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How does one log in to Facebook with OpenID | senthil_rajasek: Make sure you have an open id from one of the providershttp://openid.net/get-an-openid/Link the provider with your facebook account in the settings page.Any time you are authenticated with your open id provider you will be able to login to facebook. Yahoo is currently an exception. |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | jodrellblank: after all you are sending people there you must have some proof that it works.that doesn't follow. The feature request thread os the communally accepted place for feature requests, whether it works or not is a separate thing.Also, your implication that it needs restarting if it doesn't work doesn't make s... |
Why can't I delete my own posts? | edw519: Easy solution: don't care so much. There's so much velocity now that your posts will soon be buried unlikely ever to be seen again.hn is a fun and uplifting place to come on break. The moment anything about it turns negative for you, log off, go code something, and come back tomorrow. We start over every day... |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | adrianwaj: I'm happy to not get down-modded below 10 points anymore if I say something critical about the US president. |
Anyone around Chantily, Virginia/Wash DC area? | ganley: Yeah, the various nerd meetups around here never seem to get much traction. Not sure why that is. Maybe too many of us family guys. |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | 10ren: It's a little ironic that HN is not particularly responsive to feature requests from the community... in contrast to how YC recommends startups be run.There's that idea that appropriate profit motives are an important way to make things happen. Therefore, one way to make HN more responsive to requests would be ... |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | jrockway: news.arc is open-source, right? So if you want a feature, just add it. |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | raquo: Hackers want features -> they are ignored -> they learn arc and submit patches themselves -> ... -> arc becomes the dominant programming language. Definitely an arc conspiracy.Seriously, it's just a small non-commercial niche news site with basic functionality. People running it have more interesting stuff to sp... |
Why can't I delete my own posts? | biohacker42: Hey I think I'm one of the people who flagged the rope story after the reading the post warning it's blog spam. And I still think it was blog spam despite the fact that it's pictures were bigger.The original source with smaller pics provides more relevant information. I think I flagged correctly.And I don... |
CraigsList alternative idea? | aponit: If you are looking to hire, or looking for a job, best alternative is www.joborworker.com. No crap free postings like on craigslist and others, direct companies, direct hires, and price for them not hundreds of $, just $25 for 30 days. So it is best place for small business! |
What are your favorite techniques for driving viral growth of a website? | byoung2: Similar to the Facebook example, I've seen people use YouTube to drive viral traffic. It helps if your video is related to a popular news story or meme. Put a link in the description and overlay it on the video. One tip is to leave 30 seconds of just the url at the end of the video so the related clips don'... |
Feelings of regret over career path? | gintas: Got a Bachelor's in Computer Science and a Master's in Philosophy here.If you're seriously into philosophy, do have in mind that casual evening readings will probably not match a year or two of intense study. On the one hand, I think one has to live for a while in academia to get a decent understanding of phil... |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | tvon: So far as I can tell, HN wasn't built to be a home for a community as much as it was built as an experiment in Arc. |
What was the last time a requested feature was implemented ? | pg: One of the main points of the feature request page is to separate feature requests from submmissions. You want to do this because most are either duplicates or bad ideas, and yet (like all meta discussion, including this post) tend to get a lot of upvotes. The feature request page serves that purpose even if no o... |
Review my email collaboration app - MooGroups | bdmac97: It seems really silly that you have to CC the recipients and tell them to ignore the message and instead look for a different message from some other address... I think that's gonna be a problem. You should try to figure out another way to handle that. |
Anyone studied Spanish abroad? | fjabre: Pimsleur method is the best I've used and I've used a lot of them. Complete all 3 levels and you'll be nearly fluent.http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/ |
What's your income worth to you? | brk: If it's a unique opportunity, you should take it.Something else I'll throw in... I've been known to successfully renegotiate my salary several times. Sometimes as frequently as two weeks after joining a new company. It can be very difficult for a company to properly value and compensate for technical talent, esp... |
What's your income worth to you? | yannis: Accept with an if. If you willing to up the offer to ..., we got a deal. Propose something reasonable. Also examine the reasons why your salary has been decreasing between jobs. Is it the market? |
What's your income worth to you? | callmeed: Well, if the cost of living at the new location is less than where you are now, that offsets the pay loss some.I guess my advice would also depend on if you're married, have kids, and what your lifestyle is like. If you're used to living at your previous means, then taking a 40% pay cut would require a bit of... |
What's your income worth to you? | noodle: try and renegotiate them higher. especially if they want you to move and you have a family, they should understand. i'm not saying to renegotiate necessarily to market, but try and drag them up to what you think is fair, to that balance point where you're not worried about the implications of taking the job. |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | brk: Craigslist is a good indicator of the world at large in regards to fraud and such.You could make it "better", but you would find the overhead required to make it better would also require a lot more resources to operate properly.So, you'd have to charge for more things, which would likely lead to decreased usage a... |
Rate my Friday fun app - "Let Me Search Twitter For You" [lmstfy.com] | pt: http://www.lmstfy.com |
Rate my Friday fun app - "Let Me Search Twitter For You" [lmstfy.com] | adrinavarro: where's the point of learning python with this?well... :-) |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | byoung2: I think craigslist would offer a better experience if it had user ratings, but that would definitely cut down usage, because anonymity is a big draw. |
What's your income worth to you? | davidw: Where's the extra money? You say they're good, so they must get good rates from their clients. But if they're paying less than market, why is that? Where's the extra money going? Are they not charging enough? Do they have a founder that's raking it in? Are they just dedicating a lot of time to stuff that ... |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | DanielStraight: Improve to what? Craigslist is ranked 29th in the world. I think the real problem is that we don't know what "improve" really means. Apparently, Craigslist has already improved to be better than all but 28 other websites in the world (and a substantial portion of those are just various Google sites). Wh... |
No reply link as you get further into comments causes silly editing. | mbrubeck: The reply link does appear eventually; there's just a delay that gets longer as the nesting gets deeper.It's supposed to slow down rapid back-and-forth threads that are usually between just two or a few people, often are arguments, and occasionally "take over" posts by generating dozens of comments. |
No reply link as you get further into comments causes silly editing. | byoung2: Is there a description somewhere of the problem this solves and why it's needed?http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html |
No reply link as you get further into comments causes silly editing. | pg: How often have you seen this? I find it's extremely rare. |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | kirpekar: Craigslist is the epitome of simplicity. Any change would complicate it and reduce it's usefulness.I think the guys at CL understand that. |
Rate my Friday fun app - "Let Me Search Twitter For You" [lmstfy.com] | levtodd: http://www.lmstfy.com/?q=doody |
What's your income worth to you? | ksvs: "And yet it seems clear that deep down inside, I would love to try it."You've already decided what you want. So the only real question is whether you can afford it. That should be fairly straightforward to figure out.It's not necessarily a bad sign that it pays less. Jobs that suck have to pay more, and vice v... |
Why is Prototype.js so inconsistent? | kqr2: You should prefix your question with an "Ask HN: <question>" to differentiate it from a linked article. |
What do you use for Dental Insurance? | SwellJoe: My bank account. Dental care simply isn't expensive enough for me to consider it something I would insure for. Insurance, to me, is for catastrophic events (and medical care, because the US health care system is so screwed up that even day-to-day care is vastly overpriced). Dental care can never cost more ... |
Why is Prototype.js so inconsistent? | kangax: It looks like you're using some older version of Prototype. `getStyle` should return computed style of an element (there are bugs but they are more like edge cases). If something doesn't work, file a bug (with a reproducible test case, of course) and we'll look into it :) `Element.fade` is starting with lowerca... |
promoting and positioning very early stage web apps? | vyrotek: I've been thinking about this as well for my application.One idea that came to mind was creating a 'splash' page with summaries and stuff along with a button/link asking the user if they wanted a 'sneak peek' at what we are currently working on.This way users know they are looking at something that is being wo... |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | fossuser: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_...A decent article discussing why Craigslist won't change. |
promoting and positioning very early stage web apps? | Travis: We've had very good luck with making our system an invite only beta. The main site is setup to very clearly explain our product, and it has a form to fill out requesting an invite to the beta.Then we go through the requests and slowly grant access to the early stage product. We can both filter users (to make ... |
Good applied calculus / differential equations book? | sandGorgon: Read first : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733369then http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=772012 |
Is it time for Craigslist to improve? | pg: It's time for Airbnb, Listia, and RentHop! (And one other, as yet unannounced.) |
what books do you recommend from Google's public domain books? | Nogwater: Alice's adventures in wonderland
By Lewis Carroll |
What's your income worth to you? | louislouis: Give it a shot. You say you're inbetween jobs rights now so you've got nothing to lose. If it doesn't work out you can always leave and find something else. By the sounds of it, the company would be great to work for and you'd be happy there. You can't put a price on happyness and if love doing what u do, i... |
promoting and positioning very early stage web apps? | kickstand: The "private beta" approach seems like a great idea for sites that require or encourage a form of registration. I'm glad it's working out for you Travis. My problem is that my app is more casual than that--registration is maybe a phase 2 or 3 feature for me, the site is more of an information resource and I... |
what books do you recommend from Google's public domain books? | ScottWhigham: Is Melville's Typee or Omoo on the list? I've just finished reading both and they are so fun. |
What do you use for Dental Insurance? | ScottWhigham: My dad told me about "Careington" the other day and says that it saves him money: http://www1.careington.com/index.aspx |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | tokenadult: Sleep longer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01... |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | russell: Wash your hands after every contact. Vitamin C and Zinc, If you have young children, you are just out of luck. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | dryicerx: 34.9%Not really, questions like this can never be answered directly; it depends on number of co-founders, what each person is/has contributed work and capital wise, what is the definition of senior engineer, what the investors want, ... so many factors. |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | byoung2: I'm not sure this counts as a hack, but try eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, and getting plenty of sleep. Bonus points for avoiding tobacco and enjoying alcohol only in moderation. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | dpcan: If you actually have to ask this question ... stay corporate. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | adw: There's some data on VentureHacks, but really it depends. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | brk: Generally speaking, you should get a stock allocation equivalent to the value you will add to the team. If you are adding a 5% net increase in the value, you should get a 5% stock option allocation.Most likely you will be looking at numbers in the range of .25%-1%, give or take a bit. This will also depend on th... |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | hachiya: Besides diet and sleep, a specific possible factor may be a low or deficient level of Vitamin D. If you suspect yours may be low, e.g. from not enough sun, consider getting your 25-hydroxy levels of Vit D checked. Supplementing with around 2000-5000 IU of Vit D a day could boost your immune system significan... |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | mpk: Not a lot.The founders get it all and later parcel out pieces to others, with investors taking the huge chunks.I'd say you're looking at some figure between 0.2% and 4.0% depending on when you sign.There's also a big difference in having shares or options. Then there's the dilution factor to take into account when... |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | icey: How is your general health level? Are you physically fit? Do you take allergy medicines (or anything else that might cause your sinuses to not react normally)?Are you a smoker? Overweight? A consumer of a poor diet, poor sleeping habits, high-stress, any other poor health practices?I'd look at your health first, ... |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | FleursDuMal: I used to have a very weak immune system, it turned out I was gluten intolerant which was making me exhausted and susceptible to colds/flus. Taking vitamin D and avoiding all grains worked for me. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | jaspertheghost: It's hard to tell. For salary info go to: glassdoor.com |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | siong1987: http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.htmlYou can read the article as a reference. But, the real answer is:It depends. |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | tptacek: As much as that senior engineer is able to acquire through skillful negotiation, probably not exceeding 1-2% in a company on the VC track. |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | arthole: I've had the exact same problem for years and after much fiddling around I too recommend vitamin D3. it's the same as produced by the body from sunlight. eat more fruits and vegetables. maybe take a multivitamin and fish oil daily. exercise regularly. and get enough sleep FOR YOU. some people need more t... |
How much does a senior engineer get at startup | rubayeet: As a senior developer in a start up, I'll have to say good enough. But then again it depends on the founders' attitude a lot. |
What's the coolest computer simulation you can think of? | pizza: All of these use Markov Chains:
A weather simulator, that guesses tomorrow's weather by looking at today's state and retrieving the probability of case x tomorrow. Run it a few times, see what the weather patterns look like.A chat between two bots, that use nlp and maybe an algorithm to check if they make sense.... |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | wavegeekman: I had this problem and solved it with1. Sufficient good quality protein in my diet.
2. Avoiding excessive stress (too much exercise and not enough sleep in my case). Switched to enough sleep so I am awake when the alarm goes off and enough exercise that it makes me feel good not tired.
3. Take a good qual... |
Where have all the coders gone? | mahmud: I think you should post a job offer. Nice sentiments are appreciated, of course, but people actually might want to know about you first and what you want done. Otherwise your post has plenty of warm feelings and zero information, as it is. |
Where have all the coders gone? | alanthonyc: All the good ones are probably working on their own ideas. |
Where have all the coders gone? | dryicerx: Aah, the elusive rockstar coder.I would suggest you rewording when looking for a coder as in your case: explain briefly what is expected of them, what they would be doing, the technologies/languages in use. If those are too specific or have not decided yet, then you're looking for a technical co-founder inste... |
Where have all the coders gone? | ajborley: We're hiding from you! Check behind the couch |
Where have all the coders gone? | tomjen2: Long time passing.
Girls picked them every one.
But seriously, these kinds of coders are very difficult to get your hands on, you might want to go read some of Joel Spolsky's writtings on how to interview programmers.The basic problem, as you have found, is that the greatest programmers aren't looking for... |
Where have all the coders gone? | adrianwaj: linkedin or meetup.com is a good place to start. Otherwise try a local software house, but they may not help much with requirements or take equity - and you'll pay high prices, but at least you can meet physically and get the ball rolling. |
What do you think of my new site? | psyklic: It required me to enter a name and email so I didn't bother voting. |
Where have all the coders gone? | petercooper: There are loads. They want lots of money, no management bullshit, and respect - otherwise they'll just go do their own thing. |
What do you think of my new site? | sbt: I don't consider myself experienced enough to give anybody advice on startups, but it seems to me that programmers should pick up non-CS skill-sets. That way, two things may happen.
- Your startup won't be a clone of about 500 other startups.
- You will be solving real-world problems for sectors who don't receive ... |
What do you think of my new site? | jtnak: It looked pretty terrible to me. Um, congratulations on making a polling web site I guess?? |
What do you think of my new site? | PostOnce: What does the world think? Survey your friends, colleagues, customers and millions of Twitter users!Sounds like a sales pitch, not a slogan. It's also too long. Just a thought.Simply 'What does the world think?' might be better. |
Where have all the coders gone? | Maro: I hate this "rockstar coder" thing. Whenever I see a job offer where they're looking for a "rockstar coder" I'm automatically repulsed, I always think the company is run by 2x year old fanboys who believe everything they read.Who describes themselves as a "rockstar coder"? If you're young and realistic about it, ... |
What do you think of my new site? | RK: We're sorry, but something went wrong.We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly. |
Where have all the coders gone? | boskone: Does anyone have any idea on how "hard" it is to create software? The toll on a person who is "tearing it up", without break, for a year. Oh, and not for their direct benefit?You are seeking a person in the upper percentile of intelligence, fluent in a specialized skill set and asking them to pull off some s... |
What do you think of my new site? | jeroen: I filled in 'test' for name and got the message: "Name already used with a different email address!" and the results were shown.Did I vote, or do I have to change the name and try again? What if it was my real name that is already used? |
What do you think of my new site? | theycallmemorty: Does anyone else remember a company called PollGround from one of the first YC rounds? |
What do you think of my new site? | btn: It's a survey site... it seems to imply that I have to pay people to take my surveys/will get paid to take surveys... but the site gives absolutely no details on how this is supposed to work, or why I might want to do it (the FAQ answers what, not how or why).The word Twitter also appears a lot, and I can't tell w... |
What do you think of my new site? | learnalist: Cant help feel the name was created by a programmer. Outside of the computer world. Are there examples using "foo"?The UI looks a little bit copied from elsewhere on the net.I like the idea of being able to create a quick poll and let it loose. Not sure if there is away to let it loose on the twitterspehre.... |
What do you think of my new site? | shiranaihito: Joe Average might not be able to appreciate the "foo". |
Where have all the coders gone? | adinobro: I don't know about other programmers but I got out of the game. I still program for myself but I got sick of people asking me for miracles. I was to make them happen but it drained me every time and was consuming my life. The other programmers had a more balanced view (corporate programmers) and didn't think ... |
Where have all the coders gone? | hvs: Hmm, "just starting out," "loves tearing it up," and "results oriented." So you want someone young that you can work to death and not pay very much? What exactly are you offering that would make such a person want to work for you? Whatever Seth Godin is telling you, we developers are people that are motivated b... |
Where have all the coders gone? | known: I am sorry to say this. Coding is no longer treated as adding value to the company. |
I seem to get colds/flus more often than most people. Suggestions? | pasbesoin: Agree with other comments. With regard to zinc, Cold Eeze lozenges or similar. The important points:There are two zinc compounds involved; some lozenges only have one.Researchers think that the efficacy of the zinc is largely topical. So, having a lozenge that dissolves slowly -- Cold Eeze are formulated ... |
What do you think of my new site? | Frazzydee: I selected the option "boring" yet the results still show 0 votes. |
What do you think of my new site? | zackattack: Love your banner/logo |
Where have all the coders gone? | herval: if you're looking for someone who's "starting out" and is "the dream coder" at the same time, you're most likely looking in the wrong places indeed... |
Why haven't universities moved to textbook subscriptions | kyro: I don't know of any service that does that, but I've been toying around with a similar idea for some time - a service that helps students rent textbooks from others, make deposits, track who's renting my books, etc. Students would then compete on their rental fees. I figured it'd be a good way for students to mak... |
Where have all the coders gone? | GotToStartup: See, there is a fundamental problem with this. You, as a non coder, will NEVER be able to tell who is and who isn't a "rock star". And odds are, your dream coder will probably not want to work with you. Unless of course you're working on something really cool with a bunch of other really smart coders. |
Why haven't universities moved to textbook subscriptions | karanbhangui: At the University of Waterloo, a lot of people this year seem to be using http://moarbooks.ca/ |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | dkersten: I mess about with Reason 4 and a MIDI keyboard, but I'm pretty bad at it and have nothing worth sharing ;-)My little brother is pretty good at it though and has just started studying sound engineering. |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | trafficlight: I use FL Studio myself. http://thesixtyone.com/abledangerI've also recorded some vocals using Adobe Audition and the USB Rock Band microphone. Not too shabby. |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | gdp: Neat thread, I'm keen to see what comes out of it.I've since moved away, but I was in a band called Dynamo Go back in New Zealand. We released an album for free in April this year:http://www.dynamo-go.com/Drums were tracked in a pro studio using protools, then the rest of the album was recorded using Ardour and U... |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | mattdennewitz: http://myspace.com/motiontwo of us, both in chicago. npr says we "reinvent phil spectors wall of sound as a 50 foot tall electric fence." software-wise, we use ableton live for loop control.will be headlining our label showacse @ midpoint music fest (cincinnati, oh) on sept. 27, then pop montreal (montre... |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | eswat: I mostly just mess around with Korg DS-10 for the Nintendo DS. I'm very much an amateur so it takes me a long time to create anything listenable with it... |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | pie: I've been a musician for about 12 years. Lost focus recently; too busy concentrating on programming projects, and much of the work is remarkably similar.Mostly I've used Cubase for sequencing and audio (although I've used Pro Tools, Sonar, and Logic too). Kontakt and the now-defunct Gigasampler for sampling. I mos... |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | dryicerx: /dev/hda > /dev/audio |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | tjr: Here's a couple... first one I composed, and played with numerous others (I'm on electric piano here):http://www.atmospherecontrolmusic.com/free/bsol_a-merry-hear...This one was improvised with another keyboard player:http://www.atmospherecontrolmusic.com/free/flow_part-one.mp3I mostly use Tracktion for recording... |
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