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My vision of the future is a lot more like the past than it is a scifi novel. Hoovervilles are already popping up in some parts of the country. Will we also return to vigilante justice? Hungry people aren't rational.
Went there, but didn't find any D+D references.
To risk seeming paranoid, I imagine that it would be a lot easier to censor IPhones than to censor Android phones. Apple may be purely motivated by profit at the moment, but there is no reason to assume that a change in leadership or government intervention wouldn't compel them to use their control over their platform to some malicious end. Spying and censorship are two, not unprecedented, possibilities.

Open platforms (particularly open-sourced platforms) are more resistant to this kind of problem.
I kept asking, Why didn't they

That's kinda the problem right there. Anyone can "keep asking". It's the "they" that get things done that you really need.
Pardon my confusion, but I fail to see how the openness of the device has anything to do with your experience with it. An open device merely ensures that you have the freedom to do with it what you want, not that you have to do anything with it, or that you even need to understand it.

Consider the browser I'm using right now: Chrome. I don't understand how V8 or Webkit works, but my experience on Chrome isn't complicated, nor is it necessary that I understand these components. However, should I choose, I can educate myself and take control of my browser.
Well I'd agree with you, but I know that some people I've contacted in the past didn't know that HN did that and they just were surprised that no one were responding to their comments...
I agree except the utterly mundane. It's mildly interesting to see how the government does threat analysis.

The wikileaks summary on the first page implies that the government actually tried to carry out a contingency plan to get rid of wikileaks (and that it "appears the plan was ineffective"), which is beyond silly. Surely wikileaks of all organizations would understand that these sorts of _analysis_ documents, enumerating even the mildest threats and then pinpointing potential weaknesses and then basically trying to get permission to investigate further (probably unsuccessfully but who knows) are a dime a dozen (not implying you should ever pay for one if offered).

The word "planned" in the phrase "planned to destroy..." has a very different meaning in the context of government contingency planning than common usage suggests. In most contexts a plan to do xyz implies a course of action the organization intends to take. The US government, at least, generates layers and layers of "plans" that it never intends to act on, or knows that the probability that they'll need to be acted on are very remote. For the most part then the actual dispatch of some combination of plans are left up to non military elected officials.
First write the crushing counterargument, then conclude with mockery.
At least they're using the correct word. "please advice" makes no sense.
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So apparently sarcasm isn't appreciated @ HN...
Nope, coincidence. Been looking at this for a few weeks. Thanks for telling me, though: I'll take into consideration anything that looks like a spike from the media attention.
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I know there have been security holes in the iphone, and there will be in Android as well. The big thing I worry about are real trojans like: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2010/01/11/banking-trojan-...

Beyond that, there's another article on HN front page that talks about the painfulness of upgrades to the android OS, and how various phones run different versions.

My basic thing was that yes, I can understand it, but I don't want to worry. I just want a phone, that runs some chunk of apps. The lack of management capability is a feature, as well as a handcuff.
There's a reason I qualified and contextualized my opinion. I did not allege falsehood but rather complained of shallow and incoherent presentation.
It's certainly a niche, but I'm not sure how many techy users really care about privacy. We all have Gmail accounts, right? Which store emailed passwords, password reset links, private conversations, account balances, and all sorts of other stuff?

Another data point... Our userbase at RescueTime is comprised almost entirely geeks. We measure and store second-by-second attention data on their computer. We make all sorts of privacy features available (ability to delete bits of data, track only whitelisted stuff, etc., etc.). The VAST majority of our users never touch any of these features.

And we're growing like gangbusters.

I think people who make the bet that people in the future are going to be increasingly privacy-conscious are making a pretty bad bet... But I do imagine that it will continue to be a niche (though likely a shrinking one).
I sometimes use it when I'm actually looking for guidance/advice from the other person.. maybe I shouldn't.
I work on a smaller sub-space : CRM, over App Engine.
Ask HN: Where to run away to crank out my web app?
I live in San Francisco, and I'm thinking about taking a month off from my very busy day job to work on finishing the first version of my startup's web app. I'd like to find somewhere where I will be able to work with less distraction on making magic happen. Has anyone here ever done something like this? I know lots of writers run away to a cabin in the woods to focus --- I'm looking for the tech startup version of this kind of thing.

Extra points given for places with reasonably fast Internet access, and being able to find accommodations that won't be much more than my current rent (about $2,500 for a 1-bedroom).
A quick google corraborates his argument, as long as you stick to a strict definition of virus (there was that SMS one for the iphone, none came up on google for the android), although the android has had trojan software in its marketplace.
Though one. Are you willing to spend significant time on those angel investments?
Because individual contractors don't pay lobbyists like lawyers and union bosses. Point 1 is kinda wrong because the IRS has a better chance of "convincing" individual contractors to pay taxes correctly. Point 3 evens out and you tend to pay just as much.
I'm not talking about bankers or CEOs being paid a lot of money and whether or not it's too much. The argument there isn't about whether or not their actions generate wealth/value, it's just about how much. A basketball player doesn't take wealth away from anyone, he just prevents others from earning it in his spot.

What greatly exacerbated the economic crisis were decisions made for small amounts of people wall street that impacted large amounts of people everywhere. Many of these decisions were corrupt (ie they did more than prevent others from making wealth, they actually took it out of their pockets), but even in the times when they could be simply considered "competitive," the ability to make such decisions that impact such large portions of the population should be limited greatly. This is a systemic problem, not a person problem.

The quick response to that one is that you need a system of incentives that get people to work hard enough, and part of that system is having positions like that where people can make decisions like that. I disagree, and actually take something like the NBA as an example: basketball players accumulate great deals of wealth (monetary and otherwise), enough so to keep people training at the peak of their abilities. Yet I can't remember the last time someone accused Michael Jordan of destroying jobs or the economy...
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This is a big problem and could seriously hurt the brand. It felt great to upgrade my original iPhone to the latest OS. Google needs to push companies to allow people to upgrade Android.
I say "You understand Google, person?" at work a lot. Only strange looks so far.
I think most people are missing the point here.

Sure some people will get rejected for having inappropriate content associated with their name, but the lack of having a good online persona is way worse then having a bad one.

What do I mean? Do you have a professional blog? Are you an active commenter on any professional mailing lists or forums? Do you help run or maintain any open-source projects? Does googling your name reveal a comprehensive history of your career?

I know personally that I get most job offers directly from my github account and linked in account.
I believe that guy effectively took short positions on the firms with toxic assets. His positions were pretty much insurance bets, which paid off when a lot of these firms tanked during the crisis.
> Objective-C

As a friend of mine likes to put it - "Objective-C is C raped by Smalltalk without proper understanding of the language anatomy". Not exactly accurate, but fairly close still :)
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Yeah, I find it's a part of that middle-management corporate-speak social-engineering language. I think the only way to deal with it is to give as good as you get. If they say "please advise", you counter with "managing expectations". Or something - you can usually just make it up.
Turn that around, and you get a system like windows, where I can install, run, change anything (with the right permissions), and you end up with a mass of trojan software that installs itself at a low level, resists removal, and such. I like the fact I can hand an iphone (or ipad) to my mom, my grandma, or whatever, and be confident that they won't be "tricked" into installing malware that looks attractive.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the appeal of an open system to us techies, but I like that I never have to worry, or manage the system myself. I do enough of it already.
Think about how you can differentiate yourself in the angel market. What do you believe in the potential of that you don't think is shared by a lot of more established names? What do you think everyone else is missing? I bet there's something.

Track down the most talented people you can find working on that unfairly underserved idea and make it your cause.
1) I wouldn't, but you could do real estate, franchising or futures/options trading.

2) If you want to consider angel investing alongside me, email me.
Yes I do. But you see, in India only one operator supports this service, and is not very cost effective. smstweetin helps everyone here tweet via sms.
Simple:

- $40k into an Index Fund tracking the S&P 500

- $10k into a Six Month Trip Around Southeast Asia

Chances are you're not going to hold onto that Single, No-Mortgage thing very long. If you haven't done much traveling, it's probably best you get out there now to see what you're missing.

You definitely have the right idea with getting your debt sorted and starting the retirement investment stuff early. You're never going to be in a place where excess money comes in so fast, and it's physically impossible to get into a place where your investments have longer to compound.

But then you're also in a place where you can afford to squander a bit of that advantage to go have some fun. Send us a postcard!
You've been downvoted, but you have a solid point.

I find it sort of amusing that the thing that bothers someone about TC is the regular use of a bland two-word phrase. Personally I'm more offended by the sensationalism, gossip, self-importance, and echo-chamber magnification—all of which are reasons I stopped reading TC years ago.
In context, that appears to be more of a concern that such tactics could be used against the US. In the "Intelligence Gaps" section, for instance:

"Will the Wikileaks.org Web site be used by FISS, foreign military services, or foreign terrorist groups to spread propaganda, misinformation, or disinformation or to conduct perception or influence operations to discredit the US Army?"

Similarly, although there is mention that Wikileaks could potentially be hacked to find information about the identity of the leakers, in the context of this report they seem more concerned that others will do this to identify potential sources:

"Will foreign entities attempt to conduct CNE or CNA to obtain information on the posters of information or block content on the Wikileaks.org Web site?"
OK, but that's not relevant. You know why Outlook is vulnerable? Because it's openly scriptable. If you can convince someone to run your script, they can do whatever they like, so name it AnnaKournikovaNekkid.exe and many, many people were convinced. And that's the key: an open device in the hands of someone who doesn't thoroughly understand it merely creates problems for those that do.
I think it would make for a more interesting test if they took brain images of the subjects reasoning about new statements rather than established facts.

As you point out, it is a reasonable hypothesis that what they are measuring is simply recalling already established beliefs. The critical part is really why people come to their beliefs. Secondary to that is why people do not revisit established beliefs, and if they do, why do they maintain them.
And it was sold to some domain name troll.. this makes me sad.
An "about" would have been cool... but by the time I had realised there wasn't one, I was about to close and a tweet popped up and it was immediately obvious.

Neat site.
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Angel Investment? Seriously? For a guy with $50k in the bank??? Surely you must know how Angel investing works, right?

You might as well advise him to take his money to the dog track. It's better odds and more fun.
For the love of pete, the iPhone "Internet experience" has no parallels to any Disney product. Apple has basic restrictions on the types of native apps that can run on it, and they are far more permissive than "child friendly". Additionally, there is no restriction on Web browsing at all... This marks yet another article I stopped reading because the author said something clearly emotional and not rational.
Had to shorten the title and missed inserting the K back in. My bad, sorry.
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I went around most of Southeast Asia, plus Japan on $12k for exactly six months. Three of those months were in Japan.

Totally worth it. I'd go back now, if I wasn't dead broke.
And he continued to flex his forecasting muscles, looking for certain "fingerprints" in market prices that help him identify bubbles. While there's lots of complex math behind it, one key pattern is essentially this: periods of unsustainable growth, in which the growth rate is itself accelerating, punctuated by waves of panicky selling. Key elements are the "positive feedback" generated by optimistic investors pushing the price ever higher into bubble territory even as more pessimistic investors produce waves of selling. In the midst of this tug of war, there's an accelerated development of the bubble.

The number of dollars being created by the fed?
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Panama. Panama. Panama. I moved here 5 years ago. 2MBps for $29/month. Much more affordable living than SF (where I used to live).
Related: it'd be nice if they said "on a tear" less to describe growth.

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:techcrunch.com+on+a+tear

4,420 mentions of that phrase on techcrunch.com. ;-)
Would you like to see a code check-in by Paul Krugman?

There's nothing wrong with expanding your horizons (I'm an armchair economist as well) but trying to write critically on a subject you don't really have the background to do so on is counterproductive.
Hacker turned manager?
I have been a hacker for over 14 years. Recently, the company I am working at has been on a hiring spree which has led to me managing more people than ever before. Have any of you gone through this transition successfully? Are there web tools or books that are particularly helpful?
People who can do that generally become lawyers for way more money and social prestige than programmers.
Even if it's done without force, one can't contract away their freedom (at least in the US). The contact isn't enforceable.
Carbonated drinks are also safe - the acid kills pathogens

What acid? There's no hydrogen in CO2.
Good move, you now have one more user to not-track. I'll be trying DuckDuckGo out as my default search. I'll give you feedback if it doesn't work out. I hope others will give you a try by setting you as the default, too - you can always switch back. (Those that do, change http to https.)
I was kidding. You should skim my submissions.
You can also use the internal IP address of the machine. i.e. with Windows instances if you do an IP Config you'll see an address to the effect of 10.X.X.X. Instances in the same availability zone can communicate with one another using these IP addresses without leaving the network. This saves dramatically on costs and performance.
Maybe I'm on my own here, but I like the look of it on them on the left. I'm used to that with OS X.
This was pretty interesting. I also found the inspiration for this (http://blog.awesomezombie.com/2009/12/analyzing-y-combinator... / http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=975624) an interesting read as well. Something must be going right, as more and more of these seed incubators are popping up around the country.
Right, but knowing the risk associated with things is important... For example I don't care much about terrorism, I care about making sure my kids look both ways when crossing the road.

Similarly, I care more about individual users PCs getting compromised than Google getting hacked.
When you're in the race for richest man in the world, it also helps not to believe in charity, especially when you're up against the likes of Bill Gates, who foolishly gives away billions.
Invest in a small tech firm from a country where labour is cheap. India. Ukraine. Philippines.

$50,000 = annual salary of 3-4 employee team.

Get them to make iphone apps, android apps, facebook games.

If you go with a 4 people team, the division should be: 3 developers and 1 marketer. And one of them handles everything for a bit higher salary and a very small equity stake.

If you had $100,000-$200,000 to invest, I would get the team to flip websites. You buy the websites (with the remaining $50,000 to $150,000). They make it better with new features / redesign etc and then increase traffic to it for 4-6 months. You then re-sell the websites.

In this instance, I would go with: 2 developers and 2 marketers.
I use ixquick, and they have SSL, too: https://ixquick.com/

I am curious which of these will grant more privacy and better searches.
If he wants to be a co founder and contribute, and he's got some skills the odds go up
My view on success is similar to my view on leaders, the scale of success is dependent on circumstance and luck.

Just because he is the richest man in the world doesn't mean his advice is better or worse than any other moderately successful businessmen. So you should judge the merits of the letter by it's content, which I don't think was very good.
The C preprocessor would emit #line <number> to preserver the original line numbers, this way the debugger won't get problems understanding it. This off course if the macro does not expand multiple-lines (if it does, you'll just skip all over that).
"the IRS has a better chance of "convincing" individual contractors to pay taxes correctly"

Two things here:

1. Auditing GE's centralized payroll system is a lot easier than auditing 10K little businesses. Also, GE has so much to lose that it likely obeys the letter of the law.

2. GE doesn't pay its employees and then realize on April 15th that it doesn't have any money in the bank. Tons of small businesses end up owing money to the IRS because the owner (the painting contractor, etc.) didn't plan ahead.

Edit: Please note that I was referring specifically to payroll taxes in my original comment -- not international tax law, etc.
For those with more knowledge: in what way is Sheldon Axler's "Linear Algebra Done Right" (quoted in the list above) superior to Strang's "Linear Algebra" for the complete novice? As I can only pick one to work through, I would like to make a (somewhat) informed decision.

Edit: Thank you plinkplonk and acangiano. I'll stick with Strang for the time being then. Any recommendations for Real Analysis? The "Baby Rudin" looks to be just a bit out of my range.
Just turn off cookies and use a proxy, Google results are still way way superior.
I'm a programmer I typically make ~72k a year. But for 50k, I'll work for you for 1 year. The catch, is you have to let me work on whatever I want (provided you agree it has profit potential) we can discuss further details if you're interested.

hey its worth a shot :)
If I were M$ I'd try to leverage expectations of a 2nd App gold rush with better treatment of developers by a more transparent and open App Store.
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Actually I do understand why they do what they do.And I think your description is dead-on. I just think it's a crappy strategy.
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FWIW, from the original article (see m_eiman's link):

Reputation can also have a positive effect as in the United States, 86% of HR professionals (and at least two thirds of those in the U.K. and Germany) stated that a positive online reputation influences the candidate’s application to some extent; almost half stated that it does so to a great extent.
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You should make up some random UK colloquialisms, and find the most outlandish one you can get them to adopt.
I agree, because this is unfortunate:

... providing further proof that evaluating truth or falsity is independent of the content of the statement in question.
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Both points are valid. Give your customers what they want and be nice (even generous) while you do it.
Overstuffed Americans have enough trouble with rationality as it is.
The Windows phone is certainly going to be a big hit. Android is basically dead and Windows Phone will be the big one. That's my prediction.

If there is one thing that MS knows how to do, it's treating developers right. I know C# and I will port my apps to Windows Phone because I know MS cares about me as a developer, and that MS is interested in me making money.

Google does not care about developers, and their actions with Android have shown this. They care about people getting Android on their phones so that these people will use google search, not about developers making money from their software.

As a developer, I have trusted Microsoft since 1998, and they have never let me down. Microsoft cares for us, and when we speak, they listen. Google does not, and Apple barely.
P.S. - BTW, when do you expect to allow your linux-using, paying customers to watch your instant streaming movies online?!

(off topic rant, I know. goodbye karma!)
Scratch that-- I had read something that said he didn't believe in charity... but he really just doesn't believe in aspects of it, or rather believes that capitalistic ventures are more beneficial.
Find somebody who wants to start a company in the hardware business. They don't have the luxury of building something for free and $50k might be enough to get a prototype.
It's not that big of a problem. My Droid updated itself to 2.01 and will soon update to 2.1. The phones can be updated. Maybe this is just a problem for the older, or cheaper phones running Android.
Am I the only one who sees a problem with this?
Wow. If not for the interstate highway system, we might not have had _On the Road_ or _Grapes of Wrath_? Or maybe we would have--one is set about 1950, one in the 1930s. When he says that"people didn't leave their hometowns on a whim", he says the thing that is not. Of course, he is Bob Greene...
At least Apple is motivated to keep their phones up to date. Unfortunately this is because they want to retain restrictive control.
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