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"Thereby destroying the same community that helped you to create it."

Downvoted because it's silly to think that an open source implementation (regardless of whether there already was one or not) would destroy HN. As if it hasn't been done a million times before. It's the community, not the technology.
My current offline activities are guitar and martial arts.

I also studied card magic when I was a teenager. That does wonders for exercising a "hacker" mindset.
A 2002 Texas megaflood carved a 2.2km canyon in three days
Vigilante Mistakenly Beats Wrong Man to Death with Bat
Makes sense. "There should be one — and preferably only one — obvious way to do it."
This is excellent advice and is actually one of the easiest ways to get an App website up quickly. Our app site took about 30 minutes to get up (http://www.losttribeapps.com/), once we had the description written. You can't go wrong with a front-and-center "Install Now" button, a 1-sentence description and a bunch of screenshots.
15 Facts You Should Know About MeeGo
This is Jessica from inDinero. We're founded out of UC Berkeley :)

We're still focusing on building product, but we've been talking to a lot of accountants to build the product you describe.
That seems to be more a problem with Microsoft's website interface or coverage of possible errors than with the error dialogue itself. So theoretically the redesigned error dialogue could work.
You're presenting a false alternative: socialized medicine or anarchy. What we need is a free market with the government protecting individual rights (including against fraud), along with intelligent consumers.

Also, I suggest you should only trust them to some extent. You need to understand the information well enough to make the decisions, like the mother in the story, where at the end, she treated the doctors as expert technicians, but she knew only she was responsible for the decisions of her life. Even if you have an excellent doctor, your life is your own responsibility.
The Writer Who Couldn't Read
the angle brackets seem to point a little high.
probably because they are not weighted evenly from top to bottom.
The myth of the short attention span
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My algorithm is (notice new follower) -> (ignore). The thing I happen to like about Twitter is that it's curated. I've found plenty of interesting blog posts, videos, etc. by following a handful of people that interested me. Beyond that initial spike in follows when I first joined, I haven't actually followed someone because they started following me.

If I notice that someone is getting frequently RT'ed by some of the people I follow, and the original tweets are actually interesting to me, I start following them. I don't really use any other way of finding followers, and it's worked out fairly well for me. I have a fairly uncluttered twinbox, but I still get a healthy dose of interesting tweets.
It's all about maintaining a high signal:noise ratio.

1. They tweet about my professional interests only - CS, programming, web development/marketing/startups, or finance/trading/econ (and for the next few weeks, the World Cup). Little to no personal stuff. Get a second Twitter account for that.

2. 4:1 or higher signal:noise ratio. If I see a second tweet about your Starbucks latte being too hot, or that you just finished your daily jog and are sweating, /unfollow. DO. NOT. CARE.

So far that's about it. I don't screen based on follows, followers, tweet frequency, etc., as that has no strong correlation to tweet quality.
The problem is that people already use CSS to make their sites legible. Tying CSS to Javascript would just be one more step back down the road of "Render it my way or not at all" we all hated back in the "Best Viewed With" 1990s.
I'm an American, but I used http://www.delawareinc.com/ and I'm happy with their service.
Some other data points:

* Animoto was running several thousands of machines in 2008 (http://bit.ly/EDLtt)

* Litmus runs 400 servers (http://bit.ly/d7Hc7y)

* 99Designs runs entirely on EC2 (http://bit.ly/aotKgg)

I've personally had long-running EC2 instances with uptimes in years. You could do it cheaper in terms of hardware, but at the cost of wasting time at the colo while you could be building cool shit.
I just starting futzing around with a project using OpenGL and literally just last night wrote myself up a pi2 constant after the third time I found myself writing 2*pi. And three's the charm for refactoring.
Seriously. I skipped to page 6 simply because I didn't want to keep clicking next, next, next.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing
And so what if destroying the earth is overkill.

That isn't what the article is about.
"Playing with random OSS projects is much easier on Linux"

I couldn't agree more. I am primarily a .NET/Windows programmer, but I have an Ubuntu VM that I have been using to hack on OSS-based work I've been doing recently. Package managers make it super simple to get everything up and running quickly, and mean I can keep each of my machine's VMs up to date with whatever new thing I'm mucking around with.
I love this line: "I find the average programmer's lack of understanding of the TST data structure and its variants maddening."

The average programmer is a coal-shoveler, moving data from a hopper to furnace all day long. Most of the programmers I have met haven't had to do a binary tree since college and wouldn't know a ternary tree if it was growing in their garden.

As for parsers ... yeah, not even. I imagine they're not terribly difficult to write, but I don't know anyone who's even remotely interested in it.
In some countries it costs about five times that, with a contract.
You should check out AuthLogic. restful-auth's generator based approach is awkward sometimes, and it hasn't been updated in forever...
I love Consolas, but Inconsolata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconsolata) is a nice, friendly, take on it. I'd check it out if you haven't already–it's what I now use exclusively!
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Actually, the iPhone is a UNIX too. Jailbreak it (and install the UNIX utilities) and you have SSH access to it. You can compile and install all sorts of *nixy things on it.

However, the default kernel state is require a codesign for everything.
It's not the knowledge that's discriminatory — it's the odd, non-descriptive names. Honestly, is there anything about the K-combinator that would naturally make you think "Hey, that's a K" if you only knew how it was used and didn't know its name? The name is not the thing.

This isn't about a distain for science or knowledge. It's about disdain for oblique names. I mean, heck, we would blast anyone who named all their variables that way. Imagine if Ruby's "each," "map" and "select" methods were instead named "w", "q" and "x" — you would rightly say that Matz had gone mad. We tolerate it in our combinators because that's just how it's always been done, but that doesn't mean other people are wrong to be put off by it.
Solve your personal problems first. You're lonely and afraid of people, but you clearly want to NOT be lonely or afraid of people.

That will make you miserable no matter what your work is, or whether you go back to school. Those issues are scratching the surface, but you're going to feel inadequate professionally as long as you feel inadequate personally.

FTR: "Shy" is not who you are, it's how you act. And "introverted" only describes the state that helps you "recharge your batteries," not whether or not you understand people and how to act with them.

I used to have pretty strong phobia of social situations, would never go to parties if I didn't already know everyone there, etc., and now everybod thinks I'm a fucking butterfly, so believe me -- you can change. And that made a huge difference in my life, deciding that I would conquer it, and doing it -- I made true, deep friends for the first time in my life and my life improved dramatically in every way.

For starters, if you're scared, force yourself to go to social situations you'd normally steer clear of. Go to a party. Say hi to two people. Try to make small talk. After 2 people, give yourself permission to stop trying. Next time, make it 4 people. Do something against your nature, like wearing a really loud outfit or bringing food and asking everyone if they tried it. I dyed my hair green. Forcing yourself to try the opposite of what you normally do - show off instead of hide - is extremely illuminating.

None of this will actually hurt you, so don't let your fear win.

Read The Hard Truth about Soft Skills along with How to Win Friends. They're good.

Good luck.
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Listen to me sing, and you'll have no doubt.
removing high level language in the middle is good, if you need performance, why not just use redis to server json directly, in the case you need scale up your db why not use crunchDB.
HN: here's my first living will. What would you add?
I will of course be adding the bit about pacemakers (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20pacemaker-t.html), but what other end-game scenarios have you witnessed that could be headed off at the pass?

Edit: living will here: http://nielsolson.us/LivingWill
There are lots of issues with journals, but at least in the life sciences, they are essential to the peer review process. Good editors are well worth it. The problem, IMO, is more with the system that makes publication the sole currency
The best reason to continue working on the product as CEO is that you can make far better management decisions that way. Even if that 10-20% time you spend coding isn't as productive as doing sales or business development, it's essential to keep that one foot in product development so that you can prioritize correctly.
Why do Projections always try to be linear? :http://scrivle.com/2010/06/22/why-do-projections-try-to-be-l...
meet that special someone (i.e. a co-founder)

Two words for you:

1) the co-founders meetup http://www.meetup.com/Co-Founders-Wanted-Meetup/

2) instead of lamenting about a situation, do something about it http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2010/06/10/will-you-be-a-great-... "entrepreneurs are the ones who do when everyone else is talking"

Literally, if you don't like something, fix it. Just do it yourself. Don't cry on HN that something needs to be done. To me, that's a tell-tale sign of entrepreneurs.
Learn to play go! It's the greatest computer-free brain exercise I've ever experienced, by far.
It's still important for those studying mathematics to realize that things like this are completely arbitrary.

I remember the moment as a kid when I realized that the number 10 wasn't some magical number, but just some arbitrary number we've decided to use as a base. Definitely a stupid choice IMHO, but it's what we're stuck with.
Nice work. I'm going to use it.

Good lord, we programmers are spoiled.
A great comparison of fonts that puts Inconsolata at the top. http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts

Inconsolata is also what I use exclusively. I make a point to install it on any new box that I'm going to be using regularly.
See http://www.joachimschipper.nl/posts/20100622/answer.txt. (Hidden behind a hyperlink to not spoil the riddle.)
Quora seems to be out of closed beta as of about an hour ago
I think all solutions are used, anyway. And the submissions are anonymous for exactly this reason.
"Guru meditation #8400001"
Are you sure this guy doesn't? He sounds like he's reasonably knowledgeable in his field, just kind of clueless about everything else in the world.
If you're also using Microsoft SQL Server, it essentially has this capability (using XML not JSON): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms188266(v=SQL.90).a...
Can you elaborate on what makes it "much better"? I thought Taubes's book was very well researched (I think he spent about 10 years on it) and very well argued. I'd love to see something even better.
Anyone interested in location services should be aware this exists: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/

I believe this is who Apple uses for 'Location' services. It's kind of creepy (privacy-wise) but what an impressive service.
Assuming the cave is spherical, each swing will reach the other side, because inside the cave the black hole will not be slowed down, do you agree? So in this perfect situation, it is impossible that the black hole will come to stop exactly in the center. Even if it was stopped exactly in the center, if one atom hits it from one side, the black hole will crash into the other side (but slowly of course).
The reasoning is that when we divide something evenly, we usually want to divide it into a small number of parts. 12 divides evenly into small parts better than 10 does, and so more often provides a convenient division.

For instance if we assume that half the time we need to divide into halves, 1/4 of the time into thirds, 1/8 into quarters and so on, then over 90% of the time you wish to split something into 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6 or 1/12. All of which are trivial in a duodecimal system. By contrast only 56% of the time do you wish to split into the similarly easy 1/2, 1/5 or 1/10 in decimal. Even if we say that 1/4 and 1/8 are OK in decimal, we still wind up with inconvenient repeating fractions over 3 times as often as duodecimals do.
If you take a detour and happen to stop by the Philippines, please give me a shout. I also have an extra room if you need it (beers included :)
The changed l (letter) looks a lot like 1 (number). Perhaps someone using the font can confirm or deny this?
I think you've missed the point of the article.

There are many conceivable solutions to our present problem. But any of these would have to be put in place or at least tolerated by America's ruling elites.

The problem is that the ruling elites today have thrown their interests in with the financial elites. They don't get that the game is over. Until that happens, we'll have the same old game supported by more federal intervention. You notice for example, that the crisis intervention were exactly the same under Bush and Obama.

The scary thing is that the US has more resources than any other country in history so this country's rulers can and probably will play the losing game of financial manipulation till things are really, really screwed up for the world (as now wasn't bad enough - now is bad but not bad enough). This last crisis was the dot-com crash writ large. The NEXT crisis will be this crisis writ large indeed...
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So long as he's apparently requesting this sort of thing, why not use a Patricia trie instead of a TST? Typical use-cases would probably yield a lot of single-child nodes in a TST, which a Patricia trie would eliminate. There would probably be a good amount of memory savings, and the only additional code complexity would be a strcmp() (edit: which doesn't increase the algorithmic complexity, since you'd be doing those comparisons anyway).

Using a TST is probably fine; it just looks like this problem cries out for a Patricia trie.
It's not a problem now. I have an exponentially better idea of where to look when I want answers to a question that I did when I was 12 or 13.

The single largest hurdle for learning on your own is knowing the right questions to ask and how and where to ask them. Sites like HN and SO are great but it's a matter of finding them (and neither SO nor HN have existed for very long).

(and btw I didn't downmod you)
Are we talking about a whole chicken here or chicken breast. My method was intended for chicken breast. I assume your method is for a whole chicken, because 35-45 minutes at 375 Fahrenheit will certainly overcook a chicken breast.
OK, be honest with me, does my voice suck on my app screencast & does my website make sense?

http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout

All feedback is appreciated.
Erin Mckean speaking about the dictionary http://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionar... .. watching Erin make the dictionary seem so excited and passionate about something I had never quite considered, that helped pulled me out of a deep funk and get excited about problems I was solving again.

Miru Kim speaking about her Urban Exploration Photograpy: http://blog.ted.com/2009/02/making_art_of_n.php
> considering the terms aren't even described on Wikipedia (at least as far as I can tell).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinator#Completeness_of_the_...
Jesus, do I have to quote from my own post?

I don't know. But I am content to let the system fall apart since political will is not going to acknowledge the reality about the many deficiency in economic policies(Which cause mass distortion of incentives in market actors), and the system of perverse incentive that exists within the government itself.
For my projects on the side (generally hardware, I'm a mech guy...), I name them after a mythological creature. I just finished Seraphim, a multi speed epicyclic gearbox. Earlier was Juggernaut, a longboard truck with a locked roll axis.

For my work (robotics), we take the name each robot project based off the new features that define it from the older version. For example, we run the Erratic robot line, and currently offer the ERA-MOBI. Since it's now public knowledge, we released the ERA-XTD, or an extended and advanced version of the Erratic. Our new products are named based on function (STH-DCSG == Stereo Head, Digital Camera, Shutter: Global).

Sorry if it's not a strict scheme like you might be looking for, we tend to fly by the seat of our pants...
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Unless I'm sorely mistaken, there's no integer overflow in the program as published. (You could cause an overflow in test() by calling it with a very long output argument, but it's much simpler to cause a buffer overflow, so why bother?)
On the other hand, Farads or Teslas...
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Ask HN:  Is it possible to find a job in SF from Dallas?
I've been looking for a job in San Francisco for about 8 months. I've made it to the interview stage with several companies, but I've gotten no job offers.

I've heard some people say that it's much easier to find a job in SF if you live there. Is it worth it for me to figure out a way to move there and then find a job? The thing is... moving from Dallas to SF is expensive. I doubt I have the money to put down as a deposit on an apartment and make the first month's rent. Is it naive of me to wait in Dallas to find a job that will help with relocation expenses? Or should I just make the jump and move to SF? Are there any ways to make the move more affordable?
I think that this error is intended to portend that you aren't allowed to use a computer without a keyboard attached. You must have a keyboard attached.
When I read this article a while back the part that impressed me was how in intuitive radians become:

2/3 * NewPi = (2/3's around the circle in radians).

It is a much more intuitive way to think about angles. Ask a third grader, how much cherry pie is missing. "About a two-thirds" they will say. They don't mention PI, and right now no one does. This is the way people think about angles naturally. NewPi makes this more intuitive by allowing you describe angle as a number between 0 and 1 (which is usually the way to go, see splines, animation, etc). 0.25NewPi just makes sense. It is a fourth of a circle, and this way of thinking would help kids understand radians instantly.

Probably the only drawback is when doing wicked tricks on a snowboarding game such as SSX. Doing a 1080 just sounds cooler then a 3, but which is more intuitive?=)
Forget more school. It's a stalling tactic.

Some things might make you happy. Travel might, business might, girls might, friends might. None of those have potential to happen while you're at home.

For a simple change, go into the nearest big city 3 times a week and just do what you're currently doing at home, from a nice coffee shop. Make smalltalk with whoever's around, if you feel like it.

Beyond that, I'd say drop your teams and pick a project you believe in and which is small enough to finish working only part time, within a month. The sort of project you'll excitedly check your email for, because you can't wait to talk to the people who are enjoying it. Working on something small & fully under your control is invigorating.

If money is an issue, Tim Ferriss' thing of starting from a blank sheet and adding in the monthly expenses of your ideal life's costs (instead of starting from your current default situation) makes for much more tractable budgeting, the results of which can be pretty surprising. You'll need to work a bit, but sometimes you can get by with much less than you suspect.

I guess, in a sentence, don't stress too much, just make yourself get out and around people more, even if you aren't interacting with them.
Importing PayPal into QuickBooks Online
We're starting to get some traction with our product (yay!) in the form of multiple PayPal orders per day. There has GOT to be a better way to input PayPal data than this:

https://qboe.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1085/kw/paypal/r_id/103898

A quick web search reveals lots of shady-looking third-party services that will 'sync' PayPal and QuickBooks Online. However, I'm reluctant to give out my QuickBooks and PayPal credentials to just anyone.

I know this is HACKER News and not ACCOUNTANT News, but has anyone here solved this already?
Excellent point.

On the other hand, I know plenty of millionaires who never could have made a post like Jason's.

Why? Because of how they became millionaires. Either they inherited, joined a family business, climbed the corporate ladder, held onto or flipped real estate, grew a conventional business in the perfect climate, or just got plain lucky.

Better: Have you earned a million dollars through your own start-up > once?
Pandora is finally useful.
Yes persistent is a doozy, as is lambda -- the ultimate antagonizer.
I upvoted you, but I also wanted to say thanks for the torrent.
People have gotten way too technical with this.

You need to do some sort of a squat, pull, and press at least once a week. Go heavier each workout, or at least each week.

You don't need to read any fancy books about physiology, and although I think that Starting Strength is the best book on the market for learning how to train sensibly, it's no replacement for a good coach. If you go to StartingStrength.com, there is a directory of coaches. Or, just find someone at a gym who is strong, and ask him (or her) to show you a couple of lifts. Start comparing what he tells you to videos you watch online, and go from there.

Jim Wendler (of EliteFts.com) likes to say that he's glad the internet didn't exist when he was learning how to train because it forced him to go out there and just lift instead of wanking around on internet forums and trying to find the perfect 8 week program.
If there was a book explaining not only the basics but also the purpose of and why I should care about binary trees, TSTs, bitwise operations etc., I'd buy it. Twice!

I am a self taught web app programmer and I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around these kinds of things.
Trickle down is most certainly not the broadly accepted view, FYI.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
Presumably it's their server's issue at that point.

If a server allows multiple people to send from the same address, then you can't validate further than that.
It is always a good time to point that out. Big content owners try to twist the meanings to their benefit, but while both are illegal, they are not the same thing, and it's not to society's benefit to confuse them.
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We just released VLC 1.1.0
Opps. I was mistaken in thinking the 3G had more RAM than the 2G.
Personally, I use screenshots alone to judge the app, or product, or program, or whatever.

It reminds me of IRC: people tend to abstractly explain and talk about their code, rather than just pasting the code itself. Same thing with screenshots: for almost all apps, screenshots is the most 1:1 description there is.
The 5-year limit to being a coder in India?