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How do I regain my attention span? | artagnon0: There are several things that break concentration:
1. Distractions. I'm a super-minimalist and I don't like to see even one extra bar or button on my screen. I've gone to the extent of removing the tab bar from my browser so I can't see which tabs are open (I use Conkeror). And I obviously turn off Twitter/ ... |
What's your favorite Windows Text Editor? | ScottWhigham: TextPad has worked fine for me for years. It does have a bit of oddness but, between TextPad, Visual Studio, and SQL Server Management Studio, I've been able to do what I need. |
Do you develop on a Mac? What apps do you use? | notzach: I do a lot of django and drupal development so I use screen, vim, terminal, hg/git/svn, virtualenv and MAMP. I also use firefox with firebug, and the Live HTTP headers plugin, and virtualbox for virtual windows and linux environments. |
When to raise from angels | phsr: When I do begin to work on my own startup, I plan to bootstrap as long as humanly possible. I want to avoid OPM (other people's money) as long as possible. Things will get a lot more complicated when you have other people to answer to |
Do you develop on a Mac? What apps do you use? | mark_l_watson: TextMate and RubyMine (Ruby and Rails), Eclipse (AppEngine, Wave robot dev), IntelliJ (Java), AquaEmacs and SBCL/Franz/Gambit-C (Common Lisp and Scheme).For documentation/writing: OmniGraffle and Latex (and sometimes Page or OpenOffice.org) |
What's your favorite Windows Text Editor? | itsandrew: E-TextEditor is pretty nice (http://www.e-texteditor.com/). As a longtime Textmate user on my Mac, I was looking for something to mimic that functionality on my Windows netbook. E also integrates with Cygwin and can be fully customized to your liking. |
What's your favorite Windows Text Editor? | flooha: Editplus. Syntax highlighting, Search/Replace with regex on multiple files, Project management, right click integration, and more. |
Do you develop on a Mac? What apps do you use? | toddje: I tried using Aquamacs for a long time, but it didn't work out, and I just switched back to 'plain emacs' now that the mac version builds out of cvs.
I also use iTerm, Fabric, django, mysql and svn. |
What country would you lend money to? | dkersten: Honestly, if I had enough money, I'd invest - in return for citizenship (some countries do this) - in a country that meets (as close as possible) the following criteria:1. Isn't in the EU2. Isn't the US or too closely tied to the US3. Isn't too closely tied to the UK4. Isn't terribly unstable, unpredictable o... |
How do you consume Hacker News? | Pistos2: I used to use http://twitter.com/newsycombinator/ but then became dissatisfied with its choice of links, so I made my own:http://hn.purepistos.net/which takes http://news.ycombinator.com/active and filters for a minimum vote count (currently 40). I provide the title, the link, and a link to the HN thread. Co... |
When to raise from angels | pxlpshr: From my experience, seed money from an angel generally doesn't take that much equity from you in return for giving you the ability to confidently work on your project (ie: pay yourself a micro salary, hire a person or two full-time, etc.). In most cases equity is going out the door -- you either give it to you... |
A start-loading button for videos? | cool-RR: Nighttime in the USA... I reposted here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=957358 |
A start-loading button for videos? | nostrademons: Most videos start loading in the background as soon as the Flash embed loads. Or at least, they should - I've heard the YouTube team complain of bugs in Flash player that sometimes break the load. This makes much more sense than a manual "start loading" button, though, since it requires no manual interv... |
What country would you lend money to? | amalcon: I'm not unbiased enough to decide if some other country would be a better bet than the U.S. Still, I suspect the top outside choices would be India and Japan, in that order. Japan is miles ahead of the rest of the world in robotics, which means that if the price of Chinese labor ever increases, they own manu... |
What country would you lend money to? | rimantas: Norway. |
What country would you lend money to? | stonemetal: As the US has recently demonstrated all of the industrialized nations are so interconnected that a major failure in one is a major failure in all of them. If there is any country I would consider loaning money to it would be the ones that did the best in this past mess. From there I would have to look at t... |
What country would you lend money to? | mdasen: The uncomfortability with the dollar right now seems to be a combination of a short memory and political sentiment.The Euro has been strong over the majority of the past decade. Yes, less than 10 years time. Remember that from 1999 to 2002, the Euro was falling with decent consistency.The US Dollar has been a... |
Getting started with geospatial data? | rufugee: Thanks to you both for your pointers. I will explore both. |
Getting started with geospatial data? | iterationx: I've found this site useful, http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html |
How do you handle server security/intrusion monitoring? | ddbb: Using OSSEC (open source).Seriously, it puts rkhunter, logcheck and all these old tools in their toes..Check http://www.ossec.netIt monitors your logs, file changes, etc all by default, simple to install, etc.. I love it. |
What country would you lend money to? | cmars232: I would invest in a sovereign not tied to a physical piece of land, because it would be an interesting sociopolitial experiment. Like Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong in Snow Crash. |
More reliable than shared webhosting, more friendly than a VPS? | Wijtec: We can offer you a VPS that comes with a controlpanel, we can probably use one of the free panels around. I don't like offering cpanel, since they are quite expensive. send us an email on info (@) wijtec (dot) nl.We only use VPSs with dedicated hardware assigned to it, so no shared memory, or shared cpu. Other ... |
What country would you lend money to? | fauigerzigerk: Yes there are countries that are tied to the US in the sense that they are forced to keep lending. In fact this is the most striking aspect of the current crisis.The deal is this: China lends money to the US and US consumers buy chinese exports for that money. I'm not quite sure what will happen when thi... |
What country would you lend money to? | fauigerzigerk: I would not lend USD to the US. I would lend euros to the US but they don't want any. If my income stream was US based I might lend money to the US in the form of TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities).The US is not going to formally default on its debt. What they are going to try is to inflate t... |
More reliable than shared webhosting, more friendly than a VPS? | dpcan: You may want to look at http://www.RackspaceCloud.com Sites |
How do you handle server security/intrusion monitoring? | lazyant: Hello,I'm the technical co-founder of a IT security start-up.Here are my thoughts for comprehensive server security in the case of a server exposed to the Internet (typically a web server in a data center for example. Many tools etc refer to Linux but the ideas are the same).Sorry about the formatting, some da... |
Ranking algorithm ... | RiderOfGiraffes: Clickable:http://www.penzba.co.uk/RankingQuestion.png |
Ranking algorithm ... | cperciva: There's a score penalty attached to linkless posts. |
What country would you lend money to? | jayliew: You have money? |
Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck? | guiseppecalzone: This guys an awesome designer and does far better than just not sucking :)
http://nateuridesigns.comGood hunting. |
Information Architecture books | timf: I am not an IA expert at all, but I have read the following book and learned a lot.http://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-World-Wide-We... |
Going semi-freelance, quitting the 8-5? | thirdstation: In general it sounds like a great deal -- freelance-type hours but with a regular paycheck and health benefits.I had a similar position once and it was great for my family. I never had to miss anything important and had no commute. The only con was lack of face-time with peers.What are your concerns? It... |
Approaching my CEO about a bad decision of his | Travis: If he's an approachable person, who doesn't try to lord it over you due to his ownership / position in the company, then I'd recommend taking a direct approach and meeting with him, data in hand, to prove your POV. Specifically, get the costs and benefits to do a simple ROI analysis. If you're in tech, you sh... |
Approaching my CEO about a bad decision of his | Travis: "We only have 1 product to review, and the code to write a 'story submitter' is trivial at best. Needless to say, the tech team didn't find this useful and campaigned hard against it."Alternate approach: get the tech team on board. Build a custom version of the software (if it's so trivial, you should be able ... |
Which is the best php framework in terms of performance? | Travis: awin,You'll see different responses from all different kinds of people to this. Everybody has a different allocation to the relative weights of different aspects of the system.However, I would advise you to not worry much about application performance. Focus on programmer performance instead; search through C... |
how many $100M companies emerge from Silicon Valley each year? | dmix: Do you mean $0-100 million in a year? Or companies that started in the valley and reached $100 million regardless of companies age. |
Approaching my CEO about a bad decision of his | ScottWhigham: You gotta sell him - you were outclassed/outgunned by a salesperson and now you have to outclass her. Make a presentation - put in stats and numbers that prove your case. Own the results - "This will work - I am willing to put my job on the line."If you put together a quality presentation and offer to own... |
Has anyone used machine learning to trade? | solutionyogi: If you know .NET, Do have a look at NinjaTrader and their forums. You will find quite a few folks who are in to automated trading.I ventured into retail trading (manual) and lost around 5$. Email me if you are interested, I can give you more details (email address available in my profile). |
Approaching my CEO about a bad decision of his | seven: When I get a new customer, I usually tell her something like this:"It is very possible that sooner or later we will not have the same opinion on a topic.I am always open to change my mind, but until this happens, I will fight for my opinion.But: Any time during the discussion you have the right to stop me with t... |
how many $100M companies emerge from Silicon Valley each year? | mixmax: Since I'm from Scandinavia I'd love to know where the Arctic Startup-blog is. Do you have a link? |
Please review my web app, Docley | spokey: Hi David.Congrats on the launch.As others have said, this is certainly a competitive space, but I imagine there's still room for innovation.This is a nice technical foundation. If I were you my next step would be to get it in front of real users and begin to understand the unique problem you should be solving. ... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | seven: I would like to know: Why the Netherlands? Any specific reasons?I am sorry that I can not really give you any good pointers. I am German, all I can say that I consider my neighbours to be very friendly people.Perhaps it is a good idea to contact xs4all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XS4ALL or perhaps send a mail t... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | maxtilford: Last summer I did an internship in Den Haag with Streamtech. (http://www.streamtech.nl) I don't know much about the job situation, but it's a great place to live. |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | aarongough: Interesting that you are having this idea... After reading an article that came through HN about the Netherlands a while back I had the same idea! Unfortunately I am a little tied down by friends and my girlfriend, but at some point it is still something I would like to do.Where abouts in Canada are you? I'... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | Wimmer: I'm in The Netherlands, and I recently checked for jobs: most are mid-career level in Java, C#/VB(6/.net) and PHP.Work is concentrated around the cities Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Eindhoven. Most jobs I've seen currently are at small companies which may turn out a bit of a hassle since cultural difference... |
Approaching my CEO about a bad decision of his | DanielBMarkham: First, and most importantly, you could be wrong. Unless you really believe that, don't do anything.Second, learn from the politicians. They never make mistakes: you have to get rid of the subject of the sentence: it's not "you made mistakes" it's "mistakes were made" Never have a conversation with someb... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | dlib: Immigration policies have toughened up in recent years but coming from Canada it shouldn't be a problem.Developers/administrators are needed in all major cities but I think Amsterdam would be your best bet. It's the most international city and certainly has to offer most culturally.I don't know how Canadian taxes... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | tomh-: I'm from the Netherlands and can recommend you to settle down in Amsterdam. There are a lot of tech startups/companies located there which have more interesting jobs than the local consultancy branches of big international corporations. If you can't find interesting jobs in Amsterdam there are various cities wit... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | somabc: You should also look into the '30% tax ruling'Basically the employer can reimburse the extra territorial costs of the employee tax free. To be able to do this the employee must hand over all the receipts and the employer must check and approve them. This can lead to a lot of work, especially if more employees a... |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | aurora72: My friend sometimes visits Holland for some projects. He manages development works here in İstanbul / Turkey and goes to Holland to deploy their solutions on the clients sites. He's mainly an expert on DB-systems and seems satisfied with that job because he keeps on doing it for years. I don't know anything m... |
how many $100M companies emerge from Silicon Valley each year? | earle: Didnt Facebook just recently break this number?Not very many in the user-game! |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | bjoernlasseh: like :) |
Please review my web app: WantsThis | rksprst: Easy to understand and use, I just don't see how this would be useful? Or why I would use it. |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | SteliE: A relevant example of a Supercool School can be found here: http://startup.supercoolschool.com - Excited to hear your feedback! Thx :) |
Going semi-freelance, quitting the 8-5? | CyberFonic: If you have a sense of unease, then maybe your gut is trying to tell you something.How reliable is this person? How long is the work guaranteed for? What backing is there for the guarantee? Have you done due diligence on their business? What would happen if it doesn't work out? How does your work add v... |
Marketing to non-techie professionals | CyberFonic: There is a whole world out there that is not dependent upon the internet and web sites. A few suggestions :Advertise in insurance trade specific publications.Attend insurance industry specific conventions / exhibitions.Bulk mail (yes, snail mail) using rented industry specific lists.Cold call using yellow ... |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | mathgenius: "supercool school"?? hmm, try saying that three times quickly! |
Ask HN:How to learn Cloud Computing? | patio11: "Cloud computing" is a lot like "Web 2.0" -- it is a buzzword that has an unstable definition and is very, very broad for a professional specialty.Do you mean "cloud computing" like building web applications which store their data on a server rather than storing it on the client like a traditional desktop app?... |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | PStamatiou: Thoughts on Supercool School from someone that has used it (me): http://paulstamatiou.com/review-supercool-school-online-lear... |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | zackattack: i can't take you seriously. need to change your name. this is a case where the name matters just 'cuz it is so damn bad. |
Disadvantages of event-driven web architecture? | wmf: Lots has been written about threads vs. events, although most of the debate concerns low-level software like Web servers, not Web apps. The supposed benefit of event-driven architecture is performance, but this may be reduced in the future by massive multi-core and Web apps already have such low performance that i... |
How to replicate OSX's trackpad behaviors in Windows? | martey: You could write new device drivers for the touchpad incorporating the features you want. This would probably be easier if you were using Linux; you could then use the open source Synaptics touchpad driver in the kernel as a foundation. |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | dmix: a) You have way to many features for the stage your at. It lacks clarity but also, for those features to be useful and worth paying for you'd have to spend tons of time developing them. That time is better spent finding out who your market is and what they want, before making that investment.b) I've read about ma... |
Disadvantages of event-driven web architecture? | qhoxie: The most basic area where the evented model performs poorly is the most obvious one given its architecture - slow transactions. Depending on the set up, the event loop could be completely blocked by a slow transaction, thus nullifying many of the benefits. |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | learnalist: A grand idea! But..I have skimmed your front page and your tour page, yet im not feeling like I have grasped what you do clearly enough.I even went as far to skim the article by a very supportive Paul Stamatiou. He mentions you will use 30% of money made to aid 3rd world countries. Im curious what that is ... |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | spokey: I kind of like the name. It's long but memorable and not hard to spell. (And the "super" bit makes me think you mean it a bit tongue in cheek. "Cool School" wouldn't work, but I think "supercool" does.) It may not work for some corporate applications though (although I suppose you'd eventually offer custom dom... |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | vaksel: well besides what others mentioned, I don't get why you are using an RSS feed button for "Teach students, customers or your audience" |
What is the safest way to store passwords online? | metra: I recommend asking this question on www.superuser.com |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | Dilpil: What I would really like to do is view other peoples courses, I cannot immediately see how. |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | noonespecial: "I am, probably was, the sandwich maker for a small tribe. It was a bit embarrassing really. When I first arrived, that is, when they rescued me from the wreckage of this super high-technology spacecraft which had crashed on their planet, they were very nice to me and I thought I should help them out a bi... |
Has Linux become too easy to use ? | stonemetal: Who really enjoys futzing with their computer all day because the OS is so totally broken that they can't get work(or play) done? Really why would you want to spend six weeks configuring X so that you can have a usable system for two weeks before the next upgrade comes along and breaks your config file.No ... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | pg: You're probably right. Hygeine would probably be the single most useful thing you could tell them about. |
Has Linux become too easy to use ? | anigbrowl: No. There is nothing virtuous about it being difficult. If you need to feel clever, write some code. |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | Xichekolas: Your question made me think of this:http://www.qwantz.com/fanart/timetravelling.jpgAll useful information, but you have a point about the receptivity of the world in 100BCE. If you start talking about germs spreading disease, people are going to assume you are talking about demons and are possessed.I'd prob... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | patio11: Boil water before you drink it. Water has evil spirits in it. They kill more people than anything else and will for the next two thousand years. Fire spirits chase the evil water spirits away -- you can tell because when they leave the water, it bubbles. |
Feedback About Newly Launched Supercool School | jwesley: You really need to refine the concept of exactly what your product does and the language you use to communicate that to users. Spending a few minutes on the site, I can tell it's for education but not much more than that. I get the idea you are trying to be all things to all people. You would probably be bette... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | jonmc12: Don't ingest lead. |
What do you do while you're compiling? | CyberFonic: Reading HN is NOT a waste of time !Before I got a new very fast system, I used the downtime to re-factor code, edit comments, clean up documentation, or study some API or similar technical material.I prefer to compile on a separate server so my workstation doesn't slow down. |
Has Linux become too easy to use ? | JCThoughtscream: There is NO such thing as too easy to use. The whole point of an operating system is to be functional - in every aspect of that word. The more intuitive it is, the /better/ it's been designed. |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | bozmac: I'd tell them all about the metric system so we don't have to deal with inches today |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | nzmsv: Hand washing would be a difficult sell, even as late as the 19th century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | GavinB: You almost certainly know whatever level of mathematics is above the one available. In the Mediterranean at this point in history, they're just circling around the idea of integration, but won't actually make it there.Here's a protip: download wikipedia to your phone today. As soon as you realize that you've be... |
Has Linux become too easy to use ? | javert: Different distros are good for different people and different things.If you want to face a challenge, choose Gentoo (or one of many others).If you just want a system that works and is free, use Ubuntu (or one of many others).If you are a power user who gets more practical value out of a more customized system, ... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | Todd: By 100BCE the Greek classical period had already passed and Rome was on the rise. A high level of culture existed in places and sophisticated thought was commonly expressed in written form.Metallurgy was sufficient. Many of the works of artisans and craftsmen haven't been duplicated. A great majority of this know... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | jbapple: I would teach them about quicksort and mergesort.Little known fact: most of the technological stagnation of the dark ages was time wasted in bubblesort. |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | SteveC: The printing press. The cause of scurvy and how to deal with it. Canned food. How to use cowpox as a vaccine for smallpox. |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | gills: I know we look different, but really, we're all about the same; this is electricity; this is called a lens; this is the scientific method; keep your animals further apart; prosperity through trade, not war and looting; drink hot tea and beer; mix tallow and ash.Oh, and of course:
e^ix = cos x + i sin x |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | bismuth: Check out unduchtables (http://www.undutchables.nl/) they have jobs for people like you, and they can probably help you with a lot of the other stuff.
compared to Canada you'll find that housing is quite a bit smaller than you're used to. Especially if you want to live in or near the centre of any larger city.... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | Asa-Nisse: Drip irrigation. |
Geeks moving to the Netherlands | spongebob: If you come to the Netherlands, you will be qualified as highly-skilled migrants. In this case, you can't work where ever you want. There is a list of companies, institutions and organisations which have submitted a statement regarding the admission of highly skilled migrants. You can find it here: http://ww... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | c1sc0: There are no gods, but humans can achieve god-like feats with rational thought. Not sure how to convince them of that though ;-) |
Online entrepreneur network "Million Impossible", what do you think? | jakewolf: "MI Referral Scheme", multilevel marketing scheme, recently bankrupt founder and a blog hosted on wordpress.com. What else do you want to know? http://millionimpossible.com/coming-soon.asp?page=Success%20... Who wants to be a 399pound guinea pig? |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | teeja: You're on the right track there. Knowledge about staying healthy and avoiding conflict has helped the most. |
Your opml file - what feeds do you follow? | stuartloxton: Mines full of programming feeds mixed with a bunch of other unrelated stuff - might contain something you like. http://38.99.2.122/subscriptions.opml |
What's the best browser-based IDE? | mbrubeck: http://280atlas.com/ from the makers of the Cappuccino framework (currently available as a $20 beta) is definitely among the cream of the crop at the moment.http://pipes.yahoo.com/ is not a general-purpose programming environment, but its in-browser IDE is certainly top-notch. |
How observant are you? | ErrantX: I have what I can best describe as "tunnel" observance.On a large scale I am fairly un-observant (it can take me weeks to notice, say, a new shop on the high street even if I walk past it daily).However for minutiae I am a great observer. I can usually describe things in very great detail.People are a great ex... |
How observant are you? | tokenadult: This rather famous online videohttp://www.quirkology.com/USA/Video_ColourChangingTrick.shtm...offers a good test of observation skills and some comments by an astute psychologist about why people don't always observe everything that is in their visual field to observe. |
How observant are you? | nandemo: I've heard meditation helps. Haven't tried yet.Your wife sounds understanding. Be glad for that.Ah, your anecdote reminds of this:There is an old mondo in Zen that best describes this state: A novice keeps nagging his master about the time required to experience enlightenment. The master says, "When you came t... |
Comments on and help on improving our recommendation engine for news | tdoggette: Paragraph breaks, please. |
Comments on and help on improving our recommendation engine for news | bdfh42: Just a point on form. Why did you not blog this (or post an article on your web site) and then post a link to same on HN?You would then have been able to format your text in a manner more suited to the content - and also made it more straightforward to edit your "content" in part in response to feedback from HN... |
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