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_Lemon_

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_Lemon_··on The greatest enemy of the programmer: hemorrhoids
It's also remarkably easy for your wallet to get stolen out of your back pocket.

I learnt this lesson the hard way. Thankfully all they were interested in was the five pound note and some kind soul handed it in.

_Lemon_··on Hey HN: I made something to add Help to your startups. Thoughts?
This really confused me too, I could only see the "Try it" button and presumed it would give me a demo. I am not seeing it at all on the front page but do get this error:

Error: $("#haas").offset() is null Source File: http://www.helpbubble.com/ Line: 33

Edit: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009102814 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-3)

_Lemon_··on Chatroulette Data: Help Compile (NSFW)
Adding label tags around the text for each icon would make it easier and faster for the user.

Larger area to click = faster and easier to use.

_Lemon_··on Cheap bandwidth and server capacity, HN special offer
They can deliver (for now). They do prioritise servers on the network so these servers are getting better bandwidth than most others that I have seen.

The only problem is that they will wise up eventually and fix the issue (especially when you've just walked away with 500TB!) so it is quite a gamble.

If you do ever get a HG-10G Large from them and get bored of it, I will gladly take it off your hands. (Possibly throwing in something to help with the set up fee depending on how much I need it).

_Lemon_··on Cheap bandwidth and server capacity, HN special offer
I just read what I wrote, I sound like an advert! I actually have quite a love/hate relationship with them.

They generally work through things blundering on one thing to the next and I'm not sure how they made it this far. At times they cause more trouble than they're worth but when it's all good, it's brilliant.

They're bandwidth can also be pretty hit or miss outside of Europe (and random spots within Europe and even France too). They disregard it with little interest but that's a bit insane considering the Internet is an international phenomenon. Oh, and not to mention peers can get 5kb/s to one server but then their full connection (700kb/s+) speed to another server in the same datacentre (again, met with little interest).

That said, I have been told (explicitly in an incident ticket by staff) that the monitoring on the 10Gbps servers do not yet work with their routers. As a result they have no way to track the bandwidth usage and impose their 40TB usage on them.

10Gbps for 300/month!

_Lemon_··on Cheap bandwidth and server capacity, HN special offer
I've just purchased my first server from Leaseweb as well (spoke with Robin too) and the deal is pretty nice considering the quality of bandwidth is supposed to quite good with Leaseweb.

The majority of my servers are with OVH though, they're not known for quality support but their prices are pretty low and do have a good control panel. However I guess it's best to find a server that suits your needs.

_Lemon_··on How to Wake Up Ready to Rock
I find that cycling home, then dinner when I walk through the door after having planned what I want/need to do in the afternoon mentally on the way home or during the workday helps me a lot with this.

However this is exercise, routine, early nourishment, and knowing exactly how I'm going to get stuck in -- all things the article touches on.

_Lemon_··on My New Philosophy Website
Font size is huuuuge for me: http://i50.tinypic.com/cp06h.jpg

Or at least, not the most readable. Pressing ctrl+- from that is much better.

On a side note, I feel the front page lacks structure. What are the links? Do they follow on from each other? Or can I just read each "block". Why are they separated into blocks?

_Lemon_··on Ask HN: Please review our redesigned Web App, GradeMate
One question that comes to mind: does my teacher have to be using it for it to be worthwhile/possible for me to use?

When you say teachers, who are you aiming at? Would it be helpful for a university student? Would it help if I'm in the UK and not the US (aside from perhaps different lingo)?

I don't think who the web application is for is communicated effectively.

_Lemon_··on Science Fan vs. Scientist
Added bonus: hover your mouse over the red button beneath the image.
_Lemon_··on An open letter to thesixtyone.com
I agree. Wow. What a site! What's wrong with it? (are my thoughts)

Only a few minor issues with usability though, like "what does this button do" how do I "find a different category of music" that was solved by clicking a couple of buttons.

_Lemon_··on Ask HN: Rate My Startup - LetMeGo: Let lodgings bid for your stay
I got a warning and I'm on FF 3.0.6 the catch: it's called Iceweasel and on Debian.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009102814 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-3)

_Lemon_··on Ask HN: What hosting do you use for personal projects?
I have 300 servers from the Kimsufi to PRO and the support is pretty much the same.

As for the throttling, that doesn't happen (as far as I'm aware) however they do have poor peering connections to the US so it's pretty normal to get 5kb/s there which is much worse.

_Lemon_··on Ask HN: Can someone refer me to a designer that doesn't suck?
(I realise I'm not Zarathu!)

I preferred the third one because their website was more usable -- all work was on one page and all I had to do was scroll down. Unlike the others where I had to click specific projects then view pictures 1, 2, 3, 4... real turn-off when I'm trying to easily compare all three together.

The third also looks like there has been a real effort and focus on usable websites without a disregard for looks which is essentially what I would be looking for.

_Lemon_··on [dead]
You list your strengths in your CV, so I would assume you've thought about this: what are your weaknesses?
_Lemon_··on Ask HN: Please Review My Webapp
Why would people who don't want to register for Twitter register for your website?

(a genuine question you need to ask yourself)

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