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How to make money from a IE8 flaw? | csomar: How much are you expecting to make from it? |
How to make money from a IE8 flaw? | coryl: You could post the exploit in your blog and gain "social capital" if that means anything, which could lead to future job prospects, networking, etc.Or just ransom Microsoft. |
Recommend first programming language to master (options included) | leif: Since you seem to have at least something of a handle on the LISPs of the world, go master C. Embed in your brain everything about pointers (and multiple indirect pointers), structures, offsets, row-major ordered higher-dimensional arrays, fancy macros (try containerof), why inlining and loop unrolling makes thi... |
How to look for a programming opportunity | starkfist: Giles is wrong. Learning a new language/toolkit is actually a "job getting skill." I got my last 3 jobs by learning Javascript, Ruby, and Objective-C. They would not have hired me if I hadn't taught myself how to do stuff in those languages. If it's a startup job you are expected to hit the ground running. F... |
How to make money from a IE8 flaw? | deutronium: There used to a site called Wabi Sabi Labi which acted as a market for 0-day exploits (its shutdown now). I would presume such a market to be frequented by rather shadowy buyers though. |
Is there a point to school? | patio11: Even if you think university will teach you absolutely nothing, you've got a one-time offer from society that we're going to subsidize anything you do for the next four years and not have any expectation that you'll work for a living during that time. This offer is essentially only good once. Take it.That sa... |
Is there a point to school? | nlabs: Major in software engineering and build some cool stuff in the meantime, sharpening your skills. Then apply to YC during your jr/sr year. |
Is there a point to school? | shadowz: Trust me, what you learn from high school will probably not help you at all. In fact, you'll forget all of it after graduation. However, the point of high school is to develop certain skills and to challenge you.That being said, I'm in this situation as well. I'm a grade 12 student from Canada. However, I've d... |
Is there a point to school? | jasonlbaptiste: I took 18 months off to do a startup+moved to the valley and am now back finishing college before doing another startup. Why? It shows that you're good at finishing things and the degree is something you'd probably rather have than not have. Some lessons learned I guess:* don't try to do a full time... |
Is there a point to school? | carterschonwald: UW Seattle has a lot of really amazing computer scientists and mathematicians. Even ignoring all the stuff you learn just from being around a huge number of folks in your own age range, and intro/intermediate classes which you can learn on your own if you have a "sufficiently good" textbook or lecture ... |
Is there a point to school? | Xichekolas: High School can definitely be tedious, but it does leave a lot of free time to tackle things on your own.When you get to college, that time may diminish somewhat (coursework is a bit more demanding), but the important thing to realize is that college is what you make of it. If you view it as a four year hur... |
Is there a point to school? | marshallp: Unless you're planning to work on wall street, at google, or go to a top med/law/business school, there's no point in worrying about school or grades at all. It's a time to socialize with people and makes friends in a way you'll never get to again. You and everyone else are naive little adults unspoilt by th... |
Is there a point to school? | morphir: Here is my hard learned lesson: DO NOT STUDY JUST TO GET AN DEGREE! It such a waste of good time AND money (lost income) to study some random topic that you could not care less about. MANY students fall into the trap of choosing a study/career that brings them status. Unfortunately, they will either 1) most li... |
Is there a point to school? | reader5000: School consists of sitting in a lecture hall with 100 other students listening to a middle-aged lecturer talk about his interests for 50min, 3 times a week. Unless you aspire to be a good listener / note-taker, no, there is no actual point to school, unless both common sense and modern psychological learnin... |
Is there a point to school? | olalonde: This article sums it up pretty well: http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/03/03/just-in-case-versus... |
Is there a point to school? | Alex3917: "But from what I've heard, to be successful I need to spend my time programming"You've heard wrong then. |
Is there a point to school? | jarsj: "Dots connect in future". You are not the first one to not see any point in going to school now. You will see the point 10 years down after
- having met a co-founder of your very successful company.
- transforming a college project into a billion dollar enterprise.
- making great business deals with your colleg... |
Is there a point to school? | zaidf: As someone who has been through both sides of this debate, I've realized that school is what you make it. I went into school sure that I won't get much out of it. And that's what happened for the first two years. Then I took a 3 semester break. I returned thinking there is stuff I can learn at school. And I have... |
Is there a point to school? | maxwin: Another important reason to go to college is for personal growth. There are experiences that are to be found only in college.You might take a music or philosophy class just to fulfill credit requirements but it turns out to greatly influence your world views or let you discover your hidden passion. You might m... |
does anyone know the reason for this alias? | cheald: Given that it's not registered by Randall, I'm going to suspect that some random guy registered that domain and pointed it at XKCD. Not that hard to do. |
Is there a point to school? | eplanit: The way you describe your situation and outlook, I'm wondering whether you're pursuing a career, or a lifestyle. I fear it's a lifestyle. That is, what exactly do you mean by "interested in hacking and the start-up culture"? Hacking is about application of talent and curiosity; start-ups are about running a... |
Is there a point to school? | starkfist: If you're a straight male, college is the easiest place to meet women in America. For that reason alone, it's worth checking out for a couple semesters. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | qeorge: In the US, but we've used PayPal's direct payment gateway (Websites Payment Pro) for a number of client sites, and its been great.The rates are very reasonable ($30/month, 2-3% + $.30 per transaction), and the only weird requirement is that you have to offer PayPal as a checkout option (and we would anyway). |
Is there a point to school? | lvecsey: It's one of those red pill blue pill deals, and perhaps at the heart it drives at the current melt down of society (depending on your vantage point). If you go with what you believe you risk having others say things like "you just haven't applied yourself" to you, and they will forever remind you to go back to... |
Are ACM worth a membership? | andrewf: If you're near a large library that allows public access, they may have subscriptions that allow access to journal articles on their computers.I'm an ACM member, but for any other papers I just walk into the university I live near with a USB key. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | pjharrin: I previously used psigate, although I'm not sure I would recommend it |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | patio11: All of the organizations you admire have computer systems, and substantially all of them suck. So you've got that going for you. Word to the wise: they suck for a reason, and finding out exactly why they suck may not be a pleasant experience for you.You're wonderfully fortunate in that you have a skillset wh... |
Is there a point to school? | b-man: 'There are a lot of things you can teach, but the most important ones must be learned.'One thing that I would love that someone else had shown to me when I has in high school is what does it mean to learn, and how to learn. These are some resources that really helped me understand the value of true learning [1][... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | AlexBlom: Have you tried ringing the banks direct?Back in AU (I now live in Canada) I was able to get a pretty good deal and system from my local bank. I have no idea why it was not promoted online but their merchant facilities did the trick! |
what sites should use ssl? | cheald: Ideally, you should be using SSL any time you ask for information you don't want others to ever be able to see. Think about it this way:You log on to your site via an open wireless network at your local coffee shop. Anything that you aren't SSL encrypting is being sniffed and read by the shady looking dude with... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | notaddicted: I (Canadian) have an account on http://www.internetsecure.com/ -- I haven't used it yet so I can't advise, but it's one for your list. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | shrike: Amazon has a very strong subscriptions/reoccurring billing system with a nice of API for subscription management.https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/business?sn=devfps/adv... |
Mercurial or git? | atiw: I would go with mercurial.
It just works well with both Windows and Linux (I don't have a MAC).
And like alfred said, hoping is not a good option for you.
I would always go with any tool, that's proven that obscure.
Playing around with it, and testing it is fine if you are a <4 people team.
Anything more than 4,... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | officemedium: Authorize.net's CIM with custom app for flexible rebilling. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | nreece: Have a look at Recurly as well: http://recurly.comWe use PayPal though. |
Is there a point to school? | chrischen: It may not be the most efficient method of learning for everyone, but you'll probably learn something there. For a lot of people it's the perfect environment. That being said, I think you should try it out and see if it works out for you. If you're absolutely miserable, consider your options if and only if t... |
Is there a point to school? | ziadbc: Think of university not only as a handful of classes a semester, but instead as your personal research park. All the resources a hacker/entrepreneur needs can be found on a college campus. Explore what it has to offer beyond the track they set you up with each semester, get to know professors, meet your cofou... |
Is there a point to school? | sown: Think of it as a few years opportunity to teach yourself a bunch of new things. College campuses for various reasons and externalities are a great place to do this in.However, you must apprentice yourself to learn the trade. |
Is there a point to school? | ow: School is a time where you'll have time. You'll have time to code, to explore, and most importantly for some, time to get just a little older. You'll be amazed how much you learn about yourself and your interests, and how much you'll develop yourself and your interests. You don't have to take classes that prepare y... |
what sites should use ssl? | rlpb: My understanding of why some major players don't do it is because there is considerable overhead in running encryption when you are dealing with millions of connections. |
Is there a point to school? | bokonist: Purposes of college:a) having fun, making lifelong friends, getting laidb) learning from peers and the environment (lectures, events, clubs, etc)c) building a social networkIf end up not liking your college classes,I recommend switching to an easy major that takes no time to do. Then spend your free time eit... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | mattew: Is there anything like Authorize.net CIM in Canada? The CIM piece is awesome because you don't store any credit card information on your server, which takes all the PCI hassle out of the equation. |
Is there a point to school? | phugoid: If you're not sure, then go to school.One big problem with learning on your own is that you'll usually avoid doing the hard boring stuff that seems pointless. For a lot of people, that includes math. But doing that stuff gives you the strength and confidence to attack difficult problems in the future.I work ... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | kbrower: I am using paypal, and I would definitely not use them again. They are holding 30% of our order values for 90 days...
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/... |
Is there a point to school? | enum: UW has a terrific CS program. You will learn a lot. |
Is there a point to school? | mburney: University is a good way to meet people with similar interests. You may also have a couple professors that inspire you in some way.But the other 80% of it is a waste of time.It's like a job; you could learn things on your own much faster but you're forced to go slower because of the way things are set up.If I ... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | dasil003: We use Braintree. They have a secure vault similar to Authorize.net CIM for storing credit cards safely without PCI concerns. Also, they were the only payment gateway that could give us true multi-currency support. Apparently in most cases you need revenues at least in the 7-figures to swing that, but Brai... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | rmanocha: Anybody here know good payment gateways for us folks outside the US?? (specifically India, in my case) |
Is there a point to school? | g1t1t: well first, just accept that coming out of high school, there is a lot you don't know.enroll in challenging classes at a good college and you'll see it soon enough. you'll realize high school was a joke. classes at a good school will not be a joke and there is a good chance you will be humbled or even gut-punche... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | asmithmd1: I use these guys:
http://www.paysimple.com/
They walked me through getting a merchant account and charge $30/month for the gateway with an API, credit card vault, subscription billing on credit card or ACH |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | jacquesm: I use virtual access, not cheap but very good.full disclosure, run by friends of mine. |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | evgen: Stats. Lots and lots of stats. Get good at doing number crunching on big data sets using hadoop, R/incanter/etc and learning how to derive meaningful and defensible insights from all of the public data that is floating around out there. Pick an org that suits your interests and see if they need help with gene... |
Include JavaScript via PHP or HTML? | there: the only downside would be if you are reusing the same javascript code on another page, this would cause the browser to download it again each time. if it's in a separate js file, the browser will (probably) cache it and make for a shorter download of each subsequent page. |
Is there a point to school? | badave: College is the new high school. It's a requirement. Not having a college degree will be a crutch for the rest of your life. To level the playing field, its pretty much required to have a college degree. |
Is there a point to school? | sage_joch: I agree that school can be tedious as all hell. But the UW CSE program didn't feel like school at all; it was a blast. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | perplexes: Wish we were using BrainTree, as evidenced by a coworker exclaiming that he found a bug in their dev sandbox, and they fixed it in a few minutes and sent him a nice email thanking him. So, anecdotally, they sound great.Authorize.Net is otherwise stable, though poorly documented, and works when their datacent... |
Is there a point to school? | andreshb: I found co-founders and first employees in my university (UF). Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Brin&Page, etc all started and found co-founders in school. (whether you decide to drop out later or not)I recommend something you have a personal interest with, not necessarily something you think you may need for your ca... |
Is there a point to school? | ryanteo: Hi sam191,I'm currently still in college, so I guess I understand a little about your dilemma. However, I am not from the US (from Singapore), so my situation might be slightly different.Since I'm currently in my final year, I appreciate my education a lot more than before. There are so many fundamentals that ... |
Is there a point to school? | jasonwilk: I have friends who are very smart, decided to Fore-go college and opted for a career. They turned out weird.Remember, College is not an all day, all night venture like High school is. You can book your schedule to go to class only 2-3 days a week and the rest of your days you can spend programming at a Start... |
Is there a point to school? | pook: University gives you two benefits:1. Free time. You will never have as much time to hack and experiment with stuff as you do now.2. Other people who also have lots of free time and similar interests.Honestly, the people you meet in all night hacking sessions, bull sessions and such, are the biggest reason to stic... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | spencerfry: We use Chase Paymentech, but probably switching to BrainTree after speaking to them several times. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | jaddison: If you're looking for a Canadian company, look to Beanstream:http://beanstream.com/They're based out of Victoria, BC - my hometown! They're supposed to be good, although I can't speak from personal experience. |
Your opinion on GWT vs raw JS | nostrademons: You've left out a third option: using a mature pure-JavaScript library like JQuery, Closure, or YUI.IMHO that's the best of the options, because you can fall back to pure JS if you need extra flexibility or speed, and yet still don't have to deal with cross-browser bugs. |
Is there a point to school? | roundsquare: College is not like high school. Take full advantage of it. Also, community college (at least the one near my HS) is like HS with harder courses. College where you live away from home is completely different. Some other points:1) You'll meet amazing people. Other students and professors. It maybe the ... |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | statictype: If you're among the top in your CS course, then you probably have the skill-set needed to excel in technology-related fields and (possibly stereotyping here) may not necessarily be able to directly apply your skills to whatever good causes you're passionate about.Get an awesome job to get rich then use your... |
Is there a point to school? | apsec112: "Everyone around me keeps saying how important school is, but right now I'm having trouble seeing that."Most people are morons. 45% of Americans still believe that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. It's really as simple as that.Now, if you're going to go into a field like finance, you really will want ... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | agmiklas: We use Beanstream for our Toronto based company. One nice thing about them is they support something like authorize.net's CIM feature, so you can do recurring billing without having to store CC numbers yourself.One thing to be aware of, though. It is nigh impossible to get a USD American Express merchant ac... |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | kevbin: Why do you assume that "jumping into an awesome job to get rich" and "help[ing] the world become a better place" are mutually exclusive?I'm not sure what you mean by "social justice." If you mean it in the sense of ensuring equality of outcome, that's a path shown to make things worse for individuals and the so... |
Ask HN:Help cool startups technically on weekends and after office hours | dotBen: What are you wanting to do? also try renaming the title of your post to "Ask HN: *" |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | davidkim: I would go with psigate, they seem like the best for Canada.Heck were working on the same app. |
Is there a point to school? | kellishaver: College can be wonderful, but only if you approach it with the right attitude. I went into college immediately after high school and attended for a year. I enjoyed the social aspects, but overall hated it and felt like I was getting nothing out of it. I was there because it was just what was expected of me... |
Is there a point to school? | sthomps: Hi,
It seems like everyone thus far has given good opinions, however they are missing the real point. It is not about what they did or their experiences, it's how school relates to you. With your extra credits and starting in a junior year, that is an awesome advantage. However, you get out of school what y... |
Your opinion on GWT vs raw JS | va_coder: I love my JQuery |
How to sell an App Store company with 15m installs? | allwein: First off, I'm going to disagree with the assumption that knowing you want to sell instantly lowers the price. Businesses get bought and sold every day. There's no shame in wanting to sell a company you've built. As long as you don't come across as desperate to sell (which it doesn't sound like you are), th... |
Is there a point to school? | jseliger: I feel like I'm being dragged through this tedious system which will later prepare me for work at a company coding Blub, it's driving me nuts.To some extent, this is true and will continue to be true. But, as others have no doubt pointed out and will continue to point out, you'll learn more from school than j... |
Is there a point to school? | Mongoose: I'm currently a junior at UW, studying computer engineering. I don't know too many fellow HNers from school, but there's definitely plenty of opportunities here for a budding hacker. Feel free to email me if you ever want advice or info on the CSE department: meagher@cs.washington.edu |
What % of equity should a CTO get? | staunch: Risk = reward. You're not taking much. A CTO that works part-time at only 15 hours a week? That's hardly a commitment worthy of a significant percentage.Be prepared for the possibility that his offer will be 0%. |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | arashbarati: My first consideration was paypal, but after doing the same thing you doing, i came up with 2checkout.com |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | huhtenberg: > Since Authorize.Net require you to have a merchant account in US, we, Canadians, can't use it.Actually we can. The do however require that you open an account with Global Payments Inc and these guys have seriously sleazy sales tactics. They break down their fees into a multitude of categories and groups, ... |
Is there a point to school? | leif: I really like patio11's comment, so I won't repeat any of that.I have two reasons for you to be cool and stay in school:1. If you want to be successful in the Hacker News sense of the word, which seems to mean hacking on something interesting and getting something for it in return, there are some things you reall... |
Is there a point to school? | Zev: Personally, I don't go to school to learn or for the piece of paper at the end. I'm smart (or arrogant) enough to think that I can learn anything I need to pretty quickly. I go to school to find professors (and other students, for that matter) who care about what they're doing and to interact with them.I entered c... |
Is there a point to school? | bricestacey: My advice: Be sure UW is right for you. If it's not, get out, and quick (to another school). Since you don't seem to have any particular reason in mind to go to school, you probably have very little to judge a school by.... this is a problem. Figure out what you want out of school, reevaluate your school c... |
Can I sell my early stage startup? | medianama: Sell it here on HN |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | retroryan: I am trying to figure out if I want to accept credit cards on my site, instead of sending the customer to a different site, how I can become PCI Compliant. It sounds like for a low volume of transactions you just have to answer a questioner and keep decent security precautions. Is that true? Also does you... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | poutine: e-xact: ruby on rails based group out of Vancouver, check out their hosted checkout product which is what we use so we don't need to store credit cards ourselves and avoid all that PCI BS:http://www.hostedcheckout.com/ |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | wwsculley: Try out http://www.boku.com/publishers/ for mobile payments |
Is there a point to school? | rdl: I actually wonder the same thing sometimes -- I'm 30, went to MIT from age 16-18 but dropped out due to lack of money, went to found a few startups, and am now doing defense contracting (for another few months).When I get back, I am trying to decide what to do -- mainly a startup full time, or a startup/consulting... |
Is there a point to school? | zweinz: I have a different perspective (though a few of the comments here have briefly touched on it). College is not for meeting like-minded peers, and it's not for learning about programming. Rather, it's for the opposite.It's for meeting diverse people that will give you new and unexpected perspectives on life. I... |
Your opinion on GWT vs raw JS | scorpioxy: Disclaimer: I've never used GWT professionally before.I think its a good idea if your web application is driven by the JS instead of just using it to add interactivity. As in, something like Gmail or wave which are basically "javascript applications" rather than "web applications", if you know what i mean.JS... |
Is there a point to school? | anonjon: I have little doubt that one of the biggest advantages of going to college is that you get to do a whole number of radically different things. You can join (and administer) a half dozen clubs, take really hard and interesting classes, and meet people who you probably wouldn't otherwise meet. You can stay up al... |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | mschaecher: Education: Making education cheaper and more effective to more people than ever.Health: Tools, apps, and services that make providing healthcare cheaper and effective throughout the world.Energy and Environment: Tech, tools, apps, services that help increase access to reliable electricity and/or help save... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | JoshTriplett: TrustCommerce (http://www.trustcommerce.com/) seem like good people. In particular, they seem very FOSS-friendly; see (http://www.trustcommerce.com/opensource.php). |
Are ACM worth a membership? | thyrsus: It's worth it to me because they present a respected and sane point of view concerning computing to the U.S. congress. CACM makes me aware of the larger context. The Safari subscription you get includes much, but not all, of O'Reilly's catalog, in addition to a lot of other titles related to computing and th... |
Posterous Intercepts? | rantfoil: Weird. Is this still happening? Let us know help@posterous.com |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | roundsquare: How about this place?http://www.palantirtech.com/governmentYou say you hate math, so they may not be right up your alley, but worth a shot. |
Is there a point to school? | dlevine: I would say that college is a good time to learn how to socialize. Sure, you won't learn anything in college that you couldn't teach yourself by reading a book, but you will get four years of practice interacting with others. People go from being kids to adults while they are in college, and the social opportu... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | swombat: Based in the UK, we use a Barclays merchant account and SecureTrading as our payment gateway. SecureTrading is great as they provide excellent customer service. Their payment gateway set-up is a bit funny (involves setting up a java gateway), but it works.I've written an ActiveMerchant plugin for ST:http://git... |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | bendtheblock: I was about to post the same Ask HN yesterday, but for other UK. Anyone have any recommendations?We usually use PayPal or Google Checkout, but our clients often want to use their business bank's merchant service e.g. Barclays EPDQ. This can sometimes pose a problem, as we use Ubercart and have to find/dev... |
What % of equity should a CTO get? | aditya: What's the upside of equity? Is he going to raise cash? ie. Are you going to be diluted?Read the equity equation by pg and the founder's pie (google it). You need to ask yourself not only how much you think is fair based on work you've done (and compensation received) but also what will keep you motivated till ... |
Is there a point to school? | smutticus: If you only learn one thing at college learn to write. If you can learn to distill complex concepts into straightforward language you will go places.I've seen highly competent technical people struggle in their career due to a lack of good writing skills. Take technical writing classes and work your ass of... |
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