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nato1138··on “Ugly” Sites that Make Millions (and What We Can Learn from Them)
http://www.jeopardytickets.tv/
nato1138··on University of Maryland discovery may lead to 'smart pill'
go terps
nato1138··on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody as performed by old bits of tech
ha. computers can't do triplets apparently.
nato1138··on Ask HN: What do you waste too much time on as a developer?
I never got into vim plugins that work well with my typical dev setup... so I am constantly closing and opening files deep in an hierarchy ie. :spl app/to/stupid/file.foo... It take a second to do -- but I do it _all_ the time. I bet it adds up to be a lot.
nato1138··on PhD Student gets quadrotor helicopter moving aggressively
DOD comment: took the words right out of my fingertips...
nato1138··on Show HN: didtheywinornot.com Single Purpose Scores Site
this site needs an api... although... hmm... it probably just would be middle-man for the api it pulls from... but all the same.. this site needs an api...
nato1138··on Ask HN: What streetsmarts have you learnt?
BE SO GOOD THEY CANT IGNORE YOU
nato1138··on Ask HN: How did you quit procrastinating?
This great book about time management by Lakein, suggests sitting in a chair and do _nothing_ ... no activity, no fidgeting... just sit there. After a several minutes, it's so unbearable, that you get inspired to go and tackle that task.

Pretty cool trick...

nato1138··on Ask HN: How do you prepare mentally?
i am a professional classical violinist and I second the comment about rest. In all my years preparing for competitions and concerts, resting a lot the day of, and napping before the big event works the best.
nato1138··on Elegant visual way to multiply numbers by hand
how does one work this out if there is a zero in one or in both numbers... I played around with this on a napkin at a bar and couldn't figure it out...
nato1138··on What's a great relationship book/guide
thanks for the recommendations, HN. I actually agree that 'talking' is key, but my relationship get's stuck when talking doesn't prove to be enough ;)
nato1138··on You Don't Need Math Skills To Be A Good Developer - What About A Great One
that's an opinion. So lawyers are mathematicians?
nato1138··on Being Funny: How Steve Martin got his act together
I actually have had this steve-martin-ism floating around in my head for more than a couple of years now.. that is truly inspiring (not sure if he ripped it off from another). It's related to show-biz, but I apply it to my classical music ambitions and now my entrepreneurial projects, too: "Be so good, that they _can't_ ignore you." It's quite a zen thing, actually, and it dissolves perhaps some of the complexity of breaking through to the other side with one thing to keep in mind.
nato1138··on You Don't Need Math Skills To Be A Good Developer - What About A Great One
im of the mind that programming resides in the logic field, and not mathematics. i am a decent dev with practically no formal math background, and I get around pretty well.
nato1138··on Please teach kids programming, Mr. President (2009)
what a horrible idea... top-down initiatives to turn young kids onto being over-smart and underpaid.
nato1138··on Quick question. CL, Clojure, Erlang, Haskell. Which one to choose for Web dev
I was very much inspired with what Rusy K. had put together, and I feel it was a good choice now that I went with nitrogen. Haskell has turbinado, too :)
nato1138··on Poll: Hackers, do you play any musical instruments?
violin -- http://nato.cc/
nato1138··on Quick question. CL, Clojure, Erlang, Haskell. Which one to choose for Web dev
I am using the erlang nitrogen framework and am overjoyed at how fun it is. Give it a try!
nato1138··on Call for a Better Web
clear and honest ideas! I feel there is a natural force that will push things _sorta_ in that direction. Re-factoring happens more and more.. Take gravatar.com, for instance. I agree with some of the other posters, however, that people put up with inefficiencies all over the place all the time. It may not be necessary to have an efficient space on the web. Jungle vs. well-oiled machine...