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Re:Corsair Gaming S-1 on Saturday August 22, 2020 @12:53AM (#24241647)
I just wish they'd use better switches in their mice. I'm on my second one, and they suffer from a widespread double click issue. It's an excellent gaming mouse otherwise.
My total commute was ~3 hours a day. My quality of life has drastically improved since the quarantine started as well.
Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:47AM (#19378529)
Is Netflix next? March 25th is right around the corner...
Re:Avoiding Startup Tarpits on Sunday October 22, 2017 @05:21AM (#15525869)
One thing I don't really have much experience in doing is measuring growth. Is this something you have to figure out before avoiding the tarpits?
Re:I'm a creep. I'm sorry on Saturday July 01, 2017 @08:49PM (#14680082)
I find that he mentions the situation occurred "over drinks" a way to make it seem less innappropriate. It's pretty simple, don't hit on women you have a business relationship with. I've seen it happen on multiple occasions and I cringe every time.
Does this mean they can still bump people off the flight at-will even though he already boarded the flight?
Re:The clock is ticking for Spotify on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:13PM (#13629619)
I have absolutely no issues with the mobile or desktop versions of the app.
Re:I Am Retiring at 32. Should’ve Done It Years Ago on Monday June 27, 2016 @07:25PM (#11990314)
The guy isn't selling anything. No links to a book or newsletter. It's just a personal blog. A scam, really?
Re:Tower 2 on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @02:35PM (#8070764)
Thanks, I didn't realize this. I'll give it another whirl.
Re:Tower 2 on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @09:55AM (#8068974)
I bought Tower before I found out about Sourcetree, and while I enjoyed using it, I found that Soucetree was way more feature rich. Can anyone give me a reason why I should fork over even more dough for an app that I'm not even sure I'd end up using?
Re:Our Sales Process at Lob on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @02:21PM (#7387296)
Perhaps allow a potential customer to print a single document and have it sent to their own / business address? Something that takes no more than 2 minutes of the customer's time. I think that would be very appealing to people who'd use a service like this but are skeptical.
I made a module to solve this issue a while back.

https://github.com/hellopat/prequire

Re:Show HN: Watson – inline issue manager with GitHub support on Thursday November 21, 2013 @02:54PM (#6777022)
This is cool. I built something similar to this in Node. You start the tool and it monitors all files in your project folder for changes. Every time you save, it outputs a JSON object of all your tokened comments. The idea was to be able to plug it into another service, like a custom todo list app, or something like this. I haven't quite finished it, but maybe I'll clean it up a bit and push it to github this weekend.
Re:An Attempt To Use Browserify on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @09:31AM (#6725339)
Thanks for the offer!

My main concern is non-CommonJS libraries. I haven't really had any luck with any of the Browserify shim modules out there. Any jQuery plugin that I've used with Browserify I ended up modifying myself to support CommonJS. Even then, I'm not sure I was doing it right.

Any insight?

Re:An Attempt To Use Browserify on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:46AM (#6725080)
The title is a bit misleading. Only a small part of the article mentions Browserify. I was hoping for the authors take on the struggles and efficiencies, as I'm at the point where I need to make the decision to use Browserify for my companies client heavy apps.
Re:Soylent: Manufacturing Update on Friday October 25, 2013 @04:45PM (#6614500)
It takes time to prepare, including calculating all the supplemental nutrients. I think he's looking for an instant solution.
I'll use this. I have severe acid reflux and this might actually help me fix my diet.
Re:FlameStower - USB charger powered by fire on Thursday September 26, 2013 @10:08AM (#6450815)
I've been having an internal struggle regarding the purchase of a BioLite stove. The primary reason I haven't is because of it's weight. As a backpacker, the stove is just way too heavy to carry on a trip (weekend trips, fine - but anything longer it would have to stay behind).

The FlameStower seems much more practical for longer trips because of it's weight / bulk.

Re:Introducing Trello Gold on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @09:42PM (#6409290)
I completely agree. Additional (unlimited?) labels would be a serious upgrade to Trello. It's a tool to help people get shit done - which it's very good at - but adding useless features like custom emojis don't assist in the core function.
Re:Ember.js 1.0 Released on Sunday September 01, 2013 @05:38PM (#6312277)
Good work Tom, Yehuda, and team. I had very difficult time recommending Ember during the transition phase (mostly because the router was impossibly difficult to understand). I wanted to like it so bad, and now I finally think I can. I'm going to reboot the project I was working on and give Ember 1.0 a shot.
Re:A List of Useful Backend Architectures on Monday June 24, 2013 @10:34AM (#5933153)
While these aren't so much architectures as they are a list of tools, it's fascinating to see which ones successful companies are using.

I like that Trello has such a short list and still runs incredibly fast with a high number of users.

Re:OpenCV Face Detection For Cropping Faces on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @03:12PM (#5907566)
I used a provided XML file. The library I used: https://github.com/peterbraden/node-opencv

I haven't touched the app in about a month, updated the library to the most recent version, and I'm now getting a 100% hit rate. I guess the library was a bit buggy.

Also, these headshots are the ones the players take before the season starts, not action shots. In theory there should be a high hit rate.

Re:OpenCV Face Detection For Cropping Faces on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @01:35PM (#5906934)
I built something like this to automate cropping headshots for players in major sports. I figured it would work flawlessly after I ran a few test images through, but it turns out that it failed detecting a face or gave the wrong coordinates about 20% of the time.

I'm curious to know what the success rate of SeatGeek's process is.

It's already happening.
Very very cool stuff. I downloaded the app and took this (not the ideal stress test, but the panning is incredibly smooth): http://luma.io/v/CId
Re:Hello Firefox, this is Chrome calling on Monday February 04, 2013 @04:06PM (#5167133)
I haven't really been keeping up on WebRTC, so forgive this fairly ignorant question.

Will the framework allow me to create a one to many connection? ie. presentation mode where one person could broadcast their audio / video to many viewers? Or is it simple a 1:1 connection?

Re:Why We Still Believe in Working Remotely on Friday February 01, 2013 @07:21PM (#5154445)
"Pain" is a very good teacher. It slaps you in the face and tells you're an idiot.

I love this sentence.

Re:Treadmill desks: How practical are they? on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @11:25AM (#5140166)
I used a standing desk for about 6 months, one with comfort matting. I didn't notice a difference. I also think standing desks don't offer any health benefits over sitting. I can state my reasons why if there is any interest.
Re:We Work in Philly – Startup Map on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @11:20AM (#5140136)
Philly is slowly becoming a vibrant tech hub. Props to all who organize events in the area and create things like this!
Re:Rant: Backbone, Angular, Meteor, Derby on Friday January 04, 2013 @04:09PM (#5009910)
They just recently updated the guide. I haven't read through the whole thing, but it looks much more organized. Also there is a new Router API which is apparently significantly more intuitive.

http://emberjs.com/guides/

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