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kungfu71186 | 8 years ago | on: NixOS Linux Lets You Configure Your OS Before Installing

Why would this be useful. Why is it any better than installing the OS and then installing everything else after? Does it save time? I'm very curious as to what problems this solves.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: PHP 5.4 Has A Built-In Development Web Server

I hope you mean by live, that it's just for testing purposes. Because that's all it's suppose to be for. But i agree, this will be nice to be able to develop something on your own machine or whatever and then transfer it over to the actual web server by whatever means.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: Block sites from ever appearing again in Google results

good bye about.com and ehow.com

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: Android account passwords are stored on disk in plain text

This only affects email accounts as far as i can see. It does not affect gmail accounts though. Only emails where you have to use other protocols like POP3. Although i still believe it shouldn't be plaintext, but it's not nearly as bad as it seems.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: Why Quora is in trouble

I think SE can go mainstream. I don't say SO because that's more for programmers. I see lots of activity in say photography and cooking. I can see lots of academia using SE as well, just look at all the theory related exchanges. I think the biggest downfall of Quora is the login and sign up process. I don't even want to deal with it because SE makes it so easy. I can sign in with my google account and then go to another exchange and click a few times and sign up there. I automatically get 100 points because i am signed up on SO with over 100 points. This makes it so i don't even have to start all the way over. I just think because it's so easy to sign up and login on SE, that it could be mainstream. You can use any login service.

Only problem with SE are the rules. I know why they are there, but for a new user it can be intimidating. A lot of people may not ask a question because they are afraid they will get "bullied", "trolled" or whatever you want to call it.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: Picomath: self-contained math functions in 11 languages

I was just wondering, what would you use the gamma function for? I'm not that far enough in the mathematical field to know, so that's why i ask. Maybe a real world example? Thanks.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: OK -I'm convinced. How do I start programming in JavaScript?

Check out John Resig. He's a genius with javascript. He also has a few books.

kungfu71186 | 14 years ago | on: Tell HN: Our experience with Groupon

I like this post. A lot of businesses complain about groupon saying they take a lot of money. But groupon isn't so much about making money in that sense. It's about advertising. I've seen businesses say they lost $1500 on a groupon deal or whatever, well that is the cost of advertising. It just varies from business to business. You do hope customers return though, and if you have a good business i don't see a problem with that. I rarely buy groupons, i only buy when i want to try a business out. I am a customer that is willing to return my business if your business is good to me.

I do understand there are a lot of bad customers too, but you just have to deal with it. Too bad groupon doesn't have a way to flag customers or at least have the right to refuse their groupon and just give them a refund.

Sounds like you used groupon the way it was supposed to be used. So good for you. Can you say what your business is? I'd like to try to skydive, so i'd be willing to support you. I live in arizona, so i know there are a lot of skydiving places here.