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   by sampl 10y ago

   > If you aren't the world expert, you're just kidding yourself about your chances for success. Do you all agree with this one?
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   by sampl 10y ago

   > The hardest part was actually conveying that it wasn't just some print or photo filter, and this is something I still have difficulty with today. I thought the same thing, maybe because it's called "instapainting"
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   by sampl 10y ago

   I'm not an architect or tiny house owner, but I have friends and family stay in my large studio apartment fairly often. A modern, open floor plan is a big help. If you stop building walled-off kitchen/dining/family/livin
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   by sampl 10y ago

   Played with QBasic when I was a kid, took a Java course, hacked on HTML/CSS/jQuery for my radio station and got a job writing code at a web shop after college. What really got me "over the hump" was deciding one weekend
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   by sampl 10y ago

   I'd love to see some work on doing OT with Quill deltas. A simple Quill + Meteor/Firebase bridge could be a pretty great, easy to spin-up, real-time collaborative document editing tool.
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   by sampl 10y ago

   Quill is a rich-text WYSIWYG editor library for end-users who want to format text on websites. You would use it to clone Google Docs, for ex. It's not really an editor you would want to write code in.
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   by sampl 10y ago

   I'm sure there are plenty of possible design solutions that don't annoy others so much. For ex: rear back-up cameras on trucks, phones that only vibrate when they're in a dark pocket, smoke detectors that fall back on noise a
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   by sampl 10y ago

   Yes, I usually tag them when I'm done. Would love to have some good transcribing software for deeper search though.
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   by sampl 10y ago

   > ...loosing a piece of inspiration because it's flowing too fast for writing it down I've been using the voice recorder on my phone to capture inspiration for years now (plus journals, ambient recordings, etc). I've got 1
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    by sampl 11y ago

    Here's a similar project where the dots fade as you get older to indicate chance of death (the opacity is based on actual US mortality data from actuarial tables). http://www.sampl.us/life-of-dots/
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    by sampl 11y ago

    It costs money to pay people to do those things. Maybe we can say "without advertising or promotions"?
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    by sampl 11y ago

    Love that analogy
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    by sampl 11y ago

    > why it is our brains have evolved to be "tuned" for notation I'm not sure they are tuned--is there any reason you say this beyond personal experience? Music notation is noriously difficult to learn for most people, and
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    by sampl 11y ago

    If you like this, I made a something similar: http://typwrtr.com/
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    by sampl 11y ago

    Everyone has ideas, its the execution thta matters. If you get accepted, how will you turn your idea into a product and business? If you don't know, you're probably not ready.
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    by sampl 11y ago

    I do this by leave my laptop at work, leaving my smartphone in a drawer at home... and using a Nokia bar phone. It might not be for everyone, but works for me. http://www.amazon.com/NOKIA-301-2-FACTORY-UNLOCKED-QUADBAND&#x2F
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    by sampl 11y ago

    Also a pinboard user--it's fast, minimal, and reliable. Definitely recommended.
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    by sampl 11y ago

    We love the Paper concept, but we couldn't resist poking a little fun... Original here - www.fiftythree.com/think
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    Introducing Paper (FiftyThree Parody)(vimeo.com)

    9 points by sampl 11y ago|2 comments
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    by sampl 11y ago

    We <3 you Akshay! Pssst... farmlogs.com/jobs ;)
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    by sampl 12y ago

    At FarmLogs (YC W2012) we're using high-precision satellite, tractor, weather, and nutrient data to generate predictions and recommendations for crop growth.
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    by sampl 12y ago

    If you want to stay in the midwest and build for farmers, come join us at FarmLogs (YC12). farmlogs.com/jobs
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    by sampl 12y ago

    I'm a designer, big MD fan, and I'm dying to see some decent design in OS desktop land. But I don't get it either. Design is all about understanding a problem/context and creating a solution to match it. MD is a great an
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    by sampl 12y ago

    Honestly, if you're applying for an engineering position, a monospaced resume (like the markdown one shown here) might actually be a cool idea.
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    by sampl 12y ago

    If you just want a prettier HN, try this Chrome plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-special-an-addi...
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    by sampl 12y ago

    According to the readme, Avocado is built on top of Origami: https://github.com/ideo/avocado
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    by sampl 13y ago

    What about political change? Learning languages? Making loving relationships? Protecting and exploring our natural world? Traveling farther into our solar system? Eliminating poverty, oppression, or eradicating disease? Perhaps his imaginat
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    by sampl 13y ago

    I think that's swanson's point :)
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    by sampl 13y ago

    Deeply nested CSS selectors in the source (like the ones in your MixPanel examples) are often a sign of CSS preprocessors in use. Using a tool like LESS or Stylus, MixPanel is probably including mixins in their styles that allow them the sa
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    by sampl 14y ago

    Zepto is already a popular option for those who want jQuery features in a lightweight library. The API is essentially identical to jQuery, making it a drop-in replacement at a fraction of the size. zeptojs.com