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Re:Death to Bullshit
on Sunday September 06, 2015 @09:06PM (#10179707)
i'm confused too. Why are captchas bad? captchas are absolutely neccessary to fight automatic signups by bots. Are you saying just let the bots win?
Re:I made a cell phone [video]
on Sunday August 16, 2015 @01:52AM (#10068125)
wow, that's amazing. thank you.
Re:Ask HN: Why do sane developers use Spring MVC?
on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:21AM (#9736827)
i'm not sure the answer to your question, but it made me LOL. I completely agree.
Re:Just how much is that 2% really worth?
on Thursday July 03, 2014 @11:43AM (#7983727)
pretty good job! my only comment is to make more standard options to select from a list vs. typing in any value.
Re:Masters of Love
on Thursday June 26, 2014 @07:05PM (#7951995)
this thing is a mobile app waiting to happen. everyone has trouble with the four: passive destructive, active destructive, passive constructive, and active constructive
Re:The YouTube Contract for Indies
on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @09:09PM (#7941691)
if the author is reading this, please follow up here and let us know what happens to you from a legal perspective for having violated the NDA.
Re:The YouTube Contract for Indies
on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @03:30PM (#7939963)
can someone explain? is this secret?
Re:Shaka, when the walls fell
on Friday June 20, 2014 @04:38AM (#7919976)
i submitted this same url but I made the title:
“Juliet. On her balcony.”
Re:Big Brother at work may be no bad thing
on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:46PM (#7899994)
i think the author of this post should watch 'House of Cards' on netflix. Human interactions (politics) are always based on being able to say things to others in private.
Re:Shrturl: Faking the web since 1942
on Thursday June 05, 2014 @10:06AM (#7852006)
really well done and funny. i like this power.
Re:
on Thursday June 05, 2014 @10:03AM (#7851994)
Not all that familiar with Freelancer but, if I was running a for profit business, I would feel free to experiment with pricing. If I wanted to raise my fee from $25 to $50 I think the serious reason would be, I want my business to be profitable. Sometimes when you first price something you are just kind of guessing what the correct price is. If you pick a number too low sure your customer might like it, but it may not be good long term for the business. So you have to iterate on price.
Re:What is the Longest Disambiguation Page on Wikipedia?
on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @11:37AM (#7810793)
best part of that google spreadsheet was the chat. You meet the coolest people there.
Re:The plan to let anyone become European ... Digitally.
on Friday May 23, 2014 @08:19PM (#7792100)
wow, makes so much sense
Re:Developer Anxiety, we’re not alone
on Friday May 23, 2014 @07:18PM (#7791904)
for years I tried to add various chemicals to my body to find a solution. it seemed obvious that I just needed to get the right drug at the right doseage and that would solve the problem. but the solution was exactly in the opposite direction. I didn't need to ADD things into my body to fix my brain, I needed to PREVENT certain things from entering my blood stream. diet is everything. food is medicine. food is so messed up in our society. to eat a healthy diet that will actually allow your brain to work and not get panic attacks requires EXTREME dedication and will power. AND on top of all that, you need to be social with your friends, family and co-workers and not make your special diet ruin the fun. Super challenging, but as I get older I find it's easier and easier to really carefully monitor each and every bit of food I put into my mouth. I won't bore you with the details but you probably already know, too much sugar, too many carbs, these things matter, a lot. Stop trying to fix big problems with band-aids when you've got to get to the source of the poison in your blood stream.
Re:Taxi Commission Official Plans to Join Uber
on Thursday May 22, 2014 @11:39AM (#7784361)
yes! Uber needs to win!
Re:Realistic terrain in 130 lines of JavaScript
on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @07:58AM (#7743223)
I meant, a common human question is "if there is a caring God, how can there be so much suffering in the world?" And maybe the answer is, human pain means nothing to him the same way computer generated rock pain means nothing to us.
Addepar's letter from the founder
The financial crisis of 2008 marked a structural power shift in investment management, not just a cyclical correction. Investors now have the leverage to demand transparency, and expect answers as soon as questions arise. Complete answers, however, remain unavailable from financial giants. Wall Street responded to the 2008 crisis with quick fixes—technological band-aids—rather than building...
Re:Realistic terrain in 130 lines of JavaScript
on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @08:38AM (#7737798)
after thinking about this one for a while, it occurred to me that this really helps illustrate the point of 'Life May Be A Computer Simulation'. Take this world creation a step further, and rather than teaching a computer how to create rocks, each one slightly different, imagine creating humans, each one slightly different. If you think about 'God' as just some alien programmer dude, it helps make so much sense of the world. How can a caring God let so many terrible things happen to us humans? Well, how much empathy do you feel about each rock in this program? When you click refresh, and create a whole new world, do you stop and think about all the exist rocks you are 'killing'? If we are living in a computer simulation, perhaps our creator doesn't even realize we are sentient?
Glyphosate (aka Roundup weed killer) and our food
Re:Realistic terrain in 130 lines of JavaScript
on Monday May 12, 2014 @10:52PM (#7736392)
stuff like this makes me remember why I love programming
Re:Ask HN: CodePundit.com – We are building a better stackoverflow. Ar...
on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @12:08PM (#7710942)
Sometimes honest feedback from a stranger is just what the doctor ordered. I have no agenda here, this is just my honest opinion. This is a business with no market demand. Have you put up some static landing pages with a big call to action button and see how many people will actually enter a credit card? i.e. before you invest in this business, build a "fake" site that looks real enough, and buy a small amount of traffic into the site with google ad words and see what % of people actually want to pay for this service. (The people that actually do enter their credit card get a nice email saying, thanks, this service coming soon. And some are a little mad they were tricked, but small price to pay for this info.) I suspect the conversion will be very very low. My boss would never let me pay for this service. He'd say, just figure it out yourself or wait for the free answer on SO.
Does your company iterate only on its product?
As engineers we tend to organize re-actively vs. pro-actively. What's the best way to structure your company? Divide into departments with bosses at the top of each dept that tell people what to do? Divide into rigid cross department teams that are painful to ever change? This talk is 30 mins long but the keys to the kingdom are revealed. You organize around people. And you iterate on your...
How Cubicles Came To Be
Alabama’s chief justice on freedom of religion in USA
Ask HN: Suspicious SMS sent to my phone on my birthday
from some random # i don't know to my phone: "Happy Birthday! Sorry I'm not there to enjoy it with you, but we can grab a drink and some other fun goodies when I return"must be spammers, knew my birthday was today, and are trying to trick me into replying?
Sony unveils cassette tape that can hold 64,750,000 songs
Re:Ask HN: CodePundit.com – We are building a better stackoverflow. Ar...
on Monday May 05, 2014 @08:28AM (#7698125)
I agree. Very tough road to climb to usurp SO reign on this area. Feels like you are trying to solve a problem SO has already solved.
The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat and Heart Disease
Ask HN: Example Wireframes
Does anyone have a link to some really good example wireframes that explain a complex web application? i.e. the kind of document I send to my novice friend and say, here, create something THIS detailed describing your idea, then you can hire a programmer to build it.