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Which are the things you want the most? | mcav: Valuable: Time. Friendship. Backups. Moore's law. Coffee.Unwanted: Excess red tape. Non-deterministic bugs. Win32. IE. Reality TV. Murphy's law. |
Which are the things you want the most? | unalone: I'll be materialistic in my response, because love and all that jazz obviously are up there.I want things that do what I want them to do. For four years that meant the Mac I have now. Now that I've got it, I'll be content for years and years.I want stuff that changes how I look at the world. That means music, ... |
Which are the things you want the most? | Allocator2008: Valuable in no particular order:Coffee and/or coca cola. Boyfriend. Any book by Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Sue Blackmore, Peter Atkins, Stephen Hawking. Any psychological horror film like 'Session 9' or 'In the Mouth of Madness'. Formerly camels, now e-cigs for nicotine. CNN. C. Cygwin. Textpad.Things... |
Which are the things you want the most? | nraynaud: want : time to go surfing, rock climbing, meeting friends at the bar.do not want : development (but that's the only thing I feel good at :( ), redtape, trying to sell stuff, trying to sell myself. |
Which are the things you want the most? | tokenadult: Opportunities for eager learners to more faster without being hobbled by the school system.http://learninfreedom.org/ |
Which are the things you want the most? | tptacek: More time. Thanks a lot. |
Which are the things you want the most? | BigCanOfTuna: I want to experience innovation without advertisements. |
Which are the things you want the most? | charlesju: Ok, I'll play devil's advocate.Money.Not so much to spend it on stuff, but rather the freedom that money buys in today's society. |
Which are the things you want the most? | apsurd: A woman's love <3 |
Which are the things you want the most? | utx00: to stay healthy. everything else is minor in comparison. |
Which are the things you want the most? | speek: (In no particular order)Want: Artificial Intelligence, Seamless integration between tech and humans, Technological innovation, Good health, Time, Love, Friends, Good books, Good moviesDo Not Want: Death, Extremists, Bad movies, Bad friends, Bad books |
Which are the things you want the most? | rw: My supergoal: Get everyone to the top of Maslow's hierarchy. Forever. |
Which are the things you want the most? | vaksel: Freedom to do nothing.Everything else comes from that. |
Which are the things you want the most? | bozone888: i want to make an impact on other people's lives, like creating a popular product or teaching them how to do things in right ways. |
Which are the things you want the most? | rokhayakebe: Things (material): Rocio Romero LV. Vintage Schwimm. Vintage typewriter. |
Which are the things you want the most? | avner: I always remember what my mother once told me: "Son, whatever you do in life, treasure your family and friends. Don't do things I wouldn't be proud of and always remember- health is greater than wealth." |
Which are the things you want the most? | Devilboy: World peace |
feedback on my web site - Web hosting plans comparison | jusob: I needed to find a shared Linux web hosting plan. I couldn't find a good web site to compare them, only a lot of (fake) top-10 lists.So I decided to create my own website. The HN crowd might be more interested on dedicated servers, or VPS, but I think you can give me good feedback on the website: does it add any... |
feedback on my web site - Web hosting plans comparison | diN0bot: the number one thing i want to know when looking for hosting is exactly what os/software versions does the system run. extra credit for procmail hooks and email aliases. on some hosters that info is pretty up front, on others i can't find it anywhere!i haven't found a shared hosting solution that provides pyth... |
Which are the things you want the most? | tutwabee: Health and useful work that brings enjoyment. |
Which are the things you want the most? | visitor4rmindia: What I want: Time (I wish I could live forever) and Happiness.Striving for it by: Friendship, Family, Health, Savings, Entertainment |
How do you recognise good business guys if you're a programmer? | mkuhn: So, I'm a business guy and currently doing my Masters in Strategy and International Management, then I will go on to take my MBA in Singapore. So much about how I got to know a lot of business guys, so now how do you recognize good ones:1. There is a lot of arrogance among business people. They (probably as engi... |
Please review my webapp: Da Button Factory - create shiny buttons | palsecam: For the people who would like to follow the progress of Da Button Factory: there is now a development blog http://dabuttonfactory.blogspot.com. You can suscribe to its Atom feed to stay in touch, or whatever.BTW, Da Button factory now have: color pickers, a few more fonts, a public API, a better handling of t... |
Would you like to have a whiteboard for HN comments? | unalone: I'd say that's too complicated a process. Better to make a good whiteboard program well-known so people start using it.Part of HN is its simplicity. Get rid of that and you have a completely different website, replete with users who'd join just to try out the kewl whiteboard. |
Please Review my Website | pedalpete: Start with the good.
1) the site looks really nice and clean
2) your demo clearly demonstrates what can be doneWhat could be improved
1) demo could/should be edited down to just the key features, and really explaining why I would use it rather than going through all the features step-by-step. It's good to ha... |
Please Review my Website | jws: First, when I got to this tab, after bulk opening all the interesting links, my first reaction was that someone had their domain name hijacked. I'm not sure what that was my reaction, but I think it is the layout of the "New & Interesting" which looks about like a domain squatters link operation. Maybe if it was s... |
Good Programming Books to Teach Programmers New Languages? | enduser: Programming in Lua is an excellent example of what you're looking for. The first edition is available online at http://lua.org/pil/. Slashdot has a good review of the Second Edition at http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/25/147203.For Python, I believe you're looking for http://www.diveintopython.or... |
Good Programming Books to Teach Programmers New Languages? | russell: If you know a little Python, I recommend the Python Cookbook by Alex Martelli http://www.amazon.com/Python-Cookbook-Alex-Martelli/dp/05960... It is completely different from other types of books which are either references or tutorials which build some kind of project. It has hundreds of little recipes with ... |
Good Programming Books to Teach Programmers New Languages? | rg123: I recommend Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by Alex Martelli. It is very concise, without the newbie stuff, and does point out some specifics that might surprise someone coming from Java and other languages. It's a good Python library reference to have on your bookshelf, too.This book covers up to Python 2.5... |
Twitter As A Platform? | adrianwaj: http://www.tweetlater.com/ are making money. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | ErrantX: Intruiging idea. However it seems extraordinairily high risk for the investors. You mention choosing the recipients would be tricky and that if they fail (which I imagine would occur in a high percentage of choices) they could get a high paid job to pay it off. However:- Jobs ar never guarateed. I know some ex... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | pg: I'd have been the target market for something like this, and I wouldn't have done it. I would have hated to have debt hanging over me. Equity funding is better than debt for high risk ventures. But I doubt one could legally buy a share of someone's future earnings. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | omnivore: High interest loans would likely get defaulted on, as $100k isn't very much money for someone who has a house, good credit or a co-signer who can help them get more.It'd be a small sector of people who'd qualify and among those, they'd either be ill equipped to hit a home-run the first time out or other facto... |
Which are the things you want the most? | phillian: A futon and a few kettlebells for the office. A power nap and a quick 15 minute workout can do wonderful things for productivity. |
Twitter As A Platform? | pg: My guess is yes. Twitter is a new protocol, and in the past new protocols have always generated new companies. The one catch here is that this protocol is controlled by a private company. So you'd have to worry about the possibility that if you did something successful, they'd try to take it over themselves.I th... |
Good Programming Books to Teach Programmers New Languages? | mbrubeck: "JavaScript: The Good Parts" by Douglas Crockford is a good, concise, opinionated crash course in JavaScript. It demonstrates the full power of the language, but also teaches you how to avoid real-world compatibility and performance traps. One of the few books that's useful as both a tutorial and a referenc... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | admoin: Maybe I read this too quickly, but the vast majority of people you'd want to lend this kind of money to are either (a) not going to want to borrow money at 20% interest, or (b) have access to far lower interest sources of funding, even in the unsecured context. This idea doesn't make much sense to me. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | DenisM: You will have a bunch of free-loaders taking the money and then declaring bankputcy or otherwise weaseling out. YC does not give that much money so it's not a problem for them (they also make you go over there so it's actually easier to ge a job for any would-be free-loader).The big problem to solve is reputati... |
Which are the things you want the most? | HeyLaughingBoy: Money and health.Just about every problem I have right now (and for the foreseeable future) can be solved by the judicious application of money. Health can be improved by money, but not guaranteed by it.Love and friends are also important, but I already have that. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | Allocator2008: Short of a DNA scan, it is hard to see how one could select the best individuals. If one could show that one's parents were big business people, that lends confidence, but there is always a chance someone is on the short end of the gene pool. Would not it be great if we could predict the winners from the... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | jk4930: Your a priori success-rate of 85% is hard to manage and 5-10% annually in return is too low for that risk. I can invest in opportunities with a higher return on equity and have things better under control.But your scheme is flawed in just another way: You invest in the entrepreneur, but you don't profit from hi... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | thedob: You can finance yourself with credit cards for a far lower interest rate than this. If you're betting on your ability to pay back debt, and there's no value add for taking the money (such as an investor with connections), then you go with the cheapest cash available. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | joshwa: This sounds a lot like a student loan, except with a much shorter term and higher interest rate. |
Marketplaces for mashing business apps? | russell: My impression is that they are all platform dependent. I know that people are selling QuickBooks apps, but I dont know if there is any marketplace for them. Maybe something sponsored by QuickBooks. In the 90's there was a lot of hype about components, but I dont think it got a lot of traction. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | yokumtaku: There will likely be problems with usury laws in various states that regulate the maximum amount of interest charged on a loan. |
"Y Combinator for people?" | bonerlikestorub: Won't work, here's why: As an average schmo, I can access (via credit cards) just as cash at a similar rate. And if I fail, I can walk away from it with no danger to my reputation. Credit report, yes, but who cares about that? You are a sucker waiting to get milked. |
Twitter As A Platform? | jasonlbaptiste: Absolutely. We've been using the OAuth system with Ramamia for the past month or so. OAuth itself is going to have a big impact on things developed for twitter. It makes accessing an app for a user, as easy as a facebook app. It also will allow for a real directory of applications. Up until now, th... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | gcheong: "It should also be noted that even an entrepreneur who has failed to get rich by the end of the four year can resort to taking a job at a big company. One year of that will pay off most of the loan, and will allow him to take a separate loan from the bank to cover the rest."So, if in one year your hypothetical... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | alain94040: The only part I agree with is investing in the entrepreneur. Check out http://www.entrepreneurcommons.org/Your major flaw is that you assume 85% success. The truth is that for $100,000 loans, most entrepreneurs will spend it and then default on the loan.Entrepreneurs will invest the money you give them: hir... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | gcheong: "...the total interest generated by the fund will be 5% per year. "
"...the fund interest could exceed 10% per year."I can buy MO right now at a dividend yield of 7+% and have equity in the company. Assuming zero change in the dividend payout or stock price over the next 5 years - which I don't think is any mo... |
"Y Combinator for people?" | andrewljohnson: I have a question. Are you making the loan to the corporation or to the individual?If you are making the loan to the corporation, then it'd a fine business. You are basically limiting your upside, as opposed to an equity investment, but you will be able to calculate your revenue stream more easily. If t... |
Best place for promotional t-shirts, etc? | indraneel24: www.customink.com ? |
How should I monetize a SciFi story I put in the public domain? | andrewl-hn: Just a small suggestion. Try to find a magazine which will agree to publish your story. If it's long you could split it and publish in chapters. When I was a kid I remember many stories for children were published that way and I liked them. There's something special when one have to wait for a month. As a s... |
Looking for a web designer | Allocator2008: I am primarily a test automation engineer, but I have done some HTML/CSS work in the past. (For example, http://www.calliopetalent.com I did some updates for, adding some javascript, tables redesign, etc. to an old site originally built in the late 90's - personal references from there available on reque... |
Best place for promotional t-shirts, etc? | ctingom: Acmeprints.com or brandxstore.com |
"Y Combinator for people?" | jasonkester: I think you're missing two key points about YCombinator: - YCombinator doesn't make you give the money back if your thing doesn't take off.
- YCombinator's isn't really giving you money. They're giving you influence and contacts. That's *huge* in this industry. The money is not really a factor.
A... |
Twitter As A Platform? | joshsharp: Like you, I'm worried about building something on a proprietary protocol. One company having control means they can arbitrarily deny you access if they don't want competition on a particular feature set, for example. Having said that, it hasn't stopped people building lots of Facebook and iPhone apps...For w... |
Twitter As A Platform? | froo: >Straight forward question and I would like the opinion of HN: Can you build a successful product/service based on Twitter?Absolutely, look at Summize (now Twitter Search) and Friendfeed who has a large amount of data in the form of Tweets.You also have the clients, eg Twhirl (purchased by Loic Le Meur) and Tweet... |
Looking for a web designer | dentonbros: i've had success with designoutpost.com |
Good Programming Books to Teach Programmers New Languages? | baddox: Thanks for the replies, I'll keep this page bookmarked for future reference. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | hboon: I find that sometimes music distracts me. Instead of earphones, I use earplugs (the wax type) that works pretty well. Especially useful nowadays where I work near a construction site and very inconsiderate neighbours. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | mellampudi: Checkout this link.
http://www.headphone.com/guide/by-headphone-type/sealed-type... |
Portable 17" second monitor? | alabut: I used to use multiple laptops and control them from a single keyboard using Synergy. It's not exactly what you're looking for (can't drag documents between windows) but it goes a long way, like being able to offload all the administrative stuff (email, IM, music) to one screen and then work in the other. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | chunkyslink: Sennheiser HD280 Pro http://tinyurl.com/dd475wThey are massively comfortable, and quite tight on the head so no one else can hear anything. If I dont feel like music I sometimes wear them anyway as they are great at blaocking out the noise.Oh and did I mention they sound amazing. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | KB: I've had good luck with AblePlanet headphones (http://www.ableplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_...).Very similar to Bose technology, considering Bose has since sued them for patent infringement. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | mildweed: KOSS's "The Plug" (not SparkPlug)
http://tinyurl.com/dkcryyThey act like ear plugs (expanding foam in your ear canal) but play pretty darn good music quality too. And cheap. Really, I can't go wrong with these. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | piranha: Grado SR80: http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr80.htmVery nice. |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | pavelludiq: both reddit and HN are open source http://code.reddit.com/ http://arclanguage.org/install (news.arc is included in the arc source). |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | dejb: If you just mean hierarchies of threads then I know Drupal forums do this. But if you are looking for the voting and vote ordering then I'm not sure. I suspect you'd find some module in Drupal though. |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | mdasen: Well, if you want something with the features of HN or reddit, why not use the source code of HN or reddit?They're both open source and you could alter it so that submissions couldn't be links if you so chose.http://arclanguage.org/
http://code.reddit.com/ |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | dollarz: Offtopic: How can I ask question here? |
What headphones do you use in the office? | Hates_: Etymotic ER-4p in the office and Er-6i out and about. |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | thomas: i'd stay far away from bbpress. reddit would work or you have drupal forums as dejb pointed out. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | skorgu: Sennheiser CX300S Canalphones. Bought them on a whim from newegg but I'm pleased with them. I can't be isolated for more than about an hour before some emergency crops up so the comfort is less important.The HD280s are amazing though, I think I'll be getting a pair of them for home soon. |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | jraines: You could also use http://www.slinkset.com for a hosted solution that you could still point your own domain at (assuming you have control over your CNAME records) |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | jsdalton: I can't remember where I heard good things about this one, but I believe I did at some point:http://getvanilla.com/You might also look into whether http://intensedebate.com/ would work for your purposes...it does have threading and voting.Finally if you or your developer(s) know Python/Django, you could check... |
What headphones do you use in the office? | silentbicycle: I have Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000s (http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-JUG-00001-LifeChat-LX-3000-H...), since we use skype once in a while. They're nothing remarkable sound-wise, but they're pretty comfortable, cheap, and they have a mic.My only point against them is that there's a volume / mute box about ... |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | jaycee: I'm a pretty big fan of Vanilla (http://getvanilla.com/). It doesn't natively support threading, but I think there may be a plugin for that. It's out of the box install is very clean, very simple, and very useful.Rolling something from the HN or Reddit codebase sounds like a pretty interesting project, though. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | extantproject: Sony MDR-V6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_MDR-V6
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-V6-Monitor-Headphones-Voice/d... |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | pclark: where are you based?My startup is in Cambridge, and I'd love to meet you and chat startups. |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | pstinnett: Try pgBoard. I don't think it has anything to do with Paul Graham (the pg stands for pretty good). Some examples:board.vivalavinyl.org
board.crewcial.orgHere's the source
http://code.google.com/p/pgboard/It's actually a lot like HN. |
Twitter As A Platform? | alexmacgregor: Thanks for the input guys, think I will go for it but obviously, monetizing/paying the bills might prove difficult therefore I'm going to work on it part-time for the moment.Re. joshsharp, good point about the proprietary nature but hopefully Twitter will allow further customization of profiles/data in t... |
What headphones do you use in the office? | mxcl: BeyerDynamic 770 Pros: http://bit.ly/zbEBBYou can wear them all day and barely notice. Great bass. You can turn them way up and there is almost no leakage. |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | warrenmiller: I'm head geek at a London based UK startup and have the same question.I just follow Hacker News mostly :) |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | mooders: I'm Southampton based and find I spend huge amounts of time scouring techcrunchUK, mashable and very few others for UK startup news. The Times online and The Guardian online are both good sources. The most fruitful is probably Twitter though.Perhaps there is a need for us to band together and start driving mor... |
Do you watch cartoons? | mcav: I don't watch old-school cartoons much, but I do enjoy shows like Family Guy, which has quite a bit of absurdity itself. |
Do you watch cartoons? | Allocator2008: Heck yeah. South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Ghost in the Shell, Sailor Moon. |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | z303: I know here in Bristol, a lot of things happen around Open Coffee Bristol, Bathcamp and the Watershed |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | axod: There's a few brits in #startups on freenode. (Myself included)If you're into advertising revenue, I'd again recommend http://www.affiliates4u.com/ Tons of good advice there. |
What headphones do you use in the office? | gtani: good info, big timesink:http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/ |
For a simple forum, should I use bbPress or is there a HN/reddit style one? | known: http://www.kubelabs.com/phpdug/ if you like digg style forum. |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | ntoll: If you're in or near Oxfordshire then you should take a look at http://www.oxin.co.uk/Of course, there is also the Europe-wide: http://www.seedcamp.com/ |
What headphones do you use in the office? | callahad: I'm quite fond of my Sennheiser PX100's. They're cheap, exceptionally lightweight, and outrageously comfortable. Plus, the sound is quite decent (on par with the Sennheiser HD280 Pro). |
What headphones do you use in the office? | wallflower: I used to use AudioTechnica ANC ATH-ANC7 Noise Reduction headphones. I found that the active noise reduction doesn't really work in an office setting because there is some serious leakage when active. The noise reduction feature works great on a train/plane/coffee shop (anywhere there is lots of ambient no... |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | sharpn: I'm not involved in this, but I was considering it:
http://www.the-hub.net/index.html
there's a London-based startup community, there's a massive warehouse near Caledonian Road with cheap rents & a good vibe. I don't know what the other London sites are like, nor how extensive or useful the 'international' elem... |
Do you watch cartoons? | noodle: yes, although not necessarily for the same reason your stating. cartoons are a medium i enjoy in many different forms because what is depicted isn't restricted by what can or can't be done on film.there are some great serious movies/shows in cartoon form that couldn't be done on film due to the restrictions of... |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | nickseeber: It's not an online community but the UK Government sponsored website is excellent:http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/They have a great tool which takes you through the process of making a personalised list of starting-up tasks (the business start-up organiser)Nick |
Do you watch cartoons? | satyajit: Hey, that's very interesting, because I currently am working on a startup idea of my own, and today just about 2 hrs back, I wanted to enter our database with some random content (this is to do with multimedia stuff). And I chose cartoons. Not sure why! I find them creative, amusing, absurd, logic(&physics)-d... |
Where do uk startups go for advice online ? | swombat: Much of the advice that matters (basically how to make something people want and how to let them know it exists) is pretty international. I don't really see the need for UK-specific start-up news.The world is getting more global, not less. If anything, I'd suggest that someone think about how to reproduce the ... |
What headphones do you use in the office? | electromagnetic: I have a pair of RCA HPNC300's, they weren't all that expensive and their noise canceling works great. I even wear them at home, they can cut out a lot of background noise as they clear a lot of the bass noise that tends to overpower other sounds.I used to fly a lot and they worked amazing, it really h... |
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