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stuartk
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About stuartk
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Comment #11525784
Have you considered having some lower levels on Patreon? I liked the sound of your book so went over to your page, but $30 per month minimum isn't something I would want to pay. I …
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Comment #8063354
In MAIN.agc there is a list of bugger words. Not that I know assembly in any meaningful way, but I've never come across this term before. On Googling, it seems to be something to d…
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Comment #7207873
I literally shuddered when I read this. Significant whitespace to me is one of the fundamental parts of Python that if messed with, makes it not Python. Perhaps this will make it s…
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Comment #6219310
My first thought on reading this was "wow, two clients a week!" I've never got to grips with the client acquisition process, it's always been hit and miss and somewhat random for m…
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Comment #6107323
I remember when I was a kid, my dad used to line the edge of the bowl with cucumber so he could pile the salad a bit higher. But this is a whole new level. I doubt that everyone in…
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Comment #5284852
I had a screenshot on the front page before, but replaced it with the intro video. I should probably create a tour page, with screenshots of various parts of the app. SSL is coming…
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Ask HN: review my startup - Issue Pop
Hi, I've recently moved out of private beta, which was only around 20 users. I got some pretty decent feedback, but wanted to open it up to the wider world to get some honest appra…
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Comment #5097005
I like the thought of a Forever Company. Often we start businesses to sell it, and then to start on something else. In a way the forever company is you, 'Me Inc' as it were. Hopefu…
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Comment #5036231
It says there are 13,000 licences for black and white TV's, so I wonder how many of those are just trying to get their licences cheap but actually own a colour TV.
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Comment #4899544
I generally hate anything christmassy before December 1st, but after that point, it's fair game. That includes mince pies.
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Comment #4899458
That's a feature I might add, location of consumption. Thanks.
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Comment #4899447
I did consider that, but it would be far too easy to just put #mpt #eaten 10000. So I left it as 1 per tweet.
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Comment #4899079
Just for fun.
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Comment #4308156
I loved that show, but it only ran for 2 seasons I think. Shame.
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Comment #3531038
I'm currently creating a product using the Tornadio2 wrapper. The developer Serge is actively developing, and is very helpful. HAProxy is often used for load balancing websockets a…
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Comment #3342759
+1 for tornado. And I also use Tornadio, which implements the backend for Socket.io.
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Comment #3322821
One solution I rarely see mentioned in these discussions is Amazon payments. Does anyone use them?
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Comment #3242425
Most comment threads that I see on HN, by and large, contain both sides to any argument. They're like a conversation you might have with a friend, one person gives their opinion, t…
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Comment #3112373
Thanks Mike, that's helped me see where I need to focus my attention. I was looking at direct webcam recording, but was going to add that later. But given your comments I think tha…
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Comment #3112359
Thanks for the comments Matt. Having at least one person say 'I would use this' is a nice boost! I wasn't going to have it exclusively for guitar, but musical instrument lessons ar…
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Comment #3111649
Thanks Mike! Would you be able to give me some feedback on a product idea I'm working on? Its a platform for video tutorials where the student gives their response for a lesson via…
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Comment #2831708
SEEKING WORK - Django/Python development, with jquery, html, css, based in the UK (Cornwall). Looking to fill about 10 hours a week with any remote projects. Will happily take on r…