c1sc0

87 ms·

811.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Does anyone have data on how thinking in a certain language relates to problem-solving skills? I know that e.g. for any programming related task I automatically switch to English, even though I'm not a native speaker. I wonder if you could
812.
by c1sc0 16y ago
In my experience listening to the company's 'experts' is often a great way to learn outdated skills.
813.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I could see this take off in the startup community, just order a 3-month supply before you start coding. If you do this right & "sell the dream" then it could work for much the same reasons those crappy nutritional supplement products w
814.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I assumed that existed, but I hadn't reached the right karma threshold yet. So I keep flagging things, which is pretty much the same I guess.
815.
by c1sc0 16y ago
This is exactly why I think this kind of article is appropriate for HN. If you know as an entrepreneur that you are operating in a closing window of opportunity before the big crash comes, how does this affect your startup decisionmaking? A
816.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Interesting you put Apple vs. Repub and Android v.s Liberal in the same sentence.
817.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Whatever happened to studying for the sake of it? You know, like learning new things & stuff. When did that shift from studying as exercise for the spirit to studying as a way of fattening your wallet come about?
818.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I still puke a little bit in my mouth whenever I read the name PubSubHubbub. Is there an award for "Worst Protocol Name Ever" I don't know about? Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of pubsubhubbub, especially from a resource consumption PO
819.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I would think that news about U.S. bankruptcy should be of interest to the startup community, so let's maybe re-orient this discussions towards: "Does this kind of doom-and-gloom news also scares the crap out of you as a startup founder?
820.
by c1sc0 16y ago
"I think most charities are an utter waste" ... More or less of a waste than how our taxes are spent? While there are some awful charities out there, there are plenty who offer detailed oversight of how donations are spent. Those tend to ca
821.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Don't give a salary figure in the first place ;-)
822.
by c1sc0 16y ago
how are you not abusing the site owner's trust by basically spamming/trolling their site?
823.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Taking home 66% after taxes / healthcare is considered normal in large parts of the world, so why are Americans so much more likely to make a fuss about it? [Edit: jswinghammer enlightened me below: "Our taxes go to fund bankers and wars."
824.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Congrats on meeting a girl who leaves IEEE laying about the house! Treat her well! ;-)
825.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm in the same boat & would absolutely love some good arguments to help me claim my fair share.
826.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Happened to my father & it was the most agonizing experience I have seen him go through. Kidney stones cripple you with pain, you can't sit, you can't lie down. It rips basic comfort out of your life for weeks on end.
827.
by c1sc0 16y ago
My wife is Chinese & one thing I noticed is that I have never felt better than when I stayed for extended periods in China. They take that hot/cold stuff seriously & based on anecdotal evidence I think I'm living a healthier lifesty
828.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Tea is hot right now, no pun intended. A few months ago I did a bit of market research for doing a tea-based startup. If anyone wants to do it, there's money to be made by simply blogging about exotic niche tea products, especially becaus
829.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Makes me wonder if a good video transcription / summarization service would be something people like you'd pay for. Something like squeezedbooks for movies.
830.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Hey, what do you expect? He earned that "Top 100 Marketing Blogs" badge at the bottom right corner.
831.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Upvoted this because I really like the format. I think there is a sweet spot between a typical long blog post and a tweet. At 188 words this seems to be it. If you write a single paragraph of text you can afford to go all 'spaced-out' (wtf.
832.
by c1sc0 16y ago
While that's fine for simple, information-appliance apps, more serious apps need to be coded natively if you care about user experience. At least for now, but I hear the HTML5 train is a'comin'.
833.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm having trouble grokking the gaming space these days. I get it: companies are buying these glorified skinner boxes (Zynga, I'm looking at you) & hope that adding 'gaming' components to normal products will make them more sticky. I un
834.
by c1sc0 16y ago
I think having it on the same day is just posturing. I hate it when conferences do this. It's just introducing artificial scarcity.
835.
Ask HN: What is AirBnB worth?
13 points by c1sc0 16y ago|2 comments
836.
by c1sc0 16y ago
If by 'dead' you mean like polaroid is 'dead', then I agree. (Someone independently re-started polaroid film manufacturing after Polaroid shut it down.) The physical book has too many fans for it to be left to die. I can believe that ebook
837.
by c1sc0 16y ago
That's what people were thinking around the year 1000 ... "OMFG the antichrist is coming, the end is near". Sure, civilizations disappear, maybe we'll manage to reduce world population to 1/100th of the current population. But disappear out
838.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Stavrosk: that's what people were thinking around the year 1000 ... "OMFG the antichrist is coming, the end is near". Sure, civilizations disappear, maybe we'll manage to reduce world population to 1/100th of the current population. But dis
839.
by c1sc0 16y ago
Ther's a book called "Publish on Amazon Kindle with the Digital Text Platform"
840.
by c1sc0 16y ago
What about long-term preservation of knowledge. As far as I know a well-printed and maintained book lasts a long time. Are you confident that future archaeologists will be able to read Kindle files 500 years in the future? 1000? 2000?

More ›