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http://apps.ycombinator.com/ | nickb: Because HN cookie's root url is news.ycombinator.com and not .ycombinator.com. |
ASK HN: mobile phone start-ups | known: http://www.mobilesitegalore.com |
why do you upmod? | Hates_: Personally I just upmod articles I want to reference in the future (they get stored in your saved section). |
why do you upmod? | noodle: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=222799 |
Interested in news? Network bureau chief just described a service he wants... | rodrigo: Im interested, losdosplebitos -at- gmail , thanks. |
static files(on server) analytics? | noodle: awstats will, i think, fit your needs. |
One ajax call or two simultaneous calls? Which is faster? | noodle: my rule of thumb, that i would apply to this situation, is keep it simple. if you want to optimize, test both options in your own app. i don't think that one can generalize this situation to say for sure which option is faster or better without also having the context of your application in mind. |
static files(on server) analytics? | utnick: cat access.log | grep staticfilename | wc -l |
How are monopolies lost? | noodle: stagnation and complacency. |
One ajax call or two simultaneous calls? Which is faster? | pedalpete: I was considering a similar issue not long ago and decided on one call for the following reasons
1) user percieved speed - I can't control the users bandwidth, or memory, and two ajax calls means two pages being retrieved by the users browser, and then two different functions to place those pages into the us... |
One ajax call or two simultaneous calls? Which is faster? | boucher: I guess I don't really understand the question. You're loading text based content, and an image, and you want to know whether or not to get everything in one XMLHTTPRequest, or to load two separate XMLHTTPRequests?Why do you need a request at all for the image? If you've got the information you need and predic... |
How are monopolies lost? | 13ren: By a new technology that changes the nature of the value proposition, for customers.Warren Buffett seeks monopolies (like Coke). He avoids high technology because of the uncertainty of technology revolutions (they can still happen but less often; and even less likely to alter the nature of the value proposition ... |
How are monopolies lost? | rrf: Stronger substitutes would appear to be a significant factor. For example, the erosion of IE’s dominance following the introduction of Firefox and others (although the barrier of IE being pre-loaded onto the majority of personal computers means this dominance will continue for some time). In this case not necessar... |
How are monopolies lost? | mattmaroon: Windows was/is a great product in many senses. Great is not a word with a single application to an OS.Windows was great in that it allowed multiple hardware vendors to compete on hardware without having to also design their own OS. It was great in that it allowed multiple corporations to market the same pla... |
How are monopolies lost? | wlievens: By bad dice luck usually, or by aunt Jane placing a hotel on Park Lane. |
How are monopolies lost? | mattmaroon: How many monopolies were lost without government intervention? I wouldn't call Apple's OS a monopoly, and even if it were, it wasn't for 10 years since Windows overtook it in 1990.I'm trying to think of genuine monopolies that faded away without intervention and am coming up blank. |
Ask HN:Infrastructure for a software project | davidw: Version control, of course. |
Ask HN:Infrastructure for a software project | jwilliams: If you're in this stage of setting up, there are a lot of (free) virtual machines (virtual appliances) that will do a lot of what you need.You can spin up a VM that's got linux and already installs of things like SVN, Trac, etc, etc. Run them on something like VMWare Server (free) and you're all set in mins/... |
static files(on server) analytics? | thomasswift: thanks guys |
Ask HN:Infrastructure for a software project | haasted: A common image for the developer machines.You'll easily lose a week per developer (especially ones that may join the project later) if each one is himself responsible for setting up development environment, support tools, off-line documentation etc. |
Ask HN:Infrastructure for a software project | prakash: You might want to read Cal Henderson's book Building Scalable Web Sites: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596102356/ |
How are monopolies lost? | TweedHeads: Monopolies create power and with power comes corruptionand debacle... |
How are monopolies lost? | known: 1. Production
2. Distribution
3. ConsumptionI think monopoly arises when (2) is vendor locked. |
Ask HN:Infrastructure for a software project | known: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alexandria-dev/ |
advise on starting up a web-development company | mechanical_fish: You don't need to buy server hardware: Use something like Slicehost. You don't need to run an ad campaign.The way to get a customer interested in a long-term relationship is to do a tiny short-term project for them, and do it well. Web sites are like engines for generating work. They will have more wor... |
How do you meet a hacker to start a startup with if you are not in college? | dansegzy: i wish to meet an hacker to help me with what i need to do |
How do you meet a hacker to start a startup with if you are not in college? | dansegzy: i wish to meet an hacker to help me with what i need to do like getting any bank login in united state |
Any users of SimpleCDN? | spaceclaim: They do look pretty good, but I don't think they are a real company. It looks like they are a one or two person company running out of Mail Boxes Etc. Read this story for more info.
http://www.jacobrosenberg.net/2008/08/09/simplecdn-revolutio... |
What has been your biggest risk? | justin: Strapped camera to head.. turned into company |
What has been your biggest risk? | ordinaryman: Biggest risk : Not taking a risk, until now.Going to start on my own from Oct 01, 2008. The current economic scenario makes that option seem more adventurous/challenging, making it my next biggest risk. |
What has been your biggest risk? | fallentimes: Not quitting my finance job.Actually it was using 90k in credit card debt to finance my first business. It paid off. |
What has been your biggest risk? | phil_KartMe: customer risk. assuming people know what they want.specifically, do the potential customers who i interview really know how they want their information management problems solvedpayoff: tbd |
What has been your biggest risk? | dsifry: The Team. The more time that I spend building companies (Securemote, Linuxcare, Sputnik, Technorati, and now Offbeat Guides), the more I realize that the single biggest risk is in picking a great team. Get a great team that works together, and you can resolve almost every other problem - competition, product, m... |
What has been your biggest risk? | vlad: Working at a corporation for a year. I guess it was worth it to know what it is like, but a terrible long term financial, educational, and health risk--not because of the company, but the domestication of relying on someone else over many years. Also, the opportunities I missed out on while working. |
What has been your biggest risk? | teuobk: Leaving a decent job where I worked with good people and was paid well. I left to go to grad school full time.I have yet to complete my studies, but my feeling is that it has been worth the cost. |
What has been your biggest risk? | petervandijck: Went to live in South America just because I was tired of Belgium, no job, no money. Turned out fantastic. |
What has been your biggest risk? | known: I wanted to study Medicine.
I ended up working for Wall Street. |
What has been your biggest risk? | amirnathoo: Getting married. |
What has been your biggest risk? | alexk: quit my job, no funding, just own savings,
each day of my personal freedom and a hard work is the best revenue I can get from this risk! |
What has been your biggest risk? | truebosko: Nothing huge yet, but a risk I may be taking in a year or so is moving out of the province/country.My goal is to move to Seattle with my girlfriend but obtaining a working visa trying to work at a small company/startup seems tough and basically start something new before moving back to Canada to start the ne... |
How does News.YC work? | eries: it looks to me like your submission starts at one point, and anyone can give you +1. I think front page is determined by points-per-time-since-submission calculation. So if you can get a very early +1, you can generally make the front page right away. On a busy day, it's pretty hard, because your post doesn't st... |
What has been your biggest risk? | gstar: Got married.Sold everything, moved from Australia to London.Took up contractingWife worked on our startup while we bootstrapped instead of earning a salary.In retrospect, it really doesnt feel like a risk at all, but I have significantly less hair. |
Virus scan service? | SwellJoe: I'm curious why you'd want something like this?ClamAV is among the top five virus scanners for accuracy, and it's free and open source. |
Virus scan service? | ivank: http://virusscan.jotti.org/ |
Virus scan service? | slackerIII: http://www.virustotal.com/ |
Secret military technology as groundbreaking as the tank and airplane were | anonymous17: (3) 'Active' optical camo for stryker vehicles which gives them near invisibility — SF and scout platoons can creep up to an enemy location and then just sit, waiting for maximum kill opportunity. |
Yahoo spam filter, is it possible to get through? | takhf: hack tocdomu hn |
How to store user/pass securely in the browser? | simonw: If you can convince the third party site to adopt OAuth, do that.Otherwise, one technique you could use is to encrypt their password using a key derived from a hash of the password they enter. When they log in, set that hash as their cookie. Each time you need to use the third party password, read that cookie a... |
How to store user/pass securely in the browser? | cperciva: First, I think the idea of you making API requests using your users' credentials is a bad one from the start. If the third party in question wants to allow requests-on-behalf-of, they should provide a proper API for it; if not, you shouldn't be working against their wishes by impersonating your users.That sa... |
How to store user/pass securely in the browser? | Herring: Store it encrypted on their computer then decrypt it each time it's sent to you? Maybe I'm missing the problem.One way or another you're going to have to hold it as plaintext to submit it to the other site. It's nice to hold it only in RAM, but the vulnerability is always there. |
Stormpulse valuation | rantfoil: * If your company comprises a few founders/consultants, a great idea, a solid business plan, a working prototype, but none of you have a proven business track record, your typical pre-money valuation will be in the very low millions ($1 million to $3 million is typical). You should be looking for a seed round... |
Stormpulse valuation | mattmaroon: This may sound odd, but 300k-500k is about the hardest amount of money to raise. You're still too small for institutional investors, and you're large for an angel round. A typical angel might put in anywhere from $25k-$100k. I'd guess $50k to be the median, meaning you're looking at having to find 6-10 peop... |
Stormpulse valuation | lemonysnicket: keep going as long as possible as you can without VC -- in fact, you need to plan to do this and not bank on getting funding.out of curiosity, with $500k how will you "expand your coverage and services" in a way that won't currently happen? Is there really a burning need for this money, or will most just... |
Stormpulse valuation | aschobel: Why not do convertible debt and not worry about your valuation?http://www.entrepreneur.com/money/financing/startupfinancing... |
Stormpulse valuation | maxklein: Personally, I would not go for capital on your site. I'd put some ads on there, expand the service somewhat, and in a while you'll be making a bit of money. |
Stormpulse valuation | puzzle-out: Value the company at $3million, raise the capital through two or three angels, giving away 15% of equity in total. Involving VCs could mean problems exiting later down the line. You don't mention if you came through YC - even if this is not the case, the company sounds like a YC startup, and so its worth ta... |
Stormpulse valuation | mixmax: A little off-topic, but anyway:I live in a non-hurricane part of the world, and as such have no particular interest in the phenomenon except for when it is covered in the news. I saw stormpulse here on YC news, and checked it out. Since the site is so well designed and a real pleasure to use I have often found ... |
Stormpulse valuation | wensing: Thanks everyone for the insightful and helpful answers. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | alaskamiller: I bought a cast iron skillet for 10 bucks (http://www.amazon.com/Lodge-Logic-4-Inch-Pre-Seasoned-Skille...) and it's the best thing ever. Fast to heat up and start cooking and easy clean up. Best thing to make for me is pan-seared yellowfin tuna steaks over veggies like asparagus or broccoli.Get a 5oz tun... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | ph0rque: Not exactly on topic, but... one of my future startup ideas is a robotic garden: basically, some kind of a transparent container with a controlled atmosphere and temprature, watering system, and nutrient supply that would produce a supply of fruits/vegetables year-round in any location. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | pg: Rice and beans. There are 1000 variations. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | mixmax: Risotto - all that's required is rice, stock, and parmesan. Add mushrooms, shrimp or whatever if it's saturday.Spaghetti bolognese - make a big serving and freeze it in portions. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | ichverstehe: I have no idea about food prices in your part of the world, but being a high school student living on a very small budget (think $200/month for food expenses, and this is Denmark which is relatively expensive) I have learnt a few tricks.One of them is baking your own bread! I have an electric mixer with s... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | menloparkbum: - eggs are cheap. egg white omelets and frittatas are reasonably healthy.- chili and soup. you can make a ton at once and then keep it in the freezer for meals the rest of the week. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | yummyfajitas: Saute mushrooms, with rosemary, garlic, onion, red pepper, salt and black pepper (to taste). Serve over couscous with yogurt (I recommend full fat stonyfield farms yogurt).Variations: add sundried tomato to mushrooms.Pasta with red sauce. Red sauce: saute garlic and a small onion. Add tomato puree (2 big ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | maurycy: Fish. Find the chepeast possible fish and eat with rice. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | jonmc12: I go to whole foods every 3-4 days. Pick up just enough:
- Tuna salad, Turkey, Pre-sliced peppers, Broccoli, Yogurt, walnuts, Green / white tea, prepped salads, walnuts, etcTrick is to make sure its ready to eat - even if its a little more expensive, that keeps me from eating out. Also, going every 3-4 days ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | robg: Salad. Cut up the lettuce (the more colors the better - spinach, red leaf, romaine) once a week. Stick it in a big covered bowl in the fridge. Then add different stuff for different varieties - corn, tomatoes, avocado, shrooms, tuna, steak, chicken, ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | sidsavara: I recommend finding someone on craig's list to cook for you, so you don't have to worry about it. Time is at such a premium when you are trying to launch your own business, and if they're shopping for a family, they are probably better at bargain hunting and coupon clipping than you are.I did just that, and... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | rjett: Cook huge meals once or twice a week and save the leftovers...Spaghetti lasts me 4 meals, chicken pot pie lasts me about the same. +1 for PG's beans and rice...I cook it with kielbasa and sautee peppers and onions and that lasts me for 4 or 5 meals. Since I'm doing all my cooking, the average cost per meal comes... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | shawndrost: I cook based on price, ease, health, and how long it takes the materials to go bad. My favorites:Lentils with onions, potatoes, and/or ham. Chop, put in saucepan with water. Salt.Chili with rice. Fry hamburger and onion. Add canned kidney beans, tomato sauce, chopped habanero, and chili powder. Salt. ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | rw: Spinach - lots of spinach. Popeye had it right. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | iamelgringo: My wife and I have been working on this for a while. We want to eat at home, but we really don't like the process of cooking every day.So, we cook once every 4-8 weeks. We purchased a freezer that we put in the garage for $3-400, and we do all of our meal prep at once. We buy all of our ingredients in b... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | inklesspen: Eat food (as opposed to processed food-like substances). Not too much. Mostly plants.Read Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food": http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594201455/It's a whole different model from the shifting "red meat is bad" "no, carbs are bad" "avoid fat" "eat omega-3 fat!" madness that has ruled eati... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | noahlt: The things poor people eat all around the world:- rice
- beans
- soy
- potatoes
- fish
- veggies (anything dark but not too expensive)The real key to a good-tasting meal is freshness, even with simple foods. Seasoning is like makeup for food. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | lallysingh: Everyone's got different standards for healthy, and cheap. Mine probably aren't great, but I think it's a good starter position for going down this road. Especially if you're not really a cook.Here's mine: hit the grocery store and pick up some freezer ziplock bags and some family-size packs of meat (what... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | misterbwong: All you need are a few "all purpose" ingredients1. boneless, skinless chicken breast2. mixed frozen veggies3. rice or bread (rice keeps a lot longer...)4. Misc seasonings (salt, pepper, chili powder, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, etc)You can buy these things in bulk and they will last forever. Combine to ma... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | tdavis: Wait until you get to the point where you want it healthy, cheap, and made for the super lazy. It gets even harder. Pans, ingredients, seasonings NNOOOoooo. If it's more complicated than PB&J I just can't bring myself to make it.This leads to lots of frozen steam-able veggies, fruit whenever we get around to go... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | bootload: "... So can you advise healthy meals that are still within the 2-guy-in-a-garage budget? ..."You supply the ingredients, OpenSourceFoods for recipes (with pictures) ~ http://www.opensourcefood.com |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | kapitti: Take some premade pizza dough, put some ricotta cheese on it for the base - saute some baby spinach (10oz or so) and artichoke hearts (1 can will do) throw it on the pizza. Cook a single chicken breast in a skillet, dice it up, throw it on the pizza - sprinkle with feta cheese, add some crushed red pepper - t... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | hs: fruit - nature's fast foodas a bonus, the waste is bio-degradable |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | rkowalick: Buy whole meat instead of individual cuts. Honestly, it takes maybe 45 seconds to cut up a whole chicken. Use the breast meat for dishes with tasty sauces and cook the thighs, legs, and wings whole. Keep all of the bones and giblets to make stock. Boil the stock down A LOT. It takes a while, but you honestly... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | SarahToton: CHEAP TRICK: Buy staple foods that'll keep. Pasta, canned tuna, canned veggies, tomatoes, beans and rice rarely go bad. For good cheap protein, try preparing eggs (not only scrambled or hard-boiled, but use them in egg salads, green salads or in pasta recipes.) Also, check out: http://www.getrichslowly.org/... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | comatose_kid: Hire someone - I have a lady come in and make a weeks worth (7 meals for 2 children + 2 adults) of great tasting, healthy Indian vegetarian meals (4 dishes) for $40. The cost of the food is ~$20 if you shop smart, meaning avoiding grocery stores and getting your veggies from an Indian grocery store (Indi... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | mynameishere: Corn beef hash. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | mattmaroon: A large part of proper diet is eating a wide variety of stuff, so mix it up. Most of the stuff that is good for you is cheap anyway. Salads, fruits, vegetables, etc.Resist the temptation to subsist on potatoes, pasta, and some of the other cheap, often high carb, low nutrition stuff. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | rcoder: A big wok full of veggie stir-fry was my "go-to" dish in college. Frozen vegetables work well enough if money is really tight, but if you're willing to work with whatever is in season (or on sale) at the grocery store, you can get a lot of variety and flavor without spending much.Fresh ginger and garlic, along ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | gregwebs: breakfast:
granola that has flax oil + protein powder + multivitamin.I am going to switch it up and try oatmeal + a flax/fish oil |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | Hutzpah: A dish I like for breakfeast:
- grits (cooked) together with ham & eggs
- fresh tomatos as "salad"Grits are awesome to start the day with because they are not lying
heavy in your stomach but the energy lasts long. |
Tech jobs in US vs. Canada | aneesh: I don't see any of Google, Microsoft, or Facebook letting technical people go anytime soon, whether you're in the US or Canada. On the flip side, now is a bad time to get a job in investment banking regardless of whether you're in the US or Canada.I don't think you'd find inherently more stability in either co... |
Tech jobs in US vs. Canada | lunchbox: By the way, one of the challenges I see in working in Canada is finding a software company that can compare to Google and Microsoft in terms of being both innovative and established. RIM is the closest I can think of.Here's a neat ranking of Canadian tech companies.http://list.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/te... |
Tech jobs in US vs. Canada | jwilliams: A career isn't a job - it's a series of jobs. Sometimes at the same company, usually not.Personally, I wouldn't worry about the far off horizon just yet - I'd focus on getting into the right roles where I'm challenged and can learn.The economic slump is going to hurt, but there will be opportunities too. For... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | dejb: Canned Beans. Chick Peas are my favourite. Open the can and eat with a fork or spoon. Best to use the cans that can be opened by hand to avoid excessive preparation time. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | maxklein: Here is one: Lamb cotelets with couscous. It takes 5 minutes to cook and is quite delicious. It's in the Jamie Oliver book. |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | mchristoff: indian fare from trader joe's is bomb, particularly if you're vegetarian and broke. it's $2 a packet and all you need to do is just squeeze it out and add starch (the nan they have in the bread section is also pretty solid).also, living in sf, burritos are the cheapest and most filling (not to mention tasty... |
Tech jobs in US vs. Canada | run4yourlives: You can get a program manager position right out of school these days? Damn I'm so cursed for being gen-x. |
Tech jobs in US vs. Canada | neilc: Making long-term decisions like where to live and work on the basis of short-term variables like the current economic climate is not a great idea, IMHO. It's hard to forecast economic conditions any significant time into the future, and the Canadian economy is deeply linked with the US economy anyway. In my expe... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | iuguy: This is an awesome recipe that costs <£1 - I've managed to make it for 35 pence (not sure what that is in dollars these days) using product near their expiry date.Buy some cheap soup in a tin. I recommend Cream of Chicken because it's quite nice and usually available.
Go to the bakers or supermarket shortly befo... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | truebosko: Some of the cheapest meals you can make will be pasta, stew, or chili type dishes.For example, a great tasting pasta dish I made last night contained the following: (prices are approximate and based from a Canadian's standpoint)- 1lb of Bacon: $4.50 (Yes, it's not GREAT for you but in moderation it's ok and ... |
Hack a healthy, yet not expensive, meal. | khafra: Meta-tip: Don't forget to do the math. I like making my own chili, and it's healthier and tastier than pre-packaged fare, but after adding everything up (15oz each red, black, and pinto beans, 28oz diced tomatoes, a few fresh habaneros, ~1lb ground turkey, one onion, chili powder), it's slightly more per meal ... |
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