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3,546karma·511submissions·September 4, 2008
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Founder of https://www.tokyodev.com/
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The current leaders are way overpriced IMO ($9 to $49 per month per agent–are you serious?) I'm assuming these services are targeting companies with people working full time on support, where that $…
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Ruby Forum is a web interface to the ruby-talk mailing list, and is not an official Ruby site.
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The article notes they didn't use any of EtherPad code. Why not?
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Yes, there is signal on the subways in Korea.
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From the official site: Content available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia, German, Italian, Czech, Bulgari…
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Following Japanese pronunciation rules, it would be fu-key-may (though like Heroku, it isn't a real Japanese word).
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It seems more like Google App Engine than Heroku, in that by using this service, you are tied to Parse's infrastructure and can't easily change.
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Whenever I've gone to a net cafe in Japan, I've always been asked for id.
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We've been using Harvest for years for this. What is your advantage over them?
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The grant was $2M, not the individual "suitcases".
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I wonder if he was inspired by NYC's Underground Grilled Cheese: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1713815
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My business partner and I were talking about a service like this the other day. If PintPay was to act as an OAuth provider, it might resolve the password issue.
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http://soundcloud.com/ is the most innovative platform in this area. The platform a great way for artists to share music with the world.
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When I first read about the Chaos Monkey, I had assumed it was used on their development/staging environment, but this article implies it is on their production system. Does anyone know which is corre…
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Nice example of the Knapsack Problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_problem
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weezic.com/en/download-free-sheet-music,mp3-accompaniment/mozart,k-191-k6-186e,bassoon-concerto,1:allegro-:43156:-bassoon Those are some crazy urls. Looks like the site is trying to stuff them full …
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[Edit: Looks like it's right there in the center and I'm just blind. :)] I couldn't find the pricing either, so I think it is hiding in plain sight.
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A developer who needs courage to delete code is probably doing things wrong in the first place. With source control and good testing, you should be able to delete code without fear.
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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=450702