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rscotton Mashable Now Has More Unique Visitors Than Techcrunch

Sounds good. I'll be happy to take a second look to go along with your new pic on the site, the old one was definitely getting stale. Props.

rscotton Mashable Now Has More Unique Visitors Than Techcrunch

I don't read either as much as I used to, and I'll explain why quickly.

Mashable for me is often filled with very Fisher-Price-like news, as if it's written for an eighth grade reading level. Not to rag on him specifically, but I think Ben Parr's level of insight is negligible and just downright boring.

Techcrunch used to be more of interest to me because they covered, ya know, startups. I've said it before, and I have no data on the amount of stories about fresh startups, but it seems they have trailed off significantly in the last year.

rscotton iPhone 3GS. Jailbreak. Mac.

Didn't they just recently announce there will not be another model, which was supposed to happen, as well?

rscotton My iPhone App: Power Happy Hour

That's a lot of drink specials. Well done my man, I'll definitely try it out.

rscotton Ask HN: What's the name of that site?

This is a shot in the dark but were you talking about this project on HN a couple days ago? http://almost.at/

rscotton Ask HN: How much do you sleep at night?

Five or six hours nightly during the week, generally some more on the weekends. Pretty typical for 22 years old I'd assume.

rscotton Should You Monetize Your Site With Ads On Launch Day?

I used to be on the fence, but I think things have changed for me within the last year. I don't think there's anything wrong with ads starting on launch day. I think it's easier for users to accept it when they first come to the site, rather than a few months down the line when they appear out of no where. It's just less jarring. Note: I have no data to back this up, it's just my feeling.

rscotton Ask HN: Who are you on Twitter?

@rscott

I'm not sure that it's really good at "strong" connections, but it is good for a quick word to someone.

rscotton Summer hacker housing in Silicon Valley?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=593551

rscotton Chew on this: Gum may be good for body, mind

Yes, funded by that Wrigley. http://www.wrigleygumisgood.com/science_institute.html

A three percent interest in a small group of about 100 doesn't get me too excited.

rscotton The $23/month iPhone

Hello $23/month iPhone, meet my normally priced iPhone that has functionality.

I mean this is novel and could have its uses, but most people would want data for the additional $20/100MB and throw in some more for texts, and at that rate you're pretty much at normal prices.

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No worries, I'm sure it'll be flagged down with a vengeance.

rscotton Interview with Posterous (YC S08) Co-Founder Sachin Agarwal

I love you to death Posterous, but why is there still no way to customize the design? :(

rscotton 17 Windows browsers on your Mac. Sort of.

Similarly, http://browsershots.org/ will do this sans native OSX app.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day

Guess I have better Google-fu.

rscotton Ask HN: A good way to learn the Twitter API?

Not sure how good your feedback is going to be here, it doesn't look like that comes out until April 2009. Kind of confusing considering it says Buy Now though...

rscotton Browser Ball

Yeah, wasn't aware that was possible - wicked cool.

rscotton Dear HN: I made a library to let you add a Google-Suggest like search to your site easily

Really a cool project - I'd love it for HN to use this.

rscotton iPhone OS 3.0 is coming, preview on March 17th

Add video in there and I'll help your cause.

rscotton Hackers crack Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm

I don't buy it because I don't think that these iTunes gift cards are activated until you purchase them.

rscotton Hackers crack Apple's iTunes gift card algorithm

I saw this story earlier today and I must say I'm still very skeptical about the truth behind it. I don't really buy it, sorry.

rscotton Dear Apple... Please give me picture messaging on my Iphone

MMS are a rip off anyway. Don't they cost $.25 a piece just to receive one? Considering I can receive an email with 20 pics for free, MMS is dead to me.

rscotton Google Data on Rails

I love that Google still has lots of references to Writely. It's only been Google Docs for a good 3ish? years now.

rscotton Ask HN: Just cashed out for 2M. What now?

Not to be a bastard, but hyperinflation is a very rare and distinct phenomenon, not just to be thrown around when the economy turns sour. Real hyperinflation is occurring in Zimbabwe, not Canada or the US.

rscotton Ask HN: If you got this assignment back, what would you do?

Take your time and do your homework written on paper. Say what you want about it being the "same thing." It isn't, and you should get prepared for the tests using the methods you will have available then - and that isn't MATLAB (or Python, or whatever you used).

rscotton Insider Look at How Twitter Was Born

That's a pretty fun backstory, actually.

rscotton HN Alternatives: Where do you get your news & discussion?

I don't usually discuss real news on the internet, just with friends and family. I read digg occasionally, used to be really into it but it's just become infantile. I occassionally follow a link on Twitter, and get my news from Google News.

I get my tech news from TechCrunch, GigaOm, AllThingsD, AlleyInsider, Mashable, Gizmodo, and Engadget.

rscotton O'Reilly releases official iPhone SDK app dev book

Anyone know how this is compared to Beginning iPhone Development by Dave Mark? I was going to go buy that today, actually.

rscotton Ask HN: Has anybody observed cheating?

Last semester someone in my signals class started an exam before we were told to begin. The prof took the test and that student got an F.

I loved it.

rscotton Ask YC: Meditation Advice

You have to realize it IS different than staring into empty space. The breathing is the most important part, as aristus mentioned. Just try some deep belly breathing with your eyes closed for five minutes. The effects can be drastic. Good luck.