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Funny, after responding to your post I was watching that IBM video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhDaAmn5Uw&feature=chann... somebody had posted on HN in the meantime.…

Nope, you're right to point that out. But a certain amount of success is an important requirement. You can still fail sometimes and try again and have success or find out that some…

to succeed...

I'm not a gambling person. In such cases there is one thing I know for sure: You won't throw away your personal money, so for every $ I win you will need to earn one $ (at least). …

I don't see anything very hacker specific. Actually just some boring and overpriced t-shirts.

Network. Keep in contact and form alliances to ensure free speech and free information as long as this is possible. Communication was the key point in the events in Germany before …

There is a site http://openstudy.com/ where you can get into contact with other people taking the courses at OCW. I wanted to work through the 18.06 calculus course anyway, so havi…

Cool idea. Could be enhanced: If I mark a user as (for example) "fanatic" all his "troll" or "flame" tags are automatically converted to "funny" for me...

I think that vim/emacs against the rest of world question is becoming unbelievably boring. For on, we all have heard those arguments over and over again, so no reason to write anot…

It compensates for that by giving me a lot of new insights.

In general I look daily on sites like HN and bookmark everything that looks interesting. Then if I need some tool for something important, I always Google if there is something new…

This is difficult in every single case. If the article is popular, the community made a decision. Flagging it as off-topic should e handled with care. Maybe he should at least have…

Would depend, what people think is really important. I come to HN to read about computer related things. I can get everyday news from other sites. Same for the discussions. I would…

I don't read that much lately, but want to throw in a few names: - Stanislaw Lem (Solaris, The Cyberiad, His Masters Voice, Fiasco) - William Gibson - evrything worth reading) - Br…

this one: http://challenge.greplin.com/

Drink more water. Dehydration is your enemy.

I had this (and the second book) and learned some of my first programming by making them run on my TI 99/4A

Is this a joke or is he serious? I'm not native English speaking, so I may miss some ironic details. quote: "When you make an app that you've sweated over and spent days crafting—s…

I use KDE. Konsole has multiple tabs. KDE has virtual desktops. I work on a laptop permanently and don't see the point in this. And as already mentioned by Ogre and rudle, there ar…

Read some books about algorithms. Implement the exercises in Python. "Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach" by Russel & Norvig would give you some interesting insights and exe…

Maybe you don't need money. Could be enough to set up a website with accounts and a system that gives you "karma" for each bug you remove or a feature you add. Amount of karma depe…

Yes, if I select "Burgers" I get restaurants that have reviews for their Burgers. If I select the restaurant I see these reviews, instead of having to select "Burgers" again. Maybe…

This tab based layout for the selection of dishes will break, when you add more of them. Simply not enough space. Needs a search function. Needs a google map to get directions/dist…