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  1. Poll: Do you literally stand up at your stand up meetings?
    1 points by jjhageman 2 poll
  2. Poll: Do you want your employer to be successful?
    1 points by exit 1 poll
  3. Poll: Would you install Java on a Linux PC for Noobs?

    Preparing another Linux PC for a Noob. Flash Plugin is a must, unfortunately, but Java seems almost irrelevant? I see a 1 in 1000 chance for a Noob to hit a Java web site - would you bother to even set it up?

    1 points by Tichy 2 poll
  4. Poll: Are “levels” important at early stage companies?

    When designating titles at an early stage company, should folks have "junior", "senior", "staff", "principal" in front of their role to designate experience or heirarchy? Or does not having any levels lead positive…

    1 points by jasonjmcghee 0 poll
  5. Poll: Are you buying .co?

    With the news of Twitter acquiring t.co, I started thinking about .co domain names. Are you going to buy one? Do you think they will be widely adopted or suffer a fate similar to .info? If you haven't heard the hype,…

    1 points by dustyreagan 3 poll
  6. Poll: Will you change your email because of Epsilon?

    Epsilon leaked email addresses and names. But it wasn't just a huge list, it was broken up by client and function. For example, CAUCE says that your potential use of prescription drugs may be revealed by which file your…

    1 points by sixtofour 0 poll
  7. Poll: Are UI learning curves bad?

    Is learning curve a sign of an imperfectly designed UI? Can and should it be avoided by definition? Or, has learning curve its place? Does it enable a UI to be more efficient to use than what’s possible otherwise?

    1 points by strogonoff 0 poll
  8. Poll: What are you doing with istio in 2019?

    It seemed I heard about istio everywhere in 2018, but haven't read much about what people are actually doing with istio in production. I'm interested in learning what people are planning to do with istio and the primary…

    1 points by knoxa2511 0 poll
  9. Poll: How do you prefer to find your Linux distro's installer?
    1 points by pabs3 0 poll
  10. Poll: Do you test your code? (Follow up)

    I ran across this poll from four years ago and figured it would be interesting to see how the numbers have changed since then. The original poll is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3702827 Four years ago it…

    1 points by brown-dragon 0 poll
  11. Poll: Would SOPA get results explicitly contrary to its purpose?

    Specifically, I think pirating music/movies has become so integral to the culture that if these laws passed, there will be a short time where piracy drops off and then people will learn to use VPNs to get out of the…

    1 points by keefe 0 poll
  12. Poll: Icons and 4K

    How do you migrate user interfaces with icons, mostly desktop projects, to Ultra High Resolution.

    1 points by eiji 1 poll
  13. Poll: Will the Microsoft/Nokia deal close?

    Satya Nadella is in charge and it's all about software now. How much does he want to own Nokia's feature phone factories and all the other detritus that comes with Nokia handset business?

    1 points by Zigurd 0 poll
  14. Poll: These polls are...
    1 points by robg 1 poll
  15. Poll: how to teach course in scientific computing?

    This fall I am teaching a graduate level course in scientific computing to non-CS graduate students. I will be teaching them in the unix tradition, using C, Python, R, and I will teach them about tools like emacs,…

    1 points by plg 0 poll
  16. Poll: Who works at Apple/Facebook/Google/Microsoft?

    So obviously, this is not an exhaustive list, but I figured it could be interesting to see who works at these large companies, as they're often discussed on HN.

    1 points by alexgartrell 0 poll
  17. Poll: How good is your company's incident management process?

    Most high-level employees at companies believe their DevOps IM process is top-class. So, it's time to ask the ones doing the work — what's the real answer?

    1 points by ccwilson10 1 poll
  18. Poll: Would you be more likely to purchase from an honest advertiser?

    If an advertiser either online or print could prove their claims and in general avoid "selling too hard". Would that make you more likely to buy their product? You can assume that the advertiser meets your own personal…

    1 points by proexploit 0 poll
  19. Poll: Should I compile my thoughts about addiction?

    In my previous gig I encountered a lot of people with substance abuse problems. One of my alcoholic taxi passengers called me back ~2 months after her fare. Eventually her kids helped her finish sobering up. This one is…

    1 points by taxicabjesus 2 poll
  20. Poll: When will the thinking machines be destroyed?

    It appears each generation will become more and more dependent on AI to learn or function and critical thinking may be diminished. At some point humans may require internet connectivity to function and will only know…

    1 points by Bender 1 poll
  21. Poll: How/Where do you purchase books?

    HN, what format and method do you use to purchase books?

    1 points by ddrmaxgt37 0 poll
  22. Poll: Can you code after a gym workout?

    After http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3527192 there seemed to be a lot of opposing accounts on whether you can code after a workout or not. It's interesting to get some stats about that. Myself I can't seem to get…

    1 points by leviathan 1 poll
  23. Poll: Whiteboards slow down startups in early stage. Yes or No?

    After loving whiteboards for so much, I started to hate them. Specially in super early startup stage. Like firsts meetings. I have the feeling that the constraints a small piece of paper gives you and after some ideas…

    1 points by imd23 0 poll
  24. Poll: Do the ends justify the means?

    For example, is it fine to kill 1 person in order to save 10 others? Is it fine to kill 2 people in order to save 10 others? Is it black-and-white, or does depend on the particular case? Why?

    1 points by solipsist 1 poll
  25. Poll: Do you use Instapaper?

    http://www.instapaper.com/

    1 points by grinich 0 poll