barkmadley

There has been work done to compile haskell into javascript so this might be a possibility in the future.

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1836

I am sure there is also a project that uses a haskell->llvm->javascript but I can't find the link at the moment.

it's definitely being worked on

http://www.yesodweb.com/ http://snapframework.com/ http://happstack.com/index.html http://blog.on-a-horse.org/

I am sure there are more.

I imagine simply assigning your users a unique key as a cookie would get you 90% of the way there. The chances are good that if a person is returning to your website then they are using the same browser.

The 10% you miss are cleared cookies and different browsers/private browsing. This could be seen as a feature however since extra anonymity is gained through existing means.

I think the original mention of the Y Combinator was in reference to "The Y Combinator" [1] which is implementable in hardware. A community website cannot be implemented in hardware because it is not implemented in isolation of the people who use it.

*1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator#Y_combin...

You could always create an auto-tipping plugin for browsers, removing the only downside listed.

The problem with Dualism, is that we have no way of determining the communication mechanism by which the non-physical part of the mind affects the physical part of the brain, so it is unlikely that one exists at all. If no communication gateway exists between a particular mind and a particular body, then it is almost impossible to say that Dualism can be correct.

Here is a link because ted.com is just as awesome as youtube.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_rein...

Also is the youtube video a strange colour red for anyone else?

MS Word does ask me all the time to restore previous state. Usually because it crashes more often than I close it.

what is there to get away with?

Don't specialised browsers like Flock and now Rockmelt get superseded by browser extensions that provide 99% of the functionality?

You may not be able to put make a tweet this link button right where you want it but you can get pretty darn close.

I personally see $4.95 more often than $4.99 in Australia.

The 404 is an empty closet.

The 403 is a locked bedroom.

The error stack trace is someone's vomit on your shoe.

Seconded. That is what the multi purpose, networked portable device is mostly used for. Communication.

A bunch of my friends and I have been organising a regular event we call Scotch Guard. It is a time when we come together and bring exotic alcohols to share and sample.

I have noticed my gut has receded slightly since attending these events because I haven't been drinking as much beer, yet still socialising just as much. 'Tis a good hack I say.

vimium is pretty awesome for most websites. I have three exceptions which I would hope that at least one would become default exceptions.

http"star"://wave.google.com/"star"

http"star"://mail.google.com/"star"

http"star"://www.feedly.com/"star"

the problem with wave (and potentially other faux textareas) is that when editing, vimium doesn't automatically go into insert mode, so when i first tried to type in wave, i reloaded the page and opened 1 previously closed tab and 1 new tab.

It could be clearer whose historious you are searching. It is mentioned at the top of the page, but the text is tiny compared to what you actually interact with on the page.

Good form handling code will only attach aa http:// if there isn't one already. It's a shame that so often you find websites which don't handle this correctly.

The author does a good job of identifying who will find the business model advice from 37 signals unhelpful. The title certainly is sensationalist.

A short summary: 37 signals is a B2B. The economics of the B2B model do not translate to a B2C model.

intelligent people tend to undervalue themselves while unintelligent people tend to overvalue themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

start ups that use MS products probably don't spend a lot of time promoting themselves on HN.

tjoos.com was a start up that used a MS web stack.

saasu.com is sticking with their MS based web stack.

http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ is aimed directly at start up software/web companies.

if what he is looking for is a higher than C++/Java level language, there are plenty of higher level languages that fit the bill and are compiled. Haskell and OCaml come to mind.

you beat me to it! I should have a prototype working by the end of the week for something similar (but hopefully better as well). It was a learning exercise for me so I didn't really lose any time.

I already use something like this on a weekly basis for reddit.

http://weeklyreddit.appspot.com/

yeah basically you want some sort of digest, unfortunately weekly is often too slow to contribute, so dayly is pretty good. I personally don't mind if its done via rss.

a hacker news rss filter written in haskell that uses redis to store feed information.

i've found a few filters that are like "only show feeditems which have 10+ votes" etc. I'm going for something a little more complicated - most popular n posts by hour, day, week and month.

why does your support page take me to getsatisfaction.com instead of an instance of purify?

it was a clarification of the loot policy. since only backers get loot, its for backers only.