15:[[1471879,{"by":"abi","descendants":2,"id":1471879,"kids":[1472381,1471971],"score":2,"text":"I want something that I can use to communicate with just the friends I usually hang out with, for project groups, for dorms and even with my own family.

Email is the current solution but email's really disorganized and not fun. Google Wave is too complicated although I feel that it's close to the right solution. If you could build your own solution, what would it be? Do you know any existing solutions that are great for something like this?","time":1277828664,"title":"Ask HN: What's a good tool for private group communication?","type":"story","url":""}],[1463924,{"by":"hungry_hungry","descendants":38,"id":1463924,"kids":[1463974,1463959,1464015,1463992,1464552,1464085,1464010,1464361,1464007,1464401,1464032,1464129,1465254,1464424,1464236,1463996,1464189,1464380,1464160,1464425,1464227,1464050],"score":42,"text":"I need some advice:

I really want to start a startup but I don't know what to do.

I worked at friend's startup for over a year but it wasn't my startup, and it wasn't my dream. I feel I'm capable of learning or using any technology I might need - that's not my barrier.

My barrier is that I'm just not exactly sure what I would do. Sometimes the options seem so numerous that it's overwhelming. I have many interests which makes it hard to narrow my focus.

Ideally, I will be building a product or service that I can charge for, e.g. not an ad-based service.

Any ideas on how I can overcome this hump?

Thanks,\n~Henry","time":1277571928,"title":"Ask HN: I really want to start a startup but I don't know what to do.","type":"story","url":""}],[1463579,{"by":"kmfrk","descendants":4,"id":1463579,"kids":[1463643,1463586,1464260,1463658],"score":6,"text":"With crawlers and your daily dose of malignant software, what is the safest and most convenient way of displaying an e-mail address today?

John Gruber seems to use a piece of JS that doesn't work in Opera from my experiences, and others split up their addresses or replace certain characters. Applying this latter strategy has reached a point where I am not sure that non-intermediate internet users will get it and won't send me an e-mail altogether.

Is \"mailto:\" a relic of the past?","time":1277555187,"title":"Ask HN: What is the current wisdom on displaying e-mail addresses?","type":"story","url":""}],[1463428,{"by":"bpick","descendants":1,"id":1463428,"kids":[1463628],"score":6,"text":"","time":1277547022,"title":"How to calculate today's Stardate.","type":"story","url":"http://www.trekguide.com/Stardates.htm#Today"}],[1451567,{"by":"jimsteinhart","descendants":7,"id":1451567,"kids":[1452265,1452127,1451777],"score":69,"text":"","time":1277207139,"title":"Cheatsheets for Designers & Developers","type":"story","url":"http://spyrestudios.com/mega-collection-of-cheatsheets-for-designer-developers/"}],[1449956,{"by":"rudenoise","descendants":20,"id":1449956,"kids":[1450165,1450075,1450554,1450039,1454300,1450056,1450109,1449979,1450787,1451051,1450005,1452073,1450133,1450331,1450370,1450200],"score":12,"text":"I love programming; it's JavaScript, PHP and Python at work - Lisp and Erlang at home. It's addictive, the more I learn and create the more I want to learn and create.

However, I think it would be beneficial to exercise my mind (and body) with none computer (or even electricity) related pastimes. Ideally these new skills could draw on and complement those I have gained developing software.

I already run and play football (soccer), so I'm pretty well satisfied for sports.

It'd be great to get some advice/inspiration from other HNers who've found solutions.","time":1277151830,"title":"Ask HN: Physical skills/activities for programmers","type":"story"}],[1450406,{"by":"portman","descendants":2,"id":1450406,"kids":[1450749],"score":2,"text":"We're starting to get some traction with our product (yay!) in the form of multiple PayPal orders per day. There has GOT to be a better way to input PayPal data than this:

https://qboe.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1085/kw/paypal/r_id/103898

A quick web search reveals lots of shady-looking third-party services that will 'sync' PayPal and QuickBooks Online. However, I'm reluctant to give out my QuickBooks and PayPal credentials to just anyone.

I know this is HACKER News and not ACCOUNTANT News, but has anyone here solved this already?","time":1277162609,"title":"Importing PayPal into QuickBooks Online","type":"story","url":""}],[1420515,{"by":"anonjser","descendants":7,"id":1420515,"kids":[1420571,1420697,1420687,1420652],"score":2,"text":"$16","time":1276185820,"title":"Ask HN: What skills/background is needed to get a job as a Javascript developer?","type":"story","url":""}]]

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