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Re:Microsoft adopts first international cloud privacy standard on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @03:20AM (#9061154)
Is there any way I can legally read the standards document without paying the prohibitive fee?
Re:Ask HN: Best practices for OS X dev environments on Saturday February 14, 2015 @10:52AM (#9049922)
recommend homebrew cask too, but there's also http://getmacapps.com for the slightly less power user...kind of like a GUI for homebrew cask
Sounds like you had success at the trade shows, I'm about to embark on that route too. Can I ask how you went getting the word out at the shows, and any tips converting to a sale? Did they mind that it was still an MVP?
Re:Hacker's Guide to Setting Up Your Mac on Thursday October 02, 2014 @07:22PM (#8403665)
I've built a less "hacker" way to automate the install of a bunch of common apps at http://getmacapps.com

Aiming for something you can easily use quickly, or send to less techy friends or parents to run.

Re:Show HN: Domino, a PaaS for data science on Wednesday July 09, 2014 @08:37PM (#8012989)
I'm interested in the "Version control for data" feature. How does that work? I have data that is still changing in both content and structure. As the test suite grows, it is becoming a burden to maintain every time there is a change to the data. It would be great to be able to write tests against snapshots of the database, and be able to rollback to a different point for each test seamlessly.
Re:Dc.js – Dimensional Charting JavaScript Library on Monday June 09, 2014 @10:21AM (#7868564)
Very cool tool. Signed up to the list, and keen to see how the service can simplify the data viz process.
Re:Dc.js – Dimensional Charting JavaScript Library on Monday June 09, 2014 @10:14AM (#7868536)
Interesting to hear your experience. I'm wondering which library you switched to and how's the experience been with the two separate libraries?
Re:Draft. Version control for writing on Friday February 01, 2013 @12:26AM (#5149359)
Working in an industry where Manuals and Policy/Procedure documents dictate, I would also love this.

Eg. in the heavily regulated airline industry, Framemaker still persists as standard. Changes are typically made against a PDF as comments (handwritten or PDF annotations), attached to a paper "Manual Change Request" form and signed by manual owner and passed to a Tech Writer to replicate the change in Framemaker. Turnarounds in order of months are incurred, and where the regulator is involved, I have seen years.

A Git-style version control workflow would work well: - allowing collaboration - change documentation and approval is built in (even better if regulator can use it) - publishing smaller amendments while larger ones develop - reuse modules across manuals (eg. org charts)

However, uptake will occur when the learning curve is reduced...such as a well designed web UI

Thanks omgmog, really good to hear your thoughts.

Cool script, it would definitely be useful to support your "Install all firefoxes script", possibly in a collapsable developers section.

Good ideas. I'll definitely be adding links/descriptions if the site gets any sort of traction.