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They're showing how often coders accidentally write ":wq" in their code, which is a common command in vim (save and quit).

Unless your ideal customer is a tech-entrepreneur, this is all very misleading. It's going to amount to very little lasting growth.

As someone who has been curious about Haskell, I'm happy to hear someone else say this. The way this article was written feels exactly like the "ruby fever" of 5 years ago.

Thanks for pointing that out. The author didn't emphasize that point, and it makes sense now. Is it me, or was it a bad example for where Haskell "really shines"? I don't like the …

The example provided is too contrived. By that logic, here's a way to "match" haskell with php: $a = range(2,100,2); $b = array_slice($a, 5);

One thing experiments like this often seem to forget is that our bodies have evolved to eat. Even something as simple as your stomach physically expanding to hold large quantities …

My company also experienced not getting as much traffic to my site as facebook claimed. What I was told before I pulled my campaigns is that Facebook considers it a click when the …

I'm sure all the genius's are excited about Apple giving permission to the WORLD to make them work off-the-clock ;)

I should have been more clear that I personally thought your article was spot on. I was only trying to summarize the debate brewing on HN. Great blog post and really thought provok…

TLDR: (Using Phil Libin's own logic against him) Startups are likely to fail, so it's just as absurd to say you're doing it to change the world as it is to believe you're doing it …

Econ 101? Sounds like we need to remember Business 101. Yes , it's revenue not earnings (profit), but a) as a manufacturer, Apple earns more profit on a sale than Best Buy, which b…

Thanks so much!

Our group (part of the hackathon) built a simple livecasting app called goosecast. We're using it to livecast the hackathon. The presentation for goosecast can be found here: http:…

Oh the list of terms we should avoid.. it could fill a NoSQL database.

Keep in mind that Forbes (and this author) live in a world where people make money almost exclusively via cash investments. Given THAT world-view, the article makes more sense, and…

Here is a heatmap I made of Kindle Fire sales by warehouse: http://yfrog.com/z/kj34txp

especially when is a YC startup ;)