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mikeburrelljr

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mikeburrelljr··on Bootstrap 5 alpha
Bulma is a great alternative: https://bulma.io/
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: How come there is no example code for B2B-SaaS apps?
Check out Tenancy for Laravel: https://tenancyforlaravel.com/
mikeburrelljr··on House panel looking into Reddit post about Clinton's email server
Fox News has now picked this up: "Clinton email wiper appears to have asked online how to hide 'VIP' info" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/20/clinton-email-wip...
mikeburrelljr··on Drupal 8.0.0 released
Check out Drupalize.me: https://drupalize.me/

It's a paid monthly service, but well worth the educational value you get out of it (for a few months at least).

Good luck!

mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: php development environment
Check out: Symfony2 and Zend Framework 2
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
Cuipo: Saving the Rainforest One Meter at a Time http://www.cuipo.org
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Quit my job for a year to write open source code, what should I work on?
Whatever you want! :)
mikeburrelljr··on Yahoo Shares Top $31, The Price Microsoft Offered In 2008
LOL at creating a throwaway account b/c you're ashamed to say you use Yahoo!
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Scrolling vs. paging – which do you prefer?
Scrolling: the way the Internet was meant to be viewed; Optimizes user experience. * I can view the information quickly and easily one page, at a glance * When viewing on a mobile device, I don't have to wait for additional load times for additional pages (less http requests)

(No, I don't want to click through 1,642 pages to view your article or list of top X things!)

mikeburrelljr··on My Friends and I Bought an Island
What's the going rate for an island these days?
mikeburrelljr··on Michael Dell buys back PC company he founded in $24.8bn deal
They also provide an option to automatically detect the service tag of your PC on the service page as well (with the installation of a plugin in IE).
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Someone just tried to break into my home. Security tech recommendations?
3M Security Film (it's the real deal - see demo video posted on YouTube): http://youtu.be/vYdVK3BqPfk
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Thoughts on invite-only startups?
Invite-only is good for testing your MVP early and gaining a core group of initial users through exclusivity.

However, eventually you should open up to the masses to continue to scale. (See facebook's model)

mikeburrelljr··on allow Tesla Motors to sell directly to consumers in all 50 states
Now less than 19K signatures needed by July 5!
mikeburrelljr··on Go ahead, pass the Internet tax. Your (foreign) competitors thank you.
Is the Internet tax on goods only? (This article speaks as if it is on services as well.)
mikeburrelljr··on Should I Just Buy This Domain?
Buy the correctly spelled domain name, and redirect to your trademarked term / domain name. $1500 for a domain is very reasonable.
mikeburrelljr··on The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency
Yes.

Bitfinex - The place to trade bitcoins - Easy - Secure - Margin trading, lending market, bitcoins exchange: https://www.bitfinex.com/

ICBIT - Bitcoin Derivatives Market and Exchange: https://icbit.se/

Goodluck.

mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Webdevs, designers: what devtools should we (Mozilla) build in Firefox?
Get rid of the current native debug tool - and replace it Firebug (or have the option to switch between the two).

There is nothing more annoying than trying to inspect something via Firebug, and you end up accidentally open the native debug tool instead.

/rant

mikeburrelljr··on Programmer behind YouPorn empire arrested in Belgium
Be sure to watch the video with Fabian Thylmann on the bottom of the page - or direct linked here: http://youtu.be/VCQCsWOivGo
mikeburrelljr··on I am Financing my Startup with my 401k
Best. Descriptive. Images. Ever. (Which best describes you?) https://www.rocketlease.com/accounts/register/

On a serious note, I'd recommend changing those.

mikeburrelljr··on Show HN: a small jQuery Form Validation library
{yes: 'please'}
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: What packages does everyone use for Sublime Text?
DetectSyntax - DetectSyntax is a plugin for Sublime Text 2 that allows you to detect the syntax of files that might not otherwise be detected properly. https://github.com/phillipkoebbe/DetectSyntax

jQuery - This is a Sublime Text bundle to help with jQuery functions. https://github.com/SublimeText/jQuery

Prefixr - Runs CSS through Prefixr.com API http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/prefixr

SideBarEnhancements - Enhancements to Sublime Text sidebar. Files and folders. https://github.com/titoBouzout/SideBarEnhancements

SublimeLinter - Inline lint highlighting for the Sublime Text 2 editor https://github.com/SublimeLinter/SublimeLinter

Xdebug - Xdebug Interface for Sublime Text 2 https://github.com/Kindari/SublimeXdebug

mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Hacker / Entrepreneur related things to do when in San Fran
What, are we in 2nd grade? Call it whatever the fuck you want. /rant
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Popup mobile/web dev shop only on the weekends
Al Capone advises that you don't "skirt the IRS".
mikeburrelljr··on What are good job boards for Bay Area startups?
Start-up specific jobs: http://www.startupers.com

Venture-backed start-up jobs: http://ventureloop.com

Legit job aggregator: http://www.indeed.com

mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Would you pay for a 24/7 "sysadmin as a service"?
Yes.
mikeburrelljr··on My Weekend Project: See everybody on Hacker News
Pretty sweet! What about a "sort by karma" slider? ;)

How did you get the photos for each user?

mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Learn Subversion or Git?
Use / learn Git, however it wouldn't be terrible to know both.
mikeburrelljr··on Ask HN: Startup founder - should I default on my mortgage?
Do NOT engage them in a game of chicken. Trust me, it's not worth ruining your credit over.

DO speak to a local credit union(s) to see if they can qualify you for a better rate.

In my experience, dealing locally has been more beneficial than Wells, etc.

Good luck!!

mikeburrelljr··on Touché by Disney Research brings touch control to everyday things
Mysterious how HN submissions get picked up... I submitted this yesterday via VentureBeat: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3931173
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