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I just tried this, it is awesome! Gratz. and to think I was just about to launch into my very own weekend project for the same reasons :) Now I don't have to, keep up the good work.

One thing, I can't see an obvious way to become a premium member. I think you might get more conversions if it was way more obvious on the front page.

That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics [showing men have more claims therefore have to pay higher premiums]". Given that rule of thumb they will increase females premiums to make them equal.

Not only have I worked for insurance companies, but if I ran one, this is exactly what I would do if I was told everyone had to be treated equally. How can I charge men less if I know that they are going to make more claims?

That is why I put it in quotes. They "can but wont" which translates to "We can't because insurance for men costs more because of the statistics". Given that rule of thumb they will increase females premiums.

Not only have I worked for insurance companies, but if I was one, this is exactly what I would do if I was told everyone had to be treated equally.

Insurance companies are loving this, probably rubbing their hands together in glee. Especially in the UK as insurance is a legal requirement and this year has already increased by nearly 30% for no reason at all.

In the long run everyone's insurance premiums go up. They wont reduce male drivers premiums because they "can't" so they will increase female ones.

This ruling is terrible, I have been benefiting from having my girlfriend on my insurance for 10 years.

what exactly is HTML5 about it?

Actually the modern GA way is using the async javascript the snippit for which goes before the </head> but hey W3Fools wasn't about being accurate... oh wait, it was.

http://code.google.com/intl/en-GB/apis/analytics/docs/tracki...

Would it be wrong to point out that the missing parts of the source for w3fools.com ? Or observing that placement of things like the google analytics code at the bottom, instead of the head?

Or would that make me pedantic?

I think this is great. Sure it isn't for me but neither was the Million Dollar Home Page, but it's a nice modern version.

Ignore any negative feedback (unless constructive), haters will hate ;)

The way the MDHP got press attention was with a press release, would be worth having a look at for you I think. What bothered me about the MDHP was I felt it was a fraud, he posted about having massive university debts, then as soon as he made the million he quit uni and moved to a big city to invest the money. Which makes me feel it was a bit fraudulent.

Gratz!

I happen to agree with you. My biggest issue with GWT is that it generates the Javascript, and I am at it's mercy.

However sometimes it's important to get function over form?

I may be completely wrong on this, but didn't Google try something almost identical and eventually realised it just didn't work, or the user base wasn't ready for it and Wave-ed goodbye to it only recently?

I don't want to bring down your site, but if they couldn't make it profitable that says something to me.

However, I liked Wave, and wanted it to stay, so if you system is good I'd use it, but I wonder if enough people would?

(oh and the rotating comic, totally agree very annoying)

Why not just use GWT?

Len

Even so, 140 Characters is still only enough to give you the chapter titles of the Joshua Bloch book Effective Java Programming.

My advice, buy the book, read the titles, then read the chapters (translates beyond Java imo).

When is Developer's Day?

In layman terms: The body requires ATP for power, it is the rawest energy base unit for your body and is produced from Carbohydrate.

Your body is a machine built for changing fat into carbohydrate and then into ATP.

If you give your body too much carbohydrate it takes what it needs and converts the rest into fat. The fat you eat is already fat, so it just stores that too because it has already taken the raw carbohydrate it needs.

If you reduce your carbohydrate intake and eat more protein and fat (read "red meat" but also chicken, pork, non root vegetables et cetera) then your body will stop being lazy and start doing what it did for thousands of years before we invented preservatives and microwaves and cocacola and take that fat and make it into carbohydrate.

If you give your body less carbohydrate then you are doing it a massive favour.

That said, everyone is as genetically different as they are similar, so what works for some people wont work for others. For instance, Doctors are currently researching a hormone that comes from your bowls that tells you that you need carbohydrates, like all hormones they can over produce and make you crave them even if you aren't hungry, and they are working on a blocker which will help the super obese and probably reduce the need for any gastric band surgery.

The reason is because it doesn't scale, and you will end up spending most of your time managing the server stack rather than deploying and selling the product.

All good reasons for going solo, and exactly what I would expect HN user to say :)

Good luck

It looks good, nice to see real eCommerce exists (e.g. you pay something for a product, I was beginning to feel like everything was a service of a service).

One thing that really really puts me off web sites is if I can't tell shipping costs quickly and easily. Your site is good in that at least you don't have to register to see the total cost, but you do have to add a product and go to the cart to find out shipping. If your shipping is a flat $8.45, I'd suggest having that under a FAQ type area.

Also gift wrap options are good.

I'd be interested to know who you are hosting with. Is it a 3dCart or Shopify type or did you go solo?

There was a list of areas for ideas they would like to invest in on the bottom of the last YC application for funding round.

Spend a 5th of your time doing your assignments the day you get them and then :shock: spend the other 4/5ths working on projects that you do find challenging.

Although I comprehend the dream you don't have to be in California to be working on a start-up.

I am literally in awe.

I can't even see the Icon http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4002/nobuttons.jpg

Is it "install Linux"?

Minimum Width for a Page is the worst tip ever... see "smart phone" for reasons why.

Am I missing something, or did Red Dwarf not already predict this in 1991??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hole_%28Red_Dwarf%29

shame, would have been funnier if it were a joke.

Good old Google, never let us down.

I actually want Google to acquire my company for this day alone.

nothing, it's a joke about upgrading from a command prompt to a gui

with no sense of irony re the date either