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   by ronilan 9y ago

   "This is Rick Astley's most famous song"
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   > Static sites are becoming more and more popular Indeed. I literally just finished showing my daughter (10) and son (12) how to move their stuff from codepen.io to surge.sh[1] The future is static :) [1] a Vancouver based Netlify &quo
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   Also the candle burns out long before the legend ever does. Everybody knows that's how it goes.
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   > So when they ask a question you are taught to answer precisely what they asked and no more. I find this interesting conceptually. Can you elaborate where this is being taught? or, if not of general knowledge, who, when, where taught
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   Great story from a great era. And as I was reading this I was humming Springsteen to myself "Glory days, well, they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days" Turns out directl
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   I like this quote: "'Even a single quoted word can be a "double-edged sword"' she said. 'You can't "escape" that'. He didn't."
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   sell code - you betcha! list for (potential) sale - no thanka...
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   > This doesn't touch the real problem. Well, that. But also the real real problem: Economic professors making up social theories by conducting a "simple experiment using a game" (and childish slides).
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   by ronilan 9y ago

   > This is people being assholes because they know they can get away with it. Nope. These people are being assholes because they ARE assholes. Never attribute to rational decision making what can be attributed to rotten character.
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Been there at the top once upon a time. "We create our own demons."
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    This reminds me of the off topic question I always had about YC - "if it is an incubator for fungus - is it valuable?"
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    "Cats!" https://youtu.be/PZ66wHRhe2U
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    > But this is exactly how you're supposed to run a massively successful startup in its first decade. This is exactly how FB started out. "A famous man once paraphrased, 'We create our own role models.'" -- Tony
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Also similar to when Gillette paid a very generous bribe to bury Occam's and Hanlon's razors. /s
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    There is this club. Can't talk about it, tough.
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Amotz Zahavi passed away today at 89.
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    Dawkins on the Handicap Principle (2008)(edge.org)

    1 points by ronilan 9y ago|1 comments
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    if (extension === zip || tar || ...) then "This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous." Kind of like putting a warning sign at the swamp without poking for alligators (or yodas)
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. It doesn't sound very "googly" to do so, but who knows, maybe they do... ;)
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    So google tracks downloads?
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    I think it is like coming to a jam session and blowing your trumpet with a whimsical tune. There is no competition. P.S - I've reread this: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html just to make sure I wasn't in th
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    But your username says otherwise ;) More seriously - Why so? I think that: 1. It's on topic. 2. It's a project not a product. I ain't sellin anything. 3. There is no thunder to steal. Usually, more comments, more votes, more
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Shameless plug time again... * My summer project (2016): http://public.docs.xstatic.site * The pitch goes something like this: <xstatic>| Docs is a simple, fast and easy to use, web based document editor. It generates stat
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    I don't understand how someone can "have enough experience and knowledge to not need the site" . I use StackOverflow practically all the time. I always think to myself, "yep, this (Wikipedia, YouTube and... yah HN) is
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Googled the matrix. Morpheus: he is the one. Cypher: he is one. Steak please.
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    I spend hours every day refreshing HN looking for the keyword to appear (and secretly, I must admit, also hoping for the next episode In the "PG vs. Seahawks OL" show). If we start having bots do refreshing and posting for us, the
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Shameless plug time! Someone says "minesweeper", I post my implementation. It's an established ritual. Here go: http://www.ronilan.com/bugsweeper/ Few notes: 1. This is dated January 2014. It is a job in
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    So, it's like a real life "Flowers for Algernon". Let's hope for a better ending. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Totally fair. And speaking of rocks, the hike up the Yosemite Half Dome, just an hour by car from downtown Vancouver is really nice. https://www.google.ca/search?tbm=isch&q=stawamus+chief
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    by ronilan 9y ago

    Favorite quote: Vancouver is found in British Columbia (BC), amongst the Rocky Mountains on Canada’s west coast. Yah. Excellent.