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What do you do with big ideas? | mixmax: Years ago a good hacker friend of mine and I thought we would start writing down all the good ideas we had. We only wrote down the really good ones. After half a year we had more than 50 ideas that were all patentable, gamechanging or could make lots and lots of money. Some of them have later been implemented s... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | webjoe: Happy to see so many familiar startups hiring. We here at Sometrics are looking for great Frontend Engineers and System Architects. We work with tons of data, cloudy stuff (like many other startups), and some teeth-cutting technology stacks (EXTJS/Hadoop/MemCache/Massive MySQL Clusters/Data-mining Design patt... |
What do you do with big ideas? | JMostert: Good advice from the irrepressible Dijkstra on this matter: "Before embarking on an ambitious project, try to kill it." (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd10xx/EWD1055A.PDF)If you try honestly and still fail to kill it completely, whatever's left that you can't kill because it seems doable right now is on... |
Who's Hiring... Students? | miket: Diffbot is a seed-funded search startup, and we work out of the Stanford campus. We're currently have openings for paid internships for local students passionate about our products (info at http://www.diffbot.com) with interest in machine learning. Drop us a line at jobs@diffbot.com ! |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | miket: Diffbot is a seed-funded search startup, and we work out of the Stanford campus. We're currently have openings for paid internships for developers passionate about our products (info at http://www.diffbot.com) with interest in machine learning. Drop us a line at jobs@diffbot.com ! |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | smikhanov: Humble note from international talent: please specify whether you could sponsor any work visa in the country where you are hiring. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | blackmac: I would suggest to learn C. It might sound a little bit strange, but when you consider it, it's probably one of the best things you could do. Most of the modern languages you will need are somewhat based on C. That is especially true for compiled languages, but most script languages take their fair share of C... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | pp: Russia, anyone? |
What's a good programming language to start with? | ErrantX: I'd actually suggest giving Python 2.6 a shot. It's not significantly different BUT in some aspects I think it is a little easier to learn.Incidentally I find the Activestate Programming Network (ASPN: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python) a really useful resource for python learning - especially the cookbo... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | gdp: It really depends on your objective. If you want to be able to go out and score yourself a coding job and earn money quickly, any one of PHP, Ruby or Java would be ideal.If you want to become a good enough programmer that it becomes pretty much irrelevant which language you are asked to code in, I would recommend... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | intellectronica: You're probably better off starting with Python 2.6. Python 3 is not seeing wide use yet, and the Python community is still revolving around Python 2.6, so that's what you'll be able to get lots of help with. IIRC Dive into Python is written for people who already have experience in programming, so it ... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | dejv: It depends on what you want to accomplish, if you want build some real stuff like web apps then I will take Ruby or Python for start.If you want to take this route for taste of programming I will take a Haskell, it is much more easier to start with it if you do not have much experience with imperative paradigm. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | jamongkad: If I were to start over again I would have started with Scheme as a good first programming language. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | SwellJoe: Python, Ruby, JavaScript and Perl are all fantastic learning languages. They have good books (Perl probably wins on this count and JavaScript probably loses), good communities (again Perl is awesome with PerlMonks.org, but all of them have good communities), lots of interesting features that will bend your b... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | jacquesm: I suggest you get an 8 bitter, or an atmel or a pic chip and learn how to program on that, as close to the hardware as possible. So, yes, that means assembly.This will give you invaluable insight in how a computer works on the inside, then work your way 'up' from there.That's much easier than to have this fee... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | c00p3r: Does anyone here looking for remote system engineer position?
UNIX and Informix DBA. with 10+ years of experience. Performance tuning is a favourite tasks. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | joechung: Python is a real programming language. Keep at it!If you want to learn an advanced programming language, try Haskell, ML (F#), or Lisp (Scheme).C is a good programming language to learn. It can be quite unpleasant to debug C programs though. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | nopassrecover: You should go with C#. It uses the classical imperative syntax which lets you learn a whole lot of other languages and is similar abstractly to VB6. It's also got a lot of nicer features that will help you patch towards higher level languages eventually, but it sounds like that is a little too soon for... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | Jem: The company I work for will be needing a PHP developer (that is also proficient in HTML/CSS) to cover maternity leave from approx mid-Oct for 9+ months. We're happy to take on school-leavers upwards, providing your code is up to scratch.If you're local to Telford, Shrops (UK) get in touch: jem@jemjabella.co.uk (in... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | nudded: If you want to wrap your head around OOP and Java, Bluej (bluej.org) is really usefull. It's used in my university (in the first half of the year, then we moved on to netbeans fcourse) to teach us the begins of OOP. |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | bhrgunatha: If anyone has a position for a remote teleworker please get in touch (I'm English but based in Taiwan.)My background is Microsoft development - mostly websites - so I also know HTML CSS and Javascript- as well as the back end - SQL and database design.I want desperately to work with Linux and open source no... |
Who's Hiring... Students? | jreposa: My comment from the other post: We're hiring interns at the moment. Internet marketing, designers and developers. Anyone that has a basic background and is will to learn is considered.http://www.mybanktracker.comWe're located in Brooklyn, NY
Apply here: jobs@mybanktracker.com |
What's a good programming language to start with? | Goladus: My suggestion is to find some problems that you need to solve before picking the language to use. If you already know so Visual Basic, the languages I'd consider learning first, depending on my situation, would be: Javascript
C
Python
Scheme
Or maybe: Erlang
Haskell
OCaml
Mythry... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | parse_tree: It definitely wouldn't be for everyone, but learning assembler first is something to consider (you'd have to enjoy it of course). There's a great, great free book on this, it'll walk you through code and you'll really get a grip on how the computer works:http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases-noredirect/... |
Who's Hiring... Students? | mitalia: We were just discussing the need to post here to find the right kind of student workers.The Center for Biomedical Informatics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (http://www.research.chop.edu/cbmi/) is looking for some smart, well-rounded student workers who could be here on co-op, part-time during the ... |
What do you do with big ideas? | ks: I have a few good ideas, and one that's really good.One of the good ideas can be implemented while still keeping my job, because it requires relatively small amount of resources/time to get started. It's far from original and won't make me rich, but it will give me valuable experience. My plan is to try it and see... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | bbsabelli: Start with Visual Studio (VS) and program in either vb.net, or preferably c#.net. VS helps a lot while you're learning, and you can choose to program for either windows or the web. Add the MVC framework and you get a fairly decent web development environment where you can then look into JQuery and maybe ev... |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | ErrantX: In a perfect world I would say the best case is to register the .com and .co.uk (and any other .co.XX country codes you wanted to launch in). And .mobi for mobile.But of course it's not a perfect world and if you dont snap up the others chances are domain squatters will wind their way in. |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | jacquesm: I got a full set of .com, .net and .org to stop any jokers doing spam campaigns or phishing attempts using our brand, for the amount of money involved it was well worth it ($30 / year).Beyond that, if you are in a certain locality and you plan to roll out with local press support it can't hurt to have your lo... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | koenbok: Sofa is hiring fulltime employees to work in our nice Amsterdam office(1) in the city centre with ~11 other talented people on our mac apps, web apps and interaction design consultancy.We need a financial mastermind, web/ui designers and python/cocoa developers. See madebysofa.com/jobs or shoot me an email at ... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | theyoungceo: http://yourstartupjob.com -- C# in Los Angeles. |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | anarcticpuffin: My group at an investment bank in NYC is looking for a developer to join our high frequency order management system. The technology challenge is reducing latency for quantitative/algorithmic black box clients and the resulting arms race is fun to participate in. We code in core Java but are looking to... |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | brk: Can you name the last time you saw or used a .mobi domain? Or even a .info?A couple of the others might be valuable, but moreso other country domains (someone else mention the .co.uk and such already). I just wouldn't worry about the seldom used variant tld's myself. |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | elbac: Yes, Java Developers:http://www.meetmoi.com/careers |
When is the best time to trademark a product name? | jacquesm: If they're already on the market you are basically acting in bad faith. I suggest you find an original name for your application. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | wlievens: Scheme, the SICP way. |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | pclark: yes. can't hurt. |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | boris: We (http://www.codesynthesis.com) are looking for C++ engineers in Cape Town, South Africa. We work on compilers, code generation, object persistence, and distributed systems. Drop me (boris@codesynthesis.com) a line if interested. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | cpr: Why not try Squeak? It's a modern Smalltalk with a complete graphical interface, and learning it well will thoroughly warp your mind into the 100% object-oriented approach to computing. (A very useful warp. ;-)It's freely available and runs on all major operating systems.http://www.squeak.org/And then if you get P... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | petesmithy: Songkick is hiring.We're based in London, Ruby on Rails (but if you're good, we'll help you make the switch), great team, growing rapidly.Currently looking for: Junior Dev, Application Dev, QA Lead.Due to need to get these roles filled we're favouring EU-based candidates, but if you're elsewhere we will be ... |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | hellweaver666: I highly recommend you get .com .net .org .biz and .info for brand protection purposes..mobi and .tel are probably a waste of time. I would only recommend you register ccTLD's for the country you plan to launch in and/or the country you are based in. If you are a truely global (i.e. web based) type compa... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | whatname: NBS is hiring developers in Chicago, Illinois:Junior : http://www1.recruitingcenter.net/clients/nelnet/publicjobs/c...Mid : http://www1.recruitingcenter.net/clients/nelnet/publicjobs/c...Senior : http://www1.recruitingcenter.net/clients/nelnet/publicjobs/c... |
Business movie suggestions? | arihelgason: Riot on!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427783/ |
Review our website | jackflap: We've just recently finished a proof-of-concept site called 'isitopen'. It is designed to allow users submit and review consumer devices regarding how 'open' they are (i.e. available source-code, documentation, standardized plugs, etc.)We've hit a point where we don't know where to go from here, whether the i... |
mod_proxy for Apache? | brk: When I was involved in a project that had a similar requirement, haproxy is what I used. It was a simple, lightweight, flexible daemon that could run on a mid-grade box quite happily. I looked at mod_proxy at the time,but this was almost 2 years ago, so a lot has changed since then, I'm sure. |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | icefox: TorchMobile.com is hiring, get to hack on WebKit (c++) |
Business movie suggestions? | hajrice: Catch Me If You Can seems like a good movie to learn about business. This guy managed become "successful" talking his way to success.I quote successful cause he basically scammed a lot of people. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | ogdoad: Indeed Scheme (and SICP) would be a good choice; at least I wish I knew that back when I started out with C -- can be done, but don't do it.
Besides Scheme, Clojure (which is also a LISP) provides the added benefit of having full interoperability with the JVM; I'm currently giving it a try, and it does seem wor... |
Should I register several TLDs for our domain name? | rythie: I registered .com, .co.uk and .net when we started. We got an email today from a hosting company saying someone is trying to register .cc, .asia, .com.cn and 5 others. Someone has already bought .cn. |
Quickest way to get up to speed in Scala ? | mbrubeck: Do some Project Euler problems in it:http://projecteuler.com/ |
Tips for coding at the beach (or in the sun) | TallGuyShort: Have you considered sitting under a small canopy or umbrella? I did that for a week at the beach, and it solved the glossy-screen problem quite well. Just make sure your back-light brightness is turned all the way up. Since rugged laptops that don't let dirt in easily can get very expensive, I wrapped min... |
Review our website | lacker: I arrive at your site and have no idea what it does. |
Which category in the app store has the highest median profit? | lacker: You probably can't get this exact number, but maybe you can find a proxy.Why do you care about median profit? Are you thinking about producing a large number of median apps? The median for any category seems like it would be some meaningless low number like $10. |
Tips for coding at the beach (or in the sun) | charlieyan08: http://cgi.ebay.com/PCHood-Laptop-Bag-with-PC-Hood-for-17%22...
something like that would do nicely, but just sit away from any beachball playing areas to avoid being hit without warning. |
What's a good programming language to start with? | cullenking: There are a couple considerations. First, you want a language that is not too intimidating or difficult to start with, or you may fall off the bandwagon. Many programmers broke their ground on languages which allowed them to quickly get something tangible (a reward), like BASIC. Some people don't need th... |
Review our website | jah: Your privacy and terms of use links are pointing to SourceForge Inc's policy pages. |
Review our website | qui: I really hope you hire a decent web designer. The markup is really not very good and the site doesnt tell you what it does when you first visit.You should be aware of what a site does within a few seconds of visiting. |
Review our website | qeorge: As others have said, the purpose of the site is very unclear. I'm reviewing it for the sake of reviewing it, but normal visitors won't work so hard to figure out what the point of your site is, they'll just move on.Here are a few suggestions:1) Put a question mark after IsItOpen in your logo. Pick a more readab... |
Review our website | joshuarr: I like the idea. But.The logo is really not very appealing, and it doesn't say anything about the project. It doesn't add anything to the site, which in my mind means it detracts. Your brand identity should definitely NOT detract from your product.The database is really weak, which makes the site useless. You... |
Are you looking for a founder? | bgnm2000: What are your skills?developer/designer/other |
Are you looking for a founder? | p01nd3xt3r: do you code or play more of a business role? |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | simonk: Looking for a Python programmer in Vancouver, Canada. jobs@rhinoaccounting.com please put [HN] in the subject line. |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | pg: We like PLT Scheme. (You used it to post this question.) |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | icey: As pg mentioned, PLT is a good place to start. It's widely used and has an active community. Dr. Scheme is a nice IDE for learning as well.If you need to compile to C, Chicken and Gambit-C are both pretty well regarded (it has been a little while since I've looked into this specifically so take it with a grain of... |
Are Gmail users faster at replying to incoming emails? | otoburb: Aren't people more likely to have a web-browser window or tab open, versus an entire application?To answer the original question: yes, people on Gmail tend to answer their emails faster (barring corporate email inquiries). |
Help me pick a domain name. | jacquesm: rtmemo.com is as good as it gets, better register it while you can!If you come up with a better one later on then you can always find another use for this one. For $7.25 or so that's a pretty good deal, 99% of the domains that are up for sale on ebay are not that good. |
Are Gmail users faster at replying to incoming emails? | imad: I believe the corollary to be more apt. 'People use gmail because they want to reply faster'.The threaded style of inbox messages also helps keep track of previous conversations to an extent |
Help me pick a domain name. | noodle: go with your gut. if you want to change it later, you can always drop another few bucks. its not a huge expense. |
How important is SEO to your business and what tools do you use? | solost: It really depends on the type of business you are opperating and the background you bring. Companies that operate content businesses or busineses that rely on advertising as their primary revenue model rely on SEO more than most others.Regardless of the value you see in SEO, it drives a number of critical skil... |
Are Gmail users faster at replying to incoming emails? | jacquesm: I don't think it's the people, it's the fact that they don't wade through a ton of spam to get to your message that makes them pay attention to their 'xbiff' analogue. |
Help me pick a domain name. | jmonegro: Alright, I registered it. Thanks for your help. |
Help me pick a domain name. | benatkin: memodrug.com |
How important is SEO to your business and what tools do you use? | onreact-com: I'm doing SEO myself as a consultant so it's very important for my business ;-) and I have to disappoint you:1. SEO is not about "a tool", it relies on a plethora of factors and tasks many of which user solost has already outlined in his comment2. There is no single tool that will allow you to do SEO work,... |
Help me pick a domain name. | otoburb: memoaddict.com |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | cesare: I recommend PLT Scheme too (especially for its IDE).After you've played with it for some time (and if you're versed in C, of course) I would recommend to grab a lightweight implementation (TinyScheme is my favorite) and study its source.Happy hacking! |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | stonemetal: I have only ever used PLT which is fairly nice and comes with a number of libraries and tools over and above the Standard, such as objects and a gui lib. |
Which category in the app store has the highest median profit? | joeld42: Medical apps. |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | Daemmerung: If you are learning Scheme by reading SICP, you might want to install MIT/GNU Scheme. Otherwise, let me join the bandwagon in endorsing PLT. The PLT camp has its own favored textbook, qv http://www.htdp.org/ .The just-released game QuantZ (http://www.gamerizon.com/gamerizon-news-and-media.html) was writte... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | blhobbes: Circle of Moms is hiring for (Senior) Software Engineer, Product Manager, and UI/UX Designer positions. We're located in the SF/SOMA.We develop in PHP and are big fans of rapid iteration, a/b testing, and customer development.We currently have over 6M moms using the Circle of Moms Facebook application.Email ... |
Are Gmail users faster at replying to incoming emails? | fburnaby: I used to use my school's webmail. When I switched to gmail, I leaned about gmail notifier, which tells me as soon as I get an email. Instead of checking twice a day, I respond immediately. Are you talking about differences in response times on this time-scale? |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | rwebb: Adroll is looking for a Lead Interaction Designerhttp://tinyurl.com/om9n4b |
Review our website | wensing: What is "open" and "openness" and why should I care? Would your target audience know? |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | pjonesdotca: I'm going to say that it doesn't really matter but, PLT is probably a great place to start.If you want to learn Scheme then make sure to use the R5RS setting on PLT. When I write for portability, that's the setting I use.Most of my writing however, is in PocketScheme for my iPaq.I've messed a bit with Kawa... |
Review our website | smithjchris: The menu REALLY pisses me off. It's like being buggered by a traffic cone. |
What do you do with big ideas? | keefe: I have spent a lot of my time contemplating "big ideas" both when I was a PhD candidate (various set theory proofs, signal processing ideas) and in my own software (machine learning methods and application to gambling etc) and I find that mostly thinking about this stuff is just mental masturbation. I typically ... |
Who's Hiring? (take 2) | mkramlich: I have one or more openings for the role of 'entity that pays cash or equity in exchange for me helping them'. I offer several benefits, the primary of which is excellent code and craftsmanship from someone who's a true geek and been programming for over 25 years. Readers of HN will get special consideration... |
Help me pick a domain name. | ddemchuk: bustaname.com is your friend, type in a bunch of different keywords and pick the one you like |
Testing your site for XSS exploits | yan: I would pay someone like me to assess your code and pentest your site :)If you're planning on doing this yourself, OWASP (www.owasp.org) is a great resource. |
Testing your site for XSS exploits | tonystubblebine: For people using Rails, sanitize all input before it goes in. Here's a library for web params.
http://code.google.com/p/sanitizeparams/ |
What Data would you like to see integrated into a web analytics tool? | udfalkso: I want to be able to build my release log and release notes into my analytics tool. If I'm looking at a graph of page views per user and I see a spike, it would be great if I could hover over the day before that spike and see that it's when I pushed out a new feature that apparently increased engagement. It... |
What can't you buy online? | frossie: You mean not finding online something that one can buy in a brick-and-mortar store? Never. The only time I can't find something online is if I am mistaken about its existence, or it is a discontinued line, or is a rarity.Of course, there are many, many things that are uneconomical for me to buy online because ... |
What's a good programming language to start with? | joeld42: If your goal is to get things done in the real world, Python is a great first choice. Learn C/C++ next.Don't listen to these scheme/functional wackos. It's great -- and once you've been programming for a few years you should definitely learn it, it will improve your programming and allow you to think more eleg... |
Which scheme implementation do you recommend? | rpr753: PLT Scheme is FAR AND AWAY the best system to start with Scheme. It is also ONE of the best to take you as far as you like with Scheme as well.It is possible a different Scheme a particular niche advanced need.For a traditional Lisp-like REPL with incremental compilation Scheme Larceny and/or Ikarus. |
What can't you buy online? | wmf: I think I've read about some uber-hip fashion designers who have no Web sites and the only way to buy their wares is to line up at 5AM at their store (which has no sign, natch) located in a run-down side street in Brooklyn. Or maybe that was a William Gibson novel... |
Testing your site for XSS exploits | planck: Assume all data entered by users is malicious and encode it properly on display. That's really all there is to it. |
Can iPhone camera be used to give you a full size keyboard? | yan: How would something like that work? The iPhone would have to be between you and the keyboard which would make for awkward computing. I do like the ideas of using the iPhone's input devices for creative purposes though. |
Can iPhone camera be used to give you a full size keyboard? | jacquesm: neat idea! that would apply to any smartphone I would think...have you seen these ?http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/8193/ |
Can iPhone camera be used to give you a full size keyboard? | kierank: You'd need some form of delineator. |
Know any electronic design firms? | yme: Hello, I have done some projects using BT modules to transmit data. What is the application you are looking for? I may be able to help. Santiago sqnewton@hotmail.com San Jose, CA |
Can iPhone camera be used to give you a full size keyboard? | dzlobin: Which way are you imagining this? The way I see it, your arms would get in the way |
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