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jevin

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I have a life on Twitter too: @jevinsew.
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jevin··on What Is Gridifcation
Man in the box by Alice In Chains is a great example of this. The song starts at 105 bpm, then gets 5 bpm faster but then never settles back to exactly 105.

It’s almost amateurish when reading the music, but when you listen to it, it does have a very distinct feel to it.

jevin··on Show HN: Declutter your inbox by combining your newsletters into ONE email
It’s not open source for now. You can contact me on Twitter @jevinsew
jevin··on Show HN: Dad Jokes Texted Daily
Yes, this definitely needs at least a joke on the homepage. You have space on the right side. You could have a few jokes that are shown randomly on page load. That would be nice.
jevin··on Downloading PuTTY Safely Is Nearly Impossible (2014)
What about Putty Tray?

https://puttytray.goeswhere.com/

They have some neat features and the website is under https.

jevin··on Show HN: I updated the Smackbook script for OS X Yosemite
This is actually quite cool. Looks like all Macbooks around the 2012 era had SMS: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1935
jevin··on Ask HN: What are you using the new TLD's for?
My cousin has an accommodation business called Orchid Villas. So we got the domain http://orchid.villas which is pretty cool I think.

I would still advise getting the "traditional" (.com, .net, etc) counterpart too.

jevin··on Ask HN: What are your working tunes?
I think no lyrics is key! Instrumental tracks are less intrusive and have a lot of repeating patterns.
jevin··on “Did you mean?” Experience in Ruby
I think this is an amazing gem. And I'm eager to use it on my Rails projects.

On a side note, am I the only one who feels that autocomplete tend to get in the way when I'm coding?

jevin··on Ask HN: How to price yourself?
I've been freelancing on the web for a few years now and I agree about the $100/hr rate being ridiculous, at least for freelancing on the Internet.

Keep these 2 things in mind:

1) Not all clients are from the US on freelancing websites!

2) Clients are on there because they want a cheaper rate!

Now I'm not telling anyone to work for cheap. $50-60/hr is perfectly achievable. Just remember to start low and buildup on sites like oDesk/Elance.

Another route you might try is http://www.toptal.com/. They only hire the very best developers, and their interviews/tests reflect that. It's worth nothing that even they will advise you that $100/hr is a rather expensive rate for someone outside the US.

jevin··on Google's XSS game
This is great! XSS is one of the hardest things to get right when it comes to security. I'll be sure to complete all the challenges, because I'm working on a product that could use some good HTML sanitizing.
jevin··on Rules for Show HN?
Thanks for chiming in Daniel!

That makes things a lot clearer. And it does make sense.

jevin··on Rules for Show HN?
Thanks for those insights! Especially for pointing out the difference between url and text based submissions. Didn't know that one!

Also, I realise that I might have wrongly formulated my question. It didn't actually bother me that the "Show HN" prefix was removed from my post (I was on the front page).

It's just that it made me question if there were some guidelines I was not adhering to.

jevin··on Rules for Show HN?
That sounds like a good reason. Maybe someone can confirm this?
jevin··on Ask HN: Which service do you use to sell downloads?
You can have a look at http://www.fastspring.com/ too. I use them to sell my plugins online. Their support is fantastic.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
I see exactly what you mean. Maybe it's clearer if we go with "XX GB of storage space".
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Phonetically it does sound identical. I've started documenting myself on the whole naming and trademarking aspect of online services. If I have a nice list, I'll post the links in a thread here.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
That's a pretty exhaustive list. Thanks. I used this one (which is not too bad): http://www.clickminded.com/seo-checklist/
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
That's really helpful. Thanks. Sounds like we'll have to check this issue in details.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
It means 20 sets of articles.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Ouch. So ashamed of this! But I fixed it. I'm verifying all the text again. Thanks for he heads up.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Ohh that's a nice find. It's actually per month. I'll have that modified right away.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Thanks for these kind words!

Theme customisation is definitely something on our future features list. But maybe we should move it up on the priority list. ;-)

jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Of course, I'll have that checked out! ;-)
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Maybe the page doesn't represent the "rethinking" properly. Our vision is that knowledge bases should not be on a separate website. For example, if you're a web agency and you sell a Wordpress website, your knowledge base should be inside the Wordpress adminstration. If you're selling a custom solution, you should be able to use an API to plug your documentation there.

I hope the examples explain better what we are trying to achieve here.

jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Unfortunately, the website is still under development. Hopefully, we'll have the first version online in a few weeks.
jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
OP here. Thanks for the huge support! I can already see a good amount of requests. I'll be sure to get back to you shortly.

Let me know if you have any questions. I'll be glad to answer them!

jevin··on Knol – Let's Rethink the Way We Handle Knowledge Bases
Oh, thanks for the heads up. I wonder if this applies to us, since we're not a US based company.
jevin··on The Invention of the AeroPress
Thanks for the info.

Side note, I just discovered that what I was referring to as a percolator, is actually called a Moka Pot : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moka_pot

jevin··on The Invention of the AeroPress
I'm curious as to how this compares to a percolator. Anyone tried both?
jevin··on Ask HN: Is it me or ...?
Honestly, I think it's a mix of you being too demanding and the company not being sincere. Once the company honeymoon over, you're treated like any other guy no matter how hard you work.

Side note, I wrote a post about this: https://medium.com/maybe-its-fiction/5bac4f20203a

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