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This looks like it will be quite useful for anyone practicing languages that have their own word for 10,000 (Chinese, Japanese, etc), thanks! In Chinese, the number "100,000" is no…

"And open and good is what Macs are again, finally. The intervening years have created a situation that is, as far as I know, without precedent: Apple is popular at the low end and…

Are you in the US? If so, not having a CS major shouldn't hold you back too much. My major was not CS and I am working for a well-known technology company as a software engineer. F…

I would recommend this 22-part tutorial on async concepts: http://krondo.com/?p=1209 It uses Python's Twisted framework. You don't need to use this for your development, but I woul…

I would certainly pay for an in-depth break down of a popular open source JavaScript app/library.

I'd recommend at least adding contact info into the 'about' section of your profile. Right now you have none. (The email field is only shown to admins).

What method did you use to initially learn the characters? If you just used Anki, I could see your result as making sense. I used Heisig's Remembering the Hanzi to learn the charac…

Are you able to share a few?

But if you take a 2 hour train ride to Shijiazhuang, you'll get stares all day. :) And for those that don't know, it's not a small city (urban population: 2.7 million, metro popula…

This was the previous discussion on this case. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5784990

“Abel, put that camera down right now!” Armstrong screamed on the call. “Abel, you’re fired. Out!” You can listen to the actual clip here (I wouldn't say he screamed at him, but it…

I've done my own manual version of this kind of service to learn Chinese. Would definitely pay for something like this! The biggest problem for me is the availability of Chinese au…

My guess is that you won't find any course that explains all the prerequisite math. It's probably more useful to build a solid foundation in probability theory (and therefore calcu…

Here's how I did it: Listen a lot, as often as possible. Watch TV and movies - there are many on Youtube and Youku. I like to convert interviews from Youtube into mp3s and listen t…

Nice work. Any chance you could expand this and make it customizable? I'd love to see these simple metrics on other frequent sties (Facebook, gmail, etc...) - even better if I can …

Have you tried Mnemosyne? http://mnemosyne-proj.org/ It may not have as many features as Anki, but it has a good plugin architecture and the UI is very simple.

大山 (Dashan), or Mark Roswell, a Canadian, is the Chinese equivalent. He's a TV personality in China and is known for his perfect Chinese and his ability to do certain comedic style…

> They key is to make the practice good practice, and not just mindless repetition. This - it needs to be emphasized more. I feel a bit pedantic when I make this point, but I reall…

The lineup looks pretty good so far: Ron Conway, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Danae Ringelmann (Indiegogo), Emmett Shear (Twitch). Anyone know who else they might be bringing in? Does …