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There are a lot of robots out there...
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The "top 1%" is such a great phenomenon. I remember in the 2000 election the top 1% of earners were daemonized by then VP Gore. In a survey some 20% of people thought they were in the top 1% and another 19% aspired to be.

And that's with something easily quantifiable. How exactly do you quantify the percentile of a programmer?

FWIW I make no such claim about being the top 1% nor do I claim SO ranking translates to the nebulous concept of a programmer's ranking. If anything, SO reputation is a function of time more than anything else. It's also an indicator of persistence but only a positive indicator (meaning lack of a SO ranking obviously doesn't mean a lack of persistence).
>"The problem is that doing this while working full time is freaking hard. Doing an entire year of development after hours is just brutal. The longer the time to launch the more likely you are to not see it through to the end."

I agree. Working that hard is difficult to keep up. 6 hours a weekday and 8 hours a weekend is 38 hours additional work a week...

I am currently working on an open source browser game as a hobby project, and am discovering that it is much more work to get it right than I thought. But I decided in the beginning that it should be live after the first week or so and now I publish the current alpha every other week. Sometimes, this requires more refactoring, but I think this is balanced by the fact that the game is already in a state where it is not a closet project.

If you make a commercial product, be sure to have potential customers and a marketing plan before you sink a whole year of work into it. A customer of ours spent half a million for a _good_ piece of software and now its been waiting for other a year to gain traction. Business customers are interested, but it seems like the marketing department is utterly fubared. They even cannot get around to set it up internally to solve their own needs...
I don't know the context of the Gell-Mann quote, but having heard Gell-Mann talk about Feynman, it seems more likely to me that that is Gell-Mann's description of how Feynman imagined the Feynman algorithm.
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I use 'Better HN' chrome extension, so often I just flick between the comments and the content, settling on one of them (usually the comments) when the other is lacking. Also great for adding value to pages you find through means other than HN.
quantcast tracking code is nice, small and fast.

By comparison, google tracking code is unfortunately massive. It sets a ton of cookies, which are then sent with every single request to your server. Wasting bandwidth. It's worse if you have it on subdomains, since then it'll set even more cookies, and send even more crap to your server every single request.

For a website with a large number of reloads, or ajax or comet, this can be a complete killer.
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You mean to tell me that in a world where anyone could take up on any programming language and start writing code on one's own, properly educating that someone is feasible?

Please. This isn't 1960 anymore. Code is not written by "scientists" exclusively anymore.
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David Unger gave a great talk recently on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ka4KY7TMTU
(recorded at Stanford, but it's a reprise of his acceptance speech on receiving the Dahl-Nygaard award from memory)

He has a role-call at the end of what the people involved in the self project went on to do afterwards, and it's staggering: some of the engineers of the original Google architecture, what became Hotspot as you say, Lars Bak (of Chrome V8) as someone else has pointed out... just an amazing list.
Even in the post they once again pander to the privacy freak out crowd by noting that google analytics include some js.

Someone commented that it was nice that they mentioned this, and the author responded with "We know our customers well!"

Sorry but that's ridiculous. Reddit is hard to monetize because it's full of anti consumerist adblock js-blocking privacy freaks.... And they seem to be encouraging it in their users.
You can make a string class that interns strings. Language can express it, but std::string doesn't do it.
Really good and simple explanation. Elegant examples to illustrate his points as well.
Clearly, many of us agree that this process is broken; not specifically at Google, but broken more or less everywhere. So fine, what would you do differently? I hate everything about job interviews, on both sides of the transaction: I don't want to ever job-interview or be job-interviewed again. So let's hear some radical ideas about how else to approach the problem. The crazier the better.
Beyond the verbosity, my issue with C# (and even worse, Java) is that they're no good at what the web needs. The staticity gets in the way, it means the language has a hard time bridging before the "everything is a String" world of the wider web and the internal "everything is such and such type". These languages are hard (especially with generics) where the web is soft. In Python or Ruby, you can just deserialize JSON to native types, drill down your dicts and lists as needed and call it a day.

In C# or Java, you'll have to define exactly how your dicts nest and everything (or give up type safety), and that means you have a much lower flexibility.

Finally, C-inherited Java are dreadful at string munging. Which is understandable, they don't really like strings after all, but again the wider web deals with strings a lot (if not almost exclusively), that means one more clash.
Why brick it then? Wouldn't it be enough to change some status string that would tell the support people that the phone has been messed with and lost its software warranty?
I hoped it would be a blog post like "C++ is a ghetto"...
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the company/interviewer is in the superior/owner position and the applicant in the subservient/inferior/slave situation (perhaps carried over from blue collar industry)

Agree 100%. It's a kinder-gentler master-slave dynamic. That's part of why it's so fucked. So what's the alternative? Let's figure something out.
Within a year or two you will have to search hard (i.e. dig) to find evidence there was ever a leak.

This is not the first time oil has leaked. It's biodegradable, the damage is totally reversible. Just look at the history from the ixtoc oil leak (about the same size as this one). There was pretty much no long term damage at all.

At the bottom of the sea the oil will probably last for a while, but it'll be buried very soon. Everywhere else it'll be gone quickly.

Read this if you don't believe me: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/19...
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Does Steve Jobs cameo and say "How do you like them Apples?", pointing to a line of G5s? </awfuljoke>
but you'd be a fool to think do-gooder sentiments are the driving force behind that company

so what is the driving force behind google? you say power. what do they want the power for? they want to tell you how to live your lives? they want to tell you how to raise your kids? so far the political policies they've supported aren't bad... free speech, equal rights, etc.
Thanks so much for the comment is ultra useful, so I am starting rails. I hopefully can put something together by the end of summer
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I read about that quickly if it's fiction, or if the concepts in the text I'm reading aren't that difficult. My theory on how I got to that point is just that I used to read a shit ton of books all the time. One happy summer, I polished off a book every single day.

So my advice is--just read more, a lot more than however much you are reading right now.
Another useful step is "Ask a friend for help." Not because they'll solve it, but because the act of reducing the problem to a complexity simple enough to be explained to another person often makes the solution obvious.
HN reader DaniFong is working on compressed-air energy storage at her Lightsail Energy startup. I wonder if she could tell us if it's really a myth or not.

Also, totally disappointed that they decided against actually producing their scooter idea.
Chris Eppstein (develops compass) does a great job breaking down the why (for tools like sass in general) here => http://chriseppstein.github.com/blog/2009/09/20/why-styleshe...
With so "few" visitors it would be worth manually going through the logs and see if your interpretation is valid.
> C++ just doesn't attract self-publicists the way Ruby seems to.

That's a cheap shot ... Linus Tolvards is definitely not the Ruby-type.

And his arguments are sound ... for system programming, C is a much better language because it's simpler, lacks magic, making the pieces of code easier to understand without the bigger context, and it's more portable.

And for application-level programming, why would you chose a language without a garbage-collector?
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No, actually. The "chasm" comes much later, when you have lots of early adopters and it's time to go mainstream. That's a very different problem from the one in the OP, which is about how the population of early adopters is not the same for every product.

Crossing the Chasm is well worth reading. It's also cool that the research was originally done about seed potatoes.
I don't think iPhone's updates work like Android's updates. Each update is the full firmware, so it's going to be large regardless of what they actually changed. I believe that Android only downloads things that changed and need to be updated.
Then you are a "spammer", because you care for your results to be high, but I care for the results to be useful.

Can you honestly say you would prefer that your site be ranked lower than that of a competitor with better information?
This could get weird if we don't define our terms. If your "self" is your mind/attention, then sigzero is right by saying complete control is impossible; the human mind is too whimsical to ever be fully reined in. But we can consciously course-correct...
Its sort of ironic that Jessica Livingston is on the ycombinator team. Is she not a hacker? I really don't think she isn't...
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Traditional marketing theory, at least as I learned it states that the best product name should mention or at least derive from the product's biggest benefit. This is obviously a lot less important when you have millions to build a brand, but numerous split tests by the world's best copywriters have shown people respond better when they can instantly see what a product does. I know exactly what VWO does and how I can use it just from the name. I think if you were to compare the value of the two domains you will find that having three words may be a benefit from an SEO/traffic perspective.
But that's not my point. Maybe I am completely misinterpreting your comment, but to me the reasons you give for passing over VWO are completely frivolous and lacking in substance. The time of his email determines it's newsworthiness? Do you mean that you simply were not aware of VWO before and missed Paras' emails? Now that you are aware of it, will you write a full length post about it at this time?

To me your comments smack of a valley centered arrogance and elitism that TechCrunch seems to be a mouthpiece for. Silicon Valley fads get endless coverage and everything else gets ignored. I think being an Indian startup should augment VWO's newsworthiness not detract from it. I'm not calling you out specifically, I think this attitude is widespread in tech reportig, and this story is an example.
This looks pretty useful. Obvious revenue stream, restuarants especially want this but I would try to promote it to local businesses in your area also.
This is somewhat tangential, but I would bet the set of all people who stood in line for an iPhone and who refuse to use facebook is vanishingly small.
More than 2GB of ram, back when vista launched, for a consumer grade OS? Seriously? That should be a launch-blocking flaw.

I'm not suggesting that their underlying architecture was irretrievably broken, I'm saying that it just wasn't ready for consumers when it was released, and it thus deservedly acquired a bad reputation.
I think these kinds of specific questions are justified, but only on the basis that (a) it tests that the candidate really does or has worked in this field in depth, and (b) you have a bunch of other similar questions, and knowing the answer to just one or two of them counts as a pass. Basically, it's like throwing spears into an opaque pool, hoping to find evidence of the salmon of knowledge.
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I thought I read this before...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1505659
I think if I was in your situation and got that type of question I would have said
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Where exactly does he say he wants to beat competitors with better information?

Oh right, nowhere. He probably wants to beat out a bunch of pointless white noise.

But hey... thanks for being a retard who thinks it's cool to accuse people of spamming because they're interested in making sure they show up in an appropriate place in the search marketplace!
That's a very interesting statement. Got any links for further reading?
5HTP definitely has therapeutic effects, especially taken sub lingually under the tongue. However, no one should regularly swallow large amounts as it will elevate free- serotonin levels in your peripheral blood stream, which is very bad for your heart. Increasing serotonin is good in the sense of brain synapses, not bloodstream. You will also build up a tolerance to it and it will stop working. I only use it infrequently as recovery from migraines or drinking.

"SAM-e" is S-Adenosyl-methionine and is messing with methylation rather than neurotransmitters directly. It can have very different effects on different people and I believe is generally more dopaminergic than serotogenic and can actually increase anxiety in some people.

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By the same token, however, don't overestimate the competence of the vast majority of working stiffs who have titles describing them as programmers. Many (I would estimate well over 50%) just turn simple business requirements into business rules by copying and pasting earlier implementations, and getting things done by sheer persistence mixed with some googling, forum questions, etc.
I despise MSM's talk about how 'gatekeepers' should get preferential treatment or should be regulated, no matter who those gatekeepers are. It's all a shallow power play: he who directs traffic, shapes minds. The NYT is losing its power to direct traffic & complaints about Google are just misguided survival strategies. There is a problem with power centralization through network effects (Facebook, Google) but regulation is not going to solve that.
I find cutting off sub-vocalizing does not help at all, instead it totally messes with how much I comprehend or remember the material I'm reading. Instead I make that little voice in my head go as fast as I can, and it works.

Try practicing talking as fast as you can to a friend, like comically fast - but without making mistakes or abbreviating anything. I used to do this with my sister when I was a little kid all the time, and I have a pretty decent reading speed now. (Can easily finish something like one of the biggest Harry Potter books on a slow Sunday)

As always, heavily technical material takes longer to read. But something like a larger HN discussion thread I can comfortably get through in a couple of minutes. Goodluck!
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So, did you make it? :) I only made it to OSJAM which was great.
I think it's a good idea, much better than those Yelp stickers I see stores putting up.

I have some concerns regarding Yelp's ToS. The solution they mention is to contact them. Better to be forward and honest rather than go behind their back.

Also, IANAL, but they might have to go after you for Trademark infringement for having Yelp in your name (and possibly their logo on your site). I believe it is a "pursue it or lose it" thing.

Below are the ToS parts i think apply to you (in varying degrees).

6. Restrictions of Use

You agree that you will not, and will not assist or enable others to:

c. use the Site for promotional or commercial purposes, except as expressly allowed in writing by Yelp;

k. modify, adapt, appropriate, reproduce, distribute, translate, create derivative works or adaptations of, publicly display, sell, trade, or in any way exploit the Site or Site Content (other than Your Content), except as expressly authorized by Yelp;

o. use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve, scrape, or index the Site or any Site Content;

q. reformat or frame any portion of the Site;

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5 years time, they'll seem VERY dated. Like all the e- domains of yesteryear - eToys.com eThis.com eThat.com
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A monopoly is merely having sufficient market share. Which isn't necessarily bad, although it usually is. What you're talking about is abusing a monopoly.
That's a false dichotomy. Google has a relative luxury here.

Companies that don't have a large enough pool of quality applicants to hire from need to turn that equation around: rather, they must try hard not to let the excellent applicant get away, as they may not find another.
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You don't need Git to use RoR ... but try and learn it. It's awesome ;)

Git also comes with a SVN bridge, which works wonderfully for me.

Also ... Rails has its own development web-server. You don't need to have a production environment to learn it.

And I really recommend that when learning about any web framework, in any language ... just learn how to deploy a production server by yourself. It saves a lot of pain later on ;)

Not to mention that I wouldn't use Heroku ... sure they provide a valuable service, but personally I get a cheaper deal by getting EC2 instances and configuring them myself. It's hard the first time, but then you can scale your infrastructure easily ... EC2 is wonderful in that regard.
The product name was chosen to differentiate it from Google Website Optimizer, as my tool makes creating tests super easy.

Leaning the word up against something like GWO seems more like hoping to catch some customers who confuse the two. I know that is probably not what you are doing but it could be interpreted a such and I would stay away from that kind of possible confusion.

If you want it to stand out, call it Wingify. It's not the name that makes the success, it's the product(and the connections and timing etc), but if you want to differentiate your product calling it almost the same isn't going to create anything but confusion.
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Um, Did you read the article? Did you see how I praised Predictably Irrational? Or did you just jump at the opportunity to call me an evolutionary hack?

I challenge you to provide me with an example of a perfectly rational human actor. How might he live his life? Maybe a human can be rational within the confines of a specific problem-universe, i.e., any claims that he makes are logically derived from inherent axioms. But there are no axioms of "how to live" unless you're St Thomas Aquinas, but even his morality is suspect.

Okay, even if you say that Utility is not just $, but emotional payout, I will 100% agree that we're often irrational in our decision making; c.f. Dan Gilbert and Dan Ariely for more information. BUT IN THE CONTEXT I WAS REFERRING TO, preferring restaurant soup to a bedpan is not irrational because we give more emotional value to positive associated emotions and negative emotional value to the bedpan.

So cut it out.
Agreed. Then you have "Wingify Optimizer" or "Wingify Analytics" or "Wingify Widgets". Consistent, recognizable branding. What ties "Visual Website Optimizer" to any other product? Nada. There's no brand transference. Even if I liked VWO, I'd have no idea that Website Analyzer has anything to do with it.

And VWO really is a cheap sounding name, so I am not surprised jkinkiad passed on the pitch.
The key, I think, to hacking most interviews is to take into account the fact that most interviewers overoptimize for their own contribution to the process; i.e., you want to put yourself on a path where the interviewers have some sort of insight into why you're valuable.

This can be the traditional: wow, this person has mastered all these fields very well. But it can equally be: wow, this person did extraordinary things with this thing that I've heard good things about; or, wow: I could totally use a person like that on my team -- I think culturally this type of person is valuable; etc.

Basically, you want to figure out the selection of likely thoughts the interviewer will have about you -- choose the set of most optimal, most distance-traversing in their mind (some of which ideally differentiate you for your peers), and give them some excuse to figure those out.

It's, sadly, not completely unrelated to PUA, as our minds are trained to seek and, with cognitive dissonance, to esteem the general direction of what we've verified before.

Fwiw, same pattern as setting traps in poker. Though hopefully you're not being duplicitous, but rather smoothing out an already error-laden, discontinuous situation.
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He wants to go to the Sorbonne. Harvard is his safety.

(Apologies to Wes Anderson)
It's also arrogant not to even let someone know what the specific position involves. It's a solid reason not to interview with Google if you're not going in there on the basis of contacts.
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