Hacker News: tomhogans

New comment by tomhogans in "California Highway Patrol salaries"

tomhogans — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:53:22 +0000

Hopefully they refunded the state their salary, realizing how excessive and improper it was. A guy can dream, right?

New comment by tomhogans in "Python is exposed as main webdevelopment tool as it deserves"

tomhogans — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:13:13 +0000

I think the biggest issue facing Python as a web development tool is deployment. Among the people I've spoken with, they like Python and the frameworks but often fall back to PHP because the deployment is so simple (possibly to a fault). Doesn't stop me from using it, but i would gather it's a significant factor for a lot of newcomers.

Ask HN: Who said you can work for 25 years and take the rest of your life off?

tomhogans — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:51:02 +0000

It seems more frequently every day I read about peoples' retirement plans going to shit. Doomsday predictions about social security, woefully underfunded pension plans, and unexpectedly bad 401k performances. I'm no economist or financial expert, but do these ideas seem flawed from the start to anyone else?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1610935

Points: 2

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New comment by tomhogans in "Google Kills Wave"

tomhogans — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:08:53 +0000

The biggest problem with selling the Nexus One direct was support. Carriers didn't want to support a phone that hadn't branded and Google couldn't accept that people don't want to ask a community message board and wait a few days for a reply when their phone doesn't work.

New comment by tomhogans in "Google Kills Wave"

tomhogans — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:05:46 +0000

agreed. if this had been integrated as a new type of message in gmail that had some interoperability with regular email, I think the results here would've been completely different. google never gave wave a fighting chance.

New comment by tomhogans in "The Men Who Stare At Screens (why going to the gym might not be good enough)"

tomhogans — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:17:31 +0000

I'm surprised that sleeping is still a group activity for you after that.

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: Daily schedule"

tomhogans — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:29:41 +0000

Do remember that people tend to describe themselves as they would like to be, not as they are. I'm sure all of us have some point in the day we would like to be at the gym -- whether we get there is another issue. I don't know a lot of hyper-fit developers in my area.

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: How many people here use iPad?"

tomhogans — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:49:09 +0000

64GB here, haven't used even 16gb yet but still love it. Couch, bed, car, DMV, bank, anywhere there is a wait it comes out. It even made sitting in front of TV for an entire 30 minutes bearable.

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: What data set would you like to see/use, but doesn't exist?"

tomhogans — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:50:22 +0000

I think some aggregate, separate list of rental properties would be nice. MLS typically covers the available properties for sale fairly thoroughly but renters are left scouring through craigslist, newspapers, and shoddy realtor sites.

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: How to travel cheaply?"

tomhogans — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:12:57 +0000

how would you go about making arrangements for traveling on a merchant ship? sounds interesting

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: Using Google Voice Number for your startup?"

tomhogans — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:12:10 +0000

I have had a good experience using Twilio to handle and route incoming sales and support calls.

New comment by tomhogans in "Famous hacker suddenly finds himself infamous, in some quarters"

tomhogans — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:56:48 +0000

you would have trouble finding someone who spends more time manicuring their public image. check the recent edits on the wikipedia article about him if you don't believe me.

New comment by tomhogans in "Illegal to record an on-duty officer?"

tomhogans — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:22:31 +0000

At this rate they might be our only hope.

New comment by tomhogans in "How Richard Stallman Browses the Internet"

tomhogans — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:41:57 +0000

Not feasible. The software used in the mail sorting machines is not open source.

New comment by tomhogans in "The Twitter Platform"

tomhogans — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:44:11 +0000

A more delicate way to handle the situation would have been to acquire one of the ad networks or at least launch their own service to compete with the others instead of making such an aggressive move. Facebook has been working to take marketshare from their platform's ad networks with their own credits and offers system, but it doing it in a slow, deliberate way that is not traumatizing their platform ecosystem.

New comment by tomhogans in "The Twitter Platform"

tomhogans — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:57:59 +0000

"Oh, paid tweets. That's a cool idea. We'll take over from here. Now get off our service."

New comment by tomhogans in "Ask HN: Fastest way to make $300-400 a month online?"

tomhogans — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:04:54 +0000

If your English is as good as your post seems and you've got any web development/coding experience at all I could easily find $400/month worth of things for you to do, probably more. My Skype name is the same as my username here, if you're interested.

New comment by tomhogans in "Tell HN: U.S. gov't blacklisted all DNS entries pointing to Linode machines"

tomhogans — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:45:55 +0000

I wouldn't use any provider that took an active interest in monitoring my traffic or examining my VPS.