This is the third similar spam post I have seen from this account and site - I think the account should be moderated.

As a bible for starting fitness training, might I add that Starting Strength [1], by Mark Rippetoe, is a must read.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287803

Note - I chucked an affiliate code on the end there, but I don't think it will do much considering it is a free deal :P

And if you ask 'then why did you do it in the first place', I don't really have much of an answer - I just knew that if I did people like me (aka HN) prefer a disclosure.

So cheers guys, make the most of the free stuff - I'm not affiliated with the company just thought someone might find this useful.

Is ruby appropriate for writing recommendation engines? Or is there far more support for writing them in python?

As far as I am aware Ruby has no real equivalent to Numpy and Scipy for Python. This is why I swapped to Python from Ruby; the Ruby community gets extremely thin indeed as soon as you stray from web-related things.

Thank you both! Will definitely check out these before I make a purchase. In fact, I might even ask HN what writing instruments they use before I buy the Kuru Toga.

Good suggestion! I'm surprised I forgot to write CrashPlan pro. Though I did have Dropbox on there, so I suppose that counts for a bit. I added CrashPlan pro to the $25-50 section.

For me, I will use a second 1tb drive as a raid 1 drive mirrored to my main drive, to prevent against drive failure. The really important stuff on there is saved in Dropbox anyway.

Am on mobile at the moment, but I wholly agree, and mentioned that in the guide I linked to next to the Five fingers site link. Good to emphasize though, and I will add that soon.

Update: fixed that section with a proper warning

Sorry - have added disclosures about that. Though I thought it would be preferred over ads, would it not? It's funny how they are treated differently, as the same comment wouldn't be made about a page with some unobtrusive ads.

Affiliate links are preferred over adverts, but they should always be disclosed. Affiliate links are like adverts, you're getting money to advertise a product, so while adverts outside your article don't affect the contents affiliate links do -- even if you refuse to have any bias.

It's just good manners to always mention that the links are affiliate links because it can change the value of your review and/or recommendations when money is involved and it should be the readers choice. Just like if you're reviewing a book you wrote, or a company you work for.

Ads are seen as less deceptive, I think.

[EDIT: why the downvote? You may disagree with the above sentiment, but I was trying to explain why there is a difference.]

Sorry, wasn't me. I'll upvote you to equalize the downvote :)

And I agree with your reasoning - in another post that I had an Amazon affiliate code I remembered to put a disclosure, however this time I forgot.

On a reasonably related note, I found out a few days ago that StackOverflow and the StackExchange network of sites automatically insert their affiliate code into Amazon and presumably other sites links.

edit: and I just got back, so can do any edits you would suggest to the article

To address this, check out this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2024011

Thank you! This looks fantastic, and I am very glad you shared this.