skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Meh, OpenInkpot is available for many of the lower end Chinese made eReaders. I'm getting my wife a Hanvan N516 for our aniversary soon, it's just a basic 5' reader but it costs 1,250 R&B which is about US. 183

OK Amazons got the library & the platform, but it's never going to make it in the Chinese market that's for sure.
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if you not using comet, strophe.js is very good JS client library for xmpp.
Yeah, I'm sure he could learn a thing or two from you.
It feels a bit claustrophobic to me... also I don't know how to just browse songs, and most things I touch change my current song... I think you can get used to it though.
The thing with Twitter is, that they don't really want to kill their app ecosystem, but really just want to keep growing because of their app ecosystem, they only want to be the transport layer so it is highly unlikely that they would come out and kill your project by duplicating it.

A perfect example is the completely under-powered lists feature, the API is super powerful but twitter's implementation is as barebones as it can be, possibly because they want to encourage other people to build on top of their stack.

Have you looked at the Streaming API for your ideas? You can also get full firehose access if it really does become successful. Obviously, sharecropping on someone else's farm is never a brilliant idea but if you're going to do it, Twitter may not be such a bad place to do it...
You can surf the web (it is an experimental feature), but even a basic site like HN renders like crap.
4th Generation.

1st - iPhone/Jesus phone

2nd - iPhone 3G

3rd - iPhone 3GS

4th - Speculation!
To be fair, I don't know if you can spend that much time on a forum and earn that much karma without repeating yourself now and then and then again.
Excellent! Never heard of you guys before, but I can see myself checking it out frequently. Great collection of music.

The design itself has a very "indie" vibe to it and I am loving it!
It's obviously right by conservation of energy, but it's equivocating the word "in". Food is "in" when you eat it, but calories are "in" when they're digested and metabolized - that's several steps further down the pipeline.
A hardware implementation of Conways Game of Life
Google's MapReduce patent
The shame is on Mozilla being so bullheaded and not implementing h264 and other parts MPEG4 standard.

(and this has been discussed over and over...)
Twitter has kinda relaxed limits for search. I have done 1 req every few seconds, and that was fine.
Their normal API has more constraints, but it's supposedly not that hard to get your limit lifted to 20K queries/hour..
Kick ass! I really like the minimalist, modal single-page UI. Obviously a lot of thought has gone into it. This is one of the first sites I've seen that actually feels more like an application than a web page. I'd love to see this trend catch on more in web design fads.
I don't think it's enough to just add JIT. For a runtime system the garbage collector is important, it's important to do optimizations such as V8's hidden classes, function inlining, to remove the GIL etc. This is probably the reason why their perfomance gain is so small - - they have added JIT, while applying only a few smart optimizations.

I don't think Unladen Swallow should be merged into CPython until the benefits are proven. Currently it will just add an extra layer of complexity, worsen Python's greedy management of memory and add little benefits in perfomance.
Except that in the case of the middle ages, if there weren't any bloodthirsty "nobles" to begin with, "protection" wouldn't be necessary in the first place, so to me at seems at least in part not just the same structure as a protection racket but the same substance as well.
That's awfully different from a "little Italian restaurant", which is never, ever going to grow beyond a certain size.
Our support for HTML5 is an early experiment, and there are some limitations. HTML5 on YouTube doesn't support videos with ads, captions, or annotations [...]

I think I speak for everyone when I say: YouTube... do not fix these bugs!!!
If Verizon is really going to deploy LTE that much faster than all of the other carriers, I find this possible. Does anyone know how many cities are supposed to have Verizon LTE by the end of 2010?
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That sucks but thanks for pointing out. I didn't know it was possible to trademark an Ancient Egyptian artifact :( I'll try to see if I really am infringing the trademark.
Fair point about raising money in New York with a startup, but I feel like he just glosses over trying to bootstrap. Seems like there are a fair number of startups already there for a support group (plus, plenty of support channels online), and there are definitely places to live in NYC that are comparable in price to SF or the valley (Manhattan does not NYC make).

I would argue that bootstrapping in NYC might even be easier than SF - the pay rates for contract programmers (especially if you can get hired by a bank or hedge fund) are very high, and there are fewer contractors flooding the market. You can also just work for a hedge fund for about a year, and that will keep you fed for a good year or so after you quit. And then, you bootstrap.
yep! DHH thought the same too :) http://twitter.com/dhh/status/8015012471
I'll run a test campaign and see if it is effective. Thanks for the keyword suggestions.
I wouldn't agree. The choice between a patent-encumbered h264 or an improving open standard?

If you read this part: http://www.diveintohtml5.org/video.html#licensing it becomes clear that h264 isn't really a viable option for an open web. You will have to start paying licensing fees by 2011 if you use the h264 codec. Now I'm not against paying for good things, but paying $2500+ per year per video doesn't sound too attractive...
Support for LaTeX would be awesome.
I'll take a look at the streaming API.

"You can also get full firehose access if it really does become successful (...)"

Sorry, I don't understand what "firehose access" means in this context. Care to explain? :)
I just wanna know one thing: is this singularity gizmo going to get me into a flying car, or not?
I wonder how they would affect areas frequently under large swaths of the rings' shadows.
If you're considering Google, you should also check out software engineering and business development jobs at Palantir Technologies. We have similar perks and compensation, top-notch engineers, and lots of interesting problems to solve.

http://www.palantirtech.com/careers/positions
True. To keep the explanation simple I glossed over some details. The problem you describe exists even in the 1D case, e.g. the function f(x) = 0. However if a convex function has multiple minima then the minima will be connected and at the same height, so the algorithms still apply.
We should be putting our foot down more often and flagging these linkbait articles. I did.
ClickToFlash just became obsolete for Youtube for me.
to me, losing:

- lists that play even while I browse

- easy way to discover music, with criterias

- meet like-minded listeners via their radio, and keep building relationships

are all the good T61 stood for. I like to choose what I want to hear, select it by different means, etc.. - all you had achieved with the previous version.

Sorry, hope you have success with your new ideas. Wish you well, really.
My take-away:
1) Goal: "Make a dent on the universe"
2) Don't take VC money, which is a "time-bomb"
3) Don't be a workaholic. "Greatness comes from well-rested minds". Constraints force you to do less and different things.
4) No overnight success. It takes time.
Expensive? I had to buy http://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Mechanics-Thermodynamics-B...

Half the number of pages, double the price.
Incredible site design, I've never seen "put the content first and get out of the way" taken to such extremes. Has anyone else got any great examples of this?

I can see why some dislike the UI, but personally I think it works very well; it's making me rethink my own web app design to see whether I couldn't learn something from this.

I bet the conversion rate from views to sign-ups is fantastic. Hear something you like? Want to favourite it? Sign up and it's done. Very slick, very smart.
I enjoyed this article. The part about helping other people reminded me of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture and what he said about enabling the dreams of others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Apple may demote Google in favor of Bing for iPhone search
"this audio contains explicit language" haha, funny dave.
Life sucks then come here and put it in writing
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I've been thinking about my prospects in 5 years and finishing up school is on my radar. What exactly is the process for this? Do I roll into Stanford with burnt VC cash in hand, looking for a degree?
Just write the equation like this:

Energy intake - Energy expenditure - Change in energy stores = 0

There. Just f(x,y,z)=0. That's what the first law really says. There is no causality implied, it just a first integral of the "motion" of metabolism that the body, naturally, has to follow.

It does NOT say what variables are free to independently modify. It's just a relation the three of them have to obey.
I believe Java is out- it uses a ARM11 CPU running Linux, and I am not aware of a commonly available Java for ARM CPU's...?

C/C++ would be seem like a good guess (and my personal preference), but on the other hand it might allow lower-level access than they are prepared to give.

In reality, anything that compiles on Linux on the ARM processor could be game- python, ruby, c/c++, perl... but, that kind of access is probably just a pipe dream.
These talks are actually video streamed live and available thereafter. You can watch the video of this class (MS&E 472) and some other engineering courses at cetus.stanford.edu
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Rate-limiting

and

http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/...

should help.
Actually, I have just realized that the Kindle 2 has a faster CPU than the iPhone 3G by a good 100MHz (not 3GS)!
I'm saying that economic freedom is predicated on these other (more basic) human rights. For example, if you don't have the right to associate freely, your economic freedom is severely curtailed. Conversely, if you have a high degree of economic freedom, you probably have the right to freedom to associate.

This is an insightful analysis of HK and Singapore's so-called high degree of economic freedom: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/opinion/08iht-edbowring.ht...
"programming provides a higher barrier of entry than language study". As a professional programmer, I never really realized this but now that you mention it, it totally makes sense. In that perspective, iRosetta is more likely to attract "amateurs". I'll try to come up with a strategy to market it to pros ;)
I sent my girlfriend the link, and here was her response:

"yeah, it looks cool. dont' quite get how it works
but i like it"
Definately a good talk, and really inspires me to try and finally get something built and released in my spare 10 hours a week. I have been messing around with various projects over the last year or two, but it takes a long time to get anything decent done in 10 hours a week with one person before the motivation runs out.

One thing that just occurred to me, is that while DHH was working 10 hours per week on Basecamp, I'd bet that Jason Freid was putting in at least 10 hours on the design side too. For me, the programming side of things isn't the big time sink - its getting the application to look and flow correctly. I would guess that for every 10 hours I spend coding, I spend at least that trying to get the UI to look even half professional.

Thats not to take anything away from the achievement of building Basecamp in spare time, more an observation of how much more productive I would be if I had someone doing the UI elements along side me.
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Bing ignores robots.txt anyway: http://blogs.perl.org/users/cpan_testers/2010/01/msnbot-must...
Very clever animation. Makes you wonder what else we're missing on like multiple moons.
> I am not aware of a commonly available Java for ARM CPU'

What do you think J2ME runs on?
>>"You can always teach a girl how to dress and make herself up to your tastes"

You can't always. Sometimes they might not agree to your tastes. For example, they might have their own tastes. Some people even like girls that have their own tastes.
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I absolutely love WiFi, and wish every mobile device had it, but I can easily see how it would appear useless in their original vision for the Kindle. Anything that is useless, is of course cut for cost reasons.

Remember, the 3G modem really was only used in the first place so you can seamlessly buy books from anywhere, on the go. Anywhere there is WiFi, there is almost always 3G/1Rtt, and WiFi is more complicated for the uneducated consumer than an on-off connection as simple as cell phones. All the user even needs to know with cell phones is "I have reception" or "I don't", instead of signal strengths of different networks, what key & kind of key to use, what networks are not safe, and so on.

Let's not forget one of the common reasons for hybrid 3G/WiFi usage is to avoid billing on the cellular network. Notice, that problem is gone for the end user with the Kindle.
"As far as I know, the Fed did not directly bail out any hedge funds"

The big banks invest in hedge funds
Depending how often your searches update, you might be able to get away with using the RSS feeds from search.twitter.com.
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Minimum Requirements. We just make it up.
How to stop being a loner
Gordon Ramsay started with one restaurant.
Firehose gives you all the tweets in almost realtime. Its the big brother of the gardenhose. Its not publicly available. I would like to know what the conditions are to get it.

Is just asking nicely enough?
Thanks for the feedback. Very valuable.
Maybe you guys could get together and start a new company!
It is interesting to consider how many jobs (globally) have been created, or shall we say, how many people's professional life has been shaped, by the software framework that DHH released to the world. So in a way, he has created jobs. Without ever diluting his revenue from 37signals. (comments?)

Personally I really enjoyed this talk. As a business school grad who taught himself to programme and now works for a bootstrapped web startup, I still value what I learned at business school. I think DHH is a bit harsh with the 'unlearn' label. I consider the core principles learned at b-school to be very important to shaping my everyday thinking. It is the specifics (DHH's example of Porter's five forces applies here) that can be forgotten. But those specifics were a great tool for developing the overall business mindset that he also describes. I don't regret my time there whatsoever.
It's huge. I just wish they hadn't released the data under Crown Copyright, and that they'd remained impartial rather than sticking a great big Twitter advertisement on the side.

This post is a great analysis in my opinion: http://paulclarke.com/honestlyreal/2010/01/welcoming-data-go...
I honestly thought that's what blogs and rss feeds where for. Imposing an artificial limit on your posts just seem a bit... wrong.
> It's normal for a romantic partner to encourage and refine their partner's style of dress and aesthetics, and it's usually done willingly by flexible people.

Yes, that's why you stated it as basically "you can always change the girl to fit your tastes." Nothing about your statement implied (or stated, for that matter) any kind of mutual understanding or flexibility - just your ability to change a girl to your liking.

> Now, if a girl wrote, "I prefer to find a guy who is quality that other women might overlook, I reckon you can always teach a man how to dress better" would you have batted an eyelid? I doubt it.

Yes, and I bet most here would. Most independent people (which I believe many entrepreneurs are) dislike being told what to do. Even the tone of your statement shows a bit of bitterness at your belief that it's ok for a woman to "change" her man and not the other way around.
The chain was founded in 1958 by Dan and Frank Carney. They chose the name "Pizza Hut" since the sign they purchased only had enough space for nine characters and spaces.

From Wikipedia.
Stating that someone who doesn't even want to discuss something they disagree with is closed minded seems more a matter of reason than assumption.
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I've got to point out too that wrapped up in those 10 hours per week were 1000 lines of a little web framework in Ruby.
On the other hand, over-enthusiasm about foreign talent often precedes throwing resources into creating home-grown talent. First you go nuts about the foreigners, then you send your kids to get educated with their kids, then your kids send their kids to your schools, then your grandkids gripe about all the damn foreigners taking up spots in their kid's classes. (Timeline not necessarily to scale. See Japan in Meji through Taisho eras or China/India in the last decade or two.)
Whoa. Album covers 2.0. Pure Awesome! Love where you're going with this.

Small stuff: bugs in the paging UI (nav disappears when I open artist info, etc - on Chrome Dev here). Why not just put fixed <- -> arrows in the top nav so it's consistently placed? Also, would love the artist info popup to be _bigger_.

Great innovation guys.
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OK; twitter for enterprise, nice UI, not really seeing how you differ from Yammer.

Side topic; has anyone succeed long-term with get[name].com? Or do you always end up buying your dot-com name?
Silverlight does have some technical advantages over Flash on Windows (eg, event timing in Flash is still tied to frames on the back end), however it's just another old-style proprietary plug in we don't need these days. made even worse by the ghetto OS X and Linux versions.

Flash is the lowest common denominator right now, it's replacement should be HTML video or canvas.
In Europe we don't have this high tolerance for failure. As far as I know, blowing someone's investments here makes you an "investment corpse". If you're in the US, you're real lucky then.
> Pizza Hut

We were talking about Italian restaurants though. Pizza Hut fare is about as Italian as Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Also, I think that his whole point was about a "nice little Italian restaurant", not about a franchise.
Yea, well Rails was born out of Basecamp - certainly an impressive achievement.
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I find it amusing that it takes an Apple "fanboy" blogger to put the basic business angle on this story while BusinessWeek takes the Apple vs. Google rivalry line.
Washington DC has similar reasons for a weak startup culture. Replace NY with DC and finance with government.

As long as China keeps lending us big money, this game will keep rolling on.
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I didn't know the Roissy blog. Thanks to pointing it out (though I try not to be what he advocates, I can see his point - and very often wonder why I bother :P ).
Her point is that educational basics are more important for academically at risk children than learning how to garden.
It's a start. I think the 'government without secrets' is one that is inevitable, I hope to see it during my lifetime.

This is just a first step on that road. FOI in government is the only way to go.
Interesting... only thing is... it's mid-summer over here :) (Uruguay).

BTW you can be depressed in midsummer too :P
Guys, can I suggest that your points can be made more forcefully by stating a position, and not simply attacking each other?

And before replying to this, read this:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1006657

I've been guilty, and occasionally still am guilty, of exactly what PG is observing. You can disagree without attacking each other, and you can make your points without snide asides.

Please.
Please ignore my opinion, I only briefly read the notes and I am an ignoramus in nutrition.

After (a very brief) look this seems to me like another Atkins-style diet: less carbs lots of fat.

No thanks. Read a little Dr. Fuhrman for a different approach to nutrition: more nutrients, less calories. Greens in other words. More carbs though.

Who's right?
Hi thafman, thanks for the feedback.

This is how we currently aim to differentiate ourselves:

* Focused solution: do one thing well. We tried to avoid the urge to include extraneous features.

* Very low barriers to adoption. Start with one click.

* Simple, intuitive interface.

* True real-time, across browsers.

* Fast (e.g. no page reloads)
That looks like an open-and-shut court case for copyright infringement with damages.

Are they suing ? If not why not ?
Isn't Dropbox hosted on S3?

At least I remember them talking about a plan to allow users plugging their own S3 instance in (that was years ago).
And the public by and large ignores them, which was my point.
Animals would evolve much less sophisticated methods of navigation.
When I discovered thesixtyone.com few months ago, I was in love with this website and very pleased to discover new songs and artists.

But after few weeks, I had my ways in the website and used to play always the same songs/artists/radios, I discovered new artists less and less and finally opened the website less often using more and more Spotify.

Today, this new design is very focus on discovering new songs what I really like, the UI is incredible, the songs are awesome.

I think I have a 2nd crush for you,

Thanks,
Especially for Dropbox since I don't think that their 50 and 100 GB plans are even attractive for most users. At least for me they would have to offer something for $5.
I agree. Just last night I actually said to myself that I'm going to install Visual Studio 2010 express when it comes out, just for F#. I usually do all my development on Linux, so there you go.
I love the innovation in this new site, and how it evokes the vinyl listening experience. However, I think it is less suitable than the old site for use at work (NSFW) because it is so colourful.

A more 'bland' page like the old version would work better when one is sitting at a non-private terminal. Perhaps this option or mode should be offered, because the site is still a fresh new way to listen to (fresh new) music.
Very interesting. You can really just click and get started it appears.

Question (and this is probably going to show my ignorance): How do you make money on this. I thought most web startups made money through ads or selling stuff... you don't appear to do either.
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I agreed, until I realized that what they meant is that videos that currently have ads are entirely unavailable with HTML5, not that the ads won't display. That would be a bit of a pain to never have fixed.
It's really cool but it's a bit complicated.

I think the main thing that bothers me is that I can't "pin" up elements that I would like to remain in place:

1) The next/ previous arrows
2) The artist/ song name
3) Song's controls (Play, pause, volume, etc...)

The randomly positioned text blurb and randomly positioned images seem to stay forever... I can't see how that text is more important than some of the other elements.

When you click on the random text blurb/ picture I get stuck. I can't figure out how to get my green arrows back. Also, there isn't a difference between clicking on an image or clicking on the text. They take you to the same place - Which I understand, but I expected to see a larger image.
What about getharvest.com?