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Ask HNers & PG: Attention paid to feature requests page?
I completely understand that HN is just a side project of YC, and can't take up disproportionate amounts of time, but I was just wondering how much attention is paid to the "Please tell us what features you'd like in HN" topic.

It was created (by PG) three and a half years ago, and you can read the 100s of comments (sorry, too lazy to work out how many) at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 - it's also linked to in the site footer.

There's a lot of fringe requests there that I suspect if entered major discussion wouldn't reach any consensus, but some of them seem fairly safe bets for splitting HNers between "I would like this feature" and "I wouldn't mind this feature".

A few examples I selected (either for popularity of votes on that page, or for the fact that I can't see how anyone could argue against them...) are:

84 points, 313 days ago - Subdomains should be shown on submissions: key examples being Google (sites.google.com, code.google.com, etc.), user-content sites such as Posterous/Tumblr/GitHub (a blog can be at *user*.github.com), and sites such as NYTimes (where blogs.nytimes.com is different to www.)

90 points, 837 days ago - Remove up-vote buttons from the main page for unvisited links, to enforce a vote-after-read policy, and remove title baiting.

43 points, 1051 days ago - Allow users to undo up/down votes in the case of a misclick - maybe just highlight the up/down arrow that has been clicked on, rather than removing the buttons?

5 points, 930 days ago - Allow users to delete their own account

4 points, 369 days ago - Password recovery

Aside from wondering whether the above ideas might get implemented, a wider question is: would it be worth going through that entire topic, chosing between implementation or rejection for each idea, then wiping the slate clean and starting fresh? It would make it much easier to browse other people's ideas (that thread is very long, takes a hell of a time to really read through everything), and hopefully encourage more debate on each new idea.

n.b. I'm not trying to push for the selection of suggestions I copied above, they're just examples that I feel could be good changes. More trying to raise interest in the topic.

Thoughts?
Search for ergonomics training rather than ergonomics experts.
The problem with font rendering is (or, was) patents, not technology. Freetype can render text as nicely as OS X does. But, for a very long time, this was disabled by default.

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html has links to the patents. Which have apparently expired.
/r/netsec remains a great community. /r/coding is low-traffic, but aggressively moderated and has good content/people. /r/web_design is a lot like a slightly more informal version of Hacker News. /r/webdev is very small, but hey, it might pick up.

Then there are lots of specific communities you can sign up for depending on your religious beliefs that have various values... /r/emacs /r/vim /r/haskell etc. most of the language specific subreddits have decent traffic.
When I was still working as a software dev in a shared cubicle, my cube-mate and I would bitch about the distracting psychological effect of having that open door behind us while we worked. The cubicle walls were decently high -- you had to be pretty tall to peer over them -- but we were in a central location, so other developers, managers, execs, etc. were constantly walking by and scanning us and our screens.

Not that we were doing anything reprehensible, but the idea that we could work for 4 hours straight then spend 5 minutes on Slashdot and be shoulder-surfed by just the wrong person didn't sit well.

Well, during a tour of the new server room, we found a little side closet containing... leftover cubicle pieces! Knowing it probably wouldn't fly, we ran the idea by the boss anyway: can we take the leftover pieces and build an entryway to our cubicle?

Hmm - he'd check on that and get back to us. Soon the word came back -- kudos for our creativity, sure it was a neat idea, but due to fire regulations we couldn't extend our cube into that main hallway.

Okay, so he didn't want to mess with the status quo but didn't want to have to argue about it, so he was passing the buck, which I admit annoyed me a bit. Fortunately, it's pretty trivial to call the local Fire Marshall and check this sort of thing, so I did. Turns out that if your hallway is still as wide as the exit door, you aren't breaking any regulations, so the cube-mate and I brought lunch the next day, waited until the rest of the office went out to eat, and got out the allen wrenches.

We were just tightening the last bolts when or manager got back.

--Hey guys, now wait a minute -
--Ah, don't worry! It's okay: I checked with the fire marshall, and we actually could expand by another 5 or 6 feet and still be fine! We're sticking to the original plan, though...

He didn't have much response to that beyond a wry smile.
http://www.manager-tools.com/ is good resource too
Previously: Obscene amounts of coffee.
Now: Mate tea :), and coffee but just 1, or 2 tops a day.

Also, replaced coke/diet coke/mtn dew with water.
Take this for what it's worth, but the first thing I notice is the extremely bright yellow rectangle on your home page. Maybe it's because I have eyes that are somewhat sensitive to bright lights, but it's aesthetically very difficult to stay on your site. Everything else looks great, though. Maybe just a slightly darker color..?
"The program for eliminating ego-fear and unblocking serendipity is very simple: seek ego-fear. Hunt it down and soak in it. Steal its energy. This is, by definition, scary. That's good."

Jason Shen is an excellent example of hunting down ego-fear: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1811868
I read "How to Solve it by Computer" by R G Dromey, which is based on Polya's book is excellent too. Solving HTSIBC problems in Clojure may teach one a lot of Clojure IMHO.
I go to McDonald's about once or twice a month. I get the same thing every time, a 5-piece Chicken selects meal combo. I choose this item because it requires the absolute minimal wait time. It costs $7.09 each time after tax. I put in $7.09 and refreshed the result several times but did not get my choice.

Just thought you'd like to know.
Now we know why we love Open!
Anyways, now that they have expired we can do better, right? I am getting Ubuntu 10.4 let's see how nice it is with fonts!

Cheers mate1
I bought a chair recently and opted for a vanilla, non swivel, no-wheels model. The swivel function was useless to me in the previous models I used, and I found I could get better value for my money once the swivels and wheels were out of the way.

My chair is a durable, heavy duty cast iron frame with artificial leather cushions and is close to my ideal of a perfect chair for me.
Visa Donates $1M to Kiva for U.S. Micro Loans
I think everyone knows you are supposed to adjust your chair correctly. I recently bought an Embody chair, and it came with a link to a video on how to adjust everything.

Something I don't understand, though, is how many desks are around that don't adjust at all. I bought one for use at home and am going to have to replace it soon; its height is unusably high. I've found that if you can't adjust your chair, desk, and monitor, you might as well not be able to adjust anything.

Strangely, I have an Aeron chair at work, but of course, the desk does not adjust at all. 8 hours is about my upper limit for dealing with it, so while there are many times when I'm at work and really want to stay late and finish something, my body simply says no. When people want to work for you for free but the $20 desk you bought them doesn't allow it... that's kind of a waste of money.

(My company solves this problem by hiring more and more developers. So much for the mythical man month...)
Can the code in this book be converted to Python3 by using 2to3 tool? I don't know Python or I'd have answered this question myself.
Found the search box after 3 seconds. However, your results are not relevant to the search query. That needs some improvement.
It's not a feature; it means your body has to adjust to the chair instead of the chair adjusting to your body. That said, I had an IKEA desk chair for many years and found it to be quite comfortable.

I recently replaced an IKEA chair with the Herman Miller Embody, and it makes a huge difference. What I've found is that the adjustments need not be made once and left forever, you can move the adjustments around throughout the day and vary how your chair feels. It's nice.
I come from a country (3rd world) where life is tough. That results in a lot of bonding and friendships. So despite adversities and misery there is a lot of happiness, too.

From what i see, Western society seems pretty lonely -- I often wonder if that's because there is nothing (no problems, no adversity) to bond people together.
Filling Up Empty App Stores
Arrington deserves a man hug. He has been on a role recently. Keep it up please!
Ask HN: why is stackoverflow down, nooooooo?
i keep trying to access thier site, but it keeps saying 503 service error, deos anyone know the problem?
Please put a checkbox for vegetarians.
Hmm, Murdoch gave quite a few assurances when he bought the WSJ that they'd maintain independence as a news organization, at least on the news side (the op-ed page was already super-conservative, and basically a separate organization). Would be problematic for their usefulness if that turns out not to be the case.
The Eric Schmidt Solution to web archives?

http://gawker.com/5419271/google-ceo-secrets-are-for-filthy-...
turns up a lot of interesting free information and chiropractic companies. also a few personal trainer websites. I guess that's about the level of service I got last time I worked at a big corporation.
When I think to myself: I could go on a couple hours more ,but I know tomorrow I'll be wasted. The extra hour will become 2 extra sleep hours the next day so , not worth it.

Working until passing out feels like an illusion of accomplishing more. Instead of keeping track of how much hours were spent typing, I just measure how many features/checks on the todo stack I did on X day.
So awesome - any bets on how long before they do the intercontinental flights? I'm thinking 10 years.
dude, remember this is 4 hours work, in a hackday environment with weak wifi. api's were breaking left and right, but the good folks at apigee, heroku and twilio were responsive.

i guess twilio does not handle 301 redirects for audio files, and apigee does not handle utf8 in their debug console, but other than that the app is just an MVP hackday thing, and we got it to work.

andrew and I will probably improve the menu for any language supported by the Microsoft Translate API.

twilio is awesome for this sort of thing, but my server languages are php and python, so i will probably port it to app engine so that it only costs per request, rather than instance time.

also since twilio knows the incoming phone number, we will probably allow you to set a default language or something.
Wear-hard! I didn't think that one would still be alive and kicking. It's not exactly what most employers would be looking for, I guess. I lost interest in wear-hard when I realized that smartphones pretty much did everything I needed a wearable to do and also got out of my way when I needed them to.

But all these mailing lists, they take serious time . For me, they're really the first thing to go.
Mozilla pays 12-year-old $3000
Bonus points if it ranks by textual relevance + # of upvotes on SO
Nuestra vida antes de las Computadoras
Arrington loves writing link-bait articles. The WSJ just published an article on My Space leaking user date to advertisers:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230373850457556...
Pretty cool, I wonder if it could make the diff between doing a high speed banking turn and falling.
The subtly humor throughout the website really makes it more enjoyable to use. I wish more sites were this human.
"Thiel’s remarks were largely motivated by his understanding of the tech sector."

Facebook is not in the tech sector. They're in, I don't know, some kind of nonsense social sector. Technology is more incidental to their business, just like with Craigslist, eBay, Foursquare, YouTube, Reddit, and so on... all these sites eventually had serious technical challenges, after they successfully filled a social need. Not the other way around.

And that doesn't mean you're going to continue to be successful. Just look at MySpace, LiveJournal, Friendster, Digg, delicious, and so on...
I think UberCab will end up needing to change their name (UberCar?) to distance themselves from the "cab" or "taxi" connotation, and position themselves as an alternative to cabs, vs. a kind of cab, more forcefully.

Other than that, I think they now have the moral justification to trash the taxi industry and cartel in their marketing. This can probably end up being a net win for them.
Datacenter migration
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/datacenter-migration-o...
Consider it in the pipeline. I am adding this as a must to do.
Attractive And Funny Emoticons To Cheer You Up
Perhaps one of the reasons that make yourself liked by many in the chat rooms is because you know how to pick the most proper emoticon to express your emotion or simply to entertain people
Technical details of the Google Street View WiFi controversy [May 2010]
That may have been true 10 years ago, but the overhead of SSL for CPU is almost nothing, and only a few ms of latency. Web applications are mostly IO and memory bound, anyways. We should be using SSL all the time, by default. There's no reason not to, at this point, aside from certificate authorities.
I would agree. I am from Denmark (which I think might have sparked this research because we are frequently reported the happiest nation on Earth - and also the one with the highest suicide rate).

It's fun to see when something happens. For instance, the credit card system broke down everywhere for about an hour this Saturday, during the prime shopping hours. This almost caused a panic but there was also a lot of friendly conversation among strangers becuase they suddendly had something to talk about!
> HN is just a side project of YC, and can't take up disproportionate amounts of time

I'm guessing were going to have to:

1) Learn ARC

2) Fork ARC news app source: http://github.com/nex3/arc/blob/master/news.arc

3) Make changes

4) Get someone accepted to YC to mention or massively upvote a submission pointing to fixes
I personally can't stand office chairs. Give me a sofa and a short table or a barstool and a counter, ideally both so I can switch between them, and I'm content. The article just assumes that everybody works best in chairs, but there are variations in how programmers best get work done. It's not simply a matter of running a cost-benefit analysis on how much to spend.
This is not really an insurmountable issue. $ is the lazy function application operator. $! is the strict function application operator. Use the one you mean and it will all work out.
According to their blog the migration is complete and it has just started working for me now too.
Google Instant - Is it good for environment?
Yesterday i was searching on Google with firebug ON, and observed instant search consuming more bandwidth than normal search (3-10X).

see - http://www.twitpic.com/30o2cv/full

I had searched for "google videos", total bandwidth consumed -
- Without Google instant-9k, With Google instant-49k (5 times normal search)

Is it good for environment?

If more bandwidth is consumed means more resources are consumed which adversely affects the environmental.

After Google Instant lot of other websites are implementing the instant versions which can deteriorate the situation further.

One more issue, in developing countries bandwidth is very precious, people have to pay lot for low bandwidth.

Is the instant search feature good for developing nations (with limited internet resources)?

Is the instant search feature good for environment?
"There is intense pressure on Black men to be "hard" and the way to express that is usually laid out in song."

I understand this, and it is also exactly my point. I have not been exposed to the elements that really any impoverished America (or wherever) faces. This is why I'm not affected in such a negative way if I listen to Jay-Z. The fact that there is differentiation at all is what makes it subjective.

Rereading my post; I could have been more clear. I absolutely did not intend to suggest that the subjectivity was the reason for the pressures of any different cultures. I am suggesting that these pressures where the reason for the emulation.

Which is obviously unfortunate, but I don't believe his fault. There are lots of pressures encouraging black males to be hard, I just don't think Jay-Z is one of them. Even compared to other relatively tame mainstream rappers (say, 50 cent).

If I can make a relevant reference (sometimes I cannot): consider any artist who has ever been scrutinized for the "negativity" of their production.

If I can make a relevant analogy (sometimes I cannot): "lessons learned".
Hm ... I suppose that's true. I was trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, though
After the not so good break up
oh okay then, its still not working for me, you know what time they are back
What I meant and what you appear to be ascribing to me are separated by such a wide gulf that I must have communicated very poorly, indeed.

I am not saying anybody gets a pass for anything.

I am saying that the comment above has simply substituted a set of new rules for when someone can be praised (e.g. "you can't have ever been a drug dealer") in place of the old ones (e.g. "you can't be black") with the same puritanical intent of undermining anything the target of the criticism might have actually accomplished.

It's tempting to think that this acts as a filter, keeping the riff-raff out of the pantheon of saints, but in practice it only rewards large-scale ignorance, subterfuge, and mythologizing.
Any Steelcase Leap owners around? Lightly used can cost $300, which is a great deal.
If only showing something like this to the IE dev team would make them feel guilty enough to finally give up on their failed attempt to make a browser that works and put their development skills to work for something more useful.

sigh
It's something that a lot of tech companies do and honestly, it's courtesy. Even a simple copy and pasted email would be better than nothing for the person on the other end waiting.
You should read Drive, by Dan Pink.

It's not a management book, per se, but it's great for gaining undersanding into why people work and what truly motivates them.

EDIT: His talk at the TED conference:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
but what is "correctly?" what feels best in the short term is not always best in the long term... for example, those wrist rests feel pretty good for a little while, but long term, if you actually rest your wrists on them, they will cause serious problems for your wrists.

As for the desk problem, Ikea sells adjustable desks (that can adjust from "on the floor" to "standing desk" in what looks like 1.5" increments) for under two hundred bucks, though you need two guys and fifteen minutes to adjust it. Me, I just set my keyboard on my lap and call it a day.
When I finally set up a proper office this year, I was too daunted by the prospect and cost of buying a proper chair. I just bought a used standing desk setup off Craigslist and a foam mat from Amazon.

I haven't had back problems so I wasn't the usual standing-desk advocate. But it has been great, and the low-tech desk will hold its value better than this year's fashion in ergonomic chairs. Highly recommended.
Wildcard certificates are available for USD $49.90 from StartSSL (http://www.startssl.com/?app=40), which is rather more expensive than free, but shouldn’t be a hardship.
I imagine (with my limited knowledge of such things) that there was some kind of DNS transfer which means that it might take a little longer for it to work for some people.
For me Paul Graham's essay are real worth inspiration and teachings. I just follow his essay more than any other readings. I prefer to explore you his essays, can give you a nice insight. http://www.purchase.com/blog/fundraising/3-tips-for-startup-...
this is here his essays you can find. http://paulgraham.com/
I concur. I saw this massive yellow block and closed the tab immediately.
Indeed. One can hope :-/
Some math: 120V * 2A = 240W * 300 passengers = 72 kW. That's 1/50th of a percent of the existing power output of a 747. If you figure a $600 plane ticket, I'd gladly pay 1/50th of a percent ($0.30) of that for electrical power on the flight.

The numbers get a bit more complicated when you figure in the weight for transformers, alternators, inverters, etc. But fuel is not a major component of this. The math really doesn't support the assertion that it's not cost-effective.
IT sector? Australia doesn’t need it, claims Reserve Bank
really? 4chan as an example of the positive power of social media? heh.
http://joelonsoftware.com/

Scroll down, check out the articles in the "Reading Lists" column.
good job! tried it out and it seemed to work as expected.
Forgive my noobness, but who is Randall?
I wonder how much the microsoft investment has to do with them refusing apple money, if any at all.
I'm applying with my long-time boyfriend. We've been working on our app for about a year now. It's a social media management application that helps companies measure and optimize their return on investment from social media marketing. http://www.socialblazeapp.com

We're actually about to launch a public beta soon.

Go female founders! :)
How One Man Built a Telegraph Using Only Stone Age Materials
How will users feel about advertising in CAPTCHAs?
He's all business. In his earlier work he was more of a lyricists. He pivoted and started selling more record, making commercial music. His timing was right and he executed perfectly. In his own words.

"I dumb it down for my audience

and double my dollars

they criticize me for it

yet they still yell "Holla"

If skills sold

Truth be told

I'd probably be

Lyricly

Talib Kweli"

The glorification of drug dealing and gun carrying is a huge turn off album after album.
Or then they will proudly see what lengths developers will go to to support their software.
For those without the cash to drop on Herman Miller, consider what I believe is the lowest-cost, leanest solution to good ergonomics: the standing desk. Don't wear shoes, stand up straight, and adjust the surface to where your arms drop down and relax on the home row of your keyboard. After a brief adjustment period it's possible to find yourself feeling better, with better posture, breathing, and general well being.

Sitting in chairs too much is bad for your back. Ergonomically speaking, sitting with your spine at a 45 degree angle to your legs is harmful to your back, and it decreases mobility, even though people continue to spend large sums of money on fancy ergonomic office chairs.

http://saveyourself.ca/articles/chair-warriorism.php

Winston Churchill used a standing desk in recognition of their benefits. There are Japanese companies that have already implemented standing desks and standing workspaces. Fortunately they are simple, inexpensive, easy to implement and easy to adjust and adapt.
I'll confess depending on which one it is, Ill throw in a few cubes to make Laphroaigh a little more drinkable.

I know many people disagree vehemently, but certain scotches lose a bit of the bite and less of the flavor just a wee bit watered down.
Anyone used a kneeling chair somewhat extensively? I've been interested, in part because they take up less room, but they're always over my college-status price range.
Good suggestion - I'll test it out.
http://www.twitpic.com/30o2cv/full
On a long enough flight, I'd probably pay to pedal.

Come to think of it. Maybe we should have excercise bikes in 1st powering economy. On board gym?
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