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jaap_w··on Show HN: rmarkdown, awesome editor for awesome markdown
That confused me as well. It seems to have nothing to do with Rmarkdown which evaluates R code. However, this works pretty well (at least in FF 32).
jaap_w··on IPCC climate report: humans 'dominant cause' of warming
That small margin of uncertainty will keep the global warming denialists alive. In the coming days we will hear several myths from them about global warming. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6456476
jaap_w··on Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?
That's true, but that doesn't mean that JustFab's businessmethods are not a scam. See the discussion above about not including the Vip-membership in the checkout-flow.
jaap_w··on Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?
Ok, it's not illegal as I look at it. But it still feels like shady business. People tend to focus on the checkout button and don't realy see the VIP-announcement because it looks like a kind of advertisment. People are therefore (at least in my opinion) tricked into a subscription. It's not a way of doing business I like.
jaap_w··on 9,866,539 buildings in the Netherlands, shaded according to year of construction
Wow. Even the garage of my parent's house is on it, which isn't finished yet!
jaap_w··on Poll: Would you sell your startup for 5x to Google so they can kill it?
I certainly would consider it.
jaap_w··on How I invented Facebook. And completely failed to exploit it.
Lessons learned from this (a little bit sad) story: never give up your ideas, look beyond them, and persist in pursuing them.
jaap_w··on Germany refuses to sign ACTA (for now)
Its still not to late to sign the petition against ACTA: http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/
jaap_w··on Movable Type vs Wordpress?
Wordpress might be the better solution. It is easier to learn and has a larger user community.

Besides that Six Apart (the company behind Movable Type) has been acquired. Although they state that they will be supporting the bloggingplatforms in the future, the new company is aimed at advertising. Is the Movable Type will get the attention it deserves, can be questioned.