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backspace

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About backspace

Blunt. Concise.

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    Comment #7401583

    There's Even on Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prasio.eve... ) which uses powers of 2. It's really addictive!

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    Comment #5028881

    Sure, you can be a good manager and write great code at the same time. But not on the same project or company. Maybe your pet project outside of work or an open source project. To …

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    Comment #4883966

    Step back from the marketing speak hyperbole and read that last sentence again. All you're saying is that "this app lets you take a picture and print it".

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    Comment #4546188

    Ever read Techcrunch?

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    Comment #4272857

    5 people in a small startup and not many mainstream users. It's very much early adopter.

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    Comment #4272406

    Simply put: that's a risk you take for being an early adopter. Deal with it, there's a good chance it will happen with any/all early adoption startup products out there.

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    Comment #4252340

    Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers). She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google but over the years ha…

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    Comment #4252321

    I'm sorry but I find it so hilarious. I worked at Yahoo and Google both. I know both their cultures (and especially the culture at Yahoo after all the good engineers left). IMHO, s…

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    Comment #4225855

    Wow, haven't read such a vaporware article in awhile. The author promises a "I'm going to change 30+ years of email UI/UX" and instead proposes 4 different labels and a workflow th…

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    Comment #4164221

    Sure, I understand you now. You're taking the content-centric approach vs. the social-centric approach. Which I guess should have been your question all along if you were adding th…

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    Comment #4164016

    I don't understand your logic here. If your site deals with a niche subject, wouldn't you want Google to recommend more in-site links to your visitors (especially ones you care eno…

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    Comment #4040539

    I'm so fortunate that I don't know anyone who needs a wheelchair. There's no market for that kind of useless thing really. Aren't crutches enough?

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    Comment #4021192

    Adding to what you said, someone who discovers, attempts and solves this solution is already better than 70% of the programmers out there. They show promise of being motivated to c…

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    Comment #4020660

    While your pitch deck is beautiful (no argument here), your usability is less than average. If those navigational elements are meant to be sections, why do you not support back/for…

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    Comment #4020633

    This is exactly why I both love and fear the power of Kickstarter. It enables half-thought out ideas (claimed as "projects") to have a way to sucker good people out of their money.…

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    Comment #4020622

    Couldn't agree with you more. I can't even fathom how ludicrous this idea is. What possible reason is there for a language to have a TLD? Let's make custom TLDs for .py, .java, .c,…

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    Comment #3993395

    This is Hacker News. Where hard working entrepreneurs look for advice, hope, reality checks, and support. Yes, Facebook has wildly exceeded what most people expected. But to build …

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    Comment #3983214

    A great engineer is superior to an average engineer mostly due to their communication skills.

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    Comment #3956636

    Usual practice in most companies. It protects them from exactly these sorts of things. Most companies that have this agreement in place also have a similar agreement when joining t…

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    Comment #3956628

    Yes, debt can be (and usually is) zeroed out when you leave a company. As I explained in another comment, most companies (don't know about Miso) make you sign an agreement during y…

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    Comment #3956582

    I agree with your central theme that more data is better. That's why as I suggested, he should have handled it on his own and taken legal action against them, so that there was a c…

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    Comment #3956568

    No they cannot refuse to send him his last paycheck. I can't speak for the paperwork involved when leaving Miso, but most companies make you sign an agreement (often in the exit in…

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    Comment #3956553

    Your stance is very black or white - either you're for the employee or you're a founder. I don't think it's quite that clear. As an employee, I wholeheartedly agree that he should …

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    Comment #3956178

    I disagree. Handling things professionally and keeping people honest are two different things. There is no "service to the SV community" that this guy is doing by airing dirty laun…

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    Comment #3859454

    VC's are working for their investors, and this startup is probably more apt for Kickstarter funding. But my salient point is that average consumers cannot and usually will not do t…