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How much do you exercise a day/week? | patio11: I do about 40 minutes of biking a day (commute to train station) and try to get to the gym twice a week for about 30 to 45 minutes. Since biking is enough cardiovascular exercise for anybody I mostly do weights at the gym, and typically (when I have an extra 15 minutes free) some yoga for stretching.I recommend the chalice lift for a good all-purpose hacker exercise. Go over to that big set o' one-hand weights the folks are always using for bicep curls. Find the largest one you can comfortably lift with both hands. Hold it with both hands supporting the top, braced against your chest. Pick a point on the wall at forehead level -- your eyes never move from that point for the duration of the exercise. (This is a hack to avoid back damage.) From a standing position, pretend you are sitting down on a bench directly behind you. Then, from the sitting position, stand to return to your original position. You can actually use a bench the first few times to get a hang out of it. Sitting to standing is one rep. Do five sets of five reps or 3 sets of 10 reps. I like to vary the weight I use -- first work with one I know I can do easily, then with one I know is a stretch, then back to easy.Works your legs, torso, and a bit of your upper body like you would not believe, scales trivially until you reach the limits of your upper body strength (but even for out of shape hackers you can get a lot of benefit at the final point for your arms -- I'm at about 30 lbs right now, which is really not that much, and it feels like a real workout and has been empirically effective since a few months ago 15 lbs was similarly tiring), requires minimal time, equipment, and skill. Biggest downside: you'll look like an absolute doofus doing it.Bonus points: keep a journal. Things that get measured get improved, etc. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | nolanbrown23: For an hour 3 times a week most weeks. It's tough, especially when it conflicts with coding time but it's worth it. |
Is there an archive, dataset or RSS feed of all HN posts? | nose: I converted about 8700 links to delicious (along with tags for each link). http://delicious.com/tag/hn_links |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | rsayers: Daily.I commute on a bike (5 miles each way). I also run 5k's when they come around, Lift weights twice per week, and go on long (50+ mile) bike rides when I can. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | noodle: if you're looking for motivation, i highly suggest finding some sport that you enjoy doing. go looking for it, i'm sure one exists.i do a 2-3 hour workout 2-3 days/week centered around a martial art i compete in on the national/international level. the enjoyment factor really helps get you off the couch.and i do about 1 hour or so of warmup into a weight routine 2 days a week to compliment the other training. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | mattyb: I run 6 days a week and ice skate 2-3 nights a week. Running allows me to both stay in good shape and do a lot of thinking; I've caught quite a few bugs during those morning runs. I played ice hockey in middle school and have loved skating ever since, so it's more for fun than health. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | quallsd: What is this "exercise" about which you speak? |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | vlad: You almost nailed it. It's not how much exercise you do during the week, but that you spend time to do it regularly. Again, it doesn't matter exactly what you do. The point of exercise is that it challenges you a bit. So, if you go to the gym 4 times a week, even half hour before they close, you will be able to get 20-25 minutes of running in.That consistency of showing up, even for 15 minutes a day 4 times a week, is what builds the habit. Building the habit is the important part. After you get the habit, then you will naturally start doing more challenging things to avoid boredom, because the constant is that you keep going, but what you do is what may change day to day. As well, you will find yourself setting aside more time to go to the gym because you'll feel more confident with your surroundings and the people. You may also become interested in classes, and start promising friends that "you'll see them at 5pm tomorrow." As you get (or stay) in good shape, you will learn about and be invited to various other athletic events or sports, which will reinforce the habit to stay in shape. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | mrtron: An average of half an hour a day.Weights a few times a week, running a few times a week.
I play hockey during the winter twice a week.I am hoping to get back into good shape soon...it gets harder as you get older. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | diN0bot: i go outside everyday to at least play keep away from my dog with my husband. sometimes we play tennis, or variations on tennis, rather.sometimes i run to a pool and then swim. on weekends i tend to do longer runs, or else long bike rides to ponds for swimming. this is now that it's warm. during winter i swim indoors after work most days.i'm trying to start up weekly roller hockey (thurs, 6pm, ahern, cambridge). all you need are skates/blades and whatever protective gear you want. i can bring sticks if you let me know.i also enjoy roller tennis and roller frisbee. hmm, i guess that's it. i tried indoor soccer this winter, which was prett good. i used to fence. sometimes i spar outside, but i miss the precision of electronics.i love moving outside. i think people interact with such freedom and joy when outside, especially in nice weather (though all sorts of weather can be interesting). just shooting hoops with someone can make for a more easy going conversation.recently i've learn yoga, which again is especially awesome when done outside, say after running to a nice field or creek.i pretty much work constantly at my computer, though i try to read at night before sleep (rather than working until my eyeballs literally need massaging). i try to tear myself away from work with things like piano and sewing, but exercise is the most consistent and best feeling.oh yeah! pickup ultimate frisbee at least once a wee!! winter pond skating and ice hockey this year was also sweet!! |
Equiv of MIT/BSD License for Artwork | halo: Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/license/). |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jemerick: I play ice hockey 2 to 3 times a week depending on the league's schedule. I would like to do more exercising like weight lifting and maybe some biking... |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | krav: This guy's blog is great. He talks about exercise and eating in an intelligent manner, and is living proof of the resultshttp://theorytopractice.wordpress.com/ |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | hschenker: 30 to 40 minutes a day, 7 days a week.4 days a week: cardio.
3 days a week: weights.For cardio, it's most often the stationary bike in my condo gym. I pedal as fast as I can get to 1,000 calories (about 32 minutes). I sometimes go for a 10k run instead, if it's nice outside (about 45 minutes). In the summer, soccer with my work team replaces cardio once a week.For weights, I run through a circuit of exercises in about 35 minutes. On a universal gym: seated bench press, quadricep extensions, hamstring curls, tricep extensions, lat bar pulldowns. With free weights: back flys, shoulder lifts. On a mat: various situps. To finish off: 2 minutes of very high-intensity cardio on a stairclimber.Weekdays, I do my workouts right after work, before dinner. I don't think I've missed a workout for about four years, except when traveling. (When traveling, I do a 25-minute body-weight "core circuit" of situps and pushups in the morning immediately after getting up.) Weekends, I get the workout (usually the cardio) out of the way as soon as practical...usually after getting laundry or some other task started.If doing this every day without fail seems rigid and bordering on obsessive, it's because I've learned for my own personality type, it's vital to make it part of my daily routine. The less I have to think about it, the more likely is that I'll stick with it and make no excuses. There's now never any question as to whether I will or won't exercise on any given day - it's as routine as eating dinner. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | kajecounterhack: I run. 5-12 miles a day depending on speed (5 being the shortest, fastest, and 12 being long and moderate with a pickup at the end) -- quit track to do programming and startup stuff seeing as I'm in high school, but I keep discipline cause it helps me stay focused academically too. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jjs: I've recently taken to exercising several hours a day; mostly weights and taking decently long walks.What I've noticed is that this actually gives me somewhat more time to code, as I spend much less of the day feeling tired and don't need quite as much sleep. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | staunch: First 30 minutes is machines/free weights then 45 minutes on the treadmill jogging.Mon/Tue and Thu/Fri 6:30AM -> 7:45AM before I go into the office. I have to do it before I go to work, so that I never miss any days due to working late. I don't allow myself to ever miss even one day, to keep the habit in tact.I forgot how much more alive I feel when I exercise until I started again after a long break. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | yan: Mostly every day. I go climbing two to three times a week, two to three hours each time. I try to run every other day, 3-4 miles, and I try to make it out to the gym twice or so a week. Nothing's that consistent except the climbing, so I hope to make it into a proper regimen. Last half year or so I've been going to the gym/running about twice a week but nothing on a schedule.However, I have set definite goals for climbing and have a 5K and a 10K in May, so that's something specific to train for. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | quellhorst: I used to do from 1-3 hours of trail riding on my mountain bike every day. Lost 70lbs of fat doing so.The benefits to my physical and mental health were huge. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | graemeklass: 3 to 4 times a week. Running, weights and occasional team sport (footy, basketball).
I try to mix it up a bit to keep me challenged and motivated. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | rudyfink: Seven hours a week, assuming golf doesn't count as exercise.My commitment to myself is to spend at least a half hour a day on average doing something. This is an antidote to being a professional sitter. The doing something was a response to having trouble with sticking with other plans.For the last several months I have been doing.
Four hours - weights and biking/running/swimming.
Three hours - stretching and body weight exercises.Before that it was almost entirely rock climbing at a gym. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | arnorhs: I go indoors-climbing about 1-5 times a week.
Gymnastics 1-2 times a week (even though I haven't been showing up for some while now)
In the summertime I also go jogging maybe once every one or two weeks |
Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki? | CraigBuchek: I love DokuWiki. It's really easy to set up, and doesn't even require a database. It uses flat files, which you can read even if the DokuWiki site is down. It's pretty easy to use as well. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | branden: I'm not someone who can exercise for its own sake. I'm no good at creating a structured routine for myself, and I'm terrible at following schedules. I get around this by living a bikeable distance from work and the grocery store. I've been able to cram in around 30 miles of bike riding per week simply by forsaking the car in my daily activities. If you can't keep yourself sticking to an exercise schedule, try piggybacking it on to your existing routine. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | Derferman: I play ultimate here at school, which entails three practices a week. I find that if I don't exercise on a weekly basis, I become easily irritable. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | baguasquirrel: When I was in school, I learned the real value of exercise. When I had time to do them and still get 6 hours of sleep, I stayed healthy. When I didn't, I'd start to feel sluggish after a week and I was prone to sickness.Doing a startup can be particularly difficult because there's nothing to force you to go out. But the toll it will take on your mental agility will compound.You don't need an enormous amount of exercise. I'd advocate going out and taking a walk whenever you're stuck on something. It usually clears my head and I'll have an answer for what I was working on when I get back. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | lleger: I play ultimate frisbee for my university. We play for three hours three days a week. That's enough exercise for me.When it's the summertime, and, thus, when I have more time, I work out with the powerlifting team. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | donaq: I exercise thrice a week, on average. Twice are chin-ups, sit-ups and push-ups followed by a run. The other is basketball. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | christofd: I cycle around 30 min everyday to get around town and on nice days or weekends I'll go for longer trips on my mountainbike. Used to do long distance running and martial arts 3 times a week. Don't care to pick up running again, which can be perfectly substituted with cycling, but I'll get back into martial arts.I'd really like to spend some time hiking again in the Rockies or back in Germany in the Austrian Alps :)As mentioned on here - you have to get in the habit of exercising like 2-3 times a week. Usually you'll get that in any team sport through high school, such as basketball, soccer, football, hockey etc. After high school you just got ta keep up that rhythm. However, it will more difficult to get into the habit if you haven't started it earlier in high school already.AND: NO JUNKFOOD/ NO POP/ NO FRIES... VEGETABLES/ FRUIT/ WATER etc. instead; DON'T EVER EAT AT MCDONALD'S (THAT WILL F*CK YOU UP INSTANTLY) |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jamiequint: I do CrossFit (crossfit.com) 2-4 days a week, its really hard, has good results, and is time efficient. I also swim occasionally. |
Is there an archive, dataset or RSS feed of all HN posts? | oscardelben: By looking at the URL item?id=569492 you should expect to get nearly 570,000 posts. Maybe RSS is not the best :) |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | quisxt: I run about 3 miles every morning and then a longer run on Saturday or Sunday. I've found that I really need to exercise every day, or during the day I can't get into that deep zone of concentration where I'm the most productive. Running more than 3 miles, and too tired and sore, and end up napping during the day.It's also fun and feels good :) |
Protection for iPhone Development | dangrover: An LLC is enough to protect you personally from liability, if you're really worried about that. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | wallflower: I run with a group two to three times a week. If I were not running with a group, I don't think I would run at all. The social aspects and accountability of exercising with other peers cannot be underestimated. |
Should comments like this be encouraged or discouraged? | boundlessdreamz: Comments like this, telling why they upvoted/downvoted are part of the reason why digg is unbearable.According to me they add nothing to the discussion and is just noise.What does the HN community think ? |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | nightowl: If you cannot do any excersize (ie - can't leave the office) I found the Tibetan Rites to be a very good alternative to jogging/cycling. At least you are doing something.Since I started doing to tibetan rites I manage to work longer without needing a break, and manage to keep to deadlines more (but yea, still miss them). Apparently helps getting the entire energy system flowing which in turn leaves you energised and refreshed.More info here:http://www.lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exe... |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | siculars: for minimal time commitment i would definitely recommend running. i recently started running to train for the nyc triathlon. running is easy to pick up and offers serious physical challenges. time wise, you can adjust the challenge to your fitness level by increasing the speed without increasing the time. as noted elsewhere, you dont even need a gym membership, all you need are a pair of sneaks you feel comfortable running in.as for things you can do at home i would recommend the basics, ie. pull ups, push ups and the plank instead of sit ups. mix in various twisting efforts into the standard pull ups / push ups/ plank and you will start to notice the difference in just a few weeks. add a medicine ball to your routine to mix things up and confuse your muscles. these kind of exercises can be done without leaving your house and for a few minutes at a time.if you feel comfortable exercising outside the house i would seriously consider exercising with other people. friends, strangers, people who are at your level or a bit beyond to help motivate you and get you past your current plateau. get social. you will find that fitness is an infinite challenge with no level cap. whereas your mage in wow can only get to level 80 (currently) you can keep going indefinitely. but beware! you can also regress.doing the aforementioned will bring you a long way to getting in shape in just a few weeks. after that you will start to plateau if you do not ratchet up the intensity/time/difficulty or mix up your routine.something i would definitely not recommend and specifically argue against would be any sort or weight training. weight training, imho, should only be done by those who already consider themselves in shape at a certain threshold. weight training works to isolate specific muscle areas and does not on its own encourage an overall health level.personally, i had been a swimmer in my high school years and then did some club water polo. i always biked but never ran. so last year i decided to get into the triathlon scene at the sprint level and did my first last october. the tri concept is appealing to me because of the multidisciplinary nature and multiple entry points for the novice. i would wholeheartedly recommend sprint distance triathlons to those in moderate shape looking for a physical challenge.lastly, but perhaps most importantly: stop drinking soda excessively. some might even say completely. just this one act will go a long way to slimming you down and greatly adding to your overall health. follow this up by cutting out sweets/chocolate/popcorn/insert favorite junk food here. it can not be overstated how much a healthier diet will help you reach a greater level of fitness than exercise can alone. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | silencio: I've been trying so hard to get in the habit of exercising for any amount of time on a regular basis, but every time something's managed to break it, something usually involving massive amounts of pain in my legs or chest that make me not do anything for like 3-4 days when it becomes impossible to get motivated to pick up the routine anymore. (My doctor is pretty convinced I'm just accident prone.)So far the list's included p90 (gave up first day), two different gyms (smelly and old vs. new and clean?), wii fit (this gets boring fast), pilates, walking around, snowboarding (live in LA, don't get much of a chance to go see snow...), swimming, or (really) sex. The last of which is the only thing that happens regularly but isn't enough exercise. Oh well.I'd love to do something I could actually stick with, but I don't have a huge motivation to do so when clothes still fit (even my teeny weeny not yellow or polka dotted bikini) and I can go up a couple flights of stairs without a problem. I'm pretty surprised to see so many people here are exercising regularly (or maybe they're the only ones answering...:P), maybe I can pick up a few good tips from here :D |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | alrex021: 5 days a week Monday to Friday with each weekend off to rest. I eat healthier foods by making sure I have home-made food with me, in my office, every day during the week. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jacoblyles: I'm an outlier. I could never stick to running or lifting weights. Too lonely, too boring. On the other hand, a team sport that met once a week was too easy to skip.So I fight. I admire fighters, and I figure it is right for a young man to try to earn himself some glory.It's the hardest thing I've ever done. I lost 20 pounds. I did things I never thought I could do. I've cried after practice.On the downside, my schedule is packed between grad school and Muay Thai/ Jiu Jitsu practice. Also, I'm not sure that getting punched in the face is the best way to stay healthy.But you know what they say: it's better to burn out than to fade away.Plus, there's no better cure for the ennui, the malaise of the modern world, the lack of purpose, the depression of your savanna mind sitting behind a desk all day than to experience your body as it was meant to be, in all its glory, in the world's most honest and objective form of competition. |
Should comments like this be encouraged or discouraged? | sgrove: It's as simple as this:Does it stimulate intellectual interest? If not, don't upvote.Does it discourage intellectual discussion? If so, then downvote.Note: One-liners often end what was otherwise an intellectually interesting thread. |
Should comments like this be encouraged or discouraged? | swombat: Both this and the parent should be downvoted for being reddit-like, pointless one-liners.Note that comments complaining about the downvote should be similarly downvoted. If the posters seem genuinely surprised about being downvoted, or if there is a reason for them to wonder, a kind soul may be willing to post an additional post pointing out why they've been downvoted, but this should only be done in cases where the downvote is not obvious. In this case, it is. |
What upcoming technological development interests you the most? | wlievens: Head-up-display eye gear. WANT! |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | intranation: I cycle to work every day, which is about 4.5 miles each way. This adds up to about 40-45 minutes of exercise per day, which is awesome as it's both quicker than public transport and also keeps me fit. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | radu_floricica: What took me off my armchair some years ago, when I had really become a couch potato, was weightlifting. By chance a gym opened 2 minutes from my flat, so I paid them a visit. First the guy there showed me how everything works: he did a few repetitions, then I did a few repetitions (of course, at the lowest setting) on every machine there. After 10 minutes I thanked him, sat on a couch, begged for a bottle of water and spent the next 20 minutes trying hard not to be sick.In a few months I was in reasonable shape, but you could see a big difference in posture (and in not getting sick) from the second visit. Kept doing it for about 6 months, then on and off another 2 years. Then I started doing other stuff, mostly for fun. Last thing was indoor climbing - most fun I ever had doing sports. Also very good at unexpected things: I never expected my balance to improve so much.My point is: weightlifting is the best thing to start with, for two reasons. Time wise it's by far the most efficient, both as time spent per week (twice is enough), and as time until getting into shape. Second, it's very useful for whatever you want to do in the future. Whatever the sport chances are basic strength and a bit of endurance are required. |
Shall I become a Freelance? | nightowl: If you do decide to go the freelance route, do what I did:Get yourself a backup/recurring income project. I had a client who started a new "bad debt tracing" company. The final quote came to around $20k for the development of a pretty large management system (it would track all open cases, mail clients when the trace was successful, and figure out which employee is slacking off - among other things).She said she cannot pay that money right now, so I made her a deal: I'll write the entire system and take 15% of each case handled via my management system. At the moment, that 15% generates enough money to cover my rent and utilities, so if I have a slow freelancing month, I won't get into trouble.If you go this route I must warn you - people will try to take shortcuts. Don't trust anyone. My rule is - all code is protected by an encrypted key which contains an expiry date. I always send them a new key at the beginning of the month which gives them another month of use. They don't pay me = their system goes down. (And yes they tested me on this one, and yes they were down for 3 whole days. Now they pay on the 1st like clockwork).Also, don't fall for the "15% partnership/shares in the company" crap, otherwise they start asking all sorts of favours (the printer isn't printing, you're the only one we know, please come fix). Structure the deal in such a way that they pay you a "rental" fee for your code, make sure you state that the code remains your property until they buy it out for the full price.Overall this has worked very well for me. If they now call me and ask for a feature, I'm more than happy to code it - it is in my vested interest to make sure the employees get access to information as quickly as possible. The quicker they work, the more money I get. So no backwards and forwards with project spec v2.1233, I just code it and get it over and done with.Of course this also comes with pitfalls - you could do this for a client and then their business never takes off. Try to find out as much as you can about the company (read their mission statement, ask them questions about their marketing plans, contingency plans, etc, etc). Two words: Due diligence!!Hope this helps. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | dfranke: I'm a fencer. I fence three times per week for about two hours. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | philh: Mostly I just walk places. I willingly walk over an hour into town to avoid catching a bus. If I'm late, I'll run part of the way.I'm currently living on campus and have far less walking to do, but I play airsoft every few weeks. I also go to clubs and spend hours at a time dancing.I have no idea if this really constitutes effective exercise, but I've never had health problems. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | known: One hour brisk walk between 5AM to 6AM. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | quoderat: Anything I wanted to.But first, I would get enough money to completely opt out of doing anything like starting companies, worrying about what anyone thinks, etc., and find a lot of land in the middle of nowhere, drop my own fiber link in at vast cost, and ignore the rest of the world as much as I could. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | mroman: I am doing around 2 hours per week total, and it has positively changed my life in many ways.I bought a crosstrainer a few months back, and it is the very best $200 USD I have ever spent, I highly recommend it to everyone.I do 20 minutes or so on it, at a decent pace, and as many pushups as I can handle, every other day . . . my body must react real well to exercise, because I now get looks from the ladies!A well shaped geek I am, if you can all believe it :)Seriously however, exercising has improved my life in a myriad of ways. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | vorador: Well, Cassandra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra) knew the future but no one believed her. It would probably be the same with VCs. |
How do people prefer to pay online in your country? | lucumo: Link for your clicking convenience: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=569607 |
What would you do if you knew the future? | zepolen: I think a lot of success is down to circumstance, right moment, right time, right person and I doubt if you tried to make another Google you'd succeed in the same way. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jasonlbaptiste: 4 times a week for certain, sometimes 5.Run a 5k, then abs and 24 sets of lifting.Can't stand treadmills, so usually run outdoors.I usually get insanely focused and clear my head while working out, so it's equally as beneficial from a mental health standpoint as a physical health standpoint. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | mattlarge: I think Zepolen is correct, so much comes down to timing. If you look at a lot of the "successes" that you would want to get there before they were reaching slightly beyond current tech/social environment. For example, Flickr/YouTube were predicated on the fact that storage costs were crashing and end user bandwidth was drastically increasing. You couldn't have created them much earlier.Wikipedia was timed for the explosion of users on the internet allowing for massive crowd sourcing, again you couldn't have gotten there much earlier.The best way to leverage knowledge like that would be to go back and become the world's most prescient VC. Also avoiding the bubble bursting and the current crash would be great.I like the idea of going back and getting myself into a position to work on some of these projects though. being able to be there when they happened would be cool |
What would you do if you knew the future? | gaius: you could start companies called Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook etc. and do everything right from the beginningNo you couldn't, because you only see these companies from the outside. You might know the idea, but how many search engines, social networks, etc are/were there? Amateurs talk about strategy, professionals discuss logistics.The one valuable piece of knowledge you'd have would be exactly when to jump from the NASDAQ ship. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | fiaz: I would try my hardest to prevent 9/11. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | zackola: Try to run 3-6 miles at least 3 times a week + http://hundredpushups.com/ Also try to stretch, but that doesn't always go so well. Yoga makes me crack up laughing. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | mrduncan: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay |
Good introductory article on source control | ananthrk: Series of articles written by Eric Sink http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.htmlHe is also currently working a book on the same topic. A lot of his recent articles are about his experiments with various version control systems and are worth a look. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | mseebach: I'd start a bunch of buzzword-heavy .com's and cash out late 1999. Then I'd go into real estate and cash out in 2007. Then I'd retire. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | Tangurena: Going back to 1996? With what I know now? I'd try to make a lot less mistakes with the woman I was in love with back then. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | rgrieselhuber: Two chicks. Oh wait. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | josefresco: Don't you people watch movies? This never turns out well.Quoting Jeff Goldblum: "Ooh, aah, that's how it always starts, and then later the running and screaming" |
How do people prefer to pay online in your country? | swombat: In the UK, credit cards are very common, and most debit cards are Visa cards too.I hear that in Germany, credit cards are very uncommon. I think I heard that "International Maestro" is the option that's much better supported there. I'm not sure about the rest of Europe, but I'd love to know too! |
How do people prefer to pay online in your country? | raquo: In Russia, most popular online payment systems are probably webmoney.ru and money.yandex.ruThe major difference from PayPal is that 1) these systems are de facto local, and 2) your account is not linked to your debit/credit card, rather, you have to add funds to your account proactively. At least that was true when I last checked it.Paypal does not work with some Russian banks' credit cards because they ignored this market for so long.If you want free Russia-specific research, point google translate to fom.ru - there are some quantitative and qualitative surveys on payments via internet. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | mannicken: 5-7, usually closer to 7, I take a day off only if I'm extremely sore, and two days if I'm sick. Last summer I did about 10-14 sessions a week (morning and evening) but that was just wrong and I was constantly depressed and overtrained. Now I'm just running every day for fun :)Oh yeah, I'm a runner. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | swombat: Btw, if all else fails, in terms of finding a way to recognise each other, my photo is on http://danieltenner.com/, so you know what I look like :-) |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | pclark: Amir Nathoo (WebMynd YC08) will be there too, apparently. |
How do people prefer to pay online in your country? | Celcius: In Sweden I'd say we almost always use Visa and to a lesser extent master card. If a website doesn't want to deal with credit cards, I think a local version of paypal https://www.payson.se is more common than paypal if it's a page that's only avaliable in Swedish. I'm only really basing this on my own experience and observations though. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | artlogic: Last year after trying a bunch of different things fitness options, I got into cycling. I now commute by bike whenever I can and participate in long (50+ mile) weekend rides. In the summer I am riding on average 10 miles a day, but that drops to maybe 10 miles a week for the winter months.One great thing about cycling is that the community is very hacker-esque. Once you learn the talk, you'll feel right at home.Another wonderful thing about cycling is that a stressful 15 minute car ride can turn into a peaceful 30 minute bike ride, giving your mind a rest. I find that after a quick ride I am more likely to come up with good ideas and be productive/creative. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | jgalvez: Earlier this year, I started taking a 7km walk everyday. 210km a month. I never stopped. My health and overall physical aptitude has been awesome. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | Celcius: I've got no idea but re-coining (or I guess pre-coining) the term web 2.0 into something that doesn't make me cry a bit on the inside every time I or others mention it is pretty high on my list. |
Career path for developers | ScottWhigham: I've done a bit of the "technical liason for sales" and that can be entertaining for a short time. You get to be in front of people - both customers and colleagues - and you get input from both sides. With what you're looking for, that might be a good fit. If you do opt for that, I'd want a cut of commissions for any sales that I helped sell :) |
Career path for developers | iron_ball: Obvious official HN response: do a startup, where your people skills will be just as important as your technical chops, yet you will still take full advantage of your years of experience.My response: "management" is a fuzzy area. A product manager, for instance, can be very different from a project manager -- and it would involve a lot of what you're talking about. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | nailer: Going to the afterparty. My real name's Mike, I'm working on a Python based security monitoring tool. Would love to meet other London pythonistas.I have no bright orange T shirts, but I do have red pants. Feel free to come over and say 'Excuse me, are you red pants guy from HackerNews?'. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | intranation: The founder of the company I work is pitching there as one of the invited start-ups. Watch out for Jason Trost from Smarkets. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | DirtyAndy: I'm going to be at both events (photo on http://www.twitter.com/DirtyAndy ). Don't really know anyone going although interestingly met jlees at a pitching course two weeks ago and exchanged e-mails with axod a month or so ago. Small world message! I do have a bright orange t-shirt but shall not be wearing it - I have a bright orange business card which will have to do! |
Career path for developers | coglethorpe: Some of the best career advice I ever got was from a recruiter who had a PhD in microbiology: "Don't lose your technical edge." I sensed that he regretted stepping out of the lab into a sales/recruiting role. He's a great guy but had to step out of recruiting and I met him again when he was working managing contracts for a company I was working for.So whatever you do, I'd recommend keeping your coding skills. You could do that by starting your own software training company for example, maybe start a site that teaches basic skills to people and couple it with live courses. That's my 2 cents, anyway. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | mooders: Very much looking forward to being there! I don't have anything to pitch yet - just checking the scene out and expecting to meet some interesting people <looks pointedly at you guys>.No bright orange shirt but I shall be tweeting the day as we go as @neilmoodley so do say hi! |
Career path for developers | edw519: Interesting question. I don't think I've ever seen it here before.I am a solo founder working on a startup that needs lots of hands-on hacking now, but the plan is to evolve to the point where a much greater percentage of the resources required will be for people with heavy technical backgrounds doing more face to face stuff with customers.Perhaps we should talk. Contact me off line please. |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | luccastera: I play 2 outdoor soccer games a week + 1 indoor game. That's about all I do these days. In the offseason, I try to go to the Gym once or twice a week. |
Who else is going to Geeknrolla? | Bastianlehmann: Many good UK startups will be around. Mike (@mikebutcher) did a great job here!See you all tomorrow.Bastian - Zensify |
Career path for developers | Femur: Have you considered consulting? By that i don't mean "charge hourly to do development" but true consulting.I worked for the technical consulting branch of one of the "Big Four" accounting firms as an Oracle DBA for a few years and found that I used my soft skills much more than my technical stuff. Most of the projects I was brought in for where very troubled and usually had a political AND technical problem. The usual method to solve these involved a lot of creativity to implement the best technical solution given the political climate of our clients. It can be very rewarding solving these kinds of issues. |
What would you do if you knew the future? | banned_man: Founding a company would be the wrong way to go about exploiting this time hack. Too much relies on execution, so the possibility for failure is substantial. There is a much easier way to make money if you can time-travel.What I'd do: ask for 30 minutes before I go, and log into Yahoo finance. Find a 2% gainer for each day on the stock market. Each day, move half of my net worth into the gainer (only half as a measure of caution; I might inadvertently alter the future and screw myself). The reason to aim for +2 is to avoid insider trading suspicion; putting my money into a +10 or -20 (shorting) every day would land me in jail; no one would believe I could tell the future because of time travel. Each day, I'd earn a 1% profit.Starting from $10000, I'd get to $10 million within 720 trading days, or about 3 years. At this point, I'd limit my profits to $100k per day because otherwise I'd be at the level where I could actually change the future, eroding my gains. So I'd gain "only" $25m/year for the next decade, cashing out at $250m. |
What are you doing to counter the recession? | tokenadult: What measure you took to counter recession (save bottom line)In general, the thing to do in all economic conditions is to spend as little as possible, as infrequently as possible. Fortunately, my start-up has no employees yet, only contractors. So we haven't had a staff reduction issue, but we have been annoyed at not being able to build up as rapidly as we desired.(P.S. Flagged to suggest to curators that something along the lines of the quoted phrase above should be added to the thread title.) |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | wushupork: martial arts training twice a week and calisthenics in between for core training.the martial arts training is about an hr of warmup and basics and half and hr of running forms (standardized routines).between the martial arts, I try to do core workouts at home which include exercises with the chinup bar, gymnastics style static exercies, like handstands, planchesi think consistency is key. even if you dont have time, try to do something, anything. i find that i feel really crappy if i miss my workout or training. it definitely keeps me energized. |
Career path for developers | wallflower: Consider volunteering your skills for a non-profit and getting into a leadership role. I've done that (without the intention) but it is amazing how involved you can get with the mission/issues of a non-profit organization (where you don't have any financial stake - e.g. salary). Yes, I primarily help with technology analysis/implementation but they listen to me when it comes to marketing (sometimes). Non-profits are interesting because they draw positive-oriented individuals from a wide spectrum of careers. You can learn a lot just by showing up and listening.My managers recognize it officially as a potentially valuable career growth action (on my own initiative). Not only has it helped me do better at my job, it helps me feel better (diverts some workaholicsm towards something good) |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | arantius: Never. But, living in NYC, I walk around a mile in 15 minutes, each way to and from work, every day. I also walk or bike any time I need to run errands. |
Legitimate speed reading method? | Travis: DavidSJ,The courses all teach you the same kinds of things. It's not exactly snake oil, but it's not something that's easy.I took one of these years ago, as a kid, and got little out of it. Why? Because I didn't practice. Here are the main things that I recall from the class:
1) they trained you to read groups of words rather than individual words
2) they trained you to use your peripheral vision to increase the size of those word groups
3) they trained you to stop and recount what you just read, every couple of pages or chapter.That was about it. It was about practice -- which most people don't want to do. There are no tricks; like anything else, getting better at reading speed + comprehension takes a lot of practice.However, it definitely does help to be cognizant of the different techniques they teach, so that you can practice yourself. And, just like programming, you need to set aside time when you can actively practice these techniques. And practicing this stuff has generally made the reading itself less enjoyable, in my experience. |
Why do I have to type print "x: "+str(x) in Python? | eru: See http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/: Explicit is better than implicit. |
Why do I have to type print "x: "+str(x) in Python? | aristus: >>> x = 1234
>>> print "x:", x
x: 1234 |
Why do I have to type print "x: "+str(x) in Python? | vorador: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=568033 |
Why do I have to type print "x: "+str(x) in Python? | vomjom: If you want Python to "be smart enough to cast x automatically", then you want a weakly typed language. Weakly typed languages are difficult to reason about.For example, should "3" == 3? Should 3 automatically be converted to "3" in that instance, or vice-versa?Anyway, a better solution is:
print "x: %s" % x |
How much do you exercise a day/week? | HeyLaughingBoy: I try to get on my treadmill for at least 30 minutes three times/week. If I have the time I do more and I also do weights, but that's my desired minimum and I can usually make it. Now that it's finally warming up (can't believe it snowed yesterday!), I'll probably be taking the running outside.But IMHO, the biggest bang for the buck is simply to move around Don't be one of those people who drives around the parking lot for half an hour looking for a closer spot to avoid walking an extra 20 feet to the door. I get in the parking lot and PARK. If I have to walk 200 yards to get in the store, it won't kill me and the exercise is good for me. The only exceptions are heavy rain, subzero temperatures, or carrying a baby or toddler (which I haven't had to do for years).Just get off the couch and do something and your health will automatically improve. Humans are built to walk, we just don't do enough of it. |
Why do I have to type print "x: "+str(x) in Python? | ajuc: You haven't work with that many languages, have you :)>>> x = 3 + "7"What type should be x now: int or str ?Also: "10" is lesser than "2" but 10 is greater 2.Should (3 + "7") > 2 return true ?Such automatic conversions forces you to remember many arbitrary rules, and when you forget it, you have bug that shows later.It's easier to just write that str() (or use operator %). |
outsourced support | newy: Thinking of starting a service provider in this space. Huhtenberg, if you're still reading, feel free to give me a ping. |
If your startup ever goes public, what stock symbol would you use? | bgnm2000: EXC (granted I have yet to check whether it exists) |
Best User Registration & Password Management Package | dshah: Very timely. I had the exact same question (need to implement some sort of simple user management system for http://grader.com).I looked at ClickPass a little while ago, but thought they had merged with someone else and wasn't sure if they're still pursuing this particular idea. Need to revisit.Meanwhile, I'm likely going to do something I'm guessing most others do: Just stub-in something simple until I find an existing library/framework that does what I need. |
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