naithemilkman

I remember reading about Birkenstock having the same issue at a much larger scale.

Infinite scroll on a desktop is potentially a bad idea.

Infinite scroll on a mobile device makes perfect sense.

There seems to be a very loose definition of dictatorship going on here.

`Dictator`

a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.

Singapore isn't a single-party state. There are other political parties that take part in the elections. Singapore's government is made up of members from mostly one party because the people voted them in. Let me repeat the last part: the citizens of Singapore voted the party in on their own accord. That's not a dictatorship. No one pointed a gun at my head and told me to vote for the incumbent party.

And as for your point about political dissidents, while that is true and is an important part of the history, it doesn't really happen now. What normally happens is that someone says something stupid that borders on libel and defamation and he gets sued. Is is heavy handed? Probably. Were they breaking the law? Yes. Is this a sign of dictatorship? On it's own, no.

There is heavy censorship, there is the death penalty, I believe Singapore still sell land mines, homosexuality is against the law. There are many flaws about Singapore but to call the state a dictatorship is putting the wrong label on the country.

When you say `Dictatorship`, I think North Korea, Iran. There is no way in the world Singapore even comes close to being a North Korea or an Iran.

Dictator? I don't think you know what that word means. Maybe you should come visit and see exactly how off the mark your comments are.

Woohoo Singapore represent! Ok serious question though: is he the only world leader that can code?

Thanks for writing this. It spoke so much truth I feel like I could have been the one writing this.

Get a hobby.

How about checking out the wall formerly known as shame.

http://python3wos.appspot.com/

Isn't this kinda moot if you're using any services that is domiciled in the States?

1) Well I started learning when I was 28. Self employed as a web dev now

2) Frontend dev that knows Javascript

3) Javascript. Regardless of whatever serverside stack you decide to further pursue, every one of them still has to interact with js. Choose Python while you're at it.

I'm finding it hard to understand what you're saying because this is one big blob of text. Can you format it with paragraphs and bullet points?

Surely the question on everyone's mind is: how good is incognito mode???

As a Singaporean who reads HN almost everyday for the last couple of years, I can't say I've seen Singapore related topics pop up so often.

I had a feeling this particular issue might come up though.

Hah. I basically don't which is something I'm trying to change too.

Here's ours:

- django - nginx - uwsgi - postgres - arch linux - linode server

In addition to what everyone else has mentioned, the amount of libraries written for Django is staggering. You almost never need to roll your own app -- someone has already done it!

Also, geodjango.

If you're talking about the slide that says '87.91% of time spent rendering' then yes, I would like to know too.

Annoying that it doesnt have slide numbers to refer to.

What does this have to do with django extensions?

I guess that makes Python/Django an international buffet.

I think the best way to learn anything is by doing. So a great place to start is djangoproject.

Following which, I recommend trying to build from scratch simple webapps that uses 3rd party api's like Twitter or Flickr.

The goto book is http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Django-Development-Ri...

For some reason, a lot of the django books are outdated.

As for the versions, I would say go with Python2.7/Django1.4

I wrote a short checklist that might help you in your progress!

http://pragmaticstartup.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/what-every-...

'increased your luck surface area'

This line is gold. I've been saying the same thing but I use 'increase the probability out outlier events'. Yours sound much nicer :)

Nice post! I wrote something similar whilst observing my brother in academia through my startup lenses.

http://pragmaticstartup.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/similaritie...

You will never be wasting your time if you're doing something you enjoy.

its cool but the title is misleading --> 335 lines of Javascript code used

Good stuff!

a bit late to the party but ender's game for fiction, gantz for manga, founders at work for non fiction

Others have said this but I too don't quite get completely what your site is about.

What is it built with?

maybe he didnt expect to hit frontpage

Why not have both? I wonder if your concern is pre-mature optimisation as well.