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That's great news, any info on this queue update or is it a secret? :)

Too late to edit, but I should probably make it clear that I personally don't approve of or use voting rings.

Display new posts on the front page of users with high karma.

Put random new posts that don't have any votes on the front page of those who meet a high karma threshold. Currently a single vote in the new queue is a gigantic step towards hitting the front page and being noticed. When that one vote matters so much and there's so much luck involved in getting it before even newer posts come in, it's no wonder people are creating voting rings. I think this could hugely reduce the luck factor in quality posts getting noticed.

Here's a preview of what I'm imagining: https://i.imgur.com/ZNQTn7q.png

From your Medium post:

> no one has pointed out any substitutes or similar services, which leads us to believe we’ve built something that doesn’t exist yet.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this has been done before. I distinctly remember someone launching the exact same product on Warrior Forum because of the intense negative reaction it got. Website owners were very upset and felt it was evil to add your own content onto someone else's site. Sadly I can't remember the name, I assume it didn't go very far because my searches aren't turning up any results.

I hope this doesn't take off, but if it does it will be a great way to instantly recognize non-respectable websites or social media accounts. I've read that YC invests as much in the people as the product, so maybe you'll end up creating something different.

I wasn't aware /r/gamedev invented Screenshot Saturday, but I do know it's very popular among all game developers[0]. I like the idea of a similar weekly tradition for HN. Weekly feedback is great motivation, and the ideas that come out of here are often superb. That being said, screenshots are not the best format for every progress report. It works well for game developers because such a large part of games is visual, but that's not the case for a lot of things hackers might be working on. Something like "Side Project Saturday[1]" would work much better.

Another problem is agreeing on who would post these weekly threads. If something semi-official wasn't decided on people may race to be the first to post every Saturday because of the guaranteed karma, which would lead to threads starting at pessimal times. While the optimal time would be 9 AM EST[2] for maximum exposure, people might be posting the second it turns midnight (or even earlier), which would lead to empty threads and ultimately the death of the tradition. Perhaps a novelty account could be created just for the sake of posting these threads with no affiliation to anyone in it's bio, in the same way there's the user "whoshiring"[3].

To follow the rules of this thread: This week I've been working on my Snapchat Marketing SaaS app. I recently lost a lot of my backend work, so rather than immediately rewrite the code I lost I'm focusing on the frontend part to keep my morale high. Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/d3La9td.png

Edit: Oh yeah, I also forked "HN Special" and added the ability to save posts for later: https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/hn-special/pull/58#issuec...

[0] https://twitter.com/search?q=screenshotsaturday

[1] It even follows the "S" formation!

[2] http://nathanael.hevenet.com/the-best-time-to-post-on-hacker...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring

But it pops[0]! In 10 years I hope we look back at these ridiculous scrolling beasts and laugh at them the same way we scoff at the flash intros from not too long ago.

[0] http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

The question seems so absurd that I'm assuming OP meant publishing personal repos to the company's GitHub account.

No, just append ?share=1 to the end of the URL as so:

http://www.quora.com/Ruby-on-Rails-web-framework/Why-do-so-m...

Thanks, that's what I was looking for!

This is really great, I imagine I'll be using it often. I do however feel a bit cheated seeing that the demo isn't actually AJAX.

Meh. If you're going to make a political statement through a game at least make the game good, or else it just comes off as a cheap ploy to create controversy and get traffic.

The problem is that the large majority of people, even the youth of today[0], are incredibly un-tech savvy. Unless your website or game is packaged into a simple app you just can't rely on people to visit it or even find it in the first place.

[0] http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-comput...

First thoughts: I like it, it will be interesting to see what the typography community has to say. Slightly off topic, but it's funny how Comic Sans, a font, has become so widely hated and mocked even among non-tech savvy people. There seems to be a tipping point where something becomes cool to hate. It's absolutely impossible nowadays to use Comic Sans, even if it's completely appropriate for the situation, without being mocked by people who have never used anything else but Times New Roman.

I think it's hilarious, and unlike lots of "nerd" based shows I think it's even MORE funny as someone who knows the industry. Then again, I've always been a sucker for T.J. Miller.

This is an interesting idea, but what exactly do you mean by "summary"? Do you want an app to detect the most important parts of the text, and give you just those parts? Or are you interested in an app that detects what it is you would like summarized, and then find summaries on external sites like SparkNotes?

Thanks, that's quite the list, though it's not exclusive to SaaS businesses which is what I was hoping for. Here's a link for people to read all the answers without having to sign in (append ?share=1 to the url).

http://www.quora.com/Startup-Founders-and-Entrepreneurs/What...

The comments in this thread are the exact reason why this show will be hilarious.

> Thanking the free users would be dishonest. They don't deserve any thanks, because they're mooching off of the work that he's doing.

If Andrew saw it that way he wouldn't allow people to sign up for free. Businesses can greatly benefit from free users, it's just not a big deal if he didn't thank them in this particular email.

There is nothing wrong with that email. He's thanking the people that keep Mixergy running financially and reminding free users what becoming premium does for the service.

That's awesome, I was about to ask if it was inspired by the xkcd before reading your about page. How many people currently have the "adventurer" or "conquistador" plan? Can you provide examples of items you've bought in the past? Actually, you should probably put that info on your homepage.

Sorry for the late reply, I was temperately banned after my comment got downvoted twice.

> Also, while most people who come to Hacker School understand our use of hacker, many of their families and friends don't. And that's caused Hacker Schoolers a surprising amount of annoyance ("What do you mean you're quitting your job and moving to New York for Hacker School?!")

That's a really great point, I hadn't though of that. I'm still glad you chose that name though, if you hadn't I probably wouldn't have been interested enough to read through your website and ultimately decide to apply in the future.

If you were to re-make Hacker School with the knowledge you have now, what would you name it?

    We shouldn't have named our company "Hacker School."
    Both parts of our name have caused us trouble: Hacker
    because so many people take it to mean a person who
    breaks into computers rather than a clever programmer.

Why would that matter? Everyone who's interested in Hacker School is a hacker and understands the true meaning of the word.

Could you be a bit more descriptive? I've updated my post to be more clear as to what kind of responses I'm hoping for.

They sure know how to increase their value.

Who exactly is Tinder pissing off? I feel like the author is completely misunderstanding one key thing about Tinder: it isn't really a dating app, it's a "hook up" app. Hook up apps have always offended and pissed people off, but I'd say Tinder is doing the exact opposite. They have managed, and this is why I'm so impressed with them, to make what is essentially used for finding sex almost classy. Most women would never sign up for Adult Friend Finder (sorry guys, those ads are lies), and if they did they would certainly make sure no one they knew ever found out about it for fear of being shamed. Yet almost every college aged girl I've talked to has openly signed up for Tinder. The lesson to take away from this, in my opinion, is the subtlety of Tinder. Tinder presents itself as a tame dating app, but it's designed in a way that's used for something else. Because of the way Tinder looks on the outside people are open about using it, even though everyone knows what's on the inside.

I wonder when modern site design will finally mean aesthetically pleasing but easy to read and quick to load. Here's a mirror[0] that's just that.

[0] http://www.notehub.org/2014/3/25/you-have-probablly-heard-of...

This is really great. When first learning web design I would look up CSS selectors one at a time depending on what I needed at that moment. I assume this is how most people do it because all the tutorials out there are so damn boring, and by the time you learn the fifth selector you've forgotten the first. But even now, as someone who's proficient in CSS I enjoyed completing a large chunk of this "tutorial". If I didn't already have a whole lineup of side projects I'm working on I'd try making this mobile friendly and packing it into an app. If there were more levels that got very difficult at the end it would be a fun way for people learning web design (a growing trend) to spend their time while commuting.