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joeblau

3,944karma·1,828submissions·January 11, 2012
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Yeah, me too. I think I got to this too late to understand what's going on here :)
13y ago·view thread
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> just be wicked smart, create a beautiful product, get millions of users, and build a revenue stream that grows 20% each month. If you did this, why would you need YC?
14y ago·view thread
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This thing looks amazing. I didn't want to fire up Mathematica to render these charts but I love D3. Thanks!
14y ago·view thread
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One of the tags says "vector" so they may be able to produce higher resolution files. That said, I think the @2x should be in there if people want to use these for mobile.
14y ago·view thread
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As a developer only have surface level interaction with Android, this looks like a great tool to get started.
14y ago·view thread
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It's probably using openssl on the back end which is open source. http://www.openssl.org/
14y ago·view thread
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Well from what I've looked at, it seems that at least four entities will receive copies of every key pair. One to csr.io, one to Google Adsesne, one to Google Analytics, and one for the user.
14y ago·view thread
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Looks like Google Ads and Google Analyics are both running on the page with your private key and public key. So every key pair generated is probably stored by both of those services--forever.
14y ago·view thread
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Wow, this past weekend I was looking for a library that did something like this and then here you come showing me right where to find it! Thanks J
14y ago·view thread
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I see the same problem on my MacBook Air :).
14y ago·view thread
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This is usually what I check if I think a site is down -- http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://dcurt.is/
14y ago·view thread
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This looks awesome! I was wondering how long it would take for companies with Twitter clients to port over to App.net. The App.net platform looks like it may give Twitter a run for its money.
14y ago·view thread
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NFC requires you to physically be at the location and QR codes don't. For example, you can take a pic of a QR code and upload the picture for anyone else to scan. NFC only works if you're near :).
14y ago·view thread
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I don't understand why Nokia doesn't just make a commercial instead of some home movie blog post? Their tech is better so advertise that; Part of Apples success is controlling the 5W's of presenting …
14y ago·view thread
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Where did you see that? Someone else said the same thing.
14y ago·view thread
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I never claimed that any of those companies invented any of the technologies. I'm just saying that after those companies became huge successes in their respective business segments, Google came thoug…
14y ago·view thread
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Really? I remember when I first used Google Maps coming from being a Map Quest user, I was blown away that I could scroll without having to refresh the page.
14y ago·view thread
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I agree that the obsession against Google is hurting Apple, but I also feel that Apple is not the only company with a vendetta against Google. Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, Mozilla, and Dropbox are a fe…
14y ago·view thread
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Derogatory term for someone from the Philippines (Filipino).
14y ago·view thread
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I love this post as the line for the new iPhone at the SF Apple Store is wrapped up Stockton, down Ellis, all the way to Powell
14y ago·view thread
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Yeah, app developers definitely got the worst of it. I haven't seen many articles where users have complained though.
14y ago·view thread
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Twitter's Strategy: Step 1 - Standardize message format and control access points for consumption of Twitter content enabling easier ad unit injection into the Twitter stream. Step 2 - ?? Step 3 - Pro…
14y ago·view thread
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This is amazing! I would like to see how they put this together.
14y ago·view thread
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I noticed that a lot of the UX designs have that flat UI/Metro style.
14y ago·view thread
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Oh so that's how it loses my messages or doesn't send them to the intended recipient until 4-5 days laster. Sweet.
14y ago·view thread
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I did something like this for a government project 6 years ago. We had to email a status update (HTML) and we couldn't have any images so we found a site that turned images into tables. Worked great!…
14y ago·view thread
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The benchmark for the modern web is what feels fastest in every day use. Chrome.
14y ago·view thread
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What league are you in? I hope GM!
14y ago·view thread
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Thanks so much for the resources. I knew of a few, but the rest helped a lot!
14y ago·view thread
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Nice find. I wonder what they were guilty of?
14y ago·view thread