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At the same time couldn't this just make it easier for rogues to fork?
Re:What is it like to be a Product Manager at Dropbox? on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @01:53PM (#10043049)
Lots of recent bad new from Dropbox. Doesn't sound good for one of YC's first startups.
That's great! The kids are playing with it.
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting older? on Monday August 10, 2015 @01:40PM (#10036055)
survive
He clearly wants to build something, just in the process of figuring out what that is exactly. Your comment was a bit snobbish buddy boy.
Look into Machine learning and Neural Networks. If you like python start by checking out pyBrain.
Re:Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next? on Friday August 07, 2015 @04:28PM (#10024802)
yeah urbit.net
Re:Ask HN: The Internet is getting lame. What's next? on Friday August 07, 2015 @03:03PM (#10024321)
Hey I'm Phil.
Re:Design Documentaries on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:48AM (#10022114)
50 'Need to know' Design Documentaries that will leave you Breathless!
Re:How Many Programming Technologies Can You Really Master? on Thursday August 06, 2015 @02:17PM (#10018312)
Really? A lot of the technologies in the opening paragraph are in relation. If you are building API-centric apps, you will have to have a well rounded understanding of how the technologies relate not just the mastery of each on their own. Maybe that is the intended message?

The main issue is the overuse of the word master, which may imply the 10,000 hour rule. I suppose they do this to ward of amateurs.

Re:Screeps programmable MMO RTS will go public on August 12 on Thursday August 06, 2015 @10:54AM (#10016846)
This looks awesome.
Re:The problem with programming tutorials on Thursday August 06, 2015 @10:21AM (#10016601)
Also include a link to all required materials or better yet put everything they will need in a custom zip file. Including detailed instructions on the install process. We could probably get way more kids into this stuff if better walk-throughs were provided.
Re:Show HN: See which friends work close by in SF on Thursday August 06, 2015 @10:17AM (#10016566)
scraping is dirty, this is a much more legitimate approach
Re:100 Exclusive Photos Inside North Korea – Part 1 on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @03:37PM (#10012272)
These 100 SHOCKING photos from inside North Korea will leave you breathless!
Maybe Some of these boys making the journey have always been social outcasts and never really had a chance at a "normal" social life in college. Maybe getting patted on the head by that angel serves as some form of retribution and they are better off this way. Plenty of time to experience life when you are independently wealthy and only in your mid 20s. Sure as hell beats work slaving until retirement with nothing but your "eventful 20s" to reflect on if you ask me.
Re:YC Fellowship optimal cut-off from 6500 applicants on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:42PM (#10011856)
TLDR: >People I feel are far better at choosing the top 1 out of 3 things. So iteratively apply this by doing a "facemash" of 3 applications side by side, making the selection into a game - good idea
Re:YC Fellowship optimal cut-off from 6500 applicants on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:38PM (#10011829)
Pick those that post in this thread. urbit
Re:Choosing Smalltalk on Porpoise on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @08:44AM (#10009302)
Who the is against OOP like that? Grow up programming in VB?
Re:Twitter Contest Winning as a Service on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @12:05PM (#10004283)
They like bots as long as they aren't too obnoxious as they increase their number of users.
Re:Hackathon DevOps 101 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @11:24AM (#10004006)
I have several sites with them and have never had an issue. How long ago was this?
Re:A year-long web app effort that made absolutely no money on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @09:06AM (#10003113)
Read the resources on YC. Sounds like too much marketing and not enough focus on product.
Re:Ronda Rousey fights like a statistical outlier on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @08:47AM (#10003015)
I suppose as programmers there is a tendency to put things into a % more muscle or % more bone mass. As an ex NCAA wrestler and combat sport enthusiast I can tell you far more goes into the equation than simple percentages of strength or bone mass.

Allow me to put this in terms you may better understand. The secret lies in the Y chromosome. This small chromosome contains the instructions for making males. The way the bones and joints are positioned give males equal in weight to a women a distinct strength advantage. Take this into account along with the male hormonal profile which is vastly different.

The most powerful thing is the male hormonal profile. Testosterone allows you to hold more muscle and less fat. It gives men that burst of strength and horizontal punching power that puts them in an entirely different league. I'm sure you are thinking of outliers, but I'm talking about a well developed athletic male, not a couch potato.

Now you see some men that seem more or less masculine and the same goes for women. Rowdy is for sure a more masculine women. I'm sure this is genetic as well as from her training. Her hormonal profile and bone structure is more masculine although in comparison to a male fighter not so much.

Re:Ronda Rousey fights like a statistical outlier on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @08:33AM (#10002921)
Someone actually understands. I try to explain this to people, but they just don't get it. Not that it matters. It will never happen.
Re:Hackathon DevOps 101 on Monday August 03, 2015 @04:54PM (#9999728)
Getting a quick ipage domain and the services they offer is my go to technique.
Re:JavaScript is the C++ of the Web on Monday August 03, 2015 @04:37PM (#9999609)
Oh god no!
Re:The Unemployable Programmer on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:49PM (#9998806)
start up and pump in those 100 hr weeks
Re:The Web We Have to Save on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:11PM (#9998437)
The internet becomes more mainstream and the more average person begins to engage. There will still be places like HN and the DW, just don't expect your article written for HN to get 50 likes and 7 shares.

This just makes me treasure the opinions of those that actually make it to HN.

Re:If we stand still, we go backwards on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:33PM (#9998048)
What a great idea.
Re:JavaScript is the C++ of the Web on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:31PM (#9998032)
At first glance I thought he meant it was the C++ of the web by popularity. This will probably be the typical pattern of widely used programming languages. Adding features until it is time to start from a clean slate a few decades later.

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