xanadohnt

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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Awkward video.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Why is Über even mentioned? How about some details on the manufacturer of the seat the driver was sitting on, maybe what barber he usues too? Regardless, this is tragic if true, and my heart goes out.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
A "yield return enumerable" is "delay executed" so evaluating it multiple times causes the yield-return execution to occur at every evaluation (if you haven't taken care to ToArray() or ToList() it). Do something like: var myBytes = Ge
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
The change detection algorithm is clever. But this is a classic memory vs. processor problem. The real trick here is that the Railgun service instantly adds massive amounts of cache to your service; it just so happens - if their claims ar
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
iPhone user here ducks Didn't I see a Google IO keynote 2-3 years back where Sergey demoed addresses, directions, links, etc. pushing from the sync machine to the phone? Did this never come to be? Or did it lack in functionality?
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Same.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
But it's PHP. sigh
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
How can you not get yourself (OK, maybe there are validation checks) or a single friend to cover the last $28?
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Oh, I totally agree: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4236351 But I wanted to read about it more in-depth and gain an understanding beyond my and your speculation. For whatever reason, I have a macabre pet interest in Groupon.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
IMO the "general malaise" you and I feel is the minority opinion held by technically-savvy people. The 90% of Facebook users who are not could care less. The trick now will be whether Zynga can transition from the unlimited access to casu
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
tl;dr - focusing globally at the outset, instead of nailing it locally first, Groupon has set themselves up for failure. The article is a disappointment in that very little is actually said about Groupon. I was hoping for the nitty gritty
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
One major benefit over hardware? - it's easily changed. Almost certainly will you eventually be able to apply whatever skin suits your fancy. It also opens up very interesting opportunities for the homebrew scene.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
You mean FAB, then?
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Fun? How?
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I want to back this right now. I'm the creator of a mobile payments startup much in the same vein as Venmo. The "killer" app, IMO, is the ability to simply tap two devices together, enter an amount & pin, and ... profit! The problem
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I love Miguel et al. but I tried for a long time to make a public ASP.Net (MVC2) site work. It would run fine for a few days but inevitably would become unstable where the Mono Apache process would runaway and put the CPU beyond 100% usage
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I mean ... this is one of the funniest comments I've read on HN. I will be diligent in adopting this into my nerd vernacular.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Just an FYI (and you'll probably hate it more), but the controls(2) are not off. This is part of the new metro sensibility[1]. [1]: http://www.ditii.com/2012/05/22/github-windows-released-supp... (second image down)
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
That's some seriously astute extrapolation! Nice idea, friend.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
The article is about using one (of the many) methods to develop native apps for Windows 8. This is not like PhoneGap - you have full access to the resources available on the device. Don't mistake the composition technologies (CSS, HTML,
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Turing too.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I would submit that you are in a very small minority and your experience is very unique. > The overwhelming majority of the businesses on Groupon are failing. This may or may not be true. Even if true, I fault the failing business owne
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Groupon needs to fail. The faster the better. Often the small business owners that are attracted to Groupon's service are not technologically savvy. They become starry eyed with the promise of new customers, business (and - ultimately -
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I can't disagree more. First and foremost, if you have to keep quiet to survive then something is seriously wrong with your business model. Your product sucks and you either can't win over the competition or you're promoting only to the n
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
What's this laser scanning? Vector topographic data and aerial imagery is all that's necessary.
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Waze is OK but you'll need an overall intuition of your route and not follow it blindly contrary to how many people use their GPS. Imagine heading north on a highway and needing to get on an intersecting highway going west. Often it'll te
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I believe what they're implying is that what's free is use of the infrastructure but each transaction through the infrastructure incurs a fee. Contrast that with a CC payment gateway where you're paying $30-$40 per month in membership fees
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
I have some good engrish for you today: What resistance will they have to trying you and how will you overcome it?
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
That's some dedication to Bobby Tables just one person. ;)
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by xanadohnt 14y ago
Get over yourself? In the grand scheme of life annoyances, this seems to me to be of little consequence.

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