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Describe good architectural choices?

My understanding of the perspective of the authorities on encryption in messaging is that it doesn't matter what you say, it matters who you say it to and when; additionally, it matters whether you're speaking cryptically or not.

Screeps is a lifestyle

That's the most personal question you could possibly ask me. And there's your answer: business.

Yes, I am aware of those ideas.

Proxy wars..

artchiv: I would paypal you $20 to have early access to the API docs.

I think paid add-ons, visualizations, could be a thing.

Eww. Can we pay cash or btc to buy CPU time upgrades?

I think that I would want to develop an intuition. I also definitely want to be able to check in on my mobile phone somehow.

This would be an amazing way to indulge my programming fascination while also honoring my financial commitment to stick with efforts that could make a direct $MM impact on P&L. Wait, I can program and do that? Where do I sign up?

Hi, devs! Feature request: that you can play the game without having to enter code; that you can actually point and drag and click. I hope that "You can master basics without knowing JavaScript" means that there is a traditional RTS style mousey interface

Why don't you just add your GCal to iCal?

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Untappd anniversary party tonight at The Pony Bar in the Upper East Side of NYC. 3h & 18 minutes remain.

May you never know a lawyer or their billing. What about political costs?

As a pickup basketball fiend I am interested in this. I find that pu bball is the best way for me to meet and network with guys. I have to say though there are certain types of people I definitely want to avoid playing with.

Also, some advice on your webpage. I am not going to bother downloading your app. I'm on my computer. However if you geolocated me based on my IP and then said "There are currently 5 games for Today, and 3 for next Thursday, in City Name", then I would be a lot more compelled. I am just skeptical, since a lot of these Show HN posts are duds.

Delivery driver making $80k. Totally negates the value of a college degree. Embarrassing.

I agree with the central point: there's much evidence that Joel Spolsky knows what he's doing, and executives would be wise to implement his suggestions.

I've talked to engineering executives who agree, "I've read all of Joel's stuff", but then fail to implement his ideas at a concrete or abstract level. I don't know why.

What's your total monthly expenditure including shelter, food, drink, entertainment, supplies, travel, insurance, upkeep, etc.?

Just pay more. I'd even work in the middle of Alberta, CA if I were paid 2x Silicon Valley median salary.

You know what I hate? My history isn't aggregated in real time across all my Mac OS X terminal windows.

You know what else I hate? Typing in long commands in the Mac OS X terminal and then them wrapping weirdly. Especially when I hit the up arrow to go back in my terminal history.

Only if you know for a fact that the hiring manager is also a member of Mensa.

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You're right and the tone of my message was wrong.

Some ideas to test separately.

\) Can you try switching them to "Pen Japan" 1.1 months before the usual cancellation point? This could be done with an opt-in.

\) Incrementally iterating on Mithaldu's idea, can you try giving them a price break (and announcing it with an email!) 1.1 months before the usual cancellation point?

\) Can you add a "But wait! If you stay around, you can get a 10% discount on your subscription cost" last-minute notice to your cancellation page, that is only presented if the user has been around for (the mean cancellation time - 1.1months)?

I completely agree about the interconnectedness of different branches of mathematics and think it is difficult to visualize and intuit because we don't yet have the language.

My guess: Eventually, as we begin to understand mathematics better, we will elucidate the underlying properties of theorems and there will be better "tagging"; the underlying language must also change. This will not happen for a minimum of 30+ years as new advances must be made and institutional faculty will object lest their life be rendered irrelevant.

$100 conversion cost isn't intractable.

Let's say you can optimize it down to $75 with better ad copy:

* Higher CTR -> lower spend

Then let's say you can optimize it down to $50 with better conversion funnel tracking

* You get their email and then send them a free eBook about Japanese candy or stationery, then you ask them if you have permission to keep contacting them. If yes, you keep providing value and eventually sell them on more Candy Japan packages.

* You include the video on your page

Then you instrument a referral incentive system

* You give someone double-candy if they refer a friend

Then you ask the people who aren't retaining why they aren't retaining. You bucket their complaints into categories and you provide solutions.

* "I only needed it for this one specific occasion" -> You sell them a gift subscription package instead, at a much lower price, so the recipient knows they are still thinking of them, with bigger upside kicking it at later months. i.e., month 1 = one piece of candy, month 2 = two additional pieces of candy, month 3 = 3 additional pieces of candy

Lifetime value could surpass conversion cost.

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I think the fundamental technologies of the web are HTTP, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 and should be learned in that order.

What's the state of the art in JavaScript DRM?