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Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
AhmadH: You can't go wrong with any of them. I think Django has a slight edge by having a slower release cycle. I find it a desirable quality in a development framework.While the number of man-months spent developing Rails is an order of magnitude greater than that spent developing Django, is it really that much better...
Paying for a "premium" domain name?
dryicerx: Domain names are a little like desirable woman, they are all unavailable. But visit a foreign country, and you will find them in abundance
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
plinkplonk: Look it is just a web app framework. If you know Rails well, you should be able to pick up Django fast (and vice versa). Sure you'll get a few surprises in some edge cases, but hey, in the end it is just a framework that mediates between http requests to databases and generates web pages. How difficult woul...
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
hyperbovine: You'd be crazy not to use Rails. If your idea is really all that you say it is, chances are good that someone else has thought of it too. Maybe they are building it right now, maybe not. First-to-market is practically a sine qua non these days, and you're talking about spending the next three months gettin...
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
Pypie1: What about performance and scalability? Doesn't python (with psyco and soon, unladen swallow) win big here? When you choose a platform, it's important to choose one that won't limit you when you start having users on a large scale...
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
llimllib: Desire(learn django) > Value(rails knowledge) ? django : railsNobody can tell you what those values are. Both are acceptable frameworks, just pick one and move on.
Helpful software for writing a novel?
chaosprophet: Trust me, pencil, paper and folder are the best tools to handle the job.
Defining Moments in History?
justlearning: Dissolving of USSR - I think everything in our current world politics changed after the end of the cold war and more sharply after end of USSR. Until then any nation had to choose between 'his bitch or my bitch'. Two nations trying to win over each other stomping over other nations... (USSR-goes-to-Afghan...
Helpful software for writing a novel?
ScottWhigham: If you are on Windows, you might wish to try out OneNote if you haven't already. It's not "for writers" specifically but it is a great place to keep up with things like this. It's extensible, flexible, and allows me to just be as random as I want or as anal as I want about organization.
Why do you (or don't you) have contact info in your profile?
ScottWhigham: Hmmm - I suppose that I don't because I like my email address. No other reason...
Develop on Android or iPhone?
Oompa: Based on market size, I'd go for the iPhone.
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
rdouble: I've done projects in both Django and Rails. Your list of Rails drawbacks is weak. The magic can bite you but most of the time it doesn't. Documentation on any open source project is usually pretty bad. Both Rails and Django have about the same level of documentation at this point. The API is no more inconsist...
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
benatkin: Here's what I've found so far after starting a small Django gig (I already knew a fair bit about Rails):- Rails has built-in migration support- Rails has better support for APIs- Django has some neat stuff in contrib including authentication and an admin interface- Django has "pluggables" -- downloadable apps...
Independent Math Study
secret: I really recommend http://www.mathxl.com . I've used it for calc 3 and linear algebra in place of physically being in those classes. It will walk you through examples and keeps track of your weakness to review later. It seems to be powered by Mathematica, from what I can tell.
Develop on Android or iPhone?
cgherb911: I-phone has a much bigger market share at ~11% of the smart phone market. You should also look into developing for the Blackberry. (~34% of smart phone market!!)
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
joel_feather: Trust me, Django is almost dead. The hype around Django is completely dead and existing developers are using it, but new developers are not jumping on ship. In 6 years there will be a serious Django shortage of maintanance personell.Stick with rails and don't make the silliest mistake of your life.
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
iamelgringo: It sounds like you want 2 things.1: Build out your killer idea 2: Learn Django and use itI don't think the transition from Ror to Django should be that big of a deal for you. Ruby and Python are similar enough, and the frameworks have enough conceptual overlap that it shouldn't be that big of a deal for...
Develop on Android or iPhone?
cesare: >Update: I should add that the two biggest deciding points for me are development enjoyment and speed of development.This is subjective. Try both of them for a while.If you need to decide first to buy the hardware keep in mind that the iPod Touch ($229) is essentially an iPhone without the phone/gps capabilitie...
Updated recommendation on Rails versus Django?
gilesgoatboy: Either-or is ridiculous. It's a false dichotomy and they're practically the same language. With 11 years of total experience, if you found it impossible to fit Ruby and Python in the same brain, you'd have to be a complete fucking idiot. I understand why newbies a year out of college might consider Ruby v...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
chrisbolt: http://www.deviantart.com/ Firefox 50.29% Internet Explorer 32.74% 7.0 74.10% 6.0 14.93% 8.0 10.92% Safari 8.05% Chrome 4.40% Opera 3.53%
Develop on Android or iPhone?
ujjwalg: I am not a developer so cannot tell you which platform is more fun to develop for. I have heard that developing for iPhone is relatively simple and easy.But, I can tell you that I have 2 same apps on android and iPhone and the number of downloads differ by a factor of 500.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
raquo: A website of a russian cuisine restaurant in Moscow:Last 1000 visitorsIE - 56% (6.0 - 20%, 7.0 - 28%, 8.0 - 8%)Firefox - 20%Opera - 17%Safari - 4%Chrome - 2%Opera Mini - 0.85%We Russians love hot Norwegian browsers.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
topbanana: You have an extraordinarily high proportion of Chrome users.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
DarkShikari: The last 500 visitors to my blog ( http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/ ), batched by major version:28.80% Firefox 3.5.X24.00% Firefox 3.0.X11.60% Chrome 0.29.80% Safari 1.27.60% Mozilla 5.07.20% Opera 9.X3.80% MSIE 7.03.00% MSIE 8.02.60% MSIE 6.00.40% Konqueror 4.20.40% Firefox 1.5.00.40% Firefox 2.0.00.20% Oper...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
snprbob86: Please include user counts to assure us of statistical significance :-)
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
spencerfry: http://www.carbonmade.com1. Firefox 48.11%2. Internet Explorer 25.20%3. Safari 20.09%4. Chrome 4.28%5. Opera 1.89%Our users are very design centric, so IE being at only 25% makes sense.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
Ardit20: Wow, internet explorer 3.59%? Your site must be targeted at techno geeks?
Does the website design matter?
mcotton: It matters a lot to me. I often hit the back button within 3 seconds of the page loading. The information needs to be cleanly presented and the site needs to look credible.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
Ardit20: Internet Explorer 62.19%Firefox 28.18%Safari 4.77%Chrome 2.48%Opera 1.98%Mozilla 0.11%Camino 0.06%Opera Mini 0.06%Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.05%Netscape 0.04%
Does the website design matter?
mixmax: I matters much more than you think.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
I_got_fifty: Firefox 100% (It's not live yet, I'm the only user :-)
Does the website design matter?
shortformblog: If you look sketchy, why should I trust you? Your friend can use Lynx if he doesn't care about Web design.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
nimbix: 1. Firefox 438,766 65.61% 2. IE 191,652 28.66% 3. Chrome 19,911 2.98% 4. Opera 10,686 1.60% 5. Safari 4,979 0.74% This is not a tech-oriented site; but it is mainly aimed at young people (15-25).
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
Ardit20: Why do you want to know anyway?
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
huhtenberg: We launched one of the projects recently and ran a short campaign on StumbleUpon. This generated ~1500 uniques out of 2000 we had so far. Respective browser distribution is as follows: 82% Firefox 9% Internet Explorer 4% Safari 2% Opera 1% Mozilla 1% Chrome ..
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
gengstrand: For the past year at http://www.dynamicalsoftware.comFirefox 64% IE 20% Safari 7% Chrome 4% Opera 3% Mozilla 2%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
mrkurt: http://arstechnica.com (or A.R.T.S Technical, if you're our ad ops people) Firefox 43.97% IE 23.83% Safari 21.43% Chrome 5.95% Opera 2.03% Camino 0.18% Konqueror 0.10% Safari on the iPhone accounts for 1.8% of our traffic.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
chrisrhee: From the past 30 days on our hip-hop record label site, http://QN5.com Firefox: 56% IE: 20.7% (IE 6: 2.9%) Safari: 11.9% Chrome: 5.6% Opera: 2.7% Mobile: 2% (mostly iPhones) Mozilla: 1% Playstation, Wii, etc: 0.1%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
agnokapathetic: http://ajaxtrans.com/1. Internet Explorer 55.06%2. Firefox 33.91%3. Chrome 4.97%4. Safari 3.66%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
jeresig: http://jquery.com/3.3mil visitors / 1.57mil uniques (for this last 30 days) Firefox 61.51% IE 15.60% Safari 10.89% Chrome 7.56% Opera 3.15% Mozilla 1.02% All else less than 0.06%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
c1sc0: I'm interested in seeing mobile stats (iPhone vs. the rest?) of some sites. Anyone care to share those numbers? More particularly: is the 70% iPhone number I get from my stats realistic and how does that breakdown change once a mobile-specific site is launched?
Develop on Android or iPhone?
csbartus: It depends on what's your final goal. Many HN posts saying you can't get rich with an iPhone app ( anymore ). Maybe o good idea is not yet implemented on Android.I've planned to build something for my iPhone but many things stopped me: a MacBook, AppStore freakness and now I'm just hearing that 100$ entry fee...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
flooha: http://flooha.comFirefox 66.64%Chrome 11.28%Safari 10.99%Internet Explorer 6.56%Opera 2.10%Mozilla 1.56%Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.36%Camino 0.18%Konqueror 0.11%Opera Mini 0.07%SeaMonkey 0.07%(not set) 0.04%webkit 0.04%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
abstractbill: Justin.TV:Internet Explorer 56.97%Firefox 32.17%Chrome 4.78%Safari 3.84%Opera 1.54%Playstation 0.42%Mozilla 0.15%SeaMonkey 0.02%Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.02%Camino 0.02%
Develop on Android or iPhone?
dannyr: If you have a good idea for an app, go with Android and enter ADC 2.http://code.google.com/android/adc/
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
ashishk: I try to take care of myself in fundamental ways. Like eating well, exercising, and sleeping on time.I've found having control of basic things provides a deep sense of security.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
rjurney: I've always channeled my emotions during times like that into workaholism. It may not be the healthiest way to address problems, but at least you get output from your angst :)Just be aware: you'll have to deal with the emotions directly sometime.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
mechanical_fish: A tough one. The one time I remember having a problem like this, I wasn't exactly tasked with doing programming at work. So I solved my problem by turning to hacking! I did nothing but Perl for weeks. A rather productive time of my life, actually. Fortunately my boss was very pleased with all the code ...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
jlgosse: My site, http://www.mobilitea.com/blog/ is geared towards both software developers and BlackBerry users!1. Firefox: 46.74% 2. Internet Explorer: 35.35% 3. Chrome: 7.23% 4. Safari: 6.04% 5. BlackBerry 9530: 2.01% 6. Opera: 1.01%
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
swolchok: Looks like not just geeks, but young people in general, use Firefox. As hoped, Chrome tends to take market share from IE, not Firefox.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
drawkbox: Music while coding, westerns/zombie/scifi epic movies while doing smaller tedious tasks, get some gaming in maybe some L4D (important to have fun on your workstation).Also, be sure to setup and knock down many tasks and todos that feel complete, smaller tasks for quick accomplishment. Game design your projec...
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
gtani: You need to communicate your situation to family/friends, make yourself not feel isolated. Many people feeling anxiety and depression think they're the only ones they know, whereas many people are vulnerable. And when i see people prone to chemical dependencies or extreme behaviors, i urge them to seek counsel...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
charlesmarshall: http://subaru.co.uk (horribly put together site, we didnt make it!)1. Internet Explorer 80.59% 7 - 55.17% 8 - 26.13% 6 - 18.68% 2. Firefox 15.08% 3. Chrome 2.41% 4. Safari 1.16% 5. Opera 0.36%http://tinyjs.com1. Firefox 65.83...
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
effektz: I'd say find a creative outlet, if that's hacking then so be it, but if it's writing or painting or just drawing for a couple of hours it can help to get things off your chest and clear your mind. That way when you're ready to work your mind won't be as distracted with these other problems.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
lisper: Focus on the positive: are you healthy? Have enough to eat? Have hot and cold running water? A roof over your head? Air conditioning? Those thing alone make you better off than most of the people on the planet.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
catone: http://www.railsforum.com/ 1. Firefox - 65.33% 2. Safari - 16.56% 3. IE - 7.84% 7.0 - 46.53% 8.0 - 28.97% 6.0 - 23.69% 4. Chrome - 5.42% 5. Mozilla - 2.36% 6. Opera - 2.06%
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
kareemm: sleep. exercise. eat healthily. spent time with great friends.most importantly, put time aside to spend dealing with the emotions that come up. don't bottle them up. they will be expressed in destructive ways when you least expect it.see a therapist if necessary; having someone help you get through growth ...
How do you see the future of computing ?
embeddedradical: listen, people be asking me all the time, yo mos, whats gonna happen with hackin. i tell em, you know whats going to happen with hackin? whatevers happenin with us. if we smoked out, hackins gonna be smoked out. if we doin alright, hackins gonna be doin alright. people talk about hackin like it'...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
SwellJoe: http://www.virtualmin.com; our audience is heavily Open Source oriented, and it obviously skews results heavily. This represents roughly 60,000 visitors.1. Firefox 64.45%2. Internet Explorer 17.22%3. Safari 6.95%4. Chrome 4.94%5. Opera 3.37%6. Mozilla 2.35%7. Konqueror 0.30%8. SeaMonkey 0.17%9. Camino 0.11%1...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
hikari17: http://www.genlighten.comA genealogy-oriented site with a decidedly older target demographic. Monthly uniques only around 1-3k.1. Firefox 52.31%2. Internet Explorer 37.00% 7.0 20.86% 8.0 9.66% 6.0 6.47% 3. Safari 7.19%4. Chrome 2.47%5. Camino 0.41%6. Opera 0.31%7. Mozilla 0.21%8. Konqueror 0....
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
thras: Cocaine and hookers.
Does the website design matter?
si2: really just depends on what type of product you have at your site. if you are selling your design skillz, obviously you want the site to look nice, but clean and nice doesnt necessarily mean fancy shmancy.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
woodyschneider: http://WoodySchneider.com 1. Firefox 54.48% 2. Internet Explorer 27.59% 3. Safari 16.55% 4. Opera 1.38%
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
neilk: Slightly tangential, but I had this thought the other day. In our industry, shutting oneself into a room with a computer and being alone with our own thoughts is considered functional and praiseworthy. I think a lot of my most productive colleagues deal with almost everything in life by diving deep down in this ...
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
vaksel: Learn to cope faster. You can't change the past, so there is no reason to dwell on coulda/shoulda. Cut your losses, learn from the experience and move on with your life.
What has your startup venture financially cost you?
vaksel: About 1.5 years of my life without a job(I make a few hundred here and there each month with affiliate $$$/stock trading) On top of that, used up about ~$15K or so from my savingsWould have been a lot more, if I hadn't moved back with parents to cut down on expenses.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
jackdawjack: Working hard helps, but if your job is anything like mine (grad student) inevitably work can be quite an emotional/mental challenge in and of itself which may or may not help. So i tend to turn to exercise, running hard with music is akin to meditation for me, the physical pain forces everything else out ...
What service do you use for personal file backup?
vaksel: none really,I just backup on DVDs every 3-4 months, the folders that change over that period.
Does the website design matter?
pedalpete: I think the term 'design' can be misleading as it has a few connotations. If you think craigslist or drudge report, you can say design doesn't matter because, they are ugly sites. But there are lots of sights that have nice colors and images but aren't usable.I couldn't find a link to your site, so I can't...
What service do you use for personal file backup?
aberman: I use dropbox for everything. I can't imagine a better solution.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
sid: It really depends on your problem and the situation your in. Sometimes you cant, there are some nagging problems that can not be left and should not be ignored. I guess these things are more along the side of family and health (for me anyway).You shouldnt start a startup if you have to address family or serious he...
What service do you use for personal file backup?
edb: Jungledisk! It allows you to store all yor data on your s3 account
Review My App
simplify: I don't have much experience with advertisements, but maybe you could try changing the ad based on what they're translating to.For example, if a user chooses to translation from Spanish to English, you could display an English ad about learning Spanish, or a Spanish ad about learning English.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
CGamesPlay: http://www.asap.org/These are mostly non-technical, often physically handicapped people. This sample accounts for 19,536 visits in the past month: Internet Explorer 14,174 72.55% 7.0 7,549 53.26% 6.0 3,445 24.31% 8.0 ...
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
b0k0n0n: What a coincidence—I'm going through this right now. The night my boyfriend broke up with me (two days ago) I differentiated equations until 4 a.m. Now I'm working on inductive logic and doing my best to stay off of e-mail and facebook.I use other outlets such as reading and exercising, but I've found mathemat...
Review My App
mixmax: How about contacting someone like Berlitz or other language schools. Maybe they will sponsor the site.
What has your startup venture financially cost you?
SwellJoe: My previous business was a much harder slog than the current one (which has never had any significant hardships, though I learned to live very frugally from my previous venture, so I don't need to make much money to avoid hardships or debt).At one point, about two years in, I had burned through over $40k in s...
Does the website design matter?
aberman: If design is tantamount to usability, it is the second most important aspect of your site (behind functionality, in my opinion). If design = drop shadows and rounded corners, I would put it on the bottom of my priority list.
What service do you use for personal file backup?
dryicerx: Amazon S3. cron job -> tar gz -> s3cmd -> s3 Their cheap, very reliable, and fast. What else can I ask for.
What service do you use for personal file backup?
redmage: I use tarsnap[1] and not-so-regular backups to my home fileserver.[1] http://tarsnap.com
What service do you use for personal file backup?
rgaidot: rdiff-backup distance (via ssh)
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
daremon: http://greekcook.grIt's a Greek site with recipes with ~100k visits (last 30 days) Internet Explorer 61.20% 7.0 46.78% 6.0 28.36% 8.0 24.74% Firefox 33.35% Chrome 2.33% Safari 1.59% Opera 1.20% Mozilla 0.13%
What has your startup venture financially cost you?
sid: I see it like this. To start a business, whatever it is you need time, money and skill. However if you have 2 of the 3 your still capable of succeeding.If you have money and time, you can pour in those 2 aspects to get the best managers, engineers and designersIf you have money and skill for whatever industry your...
What service do you use for personal file backup?
KB: I prefer my Apple Time Capsule. Wireless backup, runs in the background whenever my MBP is up, fixed up front cost, and all my data stays on my own network.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
darkxanthos: From my social skydiving blog (http://socialskydivingwithjustin.posterous.com)Firefox: 58.7%Safari: 17.67%Chrome: 8.95%IE: 7.73%Opera: 3.25%Mozilla: 1.94%Mozilla Compatible: .87%The rest add up to less than 1%EDIT: Thanks!
Any good SIM-only carriers or plans in US?
ephermata: Do you already have a phone? Sounds like you do, just checking.If you walk into a T-Mobile or an AT&T Wireless store with a phone in hand, the salesperson can work with you. I recently checked this out for a development (unsimlocked) G1 running a friend's custom build of Android. I wanted just data service (...
What service do you use for personal file backup?
Vitaly: astrails-safe (http://blog.astrails.com/2009/4/6/simple-backups-can-be-simp...):runs from cron, archives files and mysql databases (and more), encrypts with gpg and uploads to amazon s3
Review My App
ismarc: Amazon referrals. Build out a little more to have links to textbooks, guide books, dictionaries, etc. for the language(s) at Amazon.
What service do you use for personal file backup?
dazzawazza: Everything I care about goes in to an offsite SVN repository.
What service do you use for personal file backup?
kailoa: For just about everything non-media, I use mercurial to a colosite. Works fantastic. Big media files (movies, iTunes Library, etc.) are backed up locally to a big data server.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
kirubakaran: Thank you for asking this question, especially at this time. Responses of other people are a lot helpful for me as well.Sharing how I deal with similar situations:I go out and try to stay out as much as possible. Working in a coffee shop gives the illusion that you are not alone. I also cook elaborate dinn...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
entelarust: http://www.devhub.comLast 30 days1. Firefox 54.62%2. Internet Explorer 30.14%3. Chrome 6.85%4. Safari 6.26%5. Opera 1.17%6. Mozilla 0.42%7. Mozilla Compatible Agent 0.23%8. Opera Mini 0.11%9. SeaMonkey 0.06%10. Netscape 0.02%
What service do you use for personal file backup?
Elepsis: SugarSync, though I also use it to keep files in sync between PCs.
Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
jherdman: Sometimes I arrange to have an outlet. During my last break up I called my mom a lot when I absolutely couldn't focus. I talked to her for 5 or so minutes on my break to vent a bit. I found that after a little bit of releasing the mental pressure I was able to focus again.That said, when you go home, you need...
Any good SIM-only carriers or plans in US?
rcoder: T-Mobile will sell you prepaid service at $100 per 1000 minutes/SMS messages, or pay-as-you-go for $30-40 per month without a contract. I have service for my G1 via the latter option, which costs me about $75/mo. with unlimited data and more calling minutes than I can conceivably use.My experience has been that...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
ctrager: http://ifdefined.com. This is a Microsoft oriented site, the home of "BugTracker.NET", so you'd expect it to skew a little towards IE. For the last 30 days, about 22,000 visits: IE 45% Firefox 41% Chrome 8% Safari 3% Opera 2%
What service do you use for personal file backup?
mrinterweb: Time Machine on mac, Back in Time on Linux. Both are great. I backup to a network drive. If you are using a mac, and you want to use time machine, don't waste your money on their time capsule product. To find out how to use time machine with a non-apple backup resource, look into sparse bundles.
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
BlueLove: Mainstream video site. Around 52 million unique visitors per month.IE: 66.17% 7: 56.03% 6: 35.73% 8: 8.19% Firefox: 25.45% Chrome: 3.19% Safari: 3.04% Opera: 1.54%
What service do you use for personal file backup?
mustpax: I make bootable clones of my laptop hdd with SuperDuper. I use 2 drives and an external SCSI drive enclosure for this. This way, I have a weekly copy and a daily copy. And when my laptop hdd fails I can switch over to a good copy with no downtime.I also use Dropbox for a certain subset of my documents, so that...
What's the Browser Distribution for your site?
dhpmx: http://www.vivapixel.com - Photo and video hosting site.For June 2009.Firefox 82.4 %MS Internet Explorer 12.4 %Safari 3.7 %Mozilla 0.5 %Opera 0.3 %