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Should I get a Master's in CS? | russell: I have neither a CS degree or a Masters, but I would say if it's only a year, go for it. The world is really competitive for newly minted CS graduates, although probably less so for UPenn, but the masters still puts you at the head of the line. Even in the entrepreneurial world it may still help in fund rais... |
Should I get a Master's in CS? | BrandonWatson: I graduated Penn in 1997 with BA, BSEcon and MBA. I was undergrad class of 1996 in the M&T program (Systems Engineering, and in Wharton I dualed with Finance and Operations & Information Management). I was granted permission to submatric into Wharton to get my MBA. I interned at MSFT summer of 94 and ... |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | jhancock: Create new tools similar to how Google, Yahoo and MS already do when leveraging this asset. I know this is somewhat a BS answer, but really what other answer is there? This is like asking the question "What new features should Google, Yahoo or MS build on top of their search?" |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | snitko: Sell it to someone, who'd know what to do with it? |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | yannis: I would keep the meta data and reverse engineer the algo! |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | andyleclair: Download all of the porn on the internet. I'm only half joking. |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | CamperBob: This scenario is reminiscent of what happened a few years back when AOL released their whole corpus of search queries with associated user-ID hashes. Most of what was done with that data set amounted to amateur CSI work and general meanness. I don't recall any profound revelations or can't-miss business op... |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | notaddicted: I'd like to see which search results were clicked on for a given search, and then associate those sites. And then do an amazon style: people who landed at this site also went to _____. As well as other relations based on user browsing, not based on site links. |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | Diakronik: I wouldn't create a business. I'd write a program that could learn (text-based) language. Then I'd write it up and submit it to Computational Linguistics. Then I'd die in obscurity as someone took my idea and figured out how to monetize it. |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | ismarc: You have to consider that all that data isn't just a list of web pages. That includes information provided by the web page and the contents of the page itself (as well as associated metadata).1) Create a map of the web (what links where and how), enabling an enhanced "browsing" experience (no more perusing a s... |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | bowman: I would use it to fight crime/corruption. It isn't too hard to identify people from a few google searches. Examples:Food places near X will give you a good indication where they live and their income
Find what they are searching during normal work hours. Often this will give you where they work.
Searches of the... |
Mashable getting worse? | petesalty: Yeah, TechCrunch is getting like this too, so I've stopped reading both of them. Nothing really wrong with that, just not what I want to read. Mostly for me it's now HN for tech and VentureBeat for funding related stuff. Oh well, things change and you can always vote with your feet (or eyes in this case I su... |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | derefr: Start the world's most underhanded (and successful) SEO firm. |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | tel: SEO? With something like that you could programattically find semantic locations with lower coverage and then sell the knowledge that you could possibly attack that keyword. For instance, I'd love to see a chart which plotted frequency of use in an English corpus against some hypothetical Google-coverage variable.... |
Mashable getting worse? | steve_mobs: mashable is usually the last tech blog i read because the content is not too helpful and most of it is just cliche.For more knowledgeable readers mashable just doesn't go deep enough. |
Should I get a Master's in CS? | jlintz: It's one extra year, take it. The companies you mention, they all work with large amounts of data and are generally working on problems not many other companies are dealing with. You may learn some math or comp sci theories that could one day help you with an "Aha!" moment while on the job. |
What's a Non-Programmer to do? | fuelfive: If you're ever out of things on your to-do list, you have a big one still left: make your site #1 for the search query "learn chinese". |
Rate my startup - customizable, downloadable books for children. | steve_mobs: your idea is great, but i agree with most people commenting your website design needs to be touched up. |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | caffeine: So .. Google have these data. Their hacking chops are not unremarkable. What have they done with it? Well, basically, you can ask for a word and they'll find other pages that feature that word ...And that's it.They have access to "the world's combined knowledge" and a zillion PhDs, and that's all they can ... |
What's the best way to retrieve educational data? | JimmyL: I don't think it's listed in one place - I would get a list of school from Wikipedia or the Dept. of Education (they must have a list somewhere), and put it out as a MT task. If you do this, do a search for how to properly use the service, as there seems to be a certain etiquette and way to interact with the Tu... |
Should I get a Master's in CS? | evanmoran: I went the Microsoft direction and learned a ton. These large companies don't make billions by accident. Clearly they aren't as agile as some companies are but the scope of what they do is tremendous. You get the chance to see how software is made for millions and then actually see millions use it. It's ... |
Who is looking for a co-founder? | gb5150: We (2 of us) have a Ruby on Rails app in the online classifieds space that is in an "Alpha" stage.We have an exciting opportunity to be in front of lots of important people in the very near future, and we're looking to round out our team with someone who possesses the technical chops we lack.We have lots of pla... |
What's a Non-Programmer to do? | cturner: It's fabulous to have someone around who takes the noise away from projects so that I can focus on writing code, and since that's what I love to do I'll happily do it for 60 hours a week. I'm near the end of a three week holiday, and the two most relaxing days were the ones where I just sat down and hacked awa... |
What's a Non-Programmer to do? | jayemerican: Well, I am just starting with YC and I just came up with a product. None of us, are programmers. At first, I wasn't looking for funding meant for software. Our product doesn't have to be software. I started to count myself out of the YC. But then I realized that my product can be in the form of software.... |
Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? | bkrausz: yc.net seems to be registered by PG and pointing to the same server, though hackerne.ws is a godaddy domain hosted on godaddy servers, which seems a lot sketchier. |
Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? | profquail: You can do a DNS lookup on the domains:http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=dnsrec&host=ne...http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=dnsrec&host=ha...Compare it with the real HN domain (news.ycombinator.com):
http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=dnsrec&host=ne...I dunno about hackerne.ws, but the... |
Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? | staunch: Nothing nefarious going on: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=524470 |
Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? | joshu: It's still nefarious. Websites should not service any hostnames that aren't whitelisted. It's a good way to get linked to and traffic and so on. |
Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? | stse: Secondary domains should use 301 redirect. |
Three ways to make money from the web ? | mahmud: http://www.google.com/search?q=allinurl%3Acareers |
Independent Web Developer, Seeking to Establish Working Relationships | zepolen: Regarding 2. Hang out on the web dev channels on IRC, after a while you can tell who has the chops to handle the work you're looking for. |
Three ways to make money from the web ? | movix: 1. Invent the ultimate url shortner
2. Re-design how news is delivered and monetised
3. Write a commercial model for Twitter type servicesThese aren't intended to be flippant answers, these are how you'll make $$$.If you're really, really desperate, you could try something like: www.therichjerk.com (not an affil... |
Should I get a Master's in CS? | newsdog: Get it. The Bachelor's is too depreciated these days. |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | mahmud: (let* ((x 10)
(y x))
(+ x (incf x)))
vs
(let* ((x 10)
(y x))
(prog1
(+ x x)
(incf x)))
[INCF does it with side-effects, use 1+ or directly evaluate (+ 1 x) for the clean version]
Not everyone puts up with semantic ambiguity in operator precedence and evaluat... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | blackdog: I predicted 21 and got 22 with gcc on mac. This is why I hack Haskell :) |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | cperciva: My_Favourite_Compiler would compile "x + ++x" as a call to abort(3). I think "undefined behaviour" is a horrible idea. |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | yannis: My favourite compiler, would have a manual one page long. I should be able to read it and program 'hello world' in five minutes. It should come with about 40 primitives and leave the rest to me and its community!(It should also throw an error if you type y=x + ++x:) |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | nostrademons: Interpreter, really: >>> x = 10
>>> x + ++x
20
I suspect my other favorite compiler will say 'Type error: Could not match "Num a => a" against "Num a => [a] -> [a]"', but I don't want to wait for it to finish installing. |
Rate my startup - customizable, downloadable books for children. | Raphael: Make it a web app. Physical books are a thing of the past. |
Mashable getting worse? | louisadekoya: I kind of admire Mashable because one could argue that they have in fact done what every business hopes to do - start niche and then grow to serve a mainstream market/audience. There is however always a risk that in doing so you alienate the very audience you initially set-up to serve. But if as a busines... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | jules: Think about how this is compiled. In machine language there are no nested expressions, so the compiler will have to split the expression up. expression( ... ++x ... )
will probably be translated to x = x+1;
expression( ... x ... )
This is the simplest way to compile ++x: 1. put x=x+1 before the ex... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | viraptor: y is 22. But my favourite imaginary compiler doesn't allow you to compile the second statement unless 1. your IQ is above a certain threshold 2. you explained in a comment - why?... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | gaius: # let x = 10;;
val x : int = 10
# let y = x + ++x;;
Error: Syntax error
Hmm. Let's try that again: # let x = ref 10;;
val x : int ref = {contents = 10}
# let y = !x + incr x;;
Error: This expression has type unit but an expression was expected of type int
So nothing, I guess! |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | lsb: What are your numbers so far? |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | tom: Have you launched something yet? Paid service? Free? Freemium? Without launching and looking at real, initial numbers just assume you'll be like 99% of the startups out there and get none. That's what your potential jnvestors will do until they see some real numbers.Seriously, get something real, prove you're... |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | yannis: x=S+e^(t*0.05)where S = web sexiness factorand t = time (weeks) |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | zokier: i'd think in this way: y = operator+(x, operator++(x));
and therefore operator++(x) would be called before operator+() |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | chinmi: It's quite impossible to predict those numbers, as it depends on so many other factors outside of "it's a social web application!".For these kinds of things the only thing you can depend on before launch, for better or worse, is your own common sense.In an industry that tries to be successful by providing value... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | pmorici: I would expect 22. On a related a aside this reminds me of a time in school where I wrote a recursive function that I called using the post decrement operator as follows, some_func(x--) which was supposed to stop recursion when x reached zero. Of course, it never did and went until it filled the stack. One ... |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | nico: Whatever estimate you come up with, will be BS, and if investors know their way around, they'll know this. This is true not only for your user base, but your sales and revenue projections as well. Probably the most accurate number you can get are expenses, and even that won't be very good.But all of the above doe... |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | cia_plant: val x = unsafePerformIO $ readIORef x
inc x = unsafePerformIO $ modifyIORef x (1+) >> readIORef x
main = do
x <- newIORef (10::Int)
print $ val x + inc x
The result is 21.Edit: an explanation. GHC runs on graph reduction, and will do "normal order" reduction in the normal case. + i... |
Independent Web Developer, Seeking to Establish Working Relationships | mixmax: Regarding no. 4 the accepted thing to do is to put your e-mail (and homepage, blog, etc.) in your profile. That way people that want to contact you can do so. |
Haiku? | PebblesRox: Hacker News geyser:
Insight and inspiration
Bubble from the depths. |
Best plugin for Jquery edit-in-place | erlanger: This is the sort of thing I'd be wary of using jQuery for. An activity like this demands high performance and the cruft added by jQuery is noticeable in tools like these that I've tested. contentEditable (and its IE relatives) is pretty easy to get the hang of, why not just write one in straight JS? |
What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? | huhtenberg: The formal answer for C and C++ is "undefined", because the + operator is not a sequence point (meaning that the side-effect of ++ may or may not flushed). So my favourite compiler would issue a warning :) |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | MWarneford: I agree with the general sentiment that traction beats a prediction, however, I think its valuable to understand the relationship between the key metrics before you start.Thats not to say that your model will match reality, but its certainly valuable to understand the dynamics involved.I'm working on a seri... |
Best plugin for Jquery edit-in-place | callmeed: I used this one on a small project and it worked well:http://code.google.com/p/jquery-in-place-editor/ |
Best plugin for Jquery edit-in-place | wooby: Here's one my friend wrote, we're using it for in-place editing of html files stored on S3: http://github.com/micha/jquery-eip/tree/master |
Haiku? | movix: What has thisgot to do with hacking?I can't see any point in it. |
Haiku? | viggity: Haikus are easybut sometimes they don’t make senseRefrigerator |
Access to the Corpus - What Would You Do? | trevelyan: Better machine translation. |
How to estimate (best case) early user growth? | joez: As lots of people already said, your user growth projection is probably not going to be very exact. ARPU can be pretty close. Expenses can be really close.Depending on your product, you might be able to set up some initial targets and just run with those. I.e. if your marketing plan is to start at colleges (or on... |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | tonystubblebine: If you give a good talk, people will come up to you afterward. Get their business cards. A salesperson would call these people leads and follow up with them in order to ask the question directly, "Could your team perform at a higher level with some coaching of the sort I talked about in my talk?"Your c... |
Haiku? | vito: I thought this was apost for the Haiku OSbut am now saddened. |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | mahmud: Forget selling and focus on imparting good knowledge on your audience without babbling on for far too long.I only remember two types of conference speakers; the really good and the really bad. |
Haiku? | pbhj: Pointless post
What's my response
Flag it![I think I got it right, never done Haiku before] |
Haiku? | windsurfer: There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku. He
Said with a laugh, "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."
Found on the net. No idea who's it is! |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | robg: The best sales pitch is a great talk - interesting and informative. Use anecdotes to tell a story. Ask yourself: What's the one question you're answering for the audience so the next time they're thinking about similar stuff you, and your answer, come to mind. Then provide all relevant contact details. Be sure to... |
Haiku? | thunk: nascent RSI
100 emacs buffers
yet love at first hack |
Haiku? | kyro: This is Hacker News.Not a place for your haikus.GTFO NAO. |
Haiku? | gwern: Haikus need _kigo_ -
OP is not a haiku.
But neither is this.
Director's special edition alternate ending: This is; summer rain! |
Haiku? | dca: This is bullshit man.
I refuse to write haikus.
And you can't make me. |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | brandnewlow: This time around, focus on giving a great talk that gets you invited to speak again somewhere else.Then go buy and read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Eat-Alone-Secrets-Relationship/d...The author comes off as a complete tool, but every bit of advice he offers is pure gold and extremely practical. |
Haiku? | GrandMasterBirt: Son-of-a-gun thehaiku returned to my lifeI despise it still--I refuse to postmore haikus to this here threadI feel so dirty. |
Haiku? | div: Wikipedia!Just to find what it takeswriting a haiku |
Haiku? | jrockway: A new tradition
To replace "Erlang day", we
could do this instead |
Haiku? | Robin_Message: In the treesSour grapes glow —fireflies |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | sachinag: If your website isn't crystal clear about what you offer, when you offer it, what your prices are, and how to hire you, it doesn't matter how many leads you get. Your conversion will suck.If your site does all those things, your (first and) last slide just needs to have your URL and people will look at it (d... |
Haiku? | chriskelley: Tick tock tick tock hands,
you behave like molasses,
be more like Usain |
Haiku? | mark_h: One of my favourites: "Cherry blossoms fall"
Is a sneaky haiku trick
Cherry blossoms fall.
from jwz: http://bethesignal.org/misc/jwz-haiku.html |
Haiku? | chriskelley: Hacker finds success,
contentment not guaranteed.
Feature, not a bug. |
Haiku? | boredguy8: Twice five syllables
plus seven can't say much but
that's haiku for you
(-Hofstadter) |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | jamesbritt: Seems pretty well covered in the comments so far, and you know to bring business cards (ideally, cards with enough white to write notes and such).One additional thought: try not to have your time monopolized by people who either want to just impress you with their superior smarts, or pick your brains for fr... |
Haiku? | iuguy: For ramen profit
You don't need VC funding
Unless it's YC |
Haiku? | anigbrowl: Sunday afternoon;
often more interesting,
if less rigorous |
Haiku? | awt: the sun of dawn showsorange in the eastern skylike news dot yc |
Haiku? | tlrobinson: I am not quite sureHow to write proper haikus.Is this one valid? |
Haiku? | harkain: I 'm flabbergasted!I come here for Hacker News,and find poetry.---these are howeververy amusing to read.Gentlemen, proceed. |
Haiku? | anatoly: Before my mouseclick,
This post had forty-two comments.
...I'm sorry. |
Teaching others to code | nostrademons: JavaScript is often a fairly good replacement. You can try it in your browser anyway, and you can do fairly impressive stuff with fairly little effort. It's pretty trivial to put together an HTML page that grabs JQuery off the AJAX libraries API and has a text field and submit button that evals the code... |
Haiku? | shughes: Haiku in Java:
System.out.println(
"My little pony..."); |
Haiku? | sev: I have understoodA use case of hacker news:Learning poetry. |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | skmurphy: A lot of good suggestions already.I think you have to offer one or two very specific symptoms of the problem that you help teams with. Note that a symptom is a prospect's perception of the problem, a diagnosis is the practitioners description.After the talk exchange business cards with anyone who comes up. If... |
Haiku? | diiq: A thousand words dully glowin unsmiling cages ---the summer still yearnsfor haiku's pale fire |
How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? | kylecordes: I haven't been to the Agile conference series in the last few years, so this is based on several-year-old impressions:Most of the attendees are not be people "buying" agile; they are (like you) "selling" agile. A great many of them could be described their work as "teach/train/mentor/coach technology teams ... |
Teaching others to code | uninverted: http://utilitymill.com/utility/MetaUtility
Just about the same thing for Python. It would probably be trivial to write another one like _why's with Rails, though |
Teaching others to code | 3pt14159: Get a linode slice and tell them to download putty. I made the switch to linux after a LONG time of just programming on windows (VBA activated excel sheets, more complicated than it sounds) and that is how I did it. I now program in Ubuntu, but when you are first starting out typing "ruby helloworld.rb" in pu... |
Three ways to make money from the web ? | ScottWhigham: Too generic of a question for me to want to answer. |
Teaching others to code | petercooper: Okay, it's nowhere near as immediate or as cool as Try Ruby, but.. I answered the question by writing a book, Beginning Ruby - http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Ruby-Novice-Professional-Sec... (not an affiliate link). Ah well, I had to try!I sense, though, your question is looking for something more immediat... |
Could a Lisp be Blub? | icey: Any language could be "blub". You're talking about a power continuum. If something more flexible than lisp gets discovered, then lisp could ostensibly be less powerful than "New Language X" for the developer. |
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