xinsight

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by xinsight 17y ago
We need is more "push" payment systems. They are inherently more secure than "pull" since the customer controls the process. This is how it works in Germany. You order something and the merchant provides their account number and an order nu
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i was going to summarize, but it's thin and we've heard it all before: work hard, solve a problem, etc.
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Even with nested lists, I'm still not clear why this is such a powerful concept. How do lists help us to think?
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While Horde is an open-source email reader, it's not in the same league as gmail. Not even close.
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I'd love to see an new idea aggregation site, but was bummed to see that it just returns: "502 Bad Gateway"
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All I get is: "502 Bad Gateway"
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Roasting your own doesn't equal better coffee. Roasting is a skill and not everyone has it.
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I buy disposable filters because I care? Wouldn't one of those micro-mesh cones that you can use forever be more eco?
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I found it interesting that javascript with canvas works on the iphone. (Albeit slow on my 3G only ~5fps - and since it uses keyboard control, you can't get out of the cage.)
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Don't forget that it's a dynamic system. As more of the low-hanging fruit emails get picked by spam email harvesters, then there is more value in the harder to decode emails since they haven't been spammed. There is a tipping point where it
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spam
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All they need is a to enter a US postal address to create a US iTunes account. Not that hard.
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I wrote a similar tool for monitoring my own servers. Besides being "up", I find that it's important to track slow responses (>10 secs) and to differentiate between DNS problems and web server problems. (I also find that it's useful to
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Interesting sales approach for freelancers that hate cold calls: Use a blog to generate leads. "But the way I looked at it I was either going to invest 500 hours on my blog, or make 1000 cold calls."
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Couple of other problems with Drupal that haven't been mentioned: * massive numbers of database queries to build a page (i think 30+ for a relatively boring stock homepage). (Yes, there are cacheing modules - but they only work for anon use
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I've run into several archetypal "freetards" in the Drupal community - you probably know the type: To any criticism they say, "Well, you were lucky enough to have been given the source for free, and if you don't like it, go write something
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I've also found that those clients who want total control, often don't want to learn anything. The time-and-materials approach makes so much more sense: Steady work for web dev firms, the work can be done by junior workers, the client gets
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Summary: use curl to download the dynamic site to static files. It's a kludge. Everytime you add a post, you need to regenerate all pages? That'll start to hurt once you have more than 10 posts.
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Sadly, I'm sure they spent a lot of time on the design. I think they're just solving the wrong problem. The lack of storage space limits this to joy riding. You can't buy groceries, commute with a laptop, etc. etc.
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by xinsight 17y ago
I gave up on shared hosting a couple of years ago. Switched to a VPS and couldn't be happier. * better security (hundreds of random customers can't write a PHP script to read my db config settings) * better uptime (if one of those hundreds
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by xinsight 17y ago
So, when I go into a coffee shop, don't use the bathroom, order a black coffee (no sugar), don't use the wifi and quicky leave -- do I get a discount?
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A pressure cooker also helps speed up the cooking time for dried beans -- and saves energy, too.
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Sure, these sites look nice -- a major achievement when Drupal has HTML sprinkled throughout the source -- but is there anything interesting from a coding, interface or interactivity perspective? These sites could be static HTML. (And proba
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The irony is that I can't imagine any competent programmers not stabbing their eyes out after looking at the Drupal codebase. Oh, wait, I guess that explains the demand for Drupal coders.
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Psychedelics can be beneficial in that it can help with the "big picture" type of insights, along the lines of "people don't buy drills, they buy holes". It allows you to see and question things that you previously just assumed were the tru
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Perhaps just add another commandment about giving attribution and credit (and not representing others work as your own) to the existing TED commandments: http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/05/the-ted-commandments.html
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This article gives a wonderful overview of the challenges: "Why Writing Your Own Search Engine Is Hard" http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=988407 (site is down currently.) google cache: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:13tlOSQwtjAJ:qu
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I've sold a couple of domains years ago simply by people emailing me and making an offer. I'm also curious about the state of the current market. Today I flagged a couple of domains with my registrar (dynadot) as "for sale" and they list th
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There are some hilarious tax laws. I remember reading that PST was required to be charged if a web site was delivered on CDROM . If you delivered it digitally there was no PST. The distinction here is whether you are selling software or wo
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As mentioned, OSS projects often lack the "unifying cognitive model". I've also found that with iphone apps, users expect a high level of polish on an app. (A little drop-shadow here, a little shine there, move that button 1-pixel to the ri

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