Tbh, I'm not so sure about the accuracy of this study (and of 'experimental' social psychology in general - though that's another issue altogether)...but I guess I always new those tidy, short-haired bastards were uptight.
Other than a short sentence on the homepage, there's no information about the site that you can access before signing up. The fact that you have to register before knowing anything will, I imagine, put off many potential users. They (and I) wanna know what they're agreeing to!
Edit: I think you should add some more info (maybe some screenshots, a lengthier description and some privacy stuff?), basically!
That's a problem with posting on HN in general - I often find (admittedly IMHO) interesting links and post them in the morning, european time, but because most of HN's readers are from north america they often get largely ignored - and thus have slipped down into oblivion by the time the americans log in. Or maybe I just post crap links...
There are countries all over the world populated by great hackers - may I refer you to an earlier reply (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1640665) to explain my (admittedly hasty) reasoning for choosing these in particular. So far though, the US is definitely dominating the list...but that might be because most Europeans (myself included) should probably be tucked up in bed around now.
I just creamed off the top five countries from my google analytics data. Completely arbitrary - but I thought not completely irrelevant, as only people interested in programming would be likely to visit my site. Maybe I should have thought a bit harder...?
I think I meant where you are at the moment, as I get the impression that hackers often move to where the work is. But good point - I should have been clearer. :-)
All HN readers are more than welcome! It's a fairly informal event. People drink beer, and chat about things they're interested in, which tend to be the projects their working on, programming, tech, startups etc.
Flying cars have long been a symbol of the possible technological height of human transportation. But we're not exactly surprised by their absence. Similarly, can't Drexler's '90s idealism be regarded as the possible peak of nanotech? Does the fact we don't have tiny toasters in our bloodstream really negate the acheivement of nanotechnology in medicine and materials science? Personally, I don't think so. This article is too deliberately inflammatory, and doesn't properly look into anything beyond what is now an ancient thesis - as far as fast-moving research areas are concerned. This makes his dismissal of nanotech as sweeping as Drexler's predictions.
Flying cars are possible today, but not economically viable.
I know at least one startup building a flying emergency vehicle for urban areas. But this one just looking like a van, but actually has many things common with helicopters.
Hah that sounds pretty cool. You started pretty young then?
I'm just in the process of building a program in ruby inspired by a comment in Learn to Program (Chris Pine). I want to make a interactive 'pet' (or plant, for that matter) with an ascii-art output. It's a big challenge for me, but I'm enjoying doing it!
