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Re:Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis? on Monday July 25, 2011 @08:42PM (#2805441)
i would definitely pay to manage my rss feeds via its UI or at least through an API
Re:Poll: Do you use Google Reader on a daily basis? on Monday July 25, 2011 @08:39PM (#2805433)
i loved Google Reader until i started using feedly which is how reader _should_ have been implemented. i've been cycling through 15K+ items per month on reader for several years now and don't ever see myself not using rss for content discovery
Re:Bookmarklet: Hide MG Siegler's posts on TechCrunch on Monday July 25, 2011 @08:36PM (#2805419)
thanks, now i just have to filter him out of my techcrunch feed on google reader. he has good writing style i just can't help but feel he is secretly on Apple's payroll or heavily invested in the company
we struggled with the same desire to _not_ use flash, but were ultimately forced to. That said, you can still stream back the recorded video to iOS devices or other html5 clients using wowza
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup: http://liveshowdown.com on Friday April 22, 2011 @11:33PM (#2476192)
hmm been seeing battles constantly...definitely a bug. thx for the tip. if you're behind a firewall blocking udp traffic you will be unable to participate.
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup: http://liveshowdown.com on Friday April 22, 2011 @11:22PM (#2476170)
yeah i get that ... we've considered an "add me" button or "i want to play" but you can still participate without streaming. thx for the feedback!
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup: http://liveshowdown.com on Friday April 22, 2011 @11:20PM (#2476169)
you would vote for the one you like more. if thats not blindingly obvious then we definitely gotta improve that
Re:Ask HN: I quit my job .. now what? on Friday April 08, 2011 @09:58AM (#2423795)
I used tools to help me focus and organize my work, such as google tasks, remember the milk, and especially RallyDev community edition (free).

at some point it hits you that 'you are your own boss' means you have to tell yourself what to do

Re:Comparing clojure and node.js for speed on Thursday April 07, 2011 @06:15PM (#2421440)
node has no jvm, node starts up in milliseconds. node _is_ faster