Poiesis

I honestly can't see how/why people care so much. Maybe I'm not doing HN right, but I usually don't have a lot of time to read a thread and make a cogent comment and stuck around for discussion. This is unfortunate; I think discussions are better than just one-off comments. But add to this the vanity of checking if my comments have been downvoted? Man, I've got better things to do.

I would personally choose not to over complicate things and simply make this the app "for when you absolutely, positively, have to be there." If there's a possibility of cancellation, well—you're looking for another app, then. I realize this will decrease the number of times the app is used, but I'd say complicating it would be worse.

If this was recently released, they sure have poor timing. If this has been around a while, seems like poor marketing.

You need to accept that your definition of quality may be different from that of your customers. Consider: do you write games in order that they be enjoyed by people? Then why are you marketing it in a way that will ensure that far fewer people even give it a second glance?

The only carrier I have found with decent coverage at my house is Verizon, who (as far as I can tell) charges me the same amount for a plan whether the phone is subsidized or not, on or off contract. Why shouldn't I get a subsidized plan?

Maybe there are deficiencies in marketing. I have wanted for the longest time a solution to the problem of "my switched outlet is on one side of the room but I want my lamp on the other side". Seems like everything out there is overkill.

I suspect there are decent solutions for this but they're not well marketed, or maybe I just suck at searching for this particular solution.

Last week I worked about 80 hours (salaried, large co.). I have a wife and three kids. Any time not spent at work is spent with kids or chores, usually simultaneously. GitHub is somewhere south of these priorities. If you as a potential employer are not ok with this, that is certainly your prerogative; I would even agree that spending that amount of time at work is not ideal.

Texture, you say? Try this on for size: http://www.comicbookfonts.com/Code-Monkey-Constant-p/cl343.h...

It's not free, but both a) reasonably priced and b) dirt cheap during their annual sale (that Andy Ihnatko has written about at length).

It's not for everyone, but it's a "Comic Sans Mono" (if you will) that's actually not aesthetically displeasing. I use it occasionally for code, just for fun.

"Good judgement comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgement."

There is a setting that might help, although it does not seem to affect the keyboard much if at all: Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Increase Contrast

Charge rent. Serve free coffee.

I had similar problems with WebGL on Firefox (Ubuntu) that went away when I upgraded to 23.

"(which I have no idea how much/or little that is)"

I humbly suggest that this is part of your problem.

I tried bumblebee it on 12.10, after unsuccessfully trying to install Nvidia drivers. It was...not a good experience. Ended up reinstalling 12.10 just to get Unity and a reasonable resolution back. I have no doubt that there was a fix (possibly involving xorg.conf editing) but I had already spent so much time it and I needed to get work done. Hopefully the new release is better here, but I don't hold much hope.

I'm not blaming bumblebee specifically here, it's just a pervasive side effect of Linux and the modular approach. I can really appreciate the integration that goes in to a Mac.

Interesting article, but the ending felt a little misplaced.

For reasons similar to those mentioned in the article, I've started to instead ask, "What do you do for fun?" The answers can end up being more interesting, and it allows people to define themselves in a way that's not tied to what they do for money. Unfortunately, the question can catch people off guard at times.

Could we just get a petition going or something to get this sauce in condiment packets? Last time I asked they didn't do this. No idea what the impediments would be (supply constraints? Fermentation?)

I actually don't like ketchup, but I'll use Huy Fong Sriracha as a ketchup substitute. It's got the sugar like ketchup, but it has additional flavor than just your standard ketchup bland sweetness.

What I think Tabasco excels at is dishes that traditionally are served with vinegar. The best example I've had is greens, like spinach or collard or turnip.

What are the benefits of using an icon font compared to just using svg icons? As far as I can tell, the only thing that a font can do better is get served in a single http request. I'd love to know what other differences are.

Not to mention corporate proxies that block YouTube. For many products we see on HN this may not be a big deal, but this kind of product is trying to get interest from the wry people who often have restrictive proxy settings: government and government contractors. (The video is blocked for me.)

I'm trying to outsource some tasks myself--mostly home repair--but I'm running into quality problems. I end up with a result that is not up to my standards, and it feels like I have to spend overly much time vetting people or dealing with tha back and forth about quality issues, etc. If I'm paying good money to get a task done, I don't want it to take up my time. If it does, I feel like I might as well have done it myself.

I'm working on changing this mindset but it's proving difficult.

In line with the people talking about giving these as gifts: what about the new Facebook gift platform?

I'm not totally sure I'd trust myself to give one of these as a gift, though, as I'd end up either creating a likeness of someone that they didn't like, or a completely narcissistic gift of my own likeness. But, hey, best of luck--I bet there are plenty of people who think otherwise!

I don't know if I would agree with that sentiment. Do you realize how much negotiation they've done with movie and music studios?

I'll point out that differing classes of service (and rates) for work with different turnaround times is standard in the medical transcription industry. There, a patient could literally be waiting to enter surgery because the transcribed pre-op report is late. But something like clinic notes would be much less time sensitive.

It's a brutal industry, though, lots of price pressure, and seemingly becoming commoditized.

The copy elsewhere on the page suggests that English is not the native language of the person writing the copy.

Ok, I have a 5.6 mile commute each way, with 300 feet ascent worst case (just under 100 ft descent). Charging at work is no problem. Is this going to be a good fit?

I hope this buried comment isn't overlooked, but let me caution the reader that intellectual curiosity is often interpreted as animosity. It took me many years to realize that my constant barrage of questions on, well, anything was offputing to a significant fraction of people I interacted with. Perhaps this is obvious to many of you, but it was not to me.

Personally, I enjoy his writing and feel like it's none of my business how the JSTOR case is going.

It does occur to me, though, that a post of his about legitimate self-critique might actually be somewhat related to regrettable past deeds such as you mention.

Or, I could be wrong. Who knows?

Another solution for this is a wiki instead of a Google doc. I've seen it work well. But the important part is to make it easy to use, easy to search, and easy to update. Then just make sure as many questions as possible are answerable by the wiki. About to type an email with an answer? It better have the link to the wiki in it.

It seems to me that the (arguably) best discussion sites are those governed by benign dictatorship: firm moderation and clear guidelines. Yes, there are edge cases where judgement must be made but clear guidelines make this easier.

Whenever I think of a good example of a community that has managed to stay pretty high-quality for some time, I can't help but think of Matt Haughey's Metafilter. I'm sure the nominal charge for membership helps, but the (paid) moderators are very good.

I can't help agreeing with Patrick here, but I'm not Colin so I can't really presume too much.

In any case I always thought that Colin could get out of the low price quicksand by launching an entirely rebranded service with updated pricing based on value to customer, etc. sure, keep the original guys around too. Throw in some perks on the "new" service that are attractive to enterprise customers. It's not every day you have a product of this quality and (potential) customers willing to pay so much.