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Does your lawyer attend your Board meetings? | jacquesm: I find that having people present that are not in any capacity directly involved with the day-to-day goings on tends to drag meetings out. I prefer to have them short and sweet, it's hard enough to have a meeting with more than 3 people present having a person there asking questions without the required backg... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | fadmmatt: For implementing languages, I highly recommend Scheme, Haskell and Scala.These languages are hell-on-wheels for tearing apart and transforming syntax trees.I teach a compilers class, and I encourage my students to use a mixture of Scala and Scheme. If you're thinking about implementing a language, you might ... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | arebop: GHC, the Glasgow Haskell Compiler, is implemented in Haskell. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | hga: PreScheme has been used in some Scheme implementations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PreSchemeI've been looking into Lisp language implementation recently and it seems to have been somewhat influential, I've seen several references to "this is like PreScheme", most recently in Cola which jcdreads brought to our at... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | stan_rogers: It would have been difficult to have written APL in C originally, what with the lack of time machines and all (APL was created in '57 as an abstract notational concept and first implemented in '64 and released in '65; C was created in '72). The interpreter was probably written in S/360 assembler -- just a ... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | JadeNB: A related question was explored on LtU recently: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/3754. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | cabalamat: I'm implementing a language of my own design in Python right now. I chose Python because I'm familiar with it and I can piggyback on Python's strings, hash tables, and garbage collection. |
Are we too lenient on Google and Apple? | eplanit: Back in the 1990s, I remember a phrase that circulated. It's memorable because at the time it rang so incredibly true. It was a remark about how the market and industry regarded the Titan Microsoft, and went: "Whenever Bill Gates throws a dart at a wall, everyone races to the wall to paint a target around th... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | jrockway: You are forgetting the self-hosting language implementations, all of which are quite speedy:* SBCL: SBCL* GHC: GHC* PyPy: PythonThere are a lot of languages written in C because when those languages were written, that's all there was.Language implementations can be faster than the language they are written in... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | petercooper: Java's mentioned a few times in this list, but what's Java written in..? Well.. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/410320/what-is-java-writt... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | aidenn0: I'm used to compilers that are self-hosting. More recently there have been a swath that were written in C or C++, but this is mainly because to work on *nix, you will need to call out to a C library at some point, and writing it in C make implementing the FFI fairly trivial. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | joe_the_user: A lot of languages weren't written in pure c but involved a combination of c (or java) and a parser-generator like Yacc or Bison.The process of implementing a language isn't really about breaking out an editor and a compiler and coding. Rather, language implementing about specifying a virtual machine, a g... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | tsally: Can't believe OMeta hasn't been mentioned yet: http://tinlizzie.org/ometa/. It's definitely the wrong choice for performance, but if you are experimenting with language implementation I don't think you can do much better.OMeta's general-purpose pattern matching facilities provide a natural and convenient way f... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | baguasquirrel: I remember at my last full-time job how we'd look at the python source whenever we couldn't figure out what the expected behavior ought to be (yay for python documentation... =P). Seeing this list, it makes one wonder about all those "Java schools" that don't teach C anymore. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | gnosis: OCaml. See:One-Day Compilers or How I learned to stop worrying and love metaprogramminghttp://www.venge.net/graydon/talks/mkc/html/mgp00001.html |
What languages used to write computer languages? | xtho: For describing a language, I'd use English if you want to reach an international audience.I don't think a language can claim to be faster than C. But a specific interpreter/compiler can claim to be faster than a specific C compiler. |
Does your lawyer attend your Board meetings? | erickherring: At my last startup, our counsel was also the corporate secretary. It worked out well and let us get all board-related legal work done for a set fee. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | Locke1689: Scheme is often used in prototype interpreters. I just wrote a very simple language grammar in Haskell, so I guess really "anything" can be an answer.If you're asking about compilers , then it tends to be C (although LLVM is coming along nicely). |
Does your lawyer attend your Board meetings? | vicaya: This is a common practice for corporations, where you need to keep the meeting minutes as part of legal requirements of being a corp (c or s). You (as a Secretary of the corporation) can do it yourself or you can let them do it for you for free. Most people would choose latter. |
Are we too lenient on Google and Apple? | Semiapies: Weird: I see a lot of complaining about - and outright accusations toward - Google on HN. Every ad-scammer's complaint about Google not directing half the internet to look at eir site (much less booting them off of AdSense) gets taken remarkably seriously and sympathetically here. Every conspiracy theory g... |
What languages used to write computer languages? | ThinkWriteMute: Ruby is in C, C++, Ruby, and Objective-C. |
What languages used to write computer languages? | rick_2047: I think Smalltalk was self compiling? |
Any reason dead links can still be flagged? | jacquesm: Not too many people look at the site with 'showdead' on and I would hope that the flag link even when clicked would not lead to someone having to look at the item again.It is an imperfection though, but by far not the largest.My favorite gripe is that when your vote won't be counted you can still vote. |
Which tools you use to develop your webapp? | vorador: Emacs and firebug. |
Is there a A/B- or multivariate testing solution for Google Adwords ads? | terrellm: If you create multiple ads, Adwords will rotate the ads. You can choose which ad is most effective based on click thru % or even better conversion rate if you have conversion tracking setup.Also, make sure you set "Ad rotation" to "Rotate: Show ads more evenly" under the campaign's settings so that your ads ... |
Which tools you use to develop your webapp? | billturner: Textmate, Firebug, Chrome & Safari's web inspector, Sequel Pro (for MySQL), Gitx, github.com, and Terminal. |
Which tools you use to develop your webapp? | csuper: Currently while developing a Rails app I'm using Notepad++ on my provided XP machine. And normally Pico when SSH'd in, making quick updates. |
Clojure best practice for web applications? | sunkencity: Use compojure and clojure commons. You might want to use leiningen too. It is definately worth really checking out the clojure commons thoroughly before you start looking for other software packages, you'll have something to judge them against. For my own purpouses I've found the database bindings in com... |
Clojure best practice for web applications? | Rantenki: Two hours old (albeit on a Sunday), and the only thing in this post is the sound of crickets chirping.I have been learning Clojure, and the lack of responses is a bit of a surprise.Perhaps #clojure on freenode will get more responses? |
Clojure best practice for web applications? | tcrayford: Compojure is a good bet for clojure web applications.To get you started, have a look at the source for clojars and briancarpers cow-blog.http://github.com/ato/clojars-web
http://github.com/briancarper/cow-blogBrian Carper has a load of information about using compojure on his site (http://briancarper.net). ... |
Clojure best practice for web applications? | Quiark: I wrote a website on Google App Engine using Clojure. I used compojure and some Java library for OpenID. My database was (naturally) Google Datastore for which I had a custom wrapper based on http://github.com/duelinmarkers/appengine-clj/tree/master. I'm not giving the link, because it's all in Czech, so it wou... |
Why didn't Ubuntu come up with the AppStore? | lsc: what is the key difference, for you, between a repository accessible with a tool like aptitude, apt or yum, and the apple appstore? just commercial apps? Because there are other reasons why commercial apps on Linux is a fairly small market. |
Desktop + Laptop, or just Laptop? | lsc: if you work for long hours on a laptop without an external monitor and keyboard, you are asking for ergonomic trouble.But buying an external keyboard and monitor, and making sure both are an appropriate height solves that problem.To answer your question, I personally prefer a separate desktop system. It's margina... |
Desktop + Laptop, or just Laptop? | chipsy: I've been working with three different laptops for the last few months, and my conclusion is that it really depends on what you're doing. If you have a lot of license keys to juggle or finicky software that wants a very specific install environment, it's just plain easier to use one computer. And if you have to... |
Clojure best practice for web applications? | jacquesm: thank you all! More reading to do :) |
Why didn't Ubuntu come up with the AppStore? | ZeroGravitas: Lindows had this and later on they offered it for Ubuntu. It was called click'n'run.Looks like it still exists in some form at http://www.cnr.com |
Why didn't Ubuntu come up with the AppStore? | j_lagof: I think the main reason is that Linux users are most likely not willing to pay for something like that, while Mac users are used to pay for everything.. |
Should one buy the N1 ? | francoisdevlin: I originally read the title as "Should someone by H1N1". Oops. |
Should one buy the N1 ? | there: i've had every iphone, the google adp1 (g1), mytouch 3g, nexus one, nokia e71, blackberry curve, blackberry bold, blah blah blah. i hate all of them. i use whichever one i hate the least, until a new one comes out. i try it, find things that bother me, sell it, and repeat.my only advice is to try the phones y... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | kbob: Does T-Mobile provide good service where you live, work, drive, and play? If not, don't get a Nexus One. (assuming you're in the US.)Android vs. iPhone is a religious debate, and it's unlikely you'll receive enlightenment from flames. Android 2.X (N1, Droid) is a big improvement over Android 1.X (everything el... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | andrewljohnson: The N1 is going to be crappy, just like the original iPhone was crappy. If you want to support the Droid movement, buy the Nexus. If you are willing to wait a while for your phone not to suck, buy the Nexus. If you are blown away by speech to text, buy the Nexus.If you want the best current smartphone (... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | nostrademons: I've been using it since mid-December and really like it. It's sleek, it's fun, and it has some nifty features. I love the voice recognition, I love that they fixed the Webkit bug that prevented me from browsing HN while logged in, and I like that "unlock screen" is now a slide-right gesture instead of ... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | sandofsky: I've had my Nexus One for four days now.The hardware itself is outstanding. The screen is gorgeous, I like the haptic feedback, and there are lots of nice touches like the trackball that lights up.The software has a few great points too. The voice recognition is incredible. I like having the choice to run ba... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | Tichy: Are you asking if you need mobile internet?Would be interested in answers to that, too. I haven't joined the fun yet, but I wonder if there really is anything life changing about it (yet)? |
Should one buy the N1 ? | GavinB: I don't think you can go wrong with any of these three, but I went with the Droid. Reasons:- Better screen than iPhone- Physical keyboard- Verizon service (I guess this doesn't apply as you aren't in the US)There's no question that the iPhone OS is slicker and easier to use, but the Droid lets you do more at on... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | crux_: I moved from a crappy old phone to the Droid, and am quite happy with it.No matter what you end up with, I'd say that the differences by upgrading far outweigh which particular 'cutting edge' phone you end up going with.I didn't think much about the transition -- just aiming to phone and portable web browser. In... |
How important is university ranking to CS PhD graduate opportunities? | cperciva: In other words, would a Stanford (1st) or MIT (1st) grad be selected over a Northeastern (61st) or George Mason (65th) grad based on university affiliation alone?Based on university affiliation alone? Probably not.But university affiliation opens a lot of doors for PhD students. When I was doing my doctorat... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | csomar: What do you want to do with your phone? This is the important question. If you are just using it to call people, send messages, browse the net... so you don't need an expensive one.Precise what you need and then decide each one to choose |
Should one buy the N1 ? | whalesalad: I've had a Nexus One for a few days now as well (ordered on launch day) and I can say that it's a fantastic device. The aura of excitement I had with the experience on my first day owning it was akin to the one I had after coming out of the IMAX 3D theater after seeing Avatar. It's just cool. Let me elabora... |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | imp: Clickable: http://www.crunchcourse.com/http://www.crunchcourse.com/class/structure-and-interpretati... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | greyman: I would recommend neither of the three phones mentioned, but HTC HD2...in my subjective opinion, having the 4.3" screen, with other things being similar, could make it a best option. If you are from USA, I suggest you wait for it. |
Where to go to find good Django devs? | tomh-: http://djangogigs.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=50788 |
Desktop + Laptop, or just Laptop? | savant: As has been pointed out, a single machine works best. You'll have trouble synchronizing software and data between the machines at times, and you'll occasionally forget that crucial file for a presentation or meeting on your desktop. If you really need a desktop, get a second monitor, a nice mouse/keyboard combi... |
Where to go to find good Django devs? | mgrouchy: If you are looking to oursource, these guys do django as well http://itteco.com/ |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | wgj: Anything "Crunch____" for a website might put you in a trademark dispute. Or it might not. |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | czcar: One of the first things I would think about is charging.I am sure there is a definition for it - but the act of paying some money - whether it is incentivised by returning a percentage of the money dependent on commitment/progress etc, or is taken as a running cost, has the effect of increasing dedication/loyalt... |
Should one buy the N1 ? | jsz0: I have both an Android handset and an iPhone 3G. Both are good enough for e-mail, browsing, texting, calendar and all the fundamental stuff you'd expect from a modern SmartPhone. So whatever choice you make I don't think you'll be disappointed.My personal preference is still the iPhone for a variety of reasons. T... |
How and when to do referral marketing for your startup? | DarrenMills: I don't have any sources to cite, but with my graphic design business I give discounts or cash for referrals. Although just telling people doesn't really seem to do the trick. Instead, get them something in their hand that reminds them about it. I like to use something that is akin to a coupon, but really ... |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | wisty: I was planning on doing something similar (but go waylaid). Have you considered Amazon affiliate links? |
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trustful VPN proxy provider? | keefe: one possible avenue for your search would be for offshore servers rather than specific proxies - apache and mod_proxy may be sufficient depending on your particular needs. I think the challenge is to find some place that offers proxy services that china has not already blocked... |
trustful VPN proxy provider? | there: rent a linux or bsd-based virtual machine at any web hosting company and install openvpn on it. |
The Widget Economy Discussion | smcnally: tough to quantify answers without more data. if we're talking an iphone app,it's simpler to answer 1) once we know the expense to build it and the per-download charge.@ 2), I actively use a dozen apps; 3 are paid for. 3) not sure; 4) where the need can be best met with what you've built. |
The Widget Economy Discussion | patio11: You seem to be very interested in grouping software by distinctions which do not matter to your users. I would suggest not grouping software by distinctions which do not matter for your users.Your users do not have a point at which their demand for software is saturated, any more than they have a point at whi... |
The Widget Economy Discussion | roundsquare: I think you need to distinguish between active and passive widgets.E.g. An app that lets you find good coffee is an active widget. An app that blocks SMSs from people you don't like is passive.People can probably deal with many more passive widgets than active ones. |
Should one buy the N1 ? | jonny_noog: Well I had you beat in terms of crappy old phone ownership. I just upgraded from my good old Sony Ericsson w800i (had it for ~3 years) to an iPhone 3GS. I thought long and hard about this move, I've seriously pondering upgrading my phone for about 3 - 4 months now. I finally went with an iPhone mainly for t... |
trustful VPN proxy provider? | oomkiller: Just set one up yourself, you can get a rackspace cloud 256MB instance for 12 bucks a month, that should handle you for a while. You can always upgrade if you need to scale. |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | roundsquare: Neat idea. I've been meaning to learn economics, maybe I'll use this. |
Review my new learning website: Crunch Course | roundsquare: One thought I just thought about. You say you should "self grade" your homework. It makes sense, but this means someone needs an answer key.What if I decide to use a textbook to structure my class. E.g. each week we go through a chapter and do the exercises. We may not have the answers. Is there any w... |
Who is the best Freelance Rails Developer you know? | thegoleffect: http://seanhussey.com/ |
If i'm meeting someone at a cafe, what should I order | rudin: If we take this as a question about how to interact with people in a cafe environment and not a banal question about the best kind of coffee then just order what you want. I once had a meeting with a boss who ordered a milkshake while wearing a suit. |
Producing a physical product (3D printing?) | jacquesm: hey there Whalesalad,3D printing is a process that is best used to create prototypes, the kind of thing you are looking for would typically be made with injection moulding.That's a fairly expensive process though, under 10,000 units it isn't feasible.A midway is to use epoxy-resin based casting, you make a ru... |
Producing a physical product (3D printing?) | niyazpk: Check out this video from CES: http://www.wired.com/video/open-source-3d-printer-turns-desi... |
Producing a physical product (3D printing?) | jamii: It looks like your design can be made from flat pieces of material slotted together. If this is the case laser cutting is ideal for this kind of production scale. Most big cities will have laser cutters you can rent time on. You can also upload a design to sites like www.ponoko.com which handle manufacturing and... |
Desktop + Laptop, or just Laptop? | amatheus: I have a desktop and a notebook. I put my personal projects on Dropbox, plus some other things, use imap with Mail, rss with NetNewswire, so everything syncs and it works really well - I get the mobility when I need but use the desktop at home (I don't think I could stand using a notebook at home).
I think yo... |
Free DNS hosting? | chaosmachine: http://www.dollardns.net/Despite the name, it's actually free. I use it for a bunch of my projects.There's also http://www.zoneedit.com/ .. But I haven't tried them. |
Kindle or Nook? | semmons: I would pick the Kindle. It hits all four of your points and will have the greatest battery life, especially if you don't use the wireless connectivity. |
Kindle or Nook? | bjgger: I use my Kindle DX (best for PDFs) outside the US all the time. The new DX will also have international access (which can be disbaled). Plug it into a USB, and drag and drop your files. |
Kindle or Nook? | kgopal: Assuming I did want all those features (wifi, access to web, physical keyboard and wide selection at the bookstore) would it change to the nook? |
Kindle or Nook? | vinodlive: I have a Kindle 2. Though I like everything about it, it has the following issues:-1) In India, free internet on Kindle does not work. But Wikipedia do work.2) All the Magazine, Blog subscriptions will be stripped off the Graphics. Amazon is 'Saving' on the bandwidth costs they pay to the country specific Mo... |
Free DNS hosting? | chanux: Why DyDNS buying EveryDNS is a problem for you to use EveryDNS? (I too have a domain hosted on EveryDNS and like to know) |
Kindle or Nook? | jpulakka: How about Sony PRS-600? I'm in the same situation as you (thinking about buying an ebook reader in a non-US country), and the Sony seems to be one of the few valid alternatives to Kindle. It doesn't have that ugly keyboard and unnecessary wifi/3g connections. Regardless, with Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com... |
Kindle or Nook? | jtyost2: I would say also try to play with both of them at some point. The Nook can be played with in most stores - and playing with it sold me on the Kindle.The Nook was quite slow in switching pages, extremely difficult to scroll down, and the goofy color/touch screen at the bottom was more of a nuisance than anythin... |
Free DNS hosting? | newy: Afraid.org - freedns. |
Kindle or Nook? | crocowhile: If you want one to be used mainly for PDF you need to go for a larger screen, so neither the small kindle nor the nook. I think price tag starts at about 500 and non of them has internet access or keyboard anyway. |
Kindle or Nook? | jlk: Skiff. |
Kindle or Nook? | jlk: Can you wait for the Skiff? Looks pretty amazing. And bendy. |
Kindle or Nook? | rufius: I like (and own) the Kindle 2, I don't like the Nook. Its thicker and heavier. It felt like it might fatigue your wrist after reading a while.Skiff looks cool, but I'm a fairly loyal Amazon customer at this point :). |
Kindle or Nook? | gordyt: I would go with the Kindle as well. I've used both and the Nook seems much slower when doing things that you do a lot with an e-book reader, like turning pages. |
Ask HN:How to automatically fill in craigslist post form from another website? | blasdel: The least assholish method would be to src the Craigslist posting page in an <iframe>, and pre-fill the form via javascript from the containing page. |
Resources for Mentoring a Coder? | Travis: I found this today and am going to take the course as a refresher. It's a crunchcourse for SICP, all free. And since other folks will be doing the same thing, it seems like it may have an active community paced along with it.I work with another guy who has an EE MS, but is going to code for our startup (he's ... |
buying your own time. | yan: Do you have savings you can live off of? Normally, people would save up what they need to live off of or just contract or freelance on the side.edit: i (and i'm sure many others here) have similar aspirations. |
buying your own time. | thafman: Use mint.com... kidding. Get an extra job freelancing, night shift, whatever - trade your free time now for your 'side projects' time later. |
buying your own time. | TheSOB88: Decrease your spending, then save the difference. The more you can decrease your spending, the more you save and the more time you can survive on the saved money. |
What are you working on? | kylebragger: http://done.io/ and a new thing called Forrst. |
Monetizing a mailing list | csomar: Do you know CPA? This should convert well for you. |
buying your own time. | csomar: What are you doing right now? A job? if so, work and save until you make that $24K and then buy your own time. |
Kindle or Nook? | truebosko: I own the Kindle and I've played with the Nook.Nook felt odd, the touch screen wasn't very responsive and I had to press twice a few times. It felt a bit heavier too.In regards to the features you want: Kindle boot-up is instant with a flickr (~2 seconds max) if coming from standby, which it goes into when y... |
buying your own time. | sganesh: One option is moving to another country for those six months. Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina if you want stay in the Americas. Thailand, Philipines, India, China if you want to go to Asia. If you don't own a house, this is a good option. Sell your car & you'll have the money. |
buying your own time. | cmos: Move somewhere cheap, like detroit and get a dumpy apartment. |
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