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niqolas··on Google's Code Editor
I'd be really interested to see how your set-up works. Would it be possible for you to share your files/code and a short description of how you implemented your set-up? I am happy for you to remove/sanitize sensitive details relating to your portfolio. However, I would love to understand how I can develop a solution like this for myself.

Thank you for your help.

niqolas··on Evernote Hello
+1
niqolas··on Show HN: Framous - Your Photos. Your Personality.
Lovely design, but unfortunately loading times are super slow for me... The header and footer loads fine, but the loading graphic for the middle section was turning for approx. 60-90 seconds before the content loaded :(

Then, once the content is loaded, the animation between the "About Framous > Select a layout > Select Photos > Select a Frame > Get Framous!" pages also takes too long, which spoils the user experience in my opinion.

Great start though. If you can improve these issues, I think you will have a really nice site.

niqolas··on Noah Kagan shares stories from Facebook, Mint, AppSumo (live, 8pm PT)
Will this be available for playback later also? Timezone differences mean it will be hard to tune in live.
niqolas··on Creative and unique uses of QR Codes
I think billybob is arguing that a short message/url like "Find this device online: www.example.com/device" is better than both "Find this device online: {QR Code}" AND "Visit http://www.example.com/cms/products/industrial?product=09278....
niqolas··on Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests
This could also be an awesome way to disrupt the courier business in cities.

e.g. sender logs a job online (& provides payment details), sender prints a barcode sticker, sender drops off package with the building doorman/concierge and/or walks to designated quadcopter landing zone adjacent building, outgoing package scanned and loaded onto quad-copter, quad-copter delivers package to recipient's landing zone, quad-copter/system sends notification to recipient to advise that package has been delivered, recipient goes to quad-copter landing zone to collect package, recipient scans barcode or provides electronic signature to acknowledge receipt.

Terms & Conditions: Anyone who implements this idea (or minor variation) must give hook and I a $1 royalty each for every job logged ;)

niqolas··on Ask HN: Does anyone here drive anything exciting?
If you don't mind me asking... How do you afford these cars at such a young age?
niqolas··on Y Combinator’s Paul Graham: We’re Looking For People Like Us
Consider the stats at the end of the article for a moment.

The total value of YC companies is $3 billion. While, the total amount invested by YC is $5 million.

Very impressive results when you consider that YC takes about a 6% stake for its initial investment. Congratulations to all involved.

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niqolas··on Ask HN: Someone just stole my iOS app's name... What should I do?
As suggested, I just tried to change the title but the "edit" option is no longer available for this item on my submissions page... Any ideas?
niqolas··on Aerial footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe
The concept of "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you?" is implicitly biased as it project's your worldview/morals/values/etc onto the "others" in question.

If the goal is to understand, support and/or show respect for the uncontacted tribes, I think the focus should be adjusted to: "Do unto others as they want you to do unto them".

niqolas··on Offer HN: Free startup idea / designs
+1 Impressive site. Clean design sets this site apart as a great example in this nascent niche.

One constructive criticism: I would add some more space around the "Search" functionality. This area is a little cluttered at present (too close to the preview image on the right and the high level process text/images below) and my eye I think you would improve conversions by emphasising this section a little more (since performing a search should be the "call to action" for visitors).

niqolas··on Ask HN: What are your favorite books of 2010?
+1 for "Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman". Read it cover to cover in one sitting!

In addition to being one of the greatest minds of his generation, Feynman also had a rich life outside of science.

Reading his stories was as close as I'll come to having him share anecdotes as a guest on my "fantasy dinner party" list.

niqolas··on 17 year old geek makes $130,000 selling White iPhone 4 conversion kits
SMH: "I've read you've made over $100K in just a couple of weeks, is that correct?"

Fei Lam: "That number is bull. I made only 30-40k. 100k was income before cost of product. Every time a site picks up the story it changes a little bit..."

Source- http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/legal-action-eyes-...

niqolas··on Ask HN: Am I making too much?
Move to Australia and work for the Government... I know plenty of developers earning AUD$80+/hr on 2000hr/yr contracts (i.e. earning approx. AUD$160k/yr).
niqolas··on Ask HN: Why is the last 10% always so hard?
There's a saying in project management: "The first 90% of the work takes the first 90% of the time. And the last 10% of the work takes the next 90% of the time".
niqolas··on Pogue on Reader's Responses to his Review of Google Nexus One
"I think I may have accidentally unearthed a whole new untapped population online: the Android Army. Reader feedback about my review of Google’s new cellphone yesterday was unusually voluminous and, in some sectors, vitriolic. Where I had written, “The Nexus One is an excellent app phone, fast and powerful but marred by some glitches,” some readers seemed to read, “You are a pathetic loser, your religion is bogus and your mother wears Army boots.”"
niqolas··on How Bing could kill Google
If this actually happened with key web properties (e.g. ALL NewsCorp papers, or Twitter, or NASCAR/NFL/etc exclusively on one search engine), I predict it would turn into a land grab which would ultimately just lead to segregation. However, the key question in my mind is:

Would users follow the sites they trust OR find new sites via the search engine they trust?

I'm guessing people would use the search engine they trust to source new information and then visit the sites they love (which have been excluded from their search) as a destination (i.e. going to WSJ.com direct and then searching content there)...

Google would still remain the No 1 search engine but WSJ etc would then have to rely more on their active user base. Not a smart decision for Mr Murdoch in my opinion.

niqolas··on Ask HN: Do you use project management software, which one?
MS Project. Actually a very useful tool.
niqolas··on CarsForaGrand.com: Simple idea that's generating big bucks
Is this true?? Why wouldn't ebay fix this to avoid giving away affiliate $$ unnecessarily?
niqolas··on Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"?
The admins at work blocked HN simply because it had the word "hacker" in its name.
niqolas··on Ask HN: How-to make solid profits from niche websites?
Thanks for the advice. Can you please provide links to some of your friends' sites so I can see examples of what their "successful" sites offer? Thanks again.
niqolas··on Potion - a little fast OO language by _why
+1 for mystique
niqolas··on The price difference between Macs and PCs widens
Face it – arguing over computers is futile.

Certain characteristics simply hold more value to some individuals over others, which is why some people choose to share their lives with blondes and others with brunettes or redheads. Similarly, some people choose to have Macs; while others choose Windows or Linux.

Suggestions that WomanA is "better" than WomanB are incredibly subjective e.g. a 5/10 to you might be a 10/10 to someone else. Although such suggestions can promote passionate discourse (as in this thread), inevitably the arguments that ensue end in deadlock - where you realise that no matter how much you argue, you and your critics will never see eye to eye.

Quoting hardware specifications is like saying "she's an X out of 10” and running Windows, Linux or OSX is like preferring blondes, brunettes or redheads.

Hackers, it’s time to agree to disagree - because we all like to think we’re spending our lives with babes.

niqolas··on Balsamiq, a bootstrapped startup featured here some time ago, makes $10k in 6 weeks
It depends on your definition of success... I believe you can be very successful as an individual, but this will be limited by your capacity.

One person can go only so far (not that this is by any means insignificant e.g. PlentyOfFish apparently serves millions of uniques and earns US$10,000 per day with a staff of one). "Singles" will inevitably hit a glass ceiling where they will need more resources if they want to break through.

The secret to continuing your initial success is ensuring that these additional resources can leverage off your initial good work AND add value of their own in excess of the complexity added/strain they place on you and your new "organisation". Far easier said than done.