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Re:The Exquisitely English (and Lucrative) World of London Clerks
on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @08:55PM (#14457128)
Paid Random Number Generator
Re:Ask HN: Web development without internet?
on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @09:45AM (#2045573)
And if you want an easy WAMP stack, get wampserver: http://www.wampserver.com/en/
Re:Ask HN: Do you do anything special to stay up all night and work?
on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @09:43AM (#2045565)
I think you should sleep when you are sleepy. This means I only stay up late when I'm too engrossed by work to feel sleepy.
If you want a short term boost... caffeine, drugs, whatever you need. But when you take a loan you always pay more than upfront.
Re:Ask HN: Do online adverts have any effect on you?
on Friday November 19, 2010 @07:35AM (#1921233)
I use Adblock, so the only time I think about ads are when a website's layout is wonky and I realise that's where the ad should be.
Re:The encryption pioneer who was written out of history
on Thursday October 07, 2010 @08:26AM (#1767584)
Pre-emptive: yes, his name is Cocks. Get over it.
Re:The ultimate reason to go startup: avoiding THIS.
on Thursday October 07, 2010 @05:46AM (#1767326)
Buzzwords! 2.0!
Re:Discuss: There are no more Google/Facebook size opportunities on th...
on Thursday October 07, 2010 @05:44AM (#1767321)
Can you prove this using induction?
Re:Ask HN: Wrist pain from coding?
on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @01:04AM (#1738374)
I find it helpful to put a pillow under each arm, which will raise your wrists, without the constant effort / remembering to hold your elbows up.
Re:Ask HN: When does a project manager become valuable?
on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @10:39AM (#1735804)
From what I've been told, you might want a PM once you start using systems engineering processes.
Re:Tell HN: I got sick of people procrastinating. Now I tell them to F...
on Monday September 27, 2010 @05:56AM (#1731164)
Just as an example, once an offline console game goes gold master, it usually doesn't get updated any further.
Re:4chan DDoS Takes Down MPAA and Anti-Piracy Websites
on Saturday September 18, 2010 @07:52AM (#1704085)
The only way they can get out is to hire 4chan.
Re:Poll: How many hours do you sleep per day?
on Friday September 17, 2010 @07:27PM (#1703176)
Although sometimes if the sun wakes me up after a very late night, I still want to kill myself.
Re:No, you are not "running late", you are rude & selfish
on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @01:38AM (#1689612)
This is a byproduct of their time generally being worth so much more than yours. You would not complain if you had to visibly pay for any time a doctor is waiting with no patients.
As for structuring appointments more appropriately, it's quite easy to think of reasons an appointment could take more time than anticipated, and if you had to buffer for that time, you would have to pay for the buffer.
Re:Ask HN: Who are your favourite essayists?
on Friday September 10, 2010 @11:01AM (#1679033)
Dijkstra is very entertaining.
Re:Are Apple Fanboi's overtaking HN
on Thursday September 02, 2010 @05:31AM (#1655695)
I think you're a little late on this one; PG has a few essays bordering on fanboyism.
Re:Ask HN: Learning Engineering
on Saturday July 03, 2010 @03:18PM (#1484284)
Lego.
Re:Ask HN: How to turn $1,000 into $10,000 in a relatively short perio...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @01:41AM (#1480328)
Then you'll need something nice and risky if you want that kind of ROI.
Re:Ask HN: How to turn $1,000 into $10,000 in a relatively short perio...
on Friday July 02, 2010 @01:36AM (#1480309)
Use the first $1000 to live while you find a decent job, then work for 6 months.
Re:Facebook Adds Face Detection To Photos
on Friday July 02, 2010 @01:19AM (#1480274)
If you read the article,
"...the system will automatically detect faces in the photos and prompt you to select the friend who’s face it is."
It seems that the software is (so far) only recognising the presence of a face, not identity.
Re:Microsoft – InstaLoad Battery Installation Technology
on Friday July 02, 2010 @12:18AM (#1480160)
They can just use a placebo.
Re:Ask HN: So what was Knuth's "earthshaking announcement"?
on Thursday July 01, 2010 @02:14AM (#1477259)
Tex Tau
Re:Ask HN: Tell us about your greatest failures
on Monday June 21, 2010 @12:15PM (#1449220)
Made a website which was essentially an implementation of a GBA game I was running over a forum. Took a lot of time. Haven't used it much.
Made a small dice rolling utility. Took a few hours. Used regularly by my online DnD group.
Fairly cheap way to learn to make something people want.