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I, like many other developers, really like Twitter's bootstrap framework. However, many of the websites using it look the same or similar (those buttons, that navbar at the top, amongst others). What are a ways to…

What does the video game company entrepreneurship scene look like today? People of Y, how does the model of starting a new video game company compare to starting a web company?

Hi HN. I read what goes on on this incredible site almost every day. I'm 17 years old and a modestly competent hacker. Last year I published an app to the Apple app store, but is has since been removed because I haven't…

Are there any new companies making desktop software using the so-called traditional model? (Autodesk, et al) I am writing a personal desktop program - an organiser/tasks app that meshes with my lifestyle; existing…

Premise: Recently, there was a bit of a storm in this community involving "racism and meritocracy". This was largely started by the comments made by a black entrepreneur. Question: Do members of racial groups feel the…

I have noticed that quite often. Ask HN posts seem to clump together. Does anyone know if this is: a. pure coincidence b. how HN ranks posts c. Some statistical correlation that exists between ask HN posts, that binds…

I know that today, almost everyone who reads HN understands when I say 'rails', 'node', 'clojure.' "Hi I'm a textmate wielding rails hacker in the valley...". These are considered the 'hot' technologies that are used…

The title is pretty much self-explanatory: do you know of any algorithms/solutions that emulate nature to solve problems? I know of neural networks, and chaos theory (think plant leaves and algo-trading), but I'd like…

A markup language that appoximates XML, but differs fundamentally in that strong data types are present. This was designed to be a quick way to serialise program data (types) into a string format. It is NOT designed as…