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A situation being better than it used to be is a poor argument against making further progress.

Hopefully, one day I will be the crotchety old man complaining about how the new kids never had to worry about IE8 issues.

People don't want to buy a bunch of small stuff a la carte. They just don't.

Are you familiar with In App Purchases? The fact that so many apps are moving towards being free with paid content after purchase/install kind of goes against your statement. If anything, it would support the argument that people are willing to use a system like this if it is usable and trustworthy.

The slideshow on this page gives a decent overview:

https://www.docker.io/learn_more/

When learning a new language it is often difficult to master the little details. Swap out 'has' with 'have', 'its' with 'their', 'other' with 'others' and it changes to:

"All the services have their advantages and disadvantages over others"

Each of these differences may appear significant to a native speaker, but the basic meaning of each word is almost the same.

I'm a huge fan of WebFaction

Exactly. I censor myself all the time in any online setting that isn't anonymous. I'll have my contribution to the conversation typed out, edited, and then I think on whether someone somewhere could possible take it the wrong way, or if it could come back to bite me. It's usually not worth posting (to me) if it's a controversial topic - there's very little to be gained, but a lot to lose.

That depends if the domains are valuable to you. For example, see this post, which could have been prevented by a registrar that was more secure.

https://medium.com/p/24eb09e026dd

Allowed:

Listings that offer physical items, downloadable items, or services (such as home improvement services)

The winner gets the source code (downloadable) and one week of consulting (service)

Also, don't underestimate the value of making sure a client is happy. My first client required little more than setting up a WordPress theme and doing some design tweaks. I bent over backwards for them, and now about half of my clients are referrals from that first client.

I'm not saying that you should do everything for everyone, because some people will be unreasonable; when you're first starting out it's probably in your best interest to be a little more flexible.

Could you elaborate on the differences between the two, and why you decided to write off all of Elance after one bad experience?

You should also check out Font Awesome[1]. It's a really useful icon collection licensed under the MIT license.

[1] http://fontawesome.io/

One of the winning entries from the Node Knockout competition did this[1]. They didn't give any real numbers (20kH is mentioned in the comments, but it's not clear how many devices it took for that), but it does seem like you would have to have a massive amount of devices running it.

[1] http://nodeknockout.com/teams/shoop-team

almost no chance of working in the real world

Why do you think this? The company that I work for uses remarketing, and it actually works really well. I don't know the details behind it, but I know that it's a good source of leads (at least for my company).

Keep in mind that it might not work very well with you, but HN readers don't exactly represent the majority of web users.

Some big issues with that font (Chrome on Windows 7) http://i.imgur.com/a2vkcqh.png

It's still kind of new for a lot of products. Macbook Pros that were released before the Retina MBP (16 months ago) could be upgraded.

Especially when you consider the fact that it's impossible to upgrade the RAM. Sure, many users are fine with 4GB now. However, many users that want a laptop that will satisfy their needs for several years will be frustrated to learn that their machine can't be upgraded.

That's their choice, obviously. I hate being forced to watch a video, and when I land on a page that only has video content I leave.

There are quite a few services that offer non-DRM epubs. O'Reilly's online store[1] is just one example, and there are a lot more listed in Defective By Design's ebook guide[2].

http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/ebooks

Don't say anything. At all. Nothing you say will help your circumstances, but it can hurt you.

Blog posts and wikis are great for finding a quick fix/example on how to solve a small problem. I find books useful for when I'm learning a new concept from scratch.

If I'm branching out into a new field or learning a new concept where I have minimal knowledge, I'll often check for a book on the subject. Personally, I'm a fan of the Head First books.