Hacker News: luckyland

New comment by luckyland in "I Like PHP"

luckyland — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:15:03 +0000

User comments don't belong in documentation.

New comment by luckyland in "The NOSQL Tapes, vol. 9: Benjamin Black on NOSQL, Cloud Computing & fast_ip"

luckyland — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:02:11 +0000

Prescient as always.

Thank you for this excellent discussion.

Very few people in the lively sectors of nosql and cloud computing have the ability to distill both popular concepts and misconceptions this plainly.

Now, when will we see those fast_ip invites?

New comment by luckyland in "DontEat.at: Check into a NYC restaurant, get texted of health code violations"

luckyland — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:19:29 +0000

Seems like this would be very useful in a city that doesn't have an already corrupt restaurant inspection culture.

New comment by luckyland in "Gawker is in the process of emailing its users about the compromise."

luckyland — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:23:14 +0000

Their MailChimp API key was hardcoded into their source, so I think they've got an established relationship.

New comment by luckyland in "Downtime"

luckyland — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:27:00 +0000

My favorite opinion on the handling of this event is, by far, this one:

http://twitter.com/b6n/status/11877355945463808

New comment by luckyland in "Foursquare: Despite 5 Million Users, It’s Still Dumb"

luckyland — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:31:47 +0000

Foursquare: The Internet's very own Whistle Tips pandemic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnzw_i4YmKk

New comment by luckyland in "Foursquare: Despite 5 Million Users, It’s Still Dumb"

luckyland — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:15:59 +0000

Great comment.

Foursquare harnesses the ubiquity of Twitter, Groupon, and Yelp with practically zero benefits in return for its usage.

I really don't get it, either.

New comment by luckyland in "Drinking Water Before Meals Aids Weight Loss"

luckyland — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:45:46 +0000

Enter the Wedge

New comment by luckyland in "U2's Natural Logarhythm: Exponential Decay in the Delay of The Edge's Guitar"

luckyland — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:00:08 +0000

This technique, and some instruments outfitted with specific DSP components to achieve it, was developed by Michael Brook.

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

New comment by luckyland in "[dead]"

luckyland — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:31:51 +0000

Good news. The torrents are takin' over. Also available via slsk.

New comment by luckyland in "The Price 20-Somethings Pay to Live in the City"

luckyland — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:07:03 +0000

Stuy Town wasn't bought by Metlife. They were the original developer and sold it in 2006.

New comment by luckyland in "TextMate finally gets an update"

luckyland — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:10:03 +0000

But BBEdit is an extremely complete tool.

Bares Bones isn't known for aggressive feature releases for any of their products, either.

In what ways do you feel BBEdit didn't mature?

New comment by luckyland in "TextMate finally gets an update"

luckyland — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:33:32 +0000

Good one.

New comment by luckyland in "TextMate finally gets an update"

luckyland — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:30:47 +0000

Try to open your project whose files sit on a remote directory with Textmate and tell me if this joke is still funny.

New comment by luckyland in "Gmail: Trap my contacts now (warning when exporting contacts to Facebook)"

luckyland — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:53:39 +0000

But does it work with Orkut?

New comment by luckyland in "Gmail: Trap my contacts now (warning when exporting contacts to Facebook)"

luckyland — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:42:56 +0000

"As luck would have it, I picked today to set up a Facebook profile for me girlfriend."

I can't be the only one who thinks this is more than a bit weird.

New comment by luckyland in "Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast"

luckyland — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:53:11 +0000

Just going from personal experience.

Submarine and Vandenberg launches are visible a few times a year to those living Southern California.

They're visible from I-10 near the AZ border as well.

New comment by luckyland in "Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast"

luckyland — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:19:18 +0000

Slow news day?

This is not that unusual of an occurrence, and they're not always announced.

New comment by luckyland in "California Highway Patrol salaries"

luckyland — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:49:15 +0000

My opinion is that the compensation burden on the state is regularly offset by the distribution of grant funds.

Top talent attracts research funding that the state can't otherwise provide and guarantees future generations of doctors and scientists are trained using the most advanced technique and technology.

New comment by luckyland in "California Highway Patrol salaries"

luckyland — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:32:02 +0000

Huh?

Where was it suggested those salaries were typical?

I'm saying in those cases where you see a seven figure salary for a department chair or chief of surgery position at a teaching and research hospital, it's because the state believes they have the very best talent available.