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re-review my website | raptrex: The Deals Stores My Search My Account Help Feedback links are too close to Your deals Selection Under $10 All Expired. Maybe move Deals Stores...ect to the top of the page? Also I think your about info could fit in the sidebar so it brings the main content higher up. Also maybe make the site a little wider, it... |
Review my secret santa site | Scott_MacGregor: Nice idea, very timely. I like the simple artwork. You can collect a lot of work emails this way. If it were my site I would:1. Have some more cute simple Santa, snowman, gifts artwork in the header area so it sets the mood for the customer when it pops open in the browser.2. "Maybe" try for a more gre... |
Where can I get/buy stock market data? | Slashed: I want to thank everyone who helped me to get all the information I need on this. Though I found the solution which fits me most(xignite.com 59USD/month for real-time quotes), I wouldn't be able to do it without you. Thank you. |
I have an idea for a startup... now what? | rlpb: I would sort out the business plan. Will the startup be profitable? What are the risks? Surely this is the first thing that any potential partners are going to ask. |
What to do with something no one has, yet? | ax0n: If it's not a groundbreaking idea that can be monetized, particularly one that's both helpful yet easy for others to replicate as you say... I'd be tempted to open-source it if it were my baby, but the call is yours alone.You can always attempt to patent the idea and sell it, or if it really is groundbreaking, tr... |
What to do with something no one has, yet? | mbrubeck: I think you'll rarely go wrong giving away small useful programs as free software. It's the easiest way to get users, and once you have users you'll learn even more about how to make the software better. If you're lucky you'll find other people who want to contribute, and you'll get a chance to work with th... |
What to do with something no one has, yet? | russell: Think of it as a reputation builder. Give it away. If it turns out to be a blockbuster, you can always come out with a premium version to sell. Think freemium. |
I have an idea for a startup... now what? | dzlobin: Where do you go to school? I'm a college student who's looking for a co-founder as well. Shoot me an email at dzlobinsky [at] gmail. |
Finding good interns? | spolsky: Interns are college students. College students can be kind of dumb about job searching... for the most part, they will tend to apply to the companies who come on campus, and ignore the companies that don't. Pick one or two campuses and go all out to recruit there and you'll find some. There are some colleges t... |
Why doesn't the "threads" link on HN include submitted stories too | brk: 'cuz it doesn't. |
Finding good interns? | nzmsv: I'm a student, graduating this spring. Here are my thoughts:For one, I might not have heard of your company. It's not a personal bias against small companies (and you haven't heard of me either :) But how do you make sure students are aware of your existence? A popular blog is one way. A job posting on a campus ... |
Why doesn't the "threads" link on HN include submitted stories too | tokenadult: A good question to put in the feature requests thread.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 |
I have an idea for a startup... now what? | Scott_MacGregor: If you can build a 1st version prototype do so now. If not figure out what you need to be able to complete a 1st version prototype and take steps towards achieving that. |
Why doesn't the "threads" link on HN include submitted stories too | yan: Use submitted for that. i.e. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=rythie |
Is there a mobile/touch-optimized version of HN? | grinich: If you're on iPhone or iPod touch, this is better for reading. Voting & commenting is on the way very soon.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=993949 |
Service for sending emails from your app? | ryanelkins: What kind of app is this? Web/desktop? Are you saying you basically need an smtp server to send emails through? How many emails are you trying to send in, say, a day or an hour? |
Service for sending emails from your app? | xinsight: It's really easy to setup exim for outbound mail. I blogged about this:http://www.xinsight.ca/blog/how-to-setup-a-trivial-forwardin... |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | mbrubeck: Switching to a vi editor is a one-way trip. Once you have the muscle memory for vi's "normal mode", you become incapable of using any other editor. I started using vim back in 1997 because it shipped with BeOS, and my ability to use regular editors has been crippled ever since. :)I don't think vim's ascenda... |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | CrystalBlood: Well, 4 years ago, there was not many users in the GNU/Linux escene like now, and all the people that was starting with tutorials and such, may find the recomendation of using the VIM editor, like always figure in this tutorials, i think this could be a valid hypothesis, to the new "wave/generation" of us... |
Service for sending emails from your app? | e1ven: I would take a look at SendGrid (By one of the Techstars groups), or AuthSMTP.
Both are about the same price, although the fact that AuthSMTP prices are yearly disguises this.Good Luck! |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | spooneybarger: i use emacs but this really strikes me as an odd question that seems to suppose that emacs is 'better' than vim. |
Looking For Work: Move First, or Wait For Offer | maxdemarzi: Unless you are very specialized and find a job posting that matches your skill and industry specialization, it is hard to get flown across the country for an interview.It has happened, and a unaccepted lowball offer is all that came out of it. Then I decided screw it, we're moving. I took 6 months to find... |
As an employer, what do you wish applicants did more often? | afed2: URL shorteners are bullshit, no one should ever use them. Progress on the URL front is to make them human readable and less obfuscated. It is easier to type five english words and a domain name than five meaningless letters and numbers, plus they tell the user where they're going.For example, I bet you don't app... |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | bhousel: I thought TextMate was the cool editor nowadays. |
Looking For Work: Move First, or Wait For Offer | NonEUCitizen: Another option: take a 1-2 week "vacation" in California and interview fulltime during that period. Set up the interviews before your vacation. After the interviews each day, in the evenings, go to meetups. |
Dealing with spam from competition. | Travis: You definitely do not want to succumb and retaliate. There is no end game there, except that users leave both forums as they are spammy and unusable. There, all you've succeeded in doing is killing off two forums.First, contact the admins and establish communication. Explain what happened, and ask if they wo... |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | Travis: I'm not commenting on the relative quality of the two products (emacs v. vi), but I second the feeling that I should be using vi. Had a quick start on my desk for the whole year now! Wonder where I've picked up that attitude -- I've been a good little emacs user for years now. |
Service for sending emails from your app? | Travis: Why are you looking at a server rather than sending it yourself? If you follow best-practices, you're not going to see worse results than using one of these 3rd party groups. |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | wehriam: Never mind Github, this is one of the greatest rivalries of all time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | csmeder: My guess is that its due to VIM being easier to learn than emacs? But thats just a guess I've never tried emacs. |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | pjhyett: I don't think there's any particular switch one way or the other. At GitHub, some of use use Textmate, others use vim or emacs, and I think Scott's been using gedit recently. Use whatever the hell makes you happy. |
When did Vim become "the cool editor"? | growt: ... vim was cool before you were born my son ;) |
Who are the top UI designers on the web today? | dem0o8: Timothy Gray of http://www.shelfari.com/
Great UI and UX design. |
Which PHP chart solution do you use? | pierrefar: There are quite a few.BUT:When I looked into this a few months ago, I found that PHP generation of graphs is expensive. It was cheaper to send just the data to the browser and let a Flash control or jQuery do the graphing. This removes a big bottleneck.I settled on a for-pay mapping Flash control and an open... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | jhouck: Thanks in advance for your feedback. -Jason |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | davidw: San Francisco. |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | sachinag: It works exactly as I thought it would. ZIP in addition to city/state works, which is nice. I trust you get referral fees for your revenue model.One note: the play on OMG is cute, but probably not a good brand fit for what you're selling here, though.All in all, very well done. |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | larrykubin: Why so little data for Austin, TX?It'd be nice to add some more educational information that explains the benefits of solar in my home. How much do I save in X years? How much do I reduce emissions by?How about incorporating ratings and comments on each company? I'd rather just ask for a quote from the top ... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | mseebach: How about combining the "Solar Cost Estimates" with a local estimate of sun-hours to give an estimate of how long it'll take to recoup the installation cost? That's the sort of feature that'll land your site on feel-good morning shows.And what's with the name? There's no association to sun in it, and there's ... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | vaksel: 1. Horrible name, you have to have a name that's SEO friendly for something like this. You aren't in a type of business that spreads through word of mouth, you are in a type of business that gets found through google search.2. You should add a way to input the user's city/state automatically. And make that func... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | marltod: How do you stop google maps or other databases from pulling all your data? |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | csmeder: search for "san francisco" and it looks like you don't have any thing in "san francisco".1) Have a helper message: "you forgot to include a state"2) or give a list of cities called "san francisco" in different statesThis may seem dumb, but I put my mouse in the search field- I saw "San Luis Obispo" (from past ... |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | japanesejay: Where (or what country?) are you coming from?And yes, there are a lot of good things to do in SF more so than the Silicon Valley. Let me know what your interests are, i can point you to a few good things. If you know people (maybe you can meet them here), visiting the google campus and/or yahoo campus is ... |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | csmeder: SV aka Man Jose? My brother has lived in San Jose for the past 8 years. The only place I have ever heard him complement is http://www.jumpskyhigh.com/.The problem with SV its a bunch of Suburbs. San Jose is the biggest city their and its rather boring. I agree with Davidw check out SF it has 10 times as much s... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | dannyr: Jason,Congrats with the launch! |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | petervandijck: Well done, too narrow. |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | jws: "St. Louis, MO" is not found
"Saint Louis, MO" is, though you have no data.No one from St. Louis would type it out. |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | wmf: The Computer History Museum. Unfortunately the Difference Engine is gone. |
Which PHP chart solution do you use? | japanesejay: ive used pCharts for strictly php.
http://pchart.sourceforge.net/
It doesnt do real time updating since it spits out an image. Im sure theres a slick way to do it but for what i was using it was quite minimalOpen Flash Charts is slick. i dig it.
http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart/
I switched from p... |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | ars: Personally I think you are too early.Solar power has such a poor ROI that you would only do it if you don't do the math. It's not even good for the environment, since it takes so much energy to make a solar panel.Basically you have almost no market.If I could suggest something else, add ground source heat pumps. T... |
memorization of syntax | wmf: How did you learn syntax? |
memorization of syntax | tdoggette: You've gotta know the syntax or you'll spend so much time looking things up that you'll never get anything done. |
Review my startup - Find the top solar installers near you | Vindexus: When you come to a city that isn't found it still tries to display all the metadata in the sidebar, but it's all blank.I searched for Kamloops.BC and the averages were there with no numbers.All in all it seems like a pretty cool service. You just need to work on the search and get more data. |
memorization of syntax | scott_s: I doubt he meant that you should memorize the syntax through, say, flashcards. Rather, he probably meant that you need to program enough in something so that you memorize the syntax as an incidental benefit. Once you've memorized - internalized - the syntax, there will be significantly less friction when you p... |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | cpr: (Warning: I left there in 1985, but have visited often.)There's really not all that much to see in SV proper--it's just a classic suburban sprawl, with tract homes intermingled with endless strip malls along El Camino, with occasional high-tech business parks thrown in for good measure, all intermingled around two... |
6 Startup Founders, What To Do About Equity | pg: Err on the side of equality. More important than the split is to have vesting with a cliff, because given the circumstances, some are likely to leave in the first year. |
memorization of syntax | nathanb: Until you're comfortable enough with the syntax that you can hand-write code out on a blank sheet of paper, you don't really know the language. How you learn the syntax is up to you, but especially for your first language spending time that's specifically dedicated to learning the syntax is very helpful. |
memorization of syntax | ggchappell: It seems to me that a couple of different issues are being conflated here.FIRST ISSUE: What syntax is available.Memorization is the way to go here.For example, write this in C, and you look like a moron: foo();
while (bar()) {
foo();
}
... as well as violating DRY and thus producing less maintai... |
6 Startup Founders, What To Do About Equity | yosho: what's wrong with dividing by 6 equally?any sort of unequal distribution will mess with moral and effort |
6 Startup Founders, What To Do About Equity | jasonlbaptiste: a) make sure there's a cliff
b) define roles and responsibilities. the cto should have final call on tech matters, business on biz dev,etc.
c) clearly designate someone to be a final call/leader type person. they should also have the board seat.Equal equity is fine. It's the voting/power/decision mak... |
I'll be visiting the SV soon. What are some of its must-see sights? | NonEUCitizen: Fry's. HSC Electronic Supply (www.halted.com). 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino. Stanford. Googleplex. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | notmyname: Generally when I hear the term "deniable" used with something security related, I think of something like the hidden volumes in True Crypt: something that I can't be proved to have.Does your product provide this level of deniability? I would venture a guess that the answer is no (after all, there is a box wi... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | icey: What happens to my video if the DV unit is stolen or destroyed? |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | cool-RR: Reminds me of a cool idea I once thought of. It's more a nerd-fantasy than something practical. A surveillance system that not only encrypts the video, but also digitally signs it, so James Bond-style thieves can't switch cameras. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | csmeder: The layout is good, however, I have one suggestion:Left align your text. Follow the advice of this book by Robin Williams:"Find a strong alignment and stick to it.""Avoid using more than one text alignment on the page (that is, don't center some text and right-align other text).And please try very hard to brea... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | thaumaturgy: Ah, I see. They've separated the storage of software and the storage of video into two separate devices. The unit arrives with its video storage area filled with "random" data, and then the encryption process for the video writes into the video storage area.As long as the encryption methods used produce da... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | negativezero: Neat idea, but I think (certainly not) the only way you'll ever see a substantial return is if you were you marketing this to the obviously most vile demographic of pornographer(s) out there. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | pan69: $6000 is quite a fair amount of money and for that I only get one year of warranty on the hardware and one year of software updates?Not sure what the software updates include but for the hardware I would expect live-time warranty or at least something reasonable, like 5 to 10 years.Other than that. Nice product. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | run4yourlives: Sounds like it solves the "Oh noes they stole our sex tape" concern most celebrities seem to have these days... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | goodside: My first impression: I love the idea, but I'd never give $6,000 to a site that looks like yours. I generally don't like criticizing without some constructive advice on what to fix, but in this case you don't need tips from random commenters, you need professional graphic design talent. A lot of startups could... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | mooism2: For most of the uses on your "Purposes" page, you don't need the deniability, only the encryption. So this is overkill.For the journalism uses, the product does not seem to be enough. When the authorities ask you to show them what video you've taken, you need to be able to use a secondary key that reveals yo... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | Vindexus: It seems absurdly expensive and the site could use some polish.I think a screencast would be good to explain what it does and how it works. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | tptacek: At most, this device seems trustworthy exactly to the extent that you trust that hardware hasn't been tampered with. Since there's very little information about how the tamper-proofing works, I tend towards skepticism.At worst, they've implemented a cryptosystem that, having never been peer reviewed, is vulner... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | astine: It sounds like this is going to revolutionize the child-porn industry. :P |
Getting hired in brand new field | gridspy: Have you considered contributing to the PHP interpreter? This could be a interesting task that builds on your experience and showcases your talent.Alternatively, you could work on the Javascript interpreter in Firefox or Webkit. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | keltecp11: $5000 is a lot of money for this... isn't it? |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | jasonlbaptiste: Glad to see more companies doing hardware. It's pretty intimidating stuff, but it's also really fun.Site Design: Needs lots of work. It seems like an infomercial product. I think branding is key here, especially if you're looking to charge 6k.Price: 6k is a nonstarter. If the equipment were expens... |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | PStamatiou: Forgive me for being a bit blunt - but is that picture not just a painted mac mini? The edge has the inset line where the case turns from metal to plastic and the port area is the white plastic. Is this a Mac Mini + software + camera? |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | kw_: No 'about us' page. I was confused for a moment when the 'contact us' page started with 'to view our company's website, click here'. I thought I was on the company website.Having multiple languages seems a bit odd if large swaths of content aren't translated. "Cette page est disponible seulement en anglais" bei... |
Average comment score for HN users? | phob: What does leaders do, if not that? |
Hacker News Source Code | sparky: The language is a Lisp dialect called Arc.
The language site is here: http://arclanguage.org/
The source file for HN itself can be read here: http://github.com/nex3/arc/blob/master/news.arc |
Could we please have the author's comments highlighted in some way? | shrughes: Write a Greasemonkey script to do it. |
What/Who is whyslow.net and why are they copying HN? | pwmanagerdied: I don't know why it exists, but it's CNAMEd to point to news.ycombinator.com, so they couldn't be stealing passwords now, at least. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | chaostheory: I was pretty interested in the site and product, until I saw the price$6k is a lot for what on 1st impression 'looks' to be targeting the lower end of the security imaging market. You can buy three HD Axis IP cameras for that money. Speaking of cameras, you don't show or give any specs which is really stra... |
What/Who is whyslow.net and why are they copying HN? | lt: Aparently their main page loads HN as an iframe and hides all techcrunch stories. Kinda funny.Probably someone that was sick of techcrunch on HN made it for himself and there's no major conspiracy of password stealing or SEO tricks. |
Review our startup: Deniable Video | iterationx: In the FAQ this question should be towards the topWhy would I need continuous audio/video recording? |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | bendtheblock: Here are a few of mine to start off:"If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless."
-- Robert H. Schuller"If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough"
-- Mario Andretti"When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if i... |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | kw_: The only thing you can control is your effort. |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | edw519: Attitude determines outcome. - Jim McGraw, COO of Marion LaboratoriesBe the first, be the best, or be different. - Jacyln EastonChance favors the prepared mind. - Louis PasteurElegance is for tailors. Don't always believe in the numbers. There is always room for human judgment. - Albert EinsteinGreat ideas come... |
recommendations for two challenging web app problems | jmonegro: I think you should ask this at StackOverflow instead. |
Review my idea (CCDB) | michael_dorfman: Are you viewing this as a hobby, or as a business idea?As a hobby (or learning project), I'd say: sure, go for it, have fun.If you're planning on monetizing it, well..... |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | Chirag: Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world actually do. |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | frisco: "Move fast and break things. It's not the end of your career if you bring the entire site down." - Zuckerberg |
Favourite Entrepreneur Quotes | rmason: Here are a few of my favoritesDon’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
Howard AikenI can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.
John CageIf I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said fast... |
What Tech Startup Law Book can you recommend? | daleharvey: smarter ventures was a good introduction into the company creation / funding process, from a legal perspective.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smarter-Ventures-Survivors-Venture-C... |
Can niche ad networks work? | javery: I run a number of niche networks (http://zerkmedia.com) and they provide a good source of income. The small ad size of The Deck and some of my networks works well in technology, but in the wedding space you would probably want more conventional sizes. You would also be dealing with larger advertisers which mean... |
Can niche ad networks work? | vaksel: isn't that what adroll does? |
How many tabs do you currently have open? | vaksel: For me:General + site related(email, actual site, admin panel, twitter, facebook etc.): 19Entertainment(online radio/HN): 2 (i usually try to do all the distracting stuff in a single tab)Business related resources: 50 |
How many tabs do you currently have open? | maxtilford: I have 42 tabs open. I use Firefox's tree tabs add-on.
After pruning, I now have 22 tabs open. |
How many tabs do you currently have open? | anigbrowl: 11. I have ADD so I get upset when I have too many open, it's better for my concentration to close them down except for a select few, including HN. |
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