monological

What did you release?

I am actually going to really consider implementing this. I think you are right. Before I had the option of allowing users to submit photos, but no one really submitted anything so the site kind of died. I realized I need fresh content to make the site addictive, but your idea will take it a step further.

Thanks for input, I will add that to the todo list. thanks!

Maintainability and Python's more powerful, i.e., I'm more dangerous with it, than php.

There is no file uploading as of now. I simply have a script that pulls 500 new photos from Flickr every morning and then another script that adds 20 more photos to the frontpage every 30 mins.

Could you describe some ways that would make it better?

By the way, this site used to be written in php (Code Igniter), but I just rewrote it in Python (Django), which took about 2 weeks. I also automatically pull top photos from Flickr's interestingness api, so there's always fresh content on the site.

Please offer any feedback you might have.

Those are some good reasons. I like the way disambiguation is done, however it's aesthetically annoying. It feels like I'm using a search engine made by Fisher Price. For me to switch from Google would require a cleaner interface.

Why would anyone use Duck Duck Go when you have Google? Someone break it down for me, please.

MJ == michael jordan

Baidu uses register.com as their registrar?! That was their first mistake. What a bunch of noobs.

HN does something similar. When you up/down vote something, it creates a new js Image object and sets the src to the HN site, which then pings the server. No need for ajax.

<code> var score = byId('score_' + item); var newscore = parseInt(score.innerHTML) + (v[0] == 'up' ? 1 : -1); score.innerHTML = newscore + (newscore == 1 ? ' point' : ' points');

  // hide arrows
  byId('up_'   + item).style.visibility = 'hidden';
  byId('down_' + item).style.visibility = 'hidden';

  // ping server
  var ping = new Image();
  ping.src = node.href;

</code>

HN == nerds

You have to download and install openCV =>

svn co https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv

http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/PythonInterface

Through a bay area car enthusiast club. We realized we both had a passion for startups.

Happy birthday!

You should incorporate in Delaware due to their favorable taxation policies and their relatively low yearly franchise tax ($200). Check out http://www.bizfilings.com. They will even act as a registered agent for you.

I love to work on things that interest me, like coding up a back-end for a site. If it's interesting, I start thinking about solutions, I get in the zone automatically and just code away.

Be careful to not overdo it by having balance between hacking (analytical) and dreaming (creative), lest you get burned-out, in which case concentration becomes impossible.

my 2cents

You should check out monit ( http://mmonit.com/monit/ ). It does, as the name implies, monitoring of processes.

They always use steve@me.com in their marketing materials.

greed

this is a really long reply chain

Thank God for *nix based systems

thank you!

What was the idea you abandoned?

In other words...

MapReduce implementations have to take into account locality, i.e., the dataNodes have to be rack-aware for optimal I/O speed. Therefore, if their dataNodes are actually just cpu cores reading/writing blocks to S3 (other racks) then they are effectively getting kicked in the face.

Look, I'm saying if you're tight on money and can't find anyone to do the job there's always the option of doing it yourself. I'm also saying that certain things, in regards to graphic design, can be learned. It might take time and it will be hard, but it can be done. I never said anything about it being done overnight.

I'm just afraid they're being driven by their desire to increase revenue rather than benefiting humanity.

Talent helps, but I believe certain things can be learned, including design patterns, which quite a few have expounded on. There are many resources available to learn from.

http://www.alistapart.com/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ http://psd.tutsplus.com/