skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The link above is actually about the effect this memo had on the stock price. To quote:

A blunt e-mail message from Cerner Corp. CEO Neal Patterson about the work ethic of some employees caused the company's stock value to fall sharply last week. The company acknowledges the harsh tone of the message could have caused investors to question if the company was in crisis
...
After the e-mail was posted on a Yahoo! bulletin board last week, the stock fell nearly 20% on March 22-23, including 15%, or $6.13 per share, on March 23.
Patterson threatened installing time clocks, discontinuing an employee stock discount program and cutting staff by five percent, a morale blow at a company that prides itself on good employee relations. He told managers they had two weeks to get their units in shape, or "pack your bags." In a March 23 interview with the Kansas City Star, Patterson said threatening measures are not being pursued, but he continued to voice concern about work ethics in some segments of the company. He also sent out another e-mail apologizing for the harsh tone of the first one.

It would be interesting to see the apology email.
If you have FRF50 try this http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/06/23/latest-nexus-one-fro...

edit: BobbyPhoenix (check link above) claims that if you have FRF72 you can flash back to FRF50 and then apply FRF83 and it will work.
I'm afraid several of the guys at ObjectMentor lost the plot some time ago. It's a shame, because back in the day, some of them wrote about ideas that were thought provoking even if you didn't necessarily agree with all of them.

I don't often visit their blogs any more, but occasionally, I still come across their site after someone links to it. It's one of those things where you know it's bad and you should just look away, but somehow you can't help yourself. ;-)
Yeah, that makes sense. Give people the illusion of productivity rather than actual productivity.
I've actually used the app to price match at Best Buy and Pc Richards before. The sales person actually honored the lowest price found on RedLaser. It's saved me hundreds of dollars on HDTVs and home theater equipment.
goes to demo …

clicks outside of Flash movie so that by Backspace works to take me "Back"

What exactly about SumoPaint is "Impossible" with HTML5? I find this page disgusting. It smells of desperation and tastes of deceit.

Edit: Complete lack of professionalism here. "let's you," "impossible to built," "todays reality."

Also: "This was made with Flash but you probably didn't notice." No, I did. I noticed when I had to whitelist the page in FlashBlock, and when I couldn't select the text in your footer.
No, it's not "quite" that simple. Almost every other mobile computing manufacturer is tripping over their own shoelaces these days to copy Apple's policies and practices.

Look at Microsoft's direction for Windows Phone 7, for instance, and tell me it's going to be any sort of alternative.

And as for Android... eventually, someone is going to release some kind of really hideous malware that does substantial harm to a large portion of their user base. Jobs will spin this event as inevitable -- just as he has already tried to do by casting Android as the "porn" platform of choice -- and Google will end up marginalized further in the public view because they made the silly mistake of leaving their garden gate unlocked.

The harm done by Apple's policies can, and has, rippled out across the entire mobile computing sector. It is dangerously naive and disingenuous to claim that you can dodge this damage by "choosing not to buy an iPhone."
It crashed my Chrome tab. Joy.
The cost of money
One fundamental problem with this idea is that if you don't already have a
clearance it's very difficult to get a clearance. Getting a Top Secret or
Special Access clearance can take 6 to 12 months, and costs the company
a great deal of money. You could already have a job with a defense
contractor, be a highly valued employee, they could desperately need
someone with a clearance, and they will go outside to company to hire
someone who already has a clearance rather than go through the process
of getting you a clearance.
Welding Procedure Specification/WPS Variables
It did cause the stock to drop a bit for a while, and caused some negative publicity - including a NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/business/stinging-office-m...

The e-mail message was leaked and posted on Yahoo. Its belligerent tone surprised thousands of readers, including analysts and investors. In the stock market, the valuation of the company, which was $1.5 billion on March 20, plummeted 22 percent in three days.

....

At the end of the week, as the stock fell, Mr. Patterson sent out another e-mail message to his troops. Unlike the first memo, it was not called a Management Directive, but rather a Neal Note. It was both an apology to those he offended and a confirmation of the work-ethic problem within the company.
It's "If I were the CEO of Posterous."

Sorry to be the grammar pedant, but this one always bugs me.
Remember back in time when your browser was much less prone to crashing?
Considering how often we hear about WordPress sites getting hacked, this campaign may really hit home for a large number of bloggers.
Apple doesn't add buttons. It only removes them.
I don't know what the fallacy terminology is, but the arguments sounds like "this decision is bad; thus this other decision is good". I get the criticism, but the attractiveness of the alternative presupposes some very ideal conditions which render the alternative inferior.

While the maximum quality might have been better with the alternative, the minimum and average/median quality will be consistently better with Apple's choice. I shudder to think that I might pay for a book only to find out that it is typeset in justified Comic Sans (or Marker Felt ...) with no tracking, and whichever atrocities the publisher might maul the text proper with.
I guess vegetable oil should also work? By the way, I heard of the same trick for keeping water in your vases.
They may be enraged, but according to the article won't be able to walk, and therefore the victim would have a chance to escape.

Regarding infections, women walk around all the time with tampons/birth-contol devices, etc. in and infections are not a concern for most as far as I know.

Though I do agree that if it became widespread an attacker would simply check first.
In the past we have a name for these kind of people: n00b.

But now time has certainly changed. People tends to like to post their crashing experience online.
Who do you think is buying all these varieties of large-screen TV technologies from Plasma, DLP and projection technologies, including their HD variants? It's not just people who kept their old CRTs from the early 90s and waited. Go to Craigslist and you will see people selling TV sets that have HDMI, USB2 and memory slots ..
The Flash platform still does not register scroll wheels on OS X. This is probably what DjDarkman was referring to, without necessarily realizing it.
From the article:

"literally anybody and everybody could do this and improve their resume in a matter of minutes."

...and then it would no longer be a technique to make your resume stand out.
But tadalist is free. I know that draft wouldn't give you any seo benefit, but it would still promote the 37signals brand. At $9.99 its reach will be limited.
I can't see this taking off. But rape in South Africa is very, very bad. It goes hand in hand with AIDS. Anything that would help is worth it.

Many of the people that are infected by AIDS go to their witch doctors to seek a cure. There is a legend, started by the witch doctors, that if you have sex with a virgin, you will be cured. These virgins usually aren't willing, and so are raped. And then the original AIDS infected man is still infected, so figures that the victim mustn't have been a virgin and looks for someone younger. And so the vicious cycle of rape and AIDS continues.

Hopefully these things help some girls. Although instead of catching AIDS, they might just get killed by the rapist instead. It is a horrible, violent world in South Africa (and sadly - one of the most beautiful countries in the world, too).

BTW - My wife is South African and got out almost 15 years ago. She still has extended family there.
Applying my electrical engineer perspective to the Part 4 graphs, it looks like this scenario may have happened:

1. Somebody's trading software was issuing quotes based on recent quotes, forming a feedback loop.

2. The feedback loop was calibrated in a half-assed empirical way by somebody who did not understand control system theory, and did not even know they did not understand it.

3. The overall system developed a delay somewhere in that feedback loop.

4. The delay exceeded the phase margin of the system, turning their half-assed negative feedback into positive feedback.

5. Positive feedback -> oscillation. This triggered massive quote volume, keeping the backlog high and therefore keeping the oscillation going.

6. The quote volume put loop delay on quotes on other issues, pushing them into negative phase margin, causing the trading software to oscillate with them too.

7. Avalanche!

The solution is to add a 50 picofarad capacitor between the traders and the stock exchange. ;-)
Kudos to you for keeping it civil; I personally have a lot of things to call the people, none of which are as restrained as your comment.

Posterous is already inferior to Tumblr technically, aesthetically and in many other regards, and now they can add morally to the laundry list.
Posterous is blogging that just f'n works. My mom uses it and it suits her great. Wordpress was just a bit much for her. The support is great too. I actually got a kick when she said: "That nice fella Gary helped me out". Wordpress rocks too, but they're different things. I feel like there are a lot of people out there using Wordpress that would love something simpler like what Posterous offers, but just don't know it's there. If I were CEO of Posterous, I would be doing the same exact thing.
In general nearly all the public toilets in Germany are kept spotless, whether they are urinals or not, and you generally have to pay 50 cents to use them (or 20 cents, if you are not on the autobahn).

Compared to the alternative of gross toilets it is a win-win situation.
I'm confident that XP usage will be declining significantly over the next five years.

It would be welcome if they wouldn't play the OS upgrade card with IE 9, though.Unlike something like Direct X, users won't feel the need to upgrade so they can use IE 9. I assume they decided it is too much trouble to make it work on XP, due to IE's OS integration? Other browser manufacturers don't and won't have a problem supporting their browsers on XP.
When can I buy a 3G Android tablet with the same screen (size and resolution) as an iPad, same battery life, same light weight?
In the AIDS capital of the world, using razor blades and causing someone to bleed all over your genitals seems like the exact opposite of what you'd want to do.
How does RedLaser look up the barcodes to a product. Is there an online registry?
Very true. And if they choose to use Bittorrent, it becomes even cheaper.
Elastic Hadoop Clusters with Amazon's Elastic Block Store
Just as, it was quite simple you can choose not to buy windows PC.

People raised issues with Microsoft practises because as a dominant player they set the industry trend. Taking it lying down means accept this as a general trend.
Although this bugs me too, it's not incorrect. It's perfectly understandable in American English, and "correct" in other varieties of English.
It shows a great knowledge of CSS that is not readily seen today on many, if any, websites.

I see no such unboldedness when said links are clicked. Regardless, not the point of the article at all.
This is actually the most relevant argument. I don't think any self respecting Tumblr user would contend that they speak in a vaccuum. The dashboard is central to the UI, and it's for this reason that they probably have yet to release a full API or even an RSS publicly.
QoS: It’s not just for networks any more
Testing the Droid X Camera [PICS & VIDS]
New Air Conditioner Uses 90% Less Electricity
It's already shipping from Google and Mozilla, and their site suggests that Nvidia and ATI are building hardware decoders. It's not like this is some rinky, fly-by-night operation. And I don't see how any of what you said is not true of any other video format. Does MPEG-LA offer indemnification? I'm pretty sure not.
What is this? I hovered the pointer over a link to see its target in the status bar, and it showed nothing. Yeah, blind-folded browsing, there is an app for that .. flash. Let's hope the web is gentle with me.

Let me add that I like flash, but please don't break the web by hiding links.
They had these at the national parks in the desert parts of Colorado and Utah. They do seem to smell like urine. I think a part of it is that the background mildew/mustiness is gone from the environment, so one notices the urine smell more. Also, nothing is washing the urine down the drain anymore except for more urine, so there is more smell of dry urine on the urinals themselves.

If I do ever build my desert getaway, I'll be putting in Clivus Multrum composting units and not one of these.
Well, the reason groups like the EFF are important is because they're there to raise the issue before it becomes a problem. Sometimes people don't realize how serious a problem is until it bites them in the ass, like the MyFrame developer that defended Apple's approval process up until the point that his app got arbitrarily rejected.[1]

The point of watchdog groups like the EFF is to make some noise and get people to realize they should care about having alternatives.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394958
I really would like to know where that rumor came from. Yes, Germans tend to eat lots of meat, but that's more a common Western trait, and I doubt that it was this "bad" when the "Flachspüler" was first introduced. We do like our sausages, but don't tell me that British meat pies and puddings are less likely to cause worms and other parasites.

Inspection is one reason, so while the shelf toilet is getting less common, doctors and hospitals still tend to have them. Maybe that was a craze at one time, I don't really know a lot of people who inspect their stool -- or that of others, to dispel those South Park rumors...

It does have one added benefit: Reduced splash-back for #2. US toilets are really nasty in that regard, as the water level seems to be higher than in Europe.
You don't need to give the user the full power to write a custom stylesheet, just a friendly way to change common properties like paragraph font.

I am not suggesting a vanilla browser at all. I am suggesting putting all of the browsing-like functionality (books, newspapers, arbitrary hypertext) in the same application. I don't care whether it is compiled-in, a plugin, or a web app but if it's not even in the browser then it's a bad user experience from my perspective. I want a unified reading experience. I want unified search shortcuts. I want unified bookmarks and hyperlinks in books that open web pages in tabs.

Forcing users to switch apps for a data format that accomplishes most of the same things that the Web accomplishes diminishes the value of the format to the user. Application balkanization is not the answer and the fighting between vendor and publisher over page styling has already played out in the browser.
This is an outbox.
Awesome, but man, why do people using a Surface always look like dragging is such a struggle? I feel like the "fling" of the iPad is what makes it feel appealing versus the Surface and its "tense," slow-looking dragging.

(Yes, I'm judging tablets by their... covers?)
Random.org -- True Random Number Service
It must be the 90's again.......
But Neal Patterson, the author of the memo, is still the CEO and chairman of the board. http://www.cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586
Duck Duck Go's Experiences with ad.ly
No longer being there is a good thing.
IPO surge gives boost to Silicon Valley
We can - now. But what of the future? Imagine if the iPhone had an overwhelmingly dominant market share of mobile computing devices, say, 90%, and that mobile computing has become an integral part of life (which seems like what's going to happen). At that point, Apple would be able to dictate standards. Even supposing the quality went south and consumers genuinely started disliking the user experience, could one realistically choose not to buy an iPhone then? We've seen this happen before. Is Windows the best operating system out there? I don't think so, but I still have to use it now and then. I have a choice of only working with people who do not use Windows, of course, but it's not a realistic one.

The problem is that consumers don't necessarily make the choices that are in their own best long-term interests. That's why tobacco companies are still in business.
Chimpanzee human-like behaviour montage
A few things:

1. Don't be too worried about protecting your idea unless it is magical secret sauce.

2. Don't expect an NDA to protect your idea. If it is indeed magic sauce, find a way to keep it secret.

3. Most NDA's are pretty much the same. Find a few and compare them. Any weirdness will stand out.

4. This is a good opportunity to shop for a lawyer. You will eventually need one, so why not get to know one when the bill is going to be small? Don't automatically go to the big firms - ask around.

5. The bigger problem you'll soon run into is working out the IP in a way that makes the design firm happy. You will want to own everything. They will want to not cut themselves off from future business. Lawyers are helpful here, as it's a subtle thing.
Up until the late 70's hardly anyone ever encountered a profoundly multi-function device before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece
In other words I'm not sure why we should be surprised and caring that someone stole javascript.
I know it's not cool to comment on your downvoted comment, but...

If he's coming all the way from the netherlands and is only in town for a few days, there really isn't that much to see in the valley. He will be in transit most of the time. I really think people suggesting he goes to Silicon Valley proper are doing him a disservice...

In contrast, in a few days in SF you can see: lombard street, the golden gate bridge, the mission district, presidio, chrissy field, china beach, chinatown, north beach, coit tower, golden gate park, ocean beach, cablecars, alcatraz, take a ferry in the bay, go to the marin headlands, or muir woods, and so on and so forth. Even Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf are worth visiting once. There are hundreds of cheap good restaurants, donzes of expensive good restaurants, some of the best coffee in the country, sneakerhead shops, skate shops, bike shops, book shops, an Apple store, typical american mall shops, etc.

AND there are plenty of startups and co-working spaces and meetups in the city proper. You really get more out of staying close to the city than you would traveling down to where Google and Yahoo are.
Viacom's Statement Regarding Today's Court Ruling
review my site/concept
The Traffic Guru (2008)
I went looking for a topical remix of Der Untergang but, sadly, there does not seem to be one.

Yet.
penis mutilation isnt really the sort of 'hacking' i come to this site to read about
The problem with Microsoft's Kin
How does this differ from http://www.timebanks.org/ ?

Also, at the risk of sounding rude, this is highly unlikely to work. If it makes you feel better, I spent the last two years working on a semi-similar barter system product. Perhaps my frustration and my product's lack of traction is tinging my response...
Does anyone but me care that you have to get penetrated before the damn thing works?

Gah. Ass-backwards. Even if the condom is effective, technically and in all other ways, you still get raped.
Viacom has posted a brief response on their website: http://news.viacom.com/news/Pages/summaryjudgment.aspx
Nokia have displayed incompetence for the last 3 years.

What makes you think they're going to change that now? :)
Original submission (and more discussion) at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1456251
Just like you can use Linux instead of Windows, you can choose Android instead of iOS.

Apple has a responsibility to its shareholders to make money. It therefore has a near-totally correlated responsibility to make products that appeal to the market. If people want Apple products they will buy them and if there exists a market that Apple chooses not to sell to, other companies will exploit it.

The problem is that consumers don't necessarily make the choices that are in their own best long-term interests.

Best for who? You? You, like I, may like the freedom that OSs like Android allow, but the majority of people don't really care at all.
According to the About text Eucalyptus relies on a customized version of libhyphenate, plus a number of other open components (including LinuxLibertine as the display typeface).

I love the look of Eucalyptus and haven't seen any other reader that comes close (particularly at the iPhone/iPod screen size and resolution, and ESPECIALLY given that as far as I can tell they use the .txt versions of the Gutenberg files). It's not that they've sacrificed the right goats to the gods of text presentation magic, it's just that they actually give a damn what the output looks like.
Southwest Airlines Launches 72-Hour Fare Sale
Why do I fucking bother with HN? You stupid fucks down vote everything, are you a bunch of pre-schoolers?

The FONT renders poorly in Chrome on XP which I was using at the time. I don't care what the font is, but that it renders poorly in that scenario. Jesus, you can all go fuck yourselves.
For anyone living on the ramen budget, this struck me as a good deal so I thought I would share here.
Geez. I wonder which lunatic at Viacom thought of that. Do they think is is Cirque du Soleil?
It's a case of misplaced metrics. I can't find the name
of the paper or the researcher, but I believe it's been
shown that when you try to reward/punish some metric of
productivity, invariably the employees will begin to
maximize that metric, perhaps at the expense of
productivity.

You may be thinking of the Hawthorne Effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
Dude, a 10% conversion rate is pretty damn good. What startup are you talking about? I'm guessing that a signup != paying customer, correct? I think ads for free users is a very tough model. Now ads for software you're selling? That's definitely not impossible (ask patio11).
How to fix the meetup.com broken exported calendars
My impression is that time banks are local. Is there some sort of central website you can use for time banking? Besides that, Goodwillbank is set up for exchanging time in ratios other than 1:1.

What went wrong with your barter system? Is it online?
Back to Microsoft (Leaving Google) [2008]
"Apple will be unable to out-innovate"

Erm, what? Android may be able to out-sell by volume, maybe, but will it ever out-innovate Apple? Probably not.
Just to be clear, I think the campaign is really smart as well. But, my article has nothing to do with that -- my article talks about what the bigger vision around Posterous is (i.e whether they should strive to be yet another blogging platform or try to take a different approach to revolutionize personal publishing)

// I made this clearer in the post.