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Re:On naming on Monday February 20, 2012 @03:06AM (#3611708)
cool, and here i thought i was alone in needing to take time to name things correctly.

had to name a variable earlier this week and even broke out the thesaurus. best i could muster was years_experienced_absolute :/

Re:India unveils world’s cheapest tablet computer for $35 on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @11:28AM (#3076049)
yet another world's cheapest [insert gadget] announcement. time to step it up, waiting for the day i hear world's best...
Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011) on Monday October 03, 2011 @05:18PM (#3068112)
Toronto, Canada; Kanetix - http://www.kanetix.ca

Looking for a developer with both front and back end skills who can get stuff done.

Our current web stack: linux, apache, perl, oracle sql, memcached, html/css/js).

Similar concept as www.leaky.com and www.coverhound.com, but for Canada and more established--recently acquired by a private equity firm. Offering competitive salary, incentive bonus, profit-sharing, health benefits, RRSP matching, free drinks, and a young and casual work environment.

  more info: http://www.kanetix.ca/job-website-developer
  email: [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (May 2011) on Thursday May 05, 2011 @01:38PM (#2518207)
Toronto, Canada; Kanetix - http://www.kanetix.ca

This month we're specifically looking for a developer with Java experience to work primarily on rating engines. You'd be working in a small team of 4 developers.

The majority of the work would be Java with some web development (our web stack: linux, apache, perl, oracle sql, memcached, html/css/js). An insurance background would be beneficial, but is not necessary.

Job posting: http://www.kanetix.ca/job-website-developer

Showed it to a non techie friend who loves to cook. Here's his amusing feedback...

  foodnetwork has an app where u can search a recipe then make a shopping list  
  that's useful
  an app that spits out random ingredients based on a search term does not impress me so much 
  search the term 'poo' in this amazing app then 'pee' 
  then 'shit' 
  no i know that bacon goes well with everything....but c'mon now
Nice job, works really well
Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (April 2011) on Friday April 01, 2011 @10:17AM (#2396304)
Toronto - Web Developer - http://www.kanetix.ca

Looking for a web developer to join our team who is interested in learning and wants to bring their skills and ideas to the table.

info: http://jobs.perl.org/job/13944

Re:Dudes, this is so not REST on Thursday March 17, 2011 @11:55AM (#2336540)
lol whoops, forgot my sarcasm tags. i was not advocating calling anything RESTish.
Re:Dudes, this is so not REST on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @01:08PM (#2328375)
how about calling it RESTish? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2242162
Re:Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography. on Monday December 13, 2010 @09:42AM (#2000569)
we used cufon for the last few years. looking to switch now since google preview doesn't support canvas and you end up with screenshots with no text
Re:Ask HN: Pet Peeves? on Monday November 15, 2010 @11:58AM (#1906954)
yep, doesn't belong here. (unless it was less generic)
Re:↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → b a on Monday November 15, 2010 @09:38AM (#1906346)
Re:Google's Inevitable Ruin Begins on Friday November 12, 2010 @03:14PM (#1899076)
excellent, just appended '/html' to the default browser search engine url.

would be great if instead of having to use specific urls that this could be set up as a preference in settings. still, i'm a happy camper :)

Re:Tell HN: I made a minimalist timer. Launching today. on Friday November 12, 2010 @03:05PM (#1899031)
familiar with html and css?

you could design the page to be completely fluid and use up to 100% of the screen width.

then use the meta viewport tag and/or media queries to size the page for mobiles. http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/09/combining_me...

used the technique here, only difference is i set max-width http://concertsto.com

Re:Tell HN: I made a minimalist timer. Launching today. on Thursday November 11, 2010 @12:22PM (#1894475)
does the job. ui doesn't look too great though.

why so small? countdown time should take up entire screen.

Re:Google's Inevitable Ruin Begins on Thursday November 11, 2010 @12:05PM (#1894394)
this. the "improved" image search is terrible. very finicky and even hard to use--hardly simple.

re: ddg. regular user, but as others have pointed out already the ajax load for results is annoying (because it's slow and flashy/jerky).

Re:When a bullied kid grows up on Friday October 08, 2010 @02:42PM (#1772804)
pretty much mirrors my outcome. some social anxiety, lone wolf tendencies, with situational/social awareness thrown in there. can't complain really, although makes me wonder how i would have turned out had it not been for the rough childhood
Re:Why I won't TurnItIn on Thursday September 30, 2010 @04:21PM (#1744678)
doesn't look too promising. let us know if you are successful.

"Requests to remove papers from the [student paper] database must be submitted to the Turnitin help desk by the institution's Turnitin account administrator."

Re:Retain leading zeros in CSV (simple solution) on Thursday September 30, 2010 @03:59PM (#1744602)
or use a dedicated csv editor. i use CSVed.
Re:Why WordPress theming sucks on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @04:19PM (#1717381)
never used posterous, but it looks more similar to blogger than wordpress. well suited for churning out a simple blog.
Re:Why WordPress theming sucks on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @04:00PM (#1717311)
you're correct. the differences between wordpress and blogger are vast. you've mentioned the big ones already.

blogger is...

- easy to setup

- hard to customize

- limited in terms of features / plugins (if any)

- hosted as a service

Re:Why WordPress theming sucks on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @02:12PM (#1717012)
so 3 of his rants could have been resolved by simply reading the docs. brilliant.
care to elaborate how it compares to other js templating frameworks? (ie. features, speed)
Re:Trouble with Diaspora on Friday September 17, 2010 @12:16PM (#1701642)
agreed. not sure what direction they intend to go in
# Do this twice because its stupid and won't work once

# I apologize for how messy this is. Blame it on an inconsistent database structure. I did the best I could.

Re:My Declaration of Disconnection on Thursday September 16, 2010 @04:06PM (#1698960)
why is it so difficult to just not use it?

when i felt things were "out of control" i trimmed down my friend list by half and stopped contributing needlessly (no status updates, photos, comments, etc.)

i'll login roughly once a day, peek at my newsfeed, comment where i feel it's productive and log out.

deactivating your account because you use it alot is stupid since facebook does provide some usefulness. it's all about moderation, no?

Re:VisitorVille: SimCity meets Web Analytics on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @09:31AM (#1571019)
i've installed and used it in a few years ago at a previous organization. it's alot of eye candy and nothing more. very limiting in terms of analytics (you're better off with google's offering). if i recall correctly we dropped it shortly after signing up.

despite it's shortcomings it's kinda fun to watch for awhile if you have significant traffic.

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