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Re:From Idea to Execution: Mantaphrase's Japanese Heritage
on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @03:07PM (#4754939)
I'm curious to see how smooth the interaction is with this product. It seems it could be awkward to ask a stranger who doesn't speak your language to look at your iPhone and click buttons to communicate with you.
On the other hand, if they can make it feel "magical", it will be an impressive achievement.
Re:Notes from UPenn's Forum on Brogramming and Sexism in Computer Science
on Thursday March 22, 2012 @10:58PM (#3743416)
This is how I interpret it too. It's self-deprecating and ironic. It is a complex reference though, so its not surprising that some people misinterpret it.
Re:Balsamiq integrates with UX.StackExchange.com
on Monday February 27, 2012 @02:50PM (#3640356)
This is really awesome. I will use this a ton.
Re:HackerEngine: A payment-ready Rails app with Bootstrap, Stripe, and...
on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:22AM (#3584710)
This a little unfinished but I have a python alternative to this that is Open Source. Velocity Bootstrap is the name, here is the location - https://github.com/robee/velocity-boilerplate-public
Re:Authentication made easy, fast and RESTful
on Friday December 09, 2011 @12:11AM (#3332674)
The HMAC library in Python still uses MD5 (http://docs.python.org/library/hmac.html) which is known to be exploitable with hash collisions. My opinion is that its not too difficult to roll a MAC setup using some SHA based hash.
Facebook's JavelinJS framework page has been hacked. javelinjs.com
Re:Vidyard’s (YC S11) video service just one-upped every competitor
on Thursday November 17, 2011 @01:37PM (#3248677)
You guys are killing it! Making Waterloo proud.
Re:Google In-App Payments for the web
on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @06:36PM (#2783439)
Thanks for the heads up. Hot-fixing now.
Re:Google In-App Payments for the web
on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:35PM (#2783199)
Willet payments (http://getwillet.com ) is a similar product but has what I believe a better integration process and lower barriers to entry for both buyers and sellers. Willet supports in-app payments for one time purchases, subscriptions and repeatable purchases.
(Full disclosure: I am a co-founder of Willet )
Online payment integration does not have to suck.
A BitCoin Miner Video Review by Barbara
How to get Spotify in North America
Ask HN: How do I learn to do "Web Scale" projects well?
After reading this post ( http://www.philwhln.com/quoras-technology-examined) about Quora's technology and and large scale web infrastructure, I thought to myself, Wow this interesting. But then I thought, How the hell did they know what to do?-Where do I go to learn this kind of stuff ?
Grooveshark makes a stand against the music industry.
What do real writers want from a writing host like pen.io or quitewrite
webapps like pen.io and quitewrite provide a service where writers can have a nice place to host their writing outside of a blog, pdf or ebook format. Are there any writers out there who KNOW what they want? What are the key features, what keeps you coming back and what are the nice-to-haves.Some possibilities to get the discussion started. - Sharing features ( Twitter, Facebook , Reddit?) -...
Re:Don't distract new programmers with OOP
on Thursday March 17, 2011 @02:42AM (#2335300)
Object Oriented programming exists because it is how humans conceptualize the world around them. Humans think in objects and actions on, in and between objects. OOP is a translation of natural thinking into systems and behaviors. Why is this a bad thing, especially for learning?
I guess my question is, why does OOP and an natural translation between the real world and the code world lead to this discussion and a certain level of condescension around utilizing the concepts of OOP?
Re:Ask HN: Why is Canada startup unfriendly?
on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:58PM (#2215200)
Take the example of Waterloo,
There is enough passion and help for startups like Communitech (http://communitech.ca) and Velocity (http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca), there just isn't enough people willing to take the financial risk that an early stage startup needs to expand. Inevitably, once a certain maturity is reached, startups move to the Valley.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Canada startup unfriendly?
on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:54PM (#2215185)
The virtuous circle of startups that has occured in the Valley has yet to happen in Canada. The virtuous circle being Startups that make it big or have large exits, helping bring money to more up and coming startups. There are no Kevin Rose's that have startups ( arguably successful ) that are now funding other startups.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Canada startup unfriendly?
on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:52PM (#2215171)
I am originally from Regina, SK and it seems like there is a lot of CS research in the Gaming space, but the startup community there is almost non existent. The majority of the programmer talent goes to the government IT shops and the consulting firms that help the government IT shops.
Re:Ask HN: College startups?
on Sunday February 13, 2011 @10:48PM (#2215160)
Velocity residence at the University of Waterloo is basically for the purpose of dorm room startups.
Re:Show HN: Pen.io
on Thursday February 10, 2011 @12:32AM (#2200923)
Or Publ.ca
Re:Show HN: Publ.ca - Instant and Beautiful Web Publishing
on Thursday February 03, 2011 @01:07PM (#2175811)
I want the writer to be in full control. They should be the originator of the tweet. What do you think of only being able to re-tweet a story, IE) if the writer wants to tweet it originally they can but if they don't, others cannot tweet on their behalf.
Re:Show HN: Publ.ca - Instant and Beautiful Web Publishing
on Thursday February 03, 2011 @01:28AM (#2173887)
Thats pretty good- find some way to aggregate the tweets and facebook comments about the story. Something like Echo but something that fits the overall feel.
Re:Show HN: Publ.ca - Instant and Beautiful Web Publishing
on Thursday February 03, 2011 @01:23AM (#2173876)
Thanks
Show HN: Publ.ca - Instant and Beautiful Web Publishing
Hey Everyone,So this was a weekend project that I did basically as a favor to a friend of mine who is a writer. This friend wanted a simple way to publish his short stories on the web that gave him a short url for tweeting and had no associated branding with the published work. Essentially this is what I have done here with publ.ca . My question is that I want to know where I should take...