furbearntrout | 10 years ago | on: Goodbye Marco
The graphics are amazing, but it's a bit grindy. :)
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furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: As a VC, how is a $41 million investment in Color, justified?
You can't invest in the product -- not if it's really new, never seen before. You have no way to evaluate it, so you invest in the team. The team at Color has a proven track record; if the product is bogus, the will be able to pivot. Color is a good investment, but a little out of my price range.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: New OSS License: the CDL
But plinth is a perfectly cromulent word.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: His life has been business...and business has been his life
http://www.amazon.com/review/R1KBPZDSC3NVNF
Warren Buffet-- The Snowball : the Business of Life
I see why URL shorteners are banned.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Top 100 Socially Networked Cities in the U.S.
Moving to El Paso.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Japan plume to hit US Friday, NYT introduces "Arbitrary Units" of Radiation
It seems that the peak on the map is always one(arbitrary unit). The use of a logarithmic scale from one thousandth to one thousand; yet only using half of the scale seems disingenuous at best.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Why Twitter Should Think Twice About Bulldozing the Ecosystem
Seed corn is tasty, it also has more protein.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Google announces bitcoinj: a bitcoin implementation in Java
You don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun the other guy. (and the other guy is a billion-strong bureaucracy.)
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: A funny and unorthodox way to encourage strong passwords
Make it a game:
* 1 point for each number
* 2 point for each letter
* 3 points for each symbol
* first of each class counts for five (caps count as a separate class)
"your password score is 32 points, which places you in the top 10 percent. User bschnier is ahead of you by 10 points."
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: DIY Gin and Tonic Laser - How to Make a Laser Out of Gin and Tonic
-- Burdick ... can't recall the exact circumstances around which the gin-and-tonic laser was built...
I suspect the actual circumstances and the fact he doesn't remember are related.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Why I hate XML for DSLs
XML is like violence. If you see too much of it early on, you will start to think it's normal. It will scar you for life.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: A petition to stop the usage of lightboxes
Happens in Android browser, too. Whose bright idea was it that I didn't need to be able to read my phone without holding to my face, or stretch the screen so I can hit that tiny checkbox?
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Game Design: Sometimes It Is Rocket Science
Pulls the same crap on Android. "Use desktop user agent" ftw.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago
The 3d effect doesn't work on my nexus one. I am a very sad octocat. :-(
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Yuri Milner, SV Angel Offer Every New Y Combinator Startup $150k
Remember that life is not a race, neither is investing.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: QR Codes with Google Chart
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Why GIMP is Inadequate
Not really. The nice folks at Adobe would have you believe otherwise, but at low color depths, low image sizes, low skill levels; the difference isn't worth 5$, much less (googles) 999$ (before 100$ rebate. Unless you are making a lot of images, _and_ relying on them to make money, gimp is more than enough.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: It's the Holidays. Forget startups and tech and go read something fun
Actually, this IS what I read for fun. (instead of Getting Things Done)
So bring on the Tech links! I don't have to be anywhere till Sunday.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is anyone else tired of reading the same articles?
I just skip over the repeats. I'm still new here so I probably haven't read all of them. And, after all some things bear repeating.
furbearntrout | 15 years ago | on: Tell HN: Your social widgets are losing you visitors right now
I have my NoScript set to allow %site.com and *.%site.com by default. It leaves most sites usable, but blocks most of the bs. I only have to white list somethinsomethingCDN.com rarely. (less than five sites) That and googleapis, jquery, not much else. Read the docs and adjust the settings accordingly.
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