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by timinman 16y ago
From what I've read so far, Apple has got rules about what kind of programs go into the app store, for example they have to be packaged with Xcode (correct me if I'm wrong). I doubt they'll have the unix-based utilities most people use Home
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by timinman 16y ago
The language you choose to start with is important. You should start with Ruby because it is less hard (and pretty useful).
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Why not?
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by timinman 16y ago
There is a great resource that you won't find on that page: appengine-jruby. It works with Sinatra or Rails, so you can write beautiful ruby code and upload it to Google where it will be compiled to byte-code and served. Check it out: htt
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by timinman 16y ago
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ And for Ruby basics, this book: http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/ and this online tutorial: http://tryruby.org/
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by timinman 16y ago
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) is trying to dispel the myth that hard work is bad and desk jobs are good. He gave a great talk at TED, available here: http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.htm...
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by timinman 16y ago
Early in my marriage, when I had a couple kids and 2 student loans to pay, I was having trouble stretching between pay-checks and used payday loans several times. They are a nightmare, because you are stealing from next month and you have n
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by timinman 16y ago
Fantastic. Inspiring, and a little bit of a kick in the back-side. There's nothing wrong with games or social media, but they shouldn't be the only thing we have to offer. You've probably seen the Nathan Myhrvold quote: 'the old Silicon Val
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by timinman 16y ago
Not that I'm dying to do it, but I don't see how you down-vote. I only get a little 'up' triangle next to posts; no option to down-vote.
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by timinman 16y ago
Is the goal of life is to make it feel as though it will never end? 'Ever hear a shop clerk say, 'I feel like this shift will never end'? They're not excited about it. Have you ever known someone who can't seem to stick with a job, an int
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by timinman 16y ago
I've been thinking about writing a blog article on this subject. Basically AJAX is like Chocolate - it's really tempting, but eating too much or for the wrong reasons is not a good idea. I've just rewritten one of my sites which used AJAX
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Ask HN: Are there any number or math based multiplayer board games?
6 points by timinman 16y ago|5 comments
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by timinman 16y ago
The karma system has got to be a huge magnet for this kind of discussion.
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I read somewhere that hipsters almost universally deny being hipsters.
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LA more mature than Silicon Valley!?
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by timinman 16y ago
Ha Ha! Fantastic! I want to use this!
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by timinman 16y ago
They may have every right to hold the hard line, but a little compassion would probably pay off better in the long run. Some business' bottom line is profit alone, other's are in it to solve problems, and, keeping an eye on money, and can m
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by timinman 16y ago
And you get a free space heater!
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by timinman 16y ago
You need to put in a text box: "Please describe, in your own words, the purpose of my site:" Then throw out all the responses that are incomplete or way off. The problem is that when I did that, there were too few useable results.
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by timinman 16y ago
Me, too. I checked my stats after using MT for a site-survey. Most of the users were from the same geographical region, they gave very positive feedback, and they spent very little time on the site. Pair that with an understanding that M
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by timinman 16y ago
This should be easy to convert into a chrome extention: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/ (It would increase it's usefulness, because the tool could overlay the current page and you could then compare colours.)
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by timinman 16y ago
"A Google spokesman said the company hasn't yet been served with the lawsuit, and is therefore unable to comment. An Oracle spokeswoman declined to comment." With Oracle knowing obviously knowing this could damage their largest asset, it ma
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by timinman 16y ago
That's Ruby community love, folks.
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by timinman 16y ago
I was thinking, "Hey, this writing style reminds me of _why! Has _why come out of retirement?" Then I scrolled up to see that it was an archive of his old site.
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by timinman 16y ago
OK, maybe I misread it. The way I read it, he got out of paying for the shoes by not collecting them - even as I write that down it doesn't make sense! - You're right.
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by timinman 16y ago
Welcome to HN, Jason!
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by timinman 16y ago
Thanks for the explanation. I'd glanced at the article; didn't immediately 'get' it and didn't feel I had time to read further.
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by timinman 16y ago
The left shoes were only valuable as an instrument for fraud. I'd argue that really isn't value at all, because fraud is theft, not profit. In fact, the left shoes (and the right ones) likely became a liability to the friend's father as he
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by timinman 16y ago
You stopped noticing them, but you do all the same have a very vivid memory of their existence.
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We tend to have memories of dramatic experiences; it does seem logical that being born stands out above being given a toy.

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