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That's just the thing - I don't think 'playing it safe' is the goal in Washington, or at least not the only one. As is, the goal for contractors is to stay on a project as long as possible, earning more money over a longer period of time. Waterfall is a perfect excuse to do just that.

Unfortunately, you are in the vast minority of people, probably even on hacker news (I would guess less that 1% of overall population [1]).

So the decision has to be made, just like whether you want to support IE7 users, whether or not you want to put in the extra time to support those edge cases.

And as always, it depends on the type of site you are running. If it's Amazon, that 1% matters a shit ton. If it's a side project or SaaS startup for example, it makes sense to hold off on supporting those 1% in favor of more pressing features.

1.https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2013/10/21/how-many-people-are-missi...

I think this is a legitimate question. Personally, it would be cool to scan lists of API's for idea inspiration but this doesn't really provide that functionality. Now what would be cool here, is if the APIs returned here had docs presented on the website with a consistent UX/UI. But then you would need an API for an API :)

Did you watch the interview? Jessica flat out states that he is a great father. And the fact that they haven't fought in the years they've been married once about something as huge as YC says enough about their relationship.

My point wasn't to deify Paul Graham but to give respect where it's due. There is plenty of criticism doled out on HN daily, what's wrong with a little praise?

Paul Graham is somewhat of a modern day hero. Forget the rappers and the athletes, he is the embodiment of a good, moral and sensible person. Great husband and parent, great sense of humor, and all of this aside from what he has done for the tech/startup community.

Not quite. I live in Arlington, VA and they're currently facing hurtles but they still service the area. For a while there, cops were pulling suspected Uber drivers over and fining them between 500 and 2k (I even had drivers ask me to sit in the front seat so it didn't look like he was chauffeuring). Uber would pay all of the fines for the drivers. It's been an ongoing battle but from what drivers have told me recently, they've calmed down with the arrests.

I had to look up about half of the words in the first paragraph ;) How can I reach out to to you to chat more about these use cases?

This has been mentioned a few times. Knocking this to the top of the todo list.

Completely agree and will be adding the official stuff later this week. I had been procrastinating on getting this out there so I figured I'd throw it on HN and see what people thought, then go from there. If people didn't see a need for it, no use in putting all the official jargon in.

edit: my personal site and info can be found at www.will-wallace.com, just to put a face and name with the site

Thanks, this was inspired after using qualaroo and having a good experience but $250 a month is nuts.

Good call, doing that now.

Thanks! I thought it was a cool little effect, though not supported in any browsers but chrome unfortunately.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/-webkit-box...

My hope was to make this as clean and intuitive as possible from a UX standpoint, so I appreciate your feedback on the design.

As far as future development goes, I hadn't actually thought about linking to one outright. I wanted to get feedback on this barebones version and go from there. Features in the pipeline right now are mobile responsiveness and multiple admins per account. I will have to look into what you recommended as well though.

As far as monetization goes, I just wanted to build something cool that people use. I figure I can always set up some premium features down the road if hosting becomes too expensive but right now I'm willing to eat a couple hundred bucks a month.

I think you're missing the point all together. The only reason a company can behave this way and retain the number of customers who would have otherwise moved elsewhere is because there isn't a free-market. The companies are run as oligopolies. It is government intervention and protection that has caused this problem in the first place which is what most people don't realize.

The design is great, did you do all of the design/front-end work on your own?

From HN front page yesterday: http://usabilitypost.com/2014/05/24/the-scroll-up-bar/

Step 1) Subscribe to crunchbase emails. You will get them every other day or so. The emails include which company's have gotten funding, how much they got, where they are located, and what they do.

Step 2) When you find a company you might be interested in, apply. The companies who just received a large chunk of funding are even more likely to go on a hiring spree.

I found this to be true as well. You should really look into a mifi. At ~50 bucks a month it is well worth the investment, especially if you have a bus commute or like working in coffee shops, etc as you mentioned.

That's not dubstep bud

Gentrify, 1 Percent... Just one more politically charged word in the title and you've got yourself enough clicks to fund your corporate bonuses, Salon.

Libertarians believe in a freedom of choice, but not at the expense of others. By your interpretation, murder would be justifiable if it were "serving [one's] own interests." You've missed the distinction.

Hey, just a heads up: I went and poked around the site a bit and after submitting a blank form within the "Order Summary" modal, I got the following traceback page:

http://postimg.org/image/74y6crfbf/

"You're seeing this error because you have DEBUG = True in your Django settings file. Change that to False, and Django will display a standard 500 page."

Thanks for your perspective. You are correct, I have never personally sued anyone. I was given a great opportunity by one of these such programs and it has completely changed my life for the better. That's not to say all of them provide the same for all students, but I believe they deserve a fair defense at this point.

Of course fraud is frowned upon. You seem to be jumping to the conclusion that these companies are definitely up to no good. Can you provide any evidence of that anecdotal or otherwise that they are defrauding people?

What happened in this country to personal responsibility? It's gotten so bad at this point that if a company charges what seems to be a large amount, that we justify imposing ridiculous laws just because it seems "right" or "fair." As long as these companies aren't guaranteeing 100% a job and merely advertising the statistics, it is solely on the student to decide whether or not 20k is an absurd price for a 70% (or whatever chance). If the company guarantees a job and doesn't fulfill, then you have a law suit and you recoup your money that way. There is absolutely no regulation necessary in this instance. Take responsibility for your own actions.

Edit: Downvotes? Let me clarify. I want Americans to prosper. Absolving people of the need to make sound decisions and placing the burden on the government in more and more scenarios is not going to help our populace become any wiser. If a law suit doesn't work, report them to the BBB. If that's a joke, write a post and leverage the internet to inform people of the company's malpractice. Getting the government involved hurts everyone, from the higher barrier to entry to comply with regulations, to higher consumer prices due to lack of competition for the incumbents who can afford to enter. This isn't what we stand for.

"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it."

Differentiation is never a bad thing. A basic bootstrap layout connotes a project in beginning phases typically. For example, Coinbase began with bootstrap to get a product out quickly but moved on once they realized that for people to trust them with large sums of money/bitcoin, they had to appear more established and professional.

http://www.coinbase.com

This is one of my first rails apps to go out into the wild. Would love any advice you may have on how to make it more useful!

Why did this get removed from the front page? I hadn't even heard of this news until seeing it here.

I noticed the same thing, but after updating to most recent version it worked.