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by sdfx 16y ago
Only few of your examples show off these features. I can replicate the rainfall and sales graphs in Excel in less time than it takes me to log in to your service. The heat map on your blog on the other hand looks great - why not replace the
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by sdfx 16y ago
As I see it, you have a problem convincing people of the value of your service, particularly the value over a different solution (i.e. Excel). I like your Video on the Blog page and I'd move this to the first page. However, a scatter graph
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by sdfx 16y ago
I share your concerns for the kick stand and the UV light. Maybe the UV light could be integrated into a docking station? While it's a strange thing to integrate into a phone, some people might value the perceived hygine. Regarding your las
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by sdfx 16y ago
What about curated author pages? Maybe with some information about the author and a list of his books by publishing date. I know, this may be too close to the Mahalo-model, but it could help with your low number of pages to index. You could
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by sdfx 16y ago
Or maybe they steal them in order to sell them back to you?
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by sdfx 16y ago
Yes. Just think about how much more of these boxes he could sell if he produces them dirt cheap in China. This could easily offset all the negative impacts of shipping etc. He even says himself that if you plant enough trees, an increase in
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by sdfx 16y ago
I agree. Particularly the timelines of news makes a system where older stories slowly fade away useful. I guess it depends on whether useTheSource is supposed to be a "coding news" where you find great stuff accidentally (like hacker news),
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by sdfx 16y ago
Different people are attracted by different things. For one it's the money, for others the environment, culture or challenges. But usually it's a combination of all of these factors. You can't just disregard money as an influencing factor i
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IPhone 4 Gyroscope Teardown(ifixit.com)
10 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
Luck is a big part of the appeal of soccer. As with most sports, you usually start rooting for the team that is popular in your area. With a significant reduction of this luck-component, strong teams would dominate the leagues which would i
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by sdfx 16y ago
Sorry for the confusion. It's an 'artifact from a different time' in the sense that you'd use different words today. Not because the copy is sexist (which i still think it isn't) but because you'd try to avoid even the appearance of sexism.
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by sdfx 16y ago
I suppose you object to the phrase "Men who do nothing but think"? While sexism might have been prevalent in most companies during the time of this ad by modern standards, this phrase is not necessarily sexist. Sure, if you'd publish this a
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Measure the Speed of Light Using Your Microwave(orbitingfrog.com)
72 points by sdfx 16y ago|21 comments
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How Can Germany's High-Speed Trains Get Back on Track?(spiegel.de)
38 points by sdfx 16y ago|41 comments
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Swishy curves, where you want them(mike.teczno.com)
2 points by sdfx 16y ago|0 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
These new UI concepts are always awe inspiring, but what is really the benefit of using them? One of the most popular demonstrations is browsing through a bunch of photos on a huge screen with large gestures. While this looks quite impressi
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by sdfx 16y ago
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=698929 This is a great introduction to DFTs. I wish there were more write-ups like this. So if you missed it the first time around, check it out.
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HP bought Palm after a five-company bidding war(engadget.com)
51 points by sdfx 16y ago|15 comments
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by sdfx 16y ago
I completely see your point about the fixed rate. However, the benefit of a flexible plan is that you can lower the price of the initial payment and make a little money every time you are really helping your customers (detecting a no-show).
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by sdfx 16y ago
It's an interesting idea, but I'm not so sure about your price structure. I guess that you don't want to bill for every notification, but have you thought about billing for prevented no-shows (maybe on top of a base-price that includes x ap
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by sdfx 16y ago
I love this very tongue in cheek, over-engineered solution to a real problem. It seems the authors are well aware that there are more cost-effective ways of dealing with the problem. But shooting the critters out of the air, one by one spea
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by sdfx 16y ago
And in case you want a local, mechanical option - don't those electric fly killers with the blue light work for mosquitoes as well?
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by sdfx 16y ago
In the year before the devices were installed, the company paid out $1 million in claims related to injuries caused by the saw. In the year after the gadgets were installed, it paid out $7,000. This is unbelievable - he saved them million
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by sdfx 16y ago
It's an odd choice to use a name with such strong historic connotations as opposed to something generic like Yahoo or Google. This might create expectations or alienate some users. And the asterisk is just annoying. But on the other hand, i
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by sdfx 16y ago
The Product looks nice enough. But if the samples are representative of the product it looks like you are paying for glorified studying cards with little in-depth content. Maybe this is based on a widespread model I am not aware of, maybe t
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by sdfx 16y ago
Are the features of the premium plan (search across all projects & time-tracking) part of the installation?
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by sdfx 16y ago
This was submitted to HN before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221668
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by sdfx 16y ago
The Video of him building the machine is really worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BatakM9iAik
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by sdfx 16y ago
It's an interesting idea, but this could optimize the wrong thing. You already rely on function x heavily, so why should this function be featured more prominently? You obviously have no trouble finding it. Only because someone doesn't clic
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by sdfx 16y ago
The average pirate downloads a lot more games than the average customer buys. This means that even though games see that 80% of their copies are pirated, only 10% of their potential customers are pirates, which means they are losing at mos

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