hackerjam

there is a "real' hacker news clone called Cryptoanalys.is [1] that posts news items related to cryptocurrencies.

what does that tell me -- you didn't do your homework before setting up a rival list.

instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you should be contributing to a list aka community resource that has been in existence for the past year or so.

and most of us that are subbed to that list, don't have to reveal our identity or tip our hand to our friends and colleagues as to what we're interested in, in order join.

what's next? registering with the feds.

My apologies, i forgot to mention coinspotting, another out of the box, hnc. [2]

[1] https://cryptanalys.is/

[2] http://coinspotting.com/news

is it just me or is there an inherent contradiction here.

posting links -- for all the world to see -- and then insisting that the list is "by invitation only." why not just set up a private email list.

not only are you setting your site up for less than stellar performance, but you are going to end up with unintended consequences... like a moribund community for starters. instead of growing a community you are going to shrink it. dare i say, sub-traction.

i don't have the figures as to the percentage of users who post to news sites on a regular basis -- the activity on hn is, imho, an exception -- but i would image it adheres pretty closely to the 80/20 rule and may even be less if you take into account factors like waning interest, user attrition; and last but not least, not enough articles being posted on a daily basis to retain interest.

plus you are encouraging free-riders. they way bit.ink is set up, i can visit everyday and read what i want and never feel compelled to participate. i think there are better ways to ward off the spammers, like creating a committed userbase who won't tolerate abuses or tos violations. just step out of line on hn and you'll see how quickly you are put in your place.

don't you think 5 posts in a row about the same topic is a little excessive. i started upvoting you until i realized what was going on and then i went back and flagged your posts.

for future reference, if you want to persist and include all 5 articles, put them in the comments and those of us who are interested in the topic will follow the links.

otherwise, if a topic is really that interesting and i want to learn more about it, i'll use a search engine.

and don't get me wrong, i appreciate your efforts to make life really convenient by listing the information for me, but in this case, it was overkill.

this is awesome. thanks for sharing.

i have become a frequent visitor to your site in the past couple of months. and it always struck me as odd the fact that you don't have any way of contacting the site owner(s) -- offline - in case something is not working (e.g., i have posted some articles, using a different handle in case you check, and my score is still sitting at "1") or you have a question (that doesn't concern the list as a whole).

i'm sure i can't be the only data tau user with issues.

plus those of us coming to your site, after being schooled in hn etiquette, have high expectations on how a site like your's, as a hacker news clone -- and not some out of the box knockoff -- should operate/behave.

disclosure: i've been a vegetarian/vegan since '92 and if my diet consisted of "grains, produce, legumes, and fake meat products like those Morningstar bacon strips," talk about unappetizing... i'd be a "relapsee" too.

plus a meal where meat dominates, the menu is faster and easier to prepare, especially if you can count on someone manning the grill.

to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle, you have to be a foodie and like going to the farmer's market, making things from scratch and love experimenting in the kitchen. to turn out yummy, satisfying dishes is labor intensive. thank god for freezers so you have something to eat on those days you don't have time to cook or feel like spending a couple hours or more in the kitchen.

not to mention the health benefits from eating whole foods not riddled with antibiotics, chemicals, and indigestible fillers.

if your idea of cooking is opening a box and adding water -- forget it, vegetarianism, regardless of the desire to reduce your carbon footprint, is not for you.

great project. well done. definitely serves a need.

will your reader work for a hacker news clone, like crytoanalys.is, or data tau or something like the econolist?

and if not, do you have plans to make it available for these sites too?

is this app designed to be used by restaurant owners themselves to facilitate their clientele or can this app be used by third party interests looking to leverage scarce resources (aka the jerk economy)?

if the latter, no thanks. i'll continue to book my reservations the old fashioned way.

very interesting project. thanks for sharing. out of curiosity, how does what you are proposing, differ from or is similar to, say, what a group like ethereum is doing?

i wish she had the same level of concern when it comes to unwarranted surveillance and releasing an unredacted torture report.

my initial reaction on seeing this headline was... this kind of news doesn't belong on hn but after i read the gist of the article on npr, i find i'm appalled. how, in all conscience, can we ignore this. we can't.

is it the plastics? the endocrine disrupters we're flushing down the toilet? the factory farm diet we're all consuming?

and what about boys? without going into the gory details, aren't they being impacted too?

as a society, what do about this? is it too late to roll back the clock... go back to how it used to be when girls were girls and boys were boys -- at least until they became teenagers, by then they are a different creature altogether -- and we didn't have to worry about the age of new puberty.

thumbs up to these guys. i just clicked on the link to their site and had a chat w/ one of their reps. very helpful. very accommodating to ad hoc requests. answered all of my questions in less than 5 min.

it's refreshing to find alternatives to the stacks that actually work for the benefit of small businesses and startups.

here's another follow-up link to this story:

http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workpla...

if you want to get smarter, read hacker news on a daily basis -- especially the comments, eat healthy, and get a good nights sleep.

off topic: if the hacker news community is NOT familiar with farnam street and the person who writes the book reviews, shane parrish, you are in for a real treat. be prepared to linger. it is one of my favorite go-to sites for insight and inspiration. shane will introduce you to non-mainstream books that are mind altering.

the other day i noticed that he is accepting donations to buy books for kids to give out at christmas time. if are looking to give a gift that keeps on giving, i would suggest checking him out. i think there are some projects going on here in the usa, btw, if memory servers me correctly, shane is located in ottawa, ontario canada.

disclaimer: i have no connection to shane or his site. i am just a loyal lurker who reads and bookmarks his blog postings on a regular basis.

what could be more jarring the yc's color scheme and yet i never sense, much less experience, a lag nor do i quit the site in frustration cuz i'm waiting too long for it to load. just the opposite in fact. there is so much good stuff here that i can always count on having my paradigms shifted. i can only imagine how much more time i would be spending here if they were decked in soothing shades of blue.

i rather agree with radware, in that, "[a] combination of page bloat, missed opportunities, and site owners struggling with web performance best practices" might have more to do with manipulating user perceptions.

but hey, color me skeptic.

your title is misleading. it's a chance to win 3 books and to increase your odds of winning, you have to spam 3 or more of your friends. no thank you.

had i known that from the get-go, i would not have bothered to click on the link. this kind of clickbaiting does not belong on hacker news.

what's the takeaway? i read the article twice and came away with yes... tradition, keeping things the way they are and have been, together with slow decision making, all good? but got to the end and thought, okay. where's the controversy? i agree with all of the above, particularly when you are building systems, oss or not, that other users have to, choose to, want to depend on. so the author's grip is with what? the newcomers??? please explain cuz i feel like i am missing something here.

normally, i don't like to engage in me-tooism cuz it just adds noise and clutters up scare time/space, but in this case, i would like to break my own mo. i just had a quick look at what scott hasbrouck has put together (github + website) and i was really impressed, especially with his use of the creative commons license placing his code into the public domain. we need more developers like him. i will definitely help spread the word and i wish him, and his projects, every success. /j

Editing -- turning your ill-phrased and grammatically awkward English into (delightfully) readable prose.

if you apply to yc and get accepted into their program and your startup happens to be physically located in another part of the country, how difficult is it to find a place to work out of and/or a house to rent? or does yc or the yc alumni network help with finding accommodations too.

Does anyone know if anyone has created a hacker news clone joomla extension?