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Why does your API is making such a big assumption that there is only one parcel/package per shipment[0].

I have looked at your competitors as well. Except for one all of them make this assumption. I guess customers with multi package shipments are not your target clients.

[0] https://goshippo.com/docs/#shipments

For apple to apple comparison Green House Gases values are converted to CO2e (CO2 equivalent). This was a standard practice when I was in the industry. The article it self does not mention it, But I am pretty sure the graphs have CO2e values not CO2.

Probably refering to the diagram from their github page[1]

[1] https://github.com/prasmussen/glot

Pet Peeve: There is no way to post ASCII diagrams on HN

Software Engineer (Full stack) | Vancouver, BC

We are an ecommerce startup that is growing at an incredible rate. We are looking for our 2nd fulltime Engineering hire.

Technology Requirement

- We are primarily a Java shop, Excellent command over Java is must.

- Experience in other languages is an asset, specially in Python.

- Experience with Playframework not needed but will be an asset.

- Should be able to hand code CSS and SCSS. Should be able to write clean stylesheets.

- Experience in JavaScript and frameworks like jQuery.

- Should be able to write custom JavaScript component.

- Good problem solving skills.

Our Philosophy to Technology

- Do things that increases business value.

- Simplicity is more than just a word.

- Automate, Automate and Automate.

- Deploy early and Deploy often.

- Write less code that does more.

What you will be working on:

- New Features and Enhancements to our ecommerce website

- Our Backend System which is the nervous system of our company. It manages, automates and report on orders to final mile deliveries.

Send your resume at jobs@bryght.com

The website says "Open Access: This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time."

The cynic in me wonders if it is because people are able and willing to pay higher prices in America.

What happens to 2nd stage after payload separation? Does it become space junk?

It depends on what you are using the carousel for.

For example if you are showing let say showing a set of different products, carousel is a bad choice. Because it is dependent on interaction by user or the possibility the user stays on the page long enough for carousal to change image.

But if you are on the product page and viewing different angles of the same product. The bigger the image better the conversion. In this case we have found carousal can help. You still can not use carousal without thumbnails. Thumbnails create 3 times more interaction compared to Carousal. So to summarize for us at Bryght following is true.

Carousal Only < Thumbnails Only < Both Carousal + Thumbnails

Here is the example of product page we are currently experimenting:

http://www.bryght.com/product/854/long-island-brown-leather-...

We do a lot of photo shoots for our furniture products. The Photoshop team usually will mirror one side of the sofa with other to make the pictures look symmetrical and nicer. I won't be surprised if the pictures are photoshopped to make them symmetrical to give them a less messy look.

Alpha release of Oracle MySQL Connector/Python http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/ actually works with Django 1.5+ and Python3. But you will be on the bleeding edge if you put it in production.

I am talking about normal every day usage Browsing, Youtube, Netflix, etc from multiple devices at home.

Maybe it is hardware as mention in other replies. I haven't done testing with different hardware.

Running your own VPN server means no privacy, as you are only user of the system and all the traffic going in/out of the server is attributed to you.

What VPN providers claims is that they do not store logs/ip addresses and they have no way of knowing what traffic comes from client.

The Biggest problem I have found with VPN providers is bandwidth. I just installed DD-WRT on my router to use OpenVPN client on the router, the bandwidth speed drops to a level that makes the setup totally useless.

It might be because of consumer grade router[1] have low computing power, but the speed is so low that I highly doubt it. Yes I have tried multiple VPN providers.

I have yet to find a VPN provider that can provide all of the following:

- Guarantee Bandwidth

- Take Privacy Seriously[2]

- Support consumer grade router (with DD-WRT or alternative)

- Do not cost more than my actual internet connection

[1] ASUS RT-N16

[2] http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymit...

This might work for blogs, But working for an e-commerce startup gave me a different experience. Conversion flow for our e-commerce site goes something like this[1]:

Landing Page/Category Browse Page -> Product Page -> Checkout

Typically visitor will go back and forth between product pages and category browse pages (or simultaneously using multiple tabs). Any visitor not visiting a Product page is consider a bounce. It does not matter how much visitors paginate or browse the category pages if they do not visit product page they will not convert.[2]

I think bounce rate, conversion rate and any other fancy metric you use depends on your business, website, type of product, target audience, pricing, etc. As a startup the best thing to do is continuous experimenting untill you find the right success formula that works for your particular situation.

[1] Yes for e-commerce site with a few or one product this flow does not apply, Also this is for physical products with longer sale cycle with average order size between $800 - $1000.

[2] Yes we tried a lot of experiments, including adding direct path from Browse/Landing Page to Checkout. That particular experiment was a failure as it created clutter in the browse page and reduce product views and hence the conversion. I guess some day I will gather my thoughts and write about all the experiments we did and still doing.

Examples does not show up on Chrome on Android 4.2.1. It shows a blank area instead of the grid.

I assume last one was a joke?

We are struggling with the fact that in e-commerce everyone claims that they are offering the best price (e.g 85% OFF etc). But our sourcing model actually provide the best price for quality product. Wondering what other startups do to make Customer realise the value they are getting?

We are a small team located in Vancouver, BC. We believe existing global trade supply chains are extremely inefficient.

We are launching with Medium to High end Furniture product line. We plan to add more Product Lines and Categories as we grow.

Your feedback is welcome :)

It still does not let you charge in US Dollars (Yes I know the customer can pay in what ever currency they want). But from a Canadian business point of view where your large section of customers are from US. Stripe is still not a very attractive option.

If some independent person owns it might be more profitable to create a https://signup.netflix.com/Affiliates landing page than to redirect to blockbuster

Is not this is counter intuitive? Companies will look at this list and say oh so many other companies are not supporting Canada, why should be spend time on supporting Canada.

EFF just lost all my respect. Craigslist should clearly disclaim ownership of content like before http://web.archive.org/web/20110511105832/http:/www.craigsli...

Missiles/Nukes are like Software Patents. Most reasonable people will agree that they are bad but will still continue on filling patents for counter suing and deterrence.

Sencha has used GPL/Commercial License business model successfully.

Will be great if you can filter down to sub category let say Admin Templates

Where were you when the COPPA law was introduce? Did you write a single letter to your legislators? Did you write a single blog post against COPPA?

iPad has caused Baby Duck Syndrome in most of it users. It is hard to imagine a person who has used iPad giving a review without bias. Reminds me when i first time used Mac OS after being exposed to windows first, it felt weird and not at all user friendly. I hope iPad Baby Duck Syndrom wears off quickly so that the tablet market can remain competitive.

It might be like when Google sent a plea to the public requesting not to use Google as a verb fearing the genericizing and potential loss of its trademark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(verb)

Checkout the online tour http://www.ubuntu.com/tour/ I am curious are there any software/libraries which can build a demo/tour like this for any Desktop application?

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs will be remembered as the greatest inventor and entrepreneur of our era.