Hacker News: alpine

New comment by alpine in "Ask HN: Disrupt Housing?"

alpine — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:45:35 +0000

This is also the case in the UK. Property price here is a trivial expression of the supply/demand function. Yet no one from any of the political parties will suggest the obvious: build. Those with £1MM+ houses (which includes all our politicians) seem to be against this (for some reason).

New comment by alpine in "Ask HN: What software does your business need?"

alpine — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:18:20 +0000

I guess your friend isn't an entrepreneur, otherwise he would conclude there is clearly an opportunity for this service, with money to be made.

New comment by alpine in "Ask HN: What software does your business need?"

alpine — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:03:47 +0000

I would pay serious money for this. Maybe $100 for a single 'call out' on the assumption that it would be an infrequent happening. Ferriss' 4HWW logically demands this, I guess.

--Supplemental--

Before anyone accuses me of being cheap, I'd be happy to pay $100 per hour, assuming the 'call out' would most likely be short in duration since it would be part of the deal that I supply a detailed wiki of the software under support.

NASA - Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012

alpine — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:21:29 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/armstrong/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4435027

Points: 1

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Neil Armstrong

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:29:21 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/astronauts/neil_armstrong

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433711

Points: 3

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New comment by alpine in "LIFE on the Moon (1969)"

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:51:39 +0000

"It's ugly but it gets you there."

Who says a German's PR company doesn't have a sense of humour?

New comment by alpine in "[dead]"

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:11:41 +0000

Why? This token gesture will achieve what exactly? If someone obscure, but non-the-less important in sci/tech had died, this might be an interesting way to draw attention to a life you might want to brush up on. However, Armstrong, despite his desire for privacy, has never been obscure. Come breakfast tomorrow morning everyone on planet Earth will know he has died.

Slideshow: Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:41:24 +0000

Article URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9499776/Slideshow-Neil-Armstrong-first-man-on-the-moon.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433417

Points: 2

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The First Men in the Moon

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:34:39 +0000

Article URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1013/1013.txt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433198

Points: 2

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US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon

alpine — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:46:51 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4433036

Points: 3

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New comment by alpine in "Customize Twitter Bootstrap To Not Look Bootstrap-y"

alpine — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:39:05 +0000

Anyone with experience starting with a Bootstrap theme then handing it over to a designer to see what they come up with?

New comment by alpine in "Steps to become a good hacker?"

alpine — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:50:10 +0000

Hackers can be found in all walks of life, it is not a label to be restricted to those working in technology or writing code. Hackers are people that can effect leveraged change on a system (eg human, technological, natural), taking delight in the outcome. Above all, I would say a sense of mischief and fun is the common trait found in hackers. Read a couple of Richard Feynman's books. He's quite explicit - his work was often done simply 'for the fun of it'.

New comment by alpine in "Ask HN: Asking what you did wrong in an interview?"

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:17:25 +0000

It's important to get over the idea that you have done anything wrong. Think of it as a percentages game... if you have been invited to interview then your potential employer is definitely interested. So if the interviews keep coming, be assured it is just a matter of time until someone makes you an offer.

New comment by alpine in "Sun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature"

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:08:51 +0000

As a spinning ball of gas, astronomers had always expected our nearest star to bulge slightly at its equator, making it very slightly flying-saucer shaped

I stopped reading at this point.

New comment by alpine in "A Proposal To Improve Hacker News"

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:00:14 +0000

Some things have a natural life then die.

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: a paean to American liberty

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:19:16 +0000

Article URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/ayn-rand-atlast-shrugged-paean-american-liberty

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4398860

Points: 3

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New comment by alpine in "Ask HN: Asking what you did wrong in an interview?"

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:05:56 +0000

I once interviewed a potential hire in person and at the end of the process he asked 'How did I do?' then pulled out of list of questions in the expectation of forensic debrief as to where he could improve his interview technique!

Frankly, interviewing is a game with many unwritten rules - one is if you don't get the gig, you are expected to politely accept the decision and move on. Another is the interviewer will often decide in the first 60 seconds if you're getting hired, so asking for feedback on where you 'went wrong' is a waste of everyone's time.

Remember, when you interview, your potential employer has every intention of hiring you assuming you tick a few boxes. This is also part of the game. Can you figure out what those boxes are? Put yourself in their shoes. What would you like to see in you? As long as you continue to land interviews, don't become disheartened - keep going and you will get hired.

New comment by alpine in "Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News.."

alpine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:11:14 +0000

Why don't you charge eg 10 cents per comment?

New comment by alpine in "Ecuador grants Julian Assange asylum"

alpine — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:49:27 +0000

Pinochet was a useful asset to the UK during the Falklands war, keeping regular Argentine troops committed to the mainland and helping UK Special Forces carry out clandestine missions there. In actuality, 'morality' and the 'rule of law', when quoted by politicians, are platitudes. The reality is rewards are expected and granted for political favours, and I think it is likely Pinochet's ill health was simply a convenient excuse to release him.

New comment by alpine in "Ecuador grants Julian Assange asylum"

alpine — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:30:15 +0000

As for 'LibDems and Labour'?! You appear to be suggesting that it should be self-evident to everyone reading your post that the LibDems and Labour have a claim to moral superiority over Tories? The LibDems pay lip-service to Civil Liberties (they never expected power, they never expected to be called to deliver) and Labour are the most authoritarian party to ever hold power in the UK. It's just as well Labour are not in power, else Assange would have been shipped to Gitmo months ago.