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by djm 18y ago
I got bored reading this article but I generally like Cory Doctorow's sci-fi writing. His book Little Brother was great and every now and again I seek out a futuristic hacker* short story he wrote called "0nz0red". *the other meaning of the
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by djm 18y ago
I want to learn more about social psychology. I've just read Cialdini's book "influence" and have become fascinated with the subject. As far as technical stuff goes I'd like to go through SICP - I had a small exposure to lisp years ago and
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by djm 18y ago
I tend to think the same way and will add that NYRs are similarly useless in that many peoples goals change during the course of the year. This leaves them stuck feeling guilty about not accomplishing a bunch of stuff on a list that they do
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by djm 18y ago
Like the idea - tea would appear too be the worlds most popular drink after water if you believe wikipedia. I've no idea about the size of the specialty tea market but assume it must be big enough to well in financially. I'd take a second l
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by djm 18y ago
I don't believe any voting system will ever be unhackable or completely reliable. I have been paying attention to the 'off the hook' radio show (download the mp3's from 2600.com) where voting machines are something frequently discussed alon
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by djm 18y ago
I assume this is a joke. Having said that, if you are creative you may well be able to cash in on this considering the attention that your site appears to be getting. I remember, a few years ago, some kid made a page that sold ads to people
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by djm 18y ago
Have a look at http://videolectures.net/
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by djm 18y ago
I don't see this working. The idea, from my understanding is: (1) Make a contract with yourself on the site and back it with your own cash, (2) If you satisfy the contract you keep your money or lose it to a charity etc if you don't, (3) Yo
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by djm 18y ago
Question: How did you select the list of locations to use in the UK version of your site? I would have thought that you would do it based on population size but there are some rather small places in the list - eg Bath & Swindon. Bug: Wh
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by djm 18y ago
An inspiring story. I want to know how that guy managed to actually see his laptop screen whilst coding on the beach in the sun.
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by djm 18y ago
I'm also at the concept stage for a site providing some tools to help UK residents manage their finances with emphasis on debts. I have considered this idea a few times over the past couple of years as I work for an organisation that gives
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Mark Zuckerberg interview with Channel4 on how facebook will survive credit crunch [video](link.brightcove.com)
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by djm 18y ago
I haven't created an account to try it out but I have spent some time browsing your main page, features page, and sign-up form. Your information is presented cleanly and looks good. I wasn't sure about the background at first but after a fe
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by djm 18y ago
I enjoyed reading your comment. I am just about to start working part-time so that I can spend time on my own projects and so have found this whole thread very interesting. I have to disagree with your idea that friends and family make good
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by djm 18y ago
Thats a good idea - I must try it. I have just come back home a week ago after spending July and August riding my bike around France. Whilst there I was relying on taking those little muesli bars (useful for when you are on the bike for a w
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by djm 18y ago
I've never worked as a part of a software project team that had a dedicated "manager", so take this with a big grain of salt. I have worked for good and bad managers though and I have one thing to say: Care about that you do and get stuck i
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by djm 18y ago
I don't really understand your idea, but I do have a few comments: 1) I'm skeptical that most corporate users know or care much more about the security of the applications they are using than anyone else. They might take more interest in ca
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by djm 18y ago
I love your page design - it's beautiful. Have given you my email address for an invite & look forward to trying it out. I think it would have been better to wait until you are allowing users to sign up before posting to news.yc - apart
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by djm 18y ago
I read Brave New World when I was in college. I didn't find it a particularly good read to be honest but I liked the very direct way Huxley categorizes humans in his alpha to epsilon system and how everyone knew where they stood. In the rea
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by djm 18y ago
I've read that a few times. Can't say that I found it particularly life changing, but it was a good read. I really enjoyed the 'death jockey' cult that tried to game the system and beat Asimov's three laws. Bonus points for being free.
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by djm 18y ago
Books that changed my life: "Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution" (Steven Levy). I bet this book is quite familiar to many news.yc readers. For me, it was the first book I read that introduced me to the idea that software could be wr
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by djm 18y ago
I wouldn't be worried about what laptop you have - I generally find it's better to buy cheap stuff and replace it often (I tend to stay about 1-2 years behind the best in PC's for example and buy a new one each year, selling the old one on
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by djm 18y ago
Daydreaming about it won't get you there! I have never traveled before doing this trip but have wanted to for years - I kept on putting off because it wasn't the "right time" etc. A few months ago after deciding to leave my present job, I f
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by djm 18y ago
Awesome. It's always inspiring when you see somebody making stuff like this for themselves. Reminds me of something I read last year about a Nigerian student building helicopters out of old cars - see http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-he
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by djm 18y ago
I'll second that. It's only when you get older and enter the work force that you realise how much spare time you had when you were in school. When I was 14/15 I started a business in school via a government funded scheme called "young enter
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by djm 18y ago
Just quit my office job. I'm going to France in July to spend two months cycling. When I come back I am intending to start a startup (though I still have a few ideas I am trying to decide between). I will probably be working part time as we
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by djm 18y ago
"I can potentially see some confusion for users"...."for launch we are only going to spend time on one" I think you've answered your own question here. I'd go for option A - it's something users will be more familiar with from their experie
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by djm 18y ago
I really like it :) I read the other comments before looking at your site and initially agreed with comatose_kid. I still think if I were looking for a specific item, or buying lots of items than I would prefer to use amazon's interface dir