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Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | agotterer: Not so much over here. Half the guys in my department read it daily, or throughout the day :) |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | Luc: Yes, I get smirks and jabs from people who think I am trying to relive my misspent youth. 'Hacker New?!!? Bwahaa! Greetings Dr. Falken, do you want to play a game?' |
Where can a person ask for specific startup advice in confidence? | tdoggette: People often do that here, with a new username and/or being vague about what their idea actually is.If I, tdoggette, was working on something like Twitter, the "Ask HN:" thread would be "somehandle" asking HN about a startup that takes input from many users simultaneously and shares it with other users that ... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | kirubakaran: I used to care but now I've developed a healthy fuck you attitude. It is all about balance.I once borrowed a stranger's (UW student) laptop in a cafe to quickly check HN and he was nervous. He said "Hey man, I'll kick your ass if you hack my computer". I was laughing too hard to think of a come back. |
Where can a person ask for specific startup advice in confidence? | tjic: > without risking someone else stealing it?There are tons of good ideas out there.What there's a shortage of is risk takers willing to work their balls off to make a good idea into a good company.Just go ahead and post your idea here. I promise that I'm way too busy with my own startups to steal it! |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | luckystrike: Hacker News is bookmarked on my Firefox, and i did get a question (and a smirk) about it during a demo. The word 'Hacker' has been blown out badly by the media, and i don't know how long would it take before regular people start looking at it positively. |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | mkyc: It's good that the name deters. If the site is difficult to use, then only committed users will remain. A socially inappropriate name does this without killing usability. |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | zaidf: Most common reaction is "are you a hacker?" from classmates as I browse HN during lectures. |
A replacement for last.fm? | trickjarrett: Most radio stations have individual feeds on their sites. That's the best tip I can offer. |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | blang: I will often get shouts of "Nerd alert!" |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | lacker: They can't see I'm reading Hacker News because I use #000000 as my top-bar color. |
A replacement for last.fm? | jl: http://thesixtyone.com |
A replacement for last.fm? | acro: Shoutcast radio on winamp is what I have used for years, many stations there. |
Why no sense of humor? | pg: Most, but not all. Most attempts at humor in online forums are lame, so this is what you'd expect to find on a forum where lame comments were frowned upon.I'm not saying voters' judgement of what's funny is perfect, but it's not too far off. I occasionally see a comment that seems funny that got voted down, but t... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | amjith: I get strange looks all the time and I am beginning to like it. Makes me look cool (just kidding).But HN did get blacklisted and blocked for a little bit by our company proxy which identified it as a hacking information website (which is an accurate description, with a twisted meaning to the word hacker). I had... |
Where can a person ask for specific startup advice in confidence? | rubentopo: There's a quote, i don't remember who came up with it but it goes something like this:"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas, if they're any good, you'll have to push it until it sinks in their heads", it's very likely that at first you'll be the only believer. |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | quellhorst: I had a girl joke about it before when seeing an icon for Hacker News on my iphone. It was actually funny. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | wmeredith: You have to be real with your partner. It will either end up improving the product (good) or freeing up your free time for other things(good). If he/she can't handle or respect your honesty(bad), you need to know now before you're more invested. This is all assuming you're coming from a place of integrity, w... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | pg: Always happy to oblige. |
A replacement for last.fm? | vorador: http://listen.grooveshark.com/ |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | thorax: Interesting site name change! How harmless. I wonder how long that will last.Now the site feels much safer when I browse my Firefox tabs. ;)http://pics.gd/INYC_screenshot.pngEdit: FYI-- See pg's comment on this thread about the change (it's temporary): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575815 |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | jcl: I see we are now reading "Innocuous News", for the moment anyway. Thanks, PG, that made my day. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | koraybalci: It's very hard to comment when we don't know how bad the idea sucks. Perhaps you're wrong and your partner's right. Since you are close to launch, why not just put some more effort and launch it?I just read this blog post, and I think I am biased:
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/01/communicating-with-... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | jasonlbaptiste: Never really thought about that to be honest. I just don't really give a shit. I'm also moving to fast between reading things usually. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | puzzle-out: This may sound odd, but in a way everything you have said suggests you are on the right path. Yes, you may have to ditch this particular project, but the fact that a) you are open and real about it and b) you have a respectful attitude towards your partner, suggests that you have a good team, which is reall... |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | blender: Until you get some feedback from real users you'll never know. Just put it out there asap and then you'll know.Cheers |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | bitwize: Just tell them it's about little spirits from Scandinavian folklore. |
A replacement for last.fm? | 10ren: http://www.imeem.com |
Which login method do you use? | mk: django.contrib.auth |
Which login method do you use? | jmtame: I have always created my own. Although I've been doing PHP, I'm currently using RoR and it has a plugin that handles all of this. PHP with a database is very easy, especially if you use CodeIgniter, there are form validation helper classes.On registration:- Ask for username and password (do form validation, i... |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | hendler: Clarify the rules. If you value them a lot, negotiate with them. If you are frustrated with their lack of effort, then narrow the field by picking your best one, and letting the others go (or at least creating conditions favorable for that). |
Which login method do you use? | modoc: I have my own code I use on my projects. It uses secure SHA 256 hashing for the passwords. The code handles registration, login, logout, and forgot password flows. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | intregus: If it's that close I would finish it. Even if it doesn't take off, maybe user feedback can send it in a direction both you and your partner can get excited about. Just my $0.02. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | njl: Some of your ennui might arise from being too close to the project. You've been working on it for months, you've been close to it, you've made compromises, and now you can't separate yourself enough past choices to be able to objectively evaluate your creation.Once your project starts getting promoted, can you not... |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | colinplamondon: Not raising fundamental issues with a project with your business partner doesn't exactly sound like a plan for long-term success. Silence is not a communication strategy. |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | BobbyH: Commissions work only if they influence behavior in the way you want. In this case, you're paying the same percentage commission to your salespeople no matter if they answer an inbound lead or make an outbound call. It's thus rational for them to just focus on inbound leads, because the commission/ounce-of-effo... |
Which login method do you use? | zmonteca: We used a combination of Cake Auth |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | glen: A couple of thoughts:
1. Assign clients to your reps, so that they both don't service the same client.2. Don't worry about paying commission on a sale that occurred 2 days after the phone call. It is likely the rep played a key role in them signing up, so they likely earned most if not all of the commission.3. Co... |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | thorax: Yeah, I like the code idea.Perhaps have the sales people give the customers a discount coupon identifier (5-10% or something) when they call. When the customer purchases, if they use the discount code, the sales person gets some part of the commission.Not only does it help you track who got the commission, but ... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | sketerpot: Hit the down arrow on your keyboard, twice. Suddenly it just looks like a pretty generic page of text. That's what I do. |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | stonemetal: Much like the old motto that ideas are cheap, implementation is hard. The answer is simple, put the money(measure) on what you want done. The implementation is hard. Not being a guy with a sales team it is all arm chair from here.You seem to want to push proactive sales so put the money there at the sign ... |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | derwiki: Kind of off topic, but Hacker News has changed my definition of 'hacker' -- I almost never mean it in the malicious sense. Good point though, most people probably do think of it in the Wargames or Kevin Mitnick sense (if anyone even remembers him..) |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | access_denied: In the age of web based interactive permission direct response marketing...
...you know what I mean......sales people are best used for 2 kinds of products or services.1. High priced stuff (were a comission makes more sense, also). For example: selling yachts. The website generates the leads and the s... |
Which login method do you use? | javanix: I am working rolling my own with Struts/JSP.It seems pretty straightforward (hash pass, place on server, and check against), but I need an easy way to compute an SHA hash in-browser, so the server doesn't have to receive the pass in plaintext.Anyone know of a way to do it with Struts/JSP, or even JS if its not... |
Which login method do you use? | dmanxiii: OpenID, if applicable. |
Which login method do you use? | tptacek: Most every web application my team assesses just uses a database of hashes. This is fine; just try to make the hash function take a long time to run (speed is the enemy here). I highly recommend "bcrypt", a routine available in almost every dev environment --- and typically in the better plugins --- for genera... |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | vaksel: I think it can be fixed with a tiered commission structure. Pay X for sales that are made through cold calls etc. Pay X/5 for sales that are made from answering phone calls etc. |
Which login method do you use? | SemperUbi: HTTP Basic + https |
Which login method do you use? | dryicerx: Since most people already talk about the backend of it, let me share how to securely send the password from the browser to the server encrypted, instead of simply in clear text. (when you can't use SSL for some reason)+ Server has your passwords stored as sha1(password+salt(password)). salt function isn't sec... |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | joshuarr: Sounds like you need to have a serious tête à tête with your partner. njl has some great points, but if you are miserable then you might want to consider delegating the work to someone else while maintaining the project. It really doesn't make sense to work for yourself if you're not. |
A replacement for last.fm? | viggity: pandora.com? |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | paul7986: If I was the partner I would want to know how you feel, such would allow me time to find a replacement or move on with life or to another project. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | middus: Maybe it is just some kind of fear of failure that you are going through at the moment? |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | erikdarm: Hello from SalesBy5!
"94% of all problems are due to systems not people" Demming. My suggestion is to have a code, process or log. Try anything and dot worry about failing just fail fast and fail cheap. I also suggest an open discussion with them, open blunt but respectful. chances are they are frustrated to ... |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | dkokelley: First, make sure that their job function is clearly defined and understood by you and them. What are you paying them for? Do they handle any support, or are they only supposed to find new business? Depending on how big your operation is it might be helpful to hire a consultant or a friend who has experience ... |
Which login method do you use? | lsc: I use http authapache has modules to hook it up to just about any backend; it's supported by all browsers, and it's easy to automate against.I would be interested in knowing why more people don't use it. |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | hwijaya: I never get any strange look. Or...maybe because i just don't care about it. For me, it's their loss. I always feel there are so many things can be learnt from HN, especially if you want to stand in front of the tech-curve. Tried to promote to a couple of friends, but, never see them jump into it. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | knightinblue: One could imagine ev williams thinking the same thing. Look at twitter now.You never know. After all this work, just get it out there. If you're worried about your name, then leave it out. Just use your initials for now. |
Which login method do you use? | rguzman: facebook connect |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | csomar: I'm safe, the people near me don't know what the word "hacker" mean! |
A replacement for last.fm? | nsrivast: http://www.lala.com |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | CatDancer: It's OK to bail.Now, naturally you may decide not to bail after due reflection, advice, and discussion. And that's OK too.But as long as you're deciding not to stop because of your previous promises, you're going to be trapped. And, like you say, the trap doesn't end: there's always more work to be done.Wha... |
Which login method do you use? | rincewind: ssl client certificates |
Which login method do you use? | kineticac: We're using Rails as the framework and restful_authentication plugin for logins. Moving forward we are also going to integrate OAuth for things like Twitter logins, Facebook Connect for facebook, etc. |
What to do when you lose faith on a project? | minalecs: Well you already come this far. Finish the project to a point where both are satisfied. See what happens. After release let your partner know.. that you want to look into other opportunities, and won't invest as much time. |
A replacement for last.fm? | defied: http://www.hypem.comtons of good music - some hard to find songs as well |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | trevelyan: Take them off handling incoming calls for a week and put someone else on. See if your conversion rate from incoming calls changes and by how much. If it doesn't change, the person answering the phone does not need to be on commission. |
Which login method do you use? | matticakes: http://www.openwall.com/phpass/ |
What's wrong with our sales team/strategy? | Confusion: Half a year ago, Joel (now, don't downvote me for mentioning him ;)) had some sensible things to say on commissions : http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081001/how-hard-could-it-be-si...I'm not sure if this article will help, but it may definitely make you aware of some possible problems with commissions. |
Where can a person ask for specific startup advice in confidence? | Travis: My company went through this recently.We listened to the advice of experts (PG, Venturehacks, VCs, etc.) who told us that nobody cared about your idea. Seriously. Nobody is going to steal your idea, for the simple reason that it's not original.Just focus on the execution and strategy. Don't waste your effort... |
Contact info in profiles | paulgb: Your profile doesn't have any contact info either :).The email address field is not public. Only PG/YC can see it. |
A replacement for last.fm? | voberoi: I use last.fm recommendations + http://seeqpod.com |
Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"? | quizbiz: I was once approached during school (I am a high school student). A quick explanation was all that was needed. |
How Do Techmeme and Google News Cluster Stories? | RossM: I experimented a little with this a while back but I didn't get very far. My first assumption was to rely on keywords in the article, and match them with articles from other sources, but I wasn't able to find a good solution to finding those. My suggestion would be to go that route however. |
How Do Techmeme and Google News Cluster Stories? | thesethings: The Drupal memetracker module (admittedly pre-beta) uses Python's Pyclust. With Techmeme, linking is definitely part of it, but not all. I found this out when experimenting with Onespot.com a site that aspires to be, but is not yet, white-label memetracking. They cluster only on links, and as a result, hav... |
What's with "Innocuous News"? | paulgb: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575815 |
What's with "Innocuous News"? | cadalac: Funny, I was just about to make the same post. |
Innocuous News? HN is now IN? | winanga: not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel(third definition at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/innocuous)Should we take a vote on a new name? |
Innocuous News? HN is now IN? | asimjalis: I predicted this post here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=576332 |
How Do Techmeme and Google News Cluster Stories? | qeorge: I've found this tutorial on 4 of the big clustering algoritms helpful:http://home.dei.polimi.it/matteucc/Clustering/tutorial_html/...I've always been curious about the subject, and would love to know more. I've admittedly not gotten very far. |
Innocuous News? HN is now IN? | tokenadult: This thread will tell you all you need to know:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=575815 |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | tokenadult: New Mogulhttp://www.newmogul.com/for business news. It uses the same ARC-based software as HN, so it's easy to learn the user interface. |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | pivo: Innocuous News |
Innocuous News? HN is now IN? | bbuffone: Even though it will be changed back, I will still say I don't like it. Hacking and IT don't need political correctness, they need freedom of expression.Ask yourself, "What would Katt Williams say about this change?" He would probably say something like - "Hacker Please!" |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | paulgb: I assume by HN-like you mean link aggregators, but for content, I like the Mind Your Decisions blog (unfortunately, posts have become infrequent lately): http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/LtU is good too, but I don't read it often. http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ |
A User's First Post? | inerte: Google for 80-19-1 |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | iamelgringo: Reddit, actually. I don't read comments, but I do have a pretty beefy set of sub-reddits which are able to find a lot of good reads. My sub-reddits:browsers, business, c_language, C_Programming, cogsci, compsci, computergraphics, computers, ComputerSecurity, economy, energy, erlang, Flash_Programming, fu... |
A User's First Post? | tokenadult: On one email list I moderate, I tell all participants in an automated welcome message that they are encouraged to introduce themselves to the list, and that once they have, they will be taken off the moderation of submitted messages that is the default on that list. Over time (four years), about a third of ... |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | ivankirigin: The only other good news filter is the set of friends and peers I find interesting.Social voting in the form of posting links and content is awesome. I do this on Twitter, FriendFeed, Tumblr, and Facebook.It's the people that matter here, which is also why I like In.News. |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | Devils-Avacado: The other sites I read are too elite, I don't want to blow them up by posting them here. |
A User's First Post? | jakewolf: Start them off with a hideous default avatar and intro post. Cheney pic and you fill in the rest. Look at a default wordpress install. You have to take immediate action to not publicly look like you're lazy. |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | rms: http://www.thedailybeast.com/ and http://www.newsvine.com for mainstream news |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | chris11: Cognitive fun is good for neuroscience. It's small, but extremely focused.
http://cognitivefun.net/talk |
A User's First Post? | aneesh: I never felt any barrier to posting on HN. Nearly everyone on this site is pretty welcoming. Just comment on something that interests you, or that you know something about.By the way, for me, and I suspect many others, it's not really a free rider problem like you describe. I don't gain much by simply having... |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | docpepin: dzone.com |
wireless Internet? | ensignavenger: I don't think they have WiMax in NY yet, but they should soon That's what I'd hold out for. |
A User's First Post? | ivankirigin: I almost never spend time on a community without contributing. If the other users are annoying, I stop, e.g. reddit. I still vote there though. |
What other HN-like sites do you read? | dustineichler: ltu http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ |
Django Site Samples | aneesh: http://www.djangosites.org/ |
Django Site Samples | kyro: http://www.everyblock.com
http://www.thesixtynine.com
http://www.djangoproject.com |
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