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How many domain names do you own? | tumblen: Wow. Never actually counted before. 34. Somehow, I think most are in use somehow or another. |
How did you learn about stock market/trading investing ? | maigret: Through a recent HN discussion, I discovered the finance course from Robert Shiller at Yale, and this is really only joy to look at this lecture. You get the whole semester in video: http://academicearth.org/lectures/finance-and-insurance |
How did you learn about stock market/trading investing ? | pathik: I stopped day trading when I discovered that the time I spent tracking my investments and researching stocks was not worth the profits I earned.I would rather buy an index fund or go long on certain stocks with excellent fundamentals. |
How did you learn about stock market/trading investing ? | brc: The first thing to do is decide whether you really want to invest the time and effort into learning. Realise that the people you are playing against are professionals who do it all day every day. That's not to say you can't develop an edge and beat them, but don't assume you can walk in with no experience and se... |
How many domain names do you own? | pw: Around 20. |
How many domain names do you own? | Concours: http://mcsquare.me is one of probably more than 20 Domains I own. |
How many domain names do you own? | hga: Two for myself (one it in the "will I follow through?" stage), several for a business that my father is trying to put together (nature (as in geology) is currently being uncooperative). |
How did you learn about stock market/trading investing ? | known: Any good videos/books ?http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumi... |
How many domain names do you own? | consultutah: 40 - let me know if you want one, I'll make you a killer deal. ;-) |
Hacking Learning Resources? | pw: I'd suggest the book Why Don't Students Like School? (http://www.amazon.com/Why-Dont-Students-Like-School/dp/04702...) to those interested in applying the findings of cognitive science to their own learning. I'm finding it very useful in that regard. |
How To Become Quantitative Analyst And Achieve Greatness? | secret: Here's a post of mine that may help: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173683 |
How many domain names do you own? | AdamGibbins: Around 10 |
How many domain names do you own? | proexploit: 100+ but I only actively utilize 10-15. |
Please review "Pivotal Tracker for SEO" - SEOaholic.com | megamark16: Well, I tried it on one of my projects and it was very insightful. I think I'd really have to sit down with it and spend a few hours digging in to the info it's giving me. The auth integration was very helpful in getting me to try it out. Design and layout is concise and functional, so good job there. I... |
Designer co-founder? | proexploit: proexploit@gmail.com. Let me know what you're needing in terms of design and I'll see if I'm interested or can recommend someone for you. |
Please review "Pivotal Tracker for SEO" - SEOaholic.com | sidmitra: Clickable link - http://seoaholic.com |
Possible to learn to develop iPhone apps with no coding experience? | adelevie: You're facing an uphill battle. |
What was a time you hacked a (non-computer) system to your advantage? | benedwards: I once hacked an older hotel pay-per-view system by ordering a movie and rearranging/disconnecting wires while it was "activated". Had free soft-porn (and other movies) all week at COMDEX (about 12 years ago, in high school). |
Possible to learn to develop iPhone apps with no coding experience? | st3fan: See http://norvig.com/21-days.html |
Anybody else see an iPad Sales Bump this Weekend? | maxklein: Yeah we had much better sales also. I attribute this more to the easter weekend and not to the iPad. |
Would you use a cord bank? | fragmede: You might be interested in ask.metafilter's discussion on the practice:
http://ask.metafilter.com/15638/Whats-the-deal-with-cord-blo... |
Would you use a cord bank? | jswinghammer: We didn't for our daughter who is two and a half now. It's expensive and provides dubious benefits. We're hoping to have a child next year and we won't do it then either. There's a lot to worry about when you're expecting your first child but this isn't really a big deal. I'd spend more time worrying abou... |
Would you use a cord bank? | GrandMasterBirt: Would not do that. Currently they take YOUR skin cells and turn them into stem cells. A couple of years ago the process was discovered/perfected. I have a friend who has a degenerative eye condition and this was discussed with him very recently. Basically babies are not needed for stem cells anymore. I... |
Would you use a cord bank? | pg: What does your obstetrician say? |
Would you use a cord bank? | dzlobin: My sister's cord blood was stored.
I cant remember details but just recently I read an article in the news about a child who was saved due to the doctors being able to use her cord blood to do something or other. |
Would you use a cord bank? | asmithmd1: The chances of your child needing it are vanishingly small, but their is a chance it could help a child. So it's a great idea to donate to a bank but paying money to store it for your own use is probably a waste of money.http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Donate_Cord_Blood_Share_Life/How_... |
Would you use a cord bank? | aphyr: Before I read the summary, I thought a cord bank was a co-op where you could share all those electronics cables and cords you rarely need with others. I have so many cords the manufacturer included that I can't get rid of. Yes, yes I would use that. You should start a company on that model.I'm not planning on ha... |
Would you use a cord bank? | mindcreek: My second child was born about a week ago. I kept both their cord blood in sepearate banks in separate cities in case of a disaster or an emergency.I paid 20 years of storage for both of them also. I believe in the future their stem cells will be beneficial to them in at least one area of their lives, and I ... |
Would you use a cord bank? | geuis: If it's inexpensive enough, why not? My sister just had her first baby about 7 months ago. They were talking about using a cord bank but didn't follow through with it. More out of distraction than anything else.At this point in time you can't know whether or not it will be used later on. But if you don't save it... |
Would you use a cord bank? | synnik: I wouldn't -- your baby can use that blood TODAY.For more info, Google: benefits of delayed cord cutting |
What do you think of this 3D fad? | motters: At least partly it's about keeping people watching TV and away from the internet. In a recent interview that I had with a TV company they were quite fearful of the move away from TV and the loss of advertising revenue which that entails for them. Personally I can't see any reason why this isn't just a passin... |
Would you use a cord bank? | carbocation: I work with people who do iPS (induced pluripotent stem cell) work. The technology is quite promising: take a skin punch biopsy, add Yamanaka factors, and obtain iPS cells. They have not supplanted embryonic stem cells for most purposes but someday they may (there are various scientific advantages and disa... |
Would you use a cord bank? | uptownben: My wife and I had considered storing cord blood for our second child (now 1 year old). We ordered the kit and in the delivery room the nurse had begun unpacking and asked us to sign a form authorizing it. She briefly explained the process where, after delivery, she would cut the cord immediately in order to ... |
What do you think of this 3D fad? | nosse: It's kind of pet peevee of mine, but 3D graphics could really play some role in 3D CAD stuff. But that needs better controls too. Mouse moves on your desk which is essentially 2D plane, and that makes it difficult. |
Would you use a cord bank? | babar: I think the best option right now would be to donate the cord blood to a public blood bank if that option is available in your area. That doesn't cost you, and it benefits a child more immediately and helps to advance the research. I think there is a chance of benefit to storing it yourself, but the marketing ... |
Would you use a cord bank? | maineldc: Our first child is 11 weeks old now and we asked the same question to our pediatrician. Her answer was that "neither she nor any other pediatrician she knows would do private banking at the moment". I agree that public banking is the best idea and we were going to do that, but our child came 5 weeks early b... |
Would you use a cord bank? | terra_t: When I hear "stem cells" my first thought is "scam."A lot of people want more from medicine than it is ever going to deliver. Just say no to another expensive procedure that has no demonstrable value. |
What do you think of this 3D fad? | car: After experiencing a couple of movies and recently HDTV in 3D, I'd say 3D is here to stay. It just makes for a better experience. In essence, 3D technology is piggybacking on our highly evolved visual processing ability.The added cost for TV's isn't that much, mainly for the LCD shutter glasses. With the combined ... |
Would you use a cord bank? | ephermata: Cord blood can today save the life of someone with leukemia or other diseases that require bone marrow transplants. While other cord blood stem cell therapies may be speculative, this one is real and already works to save lives. My sister has leukemia and we just found out that some kind person donated cord ... |
Would you use a cord bank? | dnsworks: I did this with my daughter. |
I'd like to find Co-Founder(s) / Developers | djb_hackernews: neat idea. But your pitch is missing the other side of the equation. Who is going to be making such requests?Journalists? Stay at home moms? bored people with money?
Provide some use cases.It's too easy to say "If we build it, they will come." |
Please suggest me a PHP book | ryandavies: Well, from somebody who has coded PHP for a while and wants go to back and "relearn" a lot of stuff, I want a book that's heavy on the "why" and deals more with the mental side of development and less "syntax" toys. I'm planning on "starting over" learning how to code, this time with Python, and doing it th... |
restrictive employment contracts- IP rights for side projects | anigbrowl: IANAL. It is a tightly written contract which on its face restricts your rights arising out of any extracurricular activities as well as those performed in the course of your employment.State laws about the enforceability of such provisions vary, and your situation might be more complex again if you and the ... |
Please suggest me a PHP book | picasafan: i would php for dummies |
What Recommendation Algorithms Do You Use? | helwr: i coded a simplified variant of Koren &Bell for my term project, it ran on Hadoop with some Jama components for SVD:public.research.att.com/~volinsky/netflix/BellKorICDM07.pdf |
How To Become Quantitative Analyst And Achieve Greatness? | subud: http://www.ederman.com/new/index.html |
What Recommendation Algorithms Do You Use? | vitovito: One of the gentlemen who run Directed Edge, the recommendation-engine-as-a-service startup, pointed me to his list of recommendations research at Mendeley:http://www.mendeley.com/collections/796791/Recommendations-r...(I suspect "all the good research from the past N years" is a broader answer than you were l... |
efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness?! | stonemetal: Efficacy is the noun form of Effective. Efficacy = Effectiveness. Efficiency is the ratio of output to input.
Though it seems there is some slight variation in their use in different fields. |
How many domain names do you own? | nfriedly: 7 that I'm using 5-10 that I'm looking to get rid of, and around 10-15 that I'm hanging onto for other people.The ones that don't want: http://misticflame.com/blog/2010/03/11/domain-names-for-sale... |
How To Become Quantitative Analyst And Achieve Greatness? | jayruy: Congrats for your newfound love and condolences for your grandfather. Tread carefully - intellectualizing love is existentially rocky territory.I have worked in algorithmic trading, hedge funds, and investment banking. I have degrees in CS and Mathematics.There are a rare few people who have walked these foot... |
How many domain names do you own? | bjplink: I'm just under 50 at the moment. Off the top of my head, I think five of those 50 are idle. |
which bike would you recommend | samratjp: Honestly since you have to deal with crappy roads at some point in your journey, you are better off investing in a cheaper sport bike initially. If you are not looking for mission critical speed, you'd be surprised how long a cheap wal-mart sports bike can go; besides, those are far easier to replace and cost... |
ASK HN: From lit major to Computer Science Masters? | samratjp: Well, even not half-decent schools (the good ones) accept non-cs folks, but with the stipulation that it would serve you better if you came from a math background (engineering, etc.)What the admissions folks want to know is whether you can handle the workload and can contribute something of significance in th... |
ASK HN: From lit major to Computer Science Masters? | adelevie: Take a year off and learn programming on your own.
Then knock their socks off and get accepted. |
Toolset to write an e-book | samratjp: This may not be directly relevant, but it doesn't hurt to use version control to keep track of changes or for just giggles to see what the heck you were thinking through the writing process. |
Toolset to write an e-book | crazydiamond: There was an article a while back by the person who writes those "Dive into" series (Mark ??). Iirc, he stopped using markups and began writing directly in HTML. That way he could see exactly what he was getting and not waste time fighting a markup. See if you can google him. (dive into mark - iirc).I use... |
What do you think of this 3D fad? | samratjp: 3D will enjoy success in the living room for sure, what with even an iPad app (X elements) supporting 3D http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-elements-a-visual-explora... |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | coryl: 100k active users might mean its time to hire customer support so you don't stretch yourself to do it. |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | patio11: How long is a piece of string? This is going to depend on how sophisticated your users are, how sophisticated your application is, what your users' expectation for handholding is, and how optimized your processes are for dealing with user issues before they get to your inbox.The great thing about words like "... |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | honopu: i'd say find a way to weigh and rate the most common queries(human intervention i know it sucks) then eliminate those through tooltips or faqsYou really need to sit your Mom, Dad, wife, golfing buddy, whoever else is close to your target market and get them to interact with your app to find the inherent flaws. |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | samratjp: Find ways to help your customer find ways around common stumbling blocks - "FAQ"s. A subtle tour may not be too bad (think new YouTube).As about customer support scaling at that volume, it is a good problem to have when you do hit that milestone :-) Having said that, do reverse customer support, i.e. preempt ... |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | oomkiller: Not enough info about your idea here to give you any useful information. You should share more about your idea, we won't bite! |
ASK HN: From lit major to Computer Science Masters? | krf: Check out this one:University of Chicago - http://masters.cs.uchicago.edu/If U of Chicago is doing it, likely there are others. I would also suggest looking at UK universities - the 1 year taught course Master's degree is a popular cash cow for many universities. |
Toolset to write an e-book | pmiller2: My personal toolset consists of emacs and pdflatex. I don't care about rendering to HTML, and my writings typically include math formulas, so I suspect my requirements are a bit different from yours. Nonetheless, when it comes to typesetting beautiful PDFs, you really just can't beat LaTeX. |
Toolset to write an e-book | pramit: I have created 3 ebooks so far. Typed them in MS Word and printed as PDF using Pdf writer. |
Toolset to write an e-book | eli_s: If you are going from HTML -> PDF then by far the best tool I have found is princeXML.Outstanding HTML -> PDF rendering with automatic TOC, page numbering, splitting tables across pages. Excellent CSS and SVG support.Pricing is reasonable too. |
Toolset to write an e-book | urlwolf: I think LyX is a good alternative here. Good converters to html, pdf, text... great outliner (much needed for a long piece such a book). Has track changes, and it's plain text so you could use a vcs with it. |
Please review "Pivotal Tracker for SEO" - SEOaholic.com | sbc: Looks like a useful tool, but seems overpriced in comparison to the competition, so perhaps you could look at the pricing structures.One obvious competitor is caphyon.com who do Advanced Link Manager and Advanced Web Ranking which have vastly more functionality for a similar price to your Bronze license, and no li... |
Toolset to write an e-book | ScottWhigham: I did an ebook recently and it was an awful experience. I started with Adobe InDesign and tried to port to PDF - failed due to image support and integration with Kindle/ebook readers. I then switched to Word and tried to do PDF export and that failed for the same reason. In the end, I ended up having to g... |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | tbeseda: Click it.
http://www.labapp.com |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | liamk: "Browse the LabApp Catalog" needs to be much more prominent - perhaps make it look more like a button? Overall I really like the idea though. After working in research labs for the past few years this service is sorely needed |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | pWneD: Oh, I'm bookmarking this for sure. |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | heyjonboy: Looks pretty sharp. When building a homepage for marketplace-type sites, it can be really difficult to effectively connect with both your buyer and seller audiences at the same time. I think you guys nailed it.I'm sure this is already on your todo list, but a friendlier login would make the checkout process ... |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | mpobrien: Looks cool. I'd suggest putting some screenshots on the app pages, to make them more inviting. |
What's a good topic for a technical presentation? | xox: Your thoughts on some language or technology that you are interested in but that is not used at your office. |
What's a good topic for a technical presentation? | shmichael: Javascript is always a nice topic to discuss.
Depending on the technical level, you could take it in different directions:* "good" paradigms in Javascript (using concepts of functional programming). I always recommend Crockford's Javascript: The Good Parts - http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748* Demonstr... |
What's a good topic for a technical presentation? | HeyLaughingBoy: Avoid languages. I have yet to see a language presentation that didn't devolve into a discussion of some esoteric "feature" that was cool but almost completely useless.Instead choose concepts, e.g., functional programming and use a well known language to illustrate its benefits.Or choose a new, interest... |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | samratjp: Definitely will keep an eye. Since you're gonna have marketplace, you might as well have existing products out there as well.Also, use your blog wisely by showcasing new products and some product screen shots. The same goes for your product lineup - screen shots! Think Apple App Store ;-)Also, don't neglect S... |
What are some alternative YC-like programs? | jedi_stannis: Wikipedia lists most of them here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_money |
Feedback on our startup (LabApp.com) | rufugee: I'm going to start asking this in every HN review request: what's it written in and how well is the technology working for you? |
How much customer support time would 100,000 users take? | hajrice: I don't wanna come across as a spammer or anything, but I'm building something that'll hopefully solve that pain for you. |
UCLA or Rose-Hulman | manderson2080: Go for Rose-Hulman, it may be less expensive now but the way the California economy is going, UCLA may catch up. I have a friend in the honors program at UCLA for econ and he had hard time even getting into the intro econ class last year because there were too many people vying for a spot (something tha... |
input on the idea please? | yan: Contact me. I had another idea for a similar goal but vastly different implementation. Maybe we can create a hybrid or tear down each other's ideas? |
input on the idea please? | mlLK: I've been kicking around a similar idea, but with a stronger emphasis on the user model as a mentor/apprentice experience. It would be certainly harder to implement than what you are describing, which, and correct me if I'm way off here, would be a set of interactive lesson plans presented in a fashion similar to... |
input on the idea please? | asimjalis: Is this like a wiki for education plans? Sort of like ehow except for education plans? |
What's a good topic for a technical presentation? | frossie: Lunchtime? As in, people are eating? The sleep risk is real with those. War stories, whether they had a happy ending ("I fixed it") or not ("I learned from it"). If you don't have your own, you can walk though someone else's provided enough technical information is available - for example the lost NASA Mars Ro... |
input on the idea please? | gojomo: Sorry to be a broken record, but I always plug David Gelernter's 'tracks and clusters' concept when similar ideas come up:http://edge.org/q2009/q09_9.html#gelernterRoger Schank's ideas about just-in-time, story-centric curricula may also be interesting:http://www.edge.org/q2009/q09_print.html#schankhttp://www.r... |
input on the idea please? | delano: If I imagine this as the best possible way to develop a curriculum (which it may or may not be), there is still a big problem: learning is driven by curiosity. What is curious to one person is boring to the next so the specific path from
"novice" to "expert" is very personal. |
input on the idea please? | jashmenn: Just do it. Like Seth says, there's no Idea Approval Board. Where you run into trouble is when you fall in love with your solution to the exclusion of seeing the actual problem.I once had a boss/mentor who believed that teachers should have a nation-wide lesson plan repository. He lamented that there was no w... |
input on the idea please? | underdesign: It's a rehash of other established ideas:
Get a bunch of people to do it, call yourself a college. Use the credentials of your teaching staff to raise the rates you charge 'students', you have a university.Who's to say who is the 'expert'? As they say, those that can't do, teach.You can expect a ton of p... |
input on the idea please? | evandavid: I like the idea. I've often thought about this within more narrow verticals (e.g. programming).I like to learn using iTunes U, but it would be nice to have those video lectures included in a broader curriculum recommendation from somebody whose credentials I trust.<Off-topic rant for your consideration>: Per... |
Language, thinking, and intelligence | ready: Yes, it is absolutely possible to be intelligent and inarticulate simultaneously--as any video of Richard Feynman on YouTube can attest.Articulate people tend to be well-read. In fact, being well-read is often sufficient to give one the appearance of being articulate, as it enables you to recognize literary allu... |
UCLA or Rose-Hulman | julius_geezer: One minor point: Los Angeles is a large cosmopolitan city, Terre Haute a small, Midwestern city. Nothing against RHIT--a grandfather went there (before the Hulman)--or Terre Haute, where I have relatives. But if you are new to the US, and particularly if you are from outside of Europe, you might well fin... |
Which EU countries are least unfavorable for entrepreneurs? | scottallison: Can you be more specific as to the types of legal restrictions you are concerned about? Or is this just a general question on what countries are more/less supportive of start-up businesses? |
Which EU countries are least unfavorable for entrepreneurs? | Kliment: London appears to be a fairly popular place to start a startup. A limited company can be started in the UK with 1 pound in capital, plus a few hundred in various fees. Several countries offer more favorable tax climates and there are also benefits for starting a business in specific (typically underdeveloped) ... |
What tools do you use? | ihodes: The primary tools I use are ssh and sftp, emacs and git. Those do most of what I need, though occasionally I find myself saving some time by using Filezilla. If I can manage it, I use Acorn for image editing, and fall back to Photoshop if it doesn't crash too much. I'd count Mail.app as one of my tools, too.ema... |
What tools do you use? | myth_drannon: Console 2 - instead of the generic windows command prompt.
Jing - for screen captures. |
What tools do you use? | dmpayton: Komodo Edit for most coding because it gives me a consistent UI at work on my Mac and at home on Ubuntunano for editing files server-sideGit/Github (work) and Mercurial/Bitbucket (personal) for version control and deploymentscp for those rare instances when I need to transfer files manuallyWindows XP in Virtu... |
What tools do you use? | kadavy: I mount my server via SSH through MacFusion, then create a project in Aptana.I'll add files by dragging and dropping into Aptana, or I'll use scp to upload through terminal.I'm a designer by training, so I just know a little command-line and emacs, so I'll use that for quick edits from time to time.I also use t... |
Language, thinking, and intelligence | Mz: Temple Grandin thinks in pictures. She has written several books, including a book called "Thinking in Pictures". You might find that helpful. You might also try reading illustrated works, like webcomics, to help bridge the gap. You could also pick up "The Cartoon Guides..." by Larry Gonick. They aren't at all... |
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