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   by niggler 13y ago

   I played around with Azure and Heroku for node.js hosting and found that Azure wasn't as painful to setup and didn't trip up as often as Heroku (though my statement should be read as more of a criticism of Heroku than an endorsement of Azur
2. 62.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   I think the voting at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628769 has slowed down now and we can safely conclude that it is still a majority (albeit not as strong as it was in the first few years of HN)
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   by niggler 13y ago

   The exact ranking is somewhat arbitrary, but the rankings do generally put the schools most people consider as "top schools" at the top. Comparable schools have somewhat similar rankings. But at the end of the day, the education is only as
4. 64.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   PG went to Cornell IIRC
5. 65.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   Question has been edited
6. 66.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   UChicago was top-10 when I was applying for colleges, and to be honest I don't give much credence to the exact ranking. The set of schools in the top 20 match roughly what I would expect (saying top 5, for example, would exclude schools li
7. 67.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   I don't disagree, but the entire process is pretty subjective (there are many variables to take into account, and weights are somewhat arbitrary). USNWR provides a concrete list for the discussion and I think the top 20 captures the spirit
8. 68.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   I attended/am attending a university that is not ranked 1-20 in the aforementioned categories but would be considered in the top 100 * NOTE for posterity: this was added 35 minutes after the poll was created.
9. 69.▲
   by niggler 13y ago

   In retrospect, I wish I added that initially. But at this stage, enough people voted that the number wouldn't be perfect.
10. 70.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    Let's put it to a poll: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628769
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    Poll: Undergraduate Alma Mater

    34 points by niggler 13y ago|57 comments
12. 72.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I attended/am attending one of the top 20 universities according to US News and World Report rankings (http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities) -- the Ivies and other usual suspects
13. 73.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I attended/am attending one of the top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges (this includes schools like Williams College and Harvey Mudd College) -- AFAICT this and the previous list are disjoint
14. 74.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I attended/am attending one of the top 20 schools for my area of focus that aren't included in the aforementioned lists (for example, computer science rankings http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/best-universit
15. 75.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I attended/am attending a top university in a country other than the United States
16. 76.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I attended/am attending a university that wouldn't necessarily be considered superlative according to most rankings
17. 77.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I do not hold an undergraduate degree and am not currently attending a college or university (Current students should choose one of the other options above)
18. 78.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I wonder if our perspective on the job market is tinted by the fact that (I suspect) the overwhelming majority of graduates on HN are alumni of Ivy League or other top schools.
19. 79.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    How are the free hours from BizSpark handled? ( http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0012p ) Are those treated as sales?
20. 80.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    It goes against the original spirit of kickstarter. Although it was targeted towards hardware products, I think similar guidelines should be in place for software: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store "Product simula
21. 81.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I think Crockford ( http://crockford.com/ ) -- he is mentioned in the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627
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    Canada to tax Bitcoin transactions(rt.com)

    8 points by niggler 13y ago|2 comments
23. 83.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    That would require the person doing the kickstarter to commit time to the project. I get the impression from most of these software-development kickstarters that the goal is to get payment in advance of the dev work.
24. 84.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    The standard is `NDEBUG`, which (amongst other things) turns off asserts
25. 85.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I'm confused by "American (Men|Women) Novelists". If both exist, then what's the point of American Novelists?
26. 86.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    Except for those companies where you must have a 401K in order to collect a company matching contribution, in which case you are net ahead by keeping it in the 401K rather than forgoing the match
27. 87.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    I was going to write a response, but the following comment from the site summarizes my thoughts: "If Staple's ambition says a lot about science as a business, then the credulity of his reviewers and colleagues speaks volumes about science a
28. 88.▲
    by niggler 13y ago

    What are the actual figures regarding Medicare fraud? I've seen conservative groups quote numbers like $.20-$.50 of each medicare dollar while liberal groups quote numbers like $.01-$.05
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    by niggler 13y ago

    That's one aspect of Kickstarter that never made sense to me -- why is there no way to take an "equity" stake? For the sums of money involved relative to the total kickstarter (oftentimes you see targets at roughly 1% of the target amount
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    by niggler 13y ago

    NYC is such a desirable place for people to live that demand will be very strong and supply will be tight for a very long time. Economics 101 suggests that prices will be elevated as a result.