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  1. Poll: Non-Founders, Why Are You Not Starting a Start-Up?

    I am curious as to what are the primary reasons for people who talk about startups not taking the leap.

    52 points by ghempton 106 poll
  2. Poll: Do you donate to charity?

    Out of curiosity after the new Gates letter was published (http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/?cid=bg_fb_po0_012103/#section=home)

    51 points by jonhmchan 74 poll
  3. Poll: Do you use an ad-blocker?

    Curious to know how widespread the usage of ad-blockers are, at least in the tech-savvy world.

    51 points by erickhill 101 poll
  4. Poll: Unknown or expired link on YC

    I'm seeing this a lot more often these days, even when just pressing "More" at the bottom of the main page without being logged in. It makes me think the current continuation-based session scheme isn't enough to…

    51 points by bayareaguy 36 poll
  5. Poll: How many hours a day are you looking at a screen?

    This is a followup to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6787687. There seems to be general community interest, so I thought I'd go ahead and create an actual poll. In an average week how many hours a day are you…

    51 points by sillysaurus2 30 poll
  6. Poll: Should we rename Amber.js?

    Yesterday, we announced that we were officially releasing what we had been calling SproutCore 2.0 as "Amber.js". We did this because we had been using the name Amber as a public codename for over a year (see…

    50 points by wycats 66 poll
  7. Poll: What OS do you use on your primary computer?
    49 points by plg 119 poll
  8. HN Poll: What is your personality type?

    I just re-tested myself with the abridged version of the MBTI located at: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm Funny thing is, for the first time in quite some time, my scores have been consistent. I tested…

    49 points by abyssknight 79 poll
  9. Poll HN: Is your startup equity split equally among founders?
    49 points by staunch 35 poll
  10. Poll: What do you use to track your bugs?

    What tools do fellow hackers use to track their bugs, issues, features and client/user feedback. Do you like it or hate it? If you don't use one, why not? EDIT: As some of you may know, we're building a bug tracking…

    49 points by toast76 75 poll
  11. Poll: What web server do you use?

    What web server is your startup using? I've listed the main ones I thought of, add others in the comments to be voted up.

    49 points by rythie 80 poll
  12. Poll: What OS do you currently use?

    Desktop OS of course... Let me know if I missed one!

    48 points by olalonde 119 poll
  13. Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?

    I'm trying to figure out which is the best javascript framework to learn. The last days I've read many articles and docs but I still can't decide. My first choice at the moment is batman.js which is very similar to…

    48 points by k-i-m 77 poll
  14. Poll: Do you use GitHub stars for bookmarking or for “Liking”?

    The intended purpose of stars is bookmarking. "Starring a repository allows you to keep track of projects that you find interesting, even if you aren't associated with the project." [1] However, I rarely browse my list…

    48 points by eatitraw 50 poll
  15. Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?
    48 points by thesash 80 poll
  16. Poll: How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

    How many HN readers are working on a Startup?

    48 points by minus 63 poll
  17. Poll: Bay area startup founders/C*Os/early employees: how much do you work?

    I'm sitting here having a debate with my wife about the effect that moving to the valley would have on our life and our marriage. I have a question for Hacker News: if you're the founder or early employee of a funded…

    47 points by rjurney 55 poll
  18. Poll: What's your startup involvement?

    There's been some discussion about how few attendees at last nights Hacker News London event were involved with startups. It'd be interesting to see what level of involvement HN members have generally

    47 points by coderholic 38 poll
  19. Poll: What would happen if News.YC had explicit support for polls?
    47 points by pg 55 poll
  20. Poll: Sexual orientation

    There have been a few polls here to see what kind of gender distribution there is, the ongoing one here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5520342 but I'm curious to see whether our sexual orientations fall in line…

    47 points by kintamanimatt 39 poll
  21. Poll: Should TechCrunch articles be banned from HN?

    Lately it seems like every article I read on TC devolves into some sort of speculation or gossip. I can't help but feel like the quality of HN goes down a little bit every time one of these articles gets to the front…

    47 points by rgarcia 49 poll
  22. Poll: What is your primary *nix distro on your home machine?

    Just trying to get a feel of the *nix that people are using now.

    47 points by codedivine 104 poll
  23. Poll: Do you use anti-virus software on desktop Linux?
    46 points by OJFord 99 poll
  24. Poll: Did you apply to YC for S11?

    I thought that it would be nice to know the number of start-ups that applied for S11.

    46 points by jayzee 42 poll
  25. Poll: Was one of your parents a programmer?

    I first learned to program from my father when I was about 5 years old, so it's hard for me to imagine learning to program without someone nearby to answer all the incidental questions we have when we are first…

    46 points by japhyr 67 poll