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An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | okeefm: As a bioinformatics/molec bio student, I would be interested in a bio HN. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | jmatt: There were a number of sites that were launched shortly after arc came out based on the news.arc code. The arc language and code are under the Artistic License 2.0 [1]. (I admit that I thought they were public domain) See arclanguage.org for more on news.arc and arc the language.Here are the news.arc sites that ... |
Looking for cofounders, I'll pay the bills | omni50: I am looking for folks that love to code like I do. I primarily use Python right now but, it is just a tool and I think using whatever tool is best for the job is the way to go. I am more concerned with finding people I can trust and get along with / enjoy being around. I have no problem learning a new technolo... |
Best Place to Have Logo Designed? | e1ven: I've had luck at both 99 designs, as well as the older, Design Outpost. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | kgosser: Great idea if executed on the same level as HN. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | eshi: I'd love to see a website like this, especially if there's bioinformatics and computational biology there. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | philk: That sounds terrific. I'll send an email later. |
Double Entry Bookkeeping SaaS Recommendations ? | dobes: Actually outright is also a single-entry system since they don't track receivables or payments, only income and expenses.Any comment on why you want double-entry book-keeping as opposed to simply tracking income & expenses?Any other requirements you might have? |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | oomkiller: Would be cool to see, not sure how accessible it would be to me though. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | nathanh: If you want to get something up quick, you could use http://slinkset.com (aquired by Posterous in June 2009). It lets you create a social news site in seconds. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | iamelgringo: I'd be interested. I have a background in healthcare, so stuff in bioinformatics/biotech/medicine would be of interest to me. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | cing: Graduate student biophysicist, I'd be interested. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | joeyo: Graduate student neuroengineer here. Very yes. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | alain94040: Game. Check out this talk from Amy Jo Kim at startup2startup: http://startup2startup.com/2009/01/09/jan29-amyjokim-shuffle... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | olalonde: StackExchange's karma points and badges have made me quite addictive. |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | tomkinstinch: As a student of bioinformatics, I would be interested in this.Perhaps it could be a more fitting venue for those in the DIYBio scene.[1][1] http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/topics |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | shib71: Any "reward" for interaction will help. - WOW: experience
- T61: karma for hearting songs you like
- Every forum ever: titles for number of posts
- HN: karma for comments / submissions others like
- StackOverflow: practically everything |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | mortenjorck: The single most important factor is one I'd take from gaming, a medium where addiction is a frequently sought-after element: Playability. Do things flow in a pleasing way? Do your actions feel like they have weight? Is the environment responsive? Do you feel like you can explore?Strive for a "playable" UX ... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | cloudwalking: Reduce friction. Make it as easy as possible to do any given task. |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | tedshroyer: I thought you could do a wire transfer over the phone. Is that not the case? |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | forkqueue: We're in the UK, so I don't know how applicable this is to Jamaica, but for http://kutoken.com/ we use HSBC Merchant processing to accept transactions in GBP, USD and Euro.HSBC give us the option of having the funds deposited into HSBC accounts in those currencies, or converting to GBP (at our expense, not t... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | javanix: The first one's always free? |
Buzzword for *.d directories? | oomkiller: rarps |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | qqnoodles: Fresh content (user generated or not), low friction, and growing stakes as the user becomes more engaged. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | ElllisD: I find HN addictive. It's earned a button smack in the center of my bookmark toolbar.If I had to quantify why it's because of quality content.
Especially with regard to comments.
The headlines change relatively quick.And come to think of it, +1 for cloudwalking's comment.
There's reduced friction here. eg. min... |
A martial art for a programmer | tworats: Definitely Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). It's a very effective martial art, and its technical nature makes it a very good fit for an analytical mind. I've only been at it for a few months but so far I love it.I haven't tried Judo, but I expect that'd be similarly interesting. |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | aguynamedben: Not sure if it fits the bill, but check out http://www.xoom.com |
Does an index fund count as diversifying? | ww520: Max your Roth IRA for now. Judging from your current contribution level, you are still qualified.Check out Permanent Portfolio if you have more money.Get into real estate if you can. I participated in the last great real estate run-up and benefited greatly. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | quizbiz: Download Peggle for Mac. You will find your owner, though I am unsure of it's relevancy. I guess the takeaway is offer instant visual gratification. Divvyshot does a great job with this in a more subtle manner.Tell people exactly how to proceed to a next step.
At that next step, reward them beyond what they co... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | lotharbot: - Set the difficulty level correctly. In an app, it should be ridiculously easy to do stuff. In a game, the challenge should be scaled appropriately so the game is neither boring nor frustrating, and so that players continue to develop and use new skills as the game goes on.- data, stats, and awards. Peop... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | ciscoriordan: Accessibility, ease of use, satisfaction, and pleasing aesthetics.I use Google Calendar instead of iCal because it's integrated with my browser through Google Toolbar. I can add add an event by highlighting some text and clicking in the toolbar twice. Bringing up my calendar takes one click. |
What is the ideal day to launch on? | coryl: I've never found that it matters. Its not like you'll be hit with a rush of traffic (unless you have carefully orchestrated PR and marketing campaigns ahead of time).Most sites will go live, then just build, promote, and repeat. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | jlesk: I have users that spend nearly all of their free time on my site. One recently asked me to ban them so they could kick the habit. I asked him what part of the site was addictive and he said, "Basically everything."One of the key things, I think, is having lots of little things to do that you can get immediate ... |
What is the ideal day to launch on? | Kliment: The best day to launch? When your product is good enough to make a difference for people, and the really painful bugs are out. It's not like a day will make a difference, since you will be doing more than one day of promotion unless you're a superstar. |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | patio11: The absolute fastest way to do an I-can't-believe-its-not-a-wire-transfer is to get your US bank to issue you a debit card with the Mastercard or VISA logo on it, and then take that to an ATM in Jamaica. You'll get soaked like a foreign tourist but, hey, no waiting on the money.You can also give your US bank ... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | jarmop: Content, fresh content and user-created content.1) Content needs to be an look interesting for the target audience.
2) Content needs to be fresh and look fresh.
3) Users need to be able to add and enrich the content, in natural way. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | dfield: Last summer, I had the privilege of attending a talk by Mark Pincus at Startup2Startup. One of the tips he gave that really resonated with me was to "gamify everything."For example, if users have to enter information to make your service more usable, give them a progress bar. In general, let the user "grind" ... |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | Aschwin: Virtual XS (Access)(http://www.vxsbill.com/) in The Netherlands do all kinds of billing acceptance and are one of the most reliable partners for a lot of companies all over the world. They do adult, gambling, pharmacy etc. Only legit business is allowed, because you get screened to the bone. You've to setup a ... |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | kilian: I think points (and badges) are basically the crack cocaine of the 21th century. Reward every positive action with points and you're halfway there. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | ssp: Supposedly, if the rewards are randomly reinforced, they will be more addictive. Ie., if the same action sometimes creates positive feedback and sometimes negative, people will keep coming back because they are looking forward to the positive ones and can't predict when they will happen.I don't know whether it wor... |
A martial art for a programmer | BjornW: I've started with searching for a martial art fitting for me 2,5 years ago. I hadn't been training for a quite some time and I really needed to do something about it. I had practiced Judo during my child and early teen years and practiced Tae Kwon Do during college.I quit both because, in my personal opinion th... |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | radu_floricica: Also looking for payment processors outside US.About Paypal, AFAIK they can transfer funds to your credit card (not bank account) for about $2 per transfer. You have to authenticate the card before. It involves them making a small transaction from which you take a confirmation code (from the bank statem... |
A martial art for a programmer | kschua: I can only speak for the Chinese Martial Art I have trained and been exposed to - Wing Chun and Choy Li Futt. It is now a way of life for me. Primarily, I am a Wing Chun practitioner.If you are using the Agile methodology, Wing Chun would be good. It emphasizes
1) adapting to change - This is especially true i... |
Do you understand your operating system? | jrockway: I do understand my OS, but it's probably better to not think about it. Knowing too much about UNIX leads you to want to throw it away and write something sane... but that is time consuming. Better to close your eyes and not think about the details. |
Do you understand your operating system? | rbanffy: I care and I think I pretty much get what's going on under the hood of my Linux boxes as they seldom surprises me. OTOH, it's a complex system, with stack upon stack of hardware, firmware and software that makes really groking it (as I did with my Apple IIs in the early 80's) next to impossible. Even before th... |
Psychology research on value perception of different pricing models? | promethean: Be sure to consider the accounting & customer service costs of whatever model you choose. A one-time fee is is easy to administer, while a recurring cost is an order of magnitude more complex, and recurring costs with roll-over and top-up ability yet another order of magnitude more complex-- And not just fr... |
Do you understand your operating system? | simonw: I don't at all, but I reall wish I did. The more experienced I get as a web developer the more the low level stuff matters to me. |
Do you understand your operating system? | dirtbox: I've got a pretty indepth knowledge of every OS I've used for any length of time. My first instinct with all things is to unscrew the lid and find out what makes it tick and for me, operating systems practically beg to be tinkered with, |
Do you understand your operating system? | zackattack: i run mac os x. no i don't understand its internals. i got it cuz it "just works"! |
Do you understand your operating system? | pmjordan: I'm currently working on a block device driver, which means I'm digging around in kernels. I've found the O'Reilly books on the Linux kernel ("Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd ed" and "Linux Device Drivers, 3rd ed") as well as "Mac OS X Internals" by Amit Singh extremely helpful. The latter doesn't only co... |
Do you understand your operating system? | starev: It's hard to say what it is to "understand" an operating system, though. Knowing how it works in a fairly broad sense, or even knowing how specific parts of the kernel work doesn't mean you completely grok the system.I mean, understand in the broad sense of "stuff all OSes do": certainly. I realize that ther... |
Do you understand your operating system? | synnik: Or, at an even lower level... do you understand your hardware? Not just disk space and memory, as most programmers need to know those... But do you know how the keyboard works? USB? How the processor receives/manages all the signals?I did know all this, 10 years ago... I haven't kept up with newer systems, but ... |
Do you understand your operating system? | ErrantX: Windows: yes
Linux: pretty much (90%)
Mac: nopeWhen I started my current job in computer forensics and security it shocked me how much I didnt know. There is a LOT of stuff going on in the internals that is pretty smart.Believe me: you have no idea how bloody complicated a discussion of the Windows file system... |
Do you understand your operating system? | aurora72: You miss something the author's talked about and it's the transition from GNU/Linux to BSDI assume he/she wants to have a more understandable OS; and because the BSD's excel at that area, I guess she/he's referring to the BSD's.Windows --> Great but I still cannot understand some of its peculiarities such as ... |
Do you understand your operating system? | radu_floricica: There is at least one cognitive bias involved when answering this questions. The less you know about something, the simpler you believe it to be. I'd expect Torvalds to say he has a "fair" understanding of linux. |
Do you understand your operating system? | pstevensza: I thought I knew FreeBSD until I joined a couple of the lists and realised that I've hardly scratched the surface. It used to bother me that I didn't know. These days, I can accept it, and enjoy my occasional dip into the unknown when I need to change something. |
Do you understand your operating system? | ARR: Windows: never tried to
Linux: I know quite a bit but the important thing is that I know that I will understand everything I don't know. Learn by experience. |
Do you understand your operating system? | javery: I knew Windows inside and out, used it from 3.1 and could do just about anything I wanted to do and fix just about any issue. 3 years ago I moved to Mac OS and I am still working on getting myself to the same place. |
Does an index fund count as diversifying? | gcb: I hear a lot of 401k.Anyone have any experience with it while not being a us citizen?E.g. Work in the US for some yrs and then leave for good. |
What software do you use for graphics in mobile games? | davidw: Since it's available for Nokia, that means it's either J2ME, or Symbian, so either Java or C++. |
Review my new local / mobile startup | rebelvc: We have been kind of low key about this project within the tech world, choosing to launch slowly to local interests in our city. We launched to Austin, TX on Feb 15th. The mobile site is at http://dealbk.com/m or you can browse to dealbk.com on a smartphone. HN community is important to me so any feedback is a... |
Review my new local / mobile startup | jasonkester: Two quick first impressions:1. It seems to require 1200px width, which is pretty rare outside of the developer crowd. My road laptop, which I'm viewing your site on, maxes out at 1024px. As a result, I need to scroll horizontally to to basic things on your site.2. The name is hard to read from the URL, i... |
What software do you use for graphics in mobile games? | starkfist: Illustrator and Photoshop. |
Help with merchant account | aquaphile: If you login to Authorize.Net's tools and can see the transaction properly listed/labeled, then the bank is most likely the source of the labeling problem. It sounds like their handling of "pending" transactions may provide less informational context than "cleared" transactions. |
Still using thesixtyone? | arantius: I used to go semi-frequently. I have specific musical tastes. Now, I can't help but get it to shuffle to something like 9/10 songs that I would never want to hear.Limiting to a genre, in the old version, it used to be 1 or 2/10 that I didn't care for. I've tried a few times, but effectively have stopped us... |
Do you understand your operating system? | hdx: Getting there with a little help from my friends:
http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs162/sp10/ |
An HN for biology/medicine/biotech? Would you want one? | JunkDNA: I would love this. Many times there are articles that would be more appropriate for that kind of forum, but I post them here to catch the hacker/biotech crossover crowd. |
you've got a few weeks of free-ish time, what OSS project do you try? | icey: Clojure-CLR might be interesting to you: http://github.com/richhickey/clojure-clr |
you've got a few weeks of free-ish time, what OSS project do you try? | vorador: I would suggest, if you are not very experienced in it, unix (things like shell scripting, awk, etc). |
Should you register .net and .org as well as .com? | bhousel: The domain name is intellectual property. So you should spend an appropriate amount of money to protect it.It's far cheaper to just buy up the available names now than to hire a lawyer later to go after someone using your name. |
Should you register .net and .org as well as .com? | icey: I almost always buy the .net when I buy the .com. If I buy a domain with a weird extension, I'll also make sure I can get the .com version that includes the weird tld - Like, if I bought icey.tv, I'd also buy iceytv.com. |
Review our startup: MovieListr | Frazzydee: Another suggestion: Please link to http://movielistr.com/recover/ ("forgot my password" page) on the login page. The only link I could find was on http://movielistr.com/account/, which requires that you log in first. |
Should you register .net and .org as well as .com? | yummyfajitas: A .net and .org cost about $10/year each. I probably spend about $20 on dosas every week.So if you value your friend's brand name more than 3 dosas, yeah. Buy all versions. |
How do I accept all major credit cards when not based in the US? | norbu09: we had the same issue as we are in NZ and US based companies often have that panic that everything non US is not controllable.
we went with worldpay and have no issues with them. we currently accept visa/master in USD, NZD and EUR via them. |
How can you make a user experience addictive? | petervandijck: 1) game mechanics2) Something new every 15 minutes |
Please review my new site | icey: This is a project made by a friend of mine - she was looking for feedback so I asked her to post it here. |
Please review my new site | cnlwsu: With chrome I can only use 1 digit for the inches in height (could not enter 5'11") |
Please review my new site | emmett: This is a good idea, but the execution is lacking. In particular, the data entry is really painful. There are two big problems:1. I have to somehow know the calorie counts for every exercise I do and every food I eat. You should let me input the activity/food and calculate the calories.2. I am not in front of m... |
Advice needed re: adsense vs. adbrite | Travis: Well, you're going to see drastically different numbers depending on content. The CPC ranges from pennies to around $50 for specific ads. So you can't make any sort of comparison between your site and your friend's.I recommend that you just run a/b tests. Is there a reason why you don't want to switch to ads... |
Please review my new site | boundlessdreamz: please add metric options also |
Please review my new site | davidw: The color scheme screams "for women", but I think there are plenty of men who would like to lose weight.I guess you could look at that two ways:* The site is 'opinionated' and has decided to focus on female users.* You're tossing half of your potential user base out the window. |
Please review my new site | judofyr: My first thought: What should I do here? Ooooh, two shiny buttons! tries one. Huh? Oh, I should probably start in that tiny, tiny bar… |
Please review my new site | allenp: I know this feedback isn't very critical - but I really like it a lot. I like the design. It is really nice to have the sliders for the goals rather than putting in numbers. There is a more malleable feel to it than just crunching numbers in a spreadsheet. It does feel like it would fit a wide variety of lifest... |
Please review my new site | aantix: I like the idea, but the nutritional/exercise guidelines should be re-evaluated.Caloric deficits don't work well for long term weight loss because the body has a tendency to move towards homeostasis.It'd be nice to see something that tracks carbs closer and with an emphasis on hit intensity interval training (t... |
Please review my new site | hansxyz: Losing weight by eating less calories and / or exercising doesn't work. It's just a popular myth. |
Please review my new site | mtinkerhess: I'm having rendering issues with Chrome on Ubuntu. The text boxes for current weight, goal weight etc. show up under the labels instead of to their right, and are mostly hidden and hard to click on. Firefox works fine. |
Please review my new site | zavulon: I'm currently using some products by your competitors ("Lose it!" iPhone app and "LiveStong") so I can definitely provide some feedback. First, it looks VERY nice, but as some others noted - a "for guys" interface option would be good.1) This is big - needs to recognize the food and automatically enter the num... |
Please review my new site | kevinholesh: Go easy on the help tooltip pop-up things. It's unexpected and does more to startle me than help me.The text is too long. Shorten the tooltips to a sentence.Also, add a slight delay to the tooltips: http://snipplr.com/view/4163/highlight-menu-on-hover-with-de... |
Please review my new site | zitterbewegung: Is there a guy version which just black and white and not pink? |
Please review my new site | cullenking: I like the idea! Looks like most of your reviews are from men, and their style advice is to lose the pink for a guy version. I agree this is a good idea, but I'd like to give a woman's perspective (even though I am not a woman). My girlfriend, her sister and my mom all recently vetoed the dark gray from ... |
Please review my new site | sarasioux: You're all so completely right about providing default food & exercise calorie totals for people, it's not acceptable to have to Google for that. But it's a lot of data to scrape and organize so I saved it for a later release. I love all of your feedback, thank you so much, I'll probably implement most of ... |
Please review my new site | apsurd: Does this work the same if I want to gain weight?Maybe you should be more specific as to what exactly your application does. "Body management" may not be enough for some people. It might be a better marketing approach to explicitly say what your app can do. i.e. "we help you lose weight", or "gain more mass" , ... |
Please review my new site | martian: Not sure why I should upgrade...? I clicked the button and it took me to a PayPal checkout link. There should be some intermediate step describing the benefits. Sell me! |
Please review my new site | blhack: I sortof like the idea of this website, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use it.Maybe I'm missing the point?It's for tracking how much you eat and work out, right? |
Please review my new site | dzlobin: Seconding on the not-so-great color scheme. There is also a small bug on Chrome/Ubuntu; the pop-up that comes from scrolling over the upgrade link is transparent and the feedback link gets in the way of reading the text. |
Please review my new site | MrSafe: You may consider adding a tag line describing what the site is about. I couldn't really tell what I should do.The tool tips where too long and I didn't read past a sentence or two. |
Please review my new site | almost: Very confusing, needs something telling me what to do! Us technical types can probably work it out but what about non-technical people? Not a chance I'd say.Also, the "You should upgrade here" bubble just takes me to PayPal to give you $2.99/month without describing why I'd want to do that. The fact that it's t... |
Please review my new site | pmsaue0: Cool idea and neat sliders and calculation execution! I agree with most others who say that it's not clear in the first 2 seconds what to do. Perhaps in the header:h1: weight loss calculator
h2: easily plan your diet and exercise routineI would recommend a numbered-list / stepwise approach for user input (all... |
Please review my new site | tynman: I'd recommend an intermediary step between free and subscription. Today I'll go there once to check it out and provide a review, but unless you sell me RIGHT NOW I'm gone as a customer.Maybe it keeps track of my profile (height, weight, age, etc.), but doesn't keep a history of what I eat or what I do. That way... |
Should you register .net and .org as well as .com? | dnsworks: A domain costs what, $8/year? WheneveR I get an idea and there's a good domain for it, I buy up as many as I can of .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .biz, .us, etc. I paid $1,400 for my last important.com .. so dropping $100 to buy up all of the related domains isn't that big of a deal. I think I maintain about 250 d... |
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