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by zepolen 18y ago
Yes, and it's actually easier. The trick is not to think in terms of 'supporting graceful degradation', but in terms of 'javascript enhancements'. Which means, do your entire app to work in html. Then add javascript wherever you can to enha
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by zepolen 18y ago
http://tinyurl.com/22q5z9
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by zepolen 18y ago
It's not just one example, you can 'hurt' a website simply by making a huge list of links with arbritrary query string garbage so that google picks it up, eg: http://domain.com/?dupcontent http://domain.com/?blabla What an app should re
874.
by zepolen 18y ago
Time /did/ tell, this article is 2 years old, and the forgotten blog + traffic stats both show that the business is dead.
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by zepolen 18y ago
This happened 2 years ago. Considering they stopped updating their blog around the same time, it's safe to say the free -> paid only change killed their business.
876.
by zepolen 18y ago
That was in fact the post that triggered this one. I gave up reading it after the second paragraph. However it was mainly because I wasn't interested in the topic, but had checked all the other articles out. There are some long self posts t
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Ask HN: Light grey text is killing my eyes.
47 points by zepolen 18y ago|39 comments
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by zepolen 18y ago
Summary: Object oriented beats monkey patching.
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by zepolen 18y ago
Customers usually want to meet the person they are going to do millions of dollars of business with face to face.
880.
by zepolen 18y ago
Or, they were pioneers in a market that didn't exist yet.
881.
by zepolen 18y ago
You mean you sell them yourself?
882.
by zepolen 18y ago
No one sells CPM anymore.
883.
by zepolen 18y ago
The increased value for advertisers only holds true if the advertisers are paying a fixed rate per month regardless of impressions/clicks. As for marginal revenue of the startup: - Fixed rate = MR falls with increasing users. - CPM = MR fal
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by zepolen 18y ago
MR doesn't go up with number of users. "Marginal Revenue" by definition is the difference in revenue from selling one extra unit. In many cases it would be the price of the product being sold, and is fixed. Economies of scale works on avera
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by zepolen 18y ago
I took an economics class at school and while I don't give much merit to theory vs practice, one lesson that was taught was that if MR < MC you close the business /right away/ because with every passing day you are losing money. Now whe
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by zepolen 18y ago
Thanks for your first hand experience input. Your first two points I can agree with, but it's the 3rd that troubles me. Shouldn't a company that means to stay in business want to have slow but steady growth, a gradual climb, giving the them
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by zepolen 18y ago
> Comments? That is the issue. Giving users a public voice on your site is what kills everything in the end.
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Ask HN: What do these startups need so much money for?
36 points by zepolen 18y ago|43 comments
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by zepolen 18y ago
I use this technique all the time, a quick throwaway prototype to get something working and the basics figured out, then sit back think about how it should be done properly and redo it bearing in mind the possible traps you missed the first
890.
by zepolen 18y ago
"What the fuck is a Wiki?" Is probably what goes through the non-techie's mind. Use terminology they are familiar with; "the online notice whiteboard" or something.
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by zepolen 18y ago
It isn't a horrible idea. Using a ready made framework all the time without regard if it's right for the job is a horrible idea. For some apps which have a certain level of complexity and require some extra flexibility, you end up wasting m
892.
by zepolen 18y ago
Do you mean Adsense? Why can't he find anyone to replace them?
893.
by zepolen 18y ago
Now make it valid Malbolge and you win.
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by zepolen 18y ago
There is even brainfuck and whitespace in there...
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by zepolen 18y ago
Is there a way to show an indented list? I can't find a markup guide for posting.
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by zepolen 18y ago
Very simple and easy to use, I would suggest 2 things though: 1. Remove the ajax interface, so it's possible to use the reference offline, also it means you can tell the client to cache the entire thing (as it is static). 2. Abstract
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by zepolen 18y ago
This isn't a CAPTCHA flaw, this is about using humans to break systems designed only for humans. So the solution is to differentiate humans from each other. The only thing a real user and a spammer can be differentiated on is _time_. A huma
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by zepolen 18y ago
Number 1 rule for a website: Never change the default UI drastically without either: a) Offering a method to go use the old way. b) Doing the change slowly so that users won't notice. Everyone hates being confused, if tommorow they
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by zepolen 18y ago
I think the 20 limit is wrong, since I'm past that and still can't downvote comments.
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by zepolen 18y ago
No I meant highlighting a non <a href> url in the text (which saves it to the copy buffer) and middle clicking into a browser window (which pastes it).

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