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Review my Startup, Entitea | davidw: Is that a big enough niche to make any money from? |
Review my Startup, Entitea | answerly: The site seems easy enough to navigate and the messaging is straight forward. I don't know enough about the tea market to know how big the niche is (although there is a ton of search volume on Google Trends for tea related keywords, which is a good indicator).Regarding monetization- I noticed you are using a... |
Review my Startup, Entitea | minalecs: agree with the first two.. overall i think a tea site could be aesthetically a little nicer because I imagine the audience your targeting are not for example twitter users, but still very niche. best of luck |
What to do about a strike? | brk: By and large, unions serve no useful purpose these days. They exist for the benefit of the higher-ups (union management) to make money off of the members (think ponzi scheme).My guess is that you had no choice but to join the union when you took the job. |
Review my Startup, Entitea | shaunxcode: when I clicked on an ingredient it showed me 3 other teas with that ingredient but it was titled "3 other ingredients" instead of "3 other teas/recipes" as I would have expected. |
What to do about a strike? | gojomo: Perhaps the UAW can do for American higher education what it's done for the auto industry. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | ObieJazz: When I went to college a few year ago I got my first Mac -- a Powerbook G4. I had only owned PCs before then but used Macs in the computer labs at school. I loved the Powerbook and didn't look back.Of course, at work I have to use a PC so I can't speak too much to web development on the Mac. In general, thoug... |
buying options in a privately-held company | gojomo: If it's a great deal, and the option-holder's only problem is liquidity, loan him the money at an interest rate that's attractive to you and should be easy for him to pay if the shares ever have the expected value. Make the principal and interest due if the shares are ever sold (or when dividends are paid). |
Review my Startup, Entitea | akronim: is this just straight adsense for revenue? (though I guess you could obviously sell tea...) |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | thomasswift: I am a long time mac user, not a new switcher, but I am a web developer on a mac. If you are going to heavily rely on VMware to run all of you windows apps you might want to grab a pro or the top of the line macbook, the bare minimum is to juice up the RAM. I have an older white macbook and I love VMWare, ... |
What to do about a strike? | jstraszheim: Unions are a power structure. When they are weak, they are good, because they in fact help workers who are getting screwed. When they become powerful, they become bad, because their leadership acts as all leadership does, and seeks to entrench its power and privilege. You are kind of screwed, because yo... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | cjoh: For me, I made the switch because I think Macs are cheaper after about one year of use. If my time equals money, and I value my time at $50/hr (which, yes, is a bit arbitrary), and I assume that I will spend less time configuring, defragging, cleaning, or anti-virusing my Mac than my PC, then it gets to be a real... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | icey: Will you be doing ANY mac work?If you're just going to be running everything in Windows anyways, you can get more machine for your dollar by buying another Dell or a Thinkpad.I use Mac, Linux & Windows at home; most of the development I do is Windows based though, so I use a Vista / Ubuntu dual boot laptop (Think... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | gaius: OSX + VirtualBox + XP is a far better Unix/Windows hybrid than XP + Cygwin. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | Jasber: As a developer I like running software that is similar to my production environment. OS X is close enough to Linux that most applications work the same. This makes me more productive and makes development easier.When I switched it was frustrating. It took me 2 weeks before I felt comfortable navigating the OS.A... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | scott_s: I went from Windows at home, Linux for work to using my Macbook both at home and the office. (At the office, it's hooked up to an external keyboard, mouse and monitor.)Most of my work involves programming, but I ssh into another machine and do everything from the command line. My workflow has changed very litt... |
What to do about a strike? | time_management: If you're asking about whether or not to leave grad school for something that pays, I'd say this: excluding medical school and elite law/business programs, don't go into debt for graduate school, ever. You're much better off in the long run if you can get a decent job (which may not be easy right now).... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | jaxn: I think I am actually a little less productive on a Mac than I was on Linux. However, if you are developing web applications that will be hosted on a *nix server, OS X is much better than Windows. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | MrFantsyPants: I do a fair bit of coding on Mac, Windows and Linux (usually ubuntu) If you switch, be prepared that it will take you a bit of an adjustment, as many of the basic actions that you do without even thinking about it will change.However, I think over time you'll find that it is not a change you'll regret. I... |
What to do about a strike? | jamess: So, if you're not sure how you feel about unions what have you done as an individual to improve your pay and how has it worked out? If they're saying no to the union, I'm guessing either you've done nothing or if you did ask for more money yourself, they simply laughed at you.Given that, if you choose to cross ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | ericb: I switched from Windows to a macbook pro about 9 months ago and have mostly been happy. I'm irritated by the behavior of cut and paste regarding subfolders and files, and the different hotkeys slow me down. On the plus side, Terminal and shell scripting make the dos prompt look like a cheap toy. The hardware it... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | tortilla: Yes it's worth it to switch. Took me about a month to get completely comfortable, but a lot of it is trial and error. It's like learning to drive on the opposite side of the road.The keyboard commands aren't hard to master but by default, a lot of the keyboard options are turned off in OS X. System Settings ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | guruz: Except some stuff like proper java 1.6 I am very happy with my Mac. Switching from windows to mac is a good choice. If you would have been a Linux user, I'd say maybe stick with it :)Eclipse works like a charm on OS X.Instead of VmWare you might consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels,_Inc. ... or well, ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | bprater: If you want to go native, this list of Mac counterparts might help you: Eclipse - There is a Mac version.
UltraEdit - Coda or Textmate.
SQLYog - Sequel Pro.
WinSCP - Cyberduck, YummyFTP. Tons of clients. Check out ExpanDrive for some real fun.
TortoiseSVN - Syncro SVN.
Adobe CS3 - There is a Mac ve... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | jmtame: I recently made the switch and my #1 objection to doing it: the keyboard shortcuts. I've actually mastered most of the shortcuts in about 1-2 days.The main reason I made the switch is because I am going to do iPhone app development and that's pretty difficult on a PC.So far it's been pleasant. I am pretty imp... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | minalecs: I recently switched from linux to mac, and I would not pay the apple tax again. I force myself to use the fisher price os they call osx, to justify the apple tax i payed for the hardware. But being a windows to mac user may be a better transition. For those that say use Vmware.. why not just buy the cheape... |
What to do about a strike? | olefoo: You do know that you can have a role in the negotiations?
If you start attending the union meetings you will find out very quickly whether you think the unions position is reasonable or not.If you decide to break the strike, the right thing to do is to withdraw from the union first. Although, I would point out... |
What to do about a strike? | jonallanharper: Be an individual and do what you think is most rational.No chance in hell I'd let a mob of idiots influence my decision making process. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | brentr: When it comes to programming, I found Xcode to be a much nicer IDE over Visual Studio. On the downside, I can't find many games for the Mac at my local stores (*I don't want a dual boot or VM). |
Review my Startup, Entitea | dmharrison: I liked it, here I was slurping my Irish breakfast tea and it struck an immediate cord ;)I second the affiliate wisdom.All teas are not created equally, so one of things that is important to me as a tea drinker is sourcing good teas, as part of the recipe's would be great if I could identify and get high qu... |
Review my Startup, Entitea | rokhayakebe: Very nice website. If you could add coffee, you could count me as a lifetime member. Oh. I would change the color scheme. Maybe adding some brown would not hurt or making the green more minty. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | drwh0: no, you are just trading an "uncool" closed platform that bends you over for an apparently "cool" one. their hardware is unimpressive commodity stuff, and i don't even think osx is interesting. if you can't figure out ubuntu, maybe developing software isn't for you. the day is coming when people will reject stev... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | dotpavan: I recently (<1 month) switched to Mac from Debian. As others have suggested, the initial comfort period might be lil difficult to cope with, but it wont feel like a curve. Things are pretty the same (Eclipse, dir structure, shell etc.), but I havent regretted the "change" yet.. plus the community is good, wit... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | liangzan: How about the linux to mac switch? Has anyone tried that before? |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | raffi: I switched from Linux to OS X several years ago. I tend to live on the command line so my experience is a bit different.First, I installed Fink which brings dselect and friends to MacOS X. Fink let me install all the packages from Linux that I use. For giggles, I installed the Apple X server and ran KDE from ... |
Review my Startup, Entitea | drwh0: is it april 1 already? TEA RECIPES???? |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | andrewl: Here's Paul Graham on the switch to Mac:http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html |
Review my Startup, Entitea | alexkay: Your layout gets broken when increasing the font size (Ctrl +).Other than that, a great website! |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | flashgordon: actually if you are not doing any iphone development (or mac development) i dont see the point. i am on a dell inspiron (bought early last year) and is very solid. running fedora 9, only log in to XP if i have to (around once a month).. cost of hardware is lower (id say atleast 10%-20%) and you have a l... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | davo11: Think about the software too. I see you use Adobe CS3 and MS Office, so you'll have to buy new licenses of each of these, unless you're running them in a VM.I looked at moving to a Mac just like you are and after looking at the hardware and software costs, I could by myself a separate linux server as well as a ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | fuzzy-waffle: Having all the power of unix and a nice interface is great. Its slightly harder to sell if you are not a command line addict but if you are developer though you should be one.My experience has been pretty positive. I can focus on coding and not have to spend all my time holding my OS's hand or hunting for... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | Poleris: I was in your position recently and decided to switch. 3 months later and I'm back with Windows - it is simply more efficient for me. I'm really big on productivity, so I really tried to customize every tool I've listed below. To give some background, the main programs I use are:1. (http://www.macdevcenter.com... |
Review my Startup, Entitea | djm: Like the idea - tea would appear too be the worlds most popular drink after water if you believe wikipedia. I've no idea about the size of the specialty tea market but assume it must be big enough to well in financially.I'd take a second look at those images on the left side of the page - the writing in them is a ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | catone: As someone who recently switched from Windows to Mac, the only software I really miss on my Mac are Word and Excel -- the Mac Office 08 versions are vastly inferior to the Window Office 07 versions, imho.I had thought I would miss a lot more, though. So when I first switched I bought Parallels and installed XP... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | zacharydanger: No. Just switch to Linux. At least that way you'll learn something and won't have to deal with the ctrl/alt dyslexia. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | zmimon: Since you mention eclipse I would say "proceed with caution". There are two issues:a) Eclipse itself is less usable and less stable. I have colleagues who are unable to debug, experience crashes etc. which I never see on Linux / Windows.b) probably you are doing java development. Java itself has very weak co... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | ontilt: iShowU HD might be a suitable replacement for Camtasia. |
What to do about a strike? | mojonixon: I used to work for a union. Now in grad school, live with the grad student union treasurer.1. your pay is very pathetic even for TAs.2. You can find how much your officers and staff are getting paid here: http://www.dol.gov/esa/olms/regs/compliance/rrlo/lmrda.htm
At my school, officers get a $50 honorarium m... |
What to do about a strike? | nostrademons: Read this thread about negotiating leverage:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=387027What a union does is replaces a bunch of independent actors with a single monolithic organization. You may be a replaceable cog in the wheel and hence unable to bargain for more, but all TAs together probably can't be r... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | raquo: OS X is great in terms of productivity, I would recommend it highly. There are a number of limiting factors, though.1) Not everyone needs this, but you won't get absolute compatibility with MS Office - MSO'08 for Mac can't read some stuff that MSO'07 for Windows created - I had severe problems with theme colors,... |
Review my Startup, Entitea | chandler: I do like the idea; however, the site has aesthetic flaws that need to be addressed.Notice a site like adagio.com (which sells loose teas): earthy colors combined with attractive closeups of leaves & herbs.As a tea drinker, the design & color scheme you've chosen really does put me off. Remembering that tea ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | giles_bowkett: I've used both and find OS X preferable. For me it's really OS X vs. Linux, and I like OS X because you get so much shiny stuff, you can run consumer software on it, and it's not really that much work to make OS X really really hacker-centric.YMMV.Anyway, in terms of the question, workflow, yes, overwhel... |
Open Philosophy? | iamdave: I've thought about starting a wiki just for the purpose of personal theories and philosophies. The caveat in this takes the inherent nature of the Internet into affect: someone disagrees, things will get difficult. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | BenS: I recently switched, and didn't find it took more than a week to adjust. OSX is great and the laptop I bought is undoubtedly a beautiful machine. I've found servicable replacements for all of my favorite software, and have come to love a few mac only applications. One caveat:Most people I know agree that hardware... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | elai: There's less yak shaving on a mac vs. linux/windows. If linux had minimal yak shaving and a really good quicksilver replacement, (and a bit more elegance to their program suites) I'd go there in a heartbeat. But there is always tons and tons of yak shaving and i've found laptop hardware support to be painful.Yo... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | tdavis: I switched from Windows to Mac about 2 years ago and never looked back. My main reason for going to OSX instead of Linux at the time was because Photoshop wasn't available on Linux and GIMP makes me cry. I used Photoshop a lot. Still, I'd do it again at this point.I found the adjustment period to be quite sh... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | mixmax: I usually just avoid the subject - my dad is the only one who understands what I'm doing and why, so I'll talk to him about it but usually noone else.Bu don't worry I'm sure Einstein had some pretty tough times explaining to his family what he did :-) |
Thoughts on CouchDB vs. SimpleDB | alexkay: Great question! I would also like to know how these two compare to Google's BigTable? |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | alnayyir: In short, no. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | ibsulon: I just bought one. The lack of home/pgdown/pgup/end is still frustrating. I must say, it's a great piece of hardware and the double tap/corner "right click" is a great addition. Frankly, the hardware is wonderful.The software? Frankly, I'd be happier on a "just works" linux, and I'm tempted to research reverse... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | jtuyen: By end of the day.. just use whatever your comfortable with. If you want to experiment with OSX, just spec and build yourself a hackintosh osx86 with an apple keyboard. Once you get the feel of OSX and you're comfortable with the dev software, get yourself the real deal. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | philcrissman: I think the only answer anyone can give you is whether or not a switch was worth it for _them_.Will a switch be worth it for you? I don't think anyone can answer that. You seem to have done your homework, so... maybe?To actually answer the question you asked... I think it was worth it, for me. As some oth... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | code_devil: I was almost in the same boat as you, but decided to get a MAC so I can do some iPhone Development as well. If you are not planning to do iPhone or Mac Development I dont see much benefit in context switching apart from the fact that it's cool to own one ... my 2 cents. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | riobard: I switched from Linux to Mac last month. Definitely love OS X: I spent way less time tweaking the machine, so more time is put into real work. Everything works perfect.P.S. Anyone noticed the trend that apps developed on a Mac tends to be prettier and less clutter than those dev'ed on a Windows? I think OS X m... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | ejs: I tell people I watch jerry springer and wait for the mail for the part of the day I am not asleep. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | creativeembassy: I'm with you. I've been using PC's since we got a single desktop PC in elementary school. So I'm VERY comfortable using Windows.I still can't stop feeling that I'm wasting too much time yak-shaving with it though. And the fact that all of my programmer buddies have switched to MacBooks (and half of the... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | auston: I usually just roll with "Im a computer programmer". That seems to work. |
What to do about a strike? | mdakin: If you approach your management independently will they negotiate a custom agreement with you or will they laugh? If collective bargaining is your only option it makes sense to maximize the union's leverage and to help steer the union in the proper direction. |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | Anon84: You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.-- Albert Einstein |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | answerly: Two techniques I've used in the past:1) Figure out the "regular" job that is most directly related to what your startup does and say you do that. For example, I have largely been involved with ad supported startups, so most of my relatives think I work at an ad agency.2) If you have big clients, partners or ... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | timcederman: Better than trying to explain what you're doing with a PhD. |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | noodle: fill it with commonly understandable phrases: i work in a new "small business" as a "computer programmer" who does some "other stuff" too |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | ddemchuk: Why doesn't anyone ever mention andLinux as an option? I have it installed on my over-a-year-old vista laptop with 2 gigs of ram and it runs great (I have a bash terminal window, photoshop cs3, dreamweaver, intype, and firefox open right now). I program with Rails nearly every day on this machine, using the... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | donw: I switched from being a long-time Linux user to a Mac sometime in 2005, and have been overall satisfied with the results.Pros:
- Can play well with both Windows and Linux/Unix.
- Things like printing do 'just work'.
- Ability to test my apps on all platforms via VMWare.
- Cut and paste works.
- Drag and drop work... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | thomasmallen: What's so hard? You're a business owner and an entrepeneur. I always thought people admired that, especially here in America. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | wastedbrains: I switched to mac and couldn't have been happier, but admittedly I was a Ruby programmer on windows, which Ruby on windows has always kind of sucked, so I left. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | flashgordon: actually one thing i forgot to ask was, was there anything "bad" about your Dell system?? If you were satisfied with the Dell, why ceven onsider the Mac? Dont get me wrong I am not anti mac (you could even say I am jealous of mac users out there), just asking because i will need to be upgrading my dell i... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | delano: Try to think a level above what you're doing. |
What to do about a strike? | lacker: $1000 a month for an applied math masters sucks. I am usually against unions but you should strike!Being a TA is much different than being an auto worker. Normal employees have a long time to bargain. You move around the industry, there gets to be a market for a job, and a fair price gets created. But as a TA, ... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | old-gregg: Software aside, when I was looking for a laptop I simply couldn't find anything even remotely close to Macbook Pro's LCD screen. All PC-based laptops feature what seems to be an exact copy of some crappy, cheap, glossy 6-bit panel with low contrast and distorted colors, only sizes and resolutions are differe... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | mattmaroon: Just do what I did, play poker for a living for 5 or 6 years first. Then compared to that, a startup is "doing something with your life". |
Mac, Windows, Or Linux? | tdavis: 1.5% FreeBSD?! I love this place.I bet Windows is still the majority since HN is probably a big work-time hangout for the corporate drones ;) |
Mac, Windows, Or Linux? | makecheck: I'm also curious if it knows which IDs registered as which OSes.For instance, I use a Mac at home, and I use Linux via VNC on Windows at work (though I don't visit HN from there, others might come here from work). So technically I could be using any of the 3, and if I really wanted it to "count" I'd conside... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | time_management: While not pertaining to relatives or holidays, here's my experience as pertains to the social pull of various careers.Graduate student.0: "I'm a grad student." 1: (Deadpan/barely impressed.) "Oh. You must be really smart." 0: "Don't worry. I'm not."Analyst at a pharmaceutical consulting company.0: "I'm... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | cpr: The best part of Mac OS X? The Cocoa text subsystem has a pretty wide set of built-in Emacs commands (including even c-U prefix), which you can customize.See http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/Cocoa%20Text%20System.... . |
Thoughts on CouchDB vs. SimpleDB | jmah: SimpleDB is a service, whereas CouchDB stands alone. So you can install CouchDB locally, mess around with it and hack on the source.Aside from that, CouchDB has views, which add another layer of indirection when reading the data. You break your data up into separate documents, where each doc is a collection of va... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | wenbert: if you not experiencing any problems with your dell, then i would suggest that you stick to it. you already have the software needed and it will cost you when you have to buy everything again for your mac.i switched to mac because i got tired of using cloned (home-made PCs) that failed 3 times in a month. i de... |
Mac, Windows, Or Linux? | DarkShikari: It isn't always black and white.I run Windows. But I have half a dozen SSH sessions open to Linux boxes, and I do my development exclusively under Cygwin (which is sufficient, 99% of the time, to develop for other *nix systems).And I have a Powerbook sitting on my desk running OS X. |
Review my Startup, Entitea | mattmaroon: I drink a lot of tea, but mostly just buy varieties off of Adagio. Don't really mix and match. Perhaps I should. |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | netcan: Say you're starting a business or have a descriptive one line: 'making a ___ site'."Startup," "Entrepreneur" etc. is a loaded term. I think Australia & The States are almost opposites in their reaction to these terms. I'm not born Australian (5th year), & the term doesn't describe me, so maybe I'm not the ideal... |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | makecheck: The rumor seems to be that Mac hardware runs Windows the best, so if you intended to change nothing else about your workflow, it still seems like that's the machine you want.Having said that, there are some favorites I use, such as "vim" and Xcode, and SCFinderPlugin (for Subversion integration into the Find... |
Mac, Windows, Or Linux? | arjungmenon: I use Windows Server 2008. It's an excellent operating system. It's very fast, very stable (has never crashed), e.t.c.And above all I can run 90% of all the apps in the world (I'm guessing over 90% apps are for windows).If you want to use Linux, run it in a VM on Windows; or use Cygwin for basic apps. |
Is it worth switching to a Mac? | neovive: Pretty ironic that as soon as I came home after posting this question, my Dell greeted me with a blue screen. |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | viggity: "I write computer programs. No I can't fix your computer" |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | gills: I tell them I'm starting a business. I explain in fairly vague terms what pain I'm trying to alleviate.Family and friends usually get it and they are very excited and supportive (of course, some family members are artists and independent contractors so 'startup' probably sounds less risky than it should).Not su... |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | mdakin: I think delivery is important. If you are showing enthusiasm while explaining the different concepts and possibilities it's often infectious. If you can do a demo-- awesome!When dealing with money-focused people it helps to reassure them that you can support yourself by consulting when needed.Some people are ... |
Mac, Windows, Or Linux? | matthall28: Mac OS X for my home machine (MBP)
Linux for servers (Debian or CentOS usually) |
Review my Startup, Entitea | anthonyrubin: I would consider adding top-rated recipes to the front page. |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | andrewhyde: I used to say "I draw things." Now it is "I make things." |
How do you explain what you do to your relatives? | donw: Obligatory Penny Arcade (third panel):http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/12/31/ |
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