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alls i know is that it's pretty lame if you spend your time doing that - just rambling on to no one about nothing. a community like this is completely different.
Hey is this still happening?
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Why just read the book? Download Squeak - a bit far from the mainstream expectations, but it's free in the best sense. Or you can get VisualWorks Non-Commercial. (There's a very under-appreciated ASP-like web app framework in VisualWorks!)
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I really like it. An "Ignore rule" button would be nice. If you're trying to demonstrate a strong vocabulary in your paper, you might not ever want simpler words.
(I chose that rule in particular because you seem to have made that rule too aggressive. A passage of solely simple words, while possibly more clear, is not as pleasant to read.)

Your suggestions don't always actually fit, but that's true of certain large, expensive pieces of software (Microsoft Word) too.

Also, allowing people to upload files (at least text files, maybe rtf and doc if you can parse them into text) might be nice so they don't have to select and paste it all.

Overall it looks like a very useful site though.
I was wondering why it would only work for me in the FF search box. I didn't know it was a labs feature.

Now I'm on Google.com and it's not working for me. Do I have to change a setting in my Google account? I'm on FF3.
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I half agree.

It can be frustrating trying to contact someone privately on here without an email account listed, but I understand that (the more recognized) people here might not want to have their emails open for the unwashed masses, but a PM system would work around that, but the people here are smart enough that they could create and post an unused secondary email address, but users can always comment asking for contact info or submitting theirs...

...it basically goes in these logic circles forever. I'm fine with leaving it the way it is (save a few modifications to the profile screen so that the users know email addresses aren't publicized), that way, if someone does contact me, I'll know that they know their way around Google and the rest of the internet, and that pre-qualifies them :)
Forgive me but this is going to be a bit off topic. I think it's considered poor taste when a hacker decides to utilize nested loops 3 levels deep.
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Yes, they are. Most people associate ADHD with hyperactivity, but there is an 'inattentive type' as well. It isn't as widely known because it mostly goes on it your head and people around you just think you get distracted easily. Being able to really get into some things for extended periods is characteristic.
I already work for a great tech company. The Google recruiter told me that Google can't match my current compensation. It's so strange? I spent a lot of time interviewing with them. So I made the case it doesn't compare with with I have.
I second this recommendation. Possibly the best overview of each of the many, many different roles that an entrepreneur needs to play.
Off topic you live in HK? where? awesome to know that there are fellow hackers in the same region that frequent YC.
Love Lua too bad it's web framework is leagues behind other languages frameworks. Otherwise it's a sweet language.
I would suggest seeing a psychiatrist. They might even be able to diagnose you from this post!

There are quite a few medications that might help, like Stratara, Wellbutrion, Ritalin, etc.

I'm not recommending this by any means (not being a doctor and all), but it's probably worth a look.
At UC Santa Cruz there is a Livejournal community with an end-of-quarter "post anonymous secrets" thread. Exactly what is described here, and very popular. I think other campus LJ communities did the same as well.

I'm surprised at the critical attitudes -- that there are two competitors is reason for encouragement and indicates that the market you're targeting is no illusion. All you have to do is make your site better and better-known than the other guys.
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I started diving into it 4 months ago for fun. At first, I didn't like its syntax style. In case anyone is wondering, this is what I'm talking about:

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vs.
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But now I'm really enjoying it and working at it full time.
BTW, I think we should meet in the back where there's more private space.
They spend millions on free food..can't they spend few more k's for good engineers ..strange ?
nods that's fairly high up in the priority list...
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GreenSQL is interesting, but it just adds another layer of complexity and another link in the chain. It might be useful to somewhat secure old code with minimal dev work, but no programmer should depend on it, especially since every single modern programming language offers secure methods to conduct database queries.
Using a database proxy to defend against SQL injection reminds me of http://xkcd.com/463/
Essentially, the syntax for dealing with them is painful.

From the Recless project page:

http://code.google.com/p/recless/

Recless is a type inferring Erlang parse transform.
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Its amazing how that subway map design is so amazingly ubiquitous that its even being used to decorate bathrooms.

That is art I can support.
You're out of touch. Not everyone is like you.
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We are in final stages of finalizing our code for our open alpha. I am researching ways to improve the page load time and am looking at http://webjackalope.com/fast-page-load-time/

The article suggests to compress JS and CSS files, and I am feeling that we should compress our javascript files because we have lots them.

What worries me though is if something will break. Even if we try to test again, the application has lot of functions and testing would take time and at this moment I need to concentrate on hosting setup than application testing.

I've never done it, so want to understand the risks involved. Also if you can suggest best compression tools that would be great.

Thanks in advance,
I do say nice stuff when things impress me. Like that guy with the love affair site, muxtape, etc.

But for funded products who are working towards making it big in the real world, giving words of encouragment like "nice idea" is too late. They already know it's a nice idea. What I do there is point out what I felt was wrong on my first impression.

I could do the sandwich - good, bad, good, but frankly, I can't be bothered.
Don't make me have to sign up or log in to see stuff. Let me into a school and let me read what's going on right away. Let me peruse your content.
Disqus are really doing some good stuff here. At first I was quite sceptical about Disqus, but actually, it's a useful service from the point of view of the user. Disqus has the potential to become the thread that links together a bunch of blogs into a real community.
There aren't really any risks involved aside from the fact that most (all?) compressors expect well-formed scripts, and thus can break ones that don't meet standards.

A common way to do compression that will give you a similar effect is to gzip content from the web server.
I have to say the oposite. I am much faster, but just getting started, is the hardest part. There is always something else to do, procrastination is more fun that work.
think GOSSIP GIRL :)
So first the RIAA hits muxtape with a copyright blow, then the open source community gives them a body slam by making their code available to competitors. I betcha muxtape clones from china and russia will popup and take away all their momentum.

Life must suck for those guys right now. Does someone know their addresses, I'd like to send them a gift. I'm serious.
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Are there any HN readers in the Chapel Hill/Durham/RTP area? And would you be interested in organizing something similar?
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Just curious, has anyone here ever read all 3 volumes of Feynman's Lectures on Physics?
I consider it poor taste when a hacker uses a loop (other than a tail call). Nesting is irrelevant.
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I'm not sure why this is a quirk. The reader has overloaded the meaning of an identifier followed by a colon and a string following two slashes. All inputs must be considered in context. A bare URL has no meaning in Java, so the given construct must not be a URL if it parses and does not produce an error.

I mean, are we expecting the parser to output "You didn't meant to put a URL on line X"?
Many words but he's entirely missing the point. All these comparisons completely ignore the difference between gadgets and platforms. A platform is nothing without many third party softwares that run on top of it. Phones or MP3 players are gadgets that come with the main functionality built in and don't need any third party software to be useful. Their usefulness depends on how well these core functions are implemented and not much else.

The role of DOS or the Mac simply doesn't exist in the mobile space and therefore these comparisons are meaningless. Mobile platforms don't exist. Phones are just gadgets and smart phones are gadgets with optional addons.
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One thing that has bitten me a couple of times is that CSS compression can muck up your styles if you depend on the order of the CSS rules. Compression will sometime change the order of the rules.
I'm a fan of LibraryThing. How does Shelfari compare?
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I think Ritual is so 2006. Ugh, the mission, I don't like the mission, at all, but I will try to make it.
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It is always fun to be in the Inner Ring (http://www.geocities.com/bigcslewisfan/). It is not very mature - but fun does not need to be mature - just have some distance from yourself and don't treat it too seriously.

On the other hand it all depends on the assumption that the people from the outside would really want to get into the ring.
Not sure if I'd make that a rule.
Well many people do. But I think it's hard to keep things civilised that way.
"SQL injection attacks can allow hackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on your database through your Web site. To avoid these attacks, every piece of data supplied by a user on a Web form, through HTTP Post or CGI parameters, or other means, must be validated to not contain information that is not expected."

This is just silly. There is a really simple way to prevent all SQL injection - use parameterized sql.
Uh... what?

The mission is one of the nicer parts of town. A lot of hackers move there.
Ahhh, so true.

It's like that whiny voice you get in your head when you're trying to work with a poorly documented API, and you get blocked trying to figure out how to do something. Then you get that after-lunch caffeine shot, or whatever, and you realise - 'hey, I could, you know, just try a few things, see how the framework responds', and you have a prototype up and running in 5 mins...

I encounter the same problem when trying to write fiction - total Writer's Block, because you are worried about the fact that what you are writing is crap. Yes, it probably is crap, but don't worry too much, it's easier to edit crap into something good than it is to write something good from scratch.

I just wish that I had a reliable way of getting myself hit over the head with a piece of 4x2 each time I block like that, when writing or programming, rather than wasting unproductive, frustrating hours staring at a blank screen...
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So it isn't a Silicon Valley specific issue; rather she is concerned about the general decline of math, science, and engineering in the US educational system.
LibraryThing says : http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=44126

"As many of you know, Shelfari is a LibraryThing clone. They aim at a slightly different segement of the market - they're "younger," somewhat less intellectual, less featureful, use only Amazon data, and focus on friend-to-friend connections and the aesthetics of the "shelf" rather than book-based connections and cataloging."

"... I have, quite frankly, the greatest contempt for them, and for what book-based social networking will become if they beat out LibraryThing ... Picture a boot stomping on a human face forever."
Why is everyone treating these things like flaws? I think this describes a very capable and creative person. So what if he can't organize his desk or manage his bills? Those are things that need to be done by the majority of people so society doesn't break down. This guys sounds like one of the few people with the skills and passion to actually make society move FORWARD.

"Curing" these problems with drugs or psychiatry sounds like a horrible idea. This sounds like a pretty accurate description of me (as I'm sure it is for a lot of us). If you offered me the ability to trade whatever makes me special for the ability to do mundane things I would tell you to piss off 100 times in a row.

Good for that guy. I bet we'll all benefit from something he created due to his "character flaws".
Isn't this one of those games that used to be around a while back (outwar, et-al) that was essentially a pyramid scheme wrapped in a game and led to IRC networks, blogging communities and such insta-banning on a mere mention of them due to massive spamming?
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Please note it will come in several posts, because there's several parts to that system.

(also, yeah, i know, I haven't posted in a while... though I intend to post something today)

I'll try to get started on it this week, then.
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Yes and no. Although it's possible to play the game successfully without recruiting other people some functionality in the game does require you to recruit other people.

On the web at large I suspect this game would get a lot of complaints. On facebook though this sort of crazed inviting is so prevalent that Mobwars actually seems quite tame.
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Hacker News Related Idea #13: Set up a website to organize these things and just post that to hackernews instead of posting each one individually.

Seems like it'll encourage more meetups and it'll give a few hackers something to work on before they apply to the next YC session :-)
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A hacker meetup at 9 in the morning on a Tuesday? And 17 people have already signed up? And someone is proposing doing it even earlier? head explodes
I respectfully disagree with it I actually can say that the mission is one of the blighted parts of the city. Especially the area around 16th and mission, which is really dirty and has a lot of crime (from shootings, drug dealing to one of the highest car thefts rates in the city).

The Mission is beloved by wannabe hipsters, that think they are cool and feel like "urban pioneers" living in a semi-seedy area.

Or google engineers, as the shuttles go by there, and the yupified noe valley (which is actually nice and safe).

Housing used to be cheap there, but not anymore, especially considering the blighted enviroment. I love the food in some places, though. But definitely not an intellectually stimulating area.
Even if it is your own work, if you are attacking a popular problem, and you are an average programmer, you are very likely going to hit upon the same sort of solution as others have already discovered.

For example, I'd be willing to bet that there will be a relatively large number of people that would present some sort of implementation of remote procedure calls - it's something that lets you do cool stuff, whilst still being hard core hacker stuff - dynamic code, low-level syntax analysis, memory management, blah blah blah.

A while back I did an RPC implementation to allow transparent interfacing between a custom VM I had written, and native C code. Basically you write the entire app in one big C code blob, but then during compilation you specify that certain modules are going to live in the VM. I had created some tools used during compilation to handle the creation of proxy objects on both sides of the VM interface, that could talk to each other. I was really impressed with myself. Then I discovered that 90% of the solution was simply an implementation of RPC, and that my code was a slightly messier, slightly buggier version of code that had been written many many times before.

I think I'd get bored pretty quickly seeing multiple presentations of slightly messy, slightly buggy implementations of already solved problems. You see, unless you are a genius, or a complete beginner, you will probably end up with a solution that resembles, a lot, solutions already produced by other competent programmers.
It's nice to read how NYTimes interprets the types of things I read about constantly....thanks for posting this.
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Great idea for a product to work on. Ballsy too, taking on hardware production & dealing with all that physical production, economies of scale, ploughing fields & the rest of that 19th century stuff. I can see a lot of potential for this.

Nice thing is that you have a product and you can just sell it, in exchange for money. Just like any web retailer. On that note, you might want to take advantage of some of this PR for SEO and give your site a quick once over.

I see that for digital photo frame, picwing appears 6-7 time in the first 100 Google results via reviews & press but your site doesn't even come up if you search 'social photo frame'.
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I second. It dawns on me today - the web is made unnecessarily heavy. For most blogs and content all we need is simple text :) so light, so clean.

PS: Repeated the note as it was hidden and in the wrong context.
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