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by nudge 16y ago
No mystery. Project Euler is a useful set of problems to tackle when learning a new language. It's not 'Wahoo with functional programming I can finally get past Euler 15'; it's 'Wow after a bunch of these Euler problems I think I am finally
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by nudge 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1633038
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by nudge 16y ago
Of course you're right - I wasn't thinking when I wrote down a price. I was really just thinking that it was something you could do as a subscription.
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by nudge 16y ago
Sounds like a great opportunity for somebody looking for something to build. Keep abreast of the latest talks being distributed as videos, sell the summary (bullet-point text version, one-page text version, 1/5/10 minute audio summaries). $
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by nudge 16y ago
Very nice looking, potentially useful. I take it 'lock' is to avoid conflicts? Good idea, but do I have to activate it manually every time I think someone else might open the doc at the same time as me? Perhaps it should lock automatically
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by nudge 16y ago
Ask a lawyer. But before you do, read up on the sole proprietor model: http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/start/chooseastructu... It would appear to be the same as what we in the UK call sole traders - the most important point is tha
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by nudge 16y ago
Good point, but I use a mac, and I think foxit doesn't exist on the mac.
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by nudge 16y ago
Build a pdf reader that can replace background/text colours. It would be incredibly useful for many people (including myself) who find black-text-on-white-background unpleasant to read. The only reader I know that does this is Acrobat Reade
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by nudge 16y ago
It's pretty, but I don't think it's an improvement. The problem with the highly visible login boxes is that they distract from the other actions available - watch a video and download the client - which are exactly what you want the first-t
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by nudge 16y ago
Why would it be a problem? You don't have to code through the night with your buddies every night. It is possible to start and run a successful business without giving over every waking moment to it - in fact, it's almost certainly better
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by nudge 16y ago
Is it just Django, or will other Python frameworks work?
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by nudge 16y ago
Why don't you ask the people in your team? They're more likely to give more to the project if the idea comes out of a discussion of theirs, rather than something you just present to them.
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by nudge 16y ago
I would be interested to know, simply because I wonder about it for my own projects, how you deal with (the possibility of) server/db/other problems with your site when you are going somewhere that has no internet access.
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by nudge 16y ago
Wonderful. I would like to propose, in addition, the use of 'Zucker Punch' to denote a terrible, unexpected blow (emotional, usually) experienced by someone after being zuckered into sharing information intended to be private.
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by nudge 16y ago
Some very good articles on self-improvement. Also some totally insane nonsense on spirituality and enlightenment. Which is probably what happens to you if you make your career out of self-improvement. The early articles are excellent, inclu
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by nudge 16y ago
Don't be disheartened. You came up with a product, and it does not fit your market (tax cheats, apparently). I would search for customers who do not have such a problem with being honest about their financial situation. You don't want to ge
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by nudge 16y ago
This is probably the least correct thing I've ever read.
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by nudge 16y ago
Fact? Or just something that makes you feel morally superior?
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by nudge 16y ago
Work less. '7 days a week up to 16 hours a day'? There's no way you're going to be able to relax working those kind of hours. How could you? Do you think that should be possible? You need to seriously cut down the amount of time you permit
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by nudge 16y ago
I'm looking forward to 10/10/10, or 101010, or '42'.
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by nudge 16y ago
It's hard to say without knowing your idea and the criticism, but you shouldn't take one person disagreeing with you as a reason to give up. There's always someone who'll disagree that your idea is good / workable. Do you agree with his com
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by nudge 16y ago
It's fine until your garage burns down / floods, or someone digs through your street's connection. Those things are unlikely, but even with a backup you're going to have pretty horrendous amounts of downtime. You could lessen the impact by
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by nudge 16y ago
The problem with this reasoning is that, in simplifying everything, you may get more users but you may make your product less useful for some, because you've removed features. And what if they're the most valuable customers? What if Adobe m
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Ask HN: When to choose a VPS over shared hosting?
12 points by nudge 16y ago|12 comments
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by nudge 16y ago
I had the same idea - you should do it! There are some fantastic blogs out there with amazing content that are totally overwhelming because you're coming at it after years of writing, so if you could rewind the RSS (great way of describing
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by nudge 16y ago
This is much harder. You should start with things that are every day, for your first month or two, so you are already doing well and motivated to continue. And even then I would pick the days of the week beforehand, so you're not tempted to
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by nudge 16y ago
I wouldn't know, I'm not a lawyer. I imagine it's perfectly okay to use the word 'Flickr' to describe what your product does. "Sell your Flickr photos!" Just not to name your product.
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by nudge 16y ago
Something I find helpful is abandoning the idea of goals (at least for a while), and instead simply focusing on habits. What do you want to be like? What kind of day would you think was a good one? (here you can include things like "think s
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by nudge 16y ago
You might want to get a new name / domain. You may have problems using another company's name as part of your own.
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by nudge 16y ago
Too much caffeine will definitely do weird things to your sleep patterns. Cut down to just one or two cups a day at most (none at all would be best), and none at all after 4pm. Wait at least a week to adjust to the different sleep schedule

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