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robee

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About robee

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    I'm curious to see how smooth the interaction is with this product. It seems it could be awkward to ask a stranger who doesn't speak your language to look at your iPhone and click …

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    This is how I interpret it too. It's self-deprecating and ironic. It is a complex reference though, so its not surprising that some people misinterpret it.

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    Comment #3640356

    This is really awesome. I will use this a ton.

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    Comment #3584710

    This a little unfinished but I have a python alternative to this that is Open Source. Velocity Bootstrap is the name, here is the location - https://github.com/robee/velocity-boile…

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    Comment #3332674

    The HMAC library in Python still uses MD5 ( http://docs.python.org/library/hmac.html ) which is known to be exploitable with hash collisions. My opinion is that its not too difficu…

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    Comment #3248677

    You guys are killing it! Making Waterloo proud.

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    Comment #2783439

    Thanks for the heads up. Hot-fixing now.

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    Comment #2783199

    Willet payments ( http://getwillet.com ) is a similar product but has what I believe a better integration process and lower barriers to entry for both buyers and sellers. Willet su…

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    Ask HN: How do I learn to do "Web Scale" projects well?

    After reading this post ( http://www.philwhln.com/quoras-technology-examined) about Quora's technology and and large scale web infrastructure, I thought to myself, Wow this interes…

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    What do real writers want from a writing host like pen.io or quitewrite

    webapps like pen.io and quitewrite provide a service where writers can have a nice place to host their writing outside of a blog, pdf or ebook format. Are there any writers out the…

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    Object Oriented programming exists because it is how humans conceptualize the world around them. Humans think in objects and actions on, in and between objects. OOP is a translatio…

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    Comment #2215200

    Take the example of Waterloo, There is enough passion and help for startups like Communitech ( http://communitech.ca ) and Velocity ( http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca ), there just isn…

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    Comment #2215185

    The virtuous circle of startups that has occured in the Valley has yet to happen in Canada. The virtuous circle being Startups that make it big or have large exits, helping bring m…

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    I am originally from Regina, SK and it seems like there is a lot of CS research in the Gaming space, but the startup community there is almost non existent. The majority of the pro…

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    Comment #2215160

    Velocity residence at the University of Waterloo is basically for the purpose of dorm room startups. http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca

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    Comment #2200923

    Or Publ.ca http://publ.ca

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    I want the writer to be in full control. They should be the originator of the tweet. What do you think of only being able to re-tweet a story, IE) if the writer wants to tweet it o…