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tmachinecharmeron Ask HN: Is this a feasible business idea?

You can use

- private tumblr blog

- catch.com

- evernote

- google docs

- emacs org-mode + dropbox

etc.

If you record everything on audio tape or talk only using phone and record it. Or you use gtalk only then legal bodies might take it seriously. But no one is going to take notes written by you seriously.

Is it legal to record phone conversation without other persons consent? I don't k now.

tmachinecharmeron How to get the Facebook password of almost anyone in less than 10s

I wrote a script to do this for gmail and yahoo a long long time back

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576542-password-grabber-...

tmachinecharmeron Hundredth Monkey Effect

Read "Staging a revolution" http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23835/

I was thinking if you create a few strong monkeys this could work. If this monkey effect is true then it has got applications.

tmachinecharmeron Hundredth Monkey Effect

I was wondering if marketing people use this.

tmachinecharmeron Show HN: roll.io eats txt files and shits youtube videos. Useful?

Can you have man/help page? Because a lot many guys were confused at first. Nice job.

tmachinecharmeron ASCII diagram creator

Just what I was about to say http://www.cinsk.org/emacs/emacs-artist.html

tmachinecharmeron Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

There is EMACS TOO!!! This is insane. I am going mad with happiness. I really really have tears in my eyes.

tmachinecharmeron [dead]

Read original SEAL code http://usnavysealfoundation.org/SEAL_CODE.html

tmachinecharmeron Show HN: Review my project: Git Code Press, blogging via git

Also add MathJAX so that latex works. Good job!

tmachinecharmeron How can I learn to program?

If you are using Windows: 1. Download Visual Studio Express Edition 2. Google for C# tutorials for beginners 3. Follow it.

If you are using Linux: 1. Google for Python tutorial for beginners 2. Follow it.

Learn some web programming by following tutorials on w3schools. You should be able to create simple static web page and host it on localhost.

Why C# and Python? Well both are widely used and are easy to grasp.

Once you grasp basic concepts like 1. if...else.. 2. for 3. while 4. case 5. What are libraries? 7. What is difference between compilation and interpretation? 8. What is the difference between editor, IDE and compiler?

the force will guide you.

And if at any point you get stuck you can always ask question at StackOverflow.com

Then, you can come back and "Ask HN" how do I become better programmer?

Best of luck!

tmachinecharmeron Must Read CS Books For Self Self-Taught Programmers

The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold

tmachinecharmeron James Gosling joining Google

They have already got Guido, now Gosling, Bjarne is the next guy I guess!

tmachinecharmeron Web developer will work for you for free

Do startups that are not making profit qualify as non-profit organizations?

tmachinecharmeron The strange story of etherpad

PG essay writing link is dead! :( Where else can I find it?

tmachinecharmeron Ask HN: How do you stay focused on one idea?

You can teach your kids coding. Then give them your ideas and guide them. howz that? :)

tmachinecharmeron A Week After Google Changes Algo, Mahalo Fires 10% of Staff

This is "Algorithm Age". Damn! They are powerful!

tmachinecharmeron Ask HN: Hello World

>how does all of this fits in a startup?

It is really helpful to be technically sound.

Here is a scenario of what happens if you are not technically sound:

Have you watched The Social Network? There were guys who had an idea but didn't know how to implement it. So, they asked "another guy" who knew how to implement it to do the job.

That "another guy" stole the idea. :)

tmachinecharmeron Who is today's deepest thinker?

Scott Aaronson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SczraSQE3MY)

tmachinecharmeron Poll: What do you use to track your bugs?

You smell it right matie! ;)

tmachinecharmeron Poll: What do you use to track your bugs?

ClearQuest along with ClearCase for version control.

NOTE: I ""SUPER-HATE"" it. But I am helpless. :(

tmachinecharmeron Is there anything like Watson available as an API or web app?

This question belongs to StackOverflow.com

tmachinecharmeron Why Twitter Must Expand Beyond 140 Characters

Twitter <= 140 <= {Tumblr, Buzz, Blogger, Wordpress}

There are better alternatives to twitter > 140 chars but <= 140 chars none.

tmachinecharmeron Falling Off The Ladder: How Not To Succeed In Academia

You don't believe, that is why you fail. --Master Yoda

tmachinecharmeron Falling Off The Ladder: How Not To Succeed In Academia

On this occasion this book makes a lot of sense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_%28book%29

What you provided above is its excellent summery! :)

tmachinecharmeron Guy commits his genome to Github, smartass forks and issues a pull request

Not funny at all. I have copied everything. I will now make his CLONE. muhaahaaaa!! (and malicious grin ;)

tmachinecharmeron Skype's Crazy Regex Easter Egg

Valentines day special

guy> I love you darling!

girl> GO 2 HELL!!

guy> s/love/hate

guy> s/darling/bitch

tmachinecharmeron Find the "bug" - Two equals Four - a mathematical "paradox"

Yes. It's simply not mathematical.

Suppose, x^(x^(x...) = y

At first the author says --> y = 2 and when he says "now consider the equation..." he equivalently says --> 4 = y.

Then obviously we can say 4 = 2. Means, you are assuming 4=2 and then concluding 4=2. Please point out if I am wrong. :)

tmachinecharmeron Does the world really need yet another Twitter client?

Most definitely NOT! You are absolutely correct!

tmachinecharmeron Great Engineering Quotes

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - Douglas Adams

tmachinecharmeron Why Stack Overflow Sucks and Participating There is Impossible

In this article you say that you are <strike>a pretty and smart</strike> "a pretty smart guy". Then you are definitely welcome at SO.

NOT participating in SO is neither a solution to your problem nor a decision that a pretty smart guy would take.

Give it a shot buddy! and I am sure you will NOT write an article about how awesome SO is because you won't find the words to describe SO awesomeness.