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Re:I emailed the CEO of T-Mobile and he killed my contract on Sunday October 06, 2013 @03:30AM (#6503440)
I used t-mobile from around 2000 to the end of 2007 in NYC. Never had any problems but data was not a big issue back then. They even assigned me a 212 mobile number from a batch of 10 numbers that they received.

With the right wording and timing, these things happen. Around 2002, I was searching what books to buy and e-mailed Amazon support what books Jeff Bezos has read in the past 6 months. They replied immediately to told me to ask him directly providing his e-mail address. I forwarded the e-mail and got a reply back with a list. This was even cooler than having a 212 number.

Re:Ask HN: UX/Usability Lab Software & Equipment Recommendations on Monday September 23, 2013 @06:00PM (#6434460)
Thanks. A webcam will probably not be accurate enough and still need software to analyze and report the data. Tobii seems to be the best option for the eyetracker even tohugh it is expensive. For remote tracking, there are several options such as userzoom, eyetracking.com's eyeworks, Morae, loop11, etc..

But, still I am not sure what the ideal setting will be in terms of quality and price.

Ask HN: UX/Usability Lab Software & Equipment Recommendations

Posted by hknozcan on Monday September 23, 2013 @05:42PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am strongly considering starting an UX lab to conduct website & interface usability studies. I am currently trying to decide what hardware and software to invest in.I already met with some of the larger players in the industry and tested some of the products in the market. I will be leaning more towards more remote testing but will definitely have eye tracking equipment as well. Eye...

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Re:Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008 on Thursday September 19, 2013 @08:15PM (#6415184)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/yahoo-surpasses-goo... Strange, huh?
Re:Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008 on Thursday September 19, 2013 @07:29PM (#6414989)
Anybody know what Yang is doing following his resignation last year?
Re:Ask HN: Where is your Hacker Newsroom? on Thursday September 19, 2013 @10:13AM (#6411731)
Haha. Like the foot. It is a nice touch.

Ask HN: Where is your Hacker Newsroom?

Posted by hknozcan on Thursday September 19, 2013 @09:38AM
from the ask-hn dept.

A little bored of indoors and working out of cafes the past couple of days and catching up with news here and there. Here is an image.So, where is your Hacker Newsroom?http://www.360.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hackernews.jpgWould love to see other hackers' setting and desktop and location.

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Re:PHP vs. Node.js on Sunday September 01, 2013 @03:19PM (#6311671)
This is a flawed comparison. I love Node.js but it is not suitable for every type of site and is not an ideal replacement to PHP yet. For ex, CPU heavy apps with minimal use of IO are immensely bad use cases for node.js
Re:Brilliant or insane code? on Sunday September 01, 2013 @08:49AM (#6310153)
Short but I doubt this will be faster as noted.
Re:Brilliant or insane code? on Sunday September 01, 2013 @07:42AM (#6309944)
We all love short and fast. But this is definitely an interesting approach. I'd love to see similar approaches to problems if you guys can point out to some.

Facebook Technical Bug - Email/Phone accessible by Other Person

Posted by hknozcan on Friday June 21, 2013 @05:53PM
from the self-post dept.

This is part of an email from facebook about the bug: we recently fell short of our goal and a technical bug caused your telephone number or email address to be accessible by another person.The bug was limited in scope and likely only allowed someone you already know outside of Facebook to see your email address or telephone number. That said, we let you down and we are taking this error very...

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get pain in your finger tips from typing all day? on Thursday April 18, 2013 @08:03AM (#5570069)
Is it numbness or pain? I see noone brought up 'Carpal tunnel syndrome' yet. Can it be CTS?
Re:An Open Letter to Google: Google Alerts Now Useless on Thursday March 21, 2013 @05:24AM (#5413893)
I did not realize this either due to extensive email traffic but it makes sense. I took time and added a couple alerts the other day. If it is broken, why have us spend time and rely on it.

Facebook Acquires Storytelling Site Storylane in Talent Grab

Posted by hknozcan on Saturday March 09, 2013 @03:59PM
from the news.cnet.com dept.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57573356-93/facebook-acquires-blogging-site-storylane/

Another likely contender in the blogging game is acquired too early in my opinion. With twitter veterans working on medium, storylane had a nice headstart and a good idea. This is a very risky game to be in but the idea of nice and clean design with enough input area was called for in the blogosphere. Talent acquisition evidently might mean death for inspiring startups.

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Re:Yahoo Says New Policy Is Meant to Raise Morale on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @01:20PM (#5332759)
That's what I thought. I believe the actual number the number to be higher.
Re:Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @12:58PM (#5332610)
Absolutely not. Yes, you might be able to hack something with outside help but knowing math it is the mind set that would allow you to build something like this in the first place. You can imagine solutions to problems because you might visualize how they can be solved.
Re:Marketing hacks to boost your startup on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @08:54AM (#4904484)
+1
Re:Killing Your Startup on a Thursday Night on Sunday October 28, 2012 @07:37PM (#4710351)
The level of honesty in the post is touching. Figuring out the right time to quit is as important as starting up. However, lack of outside funding especially after he looked for it might also be a sign that either the idea or the was he handled the business so far is not viable. 1000 tickets over that much time does not seem impressive. Again, inspiring post.