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Show HN: Startup or Pharma? – Is it a startup, or a pharmaceutical drug?(startuporpharma.com)
4 points by vlucas 11y ago|2 comments
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by vlucas 11y ago
All of these problems strike me as temporary. The only barriers here are current technology getting cheaper and more efficient, which always happens over time - especially the timescale needed for EVs to go mainstream. The tone of this arti
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by vlucas 11y ago
Thanks! I see you already have an Apple watch app though, so you beat me there :).
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by vlucas 11y ago
Countism! http://countism.com/ [iOS + Android] Tally counter mobile app with timelines, graphs and averages. Count/track anything and see how you're doing over time. You can even export your data to CSV.
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by vlucas 11y ago
For those wondering about how this applies to Node.js use a Netflix like myself, it's in there towards the bottom of the article: > "As Netflix grows and evolves, there is an increasing demand for our build and deploy toolset t
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by vlucas 11y ago
I really don't understand all the negative Dropbox sentiment these days. Who cares if the investors aren't getting a 10x return? How does that materially affect you as a customer? Why are you even cheering for that anyways? I am a
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by vlucas 11y ago
Thank you for doing this. It is so rare not to just leave users high and dry after a set time period. Huge kudos to Facebook for providing this for Parse users.
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by vlucas 11y ago
Strictly speaking, I don't believe in "Good" vs. "Bad" ideas, because ultimately those are opinion until tested by the market. A much better measure (which you do touch upon without saying directly) is feasibility:
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by vlucas 11y ago
This article makes me glad I purchased a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 a year or so ago :)
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Show HN: Countism – Tally Counter App with Graphs and Averages(countism.com)
2 points by vlucas 11y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 11y ago
I made the website http://devdata.io for this exact reason. You can get an array/list/object of US state names and abbreviations (and lots of other datasets) in any language supported (currently JavaScript, PHP, Python
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by vlucas 11y ago
My current personal site is on Middleman, and I cannot update it from any other laptop other than my own personal one because of Ruby and all the dependencies. Bundle install compiles some native gems, which fail for any number of reasons,
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by vlucas 11y ago
> To power this tool, Google partnered with Zillow and LendingTree. I hope Google isn't just pulling in LendingTree data and using their backend. I just moved 4 months ago, and thought I'd give LendingTree a try. I singed up, a
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by vlucas 11y ago
In unrelated news, Facebook employees have begun to organize "Work from home Tuesdays".
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by vlucas 11y ago
> If he built an electric car for the masses, that would be a big deal for the world. This is exactly Tesla's goal with the Model 3, targeted at $35,000. I don't think you understand the amount of time and money required to rea
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by vlucas 11y ago
> You aren't being forced to watch anything. You have the option of leaving their site and living without their content. > Your attitude is the definition of entitlement. I also have the option of completely ignoring the ads or c
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by vlucas 11y ago
They do indeed say the content is free. Of _course_ they are not going to say "do whatever you want with our content". That's not what I said or implied at all.
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by vlucas 11y ago
> There is no contract or promise between me and the website that I am visiting that I will be captive to their ads or behavior tracking, implied or otherwise If you ask any website without a paywall, they will almost ALL tell you their
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by vlucas 11y ago
The title of the article is "Ethical Adblocking", and you still think no moral argument is being made here?
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by vlucas 11y ago
The moral argument is indeed presented in this piece with the quote and inclusion of John Gruber's tweet.
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by vlucas 11y ago
But I am not making any demands at all. Publishers are offering their content for free, and I sometimes take them up on their offer and read it. It's an offer that started with the publisher, not a demand that came from me. Are you say
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by vlucas 11y ago
I really don't get this moral argument at all. Websites don't have the right to use 5x my already severely limited mobile bandwidth on pure crap that I don't need. They have the right to put trackers and crap ads on their pag
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by vlucas 11y ago
Answer: It raises prices for everyone, because the vast majority of companies will not simply absorb the hit to profitability, assuming they even have the ability to absorb a cost increase that large at all.
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by vlucas 11y ago
Thanks! I have corrected both and will re-deploy shortly.
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Show HN: DevData.io – The data you need in the programming language you want(devdata.io)
10 points by vlucas 11y ago|4 comments
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by vlucas 11y ago
Something my comp. sci. professor said a lot comes to mind: "There's a lot to be said for something that works" - Dale Hanchey
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by vlucas 11y ago
Jumped out at me too. I did contract work for 2 years helping the API team that powers the bible app (bible.com), and they peak at over 5,000+ RPS on Sunday morning and never dropped below 2,000 RPS 24/7. Their stack was an old Kohana
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by vlucas 11y ago
They do let you carry empty bottles through - even large ones. I always take my filtered water bottle through empty and fill it on the other side.
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PHP 7 Performance Infographic(zend.com)
5 points by vlucas 11y ago|0 comments
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by vlucas 12y ago
Three of these issues are minor UI/UX gripes. What's the better alternative? What more "innovation" do you expect from a file syncing app that already works really well? Have you even reported the file list bug you are e

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