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Re:Which text editor do you use? (Launched new site. Interested to get... on Sunday May 10, 2009 @05:17PM (#602508)
Good tip. We should probably look into that.
Re:Venture capital goes short-term on Monday January 05, 2009 @03:14PM (#421018)
I was puzzled by that heading as well.
Re:Java in College: "You might as well be teaching Chinese to a monkey." on Friday December 19, 2008 @09:27PM (#404166)
Recursion for me. I still grapple with it sometimes.
Re:Java in College: "You might as well be teaching Chinese to a monkey." on Friday December 19, 2008 @09:25PM (#404163)
I agree with you. I started my CompSci degree a few years ago without any programming experience. The first intro-class was quite challenging as I had never programmed before. It took me a while to get used to the quirks but I became better after sufficient practice. Like anything else, programmers only get good after they have put in the hours to learn programming and the programming language. Its like music or sports or even academics. Practice makes perfect.
Re:Job Interview Questions That Mean You’re Not Getting Hired…And One ... on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @06:14PM (#393630)
Great post. I have been asked the same questions in many of my interviews before.
Re:Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession? on Friday December 05, 2008 @12:40AM (#386690)
Perhaps we could see co-investments or investment pools by several VCs.
Re:Tell HN: If you haven't got your YC email, check your Spam folder on Thursday October 30, 2008 @12:06AM (#348411)
We got a question about our application last week. We didn't make the cut.
Re:Ask HN: Keep cash positions in different currencies? on Tuesday October 28, 2008 @08:52AM (#346248)
In fact, the yen and the dollar have been rising in recent weeks. The Pound and the Euro have taken a beating.Hard to say what might happen to the Chinese RMB as the rate is set within a narrow band by the Chinese govt.
Re:Facebook in a crowd on Saturday October 25, 2008 @02:18PM (#343695)
Thats interesting. By that token, Facebook or other social networks are in some ways, restricted by what they can do because of the way people use the network
Re:Charting Library (PHP) on Friday October 24, 2008 @10:37PM (#343267)
amcharts.com is great. They have really good customizable flash charts and I believe they have PHP support as well. We code in PHP and we are very satisfied with their charting tools
Re:Facebook in a crowd on Friday October 24, 2008 @10:36PM (#343266)
Perhaps it is true that people don't take invites on facebook seriously as they can see the list of people. If there are too many people invited, they might not feel obligated to respond. What if you had a dedicated invite service and you could not observe the number of people coming (say to a dinner or a party etc). Would you feel more obliged to respond?

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