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I have a big soft spot for HB. I saw this bundle and immediately thought of two people I know who are very likely to want it, so I sent them an email and attached one of the books …

There are cities that are trying actively to become startup hubs to compete with SV, which are currently cheap but probably won't stay so. Kansas City will stay cheap long enough f…

But then all your programmers have private offices, which has been thoroughly established as dramatically important to productivity, as well as a bargaining chip in recruiting the …

I was referring to YC, but I'm glad to see there are others following this model. I'll have to keep an eye on Make School; thanks for the link!

One could argue that the text or simple image ads are not a moral sinkhole like the article suggests. A lot of the text ads, I've found, are just the people who would normally rely…

This has to be really cost-effective for MIT; I mean, they aren't really putting much in the way of resources towards these online students. But I think it's an attempt to solve a …

This post is beautiful. I have to show this to my mom. Was that last example Obfuscated-C or something? I can't even tell. It's just that lovely. Of course I want to live in a worl…

The phrase "considered harmful" is considered harmful, remember? http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/considered-harmful.html

Mine does. They called it "Intro to Computers" but it was really just a giant ad for MS Office. The only part of it that most people wouldn't already know was the Access databases.…

One has to be very careful about conclusions based on the assumption of someone else's ignorance. There are a lot of people who spend lots of money doing something in a stupid way …

What if colleges started offering this as an alternative to the basic MS Word class most schools make everyone take? Then people who didn't know how to use a computer would be too …

Grammatical error alert! Creator’s can seek funding ^^ should not be a possessive, should be "Creators"

If I were you, I'd show off the gem that is your pricing system on the front page. There are a lot of PR firms; show right away what makes yours different. Couch it in friendly lan…

Look up this organization called "World Relief." They might take you on and help you with visa troubles. This is definitely in their department and they're super nice people; I vol…

If you're better at coming up with different names, as PG apparently is (he mentions in the article), then yeah, this would be a net win to just change your name. For most of us wh…

That's cute! I didn't know that, thanks.

I'm glad they went with ThingsWeStart. That was a much better name... I've already forgotten their other ones. Their previous favorite didn't sound as credible, either. Plus, Thing…

Have you checked HN's jobs section? You'd probably get more attention responding to a thread there or maybe posting your own if that's in the rules. If you pitch in with non-techni…

I think it's getting better. Tablet-like devices are still a relatively new platform, and improvements like what you're asking for are inevitable as more hackers gain expertise in …

I think I was 13 when I met a Bulgarian guy over a psychology forum who stayed a regular email pen pal for several years; I helped him find his MBTI type. I wonder if there are act…