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Peppa Pig is at least funny. The one that pushed me over the edge wrt to behavior modeling was Caillou. My god people have some self respect as parents. You have to have to create …

> It is bad practice to have your authentication database be the same as your app database. No, this is resume-driven-development, Google-scale-wannabe FUD. Understand your require…

What do you mean "you geeks", is this fucking high school?

We did not publicize it in any way because we are a legit film streaming company with hundreds of distributors worldwide, and no good can come from any awareness of a site that loo…

But what would be the advantage over just running Drupal on PHP?

Yes, but if you fuck it up heads are gonna roll.

I switched to Notational Velocity years ago after trying to type things into Evernote, yet I am a premium user. Why? Because Evernote's killer feature is pasting in any kind of con…

It's not about people who don't know what computers are. It's about creating simple solutions to common problems. Most people do not want to fiddle with their computers regardless …

Could you elaborate on: > Sandboxing non-App store apps I thought sandboxing was only required for App store apps?

Sure dependency hell, it's a problem anywhere. It's the worst in Rails though. Absolutely 100 times worse than PHP.

> If something with Drupal's advantages were available within Rails (as an engine or what have you) it would be a clear game-over for other stacks vs. Rails. I have to disagree her…

Aside from PHP being around twice as long and around for years during the nascent phase of open source web apps, the number one reason it has more and more popular turnkey apps is …

I know as well as anyone the relative futility of relying on HN, Reddit, or TC coverage for building a successful tech product. Feedback and traffic from social news is merely a bl…

There was an article posted here a while ago that made the case that Lisp is so powerful that it makes it feasible to do much more yourself rather than relying on libraries, and th…

I don't think he consciously thinks that, but his entire argument seems to stem from Facebook being such a necessity that they are morally obligated to follow social norms or be so…

I don't think it's ironic because Anil clearly values Facebook and wants them to "do the right thing". This is made clear in the opening paragraph: > Now, Facebook follows the step…

Very true, however I think the talent and ability of a technical team is just the tip of the iceberg here. The real coup that the Obama campaign pulled off was bringing a top-fligh…

What's the value of humility in the professional world? Honesty, integrity, credit where credit is due, etc, but an overdeveloped sense of humility is the best way to go unrecogniz…

I think you've spent more time reading social news linkbait than actually using ruby or examining its community at the ground level. > The whole tone of this article is a good exam…

But haven't you been consistent on the co-founder line since before YC was founded, and hence before you had significant data? Wouldn't that bias your YC data as well, which as far…

How is it not free distribution?

> In the same way that BMW is a luxury brand, except to those who want to buy Ferrari and Bently. These people have even more money to spend and are not receptive to Starbucks. Sta…

I didn't have sympathy for Facebook when their traditional ads turned out to be worthless and the price fell through the floor. Likewise I don't have sympathy for businesses who fe…

A sponsored post can stick around for a while. But in any case, if a user doesn't come they don't charge. It's exceedingly unlikely that 100% of your followers will see a post, but…

> Just because you enjoy a certain brand doesn't mean you actually want to know every little thing they're doing. Twitter is more obvious semantically, but heavy Likers of brands o…