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Re: on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @04:33PM (#8962681)
I'd say no, and let them know when/if I planned to.
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project to sell? on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @01:19AM (#8958412)
Do you mean you want to sell the domain? Because streamjoy.tv doesn't seem to have anything going on at the moment.
Re:The hazards of too much stuff on Saturday January 24, 2015 @02:44PM (#8940722)
Jerry Seinfeld on stuff (new): http://youtu.be/HfYzlSNHapA?t=1m15s

edit: start time

It is called a "zero-day" because the programmer has had zero days to fix the flaw (in other words, a patch is not available).[0]

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack

Re:How to mod a toaster to control PC games [video] on Saturday January 17, 2015 @04:50PM (#8905640)
Could be a good oculus rift controller. Very tactile.
Re:Places to Go in 2015 on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:15PM (#8865601)
Agreed. But am I the only one who was disappointed when not every subsequent photo after the first had movement? About half did for me.
Re:Amazon vs. Jet.com on Thursday January 08, 2015 @03:58PM (#8858972)
They lose right off for me because the back button doesn't work on jet.com to even exit back to the previous site you were on.
Re:Ask HN: Sell, open-source, or abandon a $10k/year Mac app? on Thursday January 08, 2015 @03:25PM (#8858729)
I would fix it up.

You get 3 benefits:

1. Continued income from it (people aren't going to continue to buy it if the bad reviews keep coming in).

2. You keep/improve your reputation. If your software isn't working well for any reason at all, it can give a bad reputation to the person/company attached.

3. You increase the chances of a good buy-out in the future, over what it would currently bring now.

We all know it can be difficult to get traction on a project, not to mention paying users. You already have proved this one can get both.

Re:Introducing Google Cast for audio on Monday January 05, 2015 @01:20PM (#8840197)
Check out the Chrome extension Videostream for Google Chromecast, link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/videostream-for-go...
Re:iOS Developer/Designer Interview Questions on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:20PM (#8828320)
I actually think high level questions like these are just conversation starters which can get into highly technical conversations quickly.

Sort of like the technologies themselves; GameCenter and CoreEverything are abstractions of lower level functionality. Being able to discuss their purpose, how to use them, and how to glue them together is what a good developer is. The rest is just syntax.

Re:iOS Developer/Designer Interview Questions on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:11PM (#8828269)
I think part of the idea of interview questions like these is that it will get a developer into those finer points, if they are in a technical discussion.
Re:Hidden Costs That Engineers Ignore on Thursday January 01, 2015 @04:05AM (#8822484)
I love this. For a couple of reasons.

1/I often discover new things and have new thoughts and ideas along the way of an implementation which hadn't presented themselves previously.

2/I think it's a great way to avoid overthinking a feature or arguing too much for or against it. If nearing a majority consensus (with oneself or team) and there is time to spare, add it to Version 2 -- advantages being point #1 above, and having it prepared should it be deemed worthy to be merged to Version 1. I've heard that having features in the chamber ready to release is something big corps commonly do.

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