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Sthorpe

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From programming in basic on the commodore 64 to writing web applications, Scott has always loved working with technology. As Founder and CEO of MogoTix, Scott contributes more than a decade of web startup experience to the company. Previous to MogoTix, Scott founded and operated Fynspire, a successful web development company based in San Francisco.

http://www.mogotix.com http://www.startuptrader.com http://www.blockpire.com http://www.editpage.co

http://www.hackernewsers.com/users/Sthorpe.html

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510.517.4459

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Sthorpe··on Ezra Zygmuntowicz has died
Right there with you. I can't count the number of times he helped me on IRC.
Sthorpe··on Louis C.K. sees ticket scalping drop over 96% by selling tickets himself
Seriously,...no body even noticed MogoTix ticketing Facebook's f8 event last year? www.mogotix.com my startup. However, I don't believe MogoTix is the disruption this industry needs.
Sthorpe··on Alan Turing's 100th Birthday - Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, scientist
Here's to a man who brought newtonian's out of the stone age. Chaos baby,...Chaos.

Ref: http://youtu.be/R6NnCOs20GQ

Sthorpe··on Snow Crash movie to be written and directed by Joe Cornish
Why isn't Mr. Stephenson writing the script? Doesn't even look like he cares,...which makes me wonder if I should.

On another note, Ender's Game is coming out and Orson Scott Card fought hard to get the right actors and write the script. Oh how I can't wait for this....

Sthorpe··on Viral Video About Body Scanners
I personally struggle when writing. However, when I write something important, I make sure to have someone proof read it. The message shouldn't be lost by simple grammar errors. And so,...I would say its a intelligence problem.
Sthorpe··on People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
I honestly think this is the best piece of rhetoric to keep our old system in place.

The system is awful, but its the best we got. I'd prefer if we brought back our philosophers and started to have large debates on the writing of new law.

We are to afraid to change our old old system. Depressing.

Sthorpe··on Introducing Collusion: Discover who’s tracking you online
Ahh, I signed up so long ago I had forgotten.
Sthorpe··on Introducing Collusion: Discover who’s tracking you online
Here is my version of a tracker I wrote. https://github.com/sthorpe/tracked

It sniffs your local packets and tells you all the sites that connect to your computer while you browse.

Then I organize them by number of times connected to your computer. It reveals some really weird sites. Like somehow pandora knows my age and sex....

Sthorpe··on Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus
Just bought this http://neurosky.com/Products/MindSet.aspx one like 30 minutes ago.

If you email me, I will let you know what its like.

Sthorpe··on Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus
Holy crap,...just bought this.

http://www.plxwave.com/

Sthorpe··on Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus
I was just thinking how awesome it would be to have a graph of my brain waves so I could tune them to alpha waves while coding. :)
Sthorpe··on Facebook's S-1 Filing
"In the first quarter of 2012, our compensation committee discussed and approved a request by our CEO to reduce his base salary to $1 per year, effective January 1, 2013."

Awesome.

Sthorpe··on Stripe: instant payment processing for developers
Stripe, recently saved me. I am still fighting with my merchant processor *First Data who is awful. I talked to Stripe via Sean Harper with FeeFighters and I was up and rolling in 20 minutes. Yes, Jaw drop fast. Most payment processors require at least two weeks to be setup. Their UI/UX is beautiful and simple. When I need help I get it immediately. I love this company. :)
Sthorpe··on Dear procrastinator
The simple truth about procrastination is that it happens because you delay your happiness. The act that you are procrastinating or putting off is motivated by a risk of your final reward.
Sthorpe··on Why my Mom Bought an Android, Returned It, and Got an iPhone
Paying for SMS is awful. Just out of curiosity how would you suggest we don't, "just bend over and take it?"
Sthorpe··on Zero to a Million Users in 15 Days
One small request. On iphone signup, don't have the password field in visible text.
Sthorpe··on Ask HN: What tools do you use to monitor your LAMP server(s)?
STACK: MySQL, RoR, Nginx, Mongrel, Monit Fun. We use:

- Newrelic

- Engineyard: http monitor

- Hoptoad for errors

- Some custom daemon scripts that fire emails when background processes aren't working.

Sthorpe··on Ask HN: Is it bad to entertain an idea that has already been tried?
I love building stuff. Its one of those guilty pleasures that consume my weekends. The truth about fun projects is that you can waste your life away working on them. I would recommend that you really think about this idea more. Maybe you could see yourself doing this for much longer than a weekend? Why not?
Sthorpe··on Newsflash: Founders Don't Really Care About AngelGate
So writing this and posting it means you do care.....just sayin.
Sthorpe··on Hey, Guys, It's Totally Okay If You Don't Get Rich
I could careless about money. I'm actually horrible with it. I build things and break a lot of stuff. One thing I have become obsessed about is reaching my goals. Not sure if i'm the only one, but I am terrified of myself. For example, has anyone set a goal in the beginning of the year and then on December 31 reviewed how far they got? A new years resolution? I have gotten very serious about my routines and where they take me. I have been surprised by how hard it is to keep a goal in sight and develop routines that help me reach it. But, so far, my new routine has become my happiness. I wish for all of you the same.
Sthorpe··on Cells. A massively multi-agent Python programming game.
I have dreamt about this for years. I want to rent out a big warehouse and get a bunch of artists and programmers together to create/play a game like this. And then everyone just watches (like a movie) at the end.

I would WAY rather do this than go to a movie or play videogames. I mean think of all the programming you would learn and get good at. After playing video games I just feel tired and my fingers hurt.

Let me know if anyone wants to help me organize something like this.

Sthorpe··on Smokescreen - a Flash player written in Javascript and HTML5
I completely agree with you. However, I don't think this is a invention directly out of necessity. Instead, I would say closed systems with a controlled goal might be the fertilizer for a better design.
Sthorpe··on Smokescreen - a Flash player written in Javascript and HTML5
Its amazing that Apple has caused innovation by banning flash. I wonder if this is sustainable, maybe an example of innovation?
Sthorpe··on What To Do With Your Millions
I always wonder why more millionaires aren't building the next iphone or a new operating system. Maybe playing with AI theories.

I mean, am I the only hacker who dreams of being a mad scientist, where I can have teams of people working on all the many new idea's I have. I'm frankly pissed, I want my hoverboard. :)

Sthorpe··on The Twitter Platform
Should be easy for Twitter to put a limit on the number of ads that will be inserted during a period of time. Like build it into their API. API ads.

Kinda lame though. They could have just made it part of their TOS. Only X number of ads can be shown after X tweets.

Twitter must have $$ in the eyes.

Sthorpe··on Why does the Moon look so huge on the horizon?
But the key point is having some other objects in the picture that will give you the perspective change.
Sthorpe··on Etherpad Foundation
I keep wondering what they could have become if they didn't get bought.

Maybe the new printing press?

Sthorpe··on Now this is how you pitch your product to an open source company
Love the idea. I did find a down page btw.

http://api.embed.ly/about

Sthorpe··on Review our mobile ticket site, beta launch
Actually we only work in the US right now. We were using clickatell but they are going through a huge audit right now. As soon as clickatell gets their act together we will support other countries. Shoot us a email and I will let you know when we have it working again.
Sthorpe··on Review our mobile ticket site, beta launch
Great. We would love to talk, anytime.
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