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best time to submit a story? | dshah: The best time to submit a story?When you have something relevant and interesting to share!(Sorry, couldn't resist) |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | frossie: As many have said, you don't need a PhD to publish - it is quite routine for people to publish papers while they are working towards their PhD. In some countries your thesis actually consists of submitting these papers that you have published to a research committee in order to get a PhD.If you believe you can... |
Can Google be replaced? | vorador: Given its market share, I don't think that Google could be replaced ; instead - if it happens - it would be rendered obsolete by a new paradigm for finding data. |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | bdr: I published a couple papers in the free year after my undergrad. There's really nothing magic about it: write a paper, choose a journal, and submit it. People have already addressed writing style, so I guess I'll address choosing a journal.There are basically two variables you're trying to optimize for: how closel... |
upd to http | gojomo: A shared hosting account might let you run a UDP listening process; a virtual host definitely would.Really, anyplace you have a shell account can probably serve the same role as your home server. |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | lliiffee: Not being affiliated with a PhD program isn't a problem in itself. Review is often double blind, and frankly I don't think most people care much about your credentials. However, it is very difficult to publish in many areas with out "speaking the language" the way the natives do. If you are an outsider to ... |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | fadmmatt: I've now served on peer-review committees for selective venues in my field, so I can say that the authors' background and training are not considered when making the decision to accept or reject. (Double blind venues won't even know who you are.)That said, good papers do share a common structure. Part of wh... |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | eterno: slightly offtopic, but I am fundamentally opposed to this journal-conferences monopoly on published research and the related profiteering by the likes of springer.Its like the newspaper industry which has outlived its business model.Someone please youtube the whole thing and kill them already. |
Blog on blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog | bcx: You can always proxy the /blog on your primary domain, so that BOTH URLs point to the same place. So you end up with both /blog and blog. With the same content. |
What is the big idea with algorithms? | wlievens: Not entirely related, but check out the concept of Kolmogorov Complexity. It should definitely interest you. |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | lux: A couple services that come to mind:http://spreedly.com/
http://zuora.com/Zuora is mucho $$$ though, and Spreedly has a ways to go before it's a full-featured solution. Their current focus I believe is on being solid with regards to ordinary subscriptions first and expanding from there.Unfortunately, for most of t... |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | pjhyett: Having written two billing systems in the past year, I'll never build one again.There are certainly advantages to writing your own, we generate custom PDF receipts at GitHub that customers really seem to like, but the amount of time wasted building and maintaining the system was/is fairly substantial.If I were... |
Can Google be replaced? | duskwuff: Wolfram Alpha isn't a Google replacement, and isn't intended to be:http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=What+do+you+dislike |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | EastSmith: I have not use them, but isn't Amazon FPS what you are looking for? http://aws.amazon.com/fps/ |
Math behind Algorithms | tiberius: The math section of Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest "An Introduction to Algorithms" is a good introductory math text for CS people (the remainder of the book is also excellent). |
Math behind Algorithms | ganley: "Concrete Math" by Graham, Knuth, and Patashnik. |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | delano: If you're okay with US-only billing, you can use Amazon FPS in conjunction with EC2's product codes. The product codes allow you to build a machine image which you can authorize each of your customers to use and you can configure how much to charge per instance hour. Amazon keeps track of which customers are ru... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | ErrantX: The thing is that where Live search is crap (really awful) Google gives good, solid, results.It's hard to justify calling them a monopoly based on the market share when compared to lesser services....(not that I am disagreeing they could be a monopoly)That market share comes from a combination of amazing bran... |
Math behind Algorithms | csomar: at this case i prefer you follow a university lessons, may be it'll be better. (I just think so) |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | evilneanderthal: Competition law does not make merely having a monopoly illegal, but rather abusing the power a monopoly may confer, for instance through exclusionary practices.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly#Law |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | csomar: I'm happy that Google is a monopoly or MS is a monopoly if they provide good results. The bigger they are, the better results they'll give.if you are afraid, read their privacy policy and terms of use, if you are ok with them.. then what's wrong? |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | mannicken: As far as I understand, the legality of a monopoly depends on whether it takes anticompetitive actions. Microsoft wasn't put down just for being big -- it was put down for including Internet Explorer into operating system, thus using an unfair advantage to promote its monopoly. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | sucuri2: Well, first because google gives a lot for "free" to its users, from gmail, to docs, search, etc.We know there is a price (ads, information sharing, etc), but the perception is always that they are good and cool.--dd |
Getting published in an academic journal without holding or seeking a PhD? | Create: Any Marie Curie Early Stage Trainee can get published, almost by default (i.e. without either holding or [officially] seeking a PhD). |
Math behind Algorithms | emacdona: You should probably add Knuth's Volume 1 ( Fundamental Algorithms) to your list:
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Computer-Programming-Fundamental-A...The first few sections cover some mathematical background. |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | sucuri2: I would certainly recommend amazon FPS... or do you need more than that? |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | quizbiz: Make a better algorithm? |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | davidw: The Economist had a story about tech monopolies recently, which made for interesting reading.http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13610959It's a difficult problem, and there is likely to be a diversity of opinion here, from the libertarian "let them do whatever they want" to some on the other side... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | CalmQuiet: Yes: we should be developing the next innovations/paradigm_shifts that are irresistably attractive to web surfers. ...and combining the wisdom of others' startup experiences to create meaningful, sustainable business models for monetizing how web linkage can work. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | axod: Is eBay? |
Layoff split startup advice? | pclark: don't swap contacts for equity. Go to opencoffee/linkedin/events and network. Investors aren't hard to find, and finding them yourself just proves how awesome you are. |
Layoff split startup advice? | peterhi: The first thing to note is that your position with regards to this has not changed. As he is still with the company he still has the contacts. Thus if this seemed ok when you were employed then it is still ok. The relationship has not changed.However I do note that there is some hesitancy in your part to the s... |
Math behind Algorithms | pookleblinky: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/mit-introduction-to-algorithms-... is a very good site, with videos of MIT lectures.http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~algorith/video-lectures/ is another great source for video lectures.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms has a veritable zoo of algorithms. Best part: contr... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | TweedHeads: Read my lips:Google is NOT a monopoly.You can walk away anytime you want, they are not forcing you to anything or abusing you or their competitors in any way.Those who want to stick the word monopoly in your mind associated to google are those who once were convicted monopolists.Beware of FUD like this.Is F... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | cjg: In my view they are definitely a monopoly (not convinced? try http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/01/what-an-antitrust-case-...).The question is whether they are abusing the monopoly. Probably not at the moment.However, as the original question is a hypothetical then perhaps we can extend it to "what if Google start... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | Allocator2008: Hey Commie: This is America. Monopolies are perfectly fine.Go back to the Soviet Union where you belong. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | ulf: I think the main problem here is not if Google is a monopoly at this very moment. But when you consider the speed with which they acquire new data from virtually every area where a lot of information exists, you have to ask yourself, how dangerous can it be, if they at some point in the future decide: "Hey, lets j... |
Math behind Algorithms | adatta02: get yourself a discrete math textbook (I can't remember what I used). A sprinkling of things that will come up: set theory, probability (Bayesian), Big-O notation and associated meanings, worst/best/avg case analysis, amortized cost, induction, some algebra, ectif you don't really understand all the math surr... |
Layoff split startup advice? | ErrantX: There is NO way his "contacts" are worth 50% of a startup. As already pointed out there are plenty of investors about that you can meet w/o already signing away half your future revenue!He needs to offer more than that to be worth that much :) |
Layoff split startup advice? | jakewolf: Do you really want the backing of a manager of company that's laying off a large percentage of their employees including yourself? Talk to new people. It will be liberating. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | Silentio: Google may have a monopoly on search, however, it hasn't come to that monopoly via anticompetitive actions, as far as we know. At least, no one has reported on any. Furthermore, as I think Gruber pointed out not too long ago, Google isn't selling search, it's selling advertising. |
Math behind Algorithms | pkrumins: I recommend Skiena's "The Algorithm Design Manual (2nd ed)": http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/... |
Layoff split startup advice? | noodle: 50% is a ripoff. 5% is more acceptable, but even then, you'd have to know he would be providing some serious networking juice. |
Math behind Algorithms | amelim: Try Algorithms by Dasgupta, Papadimitriou, and Vazirani. It's quite a short read and you can get it for free here:
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=1050 |
What Web frameworks exist around Python? | mdipierro: http://www.vimeo.com/3703345 |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | ntalbott: I'm biased, but I'd strongly recommend taking a look at Spreedly (http://spreedly.com). We can't help with the provisioning, but we can make the billing drop-dead simple so you can focus on getting your infrastructure right. The best part is: you can grab an account and give it a spin with no obligation, as t... |
Infrastructure for provisioning, billing & supporting webapps? Buy or build? | aichcon: Here's a relevant HN post that came to the top of Google results when I searched for 'spreedly vs amazon fps':
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=526517 |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | elidourado: Normally when we talk about monopolies being inefficient or "shaft[ing] the end user" we are concerned with the monopoly raising price and restricting quantity. Search engines do not (generally) charge a direct price, but they do implicitly charge a price in the form of ads on the page. If Google decides ... |
Is pseudocode copyrightable? | indexzero: Pseudocode is an informal representation of an algorithm using informal language. Not only is that copyrightable since it is an original work, but I would also argue that it could be patentable because the underlying algorithm is patentable. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | rue: "Do not use Google's products or services when you can avoid it" is probably a reasonable guideline if one is concerned? A milder version would be "try to distribute your services between different providers."The question to ask is not so much whether they are a monopoly, but "what if Google went down for a couple... |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | asciilifeform: Google's search engine is part of an entire class of pseudo-monopolies which arise in fields where all but one of the participants simply insist on sucking. Apple's iPod is another. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | JulianMorrison: Google is benign. I have no objection to their being a monopoly. |
Layoff split startup advice? | climber: Read "How to get Rich" by Jack Dennis ... see his part about giving out equity. |
If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anything about it? | stijnm: Interesting discussion, thanks for all your input.But let me put a spin on it:Should we in some way help Google (and others) to ensure the internet doesnt 'go down'? (perhaps oversimplifying)This is assuming (I think correctly) that the internet is crucial in todays economy and that if Google (or other) goes do... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | JeremyChase: A real link for your convenience: http://weatherfinder.info/ |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | teej: I actually like it a lot. Here's what I really like about it:Auto IP lookup. It pulls up exactly the city I would get using weather.com.Clean & Simple. You give me the information I want and get out of my way.Design. It's very well designed for what it is.-----Here's what I don't like about it:The comments. ... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | mtinkerhess: Nice page. A couple of comments:I would prefer not to have #000 on #fff.Where does your data come from? That's not immediately clear or easy to find. Maybe this could go in a FAQ.What does the "use Manhattan" part mean in "Leave Comment
use Manhattan" (for example)? Why do some comments say "said this abou... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | thorax: I was skeptical when I clicked the link.Neat, though. I like it well enough.Comments:* It incorrectly thought I was 1200 miles away from where I am. Probably due to another ISP recently acquiring my local ISP and GeoIP databases getting confused now. It doesn't seem like anything I do can trump the GeoIP when I... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | csomar: ok i'm in sfax and it showed up Tunis weather.any way, it's simple and good, but i don't think i'll use a site to get the weather, i have it in my windows side bar, so why trouble with the website; I don't find comments really important.What i want to tell you, you have thought about the need and that's good, b... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | garcara: I would suggest the icons on the left side of the weather (I didn't even see them the first 2 times I looked and I felt they were missing). I don't mind the vertical presentation but I would suggest you do something to distinguish the days such as different background colors. Right now they kinda blend into ea... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | sfphotoarts: I love it!! Its got a great sense of style and does one thing really well. I wouldn't have bothered with comments personally because I live in SF where we have no weather to speak of. Sometimes it's chilly, sometimes its a little warm, but that's about the only extremes we have and I see no reason to UGC i... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | aroon: Have you considered using Facebook connect to make the page more relevant? Local comments can be fun to read once in a while but if a friend has left a comment I definitely want to see it. Just make people log into facebook to leave a comment. You can also tell me what other friends have "been interested in" the... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | soundsop: Bookmarked!You may want to add a small "change city" link at the bottom of the city name that's in a huge font. That's the first place that I looked.Also, I like the font sizing, but I think the emphasis is backwards. The weather should be in the bigger font and the city in the smaller font. |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | jnorthrop: I like it! Add a link to the radar and I'll use it. -- I like to see the radar in motion so I can see the rain coming... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | there: disclaimer: i made goingtorain.comi would make the current day's forecast bigger, since that's probably what most people want to see. the current conditions are not as important since you can easily see whether it's currently raining or whatever without going to the site.also, what kind of comments are you expe... |
Who killed my article? | jnorthrop: I was about to comment on the article when it went dead... I'd like to know about this as well. I didn't read anything offensive in the article, although, honestly, the number of pictures of the girl seems a bit gratuitous |
Who killed my article? | noodle: if the community flags it enough, it'll typically get deleted. you probably brought on the flags. |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | altxwally: It doesn't support japanese. 日本語. But still very good! It does support spanish though |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | joecode: Where are you getting your weather data? I developed a (non-competing) iPhone weather app, and discovered that the data can be a very tricky matter.Anyway, looks pretty good. Simple is good. I've also noticed that forecast.weather.gov is a lot nicer than, say, weather.com (no ads and all that clutter). |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | thingie: I like it.I would only appreciate to be able to choose another city based on its geographic distance (something like "show a small list of five other cities nearest to the current one"). They might be more relevant for me at the moment. |
How do you process credit card payments? | bcater: Authorize.net - http://authorize.net/ |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | eoyola: how do you get my ip? gets my lan ip 192.168.99.4 instead of the internet address. |
Who killed my article? | minsight: I think that you're jumping to conclusions about why it was pulled, in the midst of your post asking why it was pulled. |
Who killed my article? | randallsquared: It looks like it's back. |
Who killed my article? | icey: Maybe pg needs to start thinking about adding a meta-discussion section on YC. |
Review our startup's relaunch, Browseology.com | kyro: http://www.browseology.com |
Who killed my article? | pg: Looks like one editor killed it and another revived it. I'm going to kill this, though; this sort of thing makes boring reading. |
Fake it till you make it - Do you use it? What did you do? | run4yourlives: Can you explain what you are trying to get an answer to a little deeper? |
Who killed my article? | aristus: I flagged it because it was obviously written as an SEO trap, and boring to boot. |
Review our startup, Browseology | kineticac: Good news, we've re-launched Browseology.com based on the feedback we've received from the community. Check out our new Hackernews Post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=617236 |
Fake it till you make it - Do you use it? What did you do? | mcav: Not perfectly in sync with your question, but somewhat relevant:I graduated this past weekend, and I plan to work on my startup full-time now. When faced with the barrage of questions asking "So, do you have a job?", I force myself to explain my startup and its business model such that it sounds like success will... |
How do you process credit card payments? | spooneybarger: all of the below:sage pay, transfirst, chase paymentech, streamline |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | Zarathu: You know what I do? F12. |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | andresmh: what service are you using for IP geolocation? |
How many servers do I need to handle 100 mln hits per month? | brk: What does a "hit" consist of?A static text page?A static text page with a few images?How many of the hits will be from (and/or NEED to be from) database-driven queries?How much of a "hit" can be cached?Are visitors typically repeat (where browser-cached objects could be of benefit) or new (where you'll need to loo... |
Please give feedback on simple weather site: weatherfinder.info | anigbrowl: It's good as a demonstration of your skills, but perhaps it should be a sub-page on your own site rather than having its own domain, since the functionality is kind of redundant. Add Celsius temperatures please. Farenheit is sooo 19th century :)[SanFranciscoFilter] I don't know how much of an issue this is i... |
Math behind Algorithms | PaulMorgan: Look for any book on Finite Mathematics. |
Review our startup's relaunch, Browseology.com | somagrand: Love browseology so much that i became an expert. |
How many servers do I need to handle 100 mln hits per month? | asb: I think you're really missing something by just looking at just the number of total hits over a month. How do you expect them to be distributed? What do you expect the peak rate to be? How slow is the site allowed to be at this peak? |
Marriage | vaksel: I think it has to do with the work load. When you are young, you pretty much focus 100% on your business and neglect your relationships...so you work 60-80 hours a week trying to get it off the ground and make something of yourself.In your 30s/40s, you are already more or less successful and can have a lot more... |
Marriage | brk: startup first results in the issue of -- crap, gold diggersThis statement is funny. You seem to think you will make money of your first startup :)For most people entering the startup world today... find a girl with a comfy couch that you can sleep on when you're broke.In all seriousness, you need to assess where ... |
Marriage | grandalf: If you think of marriage as duty, responsibility, time commitment and compromise then it probably isn't compatible with doing a startup.But if you and your spouse love each other for being motivated, self-actualized, driven, and passionate, then a startup and marriage can be wonderfully complimentary.I actual... |
Marriage | btwelch: Attracting gold diggers is a problem of success.More likely, you should be more concerned that doing your startup first and neglecting relationships means you will burn through your younger years (and younger looks) and won't be able to leverage them when it comes to finding a mate. Then, if your startup fails... |
Math behind Algorithms | mnemonicsloth: Intro to Algorithms by CLR is the best first book on the subject I know of. MIT has a complete set of lecture videos:http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Compute...But based on my own (admittedly weird) experience, Algorithms per se might not be the best place to start. You might do bet... |
Marriage | kirubakaran: These 'gold diggers' that you refer to... are they top-karma users of Digg? |
Marriage | russell: 50% of all US marriages end in divorce. I would say it's partly the poor judgment of youth; mine wasn't so good. Maybe it has always been true, but now it is easier to get out. Romance is a pretty poor basis for a marriage. With mutual respect comes love and a more lasting relationship. Consider all the o... |
Review our startup's relaunch, Browseology.com | davidbnewquist: I like how you now have a simplified, functional launchpad/landing page, along with a quick link to the "how it works" page.Overall, the pages are less cluttered: you've cleaned it up and it shows. Nice work. |
Marriage | charlesju: I don't get why everyone pushes themselves so hard in a startup. I'm in a fairly profitable startup right now (my first one, never had a job), and I still have more time for my gf than she does for me.If you have a good idea, solid team, you can execute on great ideas with 40-60 hrs a week. If you're spendin... |
Marriage | TrevorJ: From talking to a lot of married couples it seems as if marriage takes a lot of work and a lot of self-sacrifice. Perhaps the maturity of age has something to do with the successful marriages being those that where entered into later. |
Marriage | noodle: frankly, i think its a commentary on marriage, not just entrepreneurial or techie marriages.divorce rates are higher with younger couples. the younger, the higher. |
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