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Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | aarongough: I wrote this app to streamline the process of checking medium/large website for (X)HTML compliance... I basically want to get it out there so that other web designers/developers don't have to go through the pain of checking everything manually!Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements or find... |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | michaelawill: Why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box? |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | simplegeek: Good question. Likewise, I've always wondered why don't they have parachutes in aeroplanes :( |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | raquo: Why don't they make black boxes floatable? |
Anyone avoiding Chrome because it won't show your passwords? | wmf: One would hope that the Mac version uses the keychain. |
Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | godDLL: INPUT: http://google.com/Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 47710208) (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /home/aarongou/public_html/easy_web_qa/simple_html_dom.php on line 760SUGGESTION: Sane-itize input. |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | jgilliam: Another similar site:http://www.ask500people.com/ |
Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter | garndt: What problem is this specifically solving that dozens of other scheduling/task/GTD/Calendar systems haven't solved?. Even the most basic phone now has some kind of alerting feature on it. |
Anyone avoiding Chrome because it won't show your passwords? | jonah: I'm avoiding it because it doesn't have a "Send Link..." command. |
Does comment syndication bother you? | zeedotme: We use the Backtype plugin on TheNextWeb (example here: http://thenextweb.com/2009/06/02/web-death-google/) and up until now, we have had no complaints and only requests for how people could do it themselves. Today, one person, a Hacker News reader Gojomo (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gojomo) called us... |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | grinich: How is the data stored in the black box? Solid state? |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | wglb: Consider the fact that aircraft/control tower conversations are done over AM radio, a very ancient technology as these things go. Why so old, you might ask, in the vein of your question. First, there is an infrastructure cost--towers everywhere, airplanes everywhere have AM transmitters and receivers already.Pr... |
A question about vesting | brk: I am unclear if you are talking about bona-fide stock, or options.If you have a stock grant with a vesting schedule, the vested shares become YOURS and are irrevocable, like pay. (and yes, I am speaking in the TYPICAL sense here, there are 1000 sub-possibilities).If you have stock options, then as they vest you ea... |
Primer on Web Security | alanthonyc: Awesome, thanks for the tips everyone. So much to learn, so little time. |
Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | bazookaaa: An extremely useful tool. Thank you so much. |
Does comment syndication bother you? | TallGuyShort: I think it's a very useful technology, and I don't think anything should be done to prevent people from doing it (edit: publishing that data needs to be done carefully to avoid plagiarism). The web is the web, and any available information is, in my opinion, up for grabs. Of course, there are exceptions, ... |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | jackowayed: Really nice overall, but I have one UI issue:When I go to an example page, it says something like, "Survey says: B! (18 of 33 answers)"And then I never remember which was A and which was B, so I have to look.Why not "Survey says: Gmail!" or "Survey says: Obama" instead? Especially for the text ones. For the... |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | brandon272: I was wondering the same thing myself today. My first argument would be that if data is getting into a black box, there's no reason it couldn't also get into a satellite transmitter and out into space in the same amount of time and with the same reliability. As for available bandwidth, how unrealistic is th... |
Can iPhone applications be used on iPod touch? | squidbot: The answer is yes, with some exceptions. The iPhone has a camera, GPS, cell phone and G3 capability, bluetooth aNd a built in microphone and speaker, which the iPod Touch lack. The app store is device aware and will only sell you applications you are able to use on your device. So you won't be able to use any... |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | lukas: Great idea guys! If you have to time to come up to SF you should definitely drop by our Crowdsoucing Labor/Mechanical Turk meetup on June 10th. You can RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Amazon-Mechanical-Turk-Crowdsourcing-W...The Amazon VP of Mechanical Turk is going to come by to answer questions, and I'm sure... |
Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? | oomkiller: Well one reason is that black boxes are probably more reliable than a satellite link, and can operate when the plane splits in half. Also, the previously mentioned issue with the large amount of data that would be generated by all of the airplanes. |
What can go wrong with stock options? | Shamiq: Strike price being set too high is one thing. The ability to sell those options (rather than having to exercise them) -- this is an issue with the liquidity of stock options. Rights after an individual leaves the company.For the PS: There could be some financial engineering involved with creating convertible bo... |
A question about vesting | kynikos: Typically they go back into the equity pool of the company as a whole. Whether or not you get to keep your board seat is dependent on how the corporation and your employment agreements are structured. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to these questions, the solutions are unique to each situation. |
Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | pbhj: Is it really that different to the results with http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/ ? You're dragging in W3C results too it seems.I find that once I have the site chrome (structural features) valid then I don't really care too much about small errors that don't impact the appearance. When you've got code dra... |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | nreece: Impressive! Keep up the good work.Just wondering, how has RPX ( https://rpxnow.com/ ) Login outsourcing/integration worked for you guys? Would you recommend it highly?Edit: Btw, the Yahoo OpenId login prompts: "Warning: pickfu.rpxnow.com has not forwarded their Privacy Policy." |
Anyone avoiding Chrome because it won't show your passwords? | jamesk2: I'm not using it because it does not have a master password function and the google toolbar! |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | garply: Who is your target demographic (whom do you expect to purchase these surveys)? Small companies? |
I could really use some business advice. | peripatetic: Get a partner.If you're stating you're in a vacuum now, well wait, because there will be an infinite stream of decisions and competing priorities and aims and risks that come from taking a co to the next level. So, if you want to take it to the next level you need a partner, somebody that complements you,... |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | netsp: This is an excellent idea. Flying way, way under traditional solutions. |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | netsp: Great app. A few thoughts.- The demographic segmentation just doesn't work with 50 answers. Maybe package it (say $5, $20, $50) & either only offer segmentation to the higher ones or recommend against reading too much in to the lower ones.- Host the images & otherwise make the image part easy. I'm guessing this ... |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | bumbledraven: I just used this site, and learned that 18-34-year-old women find a picture of me without a baby more attractive, while the 50+ demographic definitely prefers the picture of me holding my niece. Biologial clocks at work? Anyway, worth $5! ;) Well, sort of... I wish there was a way to view the votes by (ge... |
Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter | catch23: Another similar app: http://www.presdo.com |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | sho: "You can spend hours at a coffee shop polling 50 random people or bug everyone you know, but you'll be getting a skewed population"Not to rain on your impressive parade, but I'd consider the type of person that wants or needs to use MTurk to be a pretty skewed population too, just in a different way.Not saying it'... |
Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | tjmc: Useful tool. While waiting for results, a progress bar would definitely be more useful in terms of feedback than the spinning logo. |
P=NP, what do you do? | babycakes: Hack the planet.I feel so unclean for saying that. |
Review my app. Set Reminders in human language on Twitter | helium: Cool. I like it. |
Review my mini-app. Easily validate all the (X)HTML pages in a website. | natch: Curious: Why would people use this instead of the W3 validator?And for your fix list:it's entirety -> its entirety. |
Please review my site - PickFu.com | tezza: I know domain names are hard BUT.your domain looks like :: PickFuck :: to a casual glance..Similar to how the FCUK brand (intentionally) looks like FUCK.--I think your site is good, although it seems the demographics are exclusively American. Hopefully you could add some multinational demographic later.Good luck... |
Primer on Web Security | progLiker: Hindsightly I'd start by reading a book about internet security. The only sound thing is to start with a book,
giving an overview of the matter and gather information
from that point onwards. Most rational thing to do.
That's my recommendation.You wanted to protect your site from attacks:
I found a pdf docum... |
How much do you sleep at night? | davidw: There was a poll a while back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328901 |
How much do you sleep at night? | mannicken: 8-9 |
How much do you sleep at night? | robryan: I've found recently that at crunch time on uni work/ freelance work I seem to just omit the having a life part of my day to maintain a similar amount of sleep.Also the sleep moves from say midnight -1 to 10-11 to about 5-6 to 12-2 |
How much do you sleep at night? | timwiseman: Personally on a normal week night I sleep for roughly 5 hours, and then on Saturdays and Sundays I usually sleep for 8-9 hours, so my overall average is around 6 hours a night.I frequently wish I could sleep more and feel tired long before I go to bed most nights, but I do not take it to such an extreme tha... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | xsc: Google Calendar.Saves me from calling my fiancée at work to see what we have going on. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | jcapote: Our shop runs effortlessly thanks to a combination of google apps, freshbooks, github, basecamp, and heroku |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | teej: Rescue Time. It's hard to cheat, it "just works", and it's dangerously good at picking out my unproductive spurts. |
How much do you sleep at night? | ganley: About an hour less than I'd like to. |
How much do you sleep at night? | rokhayakebe: If you are not getting 7 to 8 hours, you are just fooling yourself into thinking you are a hero. You shall pay for those hours with your health. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | rjurney: PBWorks. I find PBWiki much more effective when collaborating on documents than google apps or Trac. Its actually a joy to use, and I can't say that about many apps. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | 9oliYQjP: I'm going to adopt a liberal definition of web app here. The only web app that appears to increase my productivity is Twitter. But I use a desktop client to access the service. I use it for live-searching of programming problems I need to solve. Why is this so funny? Because I didn't comprehend Twitter at all... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | cousin_it: Ask the commenters in this thread: What webapps decrease your productivity? Preferably those we haven't yet heard of? I imagine the answers could turn out much more interesting :-) |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | madmotive: This changed my life: http://freeagentcentral.comBiggest benefits if you are UK based. Blew Freshbooks out of the water from my perspective. |
How much do you sleep at night? | wglb: 6 with occasional 10 minute naps in the office chair. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | thorax: AssemblaGoogle (if that counts)Featurelist.org (our own site) -- specifically the user feedback widgets that dump all the feedback from all of our different sites into a handy place (per-project) so I can respond/escalate/investigate/etc.Google Apps / GMailDefensio (for avoiding having to manually inspect spam ... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | skwiddor: Delicious |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | motoko: Google application suite ---especially gmail (search and worry-free attachments that appear on my iPhone). I've been happy with the recent task list and calendar resource additions, too. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | edw519: Hacker News.This is not a joke. I realize that hn is not a web app in the classic sense, but I get far more value from hn than any webapp. Let me explain...I learned long ago that increasing productivity was like "striking out the pitcher". You got small, easily measured, and much appreciated improvements. ... |
How much do you sleep at night? | xsc: Usually 6.5 - 7Get up, go to the gym, nice cool morning air after the gym and shower, and to work before everyone gets in. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | jbrooks: We too use Basecamp for our project management.Also, I tried using Freshbooks for invoicing, but it's restrictions with multiple currencies made me to look out for an alternative solution.Recently, I found CurdBee for invoicing which turned out really productive to me. It allows managing unlimited clients with... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | rjurney: EC2. I run an XL instance and do any actual program execution on it while I code.How often are you waiting on your computer? How much is your time worth, compared to $0.80 an hour? |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | rokhayakebe: IDidWork could tremendously increase my productivity if I could update my account using IM. |
How much do you sleep at night? | flooha: 5 or 6 before getting laid off. 8 or 9 now and loving every minute of it. I can't tell you how much better I feel. I can take power naps on the couch and often solve the prolem I've been working on all morning, just after waking up. I work the entire day with breaks whenever I want and actually end up worki... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | mcantor: www.rememberthemilk.com |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | steerpike: DiigoNetvibesBox.netGoogle docsGoogle notebookGoogle project hosting |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | greengirl512: Remember the Milk...If something's not on my Remember the Milk to-do-list, it often does not get done. Also, Less Accounting-it's similar to Freshbooks, but I found it first. I'm not sure which is better, but I'm too lazy to switch at this point. And of course, Google, Gmail and associated apps. ReQall is... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | steveneo: Wiki
http://geniuswiki.com |
How much do you sleep at night? | antirez: 7-8, tend to feel better when I sleep 7 instead of 8 btw. Btw I get this sleep in a strange range... from 02:00am to 10:00am |
How much do you sleep at night? | hvs: 6-7. I don't use an alarm clock, but that's the amount of time my body feels like it needs. When I'm under a crunch, it will sometimes drop to 5, but I don't do that for very long. I regularly only got about 4 hours / night during college and I'm sure it negatively impacted my grades. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | kirubakaran: http://smacklet.com/Wrote it for myself. 'Productivity through consciousness'. |
How much do you sleep at night? | fcodebs: http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.htmlStanford University Center of Excellence
for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep DisordersEach of us has a specific daily sleep requirement. The average sleep requirement for college students is well over eight hours, and the majority of students would fall within... |
How much do you sleep at night? | AndrewO: Words to live by from George III:"Six hours' sleep is enough for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool."Of course, he was... well, mad. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | ashleyw: Not a web-app, but I saved a hell of a lot of time by ditching my digital clock and getting an analogue one instead. Not sure why exactly, I guess I just like seeing a pie chart on my wall… |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | leftnode: http://www.slimtimer.com - awesome service, pay what you think its worth. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | jackchristopher: I think we should define productivity, here's one definition I like: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/what-is-productivit... |
How much do you sleep at night? | paulreiners: 10 hours. I like down-time. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | nixy: I work a lot with different (human) languages in settings where i sometimes need to escape special characters in different web environments. That is why this Unicode converter tool often comes in handy:http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/uniview/conversion.php |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | slackerIII: http://www.doitfuckingnow.com/ |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | racerrick: feedus - got it installed in several applications so that all the hardcoded text can be changed by anyone in our organization. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | GavinB: Dropbox. I don't have to worry about backing up files, and I know if I screw things up I can revert to old versions. Not to mention, sharing files is as easy as dropping them into a folder.I've been using BackPack for to-do lists, but it doesn't have the depth of features I need. Can anyone recommend a to-do ... |
How much do you sleep at night? | torr: I've having a particularly bad time right now (big and manifold responsibilities, not enough time) and only getting 3-5 hours / night on weeknights. This has been going on for months now (with some regular 7-8 hour sleeping nights once in a while).Results I've found: Mornings really suck. I'm putting on weight. I... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | carbon8: Redmine. It's not perfect, but it resolves all of the shortcomings (IMHO, of course) in the other major project management / issue tracking apps. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | nailer: My wife swears by Dropbox for a way to fetch big files that everyone can use. She'd use Basecamp if her office hadn't paid for MS Project, which she hates. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | feedus: Instapaper - browser plugin that sends things I want to "read later" to my Kindle.Amazon Subscription Payments is about to get used on Feed.UsQuickbooks online - used it solidly since 2001, though I hate it. (new design is really nice)Basecamp is helpful (though I hate it)Campfire would be great if the other g... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | feedus: More...Disqus for comments.Zazzle for selling tshirts. |
How much do you sleep at night? | radu_floricica: Around 9. But just a number doesn't say enough by far. I've been through about one year with only 7 hours and have been perfectly fine - I used to wake up by myself because I had something exciting to do. Most of the time though waking up an hour earlier will cost me a full day of drowsiness.Also this, ... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | trickjarrett: 30boxes.com - My online calendar of choiceGmailTwitterGoogle DocsPandora (the ability to choose the mood music, use headphones and block out the rest of the office)Twine.com is up and coming as I use it for bookmarking between home and work, and for sharing links with coworkers.Tweetcore - This was a twit... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | chanux: http://nowdothis.com |
What makes you adopt an API? | noodle: #1 - functionality. if it doesn't do something i'm interested in using, i won't use it.#2 - ease of use. if its ridiculously complex, i'll still probably use it, but i'd jump ship for something easier if something were to arise. simplicity = productivity. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | skmurphy: Skype, especially combining text chat with voice for telconsCentral Desktop for developing/managing documents and meeting agendas, minutes, specs.Webex Office for calendar & contacts123SignUp for registration managementSpellr.us for spell checking blogs/websitesiContact for e-mail newslettersThere is also a g... |
How much do you sleep at night? | kaitnieks: When I was a student, I used to go to bed at 7:00-8:00 and wake up at 12:00-13:00, so that's about 5 hours. When saturday came, I visited my parents, went to bed at 12:00, saturday noon and woke up at 16:00, sunday afternoon.
I really miss those days. |
How much do you sleep at night? | mcantor: Between 6 and 7 hours on weeknights, probably between 8 and 9 on weekends. I don't think it's working for me that well, though. I usually go to sleep at midnight or 1, then get woken up by my alarm at 7:00, but snooze until 7:30 or 7:45 and it's really time to get going. I feel like it'd be a much better id... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | ruchi: Google DocsPbworkshttp://smacklet.com/ |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | proee: eCalc - Scientific Calculator
http://www.ecalc.com/calculator/scientific/Supports both RPN and AlgebraicIncludes integrated unit converter with on-the-fly conversionsHandy when you forget your HP or TI |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | tremendo: Of the many to-do apps I've tried, the one I actually use is UnTodos.com, with the somewhat loose categorization of tasks into "Today", "Soon" and "Whenever", and easily moving tasks about, it's one that I haven't given up on (vs. ta-da, rememberthemilk, etc.)And I also find PivotalTracker.com really usable. ... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | cmalpeli: Gliffy.com - a fantastic tool for mapping out database designs, flow charts, etc. Way better IMO than Visio - and much simpler to use! |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | intellectronica: launchpad.net |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | codemechanic: Hacker news and Tonido Workspace for me. |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | khandekars: Google {News, Reader}, FriendFeed. |
How much do you sleep at night? | wim: Funny to see this post here today, as last day was actually one of those work-round-the-clock days (1h powernap), I usually try to aim for at least 6 hours. Less than that just makes me less efficient at work and I start skipping sports for the day ;). I usually have one day per week where I sleep really a lot, li... |
What Web apps increase your productivity? | DenisM: http://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/Pretty print for JSON, good for exploring new web services |
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