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How useful is Pair Programming? | snprbob86: This was discussed on HN recently. Lots of good comments here:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=490173 |
How useful is Pair Programming? | philcrissman: If you have access to trade journal type archives (IEEE, ACM, etc) you can find a lot of articles/studies on pair programming. Most of those that I've seen tend to be positive in their attitude toward pairing, though it's sometimes hard to tell if bias is at work there; also, many are in an academic setti... |
Web 2.0 and The Four Steps to the Epiphany | cubicle67: Any chance of a quick outline of what the four steps are? |
Twitter in the news: is this all PR? | ivankirigin: You can't pay for PR this good. P Diddy, Shaq, Ellen, Kutcher, Fry, etc.They tell people about it because they like it. They probably like it for reasons that are different than normal people.They want to maintain relevance as celebrities. Twitter is a way to do that. |
How useful is Pair Programming? | jimfl: Three words: Pair as needed. |
Twitter in the news: is this all PR? | kyro: For those who have said that Twitter is far from mainstream, let me tell you, you're wrong.Almost every major radio station here in southern California, ie KISS FM and POWER 106, encourage their users to follow them on Twitter. The other day, I was watching the Martha Stewart show, don't ask why, and she mentione... |
Channels to Venture Capital | pg: 1. http://ycombinator.com/topvcs.html2. Find the shortest path in your network of friends to someone who is a founder or early employee at one of their portfolio companies, and ask them to introduce you. |
How useful is Pair Programming? | seshagiric: The bloke in my next cubicle practices it and I hate it!All day long they are always discussing where to put an if condition, assert or what to name their variables. And fuck I cannot concentrate. |
Web 2.0 and The Four Steps to the Epiphany | eries: I strongly believe it's a valuable resource, especially for web 2.0 companies. You can read my review here:http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-is-cu...And how it fits in with agile development here:http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/03/combining-... |
Best networking venues in SF to meet programmers | catch23: Hah. Don't waste your time on any of those... You'll probably meet the wrong kind of "programmers" at those events. I would say stick with the language meetups (Ruby, Python, etc) and attend SuperHappyDevHouse. Also visit coworking facilities, you might find interesting people there as well. I tend to mee... |
Would you employ someone in exchange for equity? | floozyspeak: What do they bring to the table and how badly do you need them? |
Would you employ someone in exchange for equity? | lethain: Do you want this individual as a co-founder?, because that is essentially the role they would be stepping in as. At minimum you would need to write a solid vesting plan of some kind, to prevent the individual from quitting in a month and taking the equity with them.That said, I would be somewhat suspicious of ... |
Review my site TweetBoss (www.tweetboss.com) | Steve0: Very nice work! Good idea and love the implementation. Still some work to do, but you've probably noticed this as well.It's better to group synonyms, like "IE8" and "Internet Explorer 8", but how you would implement this is a mystery to me.Also some content are duped stories on different sites, maybe a filter c... |
Feedback on my idea? | pclark: sounds like a blog: something famous for requiring about an hours work - do it, post a link here and keep it up to date for a few months. |
What is a fair hourly rate split btw consultant and consulting company? | icey: Which way is the split going? You're a little unclear here.A 60/40 split, with the consultant taking 40% is standard fare in many markets, but I have heard it's often less favorable in NYC, Boston, DC and the Silicon Valley. I have never consulted for a firm in any of these locations, so I can't provide an answer... |
What is a fair hourly rate split btw consultant and consulting company? | goodgoblin: Here is a link on the subject:
http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t19707.html |
Channels to Venture Capital | staunch: Bootstrap yourself until they come knocking on your door. |
Feedback on iPhone app address book cleaner | terpua: We are still in the process of getting approved by Apple.Direct links:
http://www.pikitchen.com/cleanbook.htmlhttp://www.pikitchen.com/cleanbook-jr.html |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | amichail: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=515463 |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | noodle: nothing in and of itself is enjoyable to me.i can have lots of fun programming, and also absolutely no fun. it depends on what i'm doing and why. same thing with reading. same thing with sports. same thing with anything.edit: also, zombie thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=515463edit2: beatten by am... |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | davidw: If you don't enjoy something about programming, I don't think you're a "hacker", to put it bluntly. The something doesn't have to be writing code, but might be solving problems with computers in a more general sense. |
Where can you find Government Startup Resources & Grants? | tjr: If you're doing something that meets the criteria...http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5527&org... |
Review my site TweetBoss (www.tweetboss.com) | catch404: Wish I could upvote this x100 - Great idea, it's exactly what I need! Well done :) |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | daleharvey: Both for me, I dont enjoy coding for the sake of coding, I enjoy the process of creation. |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | brianto2010: Yes, I do enjoy programming. Sometimes, it is a means to an end for me (as in to accomplish a task, not a business), but is nonetheless fun.Typically, I find the most enjoyment out of programming when I am working on projects I want to work on. The sheer joy of seeing your creation come to life from your o... |
Startup Share Distribution for New Comers | hims10: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/advice-on-eq... |
Anyone know anything about Lua? | sgoraya: I've used Lua for video game scripting - it was pretty quick and easy to learn (I had a C/C++ background).There is a relatively large community of help - I got a lot of tips from the list-servs.Not hard at all to find coders with Lua experience - I assume most will have a video game coding background, but shou... |
Anyone know anything about Lua? | triplefox: Lua is well-liked because it's runs very close to C and easy to embed against, it's Algol-like, it has no dependencies beyond C itself, and it performs decently. It isn't as widely used as Python or Ruby because being embedded means it has a tiny standard library, and correcting that would go against the str... |
Review my site TweetBoss (www.tweetboss.com) | raamdev: Very cool.Slight bug with the refresh counter. I clicked the TweetBOSS logo to refresh the page when the counter was at 0.2 min(s) and the counter updated to "Next Refresh In: -0.1 min(s)". ;) (Subsequent refreshes showed the correct countdown.) |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | tocomment: I understand what circuits do a lot of times but I never understood why there's always a resistor even on simple circuits. And how do you decide when to use one, how do you know what resistance to use when designing a circuit?This really simple circuit illustrates my confusion. |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | brk: It's a pull-down resistor.Without it, when the temp sensor/thermistor was at infinite resistance, the Arduino pin would essentially be floating, and you'd get erratic readings.A pull down resistor is usually proportionally very high resistance in relation to the sensor or other device that is the variable in the c... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | jussij: Given that : V = I x RWhere: V = voltage
I = current
R = resistenceFor this circuit: R = VR1 + R2
V = 5
I = 5 / (VR1 + R2)That means the voltage at analog pin 0: VO = 5 - I * VR1 = 5 - VR1 * 5 / (VR1 + R2)So if you did not have the R2 resistor: VO = 5 - VR1 *... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | tjic: It's a voltage divider.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_dividerCaution: I'm a CS major, not an EE, so your probably want to verify my assertion before trusting it... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | orblivion: Most simple answer I can give:If the resistor were replaced by a wire, the pin would always be connected to ground, rendering the thermistor irrelevant.If the resistor were removed and ground disconnected entirely, the pin would be connected, through the thermistor, to +5V, again rendering the thermistor mos... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | djahng: voltage divider: v_analog = 5V * R2/(R2 + VR1)it's pretty meaningless by itself, you also need to know the bit resolution of the ADC and reference voltage. |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | hbien: Check out http://iconresource.net/ |
Anyone know anything about Lua? | corysama: Although their syntaxes differ, Lua and Javascript are functionally very similar. Lua is like Javascript without the burden of maintenance-by-committee.Lua is very small, very portable, very easy to embed and extend in C/C++ based apps and is one of the fastest interpreted languages available. These feature... |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | tvon: You might have better luck asking in the MacThemes forums: http://macthemes2.net/forum/index.phpAlso, the "so you want to make an icon" thread might be helpful: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16791388(I'm not a graphic designer so I can't really say how much help that will be) |
Where is the best place to host an ASP.net app/site? | timothychung: I am 100% no expert and without experience in hosting.Just some comments for you:Rackspace is a big company. Maybe you can have a look there?Maybe PeakInternet is good too? They host StackOverflow.com. |
Where is the best place to host an ASP.net app/site? | nreece: I'd highly recommend DiscountASP.NET - http://discountasp.net |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | Zev: Unless the developer is particularly talented, they most likely outsourced it to a company that specializes in graphic design / icons. A very good (and expensive) icon making company is Iconfactory (http://iconfactory.com).However, I think you were asking how to learn on your own? In that case…Short answer: Pick y... |
Anyone know anything about Lua? | Tangurena: We were looking to add scripting to one of our products. The choices ended up getting narrowed to Lua or Python. Microsoft's support for Python (as IronPython) tipped the scales for us (we're a Microsoft shop, so if MS makes/supports it, our boss goes that way).I thought Lua was a better fit, but I got overr... |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | amayne: I created Get Rich Swift a few months ago to inspire others. I've already inspired one start up. http://getrichswift.com |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | Zarathu: I was just asking myself this question the other day. I really hope to see some good responses here, soon.+1, for sure. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | quizbiz: I confess: I have a problem focusing. |
Anyone know anything about Lua? | bayareaguy: Lua is my favorite language to use when I need to make some systems level code configurable or extensible in simple ways.Based on the traffic at http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l I'd say there is a small but healthy and growing community. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | sutro: Do I generate massive amounts of business ideas? No. Do I create massive cloud-based high-touch paradigm synergies? Yes. Do I like buzzwords? Massively. Do I always talk like Donald Rumsfeld? Yes. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | nazgulnarsil: every business lives and dies by its client list. managing that client list is your primary business. everything else is secondary.
the person who is the best at managing clients will make more money than the person with the highly efficient technical solutions. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | charlesju: It's easy to come up with ideas. Hard to come up with good ideas. Almost impossible to come up with the killer ideas. |
Where is the best place to host an ASP.net app/site? | dannyr: I was on DiscountAsp.net amd the service was very good. However they don't support managing multiple websites.I went with Mosso instead but it's quite expensive, $100 per month. In spite of the cost, I'm very satisfied with the service. Their control panel is also very good. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | callmeed: Yes, and it drives my business partner crazy. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | wyclif: Ideas are easy. Execution, not so much. |
why not just use Eclipse? | issactrotts: You can get decent file navigation in Emacs by using Nav (Google for emacs nav), but it won't help with other Eclipse features that Emacs doesn't have.About refactoring of scripting languages, Python has Rope, with bindings for Vim and Emacs. It's not a comprehensive or bug-free solution, but it's a start ... |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | tydok: You could use a 3D software to render beautiful images and then with that images as a visual guide you can create icons, ie in Photoshop, by using layers and vectors. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | wheels: "Anyone else generating massive amounts of business distractions?"There, fixed that for you.Giving serious thought to one idea per day seems somewhere on the line between hardly possible and a huge waste of time.I can go to the local founders meetups and pick you out a couple dozen people that generate loads of... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | jgrahamc: As others have pointed out this is a voltage divider. But what's not been pointed out is that this type of voltage divider is not ideal because the load applied to the output voltage can alter the voltage itself. It's very important that the load applied draws very little current (i.e. has a high resistance... |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | conanite: you might like to take a peek at http://iconfu.com - it's pixel-oriented, only for smallish icons, not the great big vector icons you get with Illustrator. Some icon design resources are listed at http://iconfu.com/resources/list/icon_design/0.html(iconfu is my current project, please be nice :)) |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | koenbok: We [http://www.madebysofa.com] make some icons too and use a mix of Cinema and Photoshop. We mostly sketch in 3D to get the lighting right, and then redo the entire icon in Photoshop ending up with a bunch of shape layers with lots of layer styles. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | AlexTheFounder: As they say: strategy is all about what NOT to do |
What is your I/O ratio? | csbartus: freelancer, ruby and rails, 60% learning, 40% coding |
Do you enjoy programming or do you see it as a means to an end (start a business)? | CyberFonic: Well you did say "programming". It's enjoyable. It's the trundling through API's and frameworks that's a huge PIA. Fixing other peoples' badly written code is hard yakka.I don't think that you can succeed in a business that involves lots a programming without enjoying it. |
What is your I/O ratio? | jncraton: I'm a student, so currently I'm probably at about 95% learning and 5% productive coding. |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | avishvak: I request you to look at it differently from all the other posts.
This resistor is a constant current sink. Albit a mediocre one. but its just a penny [a paisa in india]
This thermister needs to sink a constant current in order to produce a temperature dependent voltage at its bottom leg. Normally, about a m... |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | arth33: I really like Sebastiaan de With's stuff. If you read his blog he sometimes explains the development process he uses. Here's a post he had on an icon he made for Hyperspaces.http://blog.cocoia.com/2008/06/13/faster-than-light-making-t...Icon Resource is also a good place to get information.http://www.iconresour... |
What is your I/O ratio? | nreece: 20% time learning, 80% time coding. Mainly PHP and ASP.NET. |
How do Mac software developers make realistic icons? | jemmons: Sadly, there's no real trick to it other than being a good graphic designer. Please note this is a career unto itself with all the traps and pitfalls "career" implies. Before you decide to spend a weekend learning Photoshop to cook yourself up an icon, consider the scorn with which you would look upon someone ... |
What's the purpose of the resistor in this circuit? | tocomment: Thanks for all the answers. It's starting to make sense now. Maybe I'll do better actually starting to build circuits than from reading books. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | troyto: Six months ago I also had tons of ideas. I chose one, and stuck with it. Pick the one you're most interested in or you'll never follow through! |
How can I get up early in the morning? | csuper: If you’re able, you should do what comes naturally. Are you a night-owl or a morning person? If you’re asking about how to wake up earlier, I’d guess the former.I’m simply more productive and creative in the AM, so I rise each day at 5:30. For me, knowing when I'm the most please with my own production is my... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | jacoblyles: These things work for me:Go to bed earlier at night. Leave your blinds open to let natural light come in in the morning. Have a deadline due the next day. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | Xichekolas: I'd recommend sleeping in a room that gets sunlight as early as possible. As the room warms up (and gets brighter), you'll naturally wake up less groggily.If your schedule can handle it, try just going to sleep when you are tired and seeing when you wake up (ie. don't use an alarm at all).I tried this for a... |
Review my site TweetBoss (www.tweetboss.com) | JustAGeek: Very useful! Added to the links I visit every morning. Thanks a lot for this webapp! |
How can I get up early in the morning? | andhapp: Sleep on the couch...you will be uncomfortable and definately get up early. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | HeyLaughingBoy: I have two Rhode Island Red roosters that are both quite loud. I only need one; do you want the other? |
How can I get up early in the morning? | pg: Go to bed earlier at night. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | neilo: Fill a book and sell it. OOP! Write that one down :) |
How can I get up early in the morning? | jwilliams: Wake up early. Go to bed when you're tired. Don't work on a computer past "X" at night (X varies for a lot of people, but usually an hour- from when you want to sleep).Not sure what it is, might just be not winding down -- but the light of the screen probably doesn't help imho. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | apgwoz: Drink lots of water a few hours before you go to bed, and use an alarm clock. I often find that I'm up before it goes off, but if for some reason that doesn't happen, the alarm clock wakes me up. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | codeodor: If you do not sleep enough, your life will be shorter! |
How can I get up early in the morning? | jamroom: have children - you will quickly become an early riser ;) |
How can I get up early in the morning? | Kirby: It depends on your biochemistry to a large degree. Some people need hardly any sleep, some do _much_ better work if they sleep a full night's sleep, which can be defined anywhere between 6 and 10 hours. Some people do well on a 24-hour clock, some don't. Minor sleep disorders are common and often not diagnose... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | adityakothadiya: 1. Plan in the evening what exact tasks you are going to do in the morning. Come up with detailed tasks - code this function, debug this issue, write follow-up emails, etc. If the tasks are not defined, then it's hard to push yourself to wake up early in the morning.Basically you need a reason to wake ... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | sprsquish: My wife is out the door very early in the morning. I make sure I get out of bed when she comes in to say goodbye for the day.My alarm clock has proven ineffective. I'll wake up an hour after it should have woken me up and realize I turned it off in my sleep |
How can I get up early in the morning? | SwellJoe: Do it consistently. I just started rising at 9:30 (this is early for me) every day a few weeks ago, and I now wake up naturally without the alarm, and usually by 9. It only took about four or five days with the alarm and going to bed at a reasonably consistent time (between 1AM and 2AM) every day before I w... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | breck: Exercise, get to bed earlier, and move someplace where it's not 20 degrees in the morning. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | axod: Have kids. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | sounddust: I had this problem for nearly my entire life, and I finally solved it about 3 years ago. For me, I had to fix every problem that was affecting my sleep at the same time. If any one of those problems crops up again, then I won't be able to sleep properly until I resolve it. Anyway, for me, it involved the ... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | kingkongrevenge: There's no reason to get up early in the morning. This is one of those things like marathon running and vegetarianism. For totally irrational reasons people think they're doing something worthwhile just because doing it sucks. |
Anyone else generating massive amounts of business ideas? | vlod: enjoyed your post. i think more application rather than process improvement. i will definitely try and think more along those lines.do you have blog (if so add it to your profile). i would enjoy more of this. thanks again! |
How can I get up early in the morning? | tptacek: I've had this problem forever. When I was in high school, I'd stay up all night, go to school at the end of my day, come home and sleep until midnight.To the extent that I've solved it, I solved it after I had kids, and sleeping until 1PM became untenable for the family.The answer for me? Wait for it: waking u... |
Examples of Apps with Lots of Data | jncraton: If you aren't already familiar with the various web-based DB to tools, that wouldn't be a bad place to start.The basic admin interfaces from Rails or Django are probably simpler than what you are looking for, but you might get some ideas. You've probably used it before, but exploring phpMyAdmin might be helpf... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | sjs382: Have something to do once you get up, a reason to get up. I had the same issues before I started to go to the gym in the morning. This has really fixed my sleeping routine.If I don't have a reason to get up in the morning, I'm much more likely to stay in bed before I go to sleep again. |
What's the best web programming language? | noodle: there is no best language. they're all tools in a toolbox. you can smash a nail in with a screwdriver, but its easier to use a hammer.the question is, what do you want to do? are you new to web development and want to learn a language? do you have experience with other languages? etc.. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | shard: Sleep is a important component of health, along with nutrition and exercise. Life's too short to be unhealthy for a major part of it. You should get all the sleep your body needs. |
How can I get up early in the morning? | ryanwaggoner: Getting up in the morning used to be one of the central struggles of my life (seriously), but I rarely think about it now and I'm almost always up by 430am, which is something I never thought would happen. Here's my story, if anyone is interested.I've struggled with getting up my entire life, and so has ... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | DanielBMarkham: Life is too short to be muttering through the day like a zombie, either, so you're going to need to sleep as much as you need.Keep going to be earlier until you wake up when you want. Stop using an alarm clock. Be consistent.I haven't used an alarm clock in years, and when I need to get up at 3:30 to hi... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | hairic: I fast to reset my sleep cycle. I can only tolerate 10-12 hours of no calories, but longer supposedly works better. I try to maintain it by not eating during my desired sleep schedule. So if I'm up all night coding, no calories are allowed.Story about it was even posted here almost a year ago. http://news.ycomb... |
How can I get up early in the morning? | mping: Find something cool to do the next day. Regulate your body and mind so you can sleep well and wake up early. |
What's the best web programming language? | gcheong: Have a look at: http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/ |
Examples of Apps with Lots of Data | Tangurena: I can't think of any public facing ones at the moment, but a couple of prior (subscription or you had to have a series 7 type license) sites I've worked on would let the user get the data as an excel spread sheet. Sorry. |
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