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by thebenedict 11y ago
Same. Love the idea, but tried a few obviously positive/negative people and got "completely neutral" for all.
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Unprocessed Foods Cut into Precise 2.5cm Cubes(lernertandsander.com)
163 points by thebenedict 11y ago|44 comments
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by thebenedict 11y ago
Question for maintainers of popular open source projects: Would you prefer two days of developer time/month, or a comparable cash donation? Charitable organizations often prefer the cash [1], but open source is different -- I suspect m
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Looked at charitably these could be mitigated with good contracts and governance. E.g: * Well defined procedures for choosing what to work on and for how long * Agreement on what metrics to to base go/no-go decisions for continui
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by thebenedict 12y ago
I appreciate the update on Phileas and Fogg! I remember seeing the launch on here a couple of years ago. I'm curious about "idea factories are a dime a dozen, and nobody would want to work for one". I've turned down simi
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by thebenedict 12y ago
+1 for Startup. I listened to the last episode of season 1 this weekend -- the first half is the most honest discussion of entrepreneurship I've encountered.
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by thebenedict 12y ago
All good thoughts, but not specific to web dev! Applies to any career path you're serious about.
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by thebenedict 12y ago
A few folks showed up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7837397
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Hapana, tu programmers mzungu hapa ;)
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by thebenedict 12y ago
The tech community is smallish but it's an easy place to live. Feel free to ping me with specific q's, or if your brother wants to grab a coffee if he passes through Dar. My email is my HN handle at gmail.
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Hi! I use Smile because it's a little faster and significantly more reliable than the others. Most of my business and personal communication abroad happens via video Skype. Voda and Airtel are sometimes fast enough, but often aren&#x27
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Hi! I've heard good things about Habari Node[1], and Angania[2] is a startup working on Nairobi-based hosting. That said, I and most developers I know in the region host internationally. As others have mentioned latency is usually a bi
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Neat. My rough understanding is that carriers here route traffic through SEACOM, EASSy (and likely others) to minimize cost and traffic. I don't think I can choose SEACOM specifically -- but I'm always up to test Cunningham's
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Sure. I'm on Smile Tanzania atm, a 4G carrier (though slower than 4G in the US or Europe). This isn't the carrier I'll use for web app tests. http://dpaste.com/129AKD2 http://dpaste.com/37YE2V
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Offer HN: I'll test your web app from Tanzania(docs.google.com)
162 points by thebenedict 12y ago|53 comments
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by thebenedict 12y ago
I clearly see blue and black. Thought this was nonsense until I showed the picture to my girlfriend without context, and asked what color: "White and gold. Why?"
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Fun, but at best this article and the linked blog are missing critical details. Other organizations (e.g. http://ianxen.com/ ) have been working on similar technology involving optics, image processing and a blood sample --
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by thebenedict 12y ago
The existence of a petition site is better than absolutely nothing. I'll even grant that a petition response isn't the right forum for addressing a personnel question. But like user 'btilly' says below, "The wording
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by thebenedict 12y ago
It sounds like ADS-B can do that: "It does, however, have an air-to-air capability designed for use in environments like the ocean that allows aircraft to “see” each other—the FAA is now trying out this technique." Sounds like it
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Love it. I started my career in International Development and one of my team's first projects was figuring out how many miles our organization's 1000+ staff flew in a year (why is a separate story). The travel agent could only pr
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Same. I've had more success with Spotify's recommendations than other services I've used (most recently Pandora and 8tracks).
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Just think! When you've built the app and captured 100% of the diesel fishing boat mechanic rating market, you'll make dozens - nay, hundreds - of dollars! Users could search, sort and filter all 6 diesel fishing boat mechanics in
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by thebenedict 12y ago
I understand it's meant as a joke, but starting with "Stampedes of middle-aged midwestern women, their toothless gums bloodthirsty for 75% off the latest season of Game of Thrones at the local Wal-Mart." Could turn off a lot
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by thebenedict 12y ago
You can use it anywhere but it'll be especially helpful for long lists. Angular binds anything in double curlies, creating watchers that dirty check and evaluate with every digest cycle. It's tempting (and IMO Angular incorrectly
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Why Cooking Sucks(cafe.com)
1 points by thebenedict 12y ago|0 comments
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by thebenedict 12y ago
“Finally, someone took me aside and said, ‘We could make cheaper technology, but it wouldn’t support the cost of our sales force, so we have no motivation to do so.’” I don't understand. Isn't the cost of the sales force built in
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by thebenedict 12y ago
How does Upmin approach forms for relationships? With both rails_admin and Active Admin, I found complex relationships like has many through multiple, and has one with scoped collections frustratingly hard. (in fairness I know it's not
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by thebenedict 12y ago
Yup, I realized pretty quickly how tough of a problem detecting "jargon" is. Subjectivity aside, whether a word is jargon is often context-dependent.
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Show HN: International Development Jargon Detector(devjargon.org)
11 points by thebenedict 12y ago|2 comments
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by thebenedict 12y ago
I like it (and am doing something similar on a hobby django project), but will this be hard to maintain? Say you're spinning up a new non-heroku server or three. Are there good tools for moving the env variables without making mistakes

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