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seminal

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    Comment #9449213

    Some are arguing that the death of the iPad means that Apple is now basically a one-product company which could be an achilles heel no matter how many phones are sold.

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    Comment #4040760

    Good project managers are rare but such regimentation can stifle the free flow of ideas if the PM is not careful. The good ideas come from nature and leisure, not from where the De…

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    Comment #3651272

    Expresso is a nice idea. Somebody should fill this vacuum, definitely.

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    Comment #3608591

    I think you nailed it with 3. A constantly changing UI makes people hesitant to submit their credit cards. Whereas Amazon has looked pretty much the same for twenty years.

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    Comment #3533002

    Rewrite one of your existing javascript-heavy apps in backbone. Having a clear goal will help.

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    Comment #3527382

    http://hackerne.ws/item?id=2901156

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    Comment #3502461

    Thanks. I should change it so that it automatically resets when a user submits a wrong answer.

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    Show HN: derecha.de, play logic games in the browser

    Just play the demo if you don't want to sign up, but your performance stats won't be saved.

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    Ask HN: What's the name of the real time js charting library

    The one with the awesome tutorial. S3.js or J3.js - something like that. I can't remember. Thanks

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    Comment #3392378

    Nicely put.

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    Comment #3367505

    not quite working but it does seem like a fun sunday morning project.

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    Comment #3355487

    My favorite is still Cows and Closures. http://nathansjslessons.appspot.com/lesson?id=1000

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    Comment #2966558

    I'm with you. I lie about what I do to half my friends to avoid their hurt expressions when they find out that I'm not going to bunker down for the next 2 weeks writing their app f…

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    Comment #2931973

    >Also, when I run into a hitch during development, Google takes my operating system into account. Googling answers to development questions provides me much more relevant results o…

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    Comment #2882300

    Facebook too. Can't think of many recent instances where the winner of the early adopters won the space. Netflix?

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    Comment #2870347

    The SF2 docs have really come along since the early beta. As a beginner looking at both for the first time SF2 seems more clear.

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    Comment #2854982

    Agreed. Once I converted all the exercises to coffeescript (syntactically similar to python) they made more sense.

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    Comment #2813793

    "twelve handwritten steps on Post-its for how to open their timesheet on the intraweb" It's funny to watch this in action.