16:[[643346,{"by":"plate-it","descendants":1,"id":643346,"kids":[643814],"score":3,"text":"I have heard Obama mention computerizing health care records multiple times. This seems like a potential gold mine! Has anyone looked into this or is involved in this in any way?

http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/","time":1244215851,"title":"Obama, computerize health care records","type":"story","url":""}],[641924,{"by":"BigZaphod","descendants":5,"id":641924,"kids":[642038,642015,642062,643499,642377],"score":3,"text":"Inheritance is just an implicit form of delegation that comes with a bunch of default behaviors that can totally screw you.

Of course I use it constantly and spend a ton of time \"designing\" everything \"properly\" to have a sweet class hierarchy with all kinds of unnecessary power and flexibility to solve the problem at hand.

Does anyone else find themselves sucked into that trap? It seems like when using straight C, I can still think and program in an OO style, but I don't so readily waste as much effort trying to come up with a \"perfect\" tree of objects. Is this simply an issue of discipline or is there a drug-like effect when using inheritance?","time":1244140957,"title":"Ask HN: Inheritance?","type":"story","url":""}],[638813,{"by":"blarg","descendants":6,"id":638813,"kids":[638854,638957,638959,640817,639925,638935],"score":6,"text":"I co-own an online retail business in a niche industry (prefer not to mention the company name here). We started from scratch with no real funding about four years ago (savings and credit cards), and are doing about $800/day in sales now (on average). We have a couple of part-timers to help ship product and handle customer service issues. Our site is in the top 10 on Google for most of our keywords, and we’ve recently started doing Adwords fairly seriously. Question is, how do we get to the next level? Where can we go for funding? Do we even want funding, or do we want to keep limping along and growing organically?

I’m asking these questions to the larger community because we’re completely in a vacuum.","time":1243982984,"title":"Ask HN: I could really use some business advice.","type":"story","url":""}],[636616,{"by":"russell","descendants":6,"id":636616,"kids":[636639,636706,636873,636749,638499],"score":6,"text":"$17","time":1243884238,"title":"Ask HN: Flex or JavaScript. Which way to go?","type":"story","url":""}],[633080,{"by":"reedlaw","descendants":92,"id":633080,"kids":[633093,633149,633182,633175,633134,633356,633328,633135,633111,633252,633350,633110,633211,633147,633426,633168,633153,633094,633313,633198,633222,633132,633143,633512,633575,633272,634232,633176,633510,633273,633190,633392,633263,633502,633177,633549,633284,633325,633488,633095,633514,633330,634231,633138,633112,633109,633237,634195,633287,636303,633548,633627,633142,633387,633590,633091],"score":53,"text":"$18","time":1243643071,"title":"Ask HN: In which modern language/environment/framework is programming a joy?","type":"story","url":""}],[620848,{"by":"jyothi","descendants":5,"id":620848,"kids":[621028,622467,621213],"score":4,"text":"","time":1242929581,"title":"Wooing the Geeks: Smart Hiring Strategies","type":"story","url":"http://www.wiley.com/college/man/schermerhorn332879/site/student/ic/oneman.htm"}],[620546,{"by":"hillel","descendants":26,"id":620546,"kids":[620568,620730,620733,620590,620716,620966,620979,620696,621164,620694,620727,620610,620695],"score":30,"time":1242918387,"title":"Employee Performance Reviews Do More Harm Than Good","type":"story","url":"http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/05/21/employee-performance-reviews-do-more-harm-than-good/"}],[616526,{"by":"rumpelstiltskin","descendants":20,"id":616526,"kids":[616545,616640,616588,616551,617539,616731,616697,616784,616553,616569,617352],"score":21,"text":"I'm planning to spend the next few weeks beefing up on algorithms - starting with Algorithms in a Nutshell, followed by Algorithm Design Manual and Algorithms by Dasgupta.

Before I start these books, I wanted a primer on the math behind algorithms. A friend suggested I look at Velleman's \"How to Prove It\". Anyone have any other recommendations?","time":1242727679,"title":"Ask HN: Math behind Algorithms","type":"story","url":""}],[615981,{"by":"rausanka","descendants":3,"id":615981,"kids":[617111],"score":1,"time":1242692100,"title":"Salesforce.com API Gotchas Part 2: Custom Fields","type":"story","url":"http://eng.genius.com/blog/2009/05/17/salesforcecom-api-gotchas-2/"}],[596780,{"by":"robin_bb","descendants":1,"id":596780,"kids":[598198],"score":2,"text":"","time":1241645813,"title":"Code Considered Harmful","type":"story","url":"http://shorestreet.com/code_considered_harmful"}],[591221,{"by":"sant0sk1","descendants":7,"id":591221,"kids":[591554,591967,592073,591784,592618,591513],"score":22,"time":1241381073,"title":"Close to the Problem","type":"story","url":"http://adam.blog.heroku.com/past/2009/5/3/close_to_the_problem/"}],[583521,{"by":"ieatpaste","descendants":10,"id":583521,"kids":[583586,583556,583524,583794,583557,583563,583578,583614,583580],"score":11,"time":1240938223,"title":"Office Walls = Dry-Erase Board","type":"story","url":"http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=128&sid=241140"}],[565497,{"by":"ceoinvest","descendants":37,"id":565497,"kids":[565512,565516,565581,565630,565709,565502,565903,565729,565511,565529,565828,565753,565617],"score":17,"text":"$19","time":1239903576,"title":"I'm leaving my day job. But my CEO doesn't want me to leave.","type":"story"}],[553723,{"by":"GrandMasterBirt","descendants":3,"id":553723,"kids":[554808,553924,553937],"score":4,"text":"I need information about all types of establishments in the US (restaurants, rock climbing, stores, etc), but I really just need the stuff that is officially registered (the address, the name, perhaps if possible the type of establishment).

Does anyone know of a government (or public) location to get this information digitally? Or is this sort of information copyrighted by services like yellow pages so you need to ask them to give it to you?

Basically has anyone done this sort of data mining before and is willing to share some details?","time":1239239844,"title":"Ask HN: Where to find public business information?","type":"story","url":""}],[554124,{"by":"abcphp_com","descendants":2,"id":554124,"kids":[554724],"score":2,"text":"","time":1239266922,"title":"Eagerly Anticipating PHP 5.3","type":"story","url":"http://eng.genius.com/blog/2009/04/08/eagerly-anticipating-php-53/"}],[549250,{"by":"ekpyrotic","descendants":8,"id":549250,"kids":[549294,549773,549407,550226,549989,551302],"score":6,"text":"I am a magazine junkie; I am a magazine connoisseur. I love to read well-written features on tech or culture or music, if there's substance I'm happy. New Yorker-esque.

So, any good links?","time":1239040327,"title":"Ask HN: Good online magazines, anyone?","type":"story","url":""}],[363,{"by":"pg","descendants":1590,"id":363,"kids":[2430542,996374,241760,1970283,1475637,151663,2455729,450073,4238956,367,2546131,1613956,49413,107060,1683728,250242,3203513,1231494,2880161,99846,4209304,1918772,381,1017933,2217291,576066,3595819,7083934,7794761,1878800,180945,280852,223238,4103202,433004,3142747,7448496,499851,2869196,1359137,437,7849587,218141,3902,199150,1358087,2106954,1936543,10706,93611,3228596,465801,46100,1031034,806327,7683798,3750548,439050,43754,376,438,620,87306,1075,7145729,1866406,151926,1334082,1148154,10691,129537,7542700,2021600,5495264,2314717,3963824,7143426,427366,372,5689212,114102,229095,145026,3273,10889,235470,20915,32033,1570184,4278513,29812,2529468,7516965,523784,864944,1068114,43760,2287298,456,75548,5891374,155857,5596192,2254383,4597506,127587,12156,214392,399,4642859,701,1290258,3995417,408,407,1396975,4558319,434,25813,7838398,2626515,6600039,40184,1004025,7469452,4493233,39145,1457349,974,13271,727458,151592,474,930044,3427712,79731,5669734,18085,7851,363600,2760787,9337,5990015,5775085,2814565,7744144,3420914,7766833,3371814,511365,137247,12108,390,1173760,7642693,5860317,1756621,663213,374,517280,1122,468,133878,7594328,503,5825591,1381732,3711926,4667359,5490800,468256,112918,1630931,3163465,7072,173352,4605739,5149002,6159718,3428610,4306338,2084101,553,382406,169692,7851009,2909284,43808,1149,1204459,547,7756631,4907685,845173,594588,4124429,6429603,16193185,661,1019,5005905,144730,5984421,271217,3523950,2058093,190202,4565576,7617126,1220767,3025577,3769743,4619804,5367846,47252,7469260,164008,3551116,92734,387,610846,11980,6867584,2162420,2218770,2767135,7657800,729758,426,792507,506213,5007553,2596218,1851603,7612737,6494965,910,20048615,4307125,3291254,32387,1372626,4886136,340978,4942851,2675113,7858432,254223,1802892,7657780,875,6561068,956441,4773820,1493744,90944,526677,27783,3262948,7460061,3778978,856337,7564289,17654426,1416635,97566,1316759,2132674,7902901,6197151,4493278,2142335,47377,2926414,4957743,32341,2980463,5587016,3305210,2961761,2058,7013239,6832413,1020014,1316,931,102463,3671,3124028,7025857,7691382,20487,872767,1256064,2210347,138989,263429,914868,6016304,37504,22470,486431,4709872,10712,7274395,3525304,410,2109858,1316685,6608804,7902882,3513149,1019309,5291686,9079,2155366,3368396,971,3761053,3462724,2918382,4671800,156895,1034730,1815766,779,5281618,4320864,1060,4742745,402,5468041,4550596,523873,4673734,13372,7642674,904273,908894,679462,445119,7563483,1284290,4190650,4194490,1787590,277400,889408,1177809,7653575,5606157,958,32820,2806502,1184960,28136243,370071,3473324,5692540,4128939,1529,1445722,1463050,78346,1851150,4551259,507710,6486843,554465,1912671,88617,7691365,315807,5833669,54340,5840197,1239752,382,4258900,2452282,1139943,2793705,7718737,2414094,1536037,7793260,104029,5438963,12413,5284856,2235868,7903958,1040817,4403922,5906591,455022,4618379,520547,3636605,2919177,769227,2691953,7274891,1791,151426,4711430,2511824,6144809,5807651,1603868,1671050,8016,3829281,248441,4163368,439,1006990,132615,4300417,1366325,118276,385,2485142,806630,387490,4256118,919874,1866934,386,188726,4428016,702,3559120,5731242,49502,101858,4331015,1104,962663,7166723,7625745,3394505,5421815,3465,4668429,6221349,1615871,1891372,1206893,34573,6056727,43807,5485711,594722,1015594,4490721,2746,660212,6973766,1666207,1378,1936578,1411853,7060,6651881,4550273,109162,5482644,7686660,2656325,1361,7274379,48163,6069934,174819,7683871,283119,5018470,657877,4291797,15946,6789525,4404257,1001032,585636,4654152,929754,1023243,65689,5867123,6820194,6824825,3143650,2645242,2226668,474283,6015895,7756642,1403526,3121614,3323220,1008864,1545226,3415006,4077285,1833,7955104,1283739,2081602,2370747,4827851,3729726,1200428,585607,223084,43851,830118,680642,26118,777630,777627,136242,1666546,4112327,4167050,625385,6465819,2382139,22446,519796,2615619,1254334,151500,1308033,599326,2611840,136424,531888,1806806,276301,1351180,1878941,2036989,47917,5330635,723461,3481,10803116,1633049,3032702,2231760,841988,159873,994690,3089714,42400,1783139,545675,5857783,19010,4465682,5728520,7274387,2375124,101278,7139,833446,1359032,678700,129558,129556,869473,7496017,2568687,2771498,3934647,64490,4751758,4061299,3157703,161707,831436,4863527,479696,6789511,1862366,4127336,1004,1071333,120052,3736013,3378530,13320,46977,433079,1480352,7638962,970,7808291,3867844,936112,1765,1883740,5028436,105912,6459428,937,7800604,822633,666834,29824,1094520,1767367,2281,2639435,499723,2844538,1183369,1331590,6646270,49731,2127202,4580886,118135,160990,6668103,2155863,19839,5261620,1238,1811954,107200,2985192,2663088,575782,7089607,6730870,1364998,6793558,1129572,2432350,772175,3942936,3102758,1633,607453,5991532,5583274,119564,3893062,374267,5711549,783648,2313935,594824,5944682,6731173,6307173,4456052,6862513,5085325,322216,6620662,5158302,5667425,1627707,3202285,2477554,488333,2523836,47846,7391797,606007,1042889,4942744,3176328,7872944,461553,582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tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator","type":"story"}],[541426,{"by":"vikrant","descendants":2,"id":541426,"kids":[542185,541612],"score":2,"text":"The Tao of Programming","time":1238564958,"title":"The Tao of Programming","type":"story","url":"http://repetae.net/computer/tao.html"}],[539940,{"by":"doodyhead","descendants":5,"id":539940,"kids":[539948,539945,540356],"score":4,"text":"I work for a small Irish web startup (12 employees). We're currently trying to fill 2 new positions -- a PHP developer, based in Ireland, and an implementation consultant, based in our San Diego office.

(The implementation consultant is essentially a support specialist who would also provide web-based training and other services.)

Up until now, we've mostly recruited through friends/referrals, agencies ($$$) and some Irish jobs sites (jobs.ie, etc.), but I was hoping the HN community might be able to offer some better suggestions.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!","time":1238499363,"title":"Ask HN: Recommended sites for advertising tech jobs","type":"story","url":""}],[523849,{"by":"peter123","descendants":75,"id":523849,"kids":[523921,523982,524343,523988,524280,524062,524168,524686,523959,525180,524728,524390,524941,524292,524166,524753,524310,524496,524238,524497,524053,524040,524033,524099,523913],"score":194,"time":1237490674,"title":"College dropout makes $100,000 a year, with a two-day workweek","type":"story","url":"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011801434_pf.html"}],[513648,{"by":"timf","descendants":5,"id":513648,"kids":[514093,513649],"score":5,"text":"","time":1236875903,"title":"Zuora - subscription billing and recurring payments","type":"story","url":"http://www.zuora.com"}]]

user:	PaulMorgan
created:	February 20, 2009
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about:	BS in Comp Sci from Trinity University '81. Been knocking about in the IBM midrange market (S34/S36/AS400/iSeries/i5) for the past 25 years. Developing SAAS Retail Inventory Management software.