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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 268 posts.
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The declining profitability of Google Adwords
Google Adwords used to be a great way to get targeted traffic cheaply (if you knew what you were doing). I think those days are well and truly over. I have been using Google Adwords to advertise my…
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Ydiff: Structural Comparison of Programs
(Click on the above picture to see it in action. See the end of the post for more demos) Motivation I have been imagining a world where programs are not represented as text, but as data structures.…
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An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales
How you price a product can have a radical impact on the revenue you make from it. My search for the perfect pricing model resulted in an additional $50,000 (a 170% increase) in revenue. Here's how.
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Firefox Developer Tool Features for Firefox 23
Another uplift has left the building and it's time to take a look at what's in Firefox Developer Tools in Firefox 23 currently Aurora, our pre-beta channel. You can download ...
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How to Learn Emacs: A Hand-drawn One-pager for Beginners
Here’s version 2 (September 2013). You can print this at 16.5″x10.75″ at 300dpi. Have an ordinary printer? Check out PosteRazor !
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Announcing Evan's Awesome A/B Tools
If you’ve ever needed to do basic statistical calculations for an A/B test, your options traditionally have been:
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The Onion releases fartscroll.js
Include "fartscroll.js" in your page. You can include the latest version straight from our CDN:
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80 FFTs Per Second To Detect Whistles and Switch On Lights
Hey guys As the slightly changed adage goes: a video is worth a thousand words: Interested? Have a look at my tindie page or click below to get more technical details... So, why
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Writing Effective Welcome Emails
Learn some tips and tricks on writing welcome emails that actually get responses.
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Jekyll 1.0 Released
Today, I'm proud to announce the release of Jekyll 1.0. There are a million goodies and fixes to enjoy, and we're (the still-active Jekyll …
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Predicting Google Product Shutdowns
Analyzing predictors of Google abandoning products; predicting future shutdowns
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Simplify
I used to be a slave to my startups. If I wasn't working, I had a perpetual feeling of guilt that I should be working. I had a revelation one day when I realized I didn't have to read everything I found on the Internet.
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Light Table 0.4 released
With this release our goal was to bring more people into the fold, to increase the number of languages we can eval, and to smooth out some of the core experience. After 0.3, we finally had a chance to move the ball forward some - from live modifying websites directly inside of LT to injecting code into NodeJS and…
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Introducing Trello Business Class
Research, expert perspectives, and product announcements from Atlassian on how teams can work smarter with AI. Subscribe for monthly insights on the future of teamwork.
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How To Opt Out of Facebook Ads Based on Your Real-Life Shopping Activity
Facebook has announced that it’s teaming up with four of the world’s largest corporate data brokers to “enhance” the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as...