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petemack

44 karma · joined February 24, 2009

Product, Gamer, Pug Owner

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/peterdorsi; my proof: https://keybase.io/peterdorsi/sigs/IMzxVLiA3vcACmhYcl4ScrjfSuURWfY3RPRHYPIu29I ]

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petemack··on Wedding Startup RegistryLove (YC S12) Lets Couples Register For Anything
Is the only difference between this and all the other gift registries like http://wantsthis.com http://wishpot.com etc. that they handle payment/customer service? I'd be curious to see how things like returns and really odd items like "cash" are handled.
petemack··on Apple Stealing All FaceTime Information, AT&T Locks Users via OTA Updates
MuscleNerd (of the iPhone Dev Team) said after looking through the code, this is complete FUD.

http://twitter.com/MuscleNerd

petemack··on Ask HN: Where did you go to college?
Syracuse University
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
Its most useful for people who do a lot of shopping online for friends and family members.
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
Excellent suggestion, other people have also told me the front page needs a bit of work and I agree. Thanks for the input
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
I think I saw this on another site, I'll see if their API allows for deleting and adding items externally.
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
Fix is going up for this in the next few minutes, thanks!
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
You should be able to use an apostrophe in a password without issue as we did test for that. I'll see if I can reproduce that error.
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
1. We attempted to white list the recently added and most popular lists by trusted sites. It seems amazon sells adult toys, so we will have to tweak that filter a bit...

2. Very true, I'll switch that to something more user friendly

petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
Localization is important to use, especially regarding sites like Amazon, we are currently working on getting it integrated. Thanks for the feedback!
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
An excellent idea! Thanks!
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
Good idea, I'll see how feasible it is to work that in. We are slowly adding more sites as we discover their API's and such. We hope to at least cover all the main shopping sites.
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
I am seeing the FireFox issue, I think the CSS needs to be tweaked a little more. I am investigating the results for the search items now.. Thanks for the bug finding!
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
We have affiliate accounts on some online shopping sites, on those items we get a small commission for the sale.
petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
1) Its usable forever, its checked by cookies but you could just return to that URL and continue using it. However its possible that another user could add remove things, which is why the password protection exists.

2) That was important to us, glad it came across that way.

3) Thanks, looking into it.

4) We have a number of affiliates including Amazon, hopefully with more traffic we can expand. We are also looking into recommendations and price matching directly related to affiliates.

petemack··on Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis
You should receive a message at the top of your list if you have an auto-created list. I'll do some testing on chrome, thanks!
petemack··on Tell HN: Philly Area Meetup Tue. 9/29 6PM
Also never heard of this, but it sounds interesting. I'll head over and sign up.
petemack··on Correcting for the first-player advantage in Risk
This was actually addressed in the newer version of the game, Risk 2008 Revised edition, states in the rules:

Player 3 receives an additional card Player 4 receives an additional card Player 5 receives two additional cards

In the games we play, this usually neutralizes the first players advantage.

petemack··on Mahalo Guides cashing out for over $1,000 a month
"the top users tell us they are playing this game for 20-50 hours a week"

What's that work out to hourly about $7/hour? Doesn't seem worth it to me.

petemack··on Design HN: How many designers read HN?
I am a full-time Creative Director who likes to tinker with writing web apps, mostly front-end development. I leave most of the heavy lifting to the real hackers.
petemack··on Jaws Wired Shut: The culinary adventures of a fractured jaw patient
After getting jumped and getting my jaw broken in the fight, I lived off KFC mashed potatoes with extra gravy, tomato soup, beer and banana milkshakes.

I ended up losing about 20 lbs off my already skinny frame even with chugging as many weight gainer shakes as I could stomach per day.

petemack··on Bing: Microsoft Prepares For War With A Revamped Search Engine (Screenshots)
Why not wrap these new features into "Live", it seems like they are also going to be competing with themselves.

The tag line is horrible: "When it comes to decisions that matter, Bing & Decide." I prefer the name "Live", since it seems more relevant.

petemack··on Bing
Yes, Kumo (and Kiev) are the internal codenames.
petemack··on YouPorn is hiring. Apparently it's powered by Perl/Catalyst
I've been a designer in adult for 10+ years now and your correct about not being able to use your work portfolio for mainstream clients. However it's not as bad as it might seem, most of the designers I know in the industry run sites or design plenty of other things than can be used in their portfolios, if they ever do decide to switch jobs. I've interviewed hundreds of people and rarely do I ever care about their previous companies, all I want to see is how well they can design, not who they designed for.

Granted I also wouldn't want to work for a company that would be biased against a designer who did adult work, so for me personally, it makes sense. If you have hesitations, I would fully recommend passing on working in adult.