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songism

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About songism

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    Comment #964234

    yes please. if this was continuously improved it would become my main interface for craigslist. try user accounts so i don't have to type in my zip code every search. and so i can …

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    Comment #932627

    This is beautiful. And the main site is built on top of Wordpress? Impressive. A couple tips: * Make the writing on your blog (and your other pages) more colloquial. And enable com…

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    Comment #928652

    This is how python's shuffle works: def shuffle(x): for i in reversed(xrange(1, len(x))): j = int(random() * (i+1)) x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] In the first loop the last element in th…

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    Comment #928597

    This is really amazing. How long did it take to code? I've been kind thinking of making something with Canvas. I didn't know it had this potential. Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #895293

    i prefer http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/ mouse over each part of your regular expression to see what it does

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    Comment #678215

    Yup. IBM has an operating margin of 17% according to Yahoo.

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    Comment #569480

    download here: http://drop.io/seductive_interactions

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    Comment #558033

    Peter or Steven -- make up your mind! :P It's Steven.

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    Comment #496087

    Cheating is a difficult and important problem, but I'm not sure this solution would be worth the inconvenience it would cause. If it only inconvenienced cheaters that would be fine…

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    Comment #489716

    where are the talks given? where do i go?

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    Comment #434967

    Good advice. The beginning of your post reminds me of this very awesome video: http://fora.tv/2008/12/13/Ian_Dunbar_Three_Basic_Skills_to_E...

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    Comment #423090

    http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2008/02/15/s3-outage-we-werent-... or maybe this: http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/01/30/amazon-s3-outages-sl...

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    Ask HN: How much revenue should we give to content creators?

    I cofounded a yet-to-be-released web application with a friend. It's yet another music streaming service for independent artists. So far we've agreed that we should distribute 70% …

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    Comment #327282

    Make your buttons clickable, not just the text. (e.g. http://pixtures.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/dawdle.png )

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    Comment #322961

    Nice logo. Get rid of the b&w stock image on the homepage. Keep wording consistent: change "Complete our simple registration" to "Complete our simple sign-up form". On the registra…

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    Comment #317557

    Wow, you're right. I wish my brain had a better crap filter.

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    Comment #316889

    We should form a secret society or whatever ;) Question. Why did we (human beings) spend so many resources and so much effort developing the LHC when it seems obvious that a compar…

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    Comment #316882

    Oh yes, please include this information. I would like to know too.

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    Comment #316699

    I have a habit of overestimating the capabilities of modern technology, but I really don't understand why more of the underlying processes of our civilization aren't automated (e.g…

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    Comment #315362

    I definitely agree that the results should be more structured. Also the page should be aligned left because that's what people are used to. Maybe something like this: http://pixtur…