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by wodow 13y ago
Yes, understood - I was just surprised it wasn't being discussed here.
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by wodow 13y ago
I'm surprised that no-one here appears to have mentioned the option of monetizing such an app by in-app upgrades. In this case, adding videos (like Nike Training Club [1]) or other extra content would be an option. Isn't that the
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by wodow 13y ago
I understand the argument re validating email addresses passively (regex, no regex, etc.) vs actively (send an email by SMTP). What I don't understand with this ever-repeating discussion is why the complexity has to be visible. e.g. &
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by wodow 13y ago
But it should be on the FAQ - that was my point.
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by wodow 13y ago
I was a little surprised to find no mention of "import" or "OPML" on http://www.newsblur.com/faq , even though articles like e.g. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/101011-6-google-reader-... say it's a feature.
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by wodow 13y ago
Is that a Xanadu term? Looks like a "google whack" at my end at the time of posting: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22destructuring%20links%22
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by wodow 13y ago
It's cases like this where it would be useful to be able link to multiple articles at once (to avoid possible blogspam appearing as the intermediary).
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by wodow 13y ago
I meant "DO have"!
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by wodow 13y ago
I would have expected that their highly paid, highly resourced security teams (watching via the CCTV, all the time) don't have up-to-the-day information on possible spy camera tech available to consumers.
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by wodow 13y ago
These two statements are independently true.
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by wodow 13y ago
This happens quite a lot / has become standard on HN (since sometimes in the last year).
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by wodow 13y ago
> Where to voice control: while the voice recognition is great, there are few places you actually can make use of it. At the office and in public talking out loud to your glasses is not an option. Yet! In 2002 I clearly remember being s
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by wodow 13y ago
Amazing that they were allowed on the casino floor. I would have expected different from a Vegas operation.
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by wodow 13y ago
http://www.bitcoinplus.com/miner/embeddable (and others, via http://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin%20in%20javascript )
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by wodow 14y ago
Like a bigger TodoMVC? http://todomvc.com/
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by wodow 14y ago
smtp.googlemail.com also failing (edit: intermittently)
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by wodow 14y ago
I'm not sure about the novel and chair examples, but the issue of evidence of every early stage failures in general is interesting. The other proto-pedias and Minecraft-could-have-beens never happened at all - for some people, they stayed o
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by wodow 14y ago
> ... the speed of developing something new has a marginal impact on the overall costs But it has a large impact on the overall probability of getting off the ground at all - and this is what most projects (and people) never do.
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by wodow 14y ago
The Python 3 Wall of Superpowers / Shame lists them for you in order of downloads: http://python3wos.appspot.com/
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by wodow 14y ago
But of course that is a valid piece of code! "15" completely matches the specification you give.
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by wodow 14y ago
> You cannot short Bitcoins... Surely it's possible to short any instrument? Just derive me some futures. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-short-bitcoins-if-you-...
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by wodow 14y ago
https://fruux.com/ is a great alternative.
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by wodow 14y ago
Are there any tools that can read most standard formats of library documentation (cross-language) and then present it all in a standardised way, e.g. in a locally hosted web app?
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by wodow 14y ago
I also get this, including entering "test@example.com"
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by wodow 14y ago
Why is it a "no go"?
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Slant: What is the best topic on Slant?(slant.co)
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by wodow 14y ago
It's possible to submit the order form at https://www.bitspend.net/order.html and receive a success message without completing any of the fields. No validation - a big bug?
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by wodow 14y ago
Yes, really - but it is a matter of taste as tsumnia says in the sibling comment In Monopoly, I can go bankrupt. In Nethack, I can (and often do) die. In Super Mario Bros 1, I can lose all of my lives. In football, I can get knocked out of
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by wodow 14y ago
Vote yes to permanent death [1] in MMOs! Richard Bartle: "[without permanent death] Newbies (and not-so-newbies) feel they can never catch up. The people in front will always be in front, and there's no way to overtake them. The horizon adv
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by wodow 14y ago
Looks useful - I might use it. The key point is: you run Selenium test cases on a schedule. It might be better to make this more prominent. It's currently below the fold and a title, slogan and two headings.

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