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Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | TomOfTTB: Information is as useful as you make it. It’s really a questions of "are you just reading to entertain yourself?" vs "are you reading to learn and allowing your worldview to be shaped based on what you are reading?" Almost every piece of information is useful if you pick it apart and actively seek out the lessons to be learned from it.I mean, Henry David Thoreau spent his time wandering around the wilderness, an activity that most would call a waste of time, and yet the lessons he learned about simplicity and its impact on life are still being quoted nearly 150 years after his death.Wisdom is everywhere the trick is to hang around places where you can find it while enjoying yourself. If HN provides that for you than it’s far from a waste of time. |
CSS vs table based layouts | auston: I feel like if it's a simple table with divs inside - it probably wont be a big deal because it will be maintainable.But if you're going to nest tables inside of tables nested inside of tables - then I'd suggest not doing it.You want to keep it maintainable for not only yourself but anyone else who might be working on it in the future. |
Building a trust system into a social app | jhp: I worked on one of the largest simulated markets on the web and offer the following advice:- Use basic human motivation to encourage real participation. Points scored and virtual awards work well, but only if you can control system-gaming and inflation.- Make sure that each account is connected to a confirmed email address or social network account.- Spend time looking for people who are creating multiple accounts for the purpose of gaming your system (same IPS, repetitive names / passwords). Disable what appear to be the spoof accounts and email the core account about why you did it.- Have a clearly defined policy for what is acceptable behavior and penalize as much bad behavior as is necessary. Make sure to show the community that there is enforcement.- Maintain contact with helpful members of the community who can key you in on problematic individuals or exploitable flaws in the scoring system. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | ezmobius: rack, merb, sinatra and rails |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | igorgue: Django, because it has magical powers, who can beat that? |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | dylanz: merb/rails |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | tptacek: Rails, because I lost the Python vs. Ruby argument, and now we're all converts. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | tocomment: I'm in Python. I'm happiest just doing import cgi ...I always feel guilty though. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | pwoods: Top Down Programming BABY!Seriously, just install smarty and do it yourself. Then somebody can always do a basic edit to the templates and you don't have to weight the merits of the 10000X different frameworks against eachother and get back to Making Money! |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | edb: I'm a cakePHP user. It has gotten and keeps getting a lot better as of recent, and I really like the community. I looked into codeigniter after using cakephp for a while and it just seemed to have a lot less to offer. I tried symfony too and it seemed alot more complex, unnecessarily so.I'm currently dabbling in Rails and Django, but am going to put them down until I finish my current project, since there's nothing in either that I can't do in cake, as far as my project's requirements go.These are also a lot less portable than the PHP frameworks, which I find is a big deal if ever you want to lengthen your runway with client work. It's MUCH harder to get a quick 2-5k on a small webpage when the client hears "change hosting". |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | pwoods: Write your own! |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | sachinag: http://www.qcodo.com, which now has been forked to http://qcu.be |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | siong1987: noprocrast:
maxvisit:
minaway:No one actually uses the above features??? It really helps me to reduce my visits to YC less than 3 times everyday. My maxvisit is 60 and minaway is 180. This means that I can only visit HN for a maximum of 60 mins for every 180 mins interval. |
CSS vs table based layouts | run4yourlives: This debate is endless. Simply put, there is no clear answer.Clearly, from what you've stated, CSS is not your forte. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, there was a time that I felt exactly like you. Now however, I find CSS/tableless html easier, faster and cleaner overall. I use it exclusively for general presentation. It really shines when I need to fix websites after the fact, or two clients want different presentations of the same code/datasets. It's a lot of fun to limit presentation to 2-3 files, rather than your entire codebase.That said, what's your motivation here? Do you believe/recognize the benefits of CSS, or are you just feeling guilty because "all the cool kids are doing it"?If the former is your thinking, you have to realize that you are in learning mode. Of course it's going to be harder. You're comparing a learning state to a mastered state. Riding a bicycle is a lot harder if all you've done is ride tricycles. It says nothing though about whether learning to ride a bike is beneficial to you or worth the time and effort.If you can see that moving to CSS layouts would have noticeable impact on your production, tough it out, it gets easier I swear. If you can't see any benefit to switching, then don't. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | SpencerDavis: Django. It was a toss up for me between Django and Rails but at the time, the updated Rails book was not out yet and the Django book was.And Django has a magic pony. http://djangopony.com/ |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | bonaldi: WebObjects. I don't like Java, or Eclipse, which makes it an odd choice, but it was Rails before Rails, and still has a lot of advantages over it. The ORM works hand-in-hand with the framework to do proper persistence, and while I rage against the tools sometimes, they're still better than being dumped back at a texteditor.If only Apple would give it some more love, it'd be killer. |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | blader: geuis: My social games company is always on the lookout for good engineers. Why don't you shoot me an email at siqi[at the domain]seriousbusiness.com. We're a pretty small team of < 20 guys, two technical co-founders (I was in YC for a week or so) with a team of really smart engineers (some ex-Powerset, some ex-Google), and we've got an awesome casual but focused culture.We are metrics driven, and iterate extremely quickly (we deploy dozens of times in any given day). I think you'll like it here if you're frustrated at where you are because your voice isn't getting heard and you aren't moving fast enough. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | sjs382: I write my own mostly-modular parts. It isn't as flexible as I'd like it to be, but it does what I need it to do. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | st3fan: Java, so I prefer Wicket and like Stripes. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | klon: When using Java, I prefer Stripes. For a new project I would definately use Python and Django. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | cstejerean: compojure - best option in Clojure so far. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | robertdempsey: I like Rails with my Ruby. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | shutter: Pylons. http://pylonshq.com/ |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | amix: In the recent years I have built my own, mostly basing it on other libraries and reusing as many things as possible.In Python there's something called WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface) which makes it trivial to implement your own framework. Around 2 years ago I wrote a blog post about WSGI and how to quickly build a Python framework http://amix.dk/blog/viewEntry/105 In the recent years WSGI has grown a lot. Check out wsgi.org for more info.One can learn a lot of things by making and using own stuff, but it can also be very frustrating (because of bugs and lack of resources). But generally, I like to use own my stuff and my own conventions - I know at least who to blame when some stuff does not work or something is "ugly" :) |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | pg: It's certainly alarmingly addictive. Much more so than a newspaper. I've been wondering lately what to do about that. Any ideas?I considered shutting the site down for a couple hours a day. More people disliked that idea than liked ithttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=372593but the vote was close enough that I might still try it. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | whiskeyjack: CGI::Application in Perl. Just to be contrary. Well, not really. I still love Perl. Nothing wrong with the alternatives... it's just what I like. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | dmpayton: I use Django when I need full-stack and CherryPy when I need something lighter. I've also used web.py. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | vegashacker: I use LeftParen (http://leftparen.com), a PLT Scheme web framework (that I happen to maintain). |
CSS vs table based layouts | drhowarddrfine: I thought this question was not only answered, but went away, three or four years ago. The first quick response is that tables for layout is stupid. You lock yourself into a predefined grid which you have little control over, it provides immovable elements that are more difficult to style and is slower to download and render.That's just the tip of the iceberg. Google for more. But you can get any piece of crap markup to make a presentable page on the internet right now. So would you continue to write crap code just because it works? Ridiculous!Over 4 years of doing this. Never used tables for layout and I do mostly ecommerce sites for national chains. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | leftnode: (shamless plug)My own (PHP5 framework) - Artisan Systemhttp://artisansystem.com/ |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | drhowarddrfine: Never used a framework and never will. I know how to code. I do my own sites and don't use others or have others do my work for me. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | staunch: Catalyst with DBIx::Class (ORM) |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | olegp: Helma NG: http://helma.org |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | jwesley: Reading that thread opener was a waste of time. Get to the point. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | tlrobinson: Cappuccino. Because we created it. ;) |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | regs: Take a look at Palantir Technologies: http://www.palantirtech.com/We're doing some world-changing stuff: http://blog.palantirtech.com/2009/01/22/tarp/We need as many kickass frontend-devs as we can find! (we're down in Palo Alto, but very CalTrain-able) |
CSS vs table based layouts | davo11: I spent much time researching why the tables are bad camp exists, and this is the result of my research:The beginningInitially tables were the only way to layout a web page, and so much abuse occured - this was before CSS and the only way to make a layout was to use 'spacer' gifs. spacer gifs were one pixel gifs that you had to put in td elements so they would retain there shape. As you can imagine this was a mess.Then came CSS and the DIV tag, many books were written about 'spacer gifs were evil' use Divs and CSS, and this was correct spacer gifs were a nightmare.However what seems to have happened is the baby was thrown out with the bathwater. Tables are the easiest way to do what's now called 'liquid layout'. You can do these using Div's but it takes a bit of fiddling, and the result can sometimes be wrong if the screen width becomes too small.From a software development point of view I regard using div's for liquid layout as an optimisation - semantically what you want is a spaced layout that resizes dynamically. However, using tables does cause a couple of problems that div's avoid (which I mention below), div's avoid these problems but at a cost (which I also mention below).The real crunch was early on - Netscape 4.7 (the one that was widely used) crashed with multiple nested tables (try this on browsershots if you're curious). So Div's were used and techniques for using div's in browsers became prevalent.The combination of the Netscape problems and spacer gifs created the 'tables are bad' thing and new developers coming in were told 'tables are bad' and it continues.So people used div's and IE6 became the dominant browser, but the engineers who built IE6 never expected anyone to use divs for layout - that's what tables were for - and so the mess occured with div's and css and IE6. This, I think, made the situation worse, as to use div's meant you could MS bash, it also required a deeper understanding of HTML and CSS and so arose the specialist web designers who used multiple incantations in DIV tags and CSS to create what any joe could do in 5 minutes using table tags. This strengthened the DIV/CSS camp until anyone who used table tags was openly scorned as a newb.In any argument you have with the DIV people the last one they always bring up when they're on the ropes is that braille readers can't handle tables - because the ordering isn't defined. However most of these people don't actually write for disabled readers and this too seems to be without base, I have asked many times for concrete examples, and never have received any.There are some negatives with tables:1) The whole page needs to be loaded before it can be rendered (in some cases), as the layout can't be done until the contents of each cell are known.2) This seems to be a big one - it's very hard to edit nested tables in notepad and figure out where you are, you need more expensive tools to navigate the document, something web developers seem to be averse to for some reason. Me, I buy whatever tools make my life easier.The negatives with Div's as layout are there too:1) If you have a few fixed width div's with the rightmost floating (the usual way) and make the page smaller than the width of the div's the rightmost falls below the other div's, it's not possible to stop this from happening. If you use tables a scroll bar appears.2) You have to have a deep understanding of CSS and a lot of time to experiment on multiple browsers to see what worksDiv's can start to display quicker as they have a fixed width usually and so no layout algorithm is required to be calculated. (The actual time to calculate the layout is no longer an issue, but it used to be for tables).So that's the issues as I see them, and how we ended up with these two camps. If anyone has some more data I'd like to see it. Personally I use a couple of layers of nested tables to establish the rows and columns and fill it up with div's as necessary, and don't worry too much any more. Oh and use styles to actually describe the TABLE/TR and TD elements, which is CSS as far as I can see. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | durbin: http://symfony-project.org/ |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | maxwell: AppJet. Jaxer was a bit buggy when I used it over the summer. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | apu: http://webpy.org/ |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | indigoviolet: If you're interested in interviewing at Facebook (some of the most cutting edge frontend stuff on the web, changing how social communication works, some of the best developers anywhere, fantastic place to work), drop me a message at indigoviolet@gmail.com |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | russell: I just inherited a massive enterprise application; you know run a brick and mortar company on it. It's not a one-off; a number of companies use it. The stack isJboss;
Spring;
Hibernate;
Struts;
XML gluing it together;
Javascript: prototype, JQuery and others;
Flex and granite;
Vestiges of every Java framework fad of the last 10 years. Maybe I exaggerate, maybe not.It is way over-engineered. Several times as much code as a Django, Pylons, or Ruby solution. I dont recommend going this path at all, even if you are an enterprise. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | dw0rm: webpy (http://webpy.org/) is very lightweight and hackable |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | omouse: I've tried Django and now I'm trying Seaside. |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | thinkcomp: Think is looking for programmers, front-end and back-end. Send stuff to jobs at thinkcomputer.com, and mention YC or Hacker News. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | cstef: Anyone using yii? It looks interesting to me, but I have not had a chance to give it a whirl beyond the basic application tutorial.http://www.yiiframework.com/ |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | vyrotek: Asp.net MVC - Because C# is the best language |
CSS vs table based layouts | sh1mmer: There are lots of ways to define quality. The problem is how much measure people put in them. Guilt or coolness can be a good driver and so they are often used instead of reasons based on quality. One of the other commenters pointed out that guilt seems to be your motive.There are a number of reasons not to use tables. The main 2 are maintenance cost and accessibility.Maintenance cost the main point here is by separating the visual styling from the data you have much greater control over redesigning, changing the way the data is displayed, etc.Accessibility since many people who use the web can't see they listen to their web pages. This means the source order of the site matters. If you create tables that don't linearise then the information becomes out of context and difficult for these users to understand. Using CSS it's possible to create a source order which makes sense but display a different visual order.My recommendation for a way to do this is to use a grid system like YUI Grids. Like many other parts of development rolling all your CSS from scratch doesn't make sense any more. There are plenty of libraries which take care of the hard problems for you. My favorite CSS library for this is the YUI Grids library. (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids) It has tons of documentation and examples to get started with. I use it for all my work and personal projects.You might also consider the YUI Reset, Fonts and Base CSS libraries which reset default CSS styles across browsers, standardises the fonts and sets back a common default styling across all browsers respectively.Disclaimer: I work for Yahoo! |
Where to form an LLC | skmurphy: Someone in your situation based in CA would be better served to form a Sub-S as the tax treatment is more favorable. You should talk to a tax accountant (not just an attorney) about the tax implications of LLC vs. Sub-S in MA, there may be similar issues. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | dazzawazza: turbogears |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | rob: Kohana. |
Where to form an LLC | ddemchuk: I'm looking to start a LLC very soon as well, but my business partner lives in Virginia and I live in California...What state should we choose at that point?(don't mean to thread jack) |
CSS vs table based layouts | dw0rm: I only use tables when its not possible to go without them (but it happens very rarely). Actually, it requires some time to get used to CSS technique. And I've never used CSS frameworks. |
Startups' wishlist? | russell: Administrative help. Necessary HR functions, an affordable group health plan. Legal advice/framework. Recruiting. Doing it right is a huge hassle (I've been there) and it takes away from getting the product out the door. A couple of things that I've seen friends get bitten by are lack of a formal agreement between partners and lack of formal work-for-hire agreement for contractors. |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | alexjmann: Hey man. I'm looking for a developer for my web startup as well. I'd be happy to discuss details if you could email me at alexjmann@gmail.com |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | Ferdi: Drupal and Rails |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | carterschonwald: I think its a waste of time only in the trivial sense of time spent at HN doesnt' translate into work done. On the other hand, hard work requires making the brain work well, and the brain works best when its you cycle between doing different activities. So I think in fact having a source of novelty of consistent quality as HN, is ultimately not a waste of time at all if you are infact working on something intellectually nontrivial. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | marram: Django with Google App Engine |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | lsb: Ruby + Sinatra for now. It's great for tiny services that work together.A full web service to implement '/add/1/2' is justrequire 'sinatra'; get('/add/:a/:b') { params[:a].to_i + params[:b].to_i } |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | jonknee: Django when I get to and CodeIgniter when I have to. |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | zacharydanger: I avoid the "check HN every n minutes" addiction by using Google Reader to give me a static view of what's come to the front page. This way I'm never re-parsing the entire front page every visit. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | breily: I used to use Django, tried cherrypy and web.py, and have ended up starting to write my own (http://github.com/breily/juno). |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | auston: I mess with Rails, dabble in Django & work in CodeIgniter.Also fun - merb, cakephp, symfony, web2py |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | jcady: I can't believe the number of web frameworks out there. If anything the amount of comments just illustrates how easy it is to roll your own. |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | GHFigs: If you have to ask, you've passed the point where it is.Reading the news is the kind of thing you do to fill in interstitial time that is not fungible with other activities, not something you do for its own sake, or should ever "make time" for, or that is ever inherently important. There may be important news, but the defining property of news is not importance, but newness.I think that many here (and elsewhere) likely suffer from (to some degree) a kind of information-age malaise akin to scrupulosity (obsession over sinfulness). It's a condition where people feel anxiety over not being completely informed, or at least informed enough to have an opinion on every subject.How often do you read an article (or bookmark it, or InstaPaper it, or tag it "toread", etc.) not because you want to read that article, but you feel like you should know more about that subject? How many unread items do you have in your RSS reader that you keep thinking you're actually going to read someday? That's what I mean.It's an impossible task, but trying can very easily consume all of your time. You "just" have to learn to flip the switch from input to output without ever feeling "done". |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | TooMuchNick: I'm a co-founder at a startup called Boffery, a visual diary for people's sex lives. (Think Geni.com for sex.)The sex angle alone doesn't sound terribly important, but our long-term plan is to license the technology to other social networks -- or, and this is terribly unlikely but obviously tempting, become a large-scale general-interest social network on our own.We have a spec, an early prototype built by our one developer, a forthcoming angel investment, a thousand people on our beta-tester waiting list, and a plan for getting to revenue (but not profit) by the end of the year. If you're interested, I can introduce you to our project manager. E-mail me at nick@toomuchnick.com. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | aschobel: Struts2. Very lightweight and its gets out of your way.Since it is Java we get to leverage some of the incredible Java libraries out there like Guice.We've tried a few other frameworks. We build our prototype in web.py. Very simple, but I couldn't get used to not living in IntelliJ.We tried a previous project in Rails, but it did too much 'magic' for us and the scaffolding seemed a bit too brittle.To be fair the last time I used Rails in production was in the 1.1 days, so it's been a while. |
CSS vs table based layouts | theBobMcCormick: Use a good CSS grid framework like Blueprint, Bluetrip, or YUI. They make most supposedly "tricky" CSS layouts (like 3 column liquid) quite easy.And of course, remember that it's not necessarily an either/or decision. Sometime part of your page really is a grid, and really should be a table. |
CSS vs table based layouts | tripngroove: Just for funsies, here's a pastebin that shows the CSS for a 3-column liquid layout in its simplest incarnation, and then a second set of rules for the same HTML that produce a 2-column fixed layout, with space for a horizontal navbar.http://pastebin.com/f51ee9672 |
Is this idea any good? | anamax: Would you be satisfied if it was only as successful as the Pet Rock? |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | lux: I wrote my own CMS/framework which I started about 8-9 years ago, so I use that. In my main business I sell a "pro" version of it as well as customization/hosting/etc, and naturally it's also the framework I use for my startup too. For those that are interested:http://www.sitellite.org/It's in PHP 4/5, GPL licensed, decently clean code (in 8 years there's obviously some cruft at this point :), but also has a few nice things built-in like a full CMS on top of it, multilingual support, a couple dozen modules that save some time, ORM library, and the ability to setup A/B tests just by editing a page, which is starting to come in handy these days.Some challenges of rolling your own are that you have to write the documentation, and provide support/training/whatever else since developers aren't likely to be familiar with it (unless it's open and gains popularity). Some things to consider when weighing your options... :) |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | debt: Django on AppEngine. Really fast turnaround and scaling is all taken care of(or will be). |
CSS vs table based layouts | mattmcknight: If you are displaying a table of data, use <table>. <div> grids don't paste well into Excel. Tables really aren't evil, they are a better fit for many tasks where you effectively need a table and can generate the data in row order. Nested tables can be pretty evil. Go with a div grid if you feel the even the hint of wanting to nest.See the triumph of KML (which mixes content and presentation) over straight GML (separate content and presentation) in the GIS world for comparison. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | moe: cherrypy and sqlalchemy. and closely looking at werkzeug for future projects. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | mpc: jQuery. Rails. |
How do you get new freelance jobs/contracts? | quellhorst: By teaching others, doing a great job, giving presentations. I don't see any sign of a down economy, heck I'm making more $ than I ever had before. |
anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? | quellhorst: I could use some help, but I don't need someone in a specific place, and don't need a full-timer. |
CSS vs table based layouts | juliend2: i used to "slice" my layouts with Adobe ImageReady then customize the generated tag-soup with Dreamweaver. Then i transitionally changed my techniques to adopt full-css templating. It takes me more time but i like the way i can control several page's presentation by changing only one (ore more) file. I also find it more php (or templating system) friendly because there are less tags involved.
I find it interesting to see other hacker's point of view on that. It seems like the css way is not THE only way of doing things. Maybe you can get the better of both worlds and use tables for things that looks like tables and use css for what it's made for (i.e :floating stuff, styling fonts).Not that tables are made to structure the content. It's just easier. |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | andrewljohnson: I'd just like to clear the air and ask the question on everyone's mind.... wtf are you talking about sir? |
CSS vs table based layouts | bkbleikamp: This argument is over. Tables lost...like 3 or 4 years ago. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | schtog: webpy because it is minimalistic and very clean and easy to use.I have aslo played around a little b it with compojure+clojure. |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | bprater: You know how the Kitt car had the eyeball that looked right-and-left? Very straight-forward, terrific starter project. Grab 8 LEDs, some resistors and you are good to go. |
What do you want to be able to customize? | rms: Custom shortcuts on the top new/threads/comments/etc navbar |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | jamongkad: Python - Web.py no magic you know what's happening.
PHP - CodeIgniter same thing. |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | xenophanes: > Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time?> The question though is whether interesting is good enough.In my words:"Is interesting stuff worth doing, and is using my own judgment OK, or should I stick to what tradition and authority and culture says is important?"His best defense of reading Hacker News is not that he likes it. It is:> I do not wish to come accross as someone who would rather be isolatedBeing social is an approved activity.Paul Graham says:> [Hacker News is] certainly alarmingly addictive. Much more so than a newspaper. I've been wondering lately what to do about that.He has the common attitude that problems should be solved by an authority Doing Something, and that his judgment should trump the individual judgment of each reader. And he has the attitude that if people spend a lot of time doing something, that is prima facie evidence that it's a bad thing. That is backwards.All this is a direct result of parents who educate their kids with principles like:- it doesn't matter if you like it, do something important (aka, approved by an authority like a text book manufacturer or a tradition)- if you like it a lot, then it's probably bad. TV, video games, ice cream, playing in preference to doing homework, etc- your judgment can't be trusted- if you have a problem, don't do anything, tell an authority who will fix it. e.g., self defense is banned at school, only defense by teacher is allowed. even solving an "i need to use the bathroom" problem on one's own initiative is banned.- you have to share and socialize or you're a bad person. Ayn Rand is the devil. |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | nixme: Make has a whole directory of projects: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/arduino/For quick prototypes using Ruby, check out RAD: http://rad.rubyforge.org/ |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | speek: What are the extents of your experiences with soldering/electronic components? |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | chrisconley: The Arduino site itself has a ton of great examples that helped me get started: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | modoc: Seam because I'm a Java guy at heart and Seam is a pleasure to work with. |
CSS vs table based layouts | kwamenum86: HTML is flawed at every level:It's design is flawed- rather than having a minimal set of tags they have a tag for everything and most people use only a fraction of total tags.It's implementation is flawed- no two browsers render HTML the same way.The way people learn HTML is flawed- some people learn to use inline styles, some people use br's to delineate paragraphs, some people build pages without head tags.In conclusion, fuck it, use tables. |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | enomar: That depends entirely on your skill level. If you're not skilled at building circuits, start my making various configurations of LEDs blink.Making full RGB displays is pretty neat (and easy) to do with Arduino's pulse width modulation feature.http://video.aol.com/video-detail/arduino-pwm-rgb-led-mood-l... |
Review my site - thefabulicious.com | Fuca: Cool idea, just need a slogan or short description, I think try to make the ads more elegant or leave them for inner pages.I think is viable, good luck. |
Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? | drawkbox: It goes at the core of human development. Trial and error and results feedback loop, competition and community.Here there are a collection of pieces of information that possibly contain valuable trial and error results; filtered by what might be a very interesting group of people. Also, competitors ways of thinking. Not to mention the other side of that the community aspect, so you aren't alone in your adventures.So naturally you are attracted to it as it is an attractor, simple due to the possible trial and error results you might also be looking for. Anything that can touch on that natural instinct of trial and error result feedback loop, competition, community or other embedded biologically binded behaviors will win. Video games for instance hits all these for instance, nearly recession proof in the sense that they will always be played, and attract people. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | lo_fye: Zend Framework + Propel, yo. |
CSS vs table based layouts | timtrueman: Tables won't show up until the entire table has loaded but if that's not an issue then use whatever you find easier (and don't feel guilty--if it works, it works).If it's tabular data ALWAYS use tables. |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | jws: I would suggest it is whatever feeds your dreams. Many things are possible, the only caution is to make your first step doable. How about you tell us what you think would be cool and we could suggest how big the first step should be?(For reference if you need help getting started: things I've made from Arduinos... analog meter display for a bank for T1 network loads
cylon pumpkin (laugh, but eventually everyone makes one)
ambient light sensitive LED, using the same LED for sensing as making light
(pretty nifty trick, makes me wonder my more electronics
don't do it. No need for blinding indicators in a dark room)
2d ultrasonic anemometer
weather station
wireless network from ISM band ASK radios
(worked, but integrated solutions are probably better)
DC power controller/rationer for solar powered unmanned remote telemetry system
DC motor controller for http://8ball.lunarware.com
(not online yet)
Multichannel temperature monitor for a cranky air conditioner
(lots of data, no idea how to interpret, a lesson there somehwere)
Tiny LED xmas tree for my daughter,
red LED ornament blinks secret message in morse code
Multi channel servo controller from a PWM LED driver.
USB low speed interface with just a couple pins and resistors.
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What do you when you are forced/asked to design at work? | jballanc: When I started looking at development as a career, I was under the impression that web development always involved two parties: the developer and the designer. I was employed at a development company, doing non-development work, and was looking to move to a new position. That's when I was informed that, at this company, all developers were expected to also be proficient designers......my heart sank. But, I picked up CS3 and started poking around looking for tips/tricks/tutorials and the like. Within 3-4 weeks I was proficient enough to get the new position, and I've been improving over time.Now I can say that, in retrospect, this is probably the better way to do development. We do have a handful of designers on staff, but they are perpetually swamped, and they're going to focus on the most prominent artwork needs, like the big shiny icons. That, of course, leaves them little time to help me with my silly little shadow or border box.There are benefits to having developers also know design that goes beyond how much time they waste hacking around in Photoshop.EDIT: To clarify my response a bit: Learning is hard, but it'll be a good skill for you in the long run. Leave the business, cost/benefit determinations to your bosses for the time being. If they're giving you time to learn: learn! |
What are the best Arduino starter projects? | dbr: Something simple. For my first project, I bought a ultrasonic sensor and a bar graph led and output the distance sensed on it. Focus on getting accustomed to the hardware you're working with before you try too challenging. |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | gommm: rack, merb and rails... |
What web framework(s) do you guys use? | jamesbritt: Ramaze. Feels most Ruby-ish for me. |
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