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How can a 19-year-old find web programming work? | samratjp: Remember, there are federal (some called stafford I think?) loans that are interest-free during the entire time you are in school (this includes grad school). You also get a grace period of about half a year after graduation to start paying them back.I bet you will find plenty of work-study ops in college wit... |
Any HN readers want to share what their Eagle Scout project was? | derwiki: I got my Eagle around 2000 when a bunch of local companies were tossing their old computers because of Y2K. I led a group of scouts and students to refurbish them and give them to the local schools. We got about 50 computers placed, ranging from 386s up to a rare few P2-266s. Most of them were internet ready (... |
Best Ruby News Sites? | gtani: these are pretty good at-a-glance type page viewshttp://ruby.alltop.com/http://www.reddit.com/r/rubyhttp://searchyc.com/ruby?sort=by_date |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | derwiki: Type `vimtutor` on your command line and hit enter. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | mbenjaminsmith: Assuming you're on Mac you'll need to set up a decent .vimrc to enable syntax highlighting, indentation and some other bits. Vim is a different beast depending on how it's set up.The built in tutorial is a decent place to start. I think that's the only thing I did apart from editing code. It takes a whi... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | samratjp: I switch between vim and textmate. My favorite textmate/vim feature is column select - in vim, its ctrl+v (http://sethmason.com/2007/09/27/vim-tip-select-column.html) in textmate it's option+click.Also, fwiw, Macvim may help retain vim usage. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | andrewljohnson: Type this into your terminal: emacs |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | samdk: I think with something like Vim it's best to get a grasp on the very basics (saving/opening documents, moving into and out of insert mode, navigating with hjkl) and then add one of two things at a time as you get comfortable with those. If you try to do everything at once you just end up getting overwhelmed.I di... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | jraines: Check out vimcasts.org. The guy who makes them even occasionally refers to how to do things in vim that he likes in TextMate. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | markkoberlein: This is the cheat sheet that I used to get started:
http://home.uchicago.edu/~gan/file/vim.pdfLearn the basics first:1. Basic movement (h l k j)2. Insertion mode (i), deletion (x), selections/visual Mode (v), copying/yank (y), pasting/put (p), and exit insertion mode (esc)Once you learn those the rest is... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | philwelch: Attach this to a visible surface near your desk: http://r00tsecurity.org/db/cheat-sheets/SOFTWARE/Vi/vi-vim-c... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | yesimahuman: IMO the only thing you can do is to start writing real code and force yourself to use it. Honestly, the vim help stuff was almost useless to me at first because I would forget it as soon as I learned it, since I didn't understand the vi mindset.You will notice a big drop in productivity at first, but hope... |
How to follow up on promising investment leads? | joubert: If you're not quite ready to take investment, I would send a quick thank you note. They will remember you; when you know what you want from investors you can then reach out more formally. http://web.archive.org/web/20070406175803/blog.guykawasaki.c... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | nose: You can borrow my vim cheat sheet tomorrow. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | th: To become a vim power user, you will really need to understand how and why vim works the way it does and how you should think about editing while using vim. Once you have gone through some of the great tutorials on basic vim usage take a look at these:Stay out of insert mode: http://cloudhead.io/2010/04/24/staying... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | pmccool: As a long time vim user, I have to ask: what's the appeal?I use it because I already knew vi, and I knew vi because it was the one editor I could be confident of finding on any UNIX box.I'm curious: what's the motivation for learning it from scratch? |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | icco: I just started using it do code everything I do. Found other coders I know through IRC that know how to use it, and we traded tips. Over time I found my self becoming more and more efficient with it. vimtutor, as mentioned in other comments also works really well. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | ppereira: I started by learning ed from "The Unix Programming Environment", and then vi. By tackling vim directly, you may get swamped in the details. |
Could you please help me appreciate OS X more? | shadowz: Quicksilver, with its magical plugins, will save you tones of time. I also have a mouse with many functions (hooray for Logitech), so I tend to bind those to Exposé. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | heresy: I learned Vim inside and out because it was the only Linux console editor at the time that did syntax highlighting, and it kind of stuck.Also, working in 80x50 with only the editor open for a couple of months kind of gets you into the mode :) |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | saurabh: The way I learn to use my tools is I start customizing them, thereby understanding how they work, how others use them and how I can utilize them. Look for .vimrc's of other hackers. I learn't many things just from the dotfiles. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | pkrumins: Start with hjkl and see where it takes you. :) |
Where are the WebGL JS game engines? | Scaevolus: They're waiting for widespread availability of WebGL.Right now it's only available in Firefox or Safari nightlies and Chrome with command-line options. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | jng: This was my best answer to the question, written 4 years ago, hope it helps:http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial...I also prepare this write up answering "Why vi?":http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.htmlThey've been on the HN front page a few times, too. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | wrinklz: Use the Vimperator firefox plugin, so you can exercise your Vim muscles while you browse the internet. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | ananthrk: In addition to all the excellent suggestions here, I will also suggest reading the free book "A Byte of Vim" (http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim_en:Table_of_Contents).This is how the book introduces itself:"A Byte of Vim" is a book which aims to help you to learn how to use the Vim editor (version 7), even if... |
Memresistor CPUs | joshu: Memristor, not memresistor.Memristors are a fundamental component, analagous to resistors, capacitors, and inductors.You probably wouldn't notice the difference, as computers work at a different abstraction level. |
Where To Find Design Founders | puredemo: Seriously! Luckily, I am in a relationship with an excellent one. whewIf you are only looking for college students the search will have a pretty limited scope, won't it? Isn't there a design club on campus? |
Memresistor CPUs | drivebyacct: I don't understand why your post implies that compilers produce... what? schematics of capacitors, resistors and inductors? |
Are you an information addict? | blados: My problem is I read a lot, I am open mind to a very wide variety of subjects. I like reading and I know I am not alone with that, here on HN. The main question is: do you use those information somewhere else or it just sticks in your brain for some later usage? Even if I am focused only on information that I a... |
Anyone else need to stop and smell the roses? | sgt: I always say... it's better to be too busy doing what you love than to have too little to do. |
File browsing with xmonad in Ubuntu? | khingebjerg: You could use Thunar, it's lightweight and fast. |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | ZeroGravitas: I found that being a touch-typist helped, since the concept of vim is to have your hands on the home row using letter keys rather than arrows or mice. (I happened to learn Dvorak but I'm sure Qwerty would have a similar impact on getting the most out of vim). Plus it's a transferable and generally recomme... |
Could you please help me appreciate OS X more? | mark_l_watson: Two comments: I think that the OmniGraffle and TexShop applications justify keeping an old Mac around. Excellent. Also, Macbooks run Ubuntu very well, especially models that are not brand new. I strongly recommend a dual boot OS X/Ubuntu setup: covers all the bases. That said, the Macbook could be a chea... |
Diplomacy Tips | sfdhgdg: Looks to me like you've already tried diplomacy, and it's failed. |
Diplomacy Tips | hga: Actually, it seems to me that you have a very good mind for business, in that you understand enough about it to do the right things for your domain of programming. I.e. you:Got concrete details on the proposed setup and insisted on getting them locked down on paper.Didn't do very much work (a couple of weeks) bef... |
Where did your most passionate users come from? | imp: I've had success with domain-specific forums. If your product really is something that people can get passionate about and you present your website in a non-spammy way, there's a chance that you'll get initial traffic and then eventually the members will spread the word about your site to other forums they're mem... |
Diplomacy Tips | seven: As already mentioned, you tried diplomacy and it failed.Do you trust this guys? I mean, do they act like they do because of malice or stupidity?In case it is not much additional work, give them the demo without access to the source. This way you are still in the game and they are under pressure to work _with_ yo... |
Where To Find Design Founders | megamark16: Man, I'm in the same boat, and I work with some great designers, I just get the impression that they'd rather be doing cool designy stuff than get involved with a boring business oriented app. :-( |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | genieyclo: I'm surprised no one has mentioned Derek Wyatt's excellent series of videos.See his blog page with links to his videos: http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/vim-novice...Or go to his Vimeo page where they all sit: http://vimeo.com/user1690209 |
Could you please help me appreciate OS X more? | dmlorenzetti: First off, I think if you're not getting it, then that's OK and you shouldn't worry too much. I made a similar few attempts to love Linux, but while I could get along OK, I never came to feel at home there.A lot of it is, I think, personal preference. Part of what I like about OSX is just the general lo... |
is there a Twitter hashtag reach vanity metric? | uuid: Doing the math roughly is actually easy.
Every tweet that doesn't come from search endpoints has the user details inline. The user details include the number of followers.So just consume the filter streaming api with your chosen hashtag. You will get all the tweets, or at least some and a measure of how many you ... |
Where To Find Design Founders | proexploit: Is this a common problem among technical founders? As a designer, I've often had the opposite problem. |
Could you please help me appreciate OS X more? | Magneus: If you already use Vim or Emacs, I don't think you'll be blown away by TextMate. If you're coming from a lesser editor, definitely jump on it.If you're missing a package manager, there's MacPorts. I've heard that HomeBrew is a good alternative, but have no personal experience with it.If you're missing GNOME Do... |
Experiences Programming Outside of Tech? | hernan7: He forgot about finance for some reason :-\ |
Is this a new HN feature? | wmf: It's probably a new feature; pg has been optimizing the code to make /threads and /saved much faster. |
Keeping track of the business rules | briandoll: Attempting to keep track of business rules in a system other than your code base will cause more problems than it will solve, and it will _always_ be out of date.Every business of a certain age has more business rules than any one person can keep in their head at one time. These rules manifest themselves in... |
How would you build the perfect team? | jcapote: I happen to agree with Fred Brooks stance on the matter, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month#The_surg... |
Is this a new HN feature? | jamesbressi: I believe it is a new feature along with some other subtle things like your profile (if you happened to look at it recently). |
How would you build the perfect team? | lisp123: The ideal time comprises 3 ninjas, 2 rockstars, and a level 10 archmage. |
Question about Google Tracking Disparities | byoung2: Hubpage visitor count will be higher because it counts requests on the server side, including page views where the user had Javascript disabled, or left the page before the Google trackpageview event fired.Google Analytics should accurately count visitors who have Javascript enabled, which is a subset of all u... |
What's a PC (for Linux) laptop that doesn't suck right now? | blangblang: Lenovo T410s come standard with matte, LED-backlit screens. |
Memresistor CPUs | DennisP: Memristors can function as both transistors and storage, so we could end up with a lot less concern about cache misses.They can also mimic the function of neural synapses, so a neural net coprocessor is a possibility. |
Experiences Programming Outside of Tech? | johngalt: Cross out respected. |
Anyone else need to stop and smell the roses? | megamark16: Lets see, stop and smell the roses, I think I've got a user story for that somewhere...I'll move it up in priority, but it'll still be sometime in late May before it gets into a sprint. |
Recommemd an HTML CSS editor for an 8 year-old Girl? | si2: give her Coda. Its fantastic for beginners! It will break down the CSS file visually so you can pick out each element you create. It also allows her to see all of the options she can implement and allows her to implement them without code, and then look at the code that was generated., AND it has a CSS book built ... |
What's the best way to get started with Vi(m) | 687: http://vim.runpaint.org/ and seconding Vim wiki (http://vim.wikia.com/) |
Could you please help me appreciate OS X more? | foljs: Some apps and stuff:Coda or Espresso, (html IDEs)
Adobe Creative Suite, ('nuff said if working with Bitmaps, Flash, Vectors et al)
Terminal.app, (CLI love)
UNIX (tm), (a full blown unix under the hoods)
CSSEdit, (css editing)
TextMate or BBEdit, (programmers' editor)
Scrivener, (writers' editor)
Navicat, (MySQL ... |
Is there a PC equivalent to Skitch? | mschaecher: I use SnagIt for screen capturing on my PC and I love. It provides basic capture editing as well. |
Best, Safest Interest-Free Ways of Investing 100k? | ozres1: Given your restriction, I'd say stocks. But stocks are inherently risky. And unless you're willing to put in the effort, I'd recommend you stay away.Further, many companies have cash and some of it will be earning interest. They will also hold bonds of sorts which would also be earn interest. They may raise mon... |
Can someone explain how Groupon works? | vincentchan: You can check out this that we have few days ago:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1282627 |
Any entrepreneurs and/or engineers living with ADHD? | realitygrill: I have been diagnosed with Type A in college, and I've got that hyperfocus ability at times. Medication didn't really help me so I stopped. However I recently learned I have Convergence Insufficiency, which can cause you to look as if you're ADHD. So now I don't know. |
Bother them or not? | adrianwaj: There might be others that want it just as bad as you. I'd just sit tight (unless you omitted something major from your application.) If you get rejected, then tell them how much you wanted it, and ask them to consider you down the line, and what you could do to make yourself more hirable. |
Improving my service and client interaction as a freelance developer? | _neil: You could get a Basecamp account and manage your milestones that way.I made an app that let's me post private status updates while I'm working. It's like having an imaginary project manager to keep me motivated. It also makes it a little easier to report updates to clients. |
How would you build the perfect team? | adrianwaj: Go out and meet people. Ask them what they would want in a startup, and see if you can cater to their needs in your own. Ask them what they'd ideally like to be working on. Ask for referrals to others. Try and get everyone doing what they want to be doing and personalities won't matter as much. Better if you... |
Can someone explain how Groupon works? | csmeder: it makes sense for companies that hope to create repeat customers. Many fitness places love Groupon for this reason.Or for companies that have huge mark up because they can't improve numbers with lower prices. |
Experiences Programming Outside of Tech? | tom_b: I've worked in enterprise software dev and testing, a big financial corp, on a small bioinformatic data export contract project, and now in a bioinformatics group in a pure research setting where the focus is on the science and not on programming except as a support to the science.I strongly believe that deep te... |
Experiences Programming Outside of Tech? | starkfist: I used to work in bioinformatics and got paid less and worked with worse engineers on more tedious problems than when I worked at a pure tech company. I don't know if I was respected. It was one of the few jobs where the level of Asperger's syndrome increased as one went up the management chain. I don't thin... |
How would you build the perfect team? | tom_b: Your "not specific to a domain" part scares me. I currently work with two extremely talented people with completely different backgrounds - one is a top-notch, get it done engineer, the other a smart startup minded person who has a MBA (don't worry, I tease him mercilessly).I specifically picked these two from ... |
Bother them or not? | ismarc: I would suggest a follow-up email. I always remember the answer to a question, or realize a bug in some whiteboarded code, etc. It's also polite to thank them for their time...interviewing someone took time out of their day. I typically do it within 1-2 weeks and try to work in something that likely would be... |
How can a 19-year-old find web programming work? | bbastian: Hmm. This is rather difficult. I'm under a lot of pressure from my parents to move out of the house and support myself. However, I have no experience doing anything else. I've applied to many jobs which require no skill, but have had no luck. Not really sure what to do... I don't dispute that building a portf... |
RubyFlip - Rss Feeds In A New Presentation Layer | egonzalez: http://rubyflip.com |
RubyFlip - Rss Feeds In A New Presentation Layer | nreece: Doesn't load anything for me in Chrome. |
RubyFlip - Rss Feeds In A New Presentation Layer | brandonkm: Very neat seeing the webkit2png tool in action. This is something I may find useful, nice project!Scanning rss feeds in this type of format is sometimes preferable to the list inlay style that Google reader uses. It's also more enjoyable to discover things this way as well. I would only really want to sca... |
Review my start-up Add yours while your at it. | andyjdavis: I'm either blind or there's no way to search. I tried to add a service I'm part of and apparently it's already listed. Surely there's a better way to find a particular start up than next-ing through page after page.Anyone interested in a particular start up will want to be able to jump straight to it to see... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | jaekwon: you're surrounded by statistical outliers. are you based in san francisco by any chance?the good spirit is to follow your own calling, so do whatever you want. don't mind the others.also, a non-entrepreneur movement sounds like a good idea. it would benefit both sides.also, i look straight at people. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | gizmo: For many of us self-employment / entrepreneurship is not a choice, it's not something we just want to do, it's something we have to do. There is no plan B. If we have to start 10 companies and fail 10 times, then so be it. Self-destructive as that may be.So when somebody decides to get a regular job after all, I... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | trevelyan: Perhaps the people you're talking to consider it a critical judgment on their own plans and prospects. I think anyone who starts a business appreciates how difficult it is and realizes it doesn't work out all the time. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | dpcan: The world is FULL of articles about finding jobs. Most people are just looking for a J.O.B.Right or wrong, your entrepreneur friends probably see you as a quitter. They probably see your going back to work as a failure, and naturally, your friends don't want to see you fail.Think about it though. You probably... |
Anyone else need to stop and smell the roses? | samratjp: Sometimes, you just need to throw away your laptop and just do nothing. I find that staring at clouds on a cool spring evening can clear your head real fast :-) In fact, it's my best debugging strategy. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | johnthedebs: My guess is that they're disappointed about losing a fellow entrepreneur rather than disappointed in you or your choice. That's how I'd probably feel if I were in their shoes. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | frownie: Think of it this way : what is your social contribution (what do you give to other) with your work/time ? Do you think it is worth the effort ?I think entrepreneurs are a bit more selfish : their prime motive is their own good, the social good is just a consequence. I don't think it is bad per se, ut I recogni... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | ruang: Just do both.Being an entrepreneur and employee do not have to be mutually exclusive. You can simply work on creating prototypes of new product ideas in your free time.If I had a buddy doing that, I would still love talking with him to pick his brain. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | mnemonicfx: Honestly, yes.Sometimes I look down on them, but sometimes I'm not. This is also the case for most entrepreneurs. Of course, an entrepreneur won't look down on his/her own employees.The only factor that influences my view is what kind of employment the resigned entrepreneur is switching to. If it's a great ... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | astrec: Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs?No.Entrepreneurship isn't some static thing, and there are many kinds of entrepreneurs. Our appetite for risk, our values, priorities and desires all evolve over time.Some entrepreneurs start out as employees and discover their entrepreneurial streak later in life; others s... |
Anyone else need to stop and smell the roses? | thibaut_barrere: I'm always keeping a balance between the two, yes, absolutely.Sidenote: having reduced your expenses will help you ensure you can feel free to smell the roses whenever you feel the need. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | arethuza: "If you're smart enough, not a sheep" - sounds like a sociopath from the sociopath/clueless/loser model of organizations:http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | psyklic: When friends of mine get married or get in serious relationships, I am happy for them. But I am also (selfishly) disappointed, because that means less time hanging out with me and sharing life experiences.I see this in a similar way -- I perceive many employed friends as being tied up time-wise by the combinat... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | iuguy: I don't look down on anyone. Everyone makes their own choices in life to move closer to the goal of happiness. Sometimes that involves running your own business. Sometimes it involves working for someone else's business. Sometimes it may not involve working at all. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | jjs: If you're just doing it to keep your head down and live a comfortable existence, then yes, a little bit.But if you're doing something that you find satisfying, challenging, fascinating, or worthwhile, then I would never dare to look down on you.For me, the real point of entrepreneurship is to take control of your ... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | arojahn: "I'm getting an unspoken but almost palpable sense of disappointment and disinterest"The disappointment might be due to your entrepreneur friends believing you were great at being an entrepreneur, and that it's a waste to the community if you go back to being employed? I know I sometimes feel that way when I s... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | DaniFong: I have trouble relating, on some deep levels, to people of all kinds who haven't yet taken their destiny into their own hands. But it is not as if entrepreneurs are the only people who are in charge of their lives. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | known: Are you proud of your neighbor? If not, entrepreneurs will not succeed. |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | kn0thing: I think it'd be fun to ask non-entrepreneurs what they think of us (I'm sure most would be equally as tolerant, but I'd like to hear their impressions). Anecdotally, I've been pitied before for working the startup lifestyle -- running one of course means you're working/thinking/stressing it nearly every wakin... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | dgabriel: Most people have a strong investment in their worldview, and sometimes have difficulty empathizing with people who don't embrace the same view with the same intensity. There is no one path to fulfillment or happiness that is right for everyone, but it can be hard to remember that when someone you consider a ... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | csomar: Imagine that everybody becomes a Blogger or an iPhone apps developer. I know it's a great job, to stay in front of a screen for 10 hours a day and pull insane money, just from typing in your keyboard and moving a little device called mouse.But who will work for us? Who will build those roads? Deliver merchandis... |
How do you keep meetings short? | datums: Make sure there's an agenda.
Meeting can last forever, if everyone drifts from the topic that the meeting was set to discuss.Make sure there's a timeline 45 min.
You need to have an end.See if the attendees are willing to do the meeting standing up ? |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | wushupork: For me, it's not a matter of looking down. I don't think people should look down on other people in general. That said, I do feel like I have less in common with people with J.O.B.s and no ambition. I feel like I can relate more with other entrepreneurs and thus spend more time with them.I think ultimately i... |
How do you keep meetings short? | donohoe: I ask two questions at the beginning of most meetings in a very friendly and non-attitude way:(1) "Hey, so whats the agenda here? What is it we all need to know by the time this is over?"(2) "I have a conflict with another meeting. What do you need to know from me right now? (or what do I need to know from eve... |
Do you look down on non-entrepreneurs? | JangoSteve: I don't look down on non-entrepreneurs at all. However, I do feel like I have less in common with them. It's a lot like any other interest, passion, or activity. People tend to gravitate and associate more with people that share commonalities, probably because you are naturally more interested in what they ... |
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