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Learning another language is an overhead, an investment you make that increses your skills and broadens your abilities. If you want to write applications for iPhone OS and take advantage of the huge market that Apple has created, then learning Objective-C and Apple's IDE is an investment in time that you need to make. It's just what you need to do. Many developers from other backgrounds have already started programming for iPhone OS and met with great success. If you're experienced in object oriented program design, or C++, then the transition isn't that difficult.

As a long time Mac user, I've experienced a lot of Mac applications that have been straight ports from other platforms and they are, for the most part, pretty awful. I can understand from this why Apple wants its developers to code iApps natively.

This 'lock in' makes perfect sense for Apple in other ways too, ways in which end users and developers will benefit. Imagine that Apple allow apps to be ported from Flash. Developers would stop coding natively for iPhone OS as they would be able to create their apps in Flash and distribute them as web apps at the same time, reaching a greater audience. Then add in Android, Blackberry & other export options for Flash. Soon enough Flash would be the only IDE in use and platforms such as iPhone OS would be at the mercy of Adobe. If Apple were to introduce new features and efficiencies to their hardware and APIs, they would have to wait for Adobe to implement them in its Flash translation layer before the features would really become available to end users. Even the most willing and motivated of developers would not be able to get around that, they would have to wait for Adobe. So in the end, Apple would lose sales and credibility, and good developers would get screwed because they wouldn't be able to out pace their competitors in updating their apps to take advantage of new features. Everyone becomes 'locked in' to Adobe. Given Adobe's poor history when it comes to timely bug fixes and support of its OS X applications, I do not think that this 'lock in' would be a nice place to find yourself, whether you're Apple, a developer or an end user.

If you don't like Apple's stance then develop for other platforms and buy other products. But if you want to be in on the action, then accept the rules as they are not unreasonable and will ultimately benefit everyone.
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Buying paper pretty much is devoting a percentage of revenue towards planting trees.
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That doesn't sound right. I visited Toronto quite a bit a few years ago and paid quite a bit more than that everywhere I went and I hardly went to fancy places. What kind of food can you get for $5?

Of course here $30 is quite a modest night out, even without a meal. I generally assume at least $80-$100 for going out for food and beers on a Saturday night with my mates, and it's not like we're hitting up all the exclusive night clubs. I know lots of people who spend at least double that.
It's not really appealling to me.

More likely it's because I dont know the format, so what would be helpful is maybe an example magazine?(yes we like free stuff)

I really dont want to read alot, so summaries are important as well as categories. I personally, dont like news about Apple(iPad), IBM, microsoft etc. But I like to hear what is new for founders, or an interesting blog post. So, it might be good to separate it along some lines.
I can understand porting C# code to Java code, but what I don't understand and what the article doesn't explain is how they handled their dependencies, i.e. System.* libraries.

They clearly didn't port the CLR libraries to the JVM, so they must have modified their code to work with Java libraries, e.g. Swing, etc. To me, it seems like this would be the bulk of the work, not language translation from Java to C#.
When I clicked "submit" there was no noticeable feedback so I ended up clicking 4 times and got 4 confirmation requests in my inbox.
Have you thought about your margin?
Just out of curiosity, have you published printed magazines before?
Good point - its not the language translation per-se but the ecosystem surrounding it unless there's is one of those projects where they hand-coded everything and used no external libraries at all. I doubt it very much though.
But what if you are trying to lose fat and gain muscle?

One requires a calorie deficit, the other a calorie surplus. So do one at a time, but which one depends on you. What exactly are you training for?
I really have no idea why people are so afraid of them. Maybe I'm foolish, but compared to someone like Scientology, I doubt they're terribly effective at harassment.

I posted their URL on the original blog in a comment. If they contact me, I'll probably post it widely and contact the EFF. (if they'd like to try some kind of extrajudicial methods, I hope they visit me at my office, behind the 3 machine-gun-armed checkpoints)
I can tell whether something is interesting without knowing anything about the source, but I can get a better idea whether something is trustworthy, with less effort, if I have some information about the source.

The source probably doesn't matter at all if, for whatever reason, I've already decided that I'll go through checking every single assertion, looking out for every unstated insinuation and every tendentious turn of phrase. But, odd though it may seem, I don't normally do that, and I don't think anyone else normally does that, either. So it's useful to have some advance notice of what level of caution is called for in reading the text.
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How does the converted code look, though? Is it viable to continue working on that, rather than fixing the original C# code? (Ie comments would be carried over in the conversion).
that would be like... 13 days lag?
The obvious question: what about non-US delivery? Can I get it mailed to the UK?
Recycling paper takes a lot of energy and water use, not to mention harsh chemical bleaching. Sorry to burst your "use paper, it's recyclable" mentality. I was disappointed when someone burst mine, too.
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I don't follow the logic?
It "upgrades" well to an HTML page.
The page takes a couple of seconds to refresh on a 2007 Mac Mini.

Take a look here, this piece of code provides `copy("text");` in JavaScript, and uses only one SWF (I think). sites.google.com/site/yangshuai10/jquerycopyplugin
I think it's fair to say that pretty much any decent ideas has about a dozen impossible brick walls preventing it from succeeding, which in hindsight become less important.
Maybe just express the sentiments(text analysis) of the replies if they arent giving you permission. I think that is better, since alot of content is generated here.
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This is painful to read, because I know I’d do the same thing were I one of the admin. It’s scary how easy it is to socially engineer a hack against even people experienced with the net and associated attack vectors.
Anyone defending Steve? Anyone with a Stockholm syndrome?
Yup, it certainly gets a bad rap... that's why I was curious what people use this for. Thanks for the info.
looks like a nightmare

For Unix clones everywhere there's the tried and tested Plan9 Plumber that uses Regular Expression Matching to perform any action you desire

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For the example rules see the base set

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I really like this idea. It sounds hard to do well, and it probably won't end up being a net gain in terms of free time for the curators, but I for one would definitely be interested in subscribing.

I like reading on paper much better than in the browser, enough that I would be able to hold off spending too much time reading the internet to avoid spoiling the fun of reading in in the print edition. I already do that with a few other magazines.

I'm a little torn about my HN reading habits- HN has been incredibly educational for the ~1.5 years I've spent here, but it can very easily become a huge time sink. Your proposal just might be the ideal compromise.
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Ones I've read The Game, Rules of the Game

Ones I haven't read but have read much by the author that's good Bang, by RooshV

Just haven't read, Mystery Method, Magic Bullets

Uber misogynistic blogposts: Roissy in Dc
Very misogynistic blog: Rooshv
Sort of clinical blog : The Man Who Is Thursday

reddit.com/r/seduction is okay too
The PDF version of the magazine can be downloaded for free.
Monthly is way too slow for something as fast moving as geek news. (and this site is called "Hacker News", even though some articles certainly are timeless)

I'd make that a weekly, published on Friday morning.

I suspect that the print aspect might be nice locally but disseminating a weekly publication worldwide will offset the niceness of print. The iPad/Kindle wave is coming - ride it, don't avoid it. Time to pivot.

There's an obvious question about comments... perhaps you can take the best comments from each post and ask the author for the right to republish - or even just republish and hopefully/probably nobody will sue you, or even ask pg to change the terms&conditions to grant an irrevocable license to HN to use the comments as you see fit, followed by an authorisation by HN for you to use the comments as you see fit.

Apart from that, there's also the question of how you'll select the articles. Presumably votes aren't enough by themselves, if you want to publish content that's "timeless" you'll have to do some selection. What kind of stuff will end up there? Erlang articles? Start-up wisdom? Scalability tricks? It seems to me that HN pumps out enough content on a weekly basis to produce at least a handful of such themed collections... not sure what the solution is there, but worth thinking about.
something on the lines of http://pragprog.com/magazines should be fine instead of dead-tree magazine
Something like this doesn't bother me at all. I enjoy using Twitter for free, and as long as the ads are targeted based on what I search for, they can be quite useful.

If they aren't too intrusive (and I doubt they will be), this sounds alright. It's just surprising they haven't done it sooner, which probably shows the ads won't be intrusive. If Twitter were hellbent on making tons of cash as soon as possible, they would've thrown ads all over the place quickly.
And with Tim you can often count on a nice turn of phrase such as weird Java introspection hairball.
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Well it may be gzipped...
And according to the story the return rate from the Hasidics in Williamsburg is only 25%.
> A hackernews dating site would be amazing,

I am not sure our demographic should seek significant others within itself. This inbreeding has been associated with increased autism in California. We would have to review demographics of similar populations and see if there isn't too much evidence that suggests it's a bad idea.

Mixing demographics is so much more fun!
Why do you think it looks like a nightmare?
Or "Honey I'm home" "Hi. Where's the Baby?"
You're straining my credibility with this "rich" bit. I have neither personal, anecdotal nor psychological research evidence to believ wealth comes within an order of magnitude of young or beautiful in its effects on attractiveness.

For those men who are honest with themselves about their desire to have nsa sex wit young beautiful women there's seekingarrangement.com

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1258234
for previous discussion of that
Indeed, but I was referring to the part of the comment that describes the women as needing to be rich (and young and beautiful).
Darnit, no Denmark :(

I think it's a good idea, and i'd subscribe if my country was supported.
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The decision taken in the article is clear : it's not so a matter of language but a matter of platforms. The JVM has a lot to offer in this way.
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I can see that, but I was coming more from the perspective of someone interested in being a healthy/in-shape layperson, not a sportsman. If you don't care about sports, will weight-training improve quality of life? I can definitely say "yes" to recreational hiking for that (it's enjoyable in itself imo), but I can only imagine that being true for weight-lifting is if it were necessary to avoid health problems (and there were no outdoor alternatives that worked).
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I hate the missing no-distractions mode (hide controls) and the missing full width view. This is the 21st century! Why are they emulating paper pages? Sure, that's a view that might be useful. I don't want it as my default, however.
They have been testing variations of this lately.
"In the end, it really doesn't matter, because in Apple's little App Store world, they don't even need to pretend they have a trademark. They've given themselves every legal right to pull an app for no reason at all."

Crazy yes, shocking no. They did the same with the "Pod" in iPod. If you develop for Apple's devices you play by their rules. I wish Apple would embrace developers and their apps because they are the reason why people have stayed with the iPhone.
and here we go! This will be an interesting few weeks to see how this "clicks"
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Sure, unless they buy the wood from a third world country where corruption is a major issue and influential people can cut forests down and then sell the wood and use a percentage of that to bribe the authorities. Then the real estate people come and houses get built instead of those forests. That's what happens where I live, anyway...
What makes this worse is the fact that "pad" is a very commonly used word both within and outside technology circles. Notepad, Launchpad, Scratchpad, etc.

This makes me wonder how they can even claim rights on a term so widely used already in the same domain. As the article notes they don't list "pad" as a trademark in their own web page!
I understand what you're saying, and I'd love to be educated if you know more about the topic, but aren't they both perceptual encoders? Ie, wouldn't the parts of each frame they're identifying as unimportant be quite similar?

(I'm quite certain I'm wrong on this point, but I'm interested in learning why)
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I keep seeing people bash Java's Generics because of type erasure - but what exactly is so awful about it? All the questions on stackoverflow where the answer is "impossible because of type erasure, or use this workaround" don't seem to be about terribly important or useful things.
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Really? On2's main claim to fame for VP3, which they have backed up by a lot of videos on the web, is that it's specifically better than H.264.

Eg: http://www.digital-digest.com/news-61385-On2-Video-Codec-VS-...
I think this is the first time I've seen "Internet pad".
NY. More cocktails than beer.
How many beers do you need to get a buzz?

$5 food? What are you eating? Is it healthy?
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Well I mean like before i gave a email or anything like that.
Maybe a link with a free example that can be browsed without any commitment.
Any comments welcome and very desired ;)
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No programmer that knows both would tell you that Java-the-language beats C#-the-language. There have to be other reasons for one to switch.
Paper-making companies own, and care for, a lot of trees.
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There is a reason for the order in "reduce, reuse, recycle"...
This is a fantastic application for the Segway, especially in that it allows for live-fire exercises (well, baring use of .50 BMG and the like by longest range snipers, I'm sure). "You will perform as you train" was one of the lessons taught to me in JROTC smallbore Rifle Team (.22LR target shooting) and is something that's been drilled into me in every bit of practical firearms advice and training I've read or done.

However, what I found to be the most interesting about this is how good an example it is of how an startup needs to be flexible. You shouldn't be too obsessed with how you expect customers to use your stuff and you need to change as they figure out better or other ways to use it.
I agree, I don't think that Apple will go after products that have nothing to do with the iPad. Unless you make an accessory or app for the iPad I think your safe.

However, it would be fun to watch Apple go after Notepad and ask Microsoft to change the name because they now own "Pad".
Go for a caloric surplus (and hit proteins) shortly after you finish your workout when your muscles are rebuilding / recharging, while keeping a caloric deficit for the whole day.
For me, Opera seemed to forget tab contents after opening just 2-3 of them. It also displays a "please refresh" message instead of automatically reloading the contents.

I've also seen a bug where all the tabs turn to grey, inactive rectangles. You have to kill the app and lose all your tabs.
No offense, but your site color (orange background) hurt my eyes. You may want to ask for additional feedback on background color from others too, but for me, I couldn't stand it even for 10 seconds.
Not sure what the point of a census is? At least in Germany, I think you are required by law to tell the state when ad where you have moved. So the state should have all the information already on file. Nevertheless, the German government has at times tried to make a census. But improved technology might alleviate the need?

Probably there are people who don't bother to announce their moves and births - but why would they bother to fill in a census form instead?

Maybe an easier way would be to make announcing a move a lot easier, like sending a tweet to the government.

Or create an iPhone app for the census form, that automatically determines your location, sex and age from your usage patterns.

Even simpler: create a law that requires Google to disclose that information.
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Oh please. If you can't see the difference between a government encroaching on your human rights, and Apple restricting your use of development tools...well, I guess you just proved that you don't see the difference. It must suck being you.
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Steve's not talking about a US trademark. Trademark law is different in the Democratic People's Republic of AppStoria.

I'm picturing a 'Being John Malkovich'-esque court scene, where everyone except the plaintiff is Steve Jobs. "Case Closed!"
I don't think you know how much careful thought goes into market definitions in antitrust cases. It's a lot more than what you presented there! They would laugh you out of court, frankly.
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A CrossFit guy I know says, squatting when you are 30 means when you are 80 you can go to the bathroom unassisted.

I don't know what you mean by recreational hiking, but it's hard to see how greater strength wouldn't help. For me, that means a load of 25-50 lbs on my back, moving swiftly across rough terrain. Core stability is paramount, and with weights you can develop that and be ready when you go on a trip.
Facebook also presents you with a warning page before redirecting you:

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For an app where one of the main selling points is to cut down on the number of bytes sent, not auto reloading pages should be seen as a feature. If I need the page reloaded I can do so when I need it, and if I don't then doing so is just a waste.
The most horrible thing about it is that all primitives have to be boxed using huge amounts of memory. And there are lots of other bad consequences like not being able to call a constructor for a type parameter. But Java's horrible generics implementation is only my second most pressing problem. The first being the lack of structured value types (i.e struct in C#).

I am rewriting a C# app in Java right now and I'm being forced into extremely awful hacks to prevent memory consumption from exploding. To illustrate how bad the situation is let me tell you that I'm seriously thinking about rewriting everything in C++ :-)
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It's important to note that in any sufficiently-long "Google Diary" post one must see at least 2 mentions of Google's food. I've visited Google's campus 3 times: each time more impressed than last with the food and amount of people that stuck around and had a healthy meal. Based on my completely anecdotal and limited evidence, I would argue that one of Google's strongest points is the food.
[..] a steel mill, run poorly, is a terrible investment.

Why not simply take the money made from selling oil, and invest it?

There is a natural resistance to simply investing oil wealth in a sovereign wealth fund that I don’t entirely understand.

This is the same guy who had written:

It was hard to sit at a laptop and crank out slides when all I seemed to be accomplishing was the transfer of wealth from my client to my company.

My moral system is organized around a utilitarian principle of greatest good for the greatest number - that which adds value cannot be wrong.

Dissonance, much?
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What places are you going to in Toronto? I grew up there and even several years ago a pint was typically $4-5 and appetizers at a pub were $6-10.
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The case that I've bumped up against several times is when trying to get the class of the generic object. Something like:

T obj;
obj = getObjFromSomewhere();
log(T.class);

This type of operation is most useful if writing framework type of some sort. I've come across it when trying to write a generic JPA base DAO type of class.
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It sounds like they rejected Grasshopper, the .NET to Java converter that works at the bytecode level, without doing a test to see if it would have worked, on the grounds that they wanted to be open source.

They probably should have given it a try, because if it had worked, it would have opened up a possibility that they seem to have completely overlooked. Use Grasshopper to convert at the bytecode level, then use a Java decompiler to go from bytecode to Java source.

You'd lose comments in the source code that way, but I bet it would not be hard to write a tool to transfer the function level comments from the C# source to the Java source. Subsequent hand editing to translate any C#-isms to Java-isms in the comments, and restore any crucial sub-function level comments, would probably have only taken a few days.