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I've seen several articles and threads lately that make claims of solar energy matching or surpassing that of more traditional (coal, gas) energy. What's the "simple verdict" on it--is there simple math?

I'm sure many of us have a 10,000 foot perspective, any inside perspective? What do they do day-to-day? Who starts and/or funds one?

This is a somewhat common theme, but I can't think of a discussion which advised how to objectively evaluate skills in contrast to other button pushers. Last night my wife showed me a bunch of job listings for Google. I…

I have a habit of using off-the-shelf frameworks for all of my projects. It allows me to focus on the development of whatever I'm doing without having to reinvent the wheel. I'm curious about others' workflow. Do you…

I've tinkered with arduinos and stepper motors/stepper controllers. I built a CNC mill. But I'm hoping there are components that I can plug together and just focus on the software side using existing hardware modules.

I've been working 50+ hours a week for the last six months. Between my "9-5" freelancing for a full-time client, and my evening personal projects, I pretty much spend 7am-10pm concentrating and mentally engaged. For the…

I figured that if I built a machine that can make stuff, I can make stuff to sell to others to pay myself back, and save up for a nicer machine. I just don't know where to look / who to ask about "what can I make you?"…

Hackers either know more than me, or have more time than me. This will always be the case, so I'm curious about what tools or resources people use to test their stuff, either automatically or manually.

Most here are likely in this same situation: you have a highly demanded skill set (either technical or aptitudinal) and thus have the ability to work almost anywhere (physically or in name) I'm curious what heuristics…

I've been dabbling in freelancing lately. Somehow I've managed to hook some decent sized projects that will take a couple months to a year to develop. As you can imagine they all want their project started tomorrow.…

The majority of the code I've written was for a company which was acquired. When applying to freelance or responding to recruiters I get the "let's see your code" question. I have built nothing of note. So my question…

A few years ago UX/UI was on of the hottest things in Web development and apps, RoR was "omg the best ever," and so on. If you had to e, plain to your non-technical friends, what would be the current "thing" everyone…

I'm kind of a data geek and I'm wondering how to take my hobby of finding and collecting data, along side learning R and other analysis techniques, into something that could also become a side business. Thoughts? Thanks…

I'm a serial wantrepreneur. I build things that no one wants. That's my problem and I know it. I respect the candid feedback HN'ers offer. So if I were your son, or best friend, where would you steer me?