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Indeed 'Ruby' trends - what do you think? | pyre: Look at the wild fluctuations for c++:http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python+toronto,+perl+toron...Or Perl:http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python+toronto,+perl+toron... |
Recommemd an HTML CSS editor for an 8 year-old Girl? | apsurd: Ok I'll bite. I think you should make one for her.Maybe not the answer you wanted but I've never been a fan of wysiwyg editing if you you want to learn how to program websites. What I mean to say is that it's good to be tied directly to the code and understand exactly what's going on through an actual developme... |
Feedback on Braintrust.io's new homepage | apowell: Here's my stream-of-consciousness:---I saw a huge "scroll down to learn more" arrow and thought "why don't you just put what I'm supposed to learn right here?". Why do I have to scroll for it? And what's this stuff underneath?Reluctantly, I scrolled. Write a response? No... Curtis? Who is Curtis? Some acme ... |
What are your thoughts on Facebook's Open Graph concept? | sekou: Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I just don't trust Facebook with the internet. |
Indeed 'Ruby' trends - what do you think? | donw: The 'relative' graph is rubbish. The 'absolute' graph says something that I think is fairly obvious: If you want a job, you'll have an easier time finding it if you can write Java (or C++, or C#).I did a bit of clicking around, and most of the Ruby jobs were for Ruby on Rails, which is a little disappointing, bu... |
Indeed 'Ruby' trends - what do you think? | jacktang: And I add erlang: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=ruby,+java,+python,+perl,+... |
Recommemd an HTML CSS editor for an 8 year-old Girl? | jheriko: Notepad + some browser.Best to start with the simplest and most transparent tools IMO, + its not really difficult to save, switch windows and refresh the browser.I say this because a lot of HTML design tools take away the necessity to actually learn what goes on with the HTML and CSS, sometimes in subtle ways.... |
SOAP vs REST, which one do you prefer working with ? | ochekurishvili: SOAP annoys with XML request/responses.REST is much better with simplicity, much acceptable by developers and much more popular in tech-startups.But there is an XML-RPC too, great solution but not spread as is has to be, like REST. |
Feedback on Braintrust.io's new homepage | apsurd: Taweed, your service looks fantastic, it must have taken a lot of development and refinement. It certainly looks polished from the youtube video.I don't know your numbers but based on the fact that you are continually overhauling your pitch I am going to assume that you are struggling to gain traction, so with ... |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | oscardelben: These guys seems to be the more used http://www.psd2html.com/ |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | spicyj: I sometimes do this sort of thing. Send me an email if you're interested. |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | ryanb: ebizzsol.com based in Bangladesh does good work for super cheap. ($75/psd) |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | Tombar: I use and recommend http://www.psdahtml.com, not the cheapest one but very serious about delivery dates. |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | ryandavies: I do this kind of work too. Email ryandavies AT gmail.com |
Recommend good PSD to HTML service | acg: http://www.psd2cssonline.com/ attempts to automate the process but you need to lay out the PSD in a certain way. |
Will Y Combinator launch topic-related threads? | pg: People always suggest that when there is a temporary overflow of stories about some topic they're not interested in. Don't worry, things will get back to normal eventually. |
Will Y Combinator launch topic-related threads? | byoung2: I think tags/categories would be a great idea. For example, my favorite topics are the "Ask HN" ones, so it would be nice to be able to see just these by clicking a tag. Same thing goes for hiding all topics tagged "Apple". Even if the tags were "hard-coded" it would be useful to have say:Ask HN,
Rate My A... |
Will Y Combinator launch topic-related threads? | thafman: I would love sub-reddit functionality e.g.:news.ycombinator.com/hn/technewsnews.ycombinator.com/hn/pythonnews.ycombinator.com/hn/webappsetc. |
How do you buy foreign domain names without an address? | filmstreet: http://www.eurodns.com has a solid selection of international domains and provides local addresses/affiliates to enable registration in certain countries. It's a bit expensive for some domains. But they've got a good selection and have been reliable. |
We launched ThinkCode.TV. Thoughts? | acangiano: Clickable link: http://thinkcode.tv |
Will Y Combinator launch topic-related threads? | daleharvey: I think pg is generally against segregation, obviously segregation needs to happen if you are looking to scale the community to as many users as possible.but I dont think the goal for ycombinator is to scale to lots of users, more to keep a relatively small self selecting group of people interesting in the ... |
IS there a site about business models? | glen: This can be a beast, but Porter's work on 5 forces is really illuminating. If you do the hard work, you'll have a really good understanding of where your business fits in the larger context. |
We launched ThinkCode.TV. Thoughts? | apsurd: the voice-overs are very boring. No disrespect to the presenter it's just that these lesson plans would ideally be best consumed in a positive, motivating environment. I personally find it very hard to keep at attention listening to the robotic voices. |
We launched ThinkCode.TV. Thoughts? | seven: Some random thoughts:* nice!* great that it is DRM free, that would be a no go for me* do not force people to sign up to your newsletter to download the free example* I would love if the speaker would talk a bit faster.* Some sort of flat-rate offer would be nice.* Perhaps I am a bit of a cheapskate, but I think... |
What makes a presentation great ? | jacquesm: I don't think Steve Jobs is that great a presenter, Ballmer is (much) worse though.A good presentation and a good presenter are two different things. A good presenter can give a presentation about essentially boring material and make it live, be memorable. A bad presenter can turn a great presentation in to a... |
What makes a presentation great ? | milkshakes: http://www.presentationzen.com/ might just be your new best friend. |
Feedback on Braintrust.io's new homepage | cheesemuffler: Hi Tawheed - looks like you've got a slick product there! Problem is a visitor to your site has to be really motivated to trawl through all the stuff to work out what it is. A few points (most echo apsurd's comments):* The large/desaturated product-shots are too confusing - a significant proportion of yo... |
Live CD virus scan? | johng: In for any advice on this, interested as well. |
Considerations for open sourcing a startup's code? | wastedbrains: Does anyone know if any of the YC companies have Open sourced code as they shut down? |
What code have you read recently? | djb_hackernews: hudson ci and apache abdera. Can vouch for both. |
Science for the very young? | zck: Show him videos on youtube of various science experiments or lectures. When he seems interested in an idea, work with him to create an experiment, find the items, and perform it. |
Considerations for open sourcing a startup's code? | cperciva: I doubt investors would want to see the code they paid for released under a truly free license, since that would destroy any ability they might have to make money from it in the future. (Even if you're shutting down, they might fund another startup which they could sell the code to.)However, you might be abl... |
Feedback on Braintrust.io's new homepage | Tawheed: @apsurd @cheesemuffler thanks so much for your honest feedback. i'm going to give it another iteration tonight (and then schedule some more customer development calls)!!! |
Please help review my startup's messaging | arihant: 1.) Well, at first it doesn't. What makes things clear is your caption below your logo. Please make that more visible.2.) If it's really one click, yes.3.) A change of color scheme. The egg is cute, in a very ethnic geekery way. =) |
Science for the very young? | blender: Diet Coke + Mentos |
Please help review my startup's messaging | patio11: 1) Yes, but I'm a plugged-in savvy Internet user, not a plumber or baker.2) I think your customers -- less-than-net-savvy local businesses -- might not make the leap that you and I made automatically: "... and success at online marketing will bring you more customers and make you money."3) I think you will ... |
Science for the very young? | blender: Also Baking Soda + Vinegar, add some red food coloring for lava effect |
Science for the very young? | Aron: Throw some pepper on a bowl of water, and touch it with a soaped finger. |
Please help review my startup's messaging | cheesemuffler: I think that your messaging is clear and the value of your product is tangible: You help get my information out, with the result (hopefully) that I get more people to come to my site / more generally interact with my brand.Stream of thoughts - no order:* EggZack? Ok. First thing that popped into my head ... |
Please help review my startup's messaging | fjabre: The video is cool but I really want to see some screenshots or a video of the app in action. Right now your landing page is kind of a black box and I can't see what's inside without signing up..I'm also not sure who your target market is. Are you going after Jill the restaurant owner or John the web startup jun... |
Science for the very young? | zoba: I think anything that "looks cool" will be good for getting a kid interested in science. Once you've got him/her hooked, then you can start on the actual scientific method. To that end, science things that look cool:Cymatics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iXY2BE1S8QFerrofluid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z... |
Please help review my startup's messaging | imp: After spending time looking it over it seems like it's potentially a really cool and useful service. From the little marketing I've done, I know it can be tedious to manage a bunch of services. Here's my feedback on your home page:1) No, it wasn't clear until I went back for my second visit. I originally though... |
We launched ThinkCode.TV. Thoughts? | Psyonic: I'd be happy to sample your MacRuby screencast and give you feedback on it, if the review copies are still available. |
Please help review my startup's messaging | rksprst: I understand what you offer, but have no idea how you actually implement it. Screenshots of your app and maybe a chart of the steps you take to get my info to all those places would be useful.I just don't see how you can automatically get my info to reporters, etc... or at least in a way that doesn't spam them... |
Do I charge for beta? | nudge: Other freemium apps have given the beta away for free with the promise of a lifetime discount for users of the beta. That seems like a nice compromise to me. |
Please help review my startup's messaging | chegra84: Love it. I would sign up if I had the money.1. Clear yes
2. Very - the metric thing is very important. |
Do I charge for beta? | staunch: Yes. Charge for the "mium" part for sure. You're not really testing the idea without the paid part being paid. The best reason though is that making money is very motivating. |
What makes a presentation great ? | PerryStallings: What defines a good presentation really depends on the type of presentation. Steve Jobs is excellent at emotional presentations. If you pay attention, you will realize that he doesn't communicate a lot of information. However, the product announcements are about hype rather than data. This presentation... |
where to keep passwords | sunchild: 1Password. http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password |
where to keep passwords | Serene: Better to memorize 3-4 master passwords. I heard about KeePass password management utility but never used it.A new authentication device will be available later this year - based on Hitachi's Finger Vein imaging (VeinID) and fingerprint identification technology. |
where to keep passwords | yradunchev: $ nano passwords<enter all your passwords here>ctrl+x y$ gpg -c passwordsand you have all your passwords in a password protected and encrypted file. To decrypt:$ gpg passwords.gpg |
Science for the very young? | aheilbut: Get him one of those one-volume kids' science encyclopedias to carry around. |
Science for the very young? | aheilbut: That photosensitive paper that lets you make 'photographs' of objects (like leaves and rocks) was pretty fun. |
Science for the very young? | aheilbut: You'd have to build it, but how about model rockets? |
Feedback on REST API for managing DNS | durana: A link that you can click on...http://wiki.burningbay.com/dns/rest-api |
Who has summer internships? | trjordan: Thermopylae Sciences and Technologies is looking for summer interns and full hires. We're a DC-area company working with Google Earth to create a platform for developing geospatial apps that take customers pre-existing data storage and make it relevant to them and their users. We recently hit 100 employees, b... |
Feedback on REST API for managing DNS | stanleydrew: The api looks cool. I'd like to test it out before the beta if you need more people.I have a question though. You've already described the exact format for all of the record types. So why not implement record creation with PUT and have the sender put the JSON for the record in the request body? You want id... |
Any Successful Startups using Microsoft Dotnet Stack? | WebmasterLMB: hmmmm that's really great. Best of Luck dear.Thanks,
http://www.lookmeupbaby.com |
What SaaS apps have a great UI ? | henriklied: http://carbonmade.com is another webapp with a great and exciting UI. |
Please help review my startup's messaging | herdrick: No, in the first five seconds it's not at all clear what this is. Visual design says ignore me. |
Where in the cloud is best to host node.js? | ananthrk: ElusiveHippo.com (from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1286919) |
Do I charge for beta? | jacquesm: Figure you're going to be doing 1:150 free signups and 1:2000 paid signups. And that's if you do well. Beta testing is testing all your features with customers being aware that you are not yet 'officially open', so they'll be more forgiving when stuff does not work, but on average it should work most of the t... |
Non-CS/EE hackers? | jacquesm: How about those that don't have degrees in anything?Computer programmers (good ones and bad ones) come to programming from all walks of life.My personal collection of 'interesting' prior subjects are: - a dentist
- a psychologist
- a biologist
- a banker (and pretty high up the ladder too)
All of t... |
When is a company no longer a startup? | jacquesm: When the founders no longer know the names of all their employees. |
Non-CS/EE hackers? | donw: I may not be the type of person you're looking for, as I started with programming when I was a kid. Then again, I decided that being a geek was 'uncool' after grade school, and didn't really start hacking on stuff again until the end of high school.In college, I got two degrees, one in Math, the other in Japanes... |
Non-CS/EE hackers? | gphil: My degree was in Philosophy, and I'm able use that "domain knowledge" in any situation, but that knowledge is generally more useful to me in a much more abstract/indirect way than my software engineering knowledge.I think that the most important factors for being a successful programmer in the long run have more... |
Want to lower your bounce rate? Get more sign-ups? | mediarosh: http://www.mediarosh.com - clickable link to my portfolio |
Want to lower your bounce rate? Get more sign-ups? | jarsj: I don't think marketing of services is encouraged here. I would not want to work with someone who doesn't even advertise his name/place on his portfolio site. |
When is a company no longer a startup? | morphir: So, the entire point with starting a company is to make wealth. This wealth is traded with money. The day your company create so much wealth that you go break-even, that will be the day you have established a profitable company, and you can be considered entering the phase of intrepreneurship (meaning to work ... |
Live CD virus scan? | pinksoda: CD's are not typically rewritable, you can put files on them once and that's it. CD-ReWritables do exist, but they require additional drivers/software to be loaded to function- which means loading the OS.You'll also need the OS loaded for updates via the internet. |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | pilif: Also have a look at my blog where I link to a series of post about the creation of the service from the initial idea to the final push live:http://www.gnegg.ch/2010/04/announcing-tempalias-com/The project took 44 hours from start to finish and it's both a nice study in node.js and of actual use for the public (I... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | mrduncan: Didn't have much time to actually check it out, but the "What is this good for?" link on the front page doesn't seem to be working for me (Chrome Dev Channel on Win7). |
Which feed count is more accurate - Feedburner or Wordpress? | mschwar99: Many of the subscriptions reported directly by WP are bots / spiders. Feedburner attempts to filter many of those out. |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | madssj: It reminds me of a similar service many years old, which eventually got shut down by the authorities because some very bad people was using he's service.I can't remember the name of the guy or the service, but you should be careful such a service.Other than that, it's really cool and useful! |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | ique: Looks pretty neat! Tried it out and took a quick look at the code. If I ever need a temp alias I will definitely use this. But, one thing I didn't find any info about anywhere.Do you keep track of the deleted alias "keys". That is, if I create a mail and the key is m4m2 or whatever, I want to make sure that m4m2 ... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | fragmede: Feels like a less anonymous version of mailinator.com.
Forwarding to my own email is a very useful feature if I'm not so concerned with privacy. |
Who has summer internships? | mapleoin: Fedora does!https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010Remoting is mandatory. The payment rate is fixed at $5000 (or $2500 for half-projects). You decide when you work, who you work with, how much you work, what you work on, what tools you'll be using etc. You decide everything!I can help with more info... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | judofyr: 502 Bad Gateway. Too much selfdestruct? |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | simplegeek: I'm getting "502 Bad Gateway"? |
Non-CS/EE hackers? | csomar: "I'd like to hear stories about people who "switched" or caught the start-up bug after investing in an un-related degree."Start-Up are not related to Computer Science or Information Technology. There are health, medicines, nano-technology... startups that don't deal with computers or programming. It's simply a ... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | philh: So now it's gone.Why does it matter if someone reported you? Was your ISP threatening to shut you down? |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | frou_dh: This is great. I've used a few temporary email address websites in the past but they all seemed to have very flaky web interfaces for actually reading the email messages. |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | mrcharles: This is a very interesting system, and I can see myself using it frequently for things like throwaway email addresses for forums, required registrations, and other things.However, I would want to know that security issues as mentioned elsewhere in the thread were addressed before hand. Especially using it f... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | marketer: Just a couple nitpics:1. Redbot doesn't like some of the http headers: http://redbot.org/?uri=http://tempalias.com/
Content-type should be "text/html; charset=utf-8 ". Why the keep-alive connection?2. It feels like the home page is rendering slowly. |
Science for the very young? | sga: You could have a lot of fun with an inexpensive microscope (look at a number of different materials, bugs, etc..) or even a set of magnifying glasses. Get your hands on some polarizers, play with the affect of one and your ability to look into bodies of water (pool, lake, etc) show him that if you cross the polar... |
Non-CS/EE hackers? | count: I've got a BS in Econ w/minor in finance. I didn't take CS or engineering in school because it didn't really seem interesting - I do it all day anyways, and wanted to learn something outside of my normal scope of activity, that would still be relatively useful. |
Most interesting/important algorithms developed in the last decade? | hga: This is not my field, but the hash array mapped trie from 2000-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_array_mapped_trie) is the source of Clojure's "secret sauce" that is its answer to the functional programming trivial update problem. Updates are O(N) where N is a max of 32 and more likely 5-6, according to Rich H... |
Please review my project - TwitVance | vijaydev: TwitVance (http://www.twitvance.com) is an application to schedule tweets that I created using Rails in my spare time. Feedback and suggestions most welcome.Prominent features: Ability to add multiple twitter accounts, integrated bit.ly URL shortening. |
When is a company no longer a startup? | hga: While I understand your focus, I don't think you should ignore the culture aspect.E.g. it's not original to me, but you're be sure it's true when your probably new CFO ends free soda for no other reason than to make himself look good (i.e. not in response to a change in the company's financial situation), and the ... |
Friday Review - Ebay Sniper - PleaseSnipe.com | Judson: This started out as a fun proof-of-concept because all of the other ebay snipers either weren't free or placed your bid with ridiculous time windows (~1 min).I think the major hurdle is going to be getting people to feel comfortable handing over their Ebay username and password so the system can place the bid o... |
Please review my project - TwitVance | sjwalter: I read every word of the landing page and still didn't know what TwitVance did. |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | Rust: If finding VC-One or VC-Two is something that OldCo truly could not have physically accomplished without Charlie's help/introduction, and OldCo was looking for investors, then yes, OldCo does owe Charlie something. By accepting investment, OldCo has accepted this responsibility.If finding VC-One or VC-Two is some... |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | pg: I'm guessing from the way this story is told that it was posted by A or B and not C, but if it's exactly as described here it would not be normal to give C anything. The startup world is full of intros and I've never heard of anyone being compensated for one. |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | jacquesm: Alfred and Brian should make Charlie part of the original deal on the condition that Charlie will pull his weight as originally envisioned. Having one or two investors does not make a difference.The investment should have been in 'newco', but since that's a done deal and no longer possible you can work out th... |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | starkfist: Charlie should get nothing. Such is life. |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | byoung2: C doesn't deserve compensation for the introduction alone. Maybe he could get something if he had some part of OldCo's intellectual property (e.g. he wrote some code, etc.). The "startup world" is still just business. Consider the same situation in another industry:Imagine A, B, and C were members of a rock... |
Help three founders mediate a dispute | maxdemarzi: Cash compensation is out of the question. The start-up needs it/will need it and will create more value out of it than Charlie could.2% goes to Charlie if he is willing to continue to support his friends as an "advisor" and promises to bury the hatchet.1% goes to Charlie if he wants no part of it, but prom... |
Please review my node.js fun project: Selfdestructing email aliases. | pkulak: Great project! I'll be using it for sure.I noticed that on the privacy page you use plural pronouns like "our" and "we", even though it seems from this post that it's just you. I used to do that too with my personal projects. I've tried to stop, but only been half successful. So now most of the stuff I write is... |
Most interesting/important algorithms developed in the last decade? | simon_: It's a tiny bit more than 10 years old now, but one of my favorite algorithms, period, is John Platt's Sequential Minimal Optimization. (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=299094.299105)It was a huge advancement to the state of the art in training SVMs. |
Friday Review - Ebay Sniper - PleaseSnipe.com | bgnm2000: I thought ebay had a system to bid up to your maximum amount anyway while placing minimum bid interims? Doesn't that make this obsolete? |
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