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Re:Proper diffs with ODF files in Git or Mercurial on Sunday October 30, 2011 @08:41PM (#3175881)
git diff/merge on xml files would be really great. will think this over.
Re:Proper diffs with ODF files in Git or Mercurial on Sunday October 30, 2011 @06:03PM (#3175549)
I'm thinking of building a productivity tool in the legal space. The big inspiration I had a week ago is that I could use git or another version control system for features like git-diff and git-blame.

I'm now thinking about how most elegantly add markup features for things like highlighting text, adding labels, inline commenting, muti-media embeds, and text formatting both simple and complex. any suggestions? The naive thing to do is to include a <span> based markup format that complements what is already being done with font-size,color etc but im worried that it will become a mess. Both in terms of document size and git diff.

also, are there any examples of products that successfully leveraged version control systems to create large project management tools?

Re:Ask HN: Summer Internships in the Bay Area? on Monday April 11, 2011 @01:18AM (#2431508)
Oh munn, always chiming in at unfortunate times!
Re:Crawl Bank Accounts with the Ghost of Wesabe on Friday February 25, 2011 @08:26PM (#2264532)
Awesome. I'm at a startup now that could totally leverage this tech. Thanks!
Re:New Ruby 1.9 Features, Tips & Tricks on Monday February 21, 2011 @02:24PM (#2246750)
Named captures in regular expressions looks really nice! I'm especially excited to play with Oniguruma.
Re:Unofficial alternative UI of hackernews on Friday September 24, 2010 @05:58PM (#1725577)
I like this. I wonder if there is a way to have a left nav like this and then a right column for comments.
Re:Founders Need Rock Hard Abs on Thursday November 26, 2009 @03:50PM (#963091)
I'm in agreement. Jordan Cooper's posts are thoughtful and coherent.

Fred Wilson pen's many of his posts on his blackberry and in many ways that adds to the conversational tone he tries to set on his blog.

Ask HN: where do I find newspaper circulation figures?

Where do I find the circulation figures for the top five newspapers in the top twenty countries?For the past week I have been unsuccessfully searching for the circulation numbers on the top five newspapers in the G20. Circulation figures are tremendously important to the media industry. They are a principal determinant of advertising rates and last week there were many reports on the quarterly...

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