milestinsley's comments

The 0.2 implies two "point releases". Traditionally these increment the value after the decimal point in a version number.

so:

8 + 2 = 10, therefore 1.10.

It's best to view the version number as a string rather than a decimal number.

This is a somewhat old-school way of versioning and common in open source software. Personally, I prefer something more intuitive and don't see anything wrong with MongoDB being at version 2.0!

I think he was referring to 4GB as being too little. If you are doing anything involving photos/video/audio editing, you are probably going to want at least 8GB.

It will be available on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, in addition to the PC.

The user who made that comment (and subsequently deleted it) was http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213

As you can see, their karma is -2, but there are no comments on their profile. This would suggest that karma does persist after a comment is deleted.

...unless I'm missing something.

Here's the write up in Science Insider: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/geographer...

Yeah, good point. I'm new to this hiring thing, so I'm trying to establish a reference point. I specifically mentioned "junior", but still, you're right, all the good ones will be freelancing.

I'll rethink my strategy!

London, UK - Junior Rails Developer

We're a startup who build business software. Our web app, ClaimAble, is for insurance claims management. It runs on Rails and MongoDB and we're looking for a kickass Rails developer to help us out. It would be ideal if you're a mean Ruby-coding-machine, but even better if you have an interest in the business development and creative side of things too!

For more info and application details: http://www.claim-able.com/jobs.html

London based is preferred, although we'd consider a remote position for the right person.

Berlin has a very active, vibrant startup scene.

Great! Still a good read though and it certainly conveys sentiment I am sure is shared by many (and perhaps even more so in post-recession 2011) :P

It would appear they are doing some server side magic to determine which stuff shows up (hence the need for their own server):

"...Well, it has a set of algorithms that are looking for highly engaged items. You know, items that have lots of comments, likes, or retweets. It also has an algorithm that senses photography that’s been linked to from Facebook status messages and it lays those photos out."

Quoted from: http://scobleizer.com/2010/07/20/exclusive-first-look-at-rev...

Agreed. In fact, "getting rid of cocks" would go along way to making most things in life more interesting and successful!

What a great idea! Who hasn't got an unused gift card lying around somewhere!?

Although, it would be awesome if they offered digital delivery of gift cards that can be redeemed online in addition to delivery of physical cards.

Maybe they are planning on monetizing based on those stats. I'm sure certain companies would like to deliver targeted ads based on individuals' preferences.

Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page (http://ijustmadelove.com/map/statistics/), users in certain ahem countries could do with some condom ads or sex/health info delivered to their phones!

Definately try http://heroku.com. They have an excellent free plan that is perfect for smaller projects and development.

Also, if you use git, it's really easy to deploy an app by just pushing up to Heroku.

I recommend Blueprint CSS grid framework (http://www.blueprintcss.org/) . It's really easy to use and forces you to think about layout (which is the root of good web design). You get some basic typography styles for free too.

I've found that it has helped a lot in quickly putting something together that looks good and can be easily improved incrementally as your site evolves.

You might find it (or something similar) useful when it comes to building the fundamental site structure.

Edit: clickable link.

Of course. That's a good use case.

Thanks :)

This is pretty cool and worth noting for future project, but I can't help thinking it makes more sense to do this server side.

It would be more useful, to me at least, if it converted user inputted "cute dates" (i.e 3 days ago) into a compliant timestamp (i.e 2010-1-29 20:13:00).

This guide is excellent. Reading it now!

Thanks for the tip!

Thanks. This looks great. It's exactly the sort of thing I am looking for as I too don't want waste time re-learning the basics!

I use http://www.fastspring.com/. I too am UK based and this solution works nicely. They're US-based, but it means anyone with a credit card (US, UK or whatever) can pay for your software and FastSpring just wire the earnings to your UK account.

I find this to be a far better experience than PayPal, Google Checkout and some of the others. They have great support and a really nice, intuitive backend admin interface. I think their fee (which can be 5.9%+$0.95 or 8.9% flat) is well worth it.

It's certainly a good starting point, even if you then build a custom solution later.

Good luck with your venture.

EDIT: Spelling :P