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How do I install Firefox when Windows 7 doesn't ship with IE8 ? | niyazpk: If you have an internet connection and there is no browser in your machine, here is how you can do it. 1. Open notepad
2. File >> Open
3. Giv the address "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.11&os=wi n&lang=en-US
"
4. After the file is open, save the file as firef... |
What are your favorite management books? | dejan: I still have to come across better book than Tom Peters - "ReImagine". It's amazing look at markets that are under-served, problems that need to be solved in B2C and B2B environments, managing talents, creativity and innovation..Trust me, besides that the book is colorful and everything but a typical business bo... |
~80% of this year's US uni grads are unemployed. How are you guys doing? | Ardit20: Umm, well we have just graduated, ask us back in 6 months. |
What are your favorite management books? | jbrett: "Winning" by Jack Welch http://budurl.com/vsz3 One of the best books I've ever read about business. The ideas presented work well in startups or larger corporations. The section about "candor" fantastic. |
What is the best way to "teach" programming? | christonog: I've been teaching myself how to program, and I've found this link on SO to have all the links hackers send when people ask them "how do I learn to program?":http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3088/best-ways-to-teach-a... |
Review my product - Server Density | joshsharp: In terms of the site, you've done everything right in my opinion. Easy video, lots of screenshots and benefits I can understand in a glance. A FAQ for more detailed information. Very nice. |
Review my product - Server Density | mrduncan: As far as the site, it looks great! I had a couple of quick thoughts as I looked through it but overall everything was really easy to understand.Pricing - I was a little confused by the pricing (dollars vs. pounds) perhaps you could make the currency sign stand out a little more since I didn't notice it at f... |
Review my product - Server Density | mdasen: Thoughts as I browse your site:What's with the logo? I see an "s" and a ???Beautiful layout. Simple, elegant, informative: makes me really trust your service.Oo, phone numbers! Very, very, very nice touch.I wish there was US billing. I'm a little wary that my card will be charged in Sterling. Is "converted... |
Review my product - Server Density | rufo: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Oops. This turned into more of a treatise than I'd realized. I hope this is useful stuff, and not too nit-picky. I also see I'm the only one so far mentioning these things, and I'm interested anyway, so maybe I'm just being cranky. :-)Your video is great, and the site design itself is quite nice, ... |
Review my product - Server Density | akamaka: Looks very nice overall.Ditto on the currency point, I initially thought 10/15 meant two different price plans.Also, I'd be eager to see a bit more info about how the monitoring script works, and exactly what data is being retained. |
Review my product - Server Density | terpua: http://www.serverdensity.com |
When do postings get removed? | tokenadult: Submissions that get flagged often enough are auto-killed. Have you looked on the site with your "showdead" flag (a user-configurable option in your user profile) turned on? |
When do postings get removed? | quoderat: Like most sites as they get larger, what gets trashed and removed becomes a lot more capricious as what offends some sub-group (or challenges them) tends to get removed, while others are complacent. |
Is MemcacheDB a leaky abstraction? | andres: incidentally, i'm still using memcachedb to store sessions and it seems to be working fine. i think the abstraction leaks under high loads which lock the underlying database. |
When do postings get removed? | pg: When you create 12 new accounts to upvote it. |
When do postings get removed? | tptacek: You posted a random job ad to Hacker News and it got flagged. Part of what makes Hacker News Hacker News is that established people in the community can snipe off-topic posts from the site, and that happened to you. |
please review my project - baseloop.com | matthavener: not really sure how successful you're going to be with people giving you their email password.. isn't there a way to do that via the google api? |
Review my product - Server Density | catone: The design is very pretty, but it actually seems kind of broken to me in Firefox 3.0.11 on the Mac (OS X 10.5.7, res: 1280x800). This is how it loads for me:http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1438/69220612.jpgAs you can see, the "Free Sign Up" button and video are out of place. |
Review my product - Server Density | huhtenberg: I spent a couple of months on a market research for one of my own (external) monitoring projects, so it's a rare case when I can produce an intelligent comment :-)As others noted Server Density looks nice and functional. But I am just not getting the idea of using 3rd party service for monitoring CPU usage ... |
Marketing offline on a bootstrapped budget? | ScottWhigham: I wish I could help but, for $200 per month, I don't know that there is anything other than some guerilla marketing techniques that would fit.How about this: You agree to buy breakfast for the staff at a doctor's office/building in exchange for the chance to glad-hand. $50 per meeting means four meetings.... |
Review my product - Server Density | caffeine: The per-server pricing is really expensive. That should be per 10 servers. |
Marketing offline on a bootstrapped budget? | olefoo: Is your service a complement to anything your prospects are already buying? Can you piggyback your efforts on someone else's sales machine?If your product is consumed online, are there any social networks that have high concentrations of prospects? (facebook groups, must read twitter people, etc.)The absolute b... |
What web/desktop apps do you use to manage your startup? | coopr: Do we seriously have to re-ask this question every few weeks?!http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/startupswiki/Ask_YC_Archive |
Have web apps been commoditized? | mixmax: This is not the end. This is the beginningRemember that HN users are opinion leaders, and the first ones to adopt new tech. Heck, they make the new tech.My brother, my neighbour and my boss have never even heard the term webapp before, it's still in its very early phases. And these are the people that actually ... |
Review my product - Server Density | johng: Price seems way outrageous for server monitoring when there are free utilities. TO monitor this stuff you have to be dealing with people who are on the geekier side anyway... so you have to realize they have alternatives.I can see paying $10/month for the ability to monitor 25 servers.. but not $15/month PER SER... |
what unwanted domain names are you sitting on? | ca98am79: simplescoreboard.com
cvoy.com
0k1.org |
Have web apps been commoditized? | bbraasch: the programming contest will get easier as higher level abstractions hide the tricky stuff, but the idea contest will also be liberated. Imagine a world where you could for example launch FMyLife.com without worring about IE6.lightweight interfaces will be able to power sophisticated implementations, and so... |
Technomading? | varenc: I would love to do this as well. I think the real challenge is finding a source of income you can do 20 hours a week over the internet that can still support you.Some useful links on the subject: http://locationindependent.com/
http://www.workingnomad.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technomad |
Have web apps been commoditized? | fauigerzigerk: A commodity is something that has no or very little qualitative differentiation. All items are basically the same, and suppliers therefore compete only on price. So what is that uniform quality of all web apps that makes them completely interchangeable? If you can name it, I would say yes, web apps are c... |
Technomading? | ctb9: here are two decent blogs to check out. also, the main point from The Four Hour Work Week on the subject seems important: automation needs to be built into your venture from the beginning.http://locationindependent.com/blog/2008/10/23/6-things-you-...http://thegrowinglife.com/2008/03/lifestyle-design-and-4-hou... |
Technomading? | gmcerveny: Through independent contracting it's easy enough to just take 3 months off and travel off savings.I've also had contracts that were almost exclusively remote work. I would check-in first and say "hey, are you going to need me in any meetings in the next 30 days, because I'm thinking of to [blank_city] for a... |
Technomading? | vijayr: Also check out http://soultravelers3.com/They're a family of three (hubby, wife and a kid) working and traveling, all over the world. They're blogging their experience. Exactly the same as you say, except you're probably much younger than the couple. |
Technomading? | TriinT: I used to nurture that dream as well. Now that I am older and wiser, I think it's a fantasy.I honestly think it would be better to get 6-month or 9-month contract jobs, work like hell during that time, and then take some months off to see the world. And don't take your laptop with you ;-)I have a bunch of Norwe... |
Technomading? | thekevinscott: wow I have been thinking exactly the same thing. Kudos to you!Over the past few months I've been aggressively trying to pick up freelance work on top of my day job, and it's paying off. I'm getting close to the point where I think I can adequately finance myself.I don't think there's any reason to be tet... |
Technomading? | hardik: i have a similar goal.. i have a number in mind, once i make that much i plan to stop working for money |
Technomading? | dataman85: The good thing is you will need to make comparatively very little amount of money. If you can make around $25K/year you can live very well in S & SE Asia, parts of S. America and I would guess Africa.If you work as a freelance developer, and have already established a good network, it is fairly easy to lead ... |
Technomading? | themetalface: I have shared this dream at various points in my day-to-day grind...I think online poker would be one fairy reasonable approach. Depending on skill level, one could make a fairly good living grinding it out for (insert reasonable time here) a day. Just a thought, I think it could be a hard way to make an ... |
Technomading? | kareemm: I am living this life right now. Lived (mostly) in Vancouver and Buenos Aires last year (with 1 month stops in LA, NY, and Toronto, and purely fun travel to Antarctica, Ireland and South Africa).In 09 I've been to India (vacation), London (worked), Vancouver (worked), and I'm currently in Italy (both vaca + w... |
Technomading? | menloparkbum: I've done this to some degree. My suggestion would be to build a product that throws off income rather than try to support yourself through remote contract work. A desktop app, iPhone app, subscription web app, or even ad supported web app. This will probably make your life better even if you aren't trave... |
What web/desktop apps do you use to manage your startup? | NemanjaSAGE: A couple of FREE products I would recommend are:Simply Accounting First Step Express for accounting
http://www.simplyaccounting.com/downloads/firststep/express/andBilling Boss for invoicing
http://www.billingboss.com/ |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | noodle: i think its a huge mistake to _require_ users to get FF by either forcibly denying them, or by 100% ignoring cross-browser compatibility in such a way that your site is unusable in IE6. not yet, anyway, as IE6 still has a chunk of the market (15-ish%).for the most part, building a web application that degrades... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | TallGuyShort: I think it depends on the site. Most programmers are probably already using FF while they browse - but if your target is the average home user, it might be more of a problem.Personally, I don't like it when a website tells me I have to use a certain tool. Now granted, most of the problem is that IE chose ... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | aaroneous: I don't think flat out denying entry with an ie6 useragent is the way to go.I'd suggest throwing a banner across the top that says something like, "Your browser is outdated and some parts of this site may not function correctly. Upgrade here"The more sites that encourage users off ie6 the better off we'll al... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | satyajit: I am on the same boat as you are.
However, you can expect people to upgrade from IE6 to IE7, but not IE to FF or Chrome. Think outside of the geekdom - people are used to and happy with IE and do not want to venture out into anything developed by hackers (for them hacker is still a bad word!).
I am planning t... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | bgnm2000: anyone know if there are any lightbox type scripts that appear with a warning if the browser is IE6? |
Where to begin programming? | TallGuyShort: Well do you know what language you might start off with? And if you're not sure, can you tell us a bit more about your background and what kind of programming you'd like to get into? (i.e. what you'd like to do)edit: You should definitely check out this article: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html... |
Where to begin programming? | tumult: The Little Schemer |
Technomading? | HeyLaughingBoy: Yes: do it.You'll probably read lots about people doing global consulting, or working remotely to pay for it, planning for months, getting travelogues, etc...But most people who have done this over the years didn't have that luxury and haven't let it stop them. They got passports, visas, saved some cash... |
Where to begin programming? | rlm: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs either online[1] or on dead trees[2]. Also has accompanying video lectures[3].[1]: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html[2]: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&...[3]: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussm... |
Where to begin programming? | bcl: Pick up the Learning Python book. |
Where to begin programming? | russell: Python. It's easy to learn and there are real world jobs, if you get bitten really badly. MIT switched to Python as their introductory language, |
Where to begin programming? | JeremyBanks: Do you have any experience with programming in any languages previously, even if it was a long time ago? Some of the other resources people have posted are certainly good if you want to understand the more theoretical side of programming, but may be more difficult to start with than something with more imm... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | psweatte: Two years ago I hated IE6 as well, but then I discovered the wonders of inline-block and stopped using floats on anything but images. Since there's so many JavaScript and Flash only websites, I don't see what makes Firefox only any different. Just test in Safari and give notice that a Standards compliant(CSS3... |
Customers and Revenue | russell: If you get in the position where one customer dominates your revenue, it can dictate your development plans and may lead you down a path that you dont want to go. If 20% of your customers bring in 40% of your revenue, I would call that balance. If 40% of your customers bring in 10% of your revenue, you may w... |
Technomading? | il: Read 4 hour workweek if you haven't already, it describes this exact lifestyle.As for funding the lifestyle, check out affiliate marketing, it's a great business. I'm now at the point where I have enough campaigns(and SEO traffic) running on autopilot where I only have to work 1-2 hours a day online to maintain an ... |
Where to begin programming? | brianto2010: If you have friends that also like programming, band together. It is always nice to have friends motivating you. Work on a (challenging) team project. Push each other.If you have friends that also like programming, try to 'one-up' each other by writing cooler and cooler things than each other (while still ... |
Have web apps been commoditized? | parkern: You make a interesting observation. I think the reason it seems so popular right now is because every web app created these days caters to creatives/freelancers/webmasters. So they circulate in this area a lot. I mean I can name 20 different time tracking, invoicing, and project collaboration apps.I see les... |
Technomading? | fredBuddemeyer: your dream is a good one. believe it or not your best route to a sustainable version of this is a startup. why?
- you need to love something in order to be dedicated to it wherever and whenever (its mostly about time zones).
- you want something where effort=return and bullshit = zero.no matter what pat... |
Have web apps been commoditized? | menloparkbum: I remember people saying this back in 2001. |
Technomading? | pg: Once between YC cycles Jessica and I lived in Paris for a month, and I spent the time writing software for YC. (I wrote the code we use to generate funding documents.) I rented a separate studio as an office and went there every day to work. It is kind of cool to work in a place instead of just being a tourist. B... |
Where to begin programming? | sunkencity: 1. get text editor (textmate if you are on os x, vim if you are on windows)2. pick up a dead tree book on programming on a programming language you think you'll like. There's more commitment if you actually buy a bookruby => 'the ruby way' (the book that finally made ruby click for me -- I cannot recommend ... |
Where to begin programming? | rg123: I agree with those recommending Python as a great first language to learn. You can download it for free at the Python web site, which is www.python.org. Get version 2.6.2 for now. Experimenting with the interactive interpreter and with running programs you save as .py files is easy with Idle, which is include... |
Technomading? | zzzmarcus: I did this for over a year with my wife and kid. I originally planned on quitting my job as a government contract and doing only freelance, but instead ended up working things out so I could work remotely ~4-6 hours a day. It was nice having a fixed schedule and fixed paycheck and it left my mind free to enj... |
Ask HN:Firefox only design? | thexa4: Telling users to use a different browser is pretty anoying. When designing websites I try to get the design as close as possible in IE6.
If you really want to tell people to upgrade, I'd suggest Pushup:
http://www.pushuptheweb.com/ |
please review my project - baseloop.com | JesseWhite: If there are no features and no GUI to explore without having contacts added, how are you going to introduce and retain new users? This idea appears similar to something I have been working on. Does the service compile data and statistics for local events, activities, and locations? Perhaps new users could ... |
Where to begin programming? | anamax: > I'd like to start programming. What starting pointsThe only starting point is writing a program.There are two important factors in writing a program.(1) How easy is it to write said program and (2) How much do you want to write said program.Most of the comments are centered on (1) and they're all good.However... |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | grandalf: I don't like programs that automatically pull in transactions from online banking, etc.I made a spreadsheet (a google doc) with multiple tabs, so that each day I can log what I purchased, as well as track progress toward various financial goals.This is all well and good, but I think the best solution is proba... |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | arete: http://wiki.github.com/jwiegley/ledger |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | carbon8: gnucash |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | remyo: Homebankhttp://homebank.free.fr/ |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | brm: http://texthog.comI send it text messages when I spend money. much easier than writing it down or keeping receipts etc |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | tristian: OpenOffice.org: Calc (spreadsheet)I keep a running cashflow listing with a row for each day and columns for each of my major accounts. Plus totals and a moving average.Along with that I track all of my incomings and outgoings, with monthly totals.I update all of it about 3-4 times a month. I find it gives me ... |
what unwanted domain names are you sitting on? | ttrashh: eatingwords.com
papersubmit.com (never finished it...anyone with drupal experience who wants to finish let me know)
weheartthings.com |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | brunoqc: I'm waiting to get a new job to try this Ruby on Rails apps : http://wiki.github.com/jamis/bucketwise |
How to obtain a semi-accurate appraisal of a business entity? | brk: Last time I did this (10ish years ago) the standard was a product called "eVal" that was basically a huge Excel plug-in.It took FOREVER to enter all the data/variables, but it gave you a pretty good valuation idea.A quick Google search shows there are many similar tools out there today.For what you are describing,... |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | netsp: From the comments here, it seems there are no clear leaders. |
Technomading? | cglee: I worked from Beijing during the Olympics last year for 3 months. The hardest part of the setup was securing an apartment on a short term lease with broadband from a few thousand miles away. I had to hire a guy that went from apt to apt then uploaded pictures to me at night. You definitely want to see pictures. ... |
Technomading? | drinian: Yes, in fact the beginnings of a trip were organized through Hacker News a few months ago: http://coworkthailand.com/I think these specific plans fell through, but I am planning something similar. Also, there's a commune of people doing this at http://www.cocovivo.com/ |
Technomading? | utku_karatas: I wonder if a tech-nomad version of couchsurfing would work out or not as a new kind of community. |
what opensource tools (bin or web) do you use to manage your expenses? | scorpioxy: I used to have an OO spreadsheet for that, but that quickly became cumbersome to use. Then i switched to a new application called wxbanker. It's quite limited in functionality for now, but that's how i like my application. Easy to use, easy to extend. |
Have web apps been commoditized? | lacker: Appjet shut down, you know. So there isn't even a good web app that lets you do what appjet used to let you do! |
Legality of using M Turk to filter content | jackowayed: It's almost certainly not illegal so long as your TOS is worded right. The only time I could think of it being illegal is if your TOS promised never to provide the pictures to anyone besides their friends. But that's unreasonable anyway because you need some kind of admins.Now, it's still tricky, because if... |
please review my project - baseloop.com | growt: I like the startpage. The pictures explain the service very nicely. |
Recommended visualization software? | fluffster: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups |
Will Internet Explorer borwser ever get insignificant to world? | thristian: Mozilla's Asa Dotzler recently posted an interesting bit about Internet Explorer's market share:http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2009/06/mileston...IE will always be significant while Microsoft and Windows remain significant, but the news isn't all bad - IE7 is more standards-compliant than IE6 wa... |
What are some of your favourite product demos, why? | ScottWhigham: Some just posted this morning an "Ask HN"/review my site that someone said had a great demo. I don't have the link now but it might be worth it to look through the past 12-14 hours' worth of submissions for it. Good luck! |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | ScottWhigham: This is a great place for these types of questions. It's been discussed before here quite a bit - http://searchyc.com/search/yc is down now or I could offer a few links.I don't consider Adderall/Ritalin/Concerta "performance-enhancing drugs" if you have ADHD. The way my son's doctor explained was great: h... |
Will Internet Explorer borwser ever get insignificant to world? | ScottWhigham: I have four seperate CSS files for our site - one for everyone and one each for IE6, IE7, and IE8. The IE6 file is huge compared to IE7 and IE8 so that's the one I care about. I save my graphics as GIFs so that I can avoid the IE6 PNG transparency issue but IE7 and IE8 render those fine.So for me I care a... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | greengirl512: I've used Adderall for "performance enhancement"-usually writing essays and/or studying all night in college. Used occasionally, I'll admit it was helpful. Loved it. But if you don't have ADHD and you use it all the time, it can hurt you. These drugs are pretty powerful stimulants and can cause some prett... |
Two-factor authentication and other extended security measures | Erwin: I'll answer some of my own questions on security measures:1) We encrypt password using bcrypt, so in case of a database theft they are not easy to crack. We require SSL any time any authentication action is required -- cookies are sent with the secure option so over HTTPs only, and login/password must be entered... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | htsh: Be careful. I had a nightmare of a time with Adderall, which led to a manic episode and a year of my life lost to recovery. Whatever you do, don't ask us, ask your doctor.Its a rare side effect but it happens for folks who are susceptible to depression or bipolar stuff.. |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | silentbicycle: This question seems to come up periodically here.I wouldn't even consider nootropics until you're already getting plenty of sleep, eating well, exercising regularly, and not using too much caffeine or alcohol. Those things have a much bigger impact on your state of mind. Nootropics are attractive in part... |
Review our app ReSubj.com | Adlai: I like the idea. I just made a quick test (visible here: http://www.resubj.com/inboxes/1152) to look at the code formatting. The formatting looks great for Ruby, but not-so-much for Lisp. Not a huge issue, but maybe when somebody clicks the programmer? link, it'll show a list of supported languages.The email tha... |
Review our app ReSubj.com | jm4: 1) The name is awful. I don't have a nice way to say it. I'm sorry. Assuming people like the app how are they going to spread the word? The name can't be pronounced without sounding like a person who is possessed.2) Why would someone use this? Right off the bat I don't get why I should use this instead of email. I... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | Adlai: I've had a bit of personal experience with Ritalin. I focus very well on things which interest me, but I have a much harder time focusing on anything less interesting. I tried Ritalin very briefly (for a few weeks). As far as I could tell, it just made everything equally "interesting", and I could focus on whate... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | jnorthrop: I'll respond to you with a question: What end do you expect from the "enhancement?" Better grades, leading to a better paying job?Those a nice goals but it's not life's be-all end-all and not worth the risks of taking those drugs in my opinion. A modest house, with a spouse and family who love you and a dece... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | ErrantX: I used to have the same problems.I feel though that taking drugs to improve matters is only covering up more crucial factors that lead to this behaviour. Are you bored of the course (my problem).Are you at uni? or another level of education? At university I eventually realised the course is immaterial - I igno... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | jrockway: I think you just need to find something interesting to do. Is getting a piece of paper saying you know EE interesting? If not, don't do it. If so, study harder.Personally, I've found that I can go for days without doing anything useful if I am trying to avoid boring work. I feel really tired and generally... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | fendale: I would say all drugs have side effects and should be avoided.If you are always procrastinating on your studies, maybe it's because you just are not very interested in what you are studying? Getting through a 3 or 4 year degree you have little interest in is a very tough task. I have seen very smart friends ... |
Thoughts on performance-enhancing drugs? | aarongough: My first question would be:Do you enjoy what you're doing?I've noticed that most people who complain about having trouble with motivation, willpower and procrastination when it comes to their job (or 'occupation' in the case of a student like yourself) actually hate what they are doing.If you don't enjoy th... |
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