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Re:Every BBC Essential Mix, 1993 to 2010 on Saturday September 04, 2010 @06:23PM (#1663537)
Or install extension.fm :)
Re:Diaspora: An Overdue Update on Friday September 03, 2010 @10:23AM (#1659646)
Why the condescension? The user's name is clickable and his profile shows he hasn't used the site since March. Instead of being rude, perhaps consider why his experience wasn't sticky.
Re:Diaspora: An Overdue Update on Friday August 27, 2010 @12:22PM (#1639252)
Head's up: You probably shouldn't have a testimonial from a guy who hasn't used your site in months (Prakash)
Re:Ask HN: Diaspora hasn't updated their blog in a month. on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @11:05PM (#1593682)
My guess is they've all got their heads down trying to hit that deadline.
Re:MongoDB 1.6 stable released on Thursday August 05, 2010 @02:20PM (#1578841)
Mongoengine is pretty tight for python/mongo
One anecdote for another. I'll take it.
Interestingly, I met many people in SF who had signed contracts that disagree with this law.
That is actually a great point. When was this law made?

Also, this only protects people who are aware of it and willing to fight for it

This is garbage. California does this as much as NYC.
Re:Rethinking the iPad Browsing Experience on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @08:40AM (#1554198)
I couldn't watch the video on my iPad. They should rethink that.
Re:Say It Ain't So, Google on Thursday July 22, 2010 @10:26AM (#1538201)
To me, this behavior solidifies further Google's transition into the Microsoft of the 90's role. I guess that puts them at 2020 for being virtually completely removed from innovation and fully in the role of a differentiation defeater.

Microsoft could turn around and so could Google, but it's very hard when they're so established that short-term risk to profits becomes a major concern.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on today? on Friday July 09, 2010 @11:45AM (#1500999)
Tornado, MongoDB and using Emacs to do it.
Aren't you going to be sued, like everyone else that has tried this?
Re:One on One: Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures on Monday June 14, 2010 @08:17PM (#1431432)
Nick B? Is that you?
Re:Scaling CouchDB on Friday June 11, 2010 @09:28AM (#1423772)
Is that because you haven't tried redis or because you haven't tried mongo?
Re:Why I Switched to Git From Mercurial on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:55AM (#1357895)
Try SmartGit.
Re:New Finance Website based on Arc / HN on Monday May 17, 2010 @12:17PM (#1354679)
New Mogul was the first I've seen of this and was the best. I think New Mogul's success was also partly due to the intensity of the financial crisis and people's interest in understanding how it all works. Nickb vanished, unfortunately, and New Mogul eventually fell.

No site has been able to replicate the New Mogul community and I don't believe it's the UI's fault entirely, though New Mogul actually did a good job sprucing up the default look. I believe the intense interest along with communal enthusiasm just doesn't exist in that industry under normal circumstances. And certainly not enough for a shared information / aggregation system to prosper.

Consider the nature of the industry. Knowledge is power. If you're not all in a sinking ship together, why would you give up your competitive edge?

Why ask this question online if you just quit the Internet?!
Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
Re:Jeremy Zawodny: NoSQL is Software Darwinism on Sunday March 28, 2010 @04:48PM (#1225192)
Your comment just made me realize SQL is the new assembly.
Re:Will Facebook be the One Ring for Location? on Saturday March 27, 2010 @07:01PM (#1223848)
It's going to be a yelp vs. facebook showdown.
Re:Gravity Launches on Friday March 26, 2010 @02:56AM (#1220439)
I'm only a single data point, but you've lost me because I have no idea what gravity is upon first glance at the site and I don't want to watch a stupid animation of stick figures talking gibberish.

Make it really obvious what your site does or keep making inconsequential first impressions.

Re:The real problem with git. on Friday March 26, 2010 @02:51AM (#1220429)
Check out Smartgit.
Re:StackOverflow.com vs.Experts-Exchange.com on Monday March 22, 2010 @11:44AM (#1210560)
Yes!
Re:Google admits Buzz social network testing flaws on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @09:11AM (#1128847)
Something about Facebook offering an email service strikes me as a new take on Aol.
I agree. $499 is a deal-breaker for me. I will happily wait for Apple's device now.
Re:Erjang is a virtual machine for Erlang, which runs on Java on Friday December 04, 2009 @09:46AM (#976400)
I'm curious as to what effect Java's crappy tail recursion has I tried running a ruby sudoku solver in jruby that functions basically like an n-queens solver and it couldn't handle it. Not sure I'd expect erjang to do better since the issue is with the jvm.

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