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by uuilly 19y ago
A few thoughts on ad supported SW: -It's interesting how TV is moving towards a pay-per episode model (HBO orignals, ITMS and netflix) and SW is going towards advertising. I haven't owned a TV in 10 years b/c ads became so intolerable. Bu
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by uuilly 19y ago
I've been using this one. Easier to type definr though. http://www.ninjawords.com/
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YC-Local?
1 points by uuilly 19y ago|1 comments
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by uuilly 19y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQToMKIiSo
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by uuilly 19y ago
I haven't been in SF long but I find it fascinating how much people care about the valley popularity contest. Nobody, including Ted needs to be friends with the whole bay area to make a great company. Startups are about great products and
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by uuilly 19y ago
It seems like everyone here has an idea and wants other people to follow them. If any of the YCnews lost souls are to come together many will have to abandon theirs.
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by uuilly 19y ago
He treated scribd alright too: http://www.uncov.com/2007/4/26/scribd-you-re-alright
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by uuilly 19y ago
Agreed, they have ugly Ui's but that's not Qt's fault. When you want an "Ok" button, a dialog or a check box in Qt, it's calling the EXACT SAME function that get's called when you do it without Qt. So by definition it is native. You shou
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by uuilly 19y ago
It is a universal Gui API. So on OS X it api's to carbon (soon to be cocoa.) On windows it api's to mfc and on linux to xwin. So yes, it has exactly the same look and feel as a mac app or whatever platform you choose build on. Once it's
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by uuilly 19y ago
http://trolltech.com/ I can't comment on Cocoa. But if you know C++ Qt is a dream. They have amazing libraries that make up for the shortcomings of C++. It also makes native look and feel cross-platform development a snap. Google Eart
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by uuilly 19y ago
I'm really psyched for x-ray / Instruments (built on dtrace:) http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/5
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by uuilly 19y ago
1) I personally think installing plugins can be more confusing than installing apps. Inexperienced users see, "please install our plugin," and the lump sum of everything they don't know about computers falls on their head like a cartoon p
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by uuilly 19y ago
Yeah, but what about syncing? I am ALWAYS adding a contact to my phone then another to my email, then I'm syncing them. I can't just wipe everything out on one end w/a csv upload. Really this is something I believe should happen invisibl
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by uuilly 19y ago
I seem to be one of the sole dinosaurs of this group. I am building desktop SW. It is a 3d visualization tool heavy on OpenGL. It can't be done on the web the way we want it w/o a java applet (which I think is a terrible alternative.)
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by uuilly 19y ago
averages are for average people
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by uuilly 19y ago
It's funny that nobody mentioned pac hts. If you're looking for a multi-room place, it's REALLY expensive. But for some reason there are plenty of cheap studios. I know lots of young people here who don't pay more than folks in the missi
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by uuilly 19y ago
Wear a helmet!!! I got NAILED by a commuter on a cellphone running a stop sign. I was 4 blocks from my house getting my moring cup of coffee. I ALWAYS wear a helmet but didn't that day b/c it was such a short ride. I was lucky to only be
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by uuilly 19y ago
I see, but how do you solve the upload problem? Does your data stay local? Does it sync when you connect? Syncing doesn't dodge the upload problem and if it's local you loose many of the benefits of a web app.
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by uuilly 19y ago
Yeah, and what about upload speeds? Are people really going to upload gigs of DV's and .raw's to edit them? My upload speeds on a consumer broadband connection have not dramatically increased in the last 5 years. To me web app replacement
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by uuilly 19y ago
I do think it has gone downhill a bit since the new editor came on board. But I still think it's the best single news source out there. However science articles that boil humans down to testoserone and estrogen sacks have been their bread
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by uuilly 19y ago
The economist has a special report on innovation this week. There are 8 articles similar to this one and as of now none are subscription only: see upper right: http://www.economist.com/printedition/
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by uuilly 19y ago
Our parents got through the Cold War with "drop, tuck and roll," just fine. Plenty of British kids got through WWII with air-raids every other day. The more we treat children like fragile little eggs, the less able they will be to carry t
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by uuilly 19y ago
I graduate from college way into CG. Oddly I'm not into video games. After some exploration though I found that people in that industry are over worked and underpaid. I found other uses for CG instead. Not really an answer to your quest
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by uuilly 19y ago
But what if having a facebook profile becomes like having an email address? I'm sure early emails and early web searches were frivolous b/c people had been getting along fine w/o them. Early cell phone calls were, "OMG!! I'm walking down
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by uuilly 19y ago
Should any questions be illegal? We should be able to hire anyone we want for whatever reasons. The market should then decide whether the questions were right or wrong.
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The Skype Hyper(economist.com)
13 points by uuilly 19y ago|4 comments
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by uuilly 19y ago
I love this philosophy. I first realized this while writing essays. I used to stare at the "Keyhole Method" diagram and conjure an intro, examples and a conclusion. They always sucked but the diagram made it seem so easy. When I started
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by uuilly 19y ago
I think apple quality control has gone downhill in the last few years. I've been an apple customer on and off for a long time. And I've been totally on the day they went back to OSX. 1) The wireless on my MBP has been an on and off disast
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by uuilly 19y ago
Sounds like you went to Keiretsu. http://www.k4forum.com/ Our lawyers hooked us up w/ them. We're not ready to present there yet but it was an awesome experience to see everybody present. It showed us what investors are looking for. I
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by uuilly 19y ago
The long tail for magazines? Sounds cool but I'm worried about a contradiction... Yes the market for tree based magazines is still HUGELY HUGE and you could make a lot of money creating lots of special interest mags the big guys ignore.

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