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It's a good thing Japan is not in Europe.

Moving can have a big influence on someone's body/appetite, but moving specifically to Europe has other advantages. There's a book called The French (don't) Diet. I haven't read it, but I know people who have. The basic idea is that French food (and presumably much of Europe's food overall) is naturally healthy. It's not filled with preservatives or infused with high-fructose corn syrup. Those artificial ingredients in most American foods are hard for our bodies to digest, so they move to fat where they are almost never digested. The French food is made of natural ingredients that our bodies can actually use for nutrition and energy, so we don't store the food away - we use it.

The funny thing is that in America, we don't have this artificial food because it tastes better. We have it here because it's cheaper.

On another note, why is this on HN? I know it's tangentially related to the hacker diet, but an Ask YC: How do you lose weight? thread doesn't seem like it would belong here.
For reading something cover to cover, paper wins big points for a number of reasons:

- I can read it anywhere - on the couch, while eating, in bed, I can take it on a bench outside, etc. - much easier than a laptop or hand-held

- I don't have to worry about it. It's paper! I can drop it, fold it, put stuff on it, even spill stuff on it, doesn't matter. As long as I don't set it on fire it'll remain usable.

- No distractions. No email, IM, YCNews, or anything. It's just paper!

- Easier on the eyes and body. Better contrast, no glare. A monitor is in a fixed position and my body has to conform to it - I can shift paper from minute to minute to whatever is most comfortable.

For reference, electronic is fine, mainly for two reasons:

- search

- no physical space taken by books I may or may not really need
Somebody played this for me a couple days ago. I had to beg him to stop. The pain still hasn't gone away.
Seth Roberts has a theory that foods that taste exactly the same every time (particularly those with a high glycemic index) increase appetite and that unfamiliar or flavorless foods decrease appetite. I recommend his paper on the subject: http://sethroberts.net/about/whatmakesfoodfattening.pdf.
And, after all that fuss last year, I still pay R$2,50 for one liter of gas. So much for the idea that a state-controlled oil company would actually help the people.
"red-black tree while blindfolded-in assembly"

you are kidding right? most people won't know what that is and if they do they probably can't program one in C if they know programming in C
Anyone else beatbox while they work? I really like rhythm for some reason.
I have heard that fructose -- as present in fruits and juice -- can suppress the body's sensation of fullness, causing people to eat more. Some people advance this theory as a reason to not eat or drink anything containing high-fructose corn syrup. I was able to find studies both supporting and refuting the theory, though, so I'm not sure if it is true. Both sites obviously have their own agendas:

http://www.naturalnews.com/022836.html

http://www.hfcsfacts.com/UofWResearchAJCN.html
maybe they'll take someone who looks up what it is, and understands it, before applying
Don't most CS courses teach them? (Not that mine did, but mine wasn't very good).
Not working on the same problem for all hours of the day usually helps. For example, instead of spending all day coding, break up the day by swapping your focus to an entirely different aspect of your startup, like finding potential customers or planning your pitch to a top blogger. Coding in the morning, strategy in the afternoon...and both should be done while drinking as much water as possible.

If you can't bring yourself to focus on a different part of your startup, write down exactly what is causing you to be angry (let's be honest - it's usually something to do with the code you've written) and list the possible solutions underneath it. Choose the best solution on gut instinct, and move on asap. Too much thinking is bad.

p.s. I'm really, really glad to have come across this post; I now know other people are experiencing the same ridiculous mental state!
2 hours of surf every day, stopped eating almost everything that contains high percentage of fat.
But since my project is sport-related, I had to take drastic action to avoid (well, at least damage-control) being a bozo.

I'm far from thin (BMI 24.2), but I don't have time to exercise more for now.

edit: my most important weight loss at once was while doing the Oslo-Trondheim pilgrimage in 2006, 640km in 18 days, even while eating an ice-cream each day made me loose 10kg. But you need time and money.
I've never seen anyone post the exact same time as me, especially someone I know.
Why should it solve any problems? You certainly could find use for it, as lots of people do, but I don't think it was set up to solve any problems. I think Orkut made his service just for fun, people started to use it and find uses for it. And that's how it grew.

Why do you think it solves some problem?
Do you use it for that purpose, or are you guessing based on what other people say about why they use it?
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What's wrong with regulating our emotions to be in line with our goals?
And I take a bus. Don't forget that this is an American forum so they don't have to know how much is R$2,50 in dollar. It is US$1.42 as per time of writing. Americans don't buy per litter, but per gallon, which is 3.5l. So we are buying gas at US$4.97 a gallon. How much is it in USA nowadays again?

By the way, I'd like to point out that everything said there was a lie and there is no oil here at all. All oil is there at Iraq, no oil here, nothing to see here. Just forget us. We don't have any oil here, no. ;)
Here's another format I've seen suggested by a VC firm:

<XYZ corp> provides <category> solutions to <target-customer> for <purpose>, which allows them to <benefit> by leveraging <uniqueness> technology.

this is the example they gave:

Akimbi Systems provides R&D tools to ISVs and enterprises for automated provisioning of test configurations, which allows customers to deliver higher quality software faster by leveraging the company's automation platform.
The key with exercise is to realize you're on a progression. Maybe you start by burning 500 calories in 30 minutes, but eventually you will be able to burn 800-900 calories in 60 minutes. That's a good 600-800 additional calories per day.

You still may have to make some diet changes: sucking down sodas all day long is not a good idea no matter how much exercise you do.

The other thing to realize is that your body will try to adapt to exercising every day. If you are routinely active, your body is going to be less likely to store energy in fat.
Heh. How embarassing...
Are you saying it solves the "I could be having more fun now" problem?
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I never hear about this way to kick-out the VCs, I always hear about IPO or selling the company. In wich case is it used ?
> don't snack

I have often heard the exact opposite advice: eat smaller meals and have more between meal snacks, though obviously with a focus on healthy snacks.

Why do you find this to be a more effective approach?
This is from 1 year ago, so many others are not counted like Zenter and anywhere.fm.

Interesting read anyway..
> Are you thinking of this person

Yes, apologies. I hardly got any sleep. Change "your" to "the" as in "the actual idiotic suggestion which I refuted" and the rest applies.

But you actually thought I was talking about ducks. So we're square.
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In terms of a minimal theoretic definition, ID is used by many professional disciplines today, since all it says is that intelligence can be detected. This comes up in any discipline that deals with human intent, such as forensics and law, signal processing, web search, spam filters, etc.

ID as a scientific methodology merely says we shouldn't arbitrarily limit where we can look for intelligence. The only reason we currently have this limit is because of purposeful cultural transformations (see "Closing of the American Mind") and not because of any rigorous arguments or evidence.

Also, it needs to be said that ID vs evolution is a false dichotomy.
Food has to be digested before it can be stored in fat cells. Also, if it's actually more difficult to digest a given food, then you'll get less energy from it, which means less stored as fat. So, basically, easier-to-digest means more fattening.
I'm guessing; I don't have a Facebook account.
> but understand that many of the terms we use here that you might not be overly familiar with

I was making fun of you. Why do you insist on being enduringly stupid?

> I didn't actually say that

"especially with women as soon as they graduate college and start nesting". There's such a big time gap there it's like saying "as soon as they graduate sixth grade and start college", which, as far as I know, only applies to one person here.
Hey, at least it's better than the Free Software Song... ;)
Helps people find parties and get laid. Or do you want a less blunt description?
www.limbikfreq.com (Limbik Frequencies)

Lots of experimental electronic music and glitch. Seems perfect for the kind of programming I do...
The problem is more complicated then given credit to. Basically, we don't know. We do have hundreds of diets, but if you go to a doctor and ask the question you're not going to get a nice, uniform and consistent answer.

From what I read and experienced over time there are some conclusions to be drawn:

1. Most diets are short-medium term, and for long term they're inefficient or (if at least one study is to be believed) even detrimental.

2. Excercise does help. The single most efficient thing you can do, with long term results and no side-effects is to build up your muscle mass. Aerob (resistance) exercise helps too, but I'm not sure yet how much.

3. Meta-diets are more efficient. Instead of following a certain diet, make long-term smaller changes to the way you eat. A few things you can try:

- Add more variety. That's btw what all the doctors say: a balanced diet is a healthy diet.

- Switch starting/stopping a meal from external cues to internal cues. Eat when you're hungry, not when you are offered food or the favorite show is on. Stop eating when you're full, not when the plate is empty. If you can, don't do anything when eating, like watching tv or reading. Hurts the above-mentioned internal cues.

- Don't base your diet on willpower. Willpower is a limited commodity, and it's best kept for other things (really, it's cognitive science).

A good way of combining all of the above is to plan what you're going to eat, but not from a diet standpoint but from a gourmand one. Eat only delicious food. Eat whatever you feel like at the moment. Enjoy eating. By that i don't men stuff yourself with the same hamburgers all the time, but cook your own food and actively search new eating places and foods.
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> but being an entrepreneur

Means you need people who can actually do shit. If you need people with business experience then a program that connects you with investors makes perfect sense. Investors need people like her. Thus the rejection was a mistake.

> or has experienced building a company

Neither did Google! That's why you partner with investors who have experience. Duh!

> or that she can think on her feet, for example.

Really bad example in this case.

> I wouldn't take them as a given

A given?!? What is a "given" in a venture?!?

You're making the same mistake with "good bet" when you really mean "guarantee".
After they drop off fb, how do they keep in touch, or do they?
Your going to have to qualify hard. It sounds like your saying hard == percentage of it that is digested.
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If I'd take the bus I'd end up spending almost the same amount of money gas-wise (not counting taxes and maintaining). The bus costs R$2,10 to university and my car uses about one liter to go from my home to college (it's around 13km).

Converting Reais to Dollars doesn't usually give people a good idea of what the cost really is. Maybe $4,97 a gallon is a reasonable price for an american. It's rather expensive for a brazillian, though. That kind of problem is the reason they do that "big mac scale" and things like that.

The main point of my post was that gas is expensive here, even though the oil extraction is done by the government and even though we have quite some oil here. If you understand how much R$2,50 is worthed, great. Otherwise, you can still understand what I'm saying. Moreover, I think the most interesting discussion would have arised among people who understand how much R$2,50 is worthed, because they probably understand more about Brazil.

Now, about the units I've used, they are much more widely used than gallons and miles. I think there's people from all around the globe accessing here, so I think that, by using them, I'm being the most helpful. Also, they are more natural for me.
I'm not sure of the checkout system, but I assume right now that the payments are left for the sellers and buyers to deal with and Etsy would instead like to establish their own system that makes it dead easy to buy and sell with Etsy as the middle man in the transaction.

Search is hard. They have search already, but they want it make it better and more relevant to the user's taste and buying history I imagine.

Customer Service => manpower => salaries => money => funding.

Competitive wages: I'm sure Etsy pays it's employees well, but I doubt it's at market value (although it's probably damn close). But they want to take care of their existing employees and hire new ones and pay them all well, which I think is admirable.

The funding isn't absurd. Etsy can and probably will be huge. I've seen nothing from their execution and growth so far that indicates that they're a mirage or about to tank.

For a company with a revenue model, growth, and a large market to raise a 30 million series B isn't exactly earth shattering.
Ever since Ben Stein got into the business of spewing creationist claptrap in phony "documentaries", my respect for him and willingness to consider his opinions has dropped tremendously.
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I think you're making a big deal out of what, at worst, was a poorly worded phrase.

Relax a little :)
yea the choice of genre could have been better. i wouldn't mind rap or polka or christian rock (that is, a christian rock song about programming,) or even classical
Very easy:
1) Don't eat anything that contains sugar.
2) Do some intense exercise like jogging or martial arts regularly.
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Ha! That's exactly what I played him for revenge!
This is a challenge to startup founders -- to pare down the feature list to just the essentials. When you're in a meeting and someone says "Wouldn't it be great if..." -- you as a designer must forcefully evaluate whether or not it is valid. If there is any doubt, push back. The good ideas that deserve to make it into the product can survive merciless scrutiny.

I believe this is at least partially why Steve Jobs's tyrannical micromanagement of product design works. Every single feature that makes it into an Apple product has to pass the muster of Steve's unforgiving eye. Chaff is discarded, like spare words at the hands of a great editor.
> sorry i didn't elaborate, it isn't a question of signing requests, kirubakaran posted a link below that explains the basics (unpickling can create objects and run potentially harmful methods)

Parent poster meant signing the pickled data as a text stream, not as a collection of unserialized python objects. If the signatures don't match, you just discard the data, and don't unpickle it.

This guarantees that (as long as your keys aren't compromised, and your signing algorithm is unbroken) you will never unpickle tampered-with data.
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I'm waiting for the free e-ink e-book reader, and e-books that are DRM-free or at least not severely encumbered by DRM. Only then will e-books be viable.

Can't a big publisher come out and subsidize an e-book reader? For example, "Buy some e-books from us whose printed editions would add up to $300, and we'll give you an e-book reader free."
Exactly. It's basically Joan Baez singing about Lisp like a folk song about, say, a mother's dying wish for her baby.

At times like this I calm myself by remembering a record review that said "This album was so bad I had to play the New York Dolls for two hours to clean the sludge out of my stereo".
It's is pretty cool that pg is willing to listen to you guys.

We were in a similar position. Fortunately, when I told my family I'd have to move to Colorado of all the places I got weird looks.

Boston and YC went better with everyone.
If they're my friends, I already have their emails, phone numbers etc.

If they're somebody I knew from my past, they don't. Because outside of a two minute catch-up when we first discovered each other on fb, we haven't said anything to each other anyway.
on my MacBookPro:
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Speaking of modern variants, did you ever run across "After the Absolute" by David Gold? It's about the author's experiences with a hillbilly Zen teacher from the back woods of West Virginia. There's no historical connection to Buddhism (or even Zen for that matter) but it's a vivid story. The guy in question was a volatile character who half the time would share profound spiritual insights and the other half would pull a gun on you.
freax, I don't know you, but given your responses to this and that other thread, I would highly suggest that if you're looking to be successful, you should put some of that emotional response that you're directing towards me into positive action for your venture.

There are many people on this forum that will be there to help you in the future, but if you catch a name as a person who is a little to sharp to quip with pure emotion, they will have second thoughts.

It's not a big deal, and it's not personal - don't make it so.

Cheers.
progeria is one of the things that makes me believe it may be possible to 'cure' old age

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeria

i have always wondered what the psychological effects of living hundreds of years might be
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I'm pissed off they took my points!! I was saving those!!

I don't think it was merely a poorly-worded phrase, but betrayed a sexist view and was demonstrably wrong, to boot.

When someone is sexist, rather than letting it grate in your ears, turn it around and grate in theirs. I suppose it's not surprising that a sexist person would also be oblivious to the sarcasm. It rather spoils the fun of ridiculing something stupid, though, when both the target and the audience are also stupid and don't realize when you're making fun of it.
When you don't want/need money is the best possible time to be talking to VCs. You might decide that with the right terms, you could use some capital after all. Or, you might realize that they're not as interested as you thought.
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If you want to raise a small amount of money (<$100k) it's the ideal way to go. You won't have to end up giving a significant chunk of your funds to a lawyer, the contract will generally be easy for all parties to understand, and if you're at an early stage you won't have to deal with determining valuation. Definitely recommended for most early situations.
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I loved "A First Course in Abstract Algebra" by Fraleigh. It was a while ago, so I don't quite remember whether it had solutions for the exercises or not.

[edit]: There's also Michael Artin's "Algebra" which is somewhat dense (certainly without solutions), but a very fascinating read due to its emphasis on symmetry groups. Particularly useful and enlightening in the context of modern particle physics.
One of the things I would so dearly love to do - especially something in Maths. I am waiting for my startup to succeed :P
>But you actually thought I was talking about ducks. So we're square.

That's a very strange thing to say. You acted shocked that someone would suggest that women tended to 'nest', and then brought up ducks. I have no way of knowing your intended tone. It would be very rude to assume that you were being sarcastic if you were actually a non-native speaker who was legitimately confused about the idiom. Perhaps, whether you are a native speaker or not, it is considered acceptable to make fun of people for using words when the meaning is apparent but another definition could be used where you are from. So one could say "The music was haunting," and someone in your social circle could respond "Ghosts are a silly superstition!" I bet it's a blast.

Did you have a response to the content of the comment, though?
I'm only harsh on people who are bigoted (like you were in the other thread) or who refuse to get the point despite things being spelled out clearly and who lack a sense of humor. Good luck being successful with that trifecta!

No, really, good luck. I would be quite impressed if you succeeded despite all these apparent impediments. It would give hope to your bigoted, no-sense-of-humor short-bus upmodders. There are a lot more of them than Keepers Of Truth(tm) and Knowledge Kninjas(R) like myself.
Chamber music works great for me. I especially like Mozart's sonatas.
Facebook and flickr seem to be about equivalently efficient; Facebook is about 10x bigger and uses about 10x as many servers. Fotolog seems much more efficient than either though; it's about the same size as flickr, but uses only 1/3 as many servers.
Raise enough money to get a few things wrong, and spend it as if it were your own money (because it is).
Agreed. However, it's surprising because normally I don't even pay attention to lyrics when I'm listening to music. I couldn't tell you the lyrics of some of my favorite songs.

I tend to listen to some of the electronic / trace channels in iTunes radio: ETN.fm, SENSE.FM, XTC Radio, AH.FM, DI.fm, Philosomatika ... it really doesn't matter what the actual music is as long as I like it and it's not distracting.
In my experience, emotional pain is as much a signal as physical pain - great you are paying attention. Research shows that sleep is an important factor in mood and overall productivity - so don't skimp on that. It also shows that friendship and social interaction is important to mood - in fact, talking about issues/being heard prevents ruminating. And, taking breaks is very important for creativity. Your emotions may be messaging a need to be a bit nicer to yourself. We all relate - hope that helps.
Startup Idea - Webapp to share/store recipes
So I'm home for the weekend and my mom keeps asking me: "Sam, how can I store my recipes on the computer? My cookbook that I've had for 30 years is stained, fading and falling apart". Why doesn't someone make a webapp for the cooks out there who have old, falling apart recipe books to enter in the recipes and store them online? The social aspect of the site is obvious too. It seems like the market is pretty big: people that like to cook.

Does this already exist?
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A company needs to have reliable free cash-flow to be able to pay all the debt taken out by financial sponsors. Not sure if many current startups fit that profile
Actually the correct answer is "you don't want a red-black tree, you want a splay tree" as it works with just a pair of left/right pointers and requires no extra per-node data.

:)
It's telling that further08 hasn't responded. It's even more telling that further08's account on News.YC was created just minutes before making this post.