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simianstyle··on Dropbox’s Web Interface Gets An Overhaul
One of the only 2 web apps, and only Y-Combinator based app, that I pay for. Great work guys.
simianstyle··on Ask HN: How do you learn to be creative?
Get outside of your comfort zone and experiment with things that would otherwise seem 'ugly' to you.
simianstyle··on Firefox add-ons for Web developers
I just use digital color meter (mac) or colorpix (windows) instead of colorpix. Less browser overhead :-)
simianstyle··on Ask HN: How many of you (coders) use marijuana?
Whenever I smoke marijuana I just want to eat and watch movies. So even though it's impossible to measure, for me it has an absolute negative effect in terms of coder productivity.
simianstyle··on Academic Hacker News
Invest in a favicon :-)
simianstyle··on Nicole Sullivan’s Object Oriented CSS
Each to one's own - it's not like CSS isn't publicly accessible by anybody.
simianstyle··on Can a musician sell their music online?
Beatport is mostly an outlet for electronic music, thus satisfying a particular niche. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, as I've bought music from Beatport before, however I think it's a bit harder in the general sense to sell music online.
simianstyle··on A single line assignment filled with epic fail
Doesn't bug #4 eliminate supposed bugs #2 and #3? The intent for the author of the code would have produced bugs #2 & #3, however since that isn't the case, there are only really 3 bugs.

Either way, this rant doesn't really offer any insight on the programs context, and what the author should have done. Nothing to learn here folks.

PS - Can we stop using "epic fail" and other internet-fanboy like colloquialisms in our titles please?

simianstyle··on Do you set goals?
This may sound a bit shallow, but the only thing that's ever worked for me is I always ask myself the question: "What is the next step that I can do right now to make me the wealthiest man on this planet?"

This usually leads me down a path of questions that result in me having to teach myself something to build something to solve a particular problem which fulfills a need. I know that this may seem vague, but try it in your own context of life and see what answers it yields you.

simianstyle··on Is it going to rain?
lol @ div#prophylactic
simianstyle··on [dead]
Digg called, they want their stories back.

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simianstyle··on ASK HN: Do you remember what it was like when you first used the internet
Pokemon!
simianstyle··on Rate My Startup - Dawdle.com Is A "Moronically Easy" Online Marketplace For Gamers
Reminds me of apple.com for some reason.
simianstyle··on 14 celeb-powered start-ups: Where are they now?
Wu-Chess? Startup? Seriously?
simianstyle··on [dead]
So what.
simianstyle··on Why is the Web still so U.S.-centric?
Because as consumers we have more time/money to spend on the web than the vast majority of the population of countries like China and India.
simianstyle··on Ask YC: Intact Medieval Towns?
Also check out "In Bruges" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/

One of my favorite movies :-)

simianstyle··on Turn any tumblr into a playlist
Ah you're right - must have been my network. This is some good stuff!
simianstyle··on Turn any tumblr into a playlist
Looks like it's down for me.
simianstyle··on Purging The Stupid
The only time YouTube comments have ever been useful to me was when they identify a song that is played during the video (as a soundtrack to something or part of a mixtape that was posted online.) Admittedly the videos that have these songs that I tend to look for usually have less than 1000 views, so your theory of getting rid of all the comments would still be pretty accurate.
simianstyle··on Ask YC: What do you actually pay for, you, yourself?
My domain.
simianstyle··on Ask YC: Feedback on BreakkUp.com
Nice concept, but i'd work on the design a bit. Overuse of the color red might be a bit much for some users.
simianstyle··on Trust customers over VCs
Didn't they take money from Bezos' fund?
simianstyle··on My Startup project: Qhoga.com
I like it a lot, however some of the results seem to be 'old' links that don't exist anymore. e.g., I searched for a black leather sofa, and got amazing results that however didn't exist anymore on the target site. Maybe consider updating your index more often (not sure how difficult of a problem that is for you), but still - great site!
simianstyle··on Project BlueEye - Ixpcam
Is it just me or are the HN headlines becoming too similar to those of reddit?
simianstyle··on Ask YC: Does anyone know of a bank whose online account doesn't suck?
I switched from BOA to Sovereign recently and I've been pretty happy with their online banking so far. However, I don't really use it for super intensive tasks (paying bills, etc).
simianstyle··on Mike Maples: The Party is Over
As a developer with some spare time and an idea, this certainly won't be stopping me.
simianstyle··on AgencyTool Web Design Dashboard
Nice resource, but why did you leave such a huge gap below the footer and the bottom of the page?
simianstyle··on [dead]
While I understand the issue at hand, I have to say that this is just dumb.
simianstyle··on The Downside to Freelancing
I just quit my job and started freelancing, and one thing that I have to point out is that although I'm working from home now, It still sometimes feels like a 9-5 job. I can only handle one contract at a time, and will get burned out if I do more than 8-10 hours of work a day. The weekends are all mine however (including Fridays).
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