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Great job. It would be a lot more addictive if it was in a hot-or-not format -- random sequence of pictures and you get to vote on each one. Each vote shows you the next one.

Is there any public Clojure code for this?

I have recently been playing with Clojure for personal projects. It is quite addictive. Also I am shocked by its leverage and how productive I am in it. Now at work (Java and C++) …

The obvious answer to this might be to create a startup around your passion. You still have the problem of finding a way to fund the initial phase before you start making money. Bu…

What is labrepl? The project page talks about when it will be released but does not mention what it is.

The ideas are not very good. I can't see what "problem" they are trying to solve. The innovation that we see here is very superficial. Microsoft's real problem is its top-down hier…

I use the Jython (or Scala) REPL to explore Java.

Here is some documentation with examples, http://github.com/nkallen/querulous/blob/master/README.markd...

Neat. One of the arguments I hear against Python is that while initially things happen fast, the effect does not scale for large applications. Or that Java/C#'s static type checkin…

Sounds like the No true Scotsman fallacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

"Customer metrics are not the same as customer interaction." This is a good insight. Sometimes startups assume customer development means gathering a lot of metrics. There is somet…

I was in the same situation recently. I asked the person to send me his resume. I forwarded it to the HR recruiter so I could honestly tell this person I had forwarded his resume. …

Do you use the generic UI at http://www.twitter.com? Do you use http://search.twitter.com? Or do you surf it some other way? I am seriously not getting twitter. What am I doing wro…

Although I don't know Farsi one of the instructors at my college said it was one of the easiest languages to learn. She said many of her students were writing Farsi poetry by the e…

This looks like spam. Where's my "flag" link?

The thing I like about Steve is he calls it like he sees it.

If you read the comments one reason FreeNode is in disarray is because Rob Levin who ran the site died in a bicycling accident a few years ago. In fact the chaos and drama at FreeN…

It sounds like you are asking for permission to quit. Money is a promise of future enjoyment. Are you willing to get chewed out for a future payoff? I am in a similar situation exc…

Seems completely unrelated to HN.