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onlyup··on Ask HN: Do you love what you are doing right now?
If I won the lotto and I was able to keep it a secret, I would stay in my current job for the learning opportunities.

After a while, I'd start my own company though.

onlyup··on The “It” Crowd Doesn’t Like Me and I Finally Don’t Care
Thanks. I know SQL and use it in work. I am starting a personal project that I plan on taking a long time so I don't want to have to go back to the start to change stuff. For what it's worth I am using Python with Flask.
onlyup··on Female co-founder (not CEO): can this be an obstacle for investors' decision?
It seems that if anything having a woman as a cofounder would be a positive thing. I am basing this off all the "women in tech" initiatives from big players in the industry.
onlyup··on The “It” Crowd Doesn’t Like Me and I Finally Don’t Care
Thanks for the post. I was about to start a project with CouchDB but was unsure why I was going to use it. I know relational databases/SQL better so I think I will stick with that.

Do you think there is benefit in using stuff like SQLAlchemy or should I write just SQL files/queries?

onlyup··on Ask HN: Is it okay to ask friends to upvote a submission?
New accounts would probably set off an alarm but considering HN is so basic in every other respect I can't see detection of normal active accounts group voting being in effect.
onlyup··on Ask HN: Review LowerThis.com
Amazon always has the cheapest price?
onlyup··on Ask HN: Final Year CS Project Advice
Depends on the definition of database. It could rule out lots of projects working from large datasets.
onlyup··on DebiaN vs Ubuntu as a base system (for a cultural hacker).
Switched to Debian awhile ago and found it annoying that a lot of things online are now Ubuntu specific (guides, etc) so some small things are different. I'll probably install Ubuntu again soon.
onlyup··on Rel="logo" (2011)
I pretty much always right click -> "open link in new tab". I do it on logos a lot since it's common practise to link your logo to your homepage.

That said, for this case, this right click implementation seems smart.

onlyup··on Ask forgiveness, not permission
A lot of the time, using absolutes is pointless and irritating.
onlyup··on Rel="logo" (2011)
Clever but it annoys me when I lose my rightclick ability.
onlyup··on My girlfriend who's an MD wants to learn how to program. How should she start?
People can learn in other ways too.
onlyup··on Ask YC: team that you wanted to fund, but one member you didn't like?
And another question: what is the average age?
onlyup··on Ask HN: Friend's 15 year old wants to drop out, I've been asked to intervene
How do you know that about retail?
onlyup··on Ask HN: How can I estimate traffic for a future event?
Let us know how it goes! What's the website?
onlyup··on Amazon has patented the milkman, etc.
It still suggests not to trust them
onlyup··on Ask HN: Do you meditate? Does it help you concentrate and improve your code?
Since all the answers are yes in here, I might as well post since my answer is "no". I don't meditate because

1) That time is better spent doing something else

2) It's boring

The only time I have trouble concentrating on code is the after lunch slump.

onlyup··on I made an iPhone app to show Stanford how much I would love to attend
Putting doodling on an application strikes me as strange.

Then again, the application process strikes me as strange too.

onlyup··on How do I send a private message to a HN user?
"we"? I don't like it that way.
onlyup··on Show HN: Please Review Our Project "1 Million Valentines"
Looks like you have a competitor:

http://www.lidl-love-lock.com

onlyup··on Show HN: Please Review Our Project "1 Million Valentines"
Cool, it sounds like you're taking the right approach. You can use what you learn for next valentines day. You could even do it for Xmas (leave a present under the tree for someone you love)
onlyup··on Task management software
I just thought it might do more that what it appears to do
onlyup··on Ask HN: Which large companies don't have name badges?
90k people in one building?

And yeah, obviously companies have swipe cards/ids. I think that differs from name tags

onlyup··on What does your company use for instant messaging?
I can't imagine having to have Skype open.. my computer is bogged down enough without Skype
onlyup··on Ask HN: Which large companies don't have name badges?
Can you name some large companies that DO make you wear name badges?

Why not just put it in your pocket and introduce yourself with your name when you meet people? Unless your manager is anal about it, it seems like it would go unnoticed.

onlyup··on Task management software
Can you give me an example of how you use Trello?

Can you set rules for items moving to the next stage?

Does anyone use this in work to manage their projects? (As part of a team and not as part of a team)

onlyup··on Ask HN: Which Shift key do you primarily use?
I'm the same as you. I rarely-to-never use the right shift key
onlyup··on Show HN: Please Review Our Project "1 Million Valentines"
Why change the plan now based on a few comments? The point was to make money. The problems I see are:

* You launched too late. You have 9 days for this to build traction and then you have to wait until next year. * You're charging to much for 1x1 * The price seems to be the same for all squares no matter where they are * You have to scroll to see some squares * You should have given away a lot of free squares so it wouldn't just look empty

For something like this I think you need a lot of marketing. Here is how I would have gotten word out for cheap:

* Give free squares to facebook fan pages (ideally fans of people like Bieber, Twilight, 1D, etc) in exchange for posting the link * Do a competition on a large facebook fan page to give away free squares * When a valentine pic is added, an email is sent to the valetine telling them someone has added their pic and to come back on valentines day to see a roll-over note * Integrate Facebook so that you get people updating Facebook when they add someone

onlyup··on About.me Buys Itself Back from AOL
So who here uses about.me?
onlyup··on Show HN: We are building a home for questions too subjective for Stack Overflow
Shame about the name being a derogatory term.
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