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Re:f.lux has been updated to a new version on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @04:54PM (#6562107)
I teach a class at Arizona State University and one of my students asked why my laptop screen was pink. I then proceeded to give the class a 10 minute sales pitch on f.lux and how blue light inhibits melatonin production. It still surprises me what a profound sales channel raving fans can be.
Re:The psychiatric drug crisis on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:29PM (#6347266)
I think it's relevant to point out the potent anti-depressant effects many people experience with natural supplements such as sam-e and 5htp. It's unfortunate that these drugs are rarely prescribed (in the U.S.). Few clinical studies have been done on these and there is little economic motivation for drug companies since these are un-patentable substances.
Re:Didn't Get Enough Sleep? You Might As Well Be Drunk on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @05:45PM (#6330726)
I'm curious of the different impact between normal sleep deprivation and primary insomnia. It's common that insomniacs don't feel sleepy during the day as compared to a normal sleeper that simply didn't get enough.
Re:Launchable.io - A quick and easy way to test ideas on Sunday September 01, 2013 @07:43PM (#6312692)
> We charge the equivalent of 2 hours from a professional developer.

I would say 1 hour, i.e. $99/hr, is a more accurate statement. This would also help make the product appear more affordable, and as a better investment.

Re:Polyphasic Sleep on Thursday August 22, 2013 @11:49AM (#6257869)
I, too, experience this. I believe it is related to cortisol spikes similarly to the increased daytime cortisol levels seen with insomniacs.
Re:Performance of WordPress Hosting Companies Compared on Monday August 12, 2013 @01:27PM (#6200447)
Thanks for the tip. After reviewing Ryan's logs, it turns out a software security layer, Sentinel, was detecting the load test as a DoS attack since LoadImpact was sending all traffic from a single IP.
Re:Performance of WordPress Hosting Companies Compared on Sunday August 11, 2013 @10:57PM (#6197415)
Hi Ryan, my name is Sean. I'm the GoDaddy product manager in charge of WordPress hosting. Thanks for including us and I'm glad we could surprise you with some fast speeds. In the past few months we've really made some huge strides in reducing page load times and are at some impressive speeds across the board right now. However, seeing your response times fall off a cliff surprised us too. There's been a big email thread going on this weekend to nail down exactly what happened so we can fix it :) I'd love to talk more and share some of the details around a new WordPress experience we're delivering in a few months. My email is in my HN profile.
Re:Apple Unveils iTunes Radio on Monday June 10, 2013 @05:12PM (#5856886)
This is a great example of the innovator's dilemma.
I used Laravel for a small project for the past couple months. Although I started web development in PHP, I am strictly a Ruby/Rails developer right now and I have to say working in Laravel felt very natural and right at home. I'm not saying that being Rails-like is merit in it's own right, but I had that same feeling with Laravel as I did when I first started using Rails. I'd highly recommend trying this framework and hope with more projects we can see some solid documentation grow.
Re:Tesla's fight with America's car dealers on Monday May 20, 2013 @05:23PM (#5740135)
To your latter point, it's certainly possible. You could replace "Ford or GM" with a large 90s computer manufacturer, e.g. HP, but Apple eventually decided they wanted to via Apple stores.
Hi! One of the creators here. We're creating an easy way for you to track and get notified of your JavaScript errors in your front-end heavy apps that use Backbone.js, Ember, etc. We also are developing a method to engage your users when an error happens so they don't feel lost (you'll see the model popup). I'm applying to YC with this concept and would love to know your thoughts!
Re:The Ruby on Rails Tutorial for Rails 4.0 (beta) on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @08:55PM (#5411989)
Are you running a Cedar or Bamboo app? Ruby 2.0.0 only works on Cedar.
Re:Railyo - job board for Rails freelancers on Saturday January 19, 2013 @11:40AM (#5083821)
Having started a job board before (orangeslyce.com), one recommendation I have is to pre-seed the board with jobs to help get over the chicken/egg problem. You can hustle analog and get some posts or even copy quality postings off other sites. Sure they won't be paying customers, but it's kindling for the fire and gives the appearance of social proof.
Re:Railyo - job board for Rails freelancers on Saturday January 19, 2013 @11:37AM (#5083810)
I tried to register 4+ times with a password that included special characters, but each time it said my password didn't match. Once I changed it to an insecure password, it went through. I could have been bad typing on my part 4 times, but... you may want to test this.

Also - It doesn't appear that the profile visibility dropdown gets repopulated after form submission failure with the previously selected option.

Darn, I was going to say I was flattered.
I couldn't help but realize the remarkable design similarities to http://www.blogic.com. I'm curious if it inspired you.
Founder of Blogic here. We did a "Review my startup" on HN a few weeks ago. Based on the feedback and requests, we pivoted to generate WordPress themes instead of just hosting our own custom blogging platform. I hope this provides as much value as I think it will.

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