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Is there a point to school? | elblanco: If you don't understand the value of it right now, don't go.I didn't go for about 5 years after high school. Then one day I had a Eureka moment and totally got it. I signed up for school, and was straight A's until graduation. There's really nothing that says you have to go now.When you get tired of working d... |
Are ACM worth a membership? | gmosx: Most definitely, yes |
what sites should use ssl? | stephenhau: Correct me if I'm wrong - looking at the source code, Facebook submits the form over https, though the page is http.By itself, a leak of information may appear trivial, but piece together a few bits of info and mix in some social engineering, and you could have enough to do naughty things!
Yes, users should... |
Best office chair | pmjoyce: I know it carries certain baggage with it but I love my second hand Aeron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeron_chair.As a freelancer I've worked in the offices of a good number of large enterprises and so trialled several office chairs. I've found that, once it's set up right for you, the Aeron is hard to beat ... |
Is there a point to school? | ErrantX: The problems with modern schools are manyfold. Highlights:- it's designed for the slightly-below-average student. Even the average students get bored, but only the very brightest realise they can do their own learning.- it's currently often treated as somewhere to dump your kids for 14-15 yearsIt's perfectly p... |
I want to become a co-founder | cperciva: Please get in touch via email in my profile.The email field in profiles is private (pg can see it, but not us normal people). Try putting your contact details in the "about:" section. |
Is there a point to school? | swombat: See also my article on the topic:http://danieltenner.com/posts/0004-college-vs-startup.html |
What payment gateways do you use for your app? | DeusExMachina: Although I still did not build any web app, for my software I'm using FastSpring and, if I'm not mistaken, they should be usefull also for subscription based web apps.Very good support and very good interface. It works very well. |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | faramarz: How about 'Without Title' ?Good conversation starter and unique. |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | jcrocholl: I call myself "Founder" in the context of my current solo project, even if that project is not really a "startup" or "company".As the legal term I use "Sole Proprietor": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_proprietorship |
How do you like the new design on NXdom? | Roridge: That's pretty cool. But I would like to see what TLD is available.Perhaps allow to only pick up .com or .net, or maybe have a grouping feature.I like the minimalistic nature too. (Oh and advanced options on the left is good.)
Edit: I just select "without dashes" and the top option had a dash. |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | brk: The Dude. |
Is there a point to school? | richardburton: Dropping out to work on my business felt so right at the time. I was studying politics and hated it. Now I'm living with students and watching them enjoy a care-free life for a few years whilst I stress about wages, sales and tax-returns. The grass, it seems, is always greener. |
How to excel in English? | jcrocholl: Writing may help you more than reading, especially if you can find somebody to give feedback. Maybe start a blog or contribute to a magazine?I'm not a native English speaker, but here's some feedback for you: I would say "advice" (always singular) rather than "advices". |
How do you like the new design on NXdom? | jcrocholl: Clickable link: http://www.nxdom.com/ |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | soyelmango: It depends who you're targeting - suits, techs, artists? If you choose quirky, make sure it's smart quirky, and not glib quirky.
"Your web guy" sounds a bit... bland. It sounds too average, like "Mr Site".
Come back and let us know what you choose! And let's see your business cards too :) |
How to excel in English? | shrikant: Start subscribing to the Language Log (http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll), and click on links to previous posts, ad infinitum.But what do you mean by "I don't see a big difference from where I started."? What are you doing to measure this? |
Review my website soundkey.com | soyelmango: Wow, I love the idea, and you're definitely targeting a problem that faces many people.My observations:- Why is the intro text set as an image? I know you have alt-text there, but it just seems an odd thing to do now-a-days. Also, when I send links to people to recommend they have a look, I often copy-paste... |
How to excel in English? | slater: If you define "point of excellence" as "talk like a native English speaker", then I'm sorry, but that will take a LOT of time. Reading lots and lots will not make you a better speaker.My advice would be, if you want to become a better speaker, to seek out English-language programming available internationally (... |
How do you like the new design on NXdom? | slater: 10/10 for coolness factor, but the usefulness has plummeted. How can I tell which domains are still available now? Oh that's right, I have to click thru?If I were cynical, I'd say you're just trying to get people to click your affiliate registrar links :( |
Is there a point to school? | dejv: I was like you few years ago. I finished high school with strait As, working full time on the side as a programmer and I decide to not continue in my education and take job as a programmer and then product manager and I thought that I know everything I need.I am from very well educated familly and they always say... |
How to excel in English? | soyelmango: Practise, practise, practise! In Real Life.Couchsurfing.org is good for this - you're not obliged to offer your couch. You can just meet up with people, hang out, speak English.Don't pitch it as "I want to practise my English with you" - that's off-putting. Be interested in the person - and as a side-effect... |
I want to become a co-founder | kimfuh: Can I check out anything you've worked on before? |
How to excel in English? | vishaldpatel: Hmm. Upon reading your post I'd say that you need to further tweak your grammar and choice of words.- The placement of your commas is often incorrect.- "I didn't reach" should be "I haven't reached".- "The hard point is.." should probably be "The hard part is" etc...So three things to work on:- Grammer, e... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | Cheeese: Find someone that cares about UX... and actually knows what that is. Its also important to for the designer to understand what it is you are tying to communicate and what the mechanics of the idea are. What is it that makes users come back? Who are you focussing on?I guess I am not really answering you questio... |
What should two geek tourists do in San Francisco? | kroger: You may like to visit the science museum:http://www.exploratorium.edu/ |
How to excel in English? | chaosprophet: The best thing to do when you are learning a new language, would be to start thinking in that language. Trust me, it makes a world of a difference. |
What should two geek tourists do in San Francisco? | Roridge: I'd go and see Hendrix myself
http://www.yelp.com/biz/jimi-hendrix-statue-seattle |
How to excel in English? | DanielStraight: Surround yourself with English text, English audio or English video 24 hours a day. That's how native speakers learned it. |
How to excel in English? | drtse4: The first thing to do is define clearly what it means to be "fluent" or at least what it means for you (i.e. determine what level of proficiency you want to achieve and how you will measure that)
It may seems obvious but usually this is the hardest thing to do for someone learning a language. How i'm doing? Wha... |
Have you read "Rework" yet? | maxdemarzi: Same here. I caught myself drifting off to personal experiences with scrum meetings that take over an hour and unnecessary management speeches, stalling tactics, the constant interruptions, etc.If you read SvN you have already seen all the material, it's more of a refresher course and a motivational push t... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | eliot_sykes: Never used it but might help? collabfinder.com |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | eliot_sykes: I've pondered the same thing and ended up going with Founder. Sometimes I'll use Developer or "Developer Founder". Tried out Creator for a bit but I thought that sounded uppity. |
Your opinion on GWT vs raw JS | eliot_sykes: If you use GWT integrate it nicely into your build process. Worked at a place where it was a bit klunky whenever you made a change to the GWT code and subsequently GWT has left a bad taste in my mouth but I think that's probably unfair.If we'd taken the time, we could have ironed out the klunkiness.Might b... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | sushi: I just checked the design and I do think that it needs improvement. For instance, the navigation at the left is quite old-fashioned and also not good for usability. It should ideally be pushed on the top.The edges and border radius of certain elements is just not complementing well enough with the rest of the pa... |
How to excel in English? | pmiller2: I think you underestimate yourself. IMO, had you not come right out and stated you were not a native speaker, I might have overlooked the couple of very minor mistakes you made. Seriously, go read some comments on digg, youtube, reddit, or slashdot to get an idea how far above the "average" English speaker ... |
Unable to login to YC on Android phone | mbrubeck: This happens because news.arc sends the login cookie as part of an HTTP redirect response. This isn't allowed by the HTTP spec, but most browsers handle it fine. Android doesn't.Anyone familiar enough with news.arc to try and fix this? I've looked through the source, but I'd need to learn a bit more of Arc... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | andreshb: I currently have an excellent front-end development team with an entrepreneurial background based in Latin America.I was able recruit and partner up with the best in the region because I run blogs, communities and events around tech and entrepreneurship and by actually meeting them at conferences.My suggestio... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | mbrubeck: http://www.authenticjobs.com/ is another front-end/design job board (run by Cameron Moll). |
How to excel in English? | balding_n_tired: Feedback, as somebody says, is important. Nagging from parents and teachers smoothed out the rough spots in the native speakers' English. If there's somebody you can trust to review your writing, ask him or her to do so. Conversation will get you a long way on the rest. |
Your Soundtrack? | andreshb: Barbarian Horde from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer |
Best hosting solution for a startup? | davidw: It has been discussed here. Numerous times. Use google or the HNSearch link, below.The unanimous result of the discussion, in case you're curious and don't want to look it up, was that everyone doing any kind of startup anywhere should click on the affiliate link in this article;-)http://journal.dedasys.com/2... |
Best hosting solution for a startup? | LiveTheDream: This is a very broad question. Heroku has dead simple deployment for Ruby applications; see the pricing page to play with options. Also it's free for very low usage applications, but scales up easily. VPS offering from Amazon, Linode, Rackspace, Slicehost, etc have a minimum threshold around $25-ish. |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | apowell: I've used "Consultant". It's not really what I am (my main business is advertising/subscriptions), but if I'm handing you my business card, then I'm probably a consultant to you.Consider "Web Dev Consultant" if you want to be ever-so-slightly quirky while still being informative. |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | bgraves: I'm not sure about Basecamp Alternatives created by HN / YC members but I've used ActiveCollab, which is self-hosted and very nice. Zoho has a great offering, too.Here's a fairly comprehensive list, but I'm not sure how old it is. http://pm-sherpa.com/features/basecamp-alternatives/ |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | davidw: You could use Trailer Park;-)http://73primenumbers.com/trailerpark.htmlJoking aside, depending on what you're doing, you could probably get by with something as simple as a Google spreadsheet. |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | josefresco: We use voo2do for our small web firm.http://voo2do.com/It's nothing like Basecamp but fits our model well. |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | waivej: It's not a HN company...but what about http://unfuddle.com? |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | icey: You should be building your software. No reason to wait on the answer from YC; if it was good enough to try to get them to invest in it, it should be good enough for you to keep building with or without them. |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | coryl: Been checking the posterous account for new views, also checking the log for hits on the demo from Mountain View IPs lol.So far I think they've hit the video twice, but no hits on the demo which kind of makes me paranoid/anxious.Otherwise, just trying to not think too much about it and hack together some more st... |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | matrixownsyou: keep working on the day job to pay the bills and fighting the girlfriend for spare time to work on the beta |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | elliottkember: It's not an HN startup, but I've been building http://speckleapp.com/ for a while :)Edit: It is an HN startup! I need more sleep! |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | bandhunt: Don't worry so much about getting into YC. I'm surprised at the amount of people who see this as make or break. If you're committed to building a great product you should just be building and iterating all the time. |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | char: I'm a S10 applicant, and the only thing I've been doing since submitting the application is working my ass off to make my product better and increase my user base. It would be amazing to get into YC, but being reliant on it would be foolish. |
Learning Java in 2010 | tjr: If you're new to Java, I would suggest going through The Java Programming Language and Effective Java. The former hasn't been updated very recently, but should still be a good introduction. The latter was updated two years ago, and offers great advice on Java style. |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | hikari17: Yeah, I've checked the posterous video for new views (alas, none so far). But mostly I'm working on improving the existing app, dealing with a recent influx of users, and filling out applications to other programs with later deadlines. |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | raptrex: Clickable
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3ydcK31R-ctMmFiZGI1NGUt...http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3ydcK31R-ctOGJiZTRjZGQt...http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3ydcK31R-ctYzcyMjY0NzEt... |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | Dav3xor: Mostly working on the Awesomization Process.Out of curiosity; if you applied early, did you get some preliminary contact from Y-C? |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | nlabs: hands down, John von Neumann: the greatest mathematician of the 20th century. Information theory, computer architecture, quantum mechanics, game theory, pure math - he did just about everything. |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | Roridge: I have been head down looking at the server technology I want to use in order to help scalability of the application. If it is a powder keg I want to be ready.I have also been working on use case and domain models, and layout design. (and checking HN obviously) |
How do I avoid the Second System Effect? | run4yourlives: The best way to avoid the second system effect is not to build the second system.Stupidly obtuse, but nevertheless a simple truth.http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html |
How do I avoid the Second System Effect? | logicalmind: One way is to adopt iterative development practices that focus on customers actual needs and not just desires. The first system should evolve to meet any unmet needs of the customer. Rather than trying to build a bigger and better second system.In summary: small, iterative releases with direct customer fee... |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | dn: It's hard to find advice on this because no one really knows. You're getting into relatively unexplored territory.One thing you might consider is applying for Peace Corps (or some other volunteer development agency). What you end up doing may or may not be directly connected to CS, but it will put you into an env... |
What is the name of this font? | Watts: I think it's Freestyle Script.http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/freestyle-script/ |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | icey: I vote for Leonhard Euler.Paul Erdős would probably be fun to write about. |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | morganvane: Kurt Godel, most definitely |
What is the name of this font? | grinich: Check out http://whatthefont.com/ |
What kind of jobs exist for Computer Scientists in social justice? | ig1: There are a huge number of things you could do, what's more important is finding something you're passionate about.If you want to work on the US west-coast I'd recommend biotech and cleantech, also have a look at places like Google.org.If you'd be willing to work in a developing country then there's lots of things... |
How do I avoid the Second System Effect? | danudey: The method I use is to look at the old functionality, figure out the structure, and rebuild it. Don't build a second system, build the first system better.In my scripts and projects, I generally start out with a simple, procedural batch of code, hacking on bits as I go. Eventually, I get to the point where cod... |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | drallison: Benoit Mandelbrot best known for his fractels but a contributor in a number of other fields. |
Is there a point to school? | sam191: I would love to respond to everyone but I think a follow up would be better. I never expected getting this much feedback! Just wanted to start off with a big thanks!I've decided that the university route is the way to go. I was stressing over getting a job or doing a startup so much that I forgot about how much... |
How do you limit liablity in a company as a minority stake holder? | skmurphy: As a stockholder in a corporation (but not an officer or member of the board of directors) your liability is limited to your investment. In a partnership you have unlimited liability for work related activities of your partners. In a C Corp, S Corp, or LLC your liability is limited to your investment as long ... |
How to make money from a IE8 flaw? | mdg: pics or it didnt happen |
HN alternatives to basecamp? | adammichaelc: Have you looked at http://pivotaltracker.com ? It's what Google engineers use to manage projects. And it's free for unlimited projects. It's tailored to agile software development. |
Job Titles for Sole Operators? | anactofgod: I don't put a title on any of the cards for my consulting or startup business(es). They tend to be over- or pre-loaded with meaning, frivolous, meaningless, and/or limiting, esp for a solo/small operation.Try this:
On the face: Name, pho no & email addr.
On the back (opt): Company name & catchy, desc... |
What steps should I take to find a front ender? (And not be ripped off) | japanesejay: Start with writing a job description for your deal candidate, post on a few boards, and start looking at resumes and portfolios. I would advise not overloading it with irrelevant keywords. you dont necessarily need a designer experienced with java, php, python who can write you iphone and android apps whil... |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | phaedrus: You should write about Lagrange: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LagrangeI kept running across things named after him or invented by him in different areas (Lagrange points in orbital mechanics, the Lagrange Method in my Calc IV class, variation of parameters in my Diff Equ class.)He isn't such an obvious choic... |
What are you YC S10 applicants doing now? | sgacka: I took a week off from working on our app bc of a client project (we're a for-hire firm trying to create an app). We had hits on our demo from the SF Bay area and some hits on the video. maybe a good sign?Either way, we'll be building our app and launching this summer. We applied to YC for the advice and men... |
What kind of geo-focused APIs would you like to see? | adrianh: You've seen EveryBlock (http://www.everyblock.com/), yes? Among many other things, it'll give you newspaper/blog articles for a specific address in 15 U.S. cities. Not international or even U.S.-wide, but very damn good for its 15 cities.(Disclaimer: I'm proud to work for EveryBlock.) |
How to determine what's turning people off about your service? | faramarz: I was just having a conversation about this with a colleague yesterday. something new came out of it. if it fits your offering.. give it a shot.Consider giving the User an option 'Not to Purchase' on the pricing/product page.track it, measure it and force a quick two line feedback as soon as they click it.You... |
Help me choose a mathematician to write about | Xichekolas: For a mathematician with an interesting and unusual life story, I'd go with Srinivasa Ramanujan:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_RamanujanOf course, there are more traditional "greats" like Leonhard Euler, Leibniz, Euclid, or Riemann. |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | sjsivak: I would think your best option is to carpool with those people who are already driving. Luxury public transit already exists in most cities with private limo and car services, and at least here in Boston it is very expensive compared to the cost of a T pass. While I also hate the smell of pee (I can't say an... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | bravura: I would rephrase this question as: How do we make public transportation more convenient?The price of convenience is increased cost, which leads to fewer customers. So luxury will be a by-product of your approach, at least initially.But yes, I really want more convenient public transit. |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | theli0nheart: Luxury and public are mutually exclusive.But I definitely see there being a need for people to have an alternative to public transit that's a tier above what there is now. I'm sure a ton of people would sign up for that. |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | mixmax: Get a bike. It's healthy, it's cheap and it's environmentally sound. |
For the prototype.js users -- is it worth it? | mhakes: Love prototype, works around browser issues, is fast and if you really need special effects, get the script.aculo.us companion lib. Other bonuses, it enumerates, and navigating the dom is easy. If you need updating via ajax there is a lean function or full on functions and callbacks it can do that too. |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | lsc: #1 problem with the bus for me is that I need to pay attention. Solve that problem (with a gps device that 'dings' when I need to get off, or the like.) and you don't need to build more infrastructure.Personally, if I can ride the train (caltrain here in the south bay, or BART in the rest of the bay area) it's ... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | jrockway: It's been done. Trains in Japan have the option of paying more for the "green car" or a "liner" instead of the regular railcars or regular trains.But really, how often are people actually defecating on the public transit? Maybe one time you read an article where someone said they saw that? Either public tr... |
How to determine what's turning people off about your service? | pierrefar: Generally, there are two types of data you're looking for: qualitative and quantitave.You seem to know a bit about surveys which are great for qualitative data. Keep em short, try different incentives (especially those tied to your product like a discount on next purchase or free X days of premium account) a... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | daniel-cussen: It exists in Brazil. It is in buses; you pay twice as much and it has air conditioning and more comfortable seats.It also exists on the Paris metro. |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | pstuart: Sounds like a jitney. Add in onboard wifi, the ability to request pickup via geo-enabled sms.Bigger question is how much would such a service cost to be profitable to run, and would people pay that much? |
How to determine what's turning people off about your service? | soyelmango: Personally, I ignore exit surveys - I'm leaving, why would I bother spending a precious 10 seconds clicking some check boxes? It's ridiculous, it's lazy, and it's selfish, and it's what the vast majority of users are probably thinking!Donating to Wikipedia is very worthy, though it may not be a cause the us... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | gojomo: I believe there is such a market, but you'd have a hard time serving it given the power that MUNI and the cab industry have over municipal transport regulation.Cabs are a 'luxury' option costing 3x-15x MUNI for similar trip lengths -- and incumbent cabbies already politically limit the entry of new cabs. So, th... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | Mz: When I was living in the SF Bay Area, I took a class on 'Homelessness and Public Policy' from an SF college. My recollection: There were about as many homeless people in SF at that time as in NY and NY is quite a lot larger, population-wise. That is probably part of why you see so much crap (literally and figura... |
Space in the market for luxury public transit? | Scott_MacGregor: To begin with, I love cars. I live in cities so I can have a great lifestyle, and to take advantage of all the city has to offer. So you and I are sort of thinking along the same lines, but making a different choice--for different reasons.I love cars so much that once we get this business profitable an... |
How do you sell software to academics? | TrevorBurnham: Well, it was worth a try. HN is, of course, a fickle forum on which to ask such a question. If anyone would like to contact me directly, I'm trevor AT theoryville.com. |
Would you pre-order GridSpy power monitoring? | gridspy: Hot : http://gridspy.co.nzBlog : http://blog.gridspy.co.nz/Overview of our stack : http://blog.gridspy.co.nz/2009/10/realtime-data-from-sensors... |
Would you pre-order GridSpy power monitoring? | rscott: No. The price is exorbitant for what I would ever get out of it. People would not rather have this service than say, a new 42" HDTV and TiVo service. |
Would you pre-order GridSpy power monitoring? | seasoup: $950! It seems the only reason to buy your product is to save money by knowing my consumption patterns. That's ALOT of electricity I'd need to save to make up $950. Plus, are you going to save me at least $10/month?But when it comes down to it, I don't want to have to think about my energy consumption, I do... |
How to excel in English? | alanthonyc: Don't just read articles (I'm assuming from the internet). Pick up some literature, maybe Dickens or something. That will help expand your vocabulary as well as get you used to different styles and syntactic constructs.They'd be fun to read too. |
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