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Re:Ask HN: anyone using the new MacBook Air as your main development m...
on Saturday October 23, 2010 @08:48PM (#1824811)
If I'm able to use a Dell mini 10v as my primary web and Xcode development machine, I'm positive you'd be just fine on an Air. ;)
Re:One Night Of Sleep Not Enough To Make Up Deficit
on Thursday August 05, 2010 @10:34PM (#1580023)
Interesting... I just started a biphasic sleep schedule (4.5 hours of sleep from 1:00 to 5:30, and then 1.5 hours of sleep from 19:00 to 20:30) but now I'm wondering if the cost will outweigh the benefits.
Re:Normalize Android: Turning off HTC Sense UI on the HTC EVO 4G, Incr...
on Sunday May 23, 2010 @06:41PM (#1373212)
I have, and I hate it. Here is a good article I share the same thoughts with: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1330600
Re:Normalize Android: Turning off HTC Sense UI on the HTC EVO 4G, Incr...
on Sunday May 23, 2010 @05:54PM (#1373135)
Seriously? Thank you for letting me know; I was going to get an Evo on the 4th but not after learning this. I'm glad I didn't find this out after purchasing.
Re:What it feels like to fail
on Thursday May 06, 2010 @11:10PM (#1326600)
Thank you! That's amazing about your TOEFL vs. Lenguajero revenue. My site is http://soshiku.com and my submission to HN is http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315281 (submitted ~19 months ago, yikes).
Re:What it feels like to fail
on Thursday May 06, 2010 @10:13PM (#1326494)
I've been feeling the same way about my startup, which has almost 17,000 users but only a small amount of them are paying customers (launched a paid plan a few months ago). I keep wanting to ask myself how much longer I should give it to see if it reaches profitability, or should I just shut it down? Anyway, right now I'm creating a survey for the paying users to be able to tell what they like/don't like about the paid plan. I also plan on doing a referral program that benefits both parties (I did get both of those ideas from a slideshow about a startup and their freemium model, forgot which). Keep those ideas in mind if you ever plan on introducing any paid plans and good luck.
Re:Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript
on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @10:01PM (#1283868)
Oh, sorry about that. I thought HN would've directed me to a duplicate while submitting.
Re:Vimium - the hacker's browser
on Friday April 16, 2010 @12:53PM (#1271117)
Wow, this is amazing and I'm now using Chrome fulltime. Anything to not have to use the Dell mini 10v's trackpad with OS X. ;)
Ask HN: Help with merchant account
Hi HN,I finally got my merchant account (NPC) and payment gateway (Authorize.net) setup, but I'm having a problem that neither of them can figure out. I've been on the phone with them both back and forth all day (even both at the same time at one point) but they have no idea what's going on and say everything is fine on their end.I charged my own bank card using both Authorize.net's virtual...
Ask YC: Merchant account without any credit?
Hi YC, I need some help with finding a merchant account. I just turned 18 and do not have any credit. I've been rejected by PayPal's Website Payments Pro and two of Authorize.net's merchant account affiliates. I don't have anyone to be a co-signer.Is there any merchant account provider that you guys know of that would have no problem taking my money? It would be very much appreciated.
Re:Ask HN: A subscription/recurring billing service that just works. A...
on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @01:53AM (#918781)
I highly recommend http://spreedly.com. Has a great API and recurring billing is built-in so you don't need to pay extra for it on PayPal or Authorize.
What Do Urban Sounds Do to Your Brain?
Get Your API Right
Re:Ask HN: What programming language are you currently learning?
on Saturday July 04, 2009 @04:54PM (#687548)
Objective-C. Quite a big jump from Ruby. :)
Re:Announcing Patron: a Ruby HTTP client library
on Saturday July 04, 2009 @04:53AM (#687037)
I don't see any difference with this and HTTParty (besides having to install libcurl).
Re:Ask HN: Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages i...
on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @06:11PM (#640556)
An extremely useful tool. Thank you so much.
Re:Palm Pre Review
on Friday May 29, 2009 @09:18PM (#633133)
Yep, and don't forget: Sprint themselves are contemplating dropping the mail-in rebate in favor of an instant one (according to Gizmodo).
Ask HN: Switching my site's SMS capabilities over to Twitter. Good or bad idea?
Hi HN, I'd like your input on something. My site allows people to add information to their account via email and SMS, and it also sends out notifications to email/SMS. I had an idea to completely replace my homemade SMS functionality with twitter.Notifications (outgoing): Using email gateways for SMS is unreliable and only available to a few carriers. With twitter, my users would just have to...
Re:Ruby style guide
on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @01:27AM (#561047)
This is the second time in the past few days I've been told to use two spaces instead of tabs. Can anyone provide any insight as to what difference this makes?
Re:
on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @09:13PM (#433053)
The popular (and free) thing to do is to use SMS gateways (such as sending an email to <number>@txt.att.net). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways
And in the future: http://searchyc.com
Ruby 1.9.1 Release Candidate 1 Released
Re:Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major P...
on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @03:17AM (#414075)
I'm tempted to add an API to my web app, and create cool little things such as an AIR app, Facebook app, widgets for iGoogle, et al. even though there's been little demand for an API. I'm wondering if creating all these things would extend the reach of my site, or should I not bother.
Re:If programming languages were religions
on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @03:47PM (#400029)
"Ruby - A mixture of different languages and ideas that was beaten together into something that might be identified as a language."
Is that really true? I've never heard anything like that about Ruby. It does, however, sound very much like PHP. From the PHP FAQs:
"Much of [PHP's] syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in."
Re:Ask HN: what tunes are you working to at the moment?
on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @03:51AM (#384178)
Crystal Castles. And Yelle, thanks to Garry Tan.
Re:Soshiku is having a Winter Raffle
on Tuesday December 02, 2008 @06:30PM (#383745)
Hi everyone. I asked you guys to review Soshiku when it launched (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315281) and I'd like to thank you guys for all the positive reviews. Thanks to Hacker News and popular blogs such as Mashable and Lifehacker (and not to mention word-of-mouth), it has been gaining in popularity every single day. It isn't over yet; I have some big plans for the near future. I thought you'd like to know about our Winter Raffle, which will help raise funds and in turn, give out some cool prizes. Thanks everyone!
Soshiku is having a Winter Raffle
Re:Ask HN: Review my webapp.
on Monday December 01, 2008 @06:39PM (#382343)
Came here to mention those two points. Excellent job. FYI though, the big image above the sign up and tour buttons didn't appear until I disabled Safari AdBlock.
Re:Ask HN: What besides Craigslist is a good way to find an apartment ...
on Saturday November 29, 2008 @02:26AM (#379966)
I just moved to Seattle using Craigslist. That's how I found Stanford (http://www.stanfordatuw.com/). Pretty cheap and in an awesome location in the U-district. Good luck.
Ask HN: Is git/svn right for me?
(Sorry for using HN as a forum... can't think of anywhere else.)Hi HN,I never thought I'd need to use a version tracking system, but after having a live site, I'm thinking I do. (Single developer.)Say I have a feature I need to implement, but would take days or weeks to finish it. In the meantime, I need to fix a bug which could take just a few minutes to fix and deploy. I'm finding myself...