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How should we approach remote code interviews? | shadowz: We were in the same situation recently. We looked for programmers in specific programming/framework forums (ie. Cake Forum, CodeIgniter Forum since we are using PHP framework). After receiving a bunch of applications/resumes, we filtered out to the ones we think are good, then we phoned them and had a chat. Wi... |
what Twitter apps do you use regularly or recommend? | shadowz: Tweetie desktop and iPhone. I rarely use Tweetdeck but have it on my computer. Take a look at Hootsuite for web. |
Something to be said for slow software? | gruseom: I would make an opposite point: software that's distinctly faster than its peers impresses users not only as faster but also as generally higher-quality in ways one would not think had anything to do with performance.Users are sensitive to tiny differences in speed, much tinier than most software developers co... |
How to file a patent? | eande: A good starting point is the Nolo book "Patent it Yourself". Best reference book for this matter I can recommend. |
Who's hiring? | peregrine: Anyone looking in the Milwaukee area? |
How to file a patent? | asimecs: A provisional patent application or a real patent? PPA has less requirements and are cheaper to file to get temporary protection. Eventually you still need to file the real one after 1 year of filing PPA or 1 year of offering for sale...
Read "Patent pending in 24 hrs" for PPA... |
How to file a patent? | nudge: Do hire a lawyer. I have spoken to many patent examiners and they agree that applications not written by professionals are very difficult to work with. You might still get a patent granted, but your claims won't necessarily have the optimum scope. The language is extraordinarily difficult to learn and it will ta... |
Something to be said for slow software? | _delirium: I think it can be the case if people have a perception that it's supposed to be a computationally intensive task. It's kind of a standard joke in AI circles that if you have a demo coming up, one way to make your dumb system seem smarter is to make sure it takes a bunch of time and displays diagnostic messag... |
Subscriptions on lots of apps/services starting to add up | ordinaryman: As a fellow hacker, I would like to welcome you to check out the apps I have been working on iFreeTools :: http://crm.ifreetools.com (alpha) and http://creator.ifreetools.com (preview release).The apps are ad-supported and free, but not open-source. You can export you data at any time (and also use that fe... |
Something to be said for slow software? | jsz0: People are very task oriented. They want their tools to work quickly and effectively. They don't spend much time thinking about how the tool works so I don't think it's possible for software to be too quick. It opens the door to your customers feeling like they're not getting the optimal value out of their hardwa... |
UK Election thoughts | scorchin: I think their opposition of the DE Bill is likely to grab the attention of many individuals, but whether it's a last ditch attempt at false promises because they don't think that they can get into power is up in the air.I enjoyed the first televised event and found myself ordering the candidates as follows: ... |
Something to be said for slow software? | rmundo: I think a UI with well thought out transitional animations certainly enhances the user experience. It might be slower than just switching to a new window/view/focus, but it helps the interface seem more intuitive. The rapid expansion/zoom that iphone apps do when you open them, for example.As for slowing things... |
Web typography app | slindstr: While it's not an app, here's a really in depth article about best practices for typography that helped me out a lot:http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-desig... |
Interesting (Non software) books? | iaind: A great way to get into history is Thomas Cahill's "Pillars of History" series. Start with "How the Irish Saved Civilization" and if you like it, carry on with the rest of the series. |
Whats the best way to find a H-1B job in the Bay Area? | djshah: I could do with an answer to that one as well although I'd rather work with a startup than a bigcorp. |
Strategies for monetizing a vertical search engine? | jamesshamenski: 1 slap the business in two. 1 as a non-profit research entity (with a watershed of tax and funding possibilities) the other as the for profit side which licenses the tech developed by the non profit.2 offer premium experiences on top of your technology. consulting, curation, etc.3 if someone wants a fea... |
What's your biggest gripe with craigslist and/or ebay? | evanrmurphy: Ebay's auction model includes a strict time limit that doesn't adjust for bidding. That is, if someone bids in the last few seconds of an auction, there's no increase in time as there would be in a traditional physical-space auction to allow others an opportunity to bid higher if they're interested. This l... |
What's your biggest gripe with craigslist and/or ebay? | eliot_sykes: Shameless plug, I have a love/hate relationship with Missed Connections, and as a result created http://www.MissedConnections.com to improve on the good work Craigslist started. |
Whats the best way to find a H-1B job in the Bay Area? | ig1: H1B applications are publicly available, so you can download an excel spreadsheet of every company that's applied for them. It also includes job title and company address, so with some excel-fu you should be able to get the data you want. |
What's your biggest gripe with craigslist and/or ebay? | rrival: on craigslist, scams/spammers |
How should we approach remote code interviews? | vtail: Assuming both parties are using Mac OS X, you can try iChat screen sharing. It's awesome: you have a voice chat + ability for both parties to share and operate the screen. |
How did you come up with your startup idea? | uncoder: In one case I know, the founders wanted the company they were working with, solve/improve their product using a new way of solving a problem. The company management didn't think the idea would work. The founders had enough courage to prove they were right, pitched in many, many hours to build a prototype and d... |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | asimjalis: Looks very clean and well designed. |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | marcamillion: The site design looks ok, but it looks a bit bland. The color palette is not too enticing.There is too much info on the main page. I have looked at the page briefly twice (while writing this) and I still don't know what the app does. That scrolling image in the middle should tell me what it does, and not ... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | noonespecial: I'm an American. I'm applying for a permanent residence work visa in another 1st world country. My CS degree made this easy. Degrees in economics or finance would not have done so well. |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | hga: A good CS degree will force you to do some things "for your own good" that will be valuable later. Working on the problems with others makes a difference, especially since you'll generally be working with others in real life projects. Just totally immersing yourself in the subject for a solid 3 years is signific... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | wanderr: Are you interested in actually developing the software, or building a team of people who will develop the software?If you see yourself in a development role, the CS path is a good one, as long as it has some Software Engineering mixed in. If you are going more for a leadership role, you can probably skip the C... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | pg: We hope you consider applying to YC. |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | minalecs: I think its good you have a business model, but I think you're price points are little high. I would put one option out there as free. With a 14 day trial at $40 a month, to me is very high. I wouldn't even go through the 14 day trial, as you have a lot of competition in this space. More than likely someo... |
what if the patent system was decentralized? | drallison: I do not understand the use of the word "decentralized" here. Usually it is defined as "withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities". Are you really proposing a new mechanism? Why is it going to be advantageous? How wo... |
Help me beta TConsolidate.com | AlexBlom: I should mention, you can give me feedback here, through the feedback script on the website or get my contact details via Twitter (@AlexBlom). |
What's the best way to create a web app the first time? | fhirzall: Don't feel bad about using jQuery or any other library. These libraries have been built for re-use. Once you get more familiar with the basics and build a few apps, you can start looking into the actual libraries and figuring out how they work.Think about it this way, you're driving a car but you have no idea... |
What's the best way to create a web app the first time? | ismarc: You're mixing multiple concepts into a single thing, and that's probably a large portion of why you're running into difficulties. There's fundamentally two pieces to a web-based application. The user interface and the server that runs it. The server piece is critical for accomplishing the tasks while the use... |
A Yep-like app for PC? | _delirium: I've been using Zotero, though I'm still undecided how much I like it (but I do know know people who love it): http://www.zotero.org/ |
A Yep-like app for PC? | samratjp: Doesn't iTunes support PDFs as well? I remember seeing http://lifehacker.com/240447/geek-to-live--organize-your-pdf...As about Zotero, I have mixed emotions as well - it's a nice feeder for Mendeley from firefox. Other than that, not too sure. Also, checkout Mendeley and this http://lifehacker.com/tag/documen... |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | puredemo: I found the design really offputting personally. |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | marilyn: The focal piece on the page, the moving images of the product, is quite off putting, and doesn't really explain what's going on with your product clearly. I suggest replacing it with a demo/promo video with voice over explaining the value of your product. |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | jacquesm: Your resume sounds like a 'dream co-founder', both business and technical experience. PG suggesting you apply to YC is probably exactly what hacker news' function is for YC, spotting great talent early on, it also probably means that any application you come up with will be looked at very seriously.A formal d... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | charlesdm: I'd say it depends on the kind of person you are. Some people are fine actually learning the concepts (or actually learning anything) on their own, while others might have a problem.I attended college for a year, but eventually dropped out after a year to start working as a C++ programmer. I'm working on gam... |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | alexwyser: I'm a web designer so the criticism I have is of the website itself.While the aesthetics of the site is quite good, it does not meet the objective of introducing the key benefits of the app, and inviting the user to try it out.If you are tracking your visitors, I'm sure you have a high bounce rate. You shoul... |
Why not a Video Mute? | jodrellblank: Drag another window over the top. You can't just play more audio over the top as it just makes a mess, so it needs mute. |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | slindstr: You and I are in a similar situation, but kind of opposite; I have my BS in CS (I love saying that because it rhymes) and I have experience working on large software projects in the defense industry. Right now I'm also pursuing my MBA. I can make an app right now (which I am) but since I lack a formal busin... |
Why not a Video Mute? | TotlolRon: We need mute for sound because we, humans, can not "close our ears" or "listen away". The need for "video mute" is not as strong. We have the feature built-in. |
Review my Web App: Making it easier to find Restaurant Discounts | kbrower: http://restaurantcoupons.us |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | revorad: Your pricing looks really complicated. Perhaps you could merge the two dimensions (no.of sites and type of plan) such that each type of plan comes with a set number of sites?Just for fun, I slid the "number of supported users" slider all the way to the right. $20,000 per month for a 1000 users??? That must be ... |
Whats the best way to find a H-1B job in the Bay Area? | abiczo: From what I heard there are quite a few startups that are willing to sponspor an H-1B for the right candidate. You might want to look for those that have received some funding, but other than that just look for startups that you'd like to work for and ask them whether they're willing to sponsor an H-1B. |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | scorchin: Here's what I've read recently: * The Pragmatic Programmer
* Coders at Work
* Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X
The Pragmatic Programmer is quite old (published 1999). It provides a lot of useful (generalised) information on how to build a scalable, useable and easy-to-maintain application. The small hando... |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | bcater: I'd recommend "The Mythical Man-Month" by Fred Brooks. |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | bhousel: http://searchyc.com/submissions/good+books?sort=by_points |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | Cur8or: Head First - Design Patterns
Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code
Clean Code A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship |
Social Networks users actions flow charts & wireframing | Anon84: http://konigi.com/tools/omnigraffle-wireframe-stencils |
Social Networks users actions flow charts & wireframing | oziumjinx: Probably one of these:
http://patterntap.com/
http://ui-patterns.com/
http://quince.infragistics.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/40-helpful-resour...
http://www.uipatterns.net/
http://www.patternbrowser.org |
What's your biggest gripe with craigslist and/or ebay? | onceuponkauai: ebay: auctions suck, bidding on stuff isn't my idea of fun. There is too much of negative press surrounding fraud etc, so you have to go out of your way to portray yourself as not being a criminal.
craigslist: people are cheap, it is handled face to face, if you are selling something large, usually rando... |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | clb22: I'm currently reading "UML - A beginner's guide" from Jason T. Roff.. the goal of that book is to learn for software design, analysis, and development.
UML = unified modeling language |
Ask HN:Harvard Business Review Case studies worth reading | Caligula: Four I read recently that I recommend:Darwin and the demon: innovating within established businesses. 82(7/8). 86-92.Blue Ocean Strategy. October. 76-84.Take command of your growth.April. 127-133.Growth outside the core. December. 66- 73. |
Help finding Blog Post | byoung2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6921893.stm"We designed and printed off a few hundred t-shirts in San Francisco and had them shipped to our investor Paul Graham's house in Boston at the last minute." |
How important is it to have a mentor to become a strong developer? | sidmitra: You don't really need a mentor to start. You just need to dive in and start building something you like. Also, stop being a perfectionist and following tutorials front to back. Google is your mentor.If you really get stuck, there are mailing lists, IRC chat rooms, message boards out there specific to that top... |
Programming books that a programmer read in his life | revorad: Here are couple good Stackoverflow threads on the topic:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711/what-is-the-single-m...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38210/what-non-programmin... |
How important is it to have a mentor to become a strong developer? | nostrademons: I don't think it's all that important to have one particular mentor that's sort of a formalized relationship. I do think it's important to surround yourself with people - preferably in a face-to-face environment, like a job or coworking situation - that have done this before and have a bunch of experienc... |
Is GitHub showing you "Permission denied (publickey)." too? | sfall: i am seeing it on twitter right now |
What percentage of YC startups make it? | pwim: Considering YC only started in 2005, it is too early to say how many "made it", the definition of which is ambiguous in the first place.This spreadsheet has a list of YC companies along with whether or not they are dead or have exited:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l1... |
What percentage of YC startups make it? | ig1: http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator... |
What percentage of YC startups make it? | jacquesm: more reading here:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1185345 |
SMS Gateway free alternative ? I'm tired of replying 'Read' + ($0.10).. | otoburb: This service and policy is carrier-specific. I assume you are referring to a North American carrier because most providers around the world (except N. American operators) charge the txt message senders and not receivers.The type of web service you refer to can only be supplied by the carrier. Usually, carriers... |
Why is the Cofounder spreadsheet locked for writing? | njl: Good question.I'll use this as an excuse to shamelessly plug the cofounder-finder I wrote in response to that spreadsheet, http://amb.itio.us. |
What percentage of YC startups make it? | epi0Bauqu: Not YC, but relevant to question in a lateral way: http://www.techstars.org/results/ |
Why is the Cofounder spreadsheet locked for writing? | Sukotto: Presumably because too many people thought it would be funny to fill it up with profanity and racist epithets. (See "Internet Dickwad Theory") |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | imp: I'm a web developer, and I'm a little confused on who the target audience is. Is this something that I would buy and then resell as a product to clients? Or is this something a mom-and-pop store would buy for themselves and hook into their hosting account? In general it looks cool, but I'm unsure what level of ... |
Any other crossfit lovers? We need a better app | huherto: Hey, this is exactly what I am working on! I love crossfit, and there are some good applications out there, but I think there is more space for other applications. |
How important is it to have a mentor to become a strong developer? | hga: Having one or more good mentors will certainly speed your way towards becoming a "strong developer". And all the points nostrademons makes are true. |
We could use your help completing the Founder Census | iamelgringo: Linkable: http://entrepreneurcensus.wordpress.com/ |
Why is the Cofounder spreadsheet locked for writing? | jayliew: Sorry, I didn't mean to lock it. I wanted to set it such that all edits would required you to sign in to Google first, but looks like that is not possible, unless I also know ahead of time the list of people I want to permit to edit - and send them an invitation explicitly.Basically, I just wanted to prevent a... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | ig1: Feedback on work is a critical aspect, you might be doing something in a completely stupid/inefficient way which works but is far from a good solution, and the only way you'll know it's a bad solution is if someone tells you.Having a strong technical co-founder would probably be good enough if you're strong enough... |
Please review my side project dexjra | darthpanda: The first thing I'd do is make the tag line more prominent to announce it's intent clearly - "If it was on the front page of Reddit, Digg, or Hacker News then you'll find it."As for the name I don't mind it, since it sounds like "Dijkstra". But that's my inner geek talking. |
Please review my side project dexjra | justliving: first of all, congratulations having build this site!A couple of remarks (take them with a grain of salt, just my personal opinion):
1/ as you say correctly yourself, the name could be improved to something more explicit :-)
2/ when I got to your site, I did not instantly catch, what it was all about. Perha... |
What is the advantage of a formal CS degree for an entrepreneur? | zeroxsys: I would say, it depends on the app you'd build and the toolkit you'd need. For your web-based app for a financial enterprise, you’d only need knowledge/skills on database/SQL, HTML+CSS, and front/back-end programming (i.e., JavaScript, PHP, VB.NET). Here you’d only need reference materials, as you can easily ... |
Please review my side project dexjra | notphilatall: There is too much going on on the front page for me to grok what's the focus of the site.I like the use of media, but not that it's relegated to the bottom. Right now the top article on the top of the right hand column is also on the top of the left hand column.What about keeping the top 15s on the left c... |
Please review my site/app - Dokuments.com | zeroxsys: It is also not a "document" for me, a "form" (that a non-programmer may use to build their own custom online forms). So I guess, providing a map of flow of operations/commands will be helpful to tell the clients where Dokuments will play in their business/personal workflow. Good luck! |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | pollman28: This is pretty cool. I like the idea of memories being bite sized. |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | zackattack: It reminds me of fat camp. |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | minalecs: I keep on pressing the "25 Reasons Why You'll love us" button and nothing happens, in either firefox and chrome.I'm sort of confused as to what exactly this is. Seems to me its like twitter with pictures and video. I think it actually would of been a good idea to create a twitter hashtag, and build on top o... |
Any other crossfit lovers? We need a better app | tyweir: Hi, I'm the co-owner of CrossFit Quantum in Toronto, and co-author of As Rx'd, which is still under going development, just really slowly. Combine that with the iPad and there are so many tempting avenues to follow.There are certainly a number of interesting services to talk to nowadays, location-based ones wo... |
Please review my side project dexjra | pedalpete: When somebody creates a post like this I ALWAYS go to the site before reading the posts description, so that I can see if the site is what I thought it is.In your case, I had absolutely no idea. I got that it had videos, I didn't get why they were there.
I thought the sites was going to be something java re... |
Which oral language (after English)... | DanielStraight: Germany and Japan have big tech cultures. |
Which oral language (after English)... | JacobAldridge: My favourite quote from Eat, Pray, Love was (roughly) "Why would you learn Italian? So that if they ever successfully invade Ethiopia again, you'll know a language which is spoken in two countries?"With that in mind, it makes sense to learn Spanish, which is spoken through much of Latin and South America... |
Which oral language (after English)... | WildUtah: Lots of important products are designed and developed in Japan and usually are translated into foreign languages quickly but you could get a jump on developing for whatever Sony or Nintendo is doing with Japanese. Japan has a big internal market you might want to do l10n for it sometime, also.The products de... |
Which oral language (after English)... | byoung2: Aside from English, I speak Spanish fluently, Japanese conversationally, Tagalog passably, and I'm learning Portuguese and Italian. I know enough German to sing 99 Luftballons, and enough Latin to translate some of the classics. I wouldn't say any of these have been at all useful in my programming career. I... |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | JangoSteve: Seems cool. The most interesting "Do you remember..." things I can think of are the ones that are no longer around and you never really think about... things like Pepsi Clear, or like PDA's back before they had anything to do with phones. But I don't remember any of the things currently posted on the home p... |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | bensmith: Sorry the 25 reasons page is down. We'll fix that asap.At HippoCamps, we hope to be the the 'Wikipedia for Memories'.The idea is that users can record and relive memories publicly AND in private groups. We then take all of your memories and remind you of old moments and experiences that you may have forgotten... |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | waterlesscloud: This seems like a very natural tie-in with your facebook friends. One of the few times fb connect makes sense! |
Copying the ACM library (and others) | rxin: Honestly you can find most of the useful articles online - and if not, you can always email the author, ask politely to get a copy. |
Rate our web app - tabzon.com | gsmaverick: Clickable: http://tabzon.com |
Why didn't Stack Exchange dethrone BBoard? | abronte: I don't think that was really their goal. They wanted to make a better question and answer platform. If I wanted to talk about video games in general, I wouldn't go to a Q&A site about video games to talk about them, I would go to a BBoard type of a community. They both have their audiences and both fit needs ... |
Anyone interested in a Sydney HN Meetup? | hellotoby: I would definitely come along to a Sydney meet and I know a few other people who would be keen as well. |
Rate our web app - tabzon.com | malloreon: At my company, about 60 people, we do the exact same thing with yahoo IM statuses. One glance at your contact list and you know who is around the office, who's working from home, etc. |
Rate our web app - tabzon.com | armandososa: I work alone, so this is not very useful for me. But I wish I have an use for it because your interface is absolutely gorgeous. |
Rate our web app - tabzon.com | colonelxc: Quick comments:1. Why do I only enter my password once when creating my first account? Other added accounts are told to confirm their password.2. How do I transfer control of the group to someone else?3. I just deleted the account holder, it now appears that no one can manage the users.4. 3 isn't quite true,... |
Why didn't Stack Exchange dethrone BBoard? | sown: Another question: would a migration tool to move away from phpbb to SE have helped? |
Review my startup: rapidly share memories on HippoCamps | Mbroughy: If you can make this a wikipedia for memory, this will be big |
Anyone interested in a Sydney HN Meetup? | CyberFonic: Could be interesting. I'm at Sydney Uni - so inner west or Sydney CBD would suit. Please e-mail me any more info :
SydneyHN@CyberFonic.com |
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