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Which Firefox add-ons do you use? | nfnaaron: The huge set of fabulous add-ons is the main reason why I don't even bother looking at Chrome. The addons make the browser, for me.AIOS All In One Sidebar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1027 Vast improvement over default sidebar.Brief Rss Reader https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | city41: Looks nice, and a good idea. I'd consider using this if I had a need for it (and I may in the future).I did notice that tabbing order goes review body->name->email->submit, which doesn't match their visual layout. |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | naz: The digg link doesn't have a hover effect, also consider using sprites with a background-position for those social media links on the homepage because then you won't get the wait while the hover image loads.The write a review form should probably always be visible as that is the core feature of the product, also t... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | apsurd: Thanks in advance for the feedback my dear HN crew.Customer reviews are in a sense the framework for online word-of-mouth, and word-of-mouth marketing is ...Gold. Pluspanda.com is the MVP toward this end.The marketing site and the product functionality is clearly still pretty raw, so ideal feedback would be on ... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | akronim: On the add review widget, maybe the default rating should be 5, or at least not 1. Maybe use one of those star widgets instead of the combo box? I think business using this would prefer a higher default rating, rather than have their products get lots of 1s by mistake.It's also not clear in the demo why user... |
Review my application (2nd try). | city41: I just uploaded a pptx created with PowerPoint 2010 beta and all I got was "This document type is not supported".You will definitely need to support pptx if you don't already, and make sure you work with Office 2010, otherwise you're losing a huge chunk of potential users. |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | chrischen: Will these have your branding on them? Because if they don't, then how will people confirm the credibility of the reviews? Kind of defeats the purpose of open honest reviews and not letting owners delete reviews if users don't know that.With yelp, people know that these are reviews on a third-party site.Also... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | ryanwaggoner: There are a few problems that I see here, but two of the big ones:1. As a visitor to a random website, I'm skeptical of reviews I see on that site. If your brand gets big enough that people see "Comments powered by PlusPanda" and think "Oh, ok...I can trust this", then maybe, but that seems like a pretty ... |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | bhousel: There's really no right answer -- it depends on the situation. But your friend is correct that 50-50 split is rarely the right way to go.Judging from how you worded your question, it sounds like you might be overvaluing your idea, and undervaluing your programmer. Disclaimer: I'm a programmer-founder myself,... |
Can you suggest any good tech blogs for my new site? | bhousel: > The site is a tech blog aggregation site, similar in many ways to popurls.com and alltop.com, but focusing on tech blogs.Why not just start with the tech blogs aggregated by popurls and alltop? |
What is your policy on IE6 development? | bhousel: Maybe another way of looking at the problem: I think a bigger challenge would be supporting mobile devices.Whatever your site does, you might need to also do it in a stripped down no-frills way that will render well on a tiny screen.If you can manage that, IE6 support should be no problem. Worst case, push I... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | mellis: The summary "Now you can manage reviews on your website just like http://yelp.com but completely branded by you, all with just two lines of code." is confusing. It hints at why someone would want this, but it's not clear how it works (e.g. whether its a service or a library). Also, "two lines of code" may be ... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | mattmaroon: I like it. The web is full of people who aren't really programmers who are using it to make money. That's how I got into programming a decade ago.They'll learn to make a rating system if they really feel the need (making a reasonable one is not rocket science) but offer them a slick one that's easy to integ... |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | tptacek: Things that I think might influence equity:* You're full time from the beginning, she isn't* You're contributing actual money to the project* You're starting the project with committed customers* Your reputation or background is key to acquiring customers (for instance, you're a doctor selling to hospitals)* Y... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | Janteh: Take a look at your tab order, it goes from the review field to the name field, skipping the email field. Also, it isn't very clear to me how it will look at my own website. Do I embed the big box? what about customizing to fit my layout? etc. |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | siong1987: Something that you might be able to do:If you friends is an idea guy just like you, try to get a programmer friend to see how he/she thinks about the deal. Do the opposite if your friend is a programmer.We have no idea what your idea is, so, it is really hard to judge whether a 50/50 split is fair or not. |
Review my application (2nd try). | bricestacey: 1. create an onclick for the share text-box so that it auto-selects the contents making right-click for copy easier. Don't bother with auto-copying the text. Many browsers don't support that function anyway.2. the Manage link didn't work for me.3. the delete button loads the doc viewer again with an error ... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | DanielStraight: I think your real goal is not immediately obvious. At first it looks like you're just providing a way for businesses to get feedback, but I see that is not it at all. It is, however, a great pitch.I would put a little more on the home page about the trust aspect (which to me seems to be the real goal).I... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | wisty: Very nice.3 issues:1) What are the 2 lines of code?2) I took about 5 seconds to find the "Add review" form, as it was hidden behind some button.3) I your site design, but not the title font size (too big, or too many points) and the pitch text. It's good for consumers, but I find it a bit dumbed down.Your target... |
Review my application (2nd try). | zroseman: Drop.io already exists. And it's way, way, way more robust than this. |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | shawndrost: Your demo should look like a real site, using PlusPanda for a real purpose. |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | vorador: There's a typo in the front page : "A Powerful, Easy Customer Communicaton System." |
What is your policy on IE6 development? | talleyrand: Not supported. |
How to traverse a transitive closure tree in preorder? | etherealG: Well, the best idea I can come up with that stays in line with the idea of transitive closure trees being fast to query is to keep the preorder as an integer on the data table.This method means moving all those integers up when we insert somewhere in the middle of the preorder, but ah well, at least that pro... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | DanBlake: Hi, Didnt read previous comments so someone may have said this or addressed it already.Design looks a little bit to bland for me. Almost like a off the shelf wordpress theme.Focus on your strong points:Easy Setup
List major benefits ( Increase sales, search traffic, etc. )
Easy Administration
AnalyticsCool id... |
Please suggest some good books on software product management. | Kliment: Joel on Software would be a first recommendation. |
Please suggest some good books on software product management. | vaughnkoch: --- Books ---Tuned In - great book, describes how to really understand user perspectives as opposed to 'inside-out' development.
The book's based on many principles taught in the Pragmatic Marketing prodm course.Inspired (Marty Cagan) - good cross section of PM, covers People, Process and Product separately... |
Help me find the right font | pbhjpbhj: Emboldening tends to improve readability too. If you're trying to optimise screen real-estate you might try a 2pt smaller font-size but use the bold/black/heavy version of the font. |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | pmichaud: It really depends on what you're bringing to the table. If you're a rockstar, then the programmer might be willing to take less since she knows you'll bring in massive business. If you're among the legion of "idea guys" who have never actually done anything, and don't have much experience or many connections.... |
Review My Minimal Viable Product. | jeromec: I like this. I would use visual stars as well, which will bring reviews to life better than numbers only. Also, I think the PlusPanda branding could work well, and although the current logo is okay, I might shoot for something cuter/happier. Pandas give the perfect opportunity for that. |
Story Points or Time Estimates | DanielBMarkham: Ok -- I teach this, so I should know the answer.The purpose of story points is to separate estimation into three pieces: relative complexity, work, and duration. Story points are unit-less -- they mean nothing in terms of hours. Unless you understand that, you'll end up doing some kind of points-to-hour... |
Statistics on startups | tbgvi: Take a look at Crunch Base, should give you most of what you're looking for. http://www.crunchbase.com |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | ct: Ideas are a dime a dozen. The details and implementation are key to making it a success. If you're bringing more than just an idea like funding, connections, and have committed sales contracts already in hand then you'd be worth more than 50/50.A 50/50 split just says I haven't really thought it through what both... |
How to market test for new webapp | tbgvi: E-mail is passive and can get skipped over if you don't already have a relationship. Try making some phone calls instead, and ask for the person responsible for that reporting. Try using Jigsaw to target a few companies in your market. Once you've got the right person you can bounce ideas off of them and gauge i... |
What are you most thankful for? | bhousel: I'm most thankful for my health. I believe that a person's health directly affects every other part of their life, so I do whatever I can to stay healthy. |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | loquace: Been scratching this itch of mine for about 2.5 months now. Aiming for the easiest-to-use dating site UI on Planet Earth. Constructive criticism welcome. |
How to market test for new webapp | run4yourlives: >Does the HN community have any ideas on how to test a new idea out without building the actual product.Aren't you already doing that? At what point does the question change from not knowing how to market to not accepting the results?You may in fact have a great and useful idea that solves a real problem... |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | daok: It should have a section that explain how it works because I do not understand how does it works. I have not joined because I simply do not understand. Screenshots, video and some explication text would be a good start to have people sign-up. |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | steveeq1: Use AB testing, try a bunch of minor, but easy-to-do changes and evolve the product over time. This works, trust me. |
How do I regain my attention span? | dnsworks: Have you considered drugs?Seriously, for better or for worse I took Ritalin from age 6 until age 18, then stopped for about 5 years. Afterwards I started working with a doctor to try and find a ritalin replacement that didn't include the daily emotional roller coaster that came with Ritalin.After 7 or 8 meds ... |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | csytan: I'm impressed with the design =). I like how the right column is used as a per page FAQ.A few minor suggestions:- Consider merging or ditching one of the two taglines. The site becomes easier to read if the eye doesn't have to jump around.- When a user is not signed in, there are 3 buttons in the nav bar which... |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | dnsworks: Have you spoken to a trademark/copyright lawyer about any potential infringement and/or brand confusion claims that PlentyOfFish.com will inevitably bring up against you? |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | prabodh: The thing i liked most in the site"Conceived Aug '09. Launched Oct '09. "Great Start Guyz..Now Start Iterating.. |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | crad: For what it's worth, the first thing I thought of, from a naming perspective is "Tweeps" is very close to "Creeps." It was a very quick jump from reading "Plenty of Tweeps" to hearing "Plenty of Creeps" in my head. |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | bootload: "Newest Members"Is there anything stopping the location having a hyperlink linking to a page with people by location? I like the authorisation using oauth - the simplest way for existing twitter users to sign-up. Do you think it's worth adding your own authorise system or are you sticking with using Twitter ... |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | chaosmachine: The newest members list is 100% male :\ |
What is the best one line definition of a start-up ? | jacquesm: To me a start-up is a company that has achieved a small fraction of its potential, where the owners know all employees by name, and communicate with them directly. |
Please review my Twitter dating app ;) | tyweir: A little love from al3x: http://twitter.com/al3x/status/6093589335
"Fun fact: I was thinking about building a dating site before I joined Twitter. Neat to see projects like http://plentyoftweeps.com/ |
Which Firefox add-ons do you use? | _dan: Apart from the obvious (webdev bar, firebug, adblock, etc), I find HTTPFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6647) to be invaluable. |
Partnership deal with programmer, what % split? | DenisM: And once again, Founder Pie Calculator to the rescue:http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fd0n/35%20Founders%27%20Pie%2... |
Getting Started With Machine Learning/AI | tiffani: I just started watching some Machine Learning lectures on iTunes U. from Stanford. Great stuff so far.http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/itunes.s...http://cs229.stanford.edu |
Getting Started With Machine Learning/AI | apurva: The good news is you are at the right place :)
You should probably pick up courses on machine learning as will I.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2009/cs7641_spring/
kind of tells you the topics you may want to look at.
http://www.autonlab.org/tutorials/
is mentioned in the previous threads which has some ne... |
Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people? | gabrielroth: If you could explain evolution (and get them to believe it), you'd change the course of intellectual history in some interesting ways.Once you've done that, you could start on the germ theory of disease. Those are both scientific breakthroughs that you probably understand well enough to explain. |
What is the best one line definition of a start-up ? | wanted: getting high with code to earn some money. |
Getting Started With Machine Learning/AI | nzmsv: I know this is obvious, but... Find out which of your professors work in this area. Then go talk to them, and ask them about their work. Get involved with a research project.Learning things from books is great (and you'll still have to do a lot of that), but there is no substitute for networking. Approaching pro... |
How to market test for new webapp | Mz: "Does the HN community have any ideas on how to test a new idea out without building the actual product."You can fease it. Basically, it's a small (feasibility) study that includes not only 'would you use this?' type questions but also 'if that doesn't work for you, what would?' type questions. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | niyazpk: I have heard that they (Craigslist) do not encourage third party sites doing mashups (or enhancing the default search facility).See http://www.codinghorror.com/craigslist/They may block your site if they find out you violate their policies. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | gcheong: It wasn't obvious to me what this sight is for until I hit the search button. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | tkahn6: Wow this is awesome. Very intuitive and it looks great.This is incredibly minor, but a favicon would make it look nicer. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | gridspy: I think that you should do an automatic initial search for new users, perhaps using their IP as a location hint.This is a really cute way of browsing the Craiglist data. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | DanBlake: Needs a "this site requires javascript" message. Its mostly a blank page for noscript users.Needs a map key telling me what the colors mean. I think they mean how many items in that location, but I think a better use of color would be how "fresh" the item is. |
Getting Started With Machine Learning/AI | physcab: A good indespensible textbook for me had been chris bishops book Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. However it might be suited best for the grad student.Honestly the best thing you can do is start working on machine learning problems. Try and build a classifier or predictor. Brush up on probability theo... |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | mtrimpe: I would really like pictures in more of the results, the most logical location would be on the map from the onMouseOver in the result list.Also, for some reason it took me a few minutes to figure out the what went in the first field and where in the second instead of the other way around. Don't know what you c... |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | slay2k: Thanks for all the feedback thus far.All the bugs & suggestions have been noted, and I have several features in the pipeline such as being notified by email when a new posting matches your search.My main question is this: do you see this as something that adds value, such that I should continue working on it ? |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | jobenjo: Well done. I've been craving this kind of tool forever. All the previous implementations I've seen failed by having stale data. If you can solve that, this will be a hit. |
Dreamhost VPS | mahmud: [mahmud@sitename:~]$ uptime
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For the longest time, my idle dreamhost box has never gotten more than 5 days of uptime, and I've never rebooted it. And, btw, it's a dedicated server. If I was paying for this POS it would have been gone ages ... |
Dreamhost VPS | nreece: Go Slicehost. |
Dreamhost VPS | mikeyur: Dreamhost can burn in hell.Rackspace/Slicehost, EC2, VPS.net, Linode. |
Dreamhost VPS | daveungerer: If you're going VPS, use a company that built its business around VPS, not a company that built a business on seeing how much it can oversell its shared hosting.I use Linode personally, and it's rock solid. |
Dreamhost VPS | ahlatimer: I have a buddy who's on Dreamhost, and he seems to be mostly happy with it. I'd still go with Linode, Slicehost, et. al if you know a thing or two about sys admin.I'm on Linode, and I haven't had any issues with it that weren't my fault. Pingdom has yet to report the server down in the six or so months that ... |
Dreamhost VPS | sirrocco: Anyone here uses Windows by any chance ? :)Any recommendations ? |
Dreamhost VPS | trevorturk: If you're doing Python, do consider Google App Engine. If you're doing Ruby, Heroku is a great option. Otherwise, I'd probably recommend using Slicehost. They have a great "articles" area on their site that has lots of information about setting up your own server. Plus, you can add backups for $5 a month, w... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | davidw: My guess is that it's something similar to knowing Ruby, Python, Tcl, etc... without knowing C. You can certainly get by and even be very productive, but if you want to do deep hacking, or library integration, you're going to need some Java at some point. Over time, it will probably be less necessary. |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | wlievens: What do you mean by "knowing java"? Learning the language syntax will take you a couple hours at most (if you already know e.g. python or ruby). |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | tomjen2: Java really isn't that difficult (I assume that you know OOP, otherwise you might need to study that first), there isn't that much to it (in fact Java is pretty famous for not having much syntactic sugar).What you will properly need to learn to use is the class hierarchy, Swing programming (if you want GUIs, y... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | hvs: What you need to know of Java in order to use the libraries with Clojure and Scala can be picked up as necessary while you are learning those languages. Depending on your field and interest, though, it can't hurt to know Java anyway. |
Dreamhost VPS | pmichaud: I use dreamhost VPS for around a dozen sites, and it's pretty damn good. The control panel is really useful, and there has only been one stretch of a few hours in which the server was slow because of a network problem on their end, but it's never gone down.It's not the kind of thing I'd trust for something re... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | shantanu_k06: JVM languages bootstrapped themselves from Java and for integration sooner-or-later you will run into situations where you must understand the underlying concepts. For example, writing web apps requires you to understand Servlets which is Java based. I come from Java background, have coded in Clojure and ... |
Dreamhost VPS | ggreg: Nobody's talked about Gandi Hosting http://www.gandi.net/hosting/ ? :) |
Dreamhost VPS | denharsh: Dreamhost VPS Sucks. See Dreamhost status page and you will realize what I mean.. Go for Linode/Rackspace or Knownhost. |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | lele: I would not recommend studying Java (the language) in depth, since basic knowledge is enough to interact with libraries. However, because of the Law of Leaking Abstractions (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.htm...), you better know Java (the platform and its tools) inside-out. |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | jsankey: You can get by without having to learn much directly about Java - just by picking bits and pieces up as you need them. But the value in learning the underlying platform, and indeed a key reason why these languages target the platform, is the wealth of libraries available.The question is really if it is worth ... |
What is the best one line definition of a start-up ? | VK: provide something innovative that people want and are willing to pay for |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | ivenkys: It depends on the level of proficiency you want to gain in Clojure and Scala.At this point in time,to make the most of either language and to develop a "real" application you should know Java and not just Java but the tool, library and the infrastructure support of the Java ecosystem that comes with it.Having ... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | maryrosecook: Approach it like you're probably approaching learning the actual language you are interested in (Scala/Clojure): you learn a bit, write some code, find a gap in your knowledge, learn what you need to know to fill that gap, write more code etc. i.e. bootstrap |
Tips on domain registration and website setup | patio11: 1) Reliable email addresses: If you think about this question for five seconds that is about four too many. Gmail and you're done. (Word to the wise: don't get that account compromised.)2) Privacy: I really didn't mind having my information theoretically out there until the first time I got a call from a R... |
Dreamhost VPS | whalesalad: I was with Slicehost for a long time and really like them quite a lot. SchoolRack.com runs on a small 5-node setup at Slicehost, and it's nice having the internal ip's (one machine up front doing load balancing and static content, some db/app servers behind it which are inaccessible to the outside world). W... |
Tips on domain registration and website setup | Slashed: Personally, I hate GoDaddy it's a company that rips you off.
For domain registration I use Name.com for many years now and I'm very happy with it. Plus, you can hide your contact details for free, where is GoDaddy charge you for that. Of course, you can easily change your DNS settings: All of my domains point ... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | joubert: I knew nothing of the Java API's but am able to use Clojure quite successfully. There are oodles of Java API documents and discussions online. I also use several Apache projects from Clojure, and haven't had too much trouble getting to know how to interface with them. |
Tips on domain registration and website setup | evilslut82: I dont really understand this line
"Some registrars offer to hide your contact info, but then they will own of your domain." They simply create a alias for your details and show their own details. Just to hide it from public view. However when you will do business with some parties, e.g. payment systems etc... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | Falaina: The JVM is a platform, much like x86/linux or PPC/mac. It's always advantageous to have a better understanding of the platform your code will be working on, but it's not strictly required to be an effective programmer.With that aside, I think it's certainly worthwhile to take the time and get a basic understan... |
Tips on domain registration and website setup | citydan: I have several domains on netfirms.com. I'm not entirely convinced that their service is good. In fact I'm suspicious that they are perhaps overpriced and my websites seem to be slower than everyone else's... so I don't exactly recommend netfirms. But I can tell you that they offer a privacy setting for free a... |
Tips on domain registration and website setup | pistoriusp: Domain registration: Dynadot. Not sure if this is the best option, but they are fairly cheap and not as insane to use as godaddy. (Edit: By insane, I mean Godaddy's interface is very confusing.)Privacy: If this is a real concern then pay the $2.00 extra a year per domain. You still own the domain.Reliable m... |
Dreamhost VPS | ngsayjoe: Initially i was on shared hosting, then upgrade to VPS, within less than 3 months, and then upgraded to Slicehost. It's been more than 1 year, never been happier.Dreamhost VPS isn't really a true VPS. First you don't have root access, hence can't install anything other than pre-configured modules. |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | ericd: Very nice interface!Just curious, how do you get the locations of the ads? Is it limited in resolution to the locale it's posted in? (I don't see any addresses listed in a lot of them.) |
Has your hacking skill given you a competitive edge elsewhere? | iterationx: One example from the book SuperCrunchers involves Vintage Wines. A guy took soil and climate data and ran the it against the most expensive wines. Then he deduced rules about which years would be best for wine purchasing.http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/supercrunchers/ |
What is the best one line definition of a start-up ? | jonsen: idea & hard_work => success | failure |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | keefe: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ You should check this book out and contemplate the generalities of programming languages. Java is the most popular example of a whole class of programming languages - object oriented, automatic garbage collection, no lambda functions :[, single inheritance, runs in a VM etc. etc. If... |
Is it worth to study languages on the JVM without knowing Java? | bensummers: Having gone from Ruby to JRuby, I think it's worth learning enough Java so you can truly benefit from the JVM platform. You may not write much Java, but you'll want to use all the wonderful libraries available to you.I do, however, know C++ well so Java isn't much of a problem. But it's not a difficult lang... |
Please review a Craigslist mashup [alpha] | jaddison: Doesn't seem to work for Canadian listings. A shame. I like it a lot though. |
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