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Re:Our app got rejected again. We're trying to figure out why. on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @05:53PM (#840198)
This is a legit rejection. There IS a difference between building for Debug and Release and you CAN'T reference the full version.
Re:O'Reilly's "The Ruby Language" for $9.99 (limited time) on Saturday August 29, 2009 @11:12PM (#793996)
Haha, I feel you :)
Re:Can you recommend some good RoR books? on Sunday August 23, 2009 @07:36PM (#781207)
The main thing you want to do when learning Rails is to make sure you're pretty solid in Ruby. David Black's Well-Grounded Rubyist covers a lot of Ruby.

As for Rails, I have nothing but good things to about Foundation Rails 2 by Eldon Alameda. He gives a brief introduction to Ruby at the beginning, and doesn't rely on scaffolding/plugins, something a lot of early Rails developers try and overuse. Although, now that I think about it, the routing chapter was a little weak. Of course there's also the standard Agile Web Development with Rails (3rd Edition) which was written by the creator of Rails.

After that, the best place is to start writing apps and get some hands-on experience. If you want, there's another book that Eldon Alameda wrote called "Practical Rails Projects" which does exactly that -- guides you through 6 or 7 Rails projects to teach you all about Rails. However, it uses an older version of Rails (1.2.3 compared to the current 2.3.3) but I'm sure a lot of the concepts will still apply. You can always install an older version of Rails to follow along.

Re:Apple Answers the FCC’s Questions on Friday August 21, 2009 @06:07PM (#778591)
Yup, that's exactly right. But honestly, what if I want this to happen? Apple assumes that people will get confused. At least put some warning note or something. Though I'm sure that most people who download GV will be aware of what's happening...
Re:Apple Answers the FCC’s Questions on Friday August 21, 2009 @05:31PM (#778518)
In my opinion, this is total BS. Apple would obviously make up some lame excuse and everyone knows it.

Update: Though, there is this at the end: "In little more than a year, we have reviewed more than 200,000 applications and updates."

That computes to around 515 applications per day. Can't really blame them for taking too long, eh?

Re:Ask HN: How do you collect valuable feedback? on Thursday August 20, 2009 @05:21PM (#776314)
Its actually pretty hard to get valuable feedback from a lot of users. Either users don't think too much about how the site could be improved or they're just too lazy to type it all out.

But yeah, being a little more specific would help. Looking for UI feedback? (Try this http://www.clicktale.com/) General feedback about the company?

The best thing to do is make it easier for people to give feedback.

Re:Like Electronic Music? You’ll Love Mugasha on Thursday August 20, 2009 @05:10PM (#776272)
Wow, never saw that before. Hope its not just another AIR clone :P
Re:Like Electronic Music? You’ll Love Mugasha on Thursday August 20, 2009 @04:59PM (#776236)
That's actually a good idea. What would be better though is an "mini" version of the site with just the player controls and basic navigation functions. Would look super slick in the menu bar :)

Almost like digg in this case: http://fluidapp.com/i/menuextra-digg.png

Haha, irc is definitely the best place to start a flamewar on stuff like this :P But I'm not arguing for one or the other, just wondering what people's thoughts are on it and if they're using it in a public environment. Peaceful discussion :)
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Monday July 13, 2009 @05:26PM (#702521)
A course management system which is a lot more flexible than moodle and other software, but requires a lot more work from the school.