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Ask HN: Who are you and what do you do for a living?

Hi, Id be really curious to better understand who reads HN.How old are you, where do you live and what do you do for a living?I'll start, my name is Carl, I'm 24, live in NY and I work in an advertising agency, doing paid search (SEM).Thank you for your participation.

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Re:Best first programming language for a teenager to learn on Monday October 10, 2011 @04:35PM (#3095693)
From my experience, I think Rails would be a good option. I myself am new to programming (been doing it for less than 3 months) and have found Rails to be relatively easy/ straight forward. Plus there is are so many ressources out there in case he would like to learn more.

Rails for Zombie could be a good starting point.

Side note, when I say I am new to programming, 3 months ago I barely knew what css ment - and have never taken a cs class.

Re:Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2? on Monday October 10, 2011 @01:54PM (#3094939)
"Join or create customized events..." could be aligned with the text above. Not sure I like the indentation between the title and paragraph - the difference in font weight ought to be enough, maybe?

Aside fron that, great overall design!

Re:Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game on Sunday October 09, 2011 @09:13PM (#3091865)
Addictingly amazing!! Is there I way to record my jam session?
There was a post about stripe.com not too long ago. Perhaps you should try checking them out
Re:Kickstarter being sued for patent infringment. on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:16PM (#3085682)
When will the USPTO put a stop on such BS patents, seriously! One day we will run out of colors, layouts and "business models" to patent... and then what?

Patents are meant to encourage entrepreneurship... not fund court rooms and judges' salaries.

Re:3.5 Inches on Thursday October 06, 2011 @10:20PM (#3082394)
server down?
Re:Why I Dropped Out of College to Start a Startup on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:43PM (#3073055)
Ha, I wish!

Currently working at an ad agency and learning how to program/ building my own project during nights and weekends.

Was wondering if you'd want to grab coffee or drinks in the upcoming weeks - would love to learn more about Roundtable and your experience thus far.

Re:Why I Dropped Out of College to Start a Startup on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:28PM (#3072995)
Hi Josh, which DogPatch Lab are you working out of? The NY one?
Re:Does our homepage load quickly or slow for you? on Saturday October 01, 2011 @06:21PM (#3061304)
Just sent you a new set of screenshots - should be in your inbox shortly.
Re:Does our homepage load quickly or slow for you? on Saturday October 01, 2011 @05:55PM (#3061232)
Great, will send you the screenshots on monday as they are in my office computer.
Re:Does our homepage load quickly or slow for you? on Saturday October 01, 2011 @05:55PM (#3061229)
He is amazing indeed :)
Re:Does our homepage load quickly or slow for you? on Friday September 30, 2011 @04:19PM (#3058430)
Btw, I took screenshots if you want me to send them.
Re:Does our homepage load quickly or slow for you? on Friday September 30, 2011 @04:18PM (#3058429)
It does take a little bit, and the content seems to be rendered by layers (first the black one, then the logo, then the gradient).

Once its all loaded, awesome design :)

Thanks a lot for the feedback, will definitely add San Antonio and Austin as soon as the site gets a bit of traction.
Sorry, here is the link: http://www.smallbarter.com/

Ask HN: Would you partner up with someone to learn something new?

Hey guys, my name is Carl and I started programming a little over a month ago (I come from a Financial/ Marketing background, therefore, have never take a real CS class).Over the past weekend/ week, I create this extremely simple site. The site helps you find someone who is willing to teach you something new, in exchange, you teach them something as well: http://www.smallbarter.com/I'd be very...

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Would it be possible for you to open a US account with an online bank and have all online payments go there? Or would this be a big no no?
Re:NyTimes.com is Down on Thursday September 29, 2011 @01:08PM (#3053317)
It's working for me...
Re:Ask HN: Screw Facebook and Go Incognito on it on Sunday September 25, 2011 @04:05PM (#3036615)
True, unless you only go to Facebook on Ingonito. In which case all of the Facebook cookies would be deleted once you close the window.
Re:Ask HN: Screw Facebook and Go Incognito on it on Sunday September 25, 2011 @03:37PM (#3036558)
Brilliant! So there is basically no need to add plugins like this one (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3035153) - currently on the front page of HN - so long as you are ok with launching new incognito windows.

Ask HN: Screw Facebook and Go Incognito on it

Dear HN readers, I was wondering if it would be possible to "stop" Facebook from tracking you by browsing all your webpages in Chrome with an "incognito" window. (on a mac you can create a new incognito window with: shift + command + n).It seems like a potential option that requires no plugins or anything else. Let me know what you think.

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