villiros

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by villiros 16y ago
From what I can figure out, Auto-Save and Versions are pretty-much built-in. Assuming an application that uses standard Cocoa approaches to document management, it just needs to declare its support for the auto-save functionality, and prett
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by villiros 16y ago
At least they've done enough testing to realise that interaction should be done with the left hand.
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by villiros 16y ago
It was totally open and free. One needed to just sign up on the website and turn up. Which is probably the most damning thing about the platform: when such effort is spent at luring developers in, one wonders.
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by villiros 16y ago
I'm actually expecting this whole thing to turn out to be a fantastic case of guerilla marketing by tumblr. It just seems too hilariously perfect.
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by villiros 16y ago
For what it's worth, I took just one look at the front page and it told me pretty well what the product is. But then, I've spent years working in this exact field, so it might be a case of a blurb aimed at those in the know.
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by villiros 16y ago
You are right. He needed a visa to get on the flight. However, my understanding of the refugee stuff is that one doesn't actually need to enter the country. You're not inside the country till after the border guard has waved you through; bu
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by villiros 16y ago
Actually, he only needs a visa to enter the country. The Geneva Convention allows anyone to present at a border post and claim refugee protection (with a few exceptions, but visas aren't included in those). There are various laws that requi
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by villiros 16y ago
His assertion is actually backed up by MongoDB docs: "Sharding will be production-ready in MongoDB v1.6, estimated to be released in July 2010." Their current sharding alpha is only tested/supported for small clusters (up to 20 nodes). In a
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by villiros 17y ago
By the way, this article first appeared in a recent Something Awful thread. It is very long but has heaps of information for anyone interested in highway design. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=317...
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by villiros 17y ago
There is a very simple solution: pass a law that automatically absolves customers of any fraud, and places burden of proof on the banks. Transactions reported fraudulent should be automatically reversed, unless the bank can provide proof (s
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by villiros 17y ago
I've noticed some newer ATMs around these parts started doing that as well. However, is is of absolutely no use without associated customer education. The machines don't even say "here is what the slot should look like, please check it befo
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by villiros 17y ago
As a russian, I can add to this. Lettershapes in cyrillic cursive look nothing like printed ones. When I started school I could read perfectly, yet handwritten notices on the door looked like greek; I had to ask adults to read them. Admitte
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by villiros 17y ago
Here's how I would explain REST to a wife: It's a made-up pile of bollox. It stands for "and now I'm going to refer to meaningless pseudo-science in an attempt to confuse you and bill more money to the project." On second though, that proba
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by villiros 17y ago
This for washing clothes would be good. Put a reader in the hamper and track all dirty clothes going into it. Notify me when there is enough similarly coloured stuff there to do a wash, or when I'm running out of clean necessary items. Also
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by villiros 18y ago
This is really cool. Taking one look gave me quite a few new ideas. I'm slightly confused about its focus, though. How is it different from those sites that list webapp ideas? Nothing is stopping me from taking one of the ideas described on
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by villiros 18y ago
PayPal's basic business account has subscription functionality. It does exactly what you described: you send a customer to PayPal, indicating what their billing cycle is and how much they should be charged. Once they payment goes through, p
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by villiros 18y ago
Most games in this space depend on virtual goods sales for their revenue. You know, "Get the sword of Unknowing and Libidinousness for $0.50" sorta stuff. A surprising number of players are quite happy to shell out their credit cards for su
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by villiros 18y ago
You got it. We didn't actually change advertising stuff at all, it's just that it only kicks in after a few days for each user. In general, advertising performs terribly in these kinda games, so our revenue model is based on transactions an
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by villiros 18y ago
Thanks a lot for all your feedback, guys. It far outstripped my expectations. HN once again proved to be a fantastic place :) We've addressed some of the most pressing issues, and based on what we're observing from new users, it did help a
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by villiros 18y ago
Our business plan is fairly typical of these sorta games. It is free to play, however players can pay to get extra abilities and items. Usually, a game develops a core group of people who do enjoy it, and they're willing to pay a few quid a
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by villiros 18y ago
This has been removed. Thanks, guys. :)
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by villiros 18y ago
Thanks. Most of your points are very much valid, and this sort of frank opinion is very much appreciated. Naturally, we will be improving the site based on the feedback we get.
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by villiros 18y ago
Haha, fixed, thanks. BureauPoints was meant to evoke feelings of battling bureaucracy. I suspect that got lost somewhere along the way.
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by villiros 18y ago
The site's hosted on Amazon US, and seems fast enough from here.. Some advanced game features require paying, and advertisement shows up eventually. It's a standard model for these sorta games.
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Ask HN: Review our startup - Taxi Mogul, a persistent browser game(taxi-mogul.com)
39 points by villiros 18y ago|44 comments
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by villiros 18y ago
The irony of proposing saving money by using an outrageously expensive* piece of technology seems to be lost on him. * http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZUk67FpB0
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by villiros 19y ago
As you're near-sighted, ask your optometris to give you a "near vision" prescription. Such prescription would have lenses that are as weak as possible while still allowing you to see clearly at about arm's length. Idea being that focusing a