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Why use semicolons to terminate statements in modern JavaScript or ActionScript? | timknauf: Okay, putting all talk of practicality (interpreters, minifiers, convention) aside, let's look at the language itself for a bit; this could lead to some interesting discussion.JavaScript has two ways of designating the end of a statement. Here is (1): ;\n
And here is (2): \n
Now, the semicolon can't help ... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | epi0Bauqu: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24718http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117658http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85189 |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | lucraft: Banshee, Concatenative, Gtk+, RSpec, Rubinius, Ruby-GNOME2, Vala, YAML |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | davidw: #startups on freenode has a few people from this site. |
why not just use Eclipse? | hapless: I'm told NetBeans has considerably better JRuby support and integration than Eclipse. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | matt1: #rubyonrails on freenode |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | thomasmallen: #cakephp and #python maybe...I prefer mailing lists. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | j0ncc: Web entrepreneur talk @ http://webetalk.com/chat.phpor#webetalk on irc.webetalk.com |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | astrec: #startups, #django, #clojure but to tell you the truth it changes all the time. for me it's not really a social thing - i'm just scanning for the occasional nugget of wisdom, or seeking help. |
why not just use Eclipse? | nittwerp: I really can't stand using an IDE, but I understand why others would. There is just too much going on and it just seems to get in my way. Give me a decent text editor and a couple terminals and I'm ready to go. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | fogus: #clojure, #scala |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | ivanstojic: #startups, #lisp, #php, #dojo on freenode
#java, #c on efnet |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | abstractbill: Speaking of IRC, I realized this weekend I've implemented what I believe is the world's largest IRC network (the Justin.TV chat system).According to searchirc.com QuakeNet peaks at about 170k users, whereas Justin.TV chat has gone up to 188k concurrent users so far.I should write something about how JTV C... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | ideamonk: #ai is good.
#python for help in python
#c++ to help ;) |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | jeremychase-2: #debian, #linode, #lighttpd, #drupal-support, #wordpress, #amateur_radio, and a private channel. On freenode, oftc, and efnet. Colloquy is nice. ;) |
why not just use Eclipse? | neilk: Some IDEs are great. Some text editors are also great.Maybe vim can be made to do it (ctags or whatever they are called?),Don't use ctags. Use cscope. And stop being such a pansy about configuring your tools. If you consider yourself a professional, it is worth learning.Basically, there's no right answer to the ... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | r00k: Arggh...rooms? Rooms is AOL-speak. :)You mean channels. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | tialys: #nmu on csc.nmu.edu My CS department runs an unofficial server that we all SSH into and screen through IRSSI. We get a lot done that way. Makes planning our ACM/LUG meetings easier too since you can scrollback and see the previous discussions. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | DarkShikari: Freenode: #x264dev, #x264, #avisynth, #ffmpeg, #videolan, #mplayer, #ffmpeg-devel, #mplayerdev, #xvid, #uncovRizon: #darkhold, #cccp |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | tene: freenode: #utah, #lojban, #perl6
irc.perl.org: #parrot
I also hang out in my ISP's IRC channel for convenient occasional tech support. |
Which revision control system? | mhartl: Our products are very-much closed source, so things like Github are of no use to us.For what it's worth, GitHub offers paid repositories for just this case; open-source repositories are free, but you can pay to make your repositories private. Even the biggest plan is only $200/month; see http://github.com/plan... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | unalone: I haven't been able to find an IRC client I like for the Mac, so for the last few months I've been completely clean. |
Feedback on my startup and advice for the big pitch | noelchurchill: The video was entertaining and if your product is similar to the philips livingcolors then it should be very cool! Good luck with your pitch! |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | zitterbewegung: #scheme on freenode. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | tlrobinson: #cappuccino on freenode ;) |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | emmett: #postgresql, #ruby-lang, #python |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | hapless: There are no IRC channels in which I want to admit being involved. |
Which revision control system? | mace: I evaluated Mercurial some months ago and found it very easy to migrate to from Subversion.Here are some benchmarks on the Linux source tree that might be useful:http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/bzr-git-and-hg-per...This blog post is pretty good at summarizing git and mercurial:
http://importantshock.wor... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | mst: Most of irc.perl.org - notably #moose is quite good for discussing meta-model type stuff even if not directly in a perl context.Plus a few bits and pieces on freenode. |
Feedback on my startup and advice for the big pitch | lowkey: Thanks everyone for your feedback. Please keep it coming.For those who are curious here is a bit more context:
The company was founded to commercialize technology developed by our founder, an electrical engineer with 15 years of hardware development experience. His first big project at the age of 15 was a pirat... |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | ekpyrotic: Freenode: #physics, #math, #triviaUnderNet: #philosophy, #trivia |
Is there a HN for music? | theoneill: http://thesixtyone.com may be what you're looking for. |
Is there a HN for music? | moxy: While I'm pretty sure this doesn't offer the intellectual discourse you're looking for, http://cherrypeel.com utilizes a very reddit-style voting system to promote underground, independent music. I've discovered some fantastic new artists from this site. |
How do you create an admin part to your site in Rails | qhoxie: I roll my own each time. That is not to say I don't reuse common parts like user management, but I have found that my scenarios are diverse enough to warrant this. |
Is there a HN for music? | zacharye: Music is such a polarizing topic, if there is a place that has managed to put together a community of reasonable people and consistently interesting/civil discussion I will be surprised and impressed. |
Is there a HN for music? | ionrock: There is also http://pandora.com/It doesn't have voting, but for finding music it can be alright. |
Is there a HN for music? | yan: I came here to suggest hypem.com, but you just mentioned it. Maybe follow some blog posts listed there? |
Is there a HN for music? | tricky: Not much discourse, but the guy at http://www.audioindie.com is really up on the indie music scene. |
Who's Hiring? | epi0Bauqu: Not hiring exactly--looking for co-founders who are in the fortunate situation where they can work for no salary indefinitely (and get equity of course). |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | yan: Does the model work? Yes, of course. People pay contractually for things.I don't understand what you're asking. Whether or not people pay for anything you create? That heavily depends on what you're offering and what value it's adding to your customers. It depends much less on the model; much more on your product.... |
Who's Hiring? | tectonic: Related question: I recently left my previous job and am now looking for consulting work. I have never done consulting before. I have RoR / Ruby / machine learning / startup experience. How should I go about finding clients? |
Is there a HN for music? | inimino: http://rateyourmusic.com/ has a nice rating and recommendation system and is a good way to find new music (and procrastinate).They also have discussion forums, which I haven't tried. |
Who's Hiring? | nonrecursive: Awhile ago I posted my site, http://www.happyjobsearch.com here for feedback. I hope no one minds my mentioning it here again, but it seems relevant.I wrote the site over a weekend after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. The first time I was laid off, I took a very haphazard approach to look... |
Who's Hiring? | brandonkm: Also, posting any internship opportunities would be greatly appreciated as well. |
Who's Hiring? | bkmrkr: I am looking for some machine learning guys for quant work. Email me at greggurevich at gmail.com |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | ryanwaggoner: According to this, Weebly (YC startup) has over 1 million users and "well over 1%" of those are paying users. That might mean 1.1% or it might mean 5%...but apparently they've got at least 10k paying users. Not sure how much their paid plans are...http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/03/weebly-scores-1-millio... |
Who's Hiring? | mhp: http://jobs.joelonsoftware.com/ |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | nuggien: salesforce.com? |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | staunch: I think you really need to go after businesses. Consumers are just plain cheap. I know I am. As an individual I don't really need anything. Certainly I don't really need any web service. Getting me to buy something that is just a luxury is really hard. I'm also very likely to cancel when buyer's remorse sets i... |
Who's Hiring? | agotterer: We are hiring PHP developers at Connected Ventures (College Humor and Bustedtees). If you are in the New York area (or willing to relocate), send your resume to techjobs [@] connectedventures.com.I will post more details at Startuply next week. |
What IRC rooms do you frequent? | truebosko: #django, #python, #startups on freenode.Most active in #django, can be a pretty fun channel at times |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | MicahWedemeyer: Understand your time frame as well. How long are you willing to wait to get to 5000 paying users? If it's 6 months, quit now. However, if you're willing to wait several years and grow slowly, it's perfectly achievable, assuming your product isn't completely asinine. |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | zzzmarcus: Another example: http://www.cobalt.com/This is a Seattle company that does other stuff, but is at heart mostly a SaaS company and they're doing well. Really well actually, from what I can tell. |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | csavage: The SaaS model works, infact it works really well. This is a great time to be selling SaaS because the TCO (total cost of ownership) tends to be much less than that of standard licensed software. (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_saas_cheaper_than_li...)The question you need to answer is "how big the op... |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | critke: That's right - you've got to be patient. It will not happen over night. And you've got to target businesses. But from what I see (http://uploadthingy.com) - once they're in there and paying they pretty much keep paying. |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | sahaj: if you have a business and are providing a service that the consumers want, then you will have no problem getting people to pay for that service, given you are staying competitive in the given market space.if you are selling primarily to online companies, there is no doubt that these people will buy your service... |
Who's Hiring? | lennysan: How timely, we're looking for 3 fulltime quality software developers right now!Some requirements: 4+ years experience doing fulltime development, proven UI/UX skills, experience with SaaS oriented development, and desire to continuously improve your skills. And at least 10 points of karama at Hacker News :)Yo... |
Is there a HN for music? | hhm: I like http://thefeelgood.com/ |
Who's Hiring? | seekely: Habit Industries (YC 07) is :)http://www.fuzzwich.comhttp://www.habitindustries.com/jobs |
Who's Hiring? | streblo: Us college kids are going to need jobs soon too! Anyone looking to add someone to their team come June? |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | webwright: SaaS marketing is expensive. Don't look at 37s or JoelonSoftware as successful models-- they have built in advertising for their exact target market with their blogs/content.Can you spare $500 to find out? If so, do this:1. Get an adwords account.
2. Research keywords with their keyword research tool. Are... |
Who's Hiring? | champion: The 10-person startup I work for, SnapMyLife, is looking for a Rails developer outside of Boston (Needham). Check it out:http://www.snapmylife.com/static/jobs#rre |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | markessien: Frankly, if you need money fast, then don't sell subscriptions. People pay much quicker and faster if it's a one time fee than if it is a subscription - what you then have to do is that once a year, you bring out something so compelling, that the users are willing to purchase another 'chunk' one time.After ... |
Who's Hiring? | mgatny: We are always looking for top-notch developers in Chicago. We build trading systems on a variety of platforms, including C++, C#, Java, Ruby, and RoR on Windows and Linux. Full-time positions and internships doing agile, test-driven development. Send your resume to my HN username at connamara dot com. |
Who's Hiring? | bjoernlasse: We are happy to take some angry laid off rails developers )))http://supercoolschool.typepad.com/blog/ |
Who's Hiring? | bscofield: As a consulting firm (Viget Labs, http://www.viget.com/careers), we have a slightly different relationship with the economy (some companies are more likely to come to us, some are less so). As a result, it hasn't really affected our hiring priorities at all. We're looking most actively for a senior-level Rub... |
How has the current economic situation affected your startup? | cperciva: So far the only effect the recent market turmoil has has on tarsnap is that one customer lost most of his savings due to icesave, and decided as a result that he couldn't afford to use tarsnap.As far as I know, at least; there may be lots of potential customers I don't know about who are potential rather than... |
Who's Hiring? | bhb: We're looking for a Ruby rock star here at Devver.net (http://devver.net). We're a small venture-funded startup that focuses on cloud-based developer tools. We're based in Boulder, CO, but we're comfortable working with a distributed team. If you are interested, contact us at contact@devver.net for more details. |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | geoffc: Saas is a great business model as long as you can handle the deferred revenue part of it, essentially you are financing your customers purchase of the software. This can be painful when you are cashflow negative but once you go positive it is terrific as you have a steady and predictable cash flow stream.I thin... |
Who's Hiring? | alanlewis: We are (Ning): http://about.ning.com/jobs.phpSoftware developers (front end PHP focused and backend distrubuted Java focused) and QA engineers are especially needed. |
Who's Hiring? | sokoloff: Here's a related question: I'll posit that there is a higher density of "very desirable" top-notch hackers being thrown into the job market than at any other time in my 15-year career. You know the people: the ones that rarely hit the normal job market because with one or two emails, they can line up their ne... |
Who's Hiring? | aneel99: I'm QA & looking for a job any ideas? |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | grahamr: As others have mentioned, the key distinction is whether you're targeting individuals or businesses.Typically you'll have a tough time convincing individuals to part with $20 per month and typically there's a free alternative.It's much easier to convince businesses to spend the same amount and, as a bonus, man... |
Who's Hiring? | jgrahamc: Me: http://www.jgc.org/blog/2008/11/i-am-hiring-in-london.html |
Is there a HN for music? | wastedbrains: voting and such just like reddit, HN, or DIGG but with embeddable songs to listen to...http://cherrypeel.com/ |
Who's Hiring? | brianr: We're hiring! Looking for exceptional, detail-oriented engineers and product managers to help us take over the social world. We're profitable, too.Jobs page here: http://www.lolapps.com/jobs.html (sorry for the lame-ish job descriptions). Drop me a line if interested (email in my profile). |
Is there a HN for music? | rms: The forums at www.waffles.fm -- I have never seen a place better to make a post "I like such and such obscure bands/types of music; please give me recommendations." I've also discovered a great amount of new music by watching the internal top10 lists.Email me, I have some invites... |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | callmeed: Yes, it works. How well it works really depends on a lot of things. It does take patience and you do need to know your market.I actually think you don't need to be in a huge market to be hugely successful. We serve a niche market (professional photographers) and, by most accounts, are successful with strong g... |
Review my startup | grahamr: First impressions: I really like the overall look & feel of the site: approachable, modern, clean, and not needlessly "web 2.0"I have trouble knowing from your messaging who your target audience is, and whether I'm in it. E.g. needs for someone who travels casually and who is accruing miles towards a particul... |
Who's Hiring? | dell9000: Me: http://www.ingamenow.com
developers, designers, business folks and content producershttp://quantcast.com/ingamenow.com |
Who's Hiring? | justin: Justin.tv is hiring the best and the brightest to hack on our awesome live video site. In fact, we have almost as many graduate degrees as we do college drop outs!If you're a sysadmin, network engineer, or programmer, you can find work here: http://www.justin.tv/jobs |
Who's Hiring? | byrneseyeview: I have some clients who are hiring; if you like working on client sites and know event-processing systems, I can definitely help out. byrne@hunter-green.com |
Who's Hiring? | loumf: Atalasoft is hiring:http://www.atalasoft.com/company/careers/#aspnetarchitect |
Review my startup | vaksel: your valid XHTML image doesn't seem to loadon the design note, those are some really good images...did you make them yourselves? Also very clean overall designAlso...kudos on the short sign up page |
Who's Hiring? | centraldesktop: We are hiring developers, php, js, ui, etc...:
http://jobs.centraldesktop.com |
Who's Hiring? | bdr: At Disqus, we're looking for a front-end hero* . The candidate should be good at everything from visual and UI design to Javascript optimization. Email jobs@disqus.com.*hero is the new rockstar |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | mixmax: SAAS works very well for a lot of companies, besides it's bound to get a lot bigger in the years ahead.I wrote a bit about SAAS and the design decisions you should take into account here: http://www.maximise.dk/blog/2007/01/moving-applications-to-w... |
Review my web application | tannerburson: I've been developing this site on and off for a few months. It's developed to the point that I'm able to use it daily without an issue. But I'd love any opinions/thoughts/concerns from the HN crowd! |
Who's Hiring? | dhouston: we're hiring a couple badass engineers at dropbox (python/c++; client/desktop app dev experience preferred).we're backed by yc and sequoia... shoot me an email at drew AT getdropbox.com |
Is there a HN for music? | Wesmax27: If anyone is interested in chiming in further while we are here, I'd be really curious to know the top ways people are discovering new music right now.For me it is: Sirius XM U (formerly Left of Center); Hype Machine; Pitchfork; Songkick (for finding shows in my area); URB Magazine; Fader Magazine; OHHLA Top ... |
Who's Hiring? | mc: OpenRain out in Mesa, AZ (Phoenix East Valley) is also hiring like crazy too.Generally speaking, we're always on the look out for software engineers who write solid code with Ruby and JavaScript. If you're looking for a challenging position in software, I'd be happy to hear from you. We also have open PM and sales ... |
Who's Hiring? | jfornear: Is it a bad time to be looking for an internship? |
Who's Hiring? | mpk: I put up a list of relevant job listing sites on my page a few months ago, mostly to point people to a starting page. They all still seem to be pretty active.http://www.moondust.dds.nl/jobs.htmlDisclaimer : I've posted it here before, there are no ads, it's not for-profit, only marginally relevant to this thread, ... |
Does the SaaS model really work? Really? | blender: I think there is always a market for business apps that deliver value. We're a startup ourselves and pay for Basecamp and Highrise - sure there are free alternatives but BC and HR are intuitive and easy to setup and when you have non-techies included in your business those things are important.Someone mentione... |
Review my startup | siong1987: Remove the valid XHTML image. It has no impact at your customers at all as long as you make sure that the layout is correct in every possible browsers.Anyway, nice and clean layout. |
Who's Hiring? | chrchr: I work at Rentrak Corporation, and we're rapidly growing. We're a stable, 20+ year-old company, and we're working on sexy, technically challenging problems. In particular, the group I work in is building a database that's expected to grow by more than eight terabytes per year.More info here: http://rentrak.com/... |
Review my startup | adamdoupe: On Firefox 1.5 on Linux (It's what they make us use at school), the "points or pay" text extends beyond the tab.http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20k3o0z&s=4But beyond that, I agree with the comments so far, excellent design and I wish you the best of luck. |
Is there a HN for music? | unalone: "HN for music?" What does that mean?Hacker News is a place for people who are passionate about a subject to talk. The equivalent would most likely be a forum discussing classical music, or a form of music that requires similar dedication. |
Is there a HN for music? | brightscreamer: You're looking for I Love Music. Seriously. www.ilxor.com |
Who's Hiring? | flashgordon: On a similar note, can you folks offer advice on how to "form" a team and apply for the summer round of YC if you are applying from overseas? I am from Sydney and am looking to form/join a team with those in the valley or otherwise (as long as they are willing to move to YC ofcourse).I know it sounds sil... |
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