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Purchase small site as launchpad? | Mz: In some sense, good forums become "communities". And communities aren't really for sale. You can buy the domain name and administrative rights, but you can't buy the community, if that makes sense. If you don't have a fairly good idea of how you will win over the members of the community, you may be just wasting ... |
Do you create music? Let's hear it! | marcamillion: I must say that I am impressed with the amount of constructive criticism and feedback here.Normally commenters on the interwebs tend to be flaming, annoying and very derogatory, but it seems that in this thread (not sure if it's HN specific) people actually listen to other people's music and give good fee... |
Need website screenshot generator | erlendm: btw, isn't there a yc founded company that does this ? |
Why is Prototype.js so inconsistent? | robin_reala: I know you don’t want to start a framework war (and I don’t either), but for my work in Rails the first thing I do when starting a new project is install jRails ( http://ennerchi.com/projects/jrails ). Makes my life a whole load easier. Rails 3 is apparently planning to be more agnostic when it comes to JS... |
Need website screenshot generator | nreece: Have a look at Websnapr: http://www.websnapr.com |
Need website screenshot generator | erlendm: Will give it a try, thanks! |
Should this utility be integrated in Hacker News threads? | elinformatico: ¿Que es la Navegación Privada? ¿En que consiste?
http://blog.elinformatico.eu/2009/09/que-es-la-navegacion-pr... |
Review my debate site (http://argumentclinic.net) | davidw: Your resume links are down:http://danielkrol.com/welcome/default/resumeI like the design, but given how people react to my tastes, that probably means it's not flashy enough, or too drab or something, for most people. |
Review my debate site (http://argumentclinic.net) | dpapathanasiou: Was this the inspiration for the site name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM ?It's the first thing I thought of when I saw your url. |
Review my debate site (http://argumentclinic.net) | alexkearns: Clickable link: http://argumentclinic.net |
Would you use (contribute to) a Yellow Page-like API? | alexkearns: It would be great if there was an API such as this. I was looking into doing a Google Maps mash-up a few years ago for UK schools, hospitals, shops etc. But decided against it because getting all the data would have been difficult and would probably have cost me a large sum of cash. So yes, I would certainl... |
Would you use (contribute to) a Yellow Page-like API? | dirtjockey: Our company has already built this interface on a query response method... www.targusinfo.com |
I want to learn Ruby | boggles: You can't go wrong by picking up a copy of "The Ruby Programming Language" and "Agile Web Development with Rails". Between those two books you should be a master in no time. |
I want to learn Ruby | bgnm2000: I was in your exact situation a couple of months ago. I recently built my first app, by the guidance from this post.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=679959 |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | replicatorblog: IIRC Kerpoof was acquired by Disney pre-funding (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kerpoof) |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | replicatorblog: Dell/Microsoft(http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsma...) |
I want to learn Ruby | evdawg: The Well-Grounded Rubyist is an introduction that will take you through to a Ruby pro in no time. http://www.manning.com/black2/The official Rails guides are rough but a good resource. http://guides.rubyonrails.org/I wouldn't bother with the official Rails book. |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | pclark: none get large without VC. |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | callmeed: I'm wondering if someone could use the CrunchBase API to do such a comparison–grouping companies by if they have any investments or not (assuming the data is accurate, of course). http://crunchbase.com/help/api |
I want to learn Ruby | apotheon: The "best way" depends on your current skills, really. Ordered by increasing levels of programming skill, I'd say you should start with one of the following:1. Learn to Program by Chris Pine2. Everyday Scripting with Ruby by Brian Marick3. Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide by David Thomas an... |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | callmeed: iStockPhotoAcquired for $50MM by Getty Images. Projected revenue of $200MM this year.No VC funding that I'm aware of. |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | borism: "I'm guessing the 8+ submissions of the 37 Signals/Twitter satire were killed due to fatigue."interesting. I guess VCs don't like it when they're not needed? |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | christonog: Though probably not a start-up anymore, I don't think Zoho has taken any VC money. |
I want to learn Ruby | ryanfitz: If you're already comfortable with another object oriented language then picking up ruby is pretty straight forward, but I'll tell you what worked the best for me. I started out reading some of the above mentioned books, but when it came to sitting down and programming I still felt a bit lost. So I simple sta... |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | pclark: SAS Institute is the worlds largest privately owned software company. $3Bn revenue last year.There are probably literally dozens with revenue in the tens of millions of dollars though. All the ones you listed are B2C, there'll be tons of very successful B2B service providers.Two local [to me, Cambridge UK] ones... |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | pclark: its probably backwards to look for exits in private companies. Usually the founders are 110% committed to building a long term company, and strive to ensure they own the majority of the company so they aren't told what to do. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | pclark: make a new account, leave a note in your profile saying who your other account was, sorted. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | dpcan: Keep the username, implement a "display name" option so nobody sees your actual username, just the name you'd like to display - but everything else stays nice and connected. |
Hosts you use for your projects? | ballen: Checkout http://www.arpnetworks.com for OpenBSD and FreeBSD VPS hosting. I'm a client and they've been quite good for me. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | rms: I'm pretty sure pg has changed people's usernames by request. Email him. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | dryicerx: You have gone past the point of no return, embrace babyshake, be proud of it. It has brought you to where you are today. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | bbuffone: I would attempt a "Fanboys" style trip to the datacenter that hosts ycombinator.com and change it yourself. I will go with you so I can add a search box. Along the way we can interrupt the diggnation and TWIT podcasts, and mock all the reddit readers.It will be pretty sweet. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | byoung2: Remember this experience the next time you have to choose a username. When I worked for Kaplan, I scheduled teachers and tutors, and I once had to tell a student that the person most directly responsible for her success on the LSAT could be reached at drmonkeystud@[schoolname].edu (changed to protect the inno... |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | anigbrowl: Yes, but you have to work out how. It is the final test of HN. |
How do you deal with customer support requests? | byoung2: Are you talking about keeping the emails sorted out, and remembering who answered what? For that I use Email Center Pro (http://www.emailcenterpro.com). If you have a catch-all email address like support@mycompany.com, you set it up to be checked by Email Center Pro, and you can assign incoming emails to spe... |
How do you deal with customer support requests? | chaosmachine: Don't offer email support to non-paying customers. Set up a forum for free users to help themselves. Jump in when you can, but don't spend all your time on it. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | marcusbooster: And now I'm stuck with this name because babyshake was already taken! |
Need website screenshot generator | bdmac97: Other options include ShrinkTheWeb (http://www.shrinktheweb.com) and PageGlimpse (http://www.pageglimpse.com) |
Twitter is to text as [insert-future-app] is to actions? | actionjackson: I am not sure it's a good idea. You have time to think and edit what you write on Twitter and FB(I hope!), but being tracked real time is more like a compromise of personal space. Also, I think Skype already have a feature to share screen. |
Review New Social Network - prospectvista.com | chikendinner: I thought the profiles looked pretty good. It does draw me in. What I see when I watch the video profile is I see the person and get to see what they're all about as opposed to having to wait to meet the person face to face before I can size them up. Just my .02. |
How do you deal with customer support requests? | frossie: Assuming you are actually keeping up with the support requests, and you're just wanting to avoid both people replying to the same email, any random division will do - for example, one answers emails that come in midnight to noon, and the other noon to midnight. Don't over-engineer this - since only one of you ... |
Re: 37 Signals - List of successfully bootstrapped tech startups? | tjogin: I don't remember 37signals claiming you'll hit the jackpot with their proposed model either. Their entire argument can be summed up as "forget the freaking jackpot!"Hoping to win the lottery is not a good way to make money. Instead, you should just build a profitable business that you can live very comfortably ... |
Offsite backup, BUT without local copy of the data (with catalog)? | dnewcome: I know this thread is old, but I ran across it in a search.
I use a tool called dar (http://dar.linux.free.fr/) that is along the lines of tar, but with extra features for dealing with multi-volume backup sets and diffs easily.It lets you extract a catalog from the backup set that you can use locally as a che... |
How do you deal with customer support requests? | ScottWhigham: Hire people? If it is growing rapidly yet you can't afford to hire someone to handle such a task, perhaps you need to revisit how to monetize it. |
Twitter is to text as [insert-future-app] is to actions? | DanielStraight: I might be able to "get over" the privacy and creepiness issue if I saw some benefit to the service, but I don't. I don't see any reason why I would want to share this information with others, or why I would care about anyone else's stream. Then again, I don't use Twitter or Facebook either. |
Have I earned the right to edit my HN username? | sireat: Is there something specific that you'd miss being able to do, when going from high karma account to newbie account? |
Review New Social Network - prospectvista.com | mimpossible: i find this interesting. this looks like a good site that could be useful. if i was called by someone trying to sell me something and they sent me their link to this website i could size them up. it would draw me in. further, if i was in the market for a lawyer or something and i went to this site i co... |
How best to vest/distribute equity? | pg: The standard is to vest everyone over 4 years, with a 1 year cliff.Omitting the cliff is a highly accurate predictor of problems. |
Have you ever done shrooms? What have been your experiences? | gms: You're better off doing it the old fashioned way: study and practice. |
Have you ever done shrooms? What have been your experiences? | mahmud: LSD. And the creativity is not at all logical, it's more of an emotional/emphatic "now I understand what life is all about" sort of a thing. I wrote nearly 50 pages of reflection on LSD and I couldn't read any of it when it wore off; it was somewhat legible but highly emotional writing. Rereading it several tim... |
Have you ever done shrooms? What have been your experiences? | parse_tree: I did them several times in high school. Most of the time I just ended up in a very giggly, stoned feeling state. A few times I got completely messed up (in a good way). No life changing ensights, but nonestop laughter (to the point where your abdominals hurt from laughing, but you still can't stop, and the... |
What do you do on weekend? | edw519: Code with less interruptions. |
What do you do on weekend? | timmaah: Make sure I spend some time outside away from the computer and technology in general... |
What do you do on weekend? | petercooper: Exactly the same as during the week. As I work for myself weekends are normal days like any other. I just take random days off with no regard for what name they have.My wife has always worked weird shifts (and is now off for a year on maternity leave) so it works family-wise.. and we don't have to wrestle ... |
What do you do on weekend? | Mongoose: Read and fiddle with code by day. Hang out and imbibe with friends by night. I've been doing a lot of tea tasting around Seattle lately too. |
What do you do on weekend? | leftnode: Is this only what I do programming wise, or for all programmers? Cause I:* mow the lawn* exercise* clean the house* watch some TV with my wifeAnd then programming-wise, I work on my side projects and work on building my own software company. |
What do you do on weekend? | wheels: What's a weekend? |
What do you do on weekend? | tptacek: Saturday is my sleep-in day, Sunday is Erin's. I'm on the hook for dinner Saturday night; I try to do something interesting. Sunday night I tend to watch TV.In between, I get some super-unproductive computer time in and hang out with the kids. Recently, it's been Mindstorms. Last weekend we picked apples. This... |
What do you do on weekend? | dkasper: The same things I do any other time. |
What do you do on weekend? | felideon: Get out of the house for my family's sake. (With them of course.) We also sleep or watch a movie in the afternoon if my son is tired and needs a nap.At night I try to be productive and hack, or I do some research/reading since my mind is not fatigued. |
What do you do on weekend? | raquo: Some times I even meet with friends on weekends. |
What do you do on weekend? | dnaquin: watch football. |
What do you do on weekend? | ax0n: If it's like the last two weekends, I'm going to be working. so far 18 days without a proper day off. |
What do you do on weekend? | rokhayakebe: Email bloggers, or reply. Email distribution partners, or reply. Make changes on the site. Then from 11PM until 2 AM I actually go out. |
What do you do on weekend? | dfranke: The same thing I do every weekend, Pinky... |
What do you do on weekend? | timwiseman: Play with the kids and try to get caught up on my homework for my Master's program. |
What do you do on weekend? | kd5bjo: - On call- Sleep- Spend time outside- http://sfgames.org/- http://www.berkeleygoclub.org/ |
What do you do on weekend? | alum: Sometimes I'm on the computer, sometimes not, but I always try and catch the Arsenal match (whether on TV or some online feed). |
What do you do on weekend? | mrshoe: http://dieselweb.org/http://shoptalkapp.com/Ah, the joys of bootstrapping a startup on the side... |
Have you ever done shrooms? What have been your experiences? | palish: Good luck talking about this on HN. When I tried to talk about acid, I got a bunch of wonderfully nasty remarks and demands to "get off HN", which I did for awhile. Oh, and my submitted post was killed. |
What do you do on weekend? | apalmblad: Get the hell away from a computer. Heh, that sounds negative. I love by job but I find it easiest to keep balanced by getting away as much as I can for the weekends. For me, that's hiking, climbing, and back-country skiing. I pay for managed hosting for a reason.Or work on code of a more interesting varie... |
What do you do on weekend? | icey: Anymore I write more software on Saturday & Sunday than I do M-F. So which one is my weekend? |
What do you do on weekend? | staunch: Some combination of:Programming, Reading, Drinking, Poker, PC Gaming (Urban Terror, StarCraft, UT3, Quake), Magic: The Gathering, Catching up on entire seasons of good shows, Movie theater, Shopping (food), Walking (w/dogs)Big fan of being home on the weekend. I like my home. |
What do you do on weekend? | movix: Surf, learn and practice bushcraft techniques, daydream about owning a campervan for kids/bikes/surboards, take photographs of clouds, go fishing but never catch anything. |
What do you do on weekend? | allanj37: I brew and/or drink beer! Camping, computer games, ultimate frisbee as well. |
What do you do on weekend? | DarrenMills: I would be glad to share, but I cannot remember. |
What do you do on weekend? | leviathant: Go to a concert
Go kayaking
Work on the house
Dishes, laundry, groceries, lawnmowing
Drive to another city (east coast megalopolis FTW)
Stay in and chill with me wifey
Work on music stuff |
What do you do on weekend? | warp: I spend two weekends per month just at home, mostly coding +reading/playing video games. The other two weekend usually involve concerts/festivals or just visiting friends.I need that balance, too much activity on weekends means my head won't calm down when i need it to... and too long without seeing normal peopl... |
What do you do on weekend? | davidw: I play my favorite video game: emacs.Joking aside, I make sure to do a bike ride on Sunday, and lately, I spend lots of time with my daughter. |
What do you do on weekend? | msluyter: Boardgames. |
What do you do on weekend? | mangoleaf: 1) Continue playing taxi by driving son to engagements.
2) Downtime from taxi work: movies, hang out at beach, etc.
3) Step back from implementation and think big picture. Meditate on what I have been working on. Veg-out. Let the mind wander. It has often wandered interestingly. |
What do you do on weekend? | sgoraya: If we are not headed out of town:- Clean up around the house / garage / yard-work- Wash the truck if needed- Watch a movie or sports (I like to set aside time for at least one football game if possible)- Read lazily into the afternoons- Videogames if time allows - my ps3 is collecting dust and a couple of unop... |
Have you ever done shrooms? What have been your experiences? | swift: I'm not sure that I think shrooms or LSD are good for programming per se, but they're very good for the larger goal of solving problems. They let you look at things with no preconceptions, like a child. You are able to playfully consider different perspectives and approaches in a way that can give you some great... |
What do you do on weekend? | PieSquared: Practice capoeira, spin poi and contact staff, contact juggle, read, program my own projects, play Dungeons and Dragons and see moview with friends. In general, live. |
What do you do on weekend? | tgittos: A random grab bag of spend time with my partner and friends, watch movies, read, code personal projects, blog and goof off online.Some weeks I'm really energetic about progressing in my personal projects (or getting side tracked and coming up with new ones), lately though I've been avoiding computers.Tonight I... |
What do you do on weekend? | PStamatiou: typically dinner and drinks with a couple of friends friday night. catch up on sleep, wake up 10-11am saturday, clean up the apartment (more productive when it's clean!), take the puppy for a super-long walk, work on my blog (it pays more than my startup does, so gotta show it some love), keep working on th... |
What do you do on weekend? | logic: Wrenching and racing. Occasionally programming, as it relates to wrenching and racing. |
What do you do on weekend? | tokenadult: Watch children's soccer games after teaching my supplemental math lessons, at this time of year. |
What do you do on weekend? | b-man: Meet with friends, some scheme coding, little running, sometimes surfing, beer, stoned gaming, judo/jiujitsu.
Oh, andif has-girlfriend girlfriend pleasing
else girl hunting
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What do you do on weekend? | steveplace: I talk about the stock market for 2 hours live on stocktwits.tv |
What do you do on weekend? | The_Lost_Hacker: Whatever I want! Yeah! WOOOOO! Friday bitches! |
What do you do on weekend? | herdrick: Headed to the beach this weekend, I think. Will snorkle. |
What do you do on weekend? | JangoSteve: I used to work straight through, nothing like 2 entire uninterrupted days of pure productivity. Then I got a girlfriend. Now I spend those 2 days being productive in other parts of my life. |
What do you do on weekend? | ApolloRising: Dog Parks and Hiking |
What do you do on weekend? | wmblaettler: Act as stay-at-home Dad since my wife works as an RN for 28-32 hours over the weekend and is off during the week, where I work 40 hours + parttime freelance/hacking. Clean, cook (I enjoy cooking immensely), fix stuff around the house, spend time with the kids. |
Monthly vs Annual - Subscriptions. | byoung2: Why not both? Something like $10/month or $100/year. |
Monthly vs Annual - Subscriptions. | brk: Most credit card companies won't let you charge in advance for an annual service when you have no track record.You're pretty much stuck with monthly, or charging yearly in arrears at this stage. |
What do you do on weekend? | jhancock: Saturday I spend with my son. Sunday, a bit of rest. If I'm feeling fidgety, I spend a little time online but am trying to find better outlets. |
What do you do on weekend? | iuguy: Admin saturday. I do all the business stuff that gets in the way during the week and (if time permits) write some proposals or produce some deliverables without interruption.Sunday I try to keep as my day, which I spend with the one I love. |
good strategy to parse all that information | petercooper: First, deem things that have been in your reading list for a certain time to be unimportant and get rid of them. That's because they are unimportant if you can't even be bothered to read them.Second, stop procrastinating and actually set some time aside to read several of your items (or in the case of book... |
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