skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't care for the 35k iPhone App and 3k WAP site numbers that he pulled out of thin air. From my experiences, the costs are not so disparate.

iPhone vs. WAP is a poor comparison because an iPhone app and a WAP site are two different digital tactics that address completely different objectives.

Brands are not buying iPhone apps to get the same utility that is available from a WAP site. They are buying them to make their brands appear technically savvy, and to increase engagement.
For the sake of argument, let's assume the analysis is off by two orders of magnitude (i.e. assume half of businesses will earn less than $70K per year).

Can anyone justify an investment in development of an iPad-only productivity software? Do you think a startup can raise capital based on such economics?

My takeaway: Selling AppStore apps/ads isn't THE business model. It should be one of the channels amongst others.
Debunking myths about why people file for bankruptcy
Yes - we wish to keep the focus of the challenge on the data within the cloud. We fully understand that in reality, most attacks do not occur directly against encrypted data.

The idea we are trying to get across is that the data we store, in the cloud, is secure against the number one cloud storage adoption concern - leakage of personal and corporate data.
I doubt google will agree with their terms. Youtube is arguably as guilty as thepiratebay, megaupload, and etc for harboring illegal content...google is not going to set up a potential argument to delist youtube (themselves.)

Also if google does ban them, there will be other search engines that do index such sites; it really doesn't solve anything really.
Never heard of this site before but it reminds me of The Setup[1].

1: http://usesthis.com/
rguzman - I appreciate your response! Send me a message at dominate@struc.to and I'll happily refer you to my partner who did the design!
Working to build another person's dream is okay if you believe in the dream. If work provides challenges that are personally rewarding then being an employee is a good proposition.

Good employers are inspiring and they respect the needs of their employees. I would never want to employ a person simply for their utility as capital. Business value does come first when choosing to employ someone, but with the spectrum of choices available to employees in the United States, an employer should offer opportunities for personal growth.

Employment with meaningful challenges is a decent alternative to self-employment.
Per the blog post and challenge text: "We are issuing this challenge because we are confident that no one will succeed. In fact, we know no one will succeed – security experts will realize that this “challenge” is really more of a demonstration. This is a stunt to bring attention to the strength in modern encryption and our use of it. In reality, encryption is the least likely place to fail in a secure system. The smart attacker will know to avoid the crypto and to look for weaknesses elsewhere (frequently in people and IT processes)."

We fully acknowledge and concur with Schneier.
Maps are Broken, for Some Definition of Broken
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actually it goes back even farther!

ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/user/jcr/histcont.pdf has a history written by John Reynolds, probably the world's most senior (and baller in the sense of doing amazing work) among currently active programming language theoreticians.

Quote from pages 2-3 of the linked pdf:

Apparently, the earliest description of a use of continuations was given by Adriaan van Wijngaarden (Director of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam) in September 1964, at an IFIP Working Conference on For- mal Language Description Languages held in Baden bei Wien, Austria. A written version of this talk, along with a transcript of the discussion that followed, appears in the conference proceedings [45].

Van Wijngaarden’s goal was to formulate a preprocessor that would translate Algol 60 into a more restricted sublanguage. The final stage of the preprocessing was (what we would now call) a transformation of proper procedures into continuation-passing style (CPS) [41], with an at- tendant elimination of labels and goto statements. (An earlier stage of the preprocessing replaced function procedures by proper procedures.)
As van Wijngaarden described the transformation:

Provide each procedure declaration with an extra formal param- eter — specified label — and insert at the end of its body a goto statement leading to that formal parameter. Correspond- ingly, label the statement following a procedure statement, if not labeled already, and provide that label as the correspond- ing extra actual parameter. [45]
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Security Essentials is actually pretty good and catches the majority of things lurking out there on the web. It's lightweight and takes little resources. Much better than a Norton or McAfee install -- good god.
My feedback on the signup process:

I'd be changing the Login box with the Signup box. You want to make it REALLY easy for people to join!

Users who come specifically to login will find the login button no matter where you go. Users considering registering may not look ("Oh, this is too hard to find, not to worry")
This site is more extensive and better organized:
http://devcheatsheet.com/
have a look at hama http://incubator.apache.org/hama/ which is current apache project for doing same.
I know you're looking for more than proofreading feedback, but I just wanted to make you aware of a small typo on the main page.

Just above the email input box, it says this text: "Get in our our beta service." I'm guessing you didn't deliberately put "our" twice! :)

Now on to some real feedback! I'm super excited to give this service a try. It will certainly take the monotony out of many projects and allow my brain to focus on innovation rather than repetition. Thumbs up!
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You say it as if a "good job and a regular paycheck" is a bad thing, rather than something that most of the population would be happy to have.
User Space File Systems
That's a deal-breaker for me; I don't use Facebook, and I don't link my Twitter account except in exceptional circumstances.

I suspect I'm not the target demographic, though.
It's not an actual opt-out from iAds, but from "targeted" iAds.
It's understandable that you'd rather concentrate on writing neat software, but when your hardware doesn't work and your guide doesn't help you, I'm guessing you'll wish you'd spent a little more time learning basic circuits.

To that end, Horowitz and Hill's The Art of Electronics is an oft-recommended starting volume, and it will remain useful as a reference---it's got little "cookbook" sections at the end of each chapter. At the very least, read through Chapter 1---that'll cover the basics of passive components (R, L, C) and diodes, and introduce you to some useful terminology. You can stop there, or continue through transistors, op-amps, filters, power circuits, et cetera, or just refer to chapters as necessary.

You should be able to find used copies of H&H all over the place, since lots of intro courses use it as a textbook, and if you're doing anything more than wiring up a bunch of blinky lights, it's likely you'll find it very useful in the future.

(I'm a mixed-signal IC designer, so I'll admit my view of what everyone "ought" to know might be a bit on the aggressive side. :)
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to be fair, anything you can do with call/cc (or even delimited continuations, or whatever) can be done with closures, its just a matter of being willing to write all of your code in the continuation passing style :-). Please see the linked article ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/user/jcr/histcont.pdf or wikipedia for further reading.
"The classes make a big difference in study time required"

I personally just take whatever depending on whether or not the class is interesting to me or not, but a lot of students will take courses based on the easiness rating on sites like Rate My Professor. It is entirely possible today with sites such as that to cherry pick an absurdly easy course load.

"Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0"

I completely agree. To get a 3.0 for most majors you simply have to show up to class and tests and complete all of the assignments. Thats it. The problem is that 3.0 is the new average. This isn't how grades should work. Average students should get 2.0 GPAs. I think the average GPA at my school is about 2.9. Obviously, this is from GPA inflation. I agree though that getting a 4.0 is still very difficult and impressive. I just can't motivate myself to try and get one because I don't find my major terribly useful, nor do I think GPA really matters for me. Besides I would have to soak at 5x as many hours into studying...
I guess if I decide to go with a plain-text option I guess I can simply show the content from the RSS feed itself.

As to the Why tab: Any takers for that real estate? I'd be happy to advertise a good-looking blog there. :)
Court Says It's Okay To Remove Content From The Public Domain
Ok, one huge grip - don't make me verify my email, that adds a whole huge step to the account creation process.

Also, If I click on a link in the blog, the feedlooks bar should go away, I dont want that hanging around - or at least open the link in another window, like greader.

Overall though, I really like the idea - really cool ,and nice implementation - I will try using this over greader for now :)
That's my point. So who are Americans to come and complain about unsportsmanlike behavior in soccer??
Ask HN: What DVR do you use?
I'm sick of the crappy generic DVR my cable provider offers me. It locks up constantly and the data, like scheduled recordings, eventually gets corrupted. This is the 3rd box I've tried so it's clearly a problem with the underlying software & hardware.

I recently ordered a Tivo premiere but the software is awful. The overlay menus are hard to read and at times prevent me from watching TV until I complete an action.

Now I'm left with the option of staying with the poorly built generic DVR, Moxi or DIY with Windows 7 Media. Moxi seems like the most promising option.

What does the HN community use for a DVR and are you happy with it?
Good idea, will try to make changes to reflect all comments about the signup link/page!
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All you need to know is that they were running an unpatched Wordpress instance.
It's on the wiki. http://www.ti-estore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&...

But the store doesn't seem to load :(
remove the robot, replace it with useful screen shot or process pic or something like that
Although I'm sure the copyright industries would love to do this, "including but not limited to" doesn't exactly translate to "ban all of it".
I am not sure why this is downvoted, but I did stop by Best Buy here in Cincinnati and they only had two 64gb 3g ipads, and said they had not received any of the 16 or 32gb wifi ipads in the last few weeks.
oops. you're right. i provided a bad reference. sorry!
Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets (free ebook)
Interesting site, first time I'd played with it . . .

My immediate impression was:

a) Brilliantly simple user interface.

b) I will likely never go there to use it, but bet I start finding their results via Google.
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If you wanted to try it you could put most of it in storage and try for a week/month (or however long you want to try it).
Quit & take a junior dev position preferably working with other languages (ruby, perl, jquery, ms visual studio, w/e) to mix up your skill set- then you'll have ten years of experience in varied environments, much more attractive as an employee. Even if it pays less, it gets you on the right track. Good luck!
Aho is also the "a" in awk.
I've noticed from the developer side that our iPad app downloads are really strong compared to the relatively low #s - I dont know if we're just better suited for that format - anybody else notice that?
The Ulam Spiral of Primes
Thank you - we're happy you recognized that the encryption scheme has withstood the test of time and external scrutiny. Nasuni strongly believes in reaching out and thanking all of the people and software tools/packages which help us accomplish our goals and serve our customers. If no one wins the prize money (as we fully expect no one will) the money is being sent straight to the Free Software Foundation.
I mean money and ppl. The computer industry in US was a product of enormous investments during WW2, A/H bombs projects, moon missions. Countries like USSR, UK, France, China were left far behind and had to copy most of US technology. German advances before WW2 were to a big degree product of US investments. Could it pay back and invest in basic science, while having no colonies and probably no access to most of world market?
meh.

I waited for an invitation for 6 weeks and when I finally got it, I was required to login via twitter or facebook. I dropped it right then and there.
Anyone know what tech stack/language the SDK is in? Java? C++?
"Lovely 'food porn'" ! Absolutely. I got to the figs on page five and my pulse started going crazy.
For those that want to try it without logging in, go to the login page ( http://www.quora.com/login/index ) and the search box will be available at the top
Given that getting a random key is an insignificant use case, i can't see where you come up with that maps are broken. That's like saying getting a car to fly is tedious.
Shouldn't we s/microprocessor/microcontroller/g ?

It looks like these the are the chips we are talking about

http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/msp430g2211.html

http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/msp430g2231.html
Free logic books:
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=33
Really? http://imgur.com/OaonC.png
If you're aiming at developers, I can say that as one, I'd much rather have control over my own data on my own hardware, however nice the tools are. That said, having your tool generate out a full running app which I can then install and build on would be great. Build in structo, then output for Django, Rails, ZendFramework, Grails, ASP.NET MVC, etc.

I would pay a per-use fee for something like that - the 'per use' meaning the generation of the code in whatever framework format I wanted. It's going to save me a fair amount of setup boilerplate time, and I can then take it and continue to do whatever custom integration and extension work that I need to do.

Let me design out the conceptual app I want as a non-developer, then find someone who can implement my project. I can give that person/team a starter kit with my core app fleshed out in whatever tech they're comfortable with, and they can take it from there.

As nice as those frameworks are above, there's not a true drag/drop interface for the bulk of the mundane project setup work (well, possibly for the .NET side of things).
As good as that book was, I liked Stanley's "The Millionaire Mind" even more: http://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Mind-Thomas-J-Stanley/dp/0...

There were two groups that stood out in the book:

1. Professionals who did well and invested wisely. He noted that most professionals who do well, spend all of their income and often even more.

2. Business owners.

Both groups became millionaires through one means: business ownership - through stocks in case 1 and directly through case two.

I know several people who've done very well and it's because of their businesses. A junkyard owner, an owner of an electrician company, an owner of a used tire business are among those who have little or no post-high-school education. They all have far more in the bank than I do.

Note that all of these are all what the blog post calls "unsexy" businesses. They provide a product or service and charge for it.

The first million didn't happen for them in 3 years. But it did happen and for at least two of them (I lost touch with the junk yard owner) the money just keeps coming in.
If Radio Shack still sells the Forrest Mims book I'd pick that up. It's a great book.
> But the free market is an ideal which is easy to game. CEOs hand picking the board, and the board then turning around and deciding on the CEOs compensation is an example of the free market being gamed.

I want to own stock in such corporations. (Seriously. None of the "good governance" stuff has ever correlated with the thing that I want out of a stock, namely, return on my investment. I've no objection to you investing in companies to feel good about yourself, but I'm in it for the money.)

If you think that a given company's CEO compensation is wrong, don't own the stock.
70mb? You're more likely to oversell resources other than disk...
Again and Again it must be said that violating copyright is not stealing. Second, a lot of what your complaining about isn't even copyright violation it's plagiarism and fraud.

I think most people realize that copyright is prime example of regulatory capture, how else can obscene concepts like retroactive extension be endorsed and enacted with straight face. Second, look at how much leverage they have over industries that are significantly bigger than the entertainment industry.

Copyright is a flawed concept, as is much of intellectual property.
30.000 dollars is enough for middle-class living in the Third world :)

I'd spend part of the capital though, or invest on something with a better interest rate (like living off real-estate rent - my grandparents do that).
Serious injuries (i.e. more than a sprain) at the amateur level are vanishingly rare.

Not exactly vanishingly. My over-30 team used to lose several people per season to knee injuries.
Sounds pretty unbelievable. So your saying you could eat chicken wings (unbreaded) for dinner every day and not get fat? What does the body do with all that extra energy? Don't the laws of physics have to apply?
Seems to me that you've been under a rock for the past year or so... if at this point you still don't know what it is... I suggest you look at this page:

http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq
Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police
You may need a Facebook or Twitter account to create an account, but you log in with separate Quora credentials. The purpose of the FB and Twitter integrations is so that other users can see the social proof of your credentials and credibility.
We just had one in DC (organized by Rusty) yesterday. It's a good experience; I think more cities should start doing this.
You could try out boxee and an eyeTV on a mini or shuttle pc, it's pretty easy to set up.
FWIW, it's extremely suspicious that he appears broke in the middle of a divorce - of all times. But he may be telling the truth, obviously I don't know his situation.

What I do know, is when I get married, it won't happen without a prenup. There's no WAY I'm going to jeopardize the work of my lifetime.
Factor: a dynamic stack-based programming language paper
Summary for Reference: Smaller package, 1/8th the memory of an Arduino.

2k ROM, 128 bytes of RAM, 10 IO lines, 8 ADC inputs on one variant, 200ksps with sample and hold. Very low power consumption (if you make it work that way).

$0.75 for the microcontroller in volume.

I need to read more about the USB interface. I suspect it can be used to communicate with the serial controller while the chip runs, which with the right software could make it be a nice way to build small USB controlled devices and sensors.
I'd like to re-enforce that life passes quickly. Higher hurdles develop as the years pass so that simply leaving a job without a plan has higher costs. Once you "settle down" you have to consider how to pay the mortgage, keep health benefits for your child(ren), and provide for your family if something happens to you. As you move closer to 50, your retirement becomes a factor in simply quitting your job.

Settling down was NEVER a consideration for me until I met my wife sometime around when I turned 31. I thought that I would always have plenty of time to change careers, explore interests, etc. (How wrong I was.)

It sounds like we're both fortunate enough to live in cultures in which changing careers and pursuing interests is a possibility. Don't dally! You can always take up paragliding again. You can always be a team lead again. Time you can't get back.
Right. Well, the other thing is I have seen no evidence of it outside of my computer. It seems like if I was infected with anything significantly dangerous I'd have had my identity stolen by now. Of course, it could happen tomorrow, but it doesn't seem likely.
I'd kind of like a way to sell some of it off, or have pg fly my family on an all-expenses paid vacation to the Bahamas or something. Fact is, though, it's completely useless.
It will be interesting to see what happens Re: the community now that it opens up. Right now, Quora's usefullness is somewhat limited (most users are in SF/NY and tech-oriented) but most of the answers are well thought-out and of good quality. User growth is a double-edged sword
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Isn't this an issue with the carriers and not Skype? In the US, Skype is currently available for Android devices on Verizon's network.
Radley Balko is one of my favorite political/current events writers, and while I am most definitely not a libertarian I agree with him on this issue 150% and recommend this and every other article he's written on this subject.

Having said that: this simply isn't Hacker News, and I've flagged it. This piece isn't going to make you think; it's just going to piss you off. That's a good thing. Just not here.
I wish this attitude weren't so prevalent on HN - no offense to you, but do you know how pretentious that sounds?

People who enjoy working a rewarding job are "rationalizing their addiction"?

[edit] Specifically, I object to the false polarization of this topic: working a job means bowing to The Man, working on boring crap with stupid bosses, and other such nonsense. It does a disservice to both people who work at a job, and people who are in business for themselves by generating false expectations.

Entrepreneurship is not a silver bullet to your boredom, nor is it a guaranteed ticket to working only on things you love. Nor is employment a silver bullet solution to stability and consistency. This polarized portrayal of either side really just adds noise to the discussion.

tl;dr: Working at a job doesn't mean you don't work on things you are passionate about. Working for yourself doesn't mean you get to avoid all the tedium you used to deal with on the job.
That's a great write up and quick into to the presentations. You're spot-on about the three categories of pitches.

My review took a slightly different approach: http://matt.io/entry/ud
Honestly you would call it free of regulation? take a look at others who have tried to start payment service companies - even in the relatively free internet space it's an absolute nightmare.

If you actually tried to start a new credit card company your number one barrier is not providing a better service than VISA but somehow managing to deal with the absurd amounts of red tape and regulations that go along with that. e-Gold is a nice shining example of the kind of insanity that's involved.

Finance, healthcare and education are the top 3 most heavily regulated industries in the world. Now purely as an intellectual exercise, what are the most backwards, broken, evil industries that everyone always complains about?
Well instead of pulling numbers of thin air, how about you provide some rationalization for your 'factor 5 or 10' statements? The post came with lots of details on data sources, how assumptions/estimations were made, the relative effect of error margins etc. Saying 'there are lots of ways he could be off' is meaningless against a rationally founded argument like was made in the post.