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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a8530fe3d52418fb517fb4ec1c3b53c&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853f4c7a6b4ec8a2994395779f03f8&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853d105b4747ea8cf8d1ba0a5e9fed&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853aa8810441f394484bf4c5662b40&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853930969a42a6bfe5fae096f39182&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a852f02afd04124bc4345e853b50b40&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Elite: Remembering the Original Open-Worldhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a853f699711481189aa719d3cc619e0&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gamespot.com%2farticles%2felite-remembering-the-original-open-world%2f1100-6419961%2f&c=7485454407852247235&mkt=en-usGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. I was maybe a little young to have fully appreciated the space ...Jun 2, 2014 4:26 PM
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Ask HN: Help 3rd Party Registering my Common Law Trademarkhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7580458I have been working as a freelance Web and Application developer for the past 6 years, operating under an unregistered mark. I live in the UK, but have had clients globally, including the EU and USA. I consider my services to be global in nature.In the USA, a company in the same market sector has decided to rebrand themselves using my mark, and has decided to initiate trademark registration for it.What are my options here? I am not a corporation, I am a sole freelancer clearing less than $50k a year before tax (I'm bootstrapping a startup and using my freelancing to support myself). I highly doubt I can afford to 'lawyer up'. Even the costs in filing an objection to the USPTO seem prohibitive, plus after reading through the site I still have no idea how to do it.I want to continue operating and marketing my services under my mark. I don't see why someone with deeper pockets should be able to seize the rights to a name I have used for the past 6 years.I have read articles on the net ranApr 13, 2014 6:24 AM
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Help choose which Linux distro saves the earth from alien invasion.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6880434This post is for something I have made. So it is, by definition, self promoting. But I know many of you will be interested. So, with that in mind, I'm going to post it anyway.I have almost finished a novel. And I need help getting some dedicated writing time to get the last ~10k words down and final edits in place.The book, “Steve’s Laptop”, is a Sci-Fi Comedy about a developer named Steve who, while working at “the world’s largest software company” near Seattle, is trying to save the world from an alien invasion. Primarily with his laptop. Hence the title.If I were forced to compare it to something I would call it: “They Live” + “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” + “The IT Crowd“.I'm holding a "Help me finish this book" sale/fundraiser. A pay-what-you-want deal where you get my existing books, and get a chance to take part in shaping a small part of the book itself.Specifically, you get to vote on which Linux distro is used on "Steve's Laptop". If you want to see Arch save the world fDec 10, 2013 1:03 PM
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Ask HN: Does anyone get numbness in the pinky?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6620337I recently started getting numbness in my left pinky. Here is a little background on me: An amateur coder who spends many hours every day on his laptop (although recently I haven't been doing enough coding practise). I'm left handed, mainly stick to ubuntu and tend to use gvim, I hardly ever use emacs. I looked up "emacs pinky", but this seems to be associated with pain in the finger (here's a nice picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabrielsaldana/4468068807/in/photostream/). I had a quick look at carpal tunnel syndrome, but this is associated with the median nerve. The pinky is innervated by the ulnar nerve, and I can't recall any injuries in the past few days. Also over the last few months I have made an effort to keep a reasonable sitting position when typing. Anyone with similar experiences? I am not asking for medical advice or an "online diagnosis", since I can make an appointment with the local witch doctor after the weekend finishes.Oct 27, 2013 1:23 AM
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HIRING/RECRUITNG: Software Geniushttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6230913Look, we are a growing consulting and product firm. We are looking for a person that can take our founder's (my) architect role and help make the company succeed while I am out whoring/selling us as needed. We build some awesome products, focused on mostly the e-commerce and big-data space. Far more on really hard big-data than anything, but e-commerce interests us as a unique opportunity.We have an amazing group of people in Florida. Of which we have one person that could step into this role, frankly you would likely compete with them, but in a positive way. But because we aren't stupid, it seems logical to look at people smarter than ourselves. If you have interest, we want to talk. We aren't funded, we are bootstrapped. Which frankly means there is an opportunity that is usually unfounded. We are looking at Angles over the next 6-9 months, but frankly want to see if we can make it without them. Not because they are bad, but because we believe in our team and that our team should winAug 18, 2013 12:07 AM
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Tools to monitor website performance?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6068848Hi,I'm curious what the current state-of-art for website performance monitoring is?Most of the tools I've seen are either Pingdom-style applications, which simply tell you if a website if up or down, or they're like YSlow-style, which run a bunch of tests to see if you're following best practices.But is there something like say, Chrome's SpeedTracer that you could run as a service, and monitor your website's performance over time? Or before/after each commit?What would you guys recommend to track the performance of your own website over time, or gather deep-level metrics?Could you use something like PhantomJS to achieve this?Are there any existing open-source projects that already do this?Cheers , VictorJul 19, 2013 8:06 AM
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Ask HN: Pre-hackathon jittershttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5631622I'm signed up to go to my first hackathon in Nashville (www.hacknashville.com) this weekend, which I heard about through the Memphis python user group (someone posted it in the google group, though it looks like no one from that group is going). I don't expect to know anyone at the event, have no job, development, or relevant projects to show off, and am a little self-conscious about whether I'll feel really out of place and outpaced. I do have a CS degree and think I'm decent at Python, have a pretty wide (but not necessarily deep) knowledge of other languages, tools, and frameworks, and am generally pretty personable, but am having second thoughts about going. The event is 'sold' out (it was free, but all the registration spots are full) and there is a waitlist for cancellations, so I should probably let them know ASAP if I'm not going to make it.Does anyone have any thoughts or words to put me at ease? Or would you suggest giving up the spot to someone better qualified? My goals forApr 30, 2013 12:06 PM
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How Chavez Changed Venezuela's Telenovelashttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88d3a6862143cf962c435034f09f7b&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2F177004540%2Fvenezuelas-telenovelas&c=8594835768626352858&mkt=en-usMorning Edition has been reporting from Venezuela this week about the legacy of the late President Hugo Chavez. During the two years Chavez spent in prison for an attempted coup in 1992, he never ...Apr 12, 2013 2:00 AM
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How Chavez Changed Venezuela's Telenovelashttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8928726d3d4a5bb4ac7526016e5f0a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2F177004540%2Fvenezuelas-telenovelas&c=8594835768626352858&mkt=en-usMorning Edition has been reporting from Venezuela this week about the legacy of the late President Hugo Chavez. During the two years Chavez spent in prison for an attempted coup in 1992, he never ...Apr 12, 2013 2:00 AM
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"Tiempo de valientes", en Rivadaviahttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8aa102ef6749b3b73e4953c47ef25d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.losandes.com.ar%2Ftiempo-valientes-rivadavia-694778&c=5188864639904539599&mkt=en-usCon el auspicio de la Dirección de Cultura de la Municipalidad de Rivadavia, esta noche desde las 21 en el Paseo del Lago se proyectará la película “Tiempo de valientes”, del director Damián Szifrón, ...Feb 3, 2013 5:39 PM
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Ask HN: What makes the perfect office? I'm building one.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4739458I run a web development agency with 18 people. The building we're looking at moving to will need extensive refurbishment, so we have a chance to spec out our office 'wish list' and then build that!So: If you could completely design your office space (aesthetics, layout, furniture, lighting, flooring), how would you want it to be?(We're a Rails agency, working in scrum teams of 2 or 4, doing some pairing but not full-time, based in London).Nov 4, 2012 10:58 AM
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Has minimalism gone too far?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4721593I am a minimalist at heart, but practicality & utility override any and all desire for a minimal UI.To a degree minimalism increases usability, cuts down on distractions with other links to other articles,media,etc and lets the user focus on the article or whatever work they're doing if its a desktop app.To be quite frank I'm sick of websites with three miles of whitespace on both sides of an 80 character wide column article text and no navbar or links to get to the website's homepage.examples (from HN's top articles about 30 mins ago) http://mkronline.com/2012/10/30/you-arent-imagining-it-the-web-is-a-mess/ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/googles-most-advanced-voice-search-has.html http://joel.is/ I'll admit, to a degree, some of it is bad coding/design using fixed sizes in pixels instead of relative sizes for things (em) so the page renders the same independent of screen resolution.The same sort of thing is going on with desktop applications, menus and options are getting gankOct 31, 2012 7:17 AM
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Tech co-founderhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4686804About us Gymnati is an exciting new innovative way for people to find and connect with others who share similar sport interest and are looking for a sport partner or team to engage in such sport with. Think of us as a sport matchmaker. Gymnati is located in Vancouver, BC and currently in developmental stage. We are seeking talented individuals with unique skills and personality for an 8 months program. This is an unpaid internship position with the option of making it permanent after serving.Working with the Gymnati team is a great opportunity for those willingly to get a taste of being part of a start-up as well as gain valuable experience in their respective field. The exciting thing is that you get to work alone as well as create your own project with little supervision. This thrilling experience would push you to your creative limit. Have you got what IT TAKES? Start date- December 2012Technical Co-Founder We are currently seeking talented developers to be part of a great team thatOct 23, 2012 5:41 AM
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Behind the scenes at the Barclays Centerhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQYzlfcWRLVUd1aHpzYWFHVElqb3ZIVl8wczFRWmxyYWxjRWpIbWFfcWFHdmpyRERvUkNiZDdTTmxuZU5mYl93bVpnZFd5Z3BlYUVKNWNjQlRvVVI3Zy1BVW96SWVkaHJfTTV5Q1VSZWsyeUJHbjd4bEJuQm1iSXUtWTJMcGFBNDN0OFJwM3ZHbFZVcGQ2WUs3c3RBd3VOT2ctVTZlaWVGZw?oc=5Behind the scenes at the Barclays Center ESPNSep 21, 2012 7:00 AM
