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jbillingsley

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About jbillingsley

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    Comment #3924269

    I've had (very) modest success at passive income ($60-100 a month) with a niche iPhone app. The nice thing about it is that it is truly passive. I haven't touched the ting in over …

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    Comment #2560692

    Not a hack really just a gross oversight on Sony's part.

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    Ask HN: Three questions for your users

    What are three general questions you would ask your product users after you've just launched? What do you most want to know about users/potential users at this critical time?

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    Comment #2052381

    Now you can see why the government wants to privatize everything. If it's a private institution they can infringe upon your rights however they like.

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    Ask HN: Charging for niche app a money grab?

    I recently created a simple iPhone app that solves a small problem for a niche group of people of which I am a member. I posted on one of the community's main forums about this app…

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    Comment #1988440

    Add a really awesome voice control interface to this and I could see it being nice in a consumer context.

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    Comment #1919118

    I came here to make the exact same comment...

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    Comment #1843710

    I can't for the life of me remember what I put out on geocities but it was probably something to do with Star Wars. I think my username back then was Fett82. Good times...

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    Comment #1842853

    It's nice to see some noteworthy CS/Mathmatics accomplishments coming from outside Stanford and MIT. But perhaps I'm biased being from the Dallas area.

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    Comment #1808645

    If I'm understanding this correctly the competition wouldn't be dev vs dev but store vs store. If that is the case then your app becomes a commodity and each store will try to comp…

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    Comment #1808410

    The idea of "one or more" stores distributing these apps seems likely to hurt profit margins for developers. I was intrigued until they mentioned that aspect.

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    Ask HN: Sacred Cows and Self-Preservation

    Thinking of how the oil and gas industry has stifled alternative energy innovation and implementation, what innovations/changes might we be avoiding as programmers out of self-pres…

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    Comment #1744978

    I'd like to see a poll of users to find out what percent actually uses instant as it is meant to be used. I know I still do searches how I always have, by hitting enter. I imagine …

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    Comment #1725506

    The thing that all these people who are bullish on streaming content replacing TV never discuss is sports. It the main reason I haven't ditched a cable subscription. Plus I don't l…

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    Comment #1721403

    I fully agree with you. If your app is heavily social it would be ridiculous not to leverage the worlds largest social network, even with very occasional down-time.

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    Comment #1717603

    I think the best thing for bicyclists to do is avoid main roads with a speed limit over 35 mph. You give yourself a better chance of being noticed by automobiles if your rate of sp…

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    Comment #1714268

    Great video player. I will be pushing clients to use this instead of flash-only players for sure.

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    Comment #1712656

    I wouldn't put it past Siemens to be in on this. After all the most profits are made by playing both sides.