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Re:Ask HN: Trivial etiquette question - can he touch my laptop screen?
on Sunday August 16, 2009 @03:40PM (#766568)
Big big upvote. This works much better than the passive-agressive method of silently glaring and cleaning your screen in front of co-worker.
Here are more examples of the same technique:
"This is totally my own OCD, but it drives me crazy if..."
"Just a sec, I have to apologize, but..."
"It's probably just me, but it kills me when..."
(Don't forget to smile and be apologetic, tone is key)
Re:Palm Pre Privacy Invasion
on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @03:05PM (#758940)
The iTunes/iPhone asks your permission before sending crash reports. If the original article is true, then palm is potentially in for a backlash. This kind of information transmission should clearly be opt-in.
Re:Portland, Oregon, is (one of the) most entrepreneurial towns in the...
on Thursday July 30, 2009 @04:44PM (#733033)
His definition of entrepreneur is different from what we normally think of tech startups, but even for tech startups, Portland surely ranks high. I've lived there and at one point was a late state startup employee. It's got the moxie and atmosphere for it, but it still doesn't have the surrounding ecosystem like Silicon Valley or even Boston.
That being said, in my list of best cities for startups, Portland makes a good case for 3rd place.
Quality of living is super high. Combined with a reasonable cost of living, it's a fantastic place to live.
Re:Thinking about starting a business? Here is why you shouldn’t
on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @01:49AM (#729519)
pg mentioned that half of the early YCs died. I think with traditional VCs, I've heard more like 90% failure. Ron Conway (the angel) said that it's thirds for him. (1/3 of investments lose it all, 1/3 return the money, 1/3 have some kind of successful exit)
Re:SFGate inserts a link to the story when you copy text on their site...
on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @04:22PM (#728747)
Mac OS X, safari 4,
Doesn't work. When I copy parts of a story, all I get are a couple of blank lines.
Re:Joel Spolsky: The Day My Industry Died
on Thursday July 23, 2009 @05:59PM (#720463)
Joel uses his articles as marketing tools. FogBugz makes money and CityDesk is part of that industry that died.
Re:How to Apply to Y Combinator
on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:44PM (#714888)
If I applied, I would definitely make a video, even if noone looks at. PG has mentioned multiple times that it's statistically helpful. If it comes down to you and some other guy who didn't make a video, I'm sure the extra effort is noticed.
Sounds like a good risk/reward profile for my effort to me.
Re:Fruity treats, customization, and supersonics: FogBugz 7 is here
on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:39PM (#714868)
I'm convinced one of the most valuable tricks Joel picked up in his long career is that of producing "truly engaging writing."
Vision statements are common sources of yawns, but Joel doesn't ever let that happen.
Re:CUDA-based hash crackers for the EngineYard contest
on Sunday July 19, 2009 @08:39PM (#713661)
The EngineYard Contest is becoming a lottery of smarts. The ability to build or find the best solution increases your odds.
Re:Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?
on Sunday July 19, 2009 @07:13PM (#713568)
For just about everything non-media, I use mercurial to a colosite. Works fantastic. Big media files (movies, iTunes Library, etc.) are backed up locally to a big data server.
Re:Ask HN: Review our new Kongregate feature - level sharing
on Friday July 17, 2009 @04:54PM (#710769)
Reminds me of the fun people have passing FreeCell RNG seed numbers around. Anybody who finds a particularly tough one will write it down and pass it around to the other FreeCell addicts. Then there's a small local mini competition to see who can get it done first.
Re:Simplenote
on Thursday July 16, 2009 @05:29PM (#708816)
Classic iphone marketing strategy: make something Gruber likes.
Re:Ask HN: Would you guys visit a purely hacker-oriented version of HN?
on Friday June 12, 2009 @10:50PM (#655730)
Absolutely. I'd even expect some cross-pollination as well.
Re:Ask HN: Which books and open source projects make up the programmin...
on Sunday May 31, 2009 @11:10PM (#635445)
SICP comes to mind...
Knuth's TAOCP also.
Re:Ask YC: Anyone at WWDC this year?
on Friday May 29, 2009 @04:44PM (#632772)
I'm going. I'll be happy to meet up with any other HN denizens for beer/coffee/chat/whatever.
Re:Ask HN: A site like Hacker News, but about art?
on Monday May 25, 2009 @07:55PM (#626041)
Dustin Curtis recommended me 3 sites on twitter the other day:
http://www.alistapart.com/ Articles and reference
http://creattica.com/ Social voting on CSS, logos, biz cards etc.
http://typophile.com/ Mostly discussion as far as I can tell.
Creattica is by far my favorite for just browsing. ALA is popular destination for anyone involved in web design.
Re:Ask HN: Please (re)review my new social learning site
on Saturday May 23, 2009 @03:00PM (#623728)
One more. I'd also like to see "sample course" that I can take that _doesn't_ require me to log in. A lesser alternative would be a video screencast of an actual course.
Re:Ask HN: do you know of any commandline usability / improvement rese...
on Saturday May 23, 2009 @02:53PM (#623719)
Friendly shell has gotten some attention over the past few seasons.
Re:Ask HN: Please (re)review my new social learning site
on Saturday May 23, 2009 @02:29PM (#623692)
I'd like to suggest supporting OpenID instead of making me create another user/pass.
Re:UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: 1997-2008 Comparison
on Friday May 22, 2009 @06:38PM (#622842)
That last graph is one of those "holy shit" types of revelations. MS should be scared spitless.
Re:A Financial Prophet Online Is Vilified in Reality
on Sunday May 17, 2009 @02:12PM (#613719)
Sometimes technology has a way of overwhelming societies capability to adapt to it.
Cocaine problems in the US. Ultrasound in a country with a one child policy and a strong cultural preference for boys. Here, rigid societal hierarchies are subverted by the anonymity of the internet.
Technology has the amazing power to shape society as well as mirror it.
Re:Ask HN: Why is WolframAlpha serving rendered text images instead of...
on Sunday May 17, 2009 @12:08AM (#612936)
I'd assume that not everything that WA puts out will be text or tables. They've got graphs, complex mathematical formulas, general purpose image manipulation and who knows what else.
It may have made sense to "unify" the rendering engine. This makes the simple case you point out look silly of course.
Re:Tell HN: PG's 6 Unexpected Advantages of "Cheapness" in a Startup
on Sunday May 17, 2009 @12:01AM (#612926)
I can only assume there was context involved. Something like:
With no money, you only have two viable choices:
1. Build something to get to Ramen Profitability
2. Raise Money.
If you don't focus exclusively on one or the other, you may be making a strategic mistake.
Re:Solaris + ZFS = The Perfect Home File/Media Server
on Saturday May 16, 2009 @04:01PM (#612541)
About half of that is the cost of the drives. That's not going to change no matter which solution you get.
Compared to the 4-bay $500 Drobo, (plus $200 for DroboShare) it's not bad considering he's getting exactly what he wants.
The trade off is that he has to maintain the Solaris box, and the size/footprint of the overall solution.
Re:Solaris + ZFS = The Perfect Home File/Media Server
on Saturday May 16, 2009 @03:57PM (#612537)
http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=82...
Thecus 7700 supports ZFS. 7 drive bays though.
Re:Solaris + ZFS = The Perfect Home File/Media Server
on Saturday May 16, 2009 @03:55PM (#612535)
The CPU is overkill, but make sure you get a 64-bit CPU. The way ZFS is designed it basically requires as large a mapping as you can get.
Re:Poorly Made in China: Why So Many Chinese Products are Born to be Bad
on Friday May 15, 2009 @03:47PM (#611215)
Good article, but all problem description, no solutions.
I'd like to understand what drove the Japanese and American industries to turn around, and how much of that is applicable to China.
Re:The App Store Is a Classic Example Of A Broken Business Process
on Monday May 11, 2009 @03:44PM (#604160)
It's a completely separate entity from their main product lines.
Until there is financial incentive to fix it, change will be slow. This includes the emergence of serious alternatives. Serious being defined as platforms that make developers money. So far, Nokia, Palm and BB and even Android don't count (though they may in the future).
Re:Entreprenuers fleeing high-tax britain
on Monday May 11, 2009 @03:40PM (#604147)
A fisherman would never sell his rod to buy bread. Are the tax administrators/politicians that short-sighted?