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by samratjp 16y ago
github does some impressive backend work with SSH - I was amazed when I read about their architecture https://github.com/blog/530-how-we-made-github-fast
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If by the title meaning that MapQuest is just getting into 21st Century in terms of design, then I agree. It's way too messy of a layout and the icons feel too generic. Come on MapQuest, do less!
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It's a very personal project. I wrote it so that at least two people in the world can be supported at this point - me and my friend with the latest build of WebKit browsers :-) Of course, I went with Socket.IO - so that covers more than the
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by samratjp 16y ago
This is the most useful HTML5 feature for me yet. I used it for the web interface for the telepresence robot I and my friend built. Can't wait to try out iOS Safari's accelerometer support.
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And I thought Dropbox photos folder was the lazy man's photo hosting thus far... +1 for the minus team!
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It smells like a bubble, but this time around, there are fewer IPOs and the big buys are acquiring for talent too. With the advent of facebook v google talent grabbing, it makes sense to buy startups with crazy smart people early. This arti
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by samratjp 16y ago
Just curious - why the popularity in Redwood City and the same txt message for all of them: "Gort, Klaatu barada nikto." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto )
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That's cool. If you're a Raphael js fan, this is even cooler - http://raphaeljs.com/icons/
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IMO, this is one of the better discussed comparisons on the whole Lucene sharding business: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hbase-user/201006.m... EDIT: Also, keep an eye on Twitter's Lucene branch - http://engineering.twitter.c
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Glad you approve Albert :-) I really don't how I lived without this before. This is definitely the coolest thing I've built.
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Divvy - Cuz OS X app windows get cluttered fast(mizage.com)
3 points by samratjp 16y ago|2 comments
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I don't see how this is any different receiving a tweet. You can choose to receive a text message (SMS) from a particular follower if you wish and that works great. Uhh, if you base your SMS arguments from the U.S. outlook alone, you have c
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by samratjp 16y ago
This is pretty neat. At the risk of sounding childish, here I go -- I wish books like these could be given life like tryruby.org where you could try out examples and learn along the way. That would be wicked cool. For now, OpenStudy will do
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by samratjp 16y ago
Sorry about the belated reply - I was saying that yes, you can get a "LOT" written with One Page Per Day. However, there is the additional step of maintaining an additional service/login etc that seems to get lost in the day to day. I said
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Why, of course he did - not on the first time around though :-)
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I suppose one could do a quick guesstimation using this http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html
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If you really want to donate, there's always folding@home. Of course, a render farm can do the trick too if want purrty ray tracing? Look into Blender.
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Yup, they're supposed to make twice as much this year - http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/03/amazon-web-services-genera...
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Ask HN: So what have you published recently? (Books or papers)
9 points by samratjp 16y ago|5 comments
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And the fact that their investment in YC itself is kind of a Sequoia "Ycombinator" of sorts (I am sure there's a way to derive that using lamdba calculus :-)
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You know you've made it when you're on the list of most of these alpha geeks. Dropbox, i.e.
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"At Yahoo! Labs we design algorithms that are primarily driven by large scale applications for data mining and machine learning in a production environment. We show that the S4 design is surprisingly flexible and lends itself to run in larg
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Ask HN: What's your cloud setup like?
15 points by samratjp 16y ago|1 comments
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This is definitely something with a lot of potential. I can see this being useful for the Big Screen via Google Tv, Boxee, etc. Besides the netflix integration that's obviously going to follow, I'd love to see trailers. Kind of a ytinstant
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Forbes names Steve Jobs as #17th most powerful person in the world(forbes.com)
1 points by samratjp 16y ago|0 comments
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Sweet, I am sure in the next cycle/batch, someone is now going to apply as the Justin.tv of spreadsheets :-p
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Thats cool. Sounds like 750words. But, OhLife seems to be something that one might actually follow through. http://ohlife.com/b
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Is there a twitter account associated with it?
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xkcd suggested a novel way to filter out terrible YouTube comments by playing your comment out loud before posting. It had some very interesting results: http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/10/08/youtube-audio-preview/
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As a friend of mine says - marketing and good UX is like laying grass out for the goats. It must be easily reachable and in digestible chunks. 1) Mock-ups. Supposed to be mocked upon. Take a good page design you like, import it into Photosh

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