Hacker News: ifearthenight

New comment by ifearthenight in "What If You're Not CEO Material?"

ifearthenight — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:26:37 +0000

Glad to see someone writing about this. Touches on the (sensitive) issue that "tech" people don't often value what "business" people can do (and they can't). Vice versa is obviously true as well but an already commonly discussed topic on HN.

New comment by ifearthenight in "Ask HN: I'm an Army of One Man; what title do I use within my company?"

ifearthenight — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:20:59 +0000

One of my hobbies is going through LinkedIn and getting a chuckle out of all the "CEOs". I get the idea that people want to make their company sound bigger than it is but think in reality it's too see through. Go for something that says what you do right now. "Developer" or "Manager" or something relatively simple.

New comment by ifearthenight in "Ask HN: Who is actually doing something with "Big Data"?"

ifearthenight — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:21:27 +0000

Thanks for the long but interesting comment. Are you able to share a little about the db setup you are using?

Ask HN: How many hours have you invested in your project?

ifearthenight — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:02:29 +0000

Just interested to hear everyone's experience of how many hours they have had to invest (sink) into developing their ideas before it's got to a point where they are happy to launch.

What's your idea of lean?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3464345

Points: 4

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New comment by ifearthenight in "Y Combinator in Forbes' top 10 incubators"

ifearthenight — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:46:04 +0000

Agreed, but seeing as it is Forbes then not so surprising

New comment by ifearthenight in "Y Combinator in Forbes' top 10 incubators"

ifearthenight — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:45:16 +0000

I tried not to sensationalize too much :)

Actually, wasn't sure they had strictly been ranked within the top 10

Y Combinator in Forbes' top 10 incubators

ifearthenight — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:06:01 +0000

Now with new improved easier to read link: http://notepad.cc/share/xgtb1nKPh4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3459521

Points: 17

# Comments: 8

New comment by ifearthenight in "Our Galaxy Has at Least 100 Billion Planets, Study Shows"

ifearthenight — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:54:43 +0000

Now I feel a bit of a loser for only having visited one so far.

Facebook IPO infographic

ifearthenight — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:39:43 +0000

Article URL: http://mashable.com/2012/01/11/facebook-ipo-infographic-2/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3455680

Points: 2

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New comment by ifearthenight in "I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is."

ifearthenight — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:08:48 +0000

Would be interested to hear how you (and others) handle the transition from salaried work to startup life...

A case for a four day work week

ifearthenight — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:06:01 +0000

Article URL: http://www.inc.com/jay-love/the-case-for-a-four-day-work-week.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3452021

Points: 9

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New comment by ifearthenight in "Oh my god, it's a girl -- thoughts on gender imbalance on HN"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:11 +0000

Didn't mean to question your understanding of intelligence but of the intelligence of the people your post was commenting on

Competing on value as opposed to price

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:38:05 +0000

Article URL: http://www.inc.com/sandra-wear/how-to-compete-on-value-not-price.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3447264

Points: 1

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New comment by ifearthenight in "Create Your Own Social Curation Tools with If This Then That (IFTTT)"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:29:41 +0000

Smart stuff.

Developer sentenced to death for alleged Western propaganda video games

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:27:44 +0000

Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/09/iran-sentences-us-born-developer-to-death/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3447223

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ifearthenight in "Why does it seem so hard to find work that one really enjoys? Or is it just me?"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:01:56 +0000

Sound advice. Often if I am bored with my job I search for jobs online. Not necessarily thinking of finding a new one but just helps get the feeling of control back.

New comment by ifearthenight in "How to Get a Nuclear Bomb (2006)"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:36:24 +0000

Oops, right about the US Army Air Force mistake. My bad.

Also, agree it might be nitpicking but for me the dropping of the A-bombs and associated killing of a crap load of civillians is one of last centuries most conveniently forgotten topics. So treatment of the subject has a tendency to get me riled up!

One last question though...Can inanimate objects really be responsible of anything?

New comment by ifearthenight in "Oh my god, it's a girl -- thoughts on gender imbalance on HN"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:29:44 +0000

Idiot! NB: ironic insult :)

I'd love to say I agree totally with the article because it does raise some really good points and it is an extremely interesting topic. I'd also like to give the average (talking a mean average here not some kind of "norm") man, and cisgender males more specifically, the benefit of the doubt. Agree there are some intellectuals (read nerds) who are acting in the way the article suggests but personally I think the main cause of the "egg-shells" treatment is a basic view of women as being, again on average, inferior. Or, that all women are essentially the same (as the article hinted at with the "my girlfriend" comment).

I thought the use of the word "intelligence" in the post was an interesting choice too. By the description can only assume this is referring to IQ. What about EI? Surely we’ve progressed beyond the stage of thinking of IQ, which is essentially just processing patterns, as the be-all and end-all of intelligence!

New comment by ifearthenight in "How to Get a Nuclear Bomb (2006)"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:55:09 +0000

In both sentences Hiroshima is the object. The subject in the original sentence is the bomb but in my edited sentence the subject is the U.S. Army.

Talking of partiality (and the sentences use of passive voice)

"Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1994) recommends the passive voice when identifying the object (receiver) of the action is more important than the subject (agent), and when the agent is unknown, unimportant, or not worth mentioning"

New comment by ifearthenight in "How to Get a Nuclear Bomb (2006)"

ifearthenight — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:18:50 +0000

"Hiroshima was destroyed in a flash by a bomb dropped from a propeller-driven B-29 of the U.S. Army Air Force, on the warm morning of Monday, August 6, 1945."

Nice use of subtle patriotism here. Wouldn't it have been a little more impartial to write it as below?

"Hiroshima was destroyed in a flash by the U.S. Army with a bomb which was dropped from a propeller-driven B-29, on the warm morning of Monday, August 6, 1945."