michaelkscott

The "(my first webapp)" in the title feels a lot like a link-bait.

Surely this isn't the first time you wrote HTML, CSS, and Javascript, right?

I mean this could very well be honest, but I really don't think it belongs there.

(I could be wrong.)

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Looks good, but I just crashed my chrome after putting a "repeat while>and" block in between one of the move functions. Might want to watch out for new users accidentally crashing their browsers while trying to do something innocent.

It looks you misunderstood the whole post. The OP clearly noted that "PHP sucks" and can't do many things other languages can. But despite this, he says he likes the language.

And his reason is because of its ease of use and the fact that it works. That to me sounds nothing like "PHP is awesome." Sorry to put it this way, but it looked like you put words in his mouth.

A little background about the author (Eevee) might help, for new readers.

Here's some stuff I've picked up from his about page (http://veekun.com/about)

He loves Pokemon (really cool depending on how old you are)

He's "extremely picky about software"

He, "tend to rave about bad products a bit too much. After having been bitten by it too many times, I can't stand sloppy languages or sloppy databases."

Yeah, the headline is very cheezy and makes it seem like that. An X for Y Gets Z million. But in reading the article you can see that it's a pretty solid business and there are probably millions of people willing to pay for a service like this.

Maybe it has the potential to become a billion dollar company.

How many people work at instagram?

Looks like you just answered your own question.

Do you prefer stronger CS, better weather, and better tech ties or diverse education and non-CS science fields?

I'd say Stanford is much better for CS than Harvard though, right after MIT.

The Wikipedia page on Randi Zuckerberg also refers to her as an "internet entrepreneur."

Is this really the correct way to label her (i.e. What significant thing has she done in tech that earns her that title?)

Someone should probably edit that wiki page. But again, I wouldn't really know what to call her either — other than something like, internet marketer?

The public link under /news-sports/ isn't much different either. Perhaps even worse with all the flash embeds under each headline.

I am willing to bet not a lot of people use NBC Sports as their source of online sports news consumption.

EDIT: Actually it is public, as zedr pointed out.

I have a lot of trouble with this statement: "Brendan is wrong on this issue."

You should be very careful when you say someone is wrong on an issue that you have different opinions about.

And as a previous commentor stated, this article has nothing to do with Javascript whatsoever.

Great product, great site, but one tip: you need to knock out The Leaky Cauldron from Google's SERP page for your name. I'd want to see leaky.com as #1 for leaky.

Please, please include the timestamps for questions, answers, and comments. I'd love to know when some of the questions were asked and answered. If the time is already there (and I'm just not looking hard enough) please tell me where it's at.

This is exactly what I was thinking when I was looking at it. I'd prefer even a plain/text version of the data, so I can interpret it the way I like.

Though my response won't be as forward as yours, I couldn't agree more.

I'd choose Pluto for some stunning views: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ESO-L._Cal%C3%A7ada_-_Plut...

This isn't a start up or anything like that, but since you asked for overnight success, I think the Kony 2012 stuff is a good example of that.

I have been debating whether or not to say anything because I know by saying something you may have hurt feelings. And I have no obligation to tell you everything I know or think. But on reflection I have found it more honest -- honest in the older sense of "straightforward" or "direct" -- to share with you that I found the talk enjoyable and interesting. I think there are many benefits in starting small.

My sentiment exactly. I didn't find the rainbow very attractive. I may have to make myself a browser extension to change it.

It could also be Erlang, but no mentions so far.

Not a very relevant HN material. Still puzzled on why it got so many votes.

Keyword: Suspended.

They simply haven't banned your account. You've been suspended, happens to many people. If you appeal to them and start following their TOS, you'll be fine.

I'm surprised you expect clean stuff from reddit.

Is there a way to opt-out of this feature? Or are there any hacks to do it manually?

The page was actually updated relatively recently. I don't know where you got that from.

+1 for really great, usable design.

The site doesn't work on IE8. The signup form sends a GET request. This is where it redirects me to: http://bookmarkly.com/?email=sample@email.com&password=1...

BTW, I don't normally use IE. I just happened to today.

Very nice. I don't know if this will encourage me to move but it's definately a useful tool -- especially for stalkers.

I wonder, though, what FB might say about it. They _banned_ a tool like this months ago.

I'm assuming you need some soft of an iPad to view the site...

maybe I'm wrong