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The best products solve niche problems that the solver is familiar with and is personally invested in solving. So if I have 3 good ideas, I'll do one and give the other 2 away - th…

Why, are you looking for ideas? :-D rummages for NDA

Without turning this into another Python vs Ruby post, let me ask this: How should someone choose between the two when the priorities are time and quality of the learning resources…

This is more or less the answer I've been giving myself. Thanks for confirming it!

I have a great idea for a startup. My idea has cash flow built in. My idea provides value even with a very small user base, but is highly scalable. My idea is social by nature, and…

For many folk who may not use PSN much or recently, the first concern I imagine would be to recall whether they ever provided Sony with the most sensitive things on that list. A qu…

Anyone who has built their own bikes quickly realizes how easy it is to get to the order of thousands. $3500 for carbon fiber is fairly reasonable.

It also makes people do drugs. Such as frozen pizza. I wonder what evolutionary psychology has to say about this phenomenon. Why is luxury so goddamn depressing?

Fewer vertical lines looks cleaner to the eye. But "never"? I'm sure gorgeous counterexamples are only a few hops away. Reminds me of militant opinions on font choice for resumes.

Another great parallel is from photography: Many film cameras used to be sold with only a fixed 50mm or a 35mm lens. The restriction forced people to think about what was in or out…

I hope that's not insensitive to kreci! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2095979

In the spirit of looking for assets I already have to monetize, I have been thinking about iStockPhoto as a possible way to add a few bucks of monthly income. I have thousands and …

If HN has jumped the shark, what's the next hip spot?

HN is a great reference library as well as a news source and a community. The 'front page' is great for keeping your finger on the pulse, but what about more tools for finding and …

I've learned that in order to get what I want from graphic designers, it's really worth it to know Photoshop, even if I have no interest in being a PS monkey. As a corollary, can I…

For everyone that's sick of Pandora never quite delivering what you want, what are some young companies doing exciting things for music consumers? Everyone knows hypem.com; what ab…

The mystery of the PageRank algorithm is not only a defense against gaming, it's a defense against competition. Other than stylistic differences (a la Bing), it seems difficult to …

They really are good shoes, especially in an urban jungle. The trouble is that they don't provide much insulation, so anyone living in colder climates has to go back to cramming th…