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Encosia

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About Encosia

I'm an independent consultant, software developer, and author.

Email: dave@encosia.com Blog: http://encosia.com

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    Comment #10615024

    There's Shapeways. I've ordered a couple pieces from them and both turned out well.

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    Comment #10479846

    Make sure you have the required ~16GB of free disk space that it requires temporarily for the download.

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    Comment #10469050

    I've seen that before, but it's essentially the opposite of disavowing isn't it? He's doing quite a bit of rationalizing and misdirecting in that post, IMO. At the time, I remember…

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    Comment #10467622

    Did YC ever disavow InstallMonetizer? (honest question)

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    Comment #10433255

    Are there many CDNs that serve static content without good caching headers? I haven't seen that myself, except in the case of the automatic latest version feature that some have/ha…

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    Comment #10432858

    Assuming you serve the CDN content with good caching headers, there's no connection required in the case of a cache hit.

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    Comment #10399865

    I think the $23k was a pound to dollar conversion of the amount less than advertised.

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    Comment #10346097

    Don't get me wrong. I don't in any way condone people flying drones in restricted airspace. There are so many other (safe) places to fly that it makes no sense to endanger people a…

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    Comment #10344554

    With all due respect to your experience, digging into the details of the FAA's data on these supposed drone encounters is telling: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/drones-are-the-n…

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    Comment #10344207

    Drones are the new UFO. If a pilot or passenger sees a bird, balloon, or odd reflection these days, it's a "drone". Be skeptical about the recent uptick in fear mongering about the…

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    Comment #10324954

    Freight Micro Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/freight-micro-pro

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    Comment #10287942

    The y-axis is labeled "Unique Visitors".

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    Comment #10203821

    Can you describe what you mean by getting the run around? Are they giving you feedback that they're unhappy with the result and don't want to pay you? Are they saying/implying that…

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    Comment #10195649

    Out of the box, a Surface Pro 3 definitely does not spin up the fan just checking email, unless you're checking email with Chrome. Gmail on Chrome ended up being more resource inte…

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    Comment #10178378

    Be sure to click the "Turn bullshit on?" link at the top-right for a chuckle.

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    Comment #10097616

    His layout seems fine to me. Out of curiosity, I shrunk the sidebar down to 20%, but found that the main difference was that it made the content's line length uncomfortably long to…

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    Comment #10093668

    The messy ones? Sure. Most of them haven't needed any work at all though.

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    Comment #10093485

    If you're looking at overall traffic, combining mobile, tablet, and desktop/laptop, that's probably in the ballpark of correct, but that simplistic measure isn't something I would …

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    Comment #10089950

    What trouble are you running into with APN? I just went through that exercise with a cordova app a few weeks ago, and might be able to help if you need it. My email is in my profil…

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    Comment #10088543

    You do run into messy ones that you basically have to repair before you use, but those themes are often very high quality under the hood.

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    Comment #10070717

    Definitely. Austin was just the first example that came to mind, but I think you're right that spreading out to several regional hubs is also likely (and preferable, IMO).

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    Comment #10070560

    That's interesting, but we (as far as I know) weren't talking about game development, but about TV/movie production. Most people don't realize it, but many recent high-budget movie…

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    Comment #10070274

    > There's no "Second Hollywood" in the United States. Look into what's been going on in Georgia for the past few years. Not a replacement for Hollywood yet, but it's a good example…

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    Comment #10060945

    I doubt you'd say that if you owned one of the affected VWs.

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    Comment #10035957

    I have seen weirdness from time to time, but mostly no. I just asked someone to send me a test message while the Gmail window was focused, and it came to both locations. Oddly, whe…