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by zackham 17y ago
This is a great idea for an app for a phone with an accelerometer. Thanks for the input!
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by zackham 17y ago
Excellent point, thanks for the feedback!
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by zackham 17y ago
That text is outdated =)
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by zackham 17y ago
The USGS will give you their entire data set (mostly 1/3 arcsecond) if you send them a 500 gb external drive. We expose a web service to get at this data set quickly for our planning flash app and some of our background tasks.
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by zackham 17y ago
I'm surprised he didn't question how the link between the characters and the avatars worked. Everything else seemed plausible enough, but I struggled to find an explanation for this. Any thoughts?
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by zackham 17y ago
Paywalled search can definitely work, given that you are searching an exclusive data set. Look to Lexis Nexis.
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by zackham 17y ago
Other: Actionscript 3
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WebROaR: Ruby Application Server(webroar.in)
3 points by zackham 17y ago|0 comments
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by zackham 17y ago
This is incredibly speculative – it reads like a social media conspiracy theory. An interesting look into the mind of the author. The way this is written makes it seem like he wrote it furiously and wide-eyed.
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by zackham 17y ago
shoot me an email if you'd like to chat about http://ridewithgps.com - zackham@gmail.com
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by zackham 17y ago
This looks great, will be using it. If I run into anything I'll let you know. Am I safe in assuming that if canvas is not supported it just does around-the-image wrapping?
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by zackham 17y ago
The Timeless Way of Building (and A Pattern Language) by Christopher Alexander is a great architecture book that was influential in computer science. Interdisciplinary books like this are a great way to connect the dots.
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by zackham 17y ago
A nice value add over what you can already do by just posting a Facebook status update / shooting out a message on Twitter would be to do a time-delayed push of the message. If I know I want to go shoot pool tomorrow night, put that on you
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by zackham 17y ago
Wade - so far so good. I love tools that require minimal input from me and perform some magic. Will be in touch.
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by zackham 17y ago
A great read on exactly this issue is A New Green History of the World by Clive Ponting. Noticed it is cited in the page linked but wanted to call it out specifically since I have read it and really enjoyed it as a history of human civiliz
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by zackham 17y ago
I'd like to learn the same things as you - interested in doing so collaboratively? I am also interested in exploring online collaborative learning methods, so this appeals to me for both reasons. Find my email in my profile and get in touc
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by zackham 17y ago
I used his animated mailbox icon when I was in 5th grade on our elementary school page ( http://web.archive.org/web/19971008155351/www.ttsd.k12.or.us... ). The internet has certainly become larger and less anonymous feeling.
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by zackham 17y ago
Try the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, or Atlas Shrugged. Her works seem to polarize her readers into those that love and those that hate her work, but both works were the first that came to mind based on your request. Neal Stephenson's Crypton
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by zackham 17y ago
I would love an invite if someone has one to share, would be happy to let you in on our beta ( http://ridewithgps.com ) if that is of any interest to you: zackham@gmail.com
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by zackham 17y ago
I'm thinking most people that responded UTC-8 are actually UTC-7 currently due to DST...
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by zackham 17y ago
Well, the philosophy is release early and -often-
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About Infinia Stirling Engine Technology (Solar Power)(integrative-solar.com)
2 points by zackham 17y ago|0 comments
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by zackham 17y ago
Awesome. Bugs that lay dormant and cause problems at a later time can take a looooong time to figure out
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by zackham 17y ago
I'll start this off with my favorite one that got me for hours the first time many years ago when I was learning SQL, and still bites me occasionally when I don't have my guard up: Working with MySQL columns that have the same name as a key
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Ask HN: Share your simple, time consuming bugs
1 points by zackham 17y ago|3 comments
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by zackham 17y ago
Just some quick responses: "Compare our industry to Medicine and Law. It's actually illegal for people who aren't doctors or lawyer to dispense medical advice or legal advice." Dispensing bad medical advice can result in serious injury or d
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by zackham 17y ago
All sorts of bad habits crop up left and right. Instead of going with the "willpower" method I've adopted what my friends and I call the "moneymouth" method (short for put your money where your mouth is). Exploit your honesty and financia
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by zackham 17y ago
When I was implementing this feature in my app I decided against both of these approaches and instead piggybacked on less icon-friendly terminology that everyone understands: Remember this. I felt that favoriting and starring implied that y
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by zackham 17y ago
To clarify what I meant: Facebook is about communication with known people, and Twitter is about broadcasting. This difference is why celebrities, news orgs, political parties, bloggers, etc, use Twitter and not Facebook status updates.
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by zackham 17y ago
Twitter's privacy settings involve a single checkbox at the bottom of the settings form, and scary ALL CAPS is used to tell you you won't be on the public timeline. Twitter indirectly discourages any information hiding. Facebook puts priva

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