Hacker News: iamdev

New comment by iamdev in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

iamdev — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:58:12 +0000

Because meat is the best source of creatine from diet.

New comment by iamdev in ":wq"

iamdev — Mon, 26 May 2014 03:37:27 +0000

They're showing how often coders accidentally write ":wq" in their code, which is a common command in vim (save and quit).

New comment by iamdev in "Websites That Boost Your Traffic For Free"

iamdev — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:50:24 +0000

Unless your ideal customer is a tech-entrepreneur, this is all very misleading. It's going to amount to very little lasting growth.

New comment by iamdev in "In Praise of Haskell"

iamdev — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:34:33 +0000

As someone who has been curious about Haskell, I'm happy to hear someone else say this. The way this article was written feels exactly like the "ruby fever" of 5 years ago.

New comment by iamdev in "In Praise of Haskell"

iamdev — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:29:48 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out. The author didn't emphasize that point, and it makes sense now.

Is it me, or was it a bad example for where Haskell "really shines"? I don't like the "use Haskell cause it has these really cool functions" approach. Feels so superficial.

New comment by iamdev in "In Praise of Haskell"

iamdev — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:17:47 +0000

The example provided is too contrived. By that logic, here's a way to "match" haskell with php:

$a = range(2,100,2); $b = array_slice($a, 5);

New comment by iamdev in "This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again"

iamdev — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:21:48 +0000

One thing experiments like this often seem to forget is that our bodies have evolved to eat. Even something as simple as your stomach physically expanding to hold large quantities of less nutrient-dense whole foods has been shown to have an effect on the body and brain.

New comment by iamdev in "Company withdrawing from Facebook as analytics show 80% of ad clicks from bots"

iamdev — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:14:59 +0000

My company also experienced not getting as much traffic to my site as facebook claimed.

What I was told before I pulled my campaigns is that Facebook considers it a click when the visitor clicks your ad, but BEFORE the visitor is shown a "warning" screen that they're about to leave facebook. not sure if this has changed since. I haven't come back.

New comment by iamdev in "Why Apple's new ads look like Microsoft made them."

iamdev — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:08:13 +0000

I'm sure all the genius's are excited about Apple giving permission to the WORLD to make them work off-the-clock ;)

New comment by iamdev in "'To change the world' is a terrible reason to do a startup"

iamdev — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:45:40 +0000

I should have been more clear that I personally thought your article was spot on. I was only trying to summarize the debate brewing on HN.

Great blog post and really thought provoking.

New comment by iamdev in "'To change the world' is a terrible reason to do a startup"

iamdev — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:43:33 +0000

TLDR: (Using Phil Libin's own logic against him) Startups are likely to fail, so it's just as absurd to say you're doing it to change the world as it is to believe you're doing it for the money. You're still better off joining an organization that has momentum and resources.

This invites inevitable argument though, since: 1. It's endlessly debatable which companies are actually changing the world. 2. The ones most people think of first are based on charity, which is again arguable and limited to very short term gain.

New comment by iamdev in "Apple Stores earned $481,000 per employee in 2010"

iamdev — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:28:19 +0000

Econ 101? Sounds like we need to remember Business 101.

Yes, it's revenue not earnings (profit), but a) as a manufacturer, Apple earns more profit on a sale than Best Buy, which b) makes how much more money they're earning all the more impressive relative to a retailer like Best Buy.

New comment by iamdev in "Livecast: Ann Arbor Hackathon"

iamdev — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:53:39 +0000

Thanks so much!

Livecast: Ann Arbor Hackathon

iamdev — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:20:17 +0000

Our group (part of the hackathon) built a simple livecasting app called goosecast. We're using it to livecast the hackathon.

The presentation for goosecast can be found here: http://ccgoose.com/channel/hacka2thon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3230897

Points: 32

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New comment by iamdev in "Avoid using the term "Cloud Computing" except when being ironic"

iamdev — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:32:45 +0000

Oh the list of terms we should avoid.. it could fill a NoSQL database.

New comment by iamdev in "What is Wealth in America?"

iamdev — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:33:36 +0000

Keep in mind that Forbes (and this author) live in a world where people make money almost exclusively via cash investments. Given THAT world-view, the article makes more sense, and $2M is indeed a dividing line between classes.

New comment by iamdev in "Kindle Fire pre-orders exceeding 2,000 per hour"

iamdev — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:30:01 +0000

Here is a heatmap I made of Kindle Fire sales by warehouse: http://yfrog.com/z/kj34txp

New comment by iamdev in "YC Office Hours with PG and Harj"

iamdev — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:18:24 +0000

especially when is a YC startup ;)