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I agree, and I am pleased about it because I thought it was impossible.
YUI3 is MUCH smaller than YUI2. The rewrite was mostly about addressing this exact issue though everything-in-a-closure and pervasive query API were also major reasons.

They basically took a fair number of the modules in YUI2 and sliced them up into very small functional bits (e.g. some of the modules are a ~80 LoC). This allows you to do fine grained loading of exactly what you need. Most apps I put together in yui3 are smaller than the jQuery equivalent because they're put together using only what they need out of the lib.

There's a downside to this. The AlloyUI set of widgets was previewed this week which are built by a 3rd party but done using the same patterns core yui3 uses. The AlloyUI autocomplete widget does 58 HTTP requests pulling in modules. This is, of course, completely unacceptable for production. The way around it is a piece of server infrastructure called a combo loader. The combo loader takes a particular url crafted by the yui loader and glues all the requested modules+dependencies together in one request. By default yui will use the Yahoo CDN which can combo-load the core library plus whatever 3rd party extensions are in the yui-gallery. You can also pre-bake dependencies using a build script, but combo loading seems more pervasive.

The other thing they did was change how the widgets work together. Now a widget just does what it says. As an example, the dialog will just display a div at a certain position. If you want functionality like being able to pull the contents in via XHR or animate the showing and hiding, you have to specifically include that and plug it in to activate that functionality on the widget. You might wind up with a couple hundred K still but you pulled that in yourself rather than having the library pull it in just in case you might want it.

One thing they mentioned on their forum is that they might add support for pulling in dependencies on a per-browser basis so if you're on IE6 you get the extra shim code that isn't needed on, say Safari 4. Anyway, it's ongoing.

The main drawback to the library is that the community is rather small compared to jQuery and YUI2.
Is your last name Tolkein? Elvish is just some gibberish that he made up. I think that there is something profound and beautiful about creating your own language.
Probably the "pad" is more dominant in iPad than in CrunchPad or ThinkPad.
And you wonder why people hate you.

"I could have been one of the best ever if I weren't cursed with having to make millions of dollars." It sounds so cocky.

I actually don't hate you (When I first heard of you, I asked a friend of mine "Is this guy a dick, totally awesome, or both?" and I still think "both" is a pretty good way to describe you, so you could say I'm split.), but I hope you see why people do.
To a large extent I agree - we each have our unique difficulties because our lives form our personalities and thus form their defects. So in some sense, we all have our difficulties. However, imho most of them are imaginary. We can just let go of our suffering and most of us have rather easy lives compared to the bulk of humanity. We just need to learn to be happy.
It's really strange to see this little respect for people's livelihoods from the guy who wrote The Art of Community. His post looks more like a joke made by people who say that open-source is communism with people doing slave work for free.
Difficult compared to what?
Either this is bad journalism or the "architect" is really high. Because proposed re-architecture makes absolutely no sense.

The article starts with an obvious observation, being that scheduling (in its largest meaning) often is crap in real (Windows?) systems.

It concludes with complete meaningless bullshit where applications, now renamed, would have a dedicated CPU. What the point? Doing hard real-time? What does that even concretely means for "runtimes" of have a "dedicated" CPU (wich, given the complexity of modern architectures, would not really be in a strict fashion) and to do resource management thanks to metadata inserted by the compiler?

What is really needed is more effective ways for applications to sends tips to the kernel about what is going on, what should run at high priority, what should be cached, what should not be, and so over.

Forbidding some programs to use some cores because you have many makes little sense as a way to re-architecture an operating system. Because it already happens anyway on current designs (not really forbidden, but when you have few services consuming less than 1 percent of 1 core in the background, and/or running with extremely low priority they will be near to unnoticeable, and truly unnoticeable from the point of view of the user).

To get a responsive word processor no matter an anti-virus is loaded or not, a simple solution can work really well now; priorities of scheduling. Given that really background priorities are among the rare things that works fairly well under windows (like 10x better than with a vanilla Linux kernel), if the "architect" is experiencing random slow down of Word because of his "antivirus", its because his "antivirus" is total utter crap, not because a new "architecture" of OS is needed.
Finally! Now ... umm ... certain people I know won't have to pirate stupid Acrobat. I hate that program.

The funny thing is that Adobe could probably make the same thing in about three weeks, but they won't because they hate change.
Agreed. The price-raising is an interesting experiment but you can see why Apple might object to their store being used for an experiment.

It would be nice if they'd also (a) tell the guy why they kicked him off, and (b) set a new policy on pricing that prevents stuff like this. Even better would be (c) allowing him to reapply on the condition that he keep to the new pricing policy.
I don't think other manufacturers really need to worry about it too much -- if Apple sues another Android adopter, they'll basically force Google into suing to protect Android.
I'm thankful they agree on HTML 5 at any rate.
I started a start-up like this a few years ago. Died from lack of investment. Here's the pilot, in Hebrew:
http://www.bintos.com
I don't think you can put the value of YC in one sentence.
Active.com iPhone App has Bad Reviews - Here's what we're Doing About It
Our Active.com iPhone app has terrible reviews. We experimented with a framework called Titanium and sacrificed control for development speed. Here's what we're doing to turn things around.
As I was in the list on there, I just want to confirm it wasn't me but when I read the original comments left by the anonymous commenter, I saw a lot of my own syntax mannerisms - at least the algorithm isn't too bad, eh? ;-)
Great article! It's been posted and discussed here several times before though:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=723361

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=191212
I can't pick either answer, so I'm not voting. I've had a lot of serious life challenges which have made things difficult. But compared to other people with some of the same challenges, I basically skate through life. Things are always either way harder for me than average or way easier, or both at the same time.

When I was whining once about feeling like my life was tragic, a friend who had spent time in prison many years ago for his political activism and been questioned under torture told me "Everyone thinks their life is tragic". Another time when I was whining, this same friend talked about my very healthy son (who has CF but has not been on antibiotics for many years) and said "Smile. You live with a miracle. How can you be sad?"

I have serious financial problems currently, which I fret about a lot. But those debts bought good health for two people with a dread disease for whom good health is supposed to be unavailable at any price. Was it difficult to achieve that? Of course it was. But it was far easier than enduring any of the alternatives.
Sometimes, yes. Some days, yes. But I'm glad I'm here: living, learning, loving, laughing. Even on the days that suck.
>We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says.

Looks like someone's still a bit touchy about microsoft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microso...
Hard to believe this hasn't been posted before, but this is one of my favourite Feynman stories (collection of, really) ever. Absolutely magical.

(Worth re-visiting the other side of Thinking Machines too, I suppose: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Thinking-Machines.aspx)
the ruby-debug gem has always worked for me.
I got the email as well. Right now I'm racking my brain trying to think of a minimum viable product that still takes advantage of the unique advantages of the iPad. Then I'm gonna try like hell to crank it out in the next 7 days to see if I can't have it available at launch.
but I hope you see why people do.

And like Jobs, Gates, Ellison, Branson, or whoever, I hope he doesn't care if random people on the Internet think he's arrogant or is a "dick." You don't get to even Jason's level by dwelling on this (or, at least, showing it in public).

That aside, if Jason had a ton of time to dump into being a "top tech journalist", would he be up against really serious competition? Cringely? Mossberg? Scoble? Arrington? All awesome in their own ways but the gamut of skill in that game is pretty thin.
I use the ruby-debug gem.

Quote from a co-worker: "If you need to use a debugger, your code is too complicated. :)"
Not June 4?
Yes, I find my life to be insanely difficult. However, if you look around at people you admire, you will generally find that there lives were insanely difficult too. It must have been extremely difficult for Larry and Sergey to grow Google into what it is now- but they did it anyway.
Yes, I find my life to be insanely difficult. However, if you look around at people you admire, you will generally find that their lives were insanely difficult too. It must have been extremely difficult for Larry and Sergey to grow Google into what it is now- but they did it anyway.
Branding for tech entrepreneurs: a pragmatic view
The interesting bit is where David gets sucked into Calcanis' "more money is best" angle (and in some respects, JC's brain really lucked out on picking up on this weakness).

From what I can tell, DHH is much more focussed on Quality of Life than simple monetary gain which was only briefly touched on (if at all).

Good discussion.
Emerging Web technologies
Whatever the reason for this poll, I hope you are doing okay.
Life is definitely difficult.

But I love it the way it is. I love solving it's puzzles. I love trying to take the best out of out.

If it was easier, it wouldn't be that interesting!

However, right now I think that it's not only difficult but short as well. How can I squeeze so much stuff into such a short time??? Once in a while, I find myself depressed that life is sooo short. What is funniest, then I start procrastinating even more and wasting my life even faster!!!
The Oxford Dictionary lists "raises the question" as a valid interpretation of the phrase.
Where did I make such a claim? I made a joke about such a claim...

or did I...
What sounds random to you does not sound random to the jazz fan's ear. My father is completely unmusical in most ways, to the point of being a repeated embarrassment in my childhood, but he can recognize a jazz standard no matter what style it's played in, and even without any lead instrument playing a distinct melody. I mention his lack of talent and training because I think it is just a matter of listening to lots and lots of jazz. When my dad was in college, that's what the cool kids listened to, so he listened to as many hours of jazz as my generation listened to rock and pop. That's the key -- simply lots of exposure.
If relocation assistance is available, you may want to try again with a title less location specific and more about the type of work (large scale data sets?).

It's also unclear between your post and the job descriptions on the site whether it's required to already have Top Secret clearance, or if you simply need to be willing to get it. Many people may not know that Top Secret clearance is actually something you can apply for: http://www.taonline.com/securityclearances/
"But the situation has gotten past the usual level of competitive vigor"

Really, how? And so what? I wouldn't want a mutual advisor or board member either if I was Jobs/Schmidt.

Haven't there been rivals (even bitter rivals) since the dawn of capitalism? As long as everyone fights legally/fairly, what's the problem?

When I did IT at a UPS call center, managers would take shots at FedEx at least once a week in morning meetings (higher-ups were so pissed that FedEx was in "Cast Away", it was hilarious). People switch sides and take better jobs in any industry. Again, as long as there's no NDAs being violated, what's the problem?

Is Apple out of line with the patent issue? Other than maybe that, I don't see what's abnormal.
There have been a few studies over the years that indicate that many or even most people don't listen closely - or rather often, at all - to lyrics in pop songs.

Anecdata-wise, I've had many occasions where I'd surprised people with the lyrics to songs they've long known and enjoyed. They simply didn't know the words beyond the choruses - and sometimes, not even those very accurately.

(Not to claim any great listening ability for myself - I often have to look up the lyrics of songs because I've long been a fan of stuff like REM's older and less lyrically precise albums. :) )

Sting once complained about "Every Breath You Take" being used in weddings; an intelligent woman I know was quite startled to realize what "Roxanne" was about when she heard it in a very different form in Moulin Rouge. If you didn't understand the words, you couldn't tell from the sound of these songs, "He's obsessed and stalking her." or "She's a prostitute."; even though these songs are sung in fairly clear English, most of us don't pay close attention to the words.

I think TFA's author is wildly over-generalizing on how Americans listen to music.
The issue brought up though, is that robocars might make the sprawled and unconstrained city appear almost as "livable" as the one that had the density due to constraints (or history.)

People moved to the burbs not for love of sprawl, but for love of larger lots, larger fully detached homes, quieter streets and also (though not as inherently) lower crime and better schools. They largely do it for their kids. The car didn't make them move to the burbs so they could live a car lifestyle. The car allowed them to move to the burbs.

But a world where transportation time is always productive, and you always get dropped very close to where you are going with no parking hassle will be different. (Like a taxi filled city such as Manhattan, but much better and probably cheaper.)

What if there are still cool, walkable pedestrian blocks of shops and restaurants and active life, but you can live 3 miles from them and still enjoy them the way that the people who live 4 blocks from them enjoy them today?

One fear you might have is that these things may already have a name -- malls. Except malls are covered, and privately owned and thus somewhat sterile, but people also seem to love them. But what if any suburbanite could be delivered to the car-free mall to wander at any time for $1, delivered right inside (not to the parking lot, which it doesn't even need any more) and while able to make full use of that 10 minutes reading books or watching videos or working?

How does the "livable city" compete with that in most people's minds?
He seems to care enough to post in nearly every HN thread that mentions him, often pretty defensively, unlike those other people you mentioned...
If life isn't difficult then you aren't really trying.
Anyone else here remember the scenes from Pirates of Silicon Valley where Steve Jobs is shouting at Bill Gates about ripping off the Mac? A few years from now I bet this will all make for a good sequel.
down site is down :[
Is it just me or are unpaid internships a way to prey on the not-so-savvy young person, especially those indoctrinated at universities to find any internship come hell or high water?

I dunno, it just seems like a scam to me.
Good point. I guess he's not far enough up the totem pole yet to stop hanging out with us serfs ;-)

Actually, I wish he would try and become a top 10 tech journalist. His writing is good and certainly more entertaining than the constant Mahalo SEO-runaround forced down our throats here at HN..
I gave up a national merit scholarship when I was a teen and dropped out of college around the time I turned 20. Then began looking into going back to college in my early twenties. The scholarship landed in my lap with no effort on my part to get it and I was wooed by a number of colleges. So I was shocked by the reality that once gone, going back to college wasn't at all an easy feat. I have wrapped up an associate's degree and a certificate in GIS that is the equivalent of graduate level work. I still don't have my bachelor's and I am 44 years old.

I have no regrets. But it wasn't as easy a path as I had imagined. I really had not anticipated it would be difficult to go back to school. School had always been a breeze for me. The idea that there would be barriers to getting back to school was a completely alien concept for me.

I suggest you look before you leap. If you are okay with doing anything else (flipping burgers, digging ditches) in order to get away from this job, then go. But if you have fantasies that it will be easy to land some ideal job, that you will surely be more appreciated and better paid elsewhere, and so on, be very careful to ensure that is actually true before you burn your bridges. Especially with a recession on, a job hunt can take a very long time.
See http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=googol
Hmm, they're taking a bit of a risk with being flash-based for pdf-export. Hitting your platform vendor for one of their (presumably) cash cows is asking for a response.
"So how do you write a test for a case you couldn't foresee?"

"You don't, but once you discover it, you write a regression test to make sure it doesn't come back."

Sure, that's SOP in any good dev. house that does testing. But you've failed to address a key weakness in TDD. The real question is how do you discover these sorts of defects given that a single developer writing in a TDD style is unlikely to do so? TDD is clearly not a cure all, and this is a major weakness of it. Other development techniques, many of which can complement TDD, such as formal code reviews and beta testing can do a better job of getting you to higher product quality than TDD alone.
In this context it does. The rumored agreement was that Apple and Google couldn't recruit each other's employees but their employees could apply at the other company if they wished.
How Amsterdam was wired for open access fiber
404 error and I can't find the content on the site. Why was it pulled?
Automating the use of Edi Weitz's CL-WHO library in Common Lisp is my standard method of showing how to use macros.
"Couldn't care less" versus "don't care very much" on "wow, i really don't care".

The blogosphere is like an organism that can eat itself to survive and grow.
If you have excellent Django, PHP, HTML, CSS, etc skills don't just give them away. It's great if you want to help out with the Ubuntu project, but make sure it's on your terms. Someone riding you 9 to 5 for no pay is called being taken advantage of.
Deep and easy to get into are not mutual exclusive.
Bring negative attention to powerful corporations / influential individuals
Excelerate - a Chicago-based YC alternative
Is there anything more then this paper? I've tried to look online, and they seem to have chosen a very common name for this.

It's definitely interesting, but I've seen way too many papers that never actually release something useful.
I wasn't insulted by the CS questions. In fact, they were the most challenging and nontrivial questions I'd had in any interview (one of the first round engineering* ones included writing up an inductive proof of my solution and emailing it in later).

* I applied for both APM and dev, and chose the APM route after passing first round for both.

What I found insulting was the lack of communication, complete disregard for my time, and general attitude of the HR people. It shouldn't take three weeks to let me know if I passed an interview, for an internship, when I tell you I'm under time pressure. I had an exploding offer from Microsoft, which they graciously extended so I could keep interviewing with their rival, and Google still took their sweet time. I was told I couldn't write the essay until they'd decided I'd passed the second round interview, even though it would have cost them nothing to let me write it and then throw it out if they decided I hadn't passed the interview. And when I turned it in, I was told it had to be "reviewed by the hiring committee, which meets every Friday, but they're not going to look at it this Friday, you'll have to wait a week and a half." When I basically told them that I wasn't going to let my other offer expire, they begrudgingly looked at it that week, but they made it very clear they weren't happy about doing me the "favor".

As someone else said, Google gives the impression of being full of huge egos who think that everyone is just dying to work for them, and that working anywhere else is a distant second choice. It's arrogant and egotistical. Think that if you want (even though it's not true, at least among Stanford CS students), but it shouldn't come off so blatantly to potential recruits.

Edit: timr just reminded me of something else - the interviewers seem trained to emanate disinterest. They were the least friendly interviewers I've ever had. And like I said, Google seemed at least a bit interested in me, since I got through both rounds of interviews, so I doubt it was personal.
You started this thread by asking about SQL Server itself (and the way it handles query plans in particular). That's what we've been talking about ever since. Not Linq.

You might want to go back and read the responses to your question again to make sure you've got your context right.
I saw the Mos Def/Robert Glasper/Chris Dave get-together in San Francisco twice. You wanna talk about steep tickets, that was it: $70 each. On the other hand, totally worth it...
I think for public figures, people are always going to find something small or big to hate on. So I think you deal with it and not wonder about it.

As to the comment. Honestly. If your good at something and you worked at. You should not be afraid of the thought of telling someone your good at it, perhaps even one the best.