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Hi! Perhaps I should ask a lawyer this, but I'm sure someone on HN must have already faced this issue and figured it out. Here it is: Suppose I'm running a social network site and users are allowed to upload photos. The…

According to Wikipedia: The most remarkable feature of these remains the macro system. It provides far more expressive power than Lisp's S-expression manipulation system, Scheme 84's hygienic extend-syntax macros, or…

(And what are the best open source alternatives). We're setting up something private for sharing documents. Thanks!

Hey, I realize this appears OT, but I don't think I'm the only one on HN with this problem, and we can just think of it as 'hacking social interactions' instead. Here's the problem -- I've broken through the fear (of…

From reading the biographies of famous entrepreneurs (Gates, Ellison, Jobs, Woz, Clark) it seems like: () those who marry in young 20s end up with divorce () the successful marriage ends up one in the late 30s or early…

I realize you guys aren't lawyers, but I want to see if any if you have dealt with this before. Here's what I am considering doing: I want to use the art work from GPL-ed games, and I don't want to distribute my source…

Here's the problem: I'm building an iPhone app. It talks to a server. I want each iPhone to only be able to have _one_ account on the server -- I don't want people creating lots of separate accounts and having them…

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/tim_ferriss_smash_fear_learn_anything.html In the URL above, Tim Ferris describes how he learned Japanese uber fast by finding the list of 1-2K most common Japanese words and…

I'm building a MMORPG for the iPhone. The iPhone app connects to server to join the world. Between the app & the server, I can't figure out how to detect if the particular instance of the app is legit or if it's…

I'm interested in reading interviews of founders of great computer games. Besides "Masters of Doom", are there any other books? I'd love to read things on the founding of Wow / Lineage / Everquest; the start of Duke…

Hi! I'm about to roll my own tools for debugging _analog_ circuits. I'm hoping to read stories of great tools to give me ideas. Things I've really liked are gdb, valgrind, the lisp machine's / smalltalk's abilities to…

Hi! I would like to form a LLC, with me owning the company (and no investors; and no plan for future investors) -- mainly for releasing iPhone, facebook apps, and silly web 2.0 apps. I want to know how much this will…

What is the best resource for running a 1 person C corporation? (I'd like to know the rules / regulations / prevent myself from doing things that cause silly mistakes or are blatantly illegal). [I suspect that even if I…

I've used Alpine / Elm / Mutt. I've used gMail / Yahoo Mail / HotMail. I've used Evolution. I don't like any of them. I spend 90%+ of my time on urxvt/screen/emacs/irssi. If I can get a email client that integrates…

Background: I've used Linux for 1+ decade. Familiar with vim/emacs (yes, I use both), gcc/g++, make, gdb; and recently into scheme. Problems: 1) I find MacOSX GUI difficult to deal with (it's almost Unix, but not…

This isn't meant as a rant. This is also meant to be on topic. From personal experience (as someone raised in an Asian culture), it appears that there is a strong tendency to take a "stable" route in life (i.e. doctor /…

looking at: http://startupschool.org/ I don't see the application for startup school 2009 If I recall correctly, around this time last year, the application for startup school 2008 already started. Thus: is there a…

As a young, recent college CS graduate interested in startups -- I'm curious -- what do most of you plan to do after selling your startup? (And for those who have sold startups already, what do you spend your days…