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sfall··on Things I Learned Designing at Disqus
git does allow you to check out only a selection of version history
sfall··on With IPO Hopes Fading, Square and Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products
chip is becoming more popular in the us now too
sfall··on Show HN: Betatype - A freelance site where clients pay $3,500 for prototypes
i think it is there so the person about to hire him/them has some reassurance of privacy
sfall··on Being a single founder with a speech impediment
he is saying hire a face for the company
sfall··on Comcast response to Netflix
ok lets not decide if the att link is valid, no one at comcast thought you know who we should align ourselves with att. Another ISP and telecom company that made the consumerist quarterfinals for worst company in america 2013
sfall··on Ask HN: CTO wants me to leave
I would be pissed that out of a four "man" team (2 founders, 2 employees) that the first employee would have the gall to ask them to leave. How is this acceptable? Only in the world of companies seeking funding.

If the CTO came and said hey in 6 months I think we should discuss you stepping away from coding and into a new role. I wouldn't want to hear it but if they told me to leave my very small company I would think they crossed a line. The CTO maybe management but he isn't the owner.

sfall··on Let Me Google That For You Act
now I am worried with Coburn on it. I don't like his track record.
sfall··on The race to contain West Africa's Ebola outbreak
i think part of it has to do with the high fatality rate along with no specific treatment plan
sfall··on Neel Mehta donates Heartbleed bounty to Freedom of the Press Foundation
Would Neel Mehta be ineligible collecting via his employment at Google?
sfall··on Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm
consider moving it the current rule of thumb is 19 feet to reduce/eliminate a nuisance alarm
sfall··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
life safety codes like nfpa 101 deal with many things and are typically not retroactive standards.
sfall··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
there are already products built for the deaf to notify them, they integrate with doorbells, smoke/fire alarms, clock alarms, i think you would have better luck on tailoring it for the deaf person that wants an alarm when they travel to friends homes, etc.
sfall··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
yes, deaf people can have bed side lamps that will flash to wake them up, notify them of a fire alarm, or the doorbell
sfall··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
yes the flash on and off, for fire alarm notification device, they are powered by a direct current circuit that also requires battery backup having a constant state light would put a larger load for no gain. Also it be more like emergency lighting not a notification appliance
sfall··on Show HN: Deaf? My iPhone app wakes you up if it hears an alarm
you are right that you don't see them on older building but there are a range of other off the shelf products that can integrate with a smoke detector, phone, doorbell to flash lights or lamp. condo/apt complex also only have to install fire alarm audio visual devices in the room under only certain conditions are met. I see no reason that anyone should rely on this app as a life safety device, it could be a last ditch effort when you travel to a friends home or something similar.
sfall··on CEO Aaron Levie Will Only Own 4.1% Of Box When It IPOs, Investor DFJ Owns 25.5%
i have started to see it used in the construction industry, when the general contractor already has some infrastructure typically on a windows domain. that is where they are going to push for further and further integration for business and project mgmt
sfall··on Austin Police Department Warns SXSW Attendees Not To Use Uber
i think thats for the uberBlack
sfall··on Apple CarPlay
this talks about some of the added features in the app over time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961636
sfall··on The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS
you still have to set it up on CM but the text secure app has some nice added features
sfall··on Ask HN: Why Does Craigslist Have No Official Mobile Apps?
it does have a basic mobile site that has the same functionality as the main site
sfall··on Google's robots.txt
my guess lawyers
sfall··on Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
i think they were just stock / random photos not straight on photo that they will do in the security office

and what diversity info would you need to show?

sfall··on Dropbox hires a COO: Dennis Woodside, former Motorola Mobility CEO
the COO varies based of the need of the CEO and their working relationship

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer

sfall··on 'Dumb Starbucks' mystery: Who's behind the faux coffee front in Los Feliz?
yea the south butt stopped operating
sfall··on I work at an accelerator. My boss asked me to predict the year 2043
latency matters if your users are all spread over the country, at the speed of light it takes at least 47.33 ms, I just went to speed test and my ping was 16 ms for a server 20-30 miles away. so you could use Antarctica for mass data storage or processing. so it would work for archiving
sfall··on Jamaican Bobsledders Ride Dogecoin Into Olympics
i wouldn't go that far, one issue with bitcoin is that .08 is ~$65 now that values is ~40k dogecoin last time i checked.

for micro transactions the dogecoin is a better crypto currency but i don't see it as one or the other think about it as american express vs (mastercard or visa)

sfall··on Linus Torvalds and other developers are leaving Bitcoins on the table
he manages the development and what is included or excluded from the main branch, while he is not writing all that code he does make a huge impact on linux
sfall··on Dogecoin and the Appeal of Small Numbers
i don't know if it would work for large companies but I could see it working with established writers, open source contributors, or artists
sfall··on This startup tells you when companies try your competitors’ software
they worded it horribly but it would be a good time to cold call them but not mention the cometitors trial
sfall··on Sarah Stierch leaves Wikimedia Foundation over paid editing
California is an at will employment state so they really didn't need a reason. next when your side work directly deals with your day job that is a warning flag.
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