smoyer

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   by smoyer 16y ago

   It's not that important in comparison with one simple act ... start! Find something you're truly passionate about, and make up a project that you'll learn something from. If it's something you'd do as a hobby but it can be made into a busi
2. 3632.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   That link is to tl;dr ... I think for many HN readers, TLDR is a top-level domain registry.
3. 3633.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   Add drivers to make this look like an external drive on my OS of choice and I think you have a winner. But my guess is that Google will try to swallow up some start-up (cough cough, DropBox) that can deal with the sync'ing issues that allo
4. 3634.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   "Circle of Trust" ... tee hee, now that was a great movie
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   by smoyer 16y ago

   Hmmm ... I'm going to add a new issue category to our issue tracker that can be used when a change is needed to support a specific browser. Of the problems I remember fixing, I'd guess there are 20 IE customizations for each of the non-IE
6. 3636.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   Clickable links: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2157281 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2158590 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2157602
7. 3637.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   Now THAT'S customer service ... all I can say to Jason is congratulations as he's proven to be both compassionate and resourceful. It doesn't really matter where his entrepreneurship takes him. He's already made it as a human!
8. 3638.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   So ... is that stupid for certain values of smart? Or is it smart for certain values of stupid? I agree with the basic premise: Think outside the box. Don't get stuck in a mental rut. And most importantly, don't let others with no vision
9. 3639.▲
   by smoyer 16y ago

   Well ... it looks like they'd be right for fail blog, so perhaps people will think this is funny too? Or you can always sell the site to the "I can has cheeseburgerz" guy.
10. 3640.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    Mac ... because there's a completely legal way to run Mac, Windows and Linux on a single platform via VirtualBox. If you're developing web 2.0 applications, you'll be able to test all the common browser varieties. Of course you can purchas
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    by smoyer 16y ago

    Looking for a cofounder ... please send photo?
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    by smoyer 16y ago

    I always warn my kids that sarcasm (our family's primary humor) doesn't translate to the Internet, but you obviously heard it in my voice. I'm not a Facebook hater or a Facebook fan ... plenty of my friends are there, but there are hundreds
13. 3643.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    Wow ... that makes me want to sign up with Facebook just so I can join the "delete my account" club.
14. 3644.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    I'm pretty sure I just installed a plug-in on my plain old Chrome install. Maybe the Linux version is from the dev channel?
15. 3645.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    I started using Redmine at the beginning of my latest startup (March 2010) and love it!
16. 3646.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    I do ... one of the nice things about HN is the quality of its human filter! But to address the cumulative comments made by 10smom below, here's the snippet from her profile - "I am a Female, self funded, Startup Entrepreneur". From what I
17. 3647.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    But how are you going to get new Perl jobs on CraigsList now that they've banned the dirty sections? Sorry ... left Perl for Python in the late '90s. Clean syntax and Zope and Plone for frameworks even then!
18. 3648.▲
    by smoyer 16y ago

    There are plenty of other angels out there ... if you don't trust the one you're dealing with, find another.