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I didn't realize NowJS was a startup...

I wrote my own equivalent of nowjs in a few weeks about a month ago... maybe I should apply to yc?

Re:DotCloud Pricing Announced on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @02:02PM (#2684312)
Is websocket support for node.js coming any time soon?

There are already solutions for nginx/websockets on github.

Re:Parallaxing Illustrations with jQuery on Friday June 03, 2011 @12:46PM (#2617033)
What's the difference between this and jquery.parallax?
Re:Mozilla: Browser Benchmarks Suck on Sunday May 15, 2011 @06:38AM (#2549727)
Sorry man. I thought it was clear that it was says me. I'm just one data point obviously, but the speed differences on the sites I go to/make was clear. I removed the earlier comment, it probably sounded more authoritative than it should.

And I was referring to whatever Chrome web developer timeline calls 'paint'. FF could be faster in other parts of rendering, I don't know. But paint matters to me the most right now and FF disappoints there.

Re:Hire based on interest, not credentials on Sunday May 15, 2011 @05:17AM (#2549648)
That's great when you're hiring CEOs or product people, but I think if you're hiring a manager it's ok if his interest is more in managing than the end product.

Otherwise what happened to Google will happen to you.

eg, losing people like Sheryl Sandberg because you can't accommodate the needs of competent careerists for self advancement.

Edit: Just want to clarify that I'm not disagreeing with the original post. When you're small everyone's a product person, but you can take that idea too far.

Re:Why Google Does Not Own Skype on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @06:05PM (#2538602)
p2p uses more bandwidth in a multi-user scenario. Don't think that's an invalid point.
Re:The War Over ‘Mother’s Day Flowers’ on Saturday May 07, 2011 @11:06PM (#2525136)
I honestly don't get what Google is supposed to do in situations like this. Google's algos are supposedly measuring for 'relevance'. But when it's not documents you're talking about but companies offering probably identical flowers for probably similar prices it's hard the make the argument that one is more 'relevant' than another.

I honestly think Google should start a different 'business' section of the search engine that plays by different rules. That is ranked by custom satisfaction or price or something.

Otherwise the only ones who win are the SEO companies.

Re:Google humans.txt on Friday May 06, 2011 @05:19PM (#2522522)
I'm sure that's true, but I don't see why it would be unreasonable to use more inclusive language from the beginning.
Re:Google humans.txt on Friday May 06, 2011 @04:36PM (#2522385)
There was actually a question there. I wrote it. I asked whether or not humans.txt is speciesist, and narrow minded. It's a reflection on our current understanding of who our peers are. I felt that future generations would look back on humans.txt with contempt. What might AI, aliens, or other hereto undiscovered sentient organisms think? There are groups working on genetically modifying dolphins to make them more intelligent. I wouldn't want them to feel like they are second class citizens. I proposed people.txt.

Stackoverflow was probably not the right place for the question so it got closed with extreme prejudice.

Probably should've tried LessWrong

Congrats, and nice writeup. Thank you very much.

What's your most important sources of traffic?

Do you spend any money on getting users?

Obvious next step is 3D HD.

Also Onlive. Also more than one TV at the same time?

Live streaming HD video cameras from inside the house to outside when you're at work?

Re:Extending Your jQuery Application with Amplify.js on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @11:19AM (#2489761)
It's really important to put the BENEFITS at the top. Do I really want to read all this just to find out what it does?
Re:Inuit.css - Another CSS framework on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @05:43AM (#2484537)
Thanks, I had no idea that was a link. The color is the same as your logo color, which is tres confusing.
Re:Inuit.css - Another CSS framework on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @03:32AM (#2484305)
Looks nice. But there should be some way to see the source without downloading a zip.

Github is an easy answer, something like what the HTML5 Boilerplate or backbone.js does would be even cooler.

I think a social layer is inevitable, the way that people used to interact with websites purely through urls today is too impersonal. What Facebook is doing is creating a great abstraction layer to improve the UX of the web as a whole.

Which is fantastic, except that it's Facebook.

Support an open competitor.

For all the cool kids on node.js: https://github.com/visionmedia/nib
Re:Settle up: voicemails show P2P porn law firms in action on Thursday April 21, 2011 @12:33AM (#2469467)
They should do the same thing brothel owners did when women started giving sex away for free. Get a different job.
Nerds get exercise now. It's called DDR.
Cause all Asians look the same? Haha. /s
Haha, it's impossible.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The goal is to make AI more powerful than humans is it not? We're not going to be able to control it, no way no how.

Re:Dressed for Success on Monday April 18, 2011 @12:12AM (#2457919)
Revenue != value ok?
Re:How to write up to 98% faster JavaScript code. on Friday April 15, 2011 @04:57PM (#2452182)
Doesn't Google Compiler do this for you?
As much as it pains me as a person who values intellectual property, I have to admit that copying is a valid and important strategy. At least half (anyone know of a more educated number?) of the development in Asia since the Meji Restoration consists of pasting Western ideas.

I hope this means that all startups take the internationalization seriously from the beginning. Hopefully we can get some sort of solid services / startups / processes that can help internationalize companies much earlier on.

The current crop of localization services are frankly inadequate.

Re:Calendar Apps Suck, Here Are My Suggestions on Thursday April 14, 2011 @11:56PM (#2449390)
http://min.us/mvk23DG

Irony? Or makes perfect sense.

Steam?
They probably do have some kind of publishing schedule to space out their articles evenly.
Re:IBM Open Sources Maqetta; WYSIWYG HTML5 UI authoring on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @06:01PM (#2439550)
This looks really really bad. I don't understand why a company that size would not have a designer on board.
Re:Flock is dead on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @05:59PM (#2439544)
Good news or bad news for RockMelt?

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