most that's written here. Having freelancers who have 0 emotional attachment to your vision build the first version of your product and then replace them with someo
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    by rodp 14y ago

    Bravo! When Twitter introduced annotations, I thought that was the beginning: soon, we would have Twitter classifieds, Twitter marketplace, Twitter as a data firehose for anything... All I was waiting for is annotations in the Search API. I
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    by rodp 14y ago

    My basketball coach once said that a team that spends 12 hours each day practicing will lose the championship to a team that only has one hour of practice a day. "We all love this sport", he said, "and we could all practice all day long, wh
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    by rodp 15y ago

    What I didn't like about Require.js is having to wrap so many portions of my code into callback functions and not being able to merge and minify code on the fly. We ended up using Browserify instead. It's a Node.js module that lets you use
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    by rodp 15y ago

    Macroeconomics, German, Italian, wine making, sailing, playing a guitar, auto repair. I feel like I've scratched the surface on most of these and wish I had time to dig deeper. But I also have this constant feeling that what I supposedly d
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    The cost of a noisy workplace(lexandera.com)

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