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  1. What makes the best teams so effective? (gamasutra.com)
    1 points 0
  2. Ask HN: Recommendations for Computer-Science Fiction?

    In this recent post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9447097), the author talks about CS works that seem so advanced as to be science fiction. The following quote comes up: > This term stands in contrast to…

    1 points 1
  3. Ask HN: Did Google's Data Liberation Front Shut Down?

    Their last blog update was 2013: http://dataliberation.blogspot.com/ And their last video was 3 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/user/dataliberation

    1 points 1
  4. Ask HN: What should we know logistics-wise to launch an int'l marketplace site?

    We're launching a site where people can post their digital goods for sale and others can buy them. What do I need to know as far as 1) paying taxes, and 2) getting appropriate legal contracts with the sellers I work…

    2 points 0
  5. Death by a Thousand Cuts (blog.strafenet.com)
    1 points 0
  6. Programming is a game with an inventory (blog.strafenet.com)
    1 points 0
  7. Ask HN: So we made this open source library. What do we do with it?

    https://github.com/christopherliu/standard-js This is a library I use in some of my projects. I figured I'd open source it to get some thoughts - what should we do next?

    2 points 0
  8. Ask HN: How do you test web UI/JavaScript?

    We just set up QUnit, and it was kind of a difficult Google-fest to get working. On the UI side however, I haven't touched a UI framework since Selenium a while back. What do you use to test UI/UX on the web?

    13 points 7
  9. Dicking people around considered harmful (blog.strafenet.com)
    2 points 0
  10. “When you have enough data, sometimes, you don’t have to be too clever” (blog.strafenet.com)
    45 points 13
  11. "The most dangerous species of owner is one who gets into the business for love" (slate.com)
    2 points 0
  12. Taking too long to deal with emails? Separate writing and sending. (blog.strafenet.com)
    2 points 0
  13. The Perils of Not Having Twins: A Paradox (blog.strafenet.com)
    4 points 1
  14. Ask HN: Review my micro product, Truck Report (NYC only!) (nyctruckreport.weebly.com)
    1 points 1
  15. When Google Doesn't Have the Answer (lifehacker.com)
    1 points 0
  16. Ask HN: Who's using Facebook login on their site? (Is it necessary now?)

    Hi HN, I'm thinking of adding Facebook logins to my site; however, they apparently require me to link it up to my personal FB account (or at least, want my credit card/mobile number). Has anyone added FB logins to their…

    1 points 3
  17. Who wants to play Frontierville with me?

    Now that I've got your attention... I watched a very interesting talk on the future of gaming [1] where the topic of games like Farmville and Mafia Wars comes up later in the discussion. The speaker, who's also a…

    1 points 0
  18. Review my startup - Adventure Cow (adventurecow.com)
    5 points 6
  19. Ask HN: Would love to see post-mortem analysis of Drop.io

    As a frequent non-paying user of the service (as well as a heavy user of Dropbox), I think it would be enlightening to see (or start building) an analysis of the company from a customer validation/startup building…

    3 points 1
  20. Ask HN: I'm launching a story-telling site next Monday. Review my site?

    Not too long ago I made a site for playing Choose Your Own Adventure-like books by email... Last Friday, I realized that I should share the writing tools with everyone for National Novel Writing Month! Unfortunately,…

    2 points 2
  21. Many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers (ted.com)
    2 points 0
  22. Idea: Find out what happens to news stories a year later

    I was reading an old newspaper and remembered: Hey, Russian sent troops into Georgia! What ever happened to that? I went online to look it up and had a thought: It'd be awesome if there was a time capsule I could stick…

    2 points 1
  23. Ask HN: Is there a viable business in this?

    Hi all, I just set up a new Windows installation and I had a thought about a new product: When I set up a computer, I have to install somewhere around 40 programs to get everything back to where it was beforehand. I've…

    1 points 2
  24. Ask HN: How do Internet businesses get around foreign registration?

    First, a bit of background for anyone unfamiliar: Foreign registration is the requirement for a corporation based in one state to _register_ to do business in another state. You can incorporate in Delaware, for example,…

    6 points 2