cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Engineering Is Not Science
I do get confused when I apply for a MEng (Master of Engineering) degree in Computer Science, though.
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cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Offer HN: I'll help you learn Python
Are there any existing python study groups that python users on HN can help with as well? There aren't really that many advantages to HNers having their own channels when the more users the merrier - better to chat with non-HNers as well.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Digg’s Big 30 Percent Drop
What terrible event took place in January 2010 that caused a drop that was steeper than the one caused by Digg v4?
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any desperate things you did just to keep your startup alive?
He managed to avoid prosecution, as he was found not guilty due to entrapment. Entrapment is when the alleged criminal was:
1. given the idea for the crime by the government agents
2. persuaded or talked into committing the crime by government agents
3. not ready and willing to commit the crime before the government agents spoke with him.
So no, it wasn't "the first easy thing you[he] can [could] think of".
EDIT: Formatting.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Offer HN: Will Work For Karma
The "Testimonials" button underneath "User Satisfaction" really should line up with the other buttons on that row.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project
Don't you mean lost on the three people that upvoted pmarin's comment?
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: "I modeled this website on the same principles of Walmart"
The fact that it takes longer to get to the auction section of the site than to just type in "http://www.ebay.com is a warning sign too. I bet he did this on a free server, because it's really slow.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Facebook: We Are Not Building a Phone
It's all because TC cover stories related to YC companies a lot. I think that's about it.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What would you do with 1 Gbps at home?
Leave Linux distribution torrents on seed, to help out other users. If you set the bandwidth speeds correctly, you could use 50% of your bandwidth while still having a fast connection left over.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Google Maps visualization of marijuana prices, with over 800+ entries so far
Would you think differently about it if you were immortal?
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: IPhone vs Android? No. We're fighting the wrong fight
In most wars, it's the people who don't have power that suffer.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Paul Graham is now tweeting
It could also autocomplete based on who just tweeted to you. I guess there's only so far that you need to take these things, and twitter was designed to have a simple interface.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Paul Graham is now tweeting
Hmm. Twitter needs tab completion.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Upcoming Apple TV loses 1080p playback, gains apps... and will be renamed iTV
iTV? That's going to cause some confusion in the UK.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Design For Hackers: Why You Don't Use Garamond on The Web
Does this problem still occur when you use even higher-resolution screens, like the "Retina" display?
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Google Reader reader? Would you find this service useful?
How about having an RSS reader that displays a random selection of headlines (or just the latest, depending on how full your inbox is), but it only lets you read 10 of them. You can click those 10 links, but after that the rest are greyed out until the next day.
Why? Putting a limit on how many articles you read will mean you don't feel any pressure to read more. It'll also mean that you'll make sure to spend your time reading things that are interesting to you. Your daily selection of 10 articles could be used by a stumbleupon-type learning algorithm (I know NOTHING about these, by the way).
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Please check out our side project, OhLife (from MeetingMix, YC S08)
Pleasing, private posterous?
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: The Blogosphere - how big and profitable it really is?
This guy's site stinks of affiliate marketing, or something. Endless links to some "commun.it". Hmm. He does cite his sources, though.
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you 'accidentally' make money?
Did you write the entries at first by yourself? They're hilarious!
cheesey | 15 years ago | on: Reddit needs help
If Condé Nast is unwilling in investing in reddit, what exactly DO they do?
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