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Using personal code at work | pj: I would suggest reading about "Work for Hire" it's a legal term. I'm not a lawyer, so don't take what I'm about to say as legal advice, just my personal experience.In my understanding, in general, if you are paid to do it and there is no explicit contract that says the employer owns your work, then you own the wor... |
Rate my startup, Nrds | mlapeter: I almost get the sense it's a flat out scam from looking at it... especially as someone else mentioned about the links to foreign language sites, etc, and asking for large amounts of money from investors so upfront... |
Please review my new social learning site | kajecounterhack: Hrm "Get In. Get Out. Get Smarter." Don't like it already, sounds trite."Ya tai!
- Hiro Nakamura, Heroes "What has that got to do with anything? And it is "Yatta" not "ya tai."The entire style of the site feels cheap too. I'm not sure, maybe the striped banner up top? You need a logo. |
Rate my startup, Nrds | ninguem2: "this is a document DNA"What is this supposed to mean, lack of apostrophe notwithstanding?Also, the title of your submission sounded at first reading as if you were insulting us. |
Rate my startup, Nrds | imownbey: The page appears to be down for me.http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://nrds.co.uk/ |
Please review my new social learning site | apsurd: To me, the signup/login forms are not clear. You use "login" on the signup form. I instinctively associated that word with logging in, so i kept looking for where to "sign up". A better word would be username.When signing up using the big orange sticker icon on the right, you get no status message as to what ha... |
Please review my new social learning site | apsurd: Using javascript for sign up.Even though something like 90%< of users have javascript enabled, I think it is an unnecessary risk to have a signup form be 100% dependent on javascript. Especially when it is so easy to just provide a real link to a basic signup page and then load that right within the facebox usi... |
Please review my new social learning site | jgilliam: I signed up. The "conversational japanese" course was highly rated and recommended, so I enrolled in it, but I don't know what to do now. There doesn't seem to be anything there. Where's the course?The "enroll" button was a bit scary, I wasn't sure what that would do. I'd expose as much of the course mat... |
Rate my startup, Nrds | anigbrowl: One question I couldn't answer from the front page was whether this is aimed at regular users or is a business-to-business product - I sense the latter, but it's not obvious. Please repost when your demo is functional again. |
Someone is trying to clone my site - what do I do? | andreshb: I wouldn't be worried. Cloning websites never goes as well as the poster of the RFP. The poster will be playing catchup without differentiation. You have an advantage, just keep innovating and developing it. Even if there is a really good developer that can clone it, it will be hard for them to clone, catch u... |
Please review my new social learning site | bdmac97: Thank you all very much for your feedback! I truly appreciate all of it, both positive and negative. |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | old-gregg: To make you pay for the API. |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | auston: I don't know for sure - but my guess is mathematica outputs images? |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | chris24: How strange... from their FAQ (under Web and other Practicalities - http://www.wolframalpha.com/faqs.html):"Do I need images enabled in my browser to use Wolfram|Alpha?Yes. All its output content is rendered as images, for consistency."Perhaps they didn't want to make sure the data was styled & displayed well ... |
Please review my new social learning site | JeremyChase: Once you get into the site itself the design is fine. I think the negative reaction you are seeing is more about the landing page. To sum it up; it has a web 1.0 feel. There is a lot of text, and it seems like a pretty intense sales pitch.I'd cut that landing page down to the bare essentials.The site itsel... |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | jonknee: Pretty pathetic as it breaks the site for people with less than perfect vision. I mean they obviously take advantage of machine readable data to populate their database, pretty lame to not spit it back out. Not to mention a huge server overhead--this was a calculated decision. |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | pj: The special font may not be on every user's computer. Which font is that? |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | Skeuomorph: Perhaps they don't want other search engines 'learning' the questions (via phrases hyperlinked to wolfram) and displaying the answers as summary text? |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | kailoa: I'd assume that not everything that WA puts out will be text or tables. They've got graphs, complex mathematical formulas, general purpose image manipulation and who knows what else.It may have made sense to "unify" the rendering engine. This makes the simple case you point out look silly of course. |
Someone is trying to clone my site - what do I do? | lsemel: Almost inevitably, shortly after I launch something that proves reasonably popular, I see an ad for someone wanting to clone it on Scriptlance for $200. |
Someone is trying to clone my site - what do I do? | pg: Viaweb got copied a lot, and now YC does. I've learned not to worry about it. Clones rarely amount to anything. First of all, anyone who has to copy you is probably not that good. Someone really good wouldn't be able to copy someone else, even if it was to their advantage; they'd be too proud to. Second, people ... |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | aaronsw: I asked Stephen Wolfram about this and he explained that it was because sometimes the answers contain complex mathematical formulae that are difficult to render in HTML and that since he wanted a consistent display, his preferred solution was to just use images all the time. |
What do you eat? | czcar: While toying with the idea of going vegetarian (to see if it would affect energy levels), and just reducing intake of red meat as whole I have started using lentils in a lot of meals, especially in dhal and potato curries.Seriously easiest and nicest meal possible. http://www.vegsoc.org.nz/recipe_070307.html For... |
What do you eat? | pasbesoin: "Healthy Foods for Under $1" was discussed a while back.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=414298Here was my suggestion (sweet potato):http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=414398 |
What do you eat? | TriinT: If you live by the coast, you can try spear-fishing and you kill two birds with one stone: you exercise and you eat healthy food ;-) |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | wmoxam: We actually do the same for math equations in LearnHub lessons (via texhub.com). Images are pretty much the only way to present complex math equations to a wide audience.MathML would be a much better solution only if it were natively supported in IE. |
What do you eat? | Femur: I have a few simple and general rules that I try to follow:1. I try not to eat anything that does not easily rot. This generally keeps me away from processed food.2. I try to eat a lot of things that are green (vegetables).3. I purchase organic when I can.4. Excellent ingredients minimally handled usually make ... |
What do you eat? | likpok: Bean stew (I use black):Two cans beans
one can diced tomatoes
one onion
other veggies? (bell peppers, etc)bay leaf, spices, hot salsa (to taste).Sautee onions/veggies
Stew everything until it's the consistency you want (put it all in a pot).For about $5-7 /pot which feeds about 4, it's pretty cheap.Also, you ca... |
What do you eat? | ajkirwin: I make chili, curries, soups, stews.. |
What do you eat? | witten: Smoothie for breakfast (or any other meal). It's easy to digest and can be full of good nutritious stuff, so you get a nice boost of energy. And you can even drink it while coding.I currently use: banana, frozen fruit, whey protein powder, greens powder, almond milk, water, and ice. No added sweetener needed. J... |
What do you eat? | triplefox: Unsalted nuts. They store really well. Walnuts in particular have plenty of calories but if you have too many in a day you'll be overloaded on omega-3, which will make your hands and feet swell painfully as pressure is applied; the blood vessels in them start breaking too readily.So nuts aren't the bulk of m... |
What do you eat? | bravura: I am interested in the bulk cooking phenomenon.I have only recently started, so I cannot really comment on what recipes are best. |
A good open-source implementation of multi-key-value db? | vicaya: What you need is a full text search engine with faceting features. Solr or Sphinx should fit the bill. |
iPhone button - email friend | physcab: There might be something here:
http://www.appsamuck.com/ |
What do you eat? | menloparkbum: During the week I mostly eat: egg whites, beans, frozen veggies, fresh veggies, almonds and blueberries. Sometimes I make chicken stir-fry. On Saturdays I eat whatever, usually going out, or to a BBQ, or to a friend's house. On Sunday morning I usually go out to brunch and then the rest of the day it's ba... |
What do you eat? | hwijaya: Sometimes i cooked Chilli Con Carne. It's easy and last long. Healthy too. http://proven-great-and-simple-recipes.blogspot.com/I put any "great and simple" recipes that i found in that blog. So, yes, i like your site idea. It definitely would be helpful for someone like me. |
What do you eat? | davidmathers: the amount of time saved by having them cook it isn't always advantageous considering you have to drive thereDepends on where you live. There are 20 restaurants within 2 blocks of my house. Also, I don't own a car. Everyone's situation is different, but I'm pretty certain it's both cheaper and healthier f... |
Using personal code at work | otto: One important distinction to make is:Are you considered a contractor or an employee?I'd recommend talking to the legal department, or contacting someone you know in IP law(an actual lawyer, not some random HN reader). |
What do you eat? | gambling8nt: There are three primary aspects of a balanced diet to consider:
(1) starches: in my experience, rice is the cheapest per calorie, when purchased in bulk. Other good choices in this category include pasta and barley.
(2) vegetables: getting a variety of vegetables is important in one's diet; I typically ge... |
What do you eat? | stcredzero: Everything that follows is true.A college friend of mine had an interesting take on food.Breakfast 1: Egg in the Blender with some OJ. It's fast. It's cheap. Plus, you feel slightly nauseous all day and save money and lose weight!Breakfast 2: Bowl of Grape Nuts. Eat quickly with lots of milk. It sticks... |
What do you eat? | vorador: Actually, I think that spending some time cooking is a good distraction, and breaks are good for productivity. |
What do you eat? | patio11: My three favorite hacker dishes:Toasted ham, cheese, and grilled veggie sandwich. Dice up an onion, pepper, garlic, and whatever else you like. Heat a little oil in a fry pan for a few seconds, toss in veggie mix, stir while heating until the onions change color. Take off heat. Cut open the fresh french br... |
What do you eat? | zacharypinter: For a quick snack or breakfast, I like having Applesauce (or apple slices) with fat-free cottage cheese. It's filling and easy to make. |
What do you eat? | Zarathu: Lebanese food: http://tasteofbeirut.com |
What do you eat? | vaksel: Monday: Breakfast: 8 Egg Whites Scrambled with a breast of chicken + 3 slices of cheese + 3 glasses of Orange Juice + 5 strawberries
Lunch/Dinner: Protein Bar/Crackers
Supper: 2 steaks with baby tomatoes + 3 glasses of OJ
Tuesday: Breakfast: 2 English Muffins + 2 slices of cheese + 2 Bratwurst saus... |
The HN karma paradox | nostrademons: I think it's more that long, detailed, well-supported points tend to get more karma than simple one-liners. IIRC, PG posted once that there was a big correlation between comment length and score.I've noticed much less of a correlation between popularity and score than I would've expected - certainly much... |
What do you eat? | ojbyrne: I love my wok. |
What do you eat? | kingkongrevenge: It's pretty easy to eat healthily and fairly cheaply at a lot of by the pound supermarket buffets. It's faster than cooking, but not cheaper, though not so expensive.Eating healthily is very simple: every meal should be a piece of meat/fish/egg, with varied vegetables and some whole fruit. Add nuts a... |
What do you eat? | c00p3r: Fresh. Organic. Veg. Seasonal. Less.1. Everything must be fresh, especially fish, vegetables and fruits. Don't buy many, buy enough for one meal. Each time. Tomorrow it will be fresh delivery on market.2. Do not overboil. There are two main rules in cooking - 'less heat' (less flame under your bowl and inside y... |
What do you eat? | asmdsr: This is what got me through my startup. Don't skimp on step 3.2 Cans of Whole Tomatoes
1 Can Lentils (or 1/2 cup dry lentils)
1 Large Onion (peeled)
5 Cloves Garlic (peeled
1 Cup Water
Salt + Pepper
Olive Oil
Parmesan1. Combine in a Large Pot: Tomatoes, Lentils, Whole Onion, Whole Garlic Cloves, Water.
2. ... |
The HN karma paradox | gojomo: The problem is that a single upvote-downvote axis has to capture two different, sometimes orthogonal, judgments: (1) is this comment valuable or detrimental to the discussion?; and (2) do I agree or disagree with this comment?This entanglement is unavoidable as long as there's only one score per comment, given ... |
The HN karma paradox | chrisbolt: What kind of point is widely accepted and false? |
Please review my new social learning site | emmett: As soon as I understood what you were offering (make your own courses online!) I wanted to browse example courses that had been released, and it wasn't obvious how to do that. |
Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of plain text? | wdr1: I don't know if I buy the consistency answer. There's ways to do that (even with complicated formula), but it is an interesting way to avoid x-browser CSS issues.My own hunch is they did it to avoid scraping/botting. Hopefully they switch to text at some point in the future. |
Please review my new social learning site | iterationx: nice idea, if a user creates a course will another user be able to modify it? because that might be helpful. |
What do you eat? | Tichy: I think you might be right about the restaurants. While some of them serve food that tastes well, I doubt that many of them use the best ingredients. These days it is hard to tell, for example I think most take away restaurants serve microwaved food that was prepared in some factory.Maybe we could set up some c... |
What do you eat? | catch23: I cook everything with fresh ingredients and I'm still able to eat decently. I usually either cook a form of soup noodles with 1 veggie & meat for around $2.50 or a form of spinach/fish/tomato/mushroom risotto for around $3.00 a meal. I buy my food from local asian grocery stores that usually half the price o... |
What do you eat? | axod: Ben+Jerrys. Easy to eat from the tub while coding. Put some fruit in the bottom so it's "healthy".Combine with a can of Mt.Dew and some pic'n'mix sweets to keep your sugar levels up. |
What do you eat? | sketerpot: Cook some vegetables, including potatoes, in a pan with a bit of oil. Add miscellaneous spices. Add two beaten eggs as a binding agent. Stir for a little while to prevent scorching, then let the egg congeal. Sprinkle some cheese on top and fold the thing over, and let it sit for a minute or so. Then put it o... |
What do you eat? | nickfox: Lean Cuisine, Oscar Meyer turkey dogs and Spicy Chile Chicken Cup of Noodles. Every other day I go get a tuna sub from Subway to get my fresh vegetables. For desert, Hershey Kisses with almonds or chocolate chip cookie from the grocery deli. And to drink, I make 1/4 cup orange juice with 3/4 cup soda water. It... |
What do you eat? | ertug: As a rule of thumb, I always try to eat fruits in their season.There must be a reason they appear in that specific period of the year, like a natural diet plan ;) |
What do you eat? | saikat: A related thread from a while back - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=57538 . I've actually been doing PG's rice and beans recipe (with some changes and some other variation), and it's not so bad. |
Website to give to charity anonymously, useful to you? | johnnybgoode: It sounds like it would be appealing to someone, but to be honest I don't think I'd use it. Personally, I'd rather take the time to find charities myself that promote causes I believe in and wouldn't spam me unnecessarily.But maybe charities like that are incredibly rare and I'd just end up using your sit... |
What do you eat? | radu_floricica: Interesting recipes here, but I don't think they relate very well to the question. The simplest/healthiest food I used to eat:1. Get a rice cooker.2. ???3. Profit.No, really, it's that simple. On a bowl of cooked rice you can put:- vegetables (frozen or fresh)- fish (of all sorts)- cheese & bacon (mmmm)... |
Website to give to charity anonymously, useful to you? | SwellJoe: I just went through the hassle of contacting the Red Cross to ask them to stop sending me stuff. So, yes, I've had this problem. I tend to hold a grudge, though, and if they don't give me really easy ways to avoid getting mail (or if they sell my information), they won't be getting anything from me again.Bu... |
What do you eat? | apsurd: This is what is stocked at my office fridge:- 20 cups of yogurt for $10 dollars at Ralphs.- Nutrigrain bars- delimeat (for lack of anything better, since i know i probably won't precook meat and bring it)- precooked pasta- shredded cheese and pasta sauce (for pasta)- assorted nuts- provalone cheese- soy chocola... |
Website to give to charity anonymously, useful to you? | rdouble: I'm considering making a website where you can give to a charity anonymouslyThis isn't a fun or easy problem to solve. Especially the clearinghouse of all charities bit. There are 1.8 million nonprofits in the USA. Luckily for you I helped build this back in 1999. http://www.guidestar.orgThere are others but a... |
What do you eat? | matth2: One i recently discovered: cook some shell style pasta then add a small can of (possibly flavored) tuna. the heat of the pasta heats up the tuna. easy, cheap, good for you. |
The HN karma paradox | ScottWhigham: Are we talking "karma for a single comment/post" or "karma for a user"? The reason I ask is that I've been using HN since close to the beginning and never once have I looked at a user's karma score. User karma has no meaning to me, good or bad. Post/comment karma matters in the sorting and what appears on... |
The HN karma paradox | mixmax: There are many interesting subtleties to voting and karma systems, such as the one we use here on HN. Another one is that a post that has a child that glorifies the parent "Great insight, bla.bla." will inevitably be voted up. You can probably find more if you look a bit.You assume humans are rational beings a... |
What do you eat? | nazgulnarsil: the number one thing most people could benefit from: reduce sugar intake, increase fruit intake.eat fruit with every meal, the chimpanzee diet is 50%+ fruit and our digestive tracts are identical. Every time you crave sweet drinks, fruit flavored treats...your body is asking for fruit. |
Please review my new social learning site | epoweripi: for a one man army, I think its pretty neat what you've put out as v1.Some gripes:
- Please allow me to see content without a signup. it will help in SEO too.- You can put up this on your hompage :)
http://www.cafecourses.com/courses/3-course-creation-101
and invite people to take up more courses (if #1 is d... |
What do you eat? | phugoid: I love food, probably too much. My favorite things to prepare are:- shrimp and asparagus gnocchi with basil- pancetta-covered roasted beef tenderloin with wild mushrooms- seafood and chicken paella- mushroom, garlic and parmesan home-made pasta- onion and porcini soup with gruyere-topped toast- pizza with pes... |
What do you eat? | covercash: This one is my childhood favorite.Tuna Casserole:
1 box elbow macaroni
1 can Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish (5oz)
1 can DelMonte sweet peas (15oz)
1 can Nestle Carnation evaporated milk (12oz)
1 can Campbell's cream of mushroom soup (10.75oz)
1 heaping tablespoon Helman's mayonnaiseBoil and strain... |
What apps are essential for mac? | karl11: textmate |
What apps are essential for mac? | brk: iTerm
http://iterm.sourceforge.net/VLC Player
http://www.videolan.org/ |
The HN karma paradox | DenisM: Soon you will realize the pointlessness of the score system (no matter how it's implemented), and from there it's a short distance to leaving it behind and getting down to business (whatever is business to you). Treat HN as a class which you need to graduate from and it will make a lot more sense. |
What do you eat? | edw519: Fresh fruit. Lots and lots and lots of it. Melon, citrus, grapes, berries in season, and IMHO, the hacker's 2 best friends: apples and bananas. Bananas are nature's perfect answer to your question, as long as they are ready to eat (brown spots) and not too soft yet. Freeze them for smoothies once they reach... |
What apps are essential for mac? | gregk: TextWrangler (free text editor), Gimp and Inkscape (free graphics) or Photoshop Elements ($90), OpenOffice (free) or iWork (office like from Apple $90), or MS Office ($150) depending on what you know and who you communicate with, Firefox browser (free), Xcode for Mac or iPhone development (free), Skype (free), T... |
What do you eat? | jonknee: It depends on the day/week/season for me. For produce I try to buy what's fresh and in season that day at the market. Protein wise I usually go for what's on sale as that's a good way to stay out of a rut.I haven't bought bread this year, if I want bread I make it. Much better tasting and really cheap.For lunc... |
What apps are essential for mac? | swombat: QuickSilver: http://quicksilver.en.softonic.com/mac - app launcher. Essential to a smooth OS X experience.Adium: http://adium.im/ - general-purpose chat clientCog: http://cogx.org/ - For those of us who don't like iTunes, or want to play FLACs.WriteRoom or Scrivener: http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writ... |
What apps are essential for mac? | phn1x: one of the guys I follow on twitter just recommended this:http://osx.iusethis.com/ |
What apps are essential for mac? | boundlessdreamz: I'm recommending only free software here.1. Adium for chat. It is just awesome.http://www.adiumx.com/2. Quicksilver. if you just want an app launcher spotlight is already good at that. http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/downloads/list [edit: updated link to point to the recent versions]3. Caffe... |
What apps are essential for mac? | hectcastro: Quicksilver. |
What apps are essential for mac? | udfalkso: Cyberduck (ftp - http://cyberduck.ch/)
Adium (IM - http://adium.im/) |
What apps are essential for mac? | phn1x: I see a lot of people recommending virtual pc but does anyone have anything to say about vm fusion? A buddy of mine was going to hook me up with a copy. I've used virtual PC on linux quite a bit but I was always frustrated with the lack of ability to bridge the networking. |
What do you eat? | bazbarfoo: I eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. |
What apps are essential for mac? | sirsean: MacFUSE w/ sshfs, and MacVIM. |
What apps are essential for mac? | tortilla: Others mentioned here are great. In addition, check these out:http://perian.org/ - adds native support to QuickTime for many video formatshttp://www.fluidapp.com/ - Fluid, SSB (site specific browsers)http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/ - LittleSnitch, Monitor and block outgoing internet connectionshtt... |
What apps are essential for mac? | asciilifeform: Home and End Key Fixer. I found my machine to be nearly unusable without it.Quicksilver, to avoid the terrible GUI as much as humanly possible.(I have my MacBook because it is the only non-Windows notebook with fully working suspend mode and peripherals. Why did you buy yours?) |
What apps are essential for mac? | mad44: carbon emacs |
What apps are essential for mac? | crad: boundlessdreamz covered a lot, here's a few more (mostly commercial but still awesome):1. Things - Awesome task management - http://www.culturedcode.com/2. Mailplane - If you use GMail this is a must. - http://mailplaneapp.com/3. AppZapper - Remove everything about an app - http://www.appzapper.com/4. LittleSnitc... |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | pookleblinky: WWSGD?What would Summer Glau do?Dumbing yourself down is like hacking off a foot to fit in with a leper colony. It's a change that'll be hard to reverse later on, whether you want to or not. |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | vaksel: Look for more friends, just because the rule is that one group is smart but lame, and the other is dumb and fun, doesn't mean that there aren't people who are both.There are plenty of people who are smart and fun, and plenty who are dumb and lame.Sure you'll have to work harder to find those people, but it shou... |
What apps are essential for mac? | jhickner: 1.) SteerMouse - tweak the mouse acceleration curve. If you're coming from a PC and you feel like your mouse doesn't move right, this will help.2.) SizeUp - size and and position windows with hotkeys. For example, quickly set two windows to use exactly one-half of the screen each.3.) Expandrive - mount S3 buc... |
What apps are essential for mac? | bayareaguy: Here's a related thread from last year:- Ask YC: Mac virgin wants to know, what would you install? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=131241My earlier list http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=131263 hasn't really changed but I do find the recently posted Black Tree Visor http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id... |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | patio11: If you're consistently the smartest person in the room, you probably need one of two things: new friends or a reality check. Possibly both.The best advice I ever got about picking friends was that you should hang out with the people you want to be like. In your case, you seem to not want to go directly from ... |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | physcab: I think what is happening to you is pretty normal. My advice to you is to be more honest with yourself and with your friendships. If your friends are boring you change up the conversation or suggest doing something exciting. If your friends seem dumb then keep trying to talk about intellectually stimulating th... |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | jnovek: Personally, I try not to say things like "dumbing down". It's presumptuous to assume that I'm smarter than other people; I don't need that kind of ego boost.I tend to think of it as people having different interests. Many people have a familiarity with celebrity gossip that rivals my familiarity with programm... |
"Dumbing yourself down" around your peers? | furburger: you strike me as an arrogant tool, probably only half as smart as you think you are |
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