smiler

36 ms·

301.
by smiler 16y ago
I was trying to clean out my friends list today on FB and it's clear that FB do not want you to do that (for obvious reasons). The only way I could seem to remove them was to click into each friend and click "Remove from my friends". It tak
302.
by smiler 16y ago
- Work for a big corporate company which is an old boys club and requires you to become a 'yes' man in order to be noticed and achieve anything. - What's the opposite of ego? Humility. Be a humble guy - hang around with people who are exper
303.
by smiler 16y ago
I'll add another. Hotel, car rental, flight reward programs and their myriad of benefits, special offers to get extra points / miles etc.
304.
by smiler 16y ago
Household appliances - no site I know of allows you to search them based on the width, height and depth but for people who are replacing them, then that is often the first consideration - yes there are 'standard' sizes but how many houses a
305.
by smiler 16y ago
What kind of jobs are you looking at? Is there any businesses you can find where the Polish owners speak English and are looking to expand their business overseas to English-speaking audiences and the fact that you're an English speaking na
306.
by smiler 16y ago
Is there anything in this "Oh the stories I could tell if only I could. But I feel that telling this positive story of the history of EY is the classy way to go out and I wish Engine Yard all the best in the world" Any unrest?
307.
by smiler 16y ago
That's my fear over getting the 3G - thinking I need it but then never actually needing it. Good point about a mywi device. I now have to decide whether to get one or not _now_ or wait for v2
308.
by smiler 16y ago
Anyone bought the WiFi only version and regretted not getting the 3G?
309.
by smiler 16y ago
Great.. so they test the apps using the saucelabs tool and discover that it doesn't work in IE8. They then have to contact whoever wrote the software (do they even know _who wrote_ all the different apps they must have?). The vendor says "S
310.
by smiler 16y ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/oct/31/usnews Buffett says the rich should pay more taxes
311.
by smiler 16y ago
Warren Buffetts letter is absolutely brilliant.
312.
by smiler 16y ago
To write such an eloquent and thought provoking piece as this, her education must have taught her something more than just memorisation and facts.
313.
by smiler 16y ago
Creating it or breaking it? :)
314.
by smiler 16y ago
Suggest you get your application online and invite HNers to take a look? It will be much easier to offer advice when we can see your product and what it's trying to achieve
315.
by smiler 16y ago
I work in a small consultancy / contracting place. For a lot of projects I have to write the proposal, attend pre-spec meetings, come up with the costings, get the purchase order, deal with all the 'commercial issues', invoicing etc Sometim
316.
by smiler 16y ago
Are you getting lots of e-mails from people you don't know? In general I'm getting e-mails from people I already know (if its business related, I'm not too fussed by their facebook profile) and if they're friends, well - they contact me on
317.
by smiler 16y ago
He's not saying it's an either / or, he's saying it's an AND. Branson is well known for being a shrewd businessman and only looking to enter markets where he thinks he can compete and be financially successful. Consider his recent investmen
318.
by smiler 16y ago
The EU are trying to bring in legislation to force the phone companies to charge reasonable roaming costs I believe
319.
by smiler 16y ago
Why are you scared of Amazon?
320.
by smiler 16y ago
I'm not saying that either way - I was just pointing out the alternative. Until Apple state their intentions we won't know either way will we?
321.
by smiler 16y ago
The article only looks at it from the 'Apple is evil' perspective. I wonder if Apple are patenting these purely so that others can't and thereby allowing freedom for developers to develop these apps without worrying about patent infringemen
322.
by smiler 16y ago
He might just be better off writing his own and self-publishing. I would definitely pay for anything by Zed on .net - I've not found any readable alt.net authors - Ayende just confuses me! Can anyone recommend anyone?
323.
by smiler 16y ago
Not thought about this before, but what is the state of accessibility on smart phones - particularly with touch interfaces?
324.
by smiler 16y ago
If you're male, check for possible signs of testicular cancer regularly. If you're female, check for possible signs of breast cancer regularly
325.
by smiler 16y ago
I agree with you - I don't get this 'not enough women in tech' thing. If something is predominantly gender specific then does it matter? I don't see anyone actively discouraging women from being involved, the plain simple fact is that most
326.
by smiler 16y ago
Glad to see Microsoft getting on board with browser development and giving Mozilla, Google and Apple some competition. I love Microsoft technology and when they put their minds to it, they do get it right I feel.
327.
by smiler 16y ago
Happy Cog (www.happycog.com) for UI, Thought Works (www.thoughtworks.com) for back-end (Please note, I'm not employed or affiliated with either company in any way) I'd imagine both are very expensive though, so I guess as always it's a case
328.
by smiler 16y ago
Here's a startup idea right here - I just tried to post this myself. You've got a spec from Jason Santa Maria - is anyone going to go create? :)
329.
by smiler 16y ago
I'd certainly be interested - I love enterprise IT. I currently work as a developer in a small consultancy working on that kind of stuff. If your internal app dev group allows telecommute and you have any openings - let me know :)
330.
by smiler 16y ago
Except what do fish eat? Other fish / sea life - so then we basically need to breed an ocean full of sea life in a farm in order to eat the fish - yes it can be managed better, but not sure that will mean it becomes cheaper. I don't think i

More ›