skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"UltraEdit for Mac also accommodates the selection of predefined toolbars for macros, scripting, search, and user defined toolbars. You can of course choose whether or not to display them."

I hope that means the top one too.
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HN's aggregator/filtering function is good, but not exceptionally unique - the same articles often appear on sites like Reddit or get referenced on other blogs. But the quality of discussions here usually surpasses other sites. In fact, after reading an article, I often find myself ignoring the comment thread on the originating site, then coming back to HN to read the comments.
Another thought: if someone already believes that mp3s can get you high, you can probably make some serious money selling them "top shelf" FLACs.
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Is that all we're about though? Building some silly widget, and then finding some sucker to buy it, and then laughing all the way to the bank? If that's the case, then how are we any different than the guys on Wall Street pushing credit swaps?
That's not a sustainable model.

I agree that building a company to quickly flip or IPO is going to be increasingly difficult, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for growth and innovation in the field. After all, MS started during the recession of the 70's...
In case you didn't notice, I think you have caps lock on.
You aren't at this time going to get around knowing the jvm infrastructure. That is a requirement. But, you can accomplish a lot without getting too dirty with java itself.
This is great, a 1.0 releas and android support.

Keep up the great work this is awesome!
For simple apps, yes. But actually I was surprised to find out that they have been on and off plans in attempt to kill linq2sql and actually if you inspect the produced sql code(out of the box) .. well it can use a lot of optimizations.

I do think o/r mappers are the way to go, although having better tools does not mean that you should start handwaving when it comes to db internals.
I for one must have watched at least 50 of the 64 games, so I did not need the graphs to know that the World Cup matters.
An editor with good tag matching should in theory solve this for you. Of course, HTML's complex rules of where a closing tag is required and where it isn't makes this a lot harder than the simple paren matching you'd need for S-expressions.
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Serious question: who on Windows is really using text editors? If you're a programmer using Windows, chances are good you're using a Microsoft stack and thus very likely Visual Studio. For me, text editors on Windows are nothing more than scratch pads.

Maybe I'm just biased, but if you're not using Microsoft technology it seems like you'd be better off with a Unix-like OS, where awesome text editors are plentiful. Maybe there really are enough people out there using non-MS tech but still prefer Windows?
I think the more common trap, into which you appear to have fallen, is thinking that computer science and software engineering are the same thing.
Life is never without risks. If he IPO's and takes the "money in his pocket", he could still get wiped out by a bad investment. IMHO that might even be more likely since since most entrepreneurs/small business owners already knows their current line of business quite well, knows the players, the competitive landscape, etc. At the same time, most of these same entrepreneurs/small business owners often know jack shit about investing, so I would think they'd be a lot more likely to make expensive mistakes in investing than they would be on their "home turf".
I often say "the Roman alphabet", which seems a bit odd. I suppose it's because I most frequently started talking about it in Japanese/Korean, where it's called "Roman letters".

A bit of googling says that it can be called both Roman and Latin.

Yay for trivia!
The thing I never understood is why put the gap on the lower left corner? Why not put it at the top?

The lower left corner seems the worst possible of all possible places to put it.
Selling is helping prospects understand how your product can benefit them. It's teaching the lesson of the benefits of an innovation. If the innovation/lesson is simply a lower price for an existing product, it is not hard to understand, so the selling/teaching is easy and therefore not very lucrative. Where the innovation/lesson is a new way of doing business, the selling/teaching is harder and therefore more lucrative.

> Actually, this is everything I don't understand about sales. What sort of person responds to a cold approach, when it is almost always the case that you can get a better deal (either a lower price, /or/ something that better meets your needs, sometimes both) going out and searching for something on your own?

The most lucrative selling/teaching is where the lesson is complicated. The salesperson of tractors to farmers currently using oxen will make more money selling than a seller of a commodity.

If you know what you need and just want the best price, then you don't need a high-priced salesman/teacher to educate you. All you need to learn is the price.

I suspect that the reason you don't understand selling is that you do most of your learning on your own. Once you've decided what to buy, you then shop for the lowest price. You don't deal much with salespeople who are teaching you. If you did less learning on your own, then you would appreciate salespeople more. The best-paid salespeople deal with prospects who don't know what they need and need to be educated. (Interestingly, these people tend to work in big corporations.)

This is from the same site, different page (http://www.bu sinessballs.com/salestraining.htm#theproductoffer):

Moreover the few customers who recognise the product benefit by its features and advantages will also recognise all the competitors' products too, which will cause all the sales people selling features and advantages to converge on the most astute purchasing group, leaving the most lucrative uninformed prospects largely untouched.
Someone holds it for him, but they are of legal age, do not work sweat shop hours (they work in shifts) and they pay taxes.
If the title seems to be flame bait or something off topic, I'll check out the comments first (e.g. global warming, economics, africa, etc).

If the article mentions a specific tech I use or am interested in, I go right to the article.
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I thought this was going to be about how Al Gore programs his own climate change models.
"It’s interesting that you can see after we were eliminated by Ghana, things picked up a bit, but still didn’t quite make it back to normal. This might be because we have more international users than members in the US."

It's probably also because US fans didn't just stop watching the WC after the US was eliminated. Just like everyone else in the world, they watched the rest of the tournament as well.
Another quick one on this, that doesn't address all questions...

a couple big differences:

syntax is totally different. clojure is a lisp. haskell has more in common on a syntax level with ML ( amongst others ).

clojure runs on the jvm. haskell doesn't.

clojure is a dynamically typed language. haskell is statically typed.
Everyone seems to be suggesting screen capture applications, after looking at your reference, it seems http://goanimate.com/biz might be more what you're looking for, with options for DIY and outsourced. Disclaimer: I have not used any service like this just googled for "make your own animation", any video productions I've been part of have been application screencaps with vnc2swf or Camtasia.
Where was this and what was the agency?
Your assuming he would reinvest the money rather than just keep it a savings account (or several).
I also think Racket is a good introduction to Lisp. The documentation is great. Take a look at the vector documentation as an example http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/vectors.html?q=vector&.... If you are not familiar with the language, there are plenty of examples to help you get going.

I recently started working through The Practice Of Programming and I wanted to compliment it with a functional language. I thought it would make the on ramp to functional languages a little smoother by first coding something in a language I'm familiar with and then port it over (producing more idiomatic scheme is the next iteration). I chose scheme as the compliment and PLT/Racket as the environment. So far, it has been working well.
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That would definitely be before the first time I heard it.

My first recollection of it was one of Casey Kasem's tirades back in the 80's. I can't find the original on the web, but Bob and Tom spoofed it with "Mr Obvious - Too Hot for Radio" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vobd2qDpzU
What up samratjp?!

Check out http://www.couch.io/case-studies

And a longer list here http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild
I actually really miss Ultraedit. I think it's the only app I miss since switching to a mac. Things I haven't found in 1 app yet

* Everything is keyboard driven. Most mac apps still need a lot of keyboard.
* It has SSH/FTP integration
* It was not too buggy.

I currently use Coda, but it crashes too often, and is less powerful.
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I understand what you're saying, but I think the signal:noise ratio on HN is better than most other places on the web.

Plus, there's still plenty of quality, detailed comments. For example in this thread:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1517339

The first comment I see is both the longest and highest rated. It also contains quite a lot of worthwhile information.
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This is really cool. I'm looking forward to people getting other OSes up and running, too.
Ask HN: Corporate structure for equity?
Apologies for the long winded question. All of my experience is straight contract work. Someone comes to me with an idea, my shop builds it for them for a fee- deal done. Since this scenario is a little different, I'd like to get your collective input from past experiences before I start talking to a contract attorney.

Recently I was approached by a business man who wanted a project developed. We started working out a spec, I gave him a quote, and he gave me a counter-offer that was pretty fair and offered some equity (10%) to make up for the difference between my initial price and his counter. Normally, I'd start cutting features, take his counter offer, and tell him to keep his equity. But this guy has an _uncanny_ ability to build buzz and successful (profitable) products.

This is a SaaS type deal which will be profitable from day one. There's no way we're going to be a target for acquisition or IPO, but I think it's probably going to do 100k < net income < 250k in the first year. (At which point I'm hoping to sell my shares back to him.)

What kind of corporate structure should we choose? I know everyone says C-corp in Delaware, but we're not raising any $. Should we still go with a C-corp? How would liquidation/transfer of this stock work? If I sell my shares to my partner, is it taxed as long-term capital gains?

How would owners draw work? Am I immediately entitled to 10% of the profits the second we become profitable? Is there a buffer period before I'm able to draw? Do we agree in advance on how much money gets reinvested into the business? I'd imagine that'd be his call since he's the majority holder, but is there a way to guarantee a percentage of profits I can draw out on a regular basis? What's the convention here?

As a partner, am I entitled to inspect the books whenever I feel like it? I don't have any reason to believe he'd screw me but I'd like to cover my bases rather than have things get messy later on.

Thanks guys! :)
most people seem to be getting much better wireless performance from the 4 than any previous iPhone..

The thing is that the left-corner problem can be exactly specified. People are used-to but still frustrated-by random problems in cell phones. But this is one problem you can literally and metaphorically put your finger on. So people will focus their attention and ire on this one. It may be a presentation problem and not a serious reception problem - but Apple has previously been the king of presentation and so it seems like the kind of thing they should have stopped even if it's not serious. And indeed, everyone with some of kind of grudge against Apple is not-so-secretly happy they failed to stop it.

And I'm among those happy with the somewhat-unfair presentation of this situation. If an over-blown reception problem is what it takes to ding the progress of Apple's totalitarian walled garden, then then hurrah for an over-blown reception problem.
So there is a breadth of support you don't get elsewhere? I wouldn't argue with that. When it comes to breadth of support, it is hard to argue against java, php etc.
I can't tell if this post is facetious or not. People who watch the world cup at bars are "hooligans" and you're "surprised" they live in your neighborhood of "otherwise respectable people"? And the conclusion of this post is that the world cup "matters" because of a statistically insignificant drop in your company's highly skewed sampling of productivity data? Only on HN.
I'll share some experience a friend had with this stuff. I don't have the low-level details, but this should be enough to make an informed decision.

He was working on what he termed "high speed automated trading" -- basically all in this realm of picking pennies up in front of bulldozers.

He's a very smart and talented guy -- Harvard Physics/Comp. Sci double major, etc. So we're not talking about an amateur throwing around some code.

He spent about 6 months and over $50k setting up his system -- he had developed some algorithms to trade spreads between different securites (on the CBOE, the NYSE, and NASDAQ). He built a relationship with a clearing agent, a direct broker, etc. He got machines in colo facilities as close to the exchanges as possible (one data center in Chicago, one in Jersey City, etc.) SLAs on low-latency DS3 lines, etc. The whole nine yards.

I'd call it a "pro-sumer" level setup -- everything done by one guy, but done basically as well as a bigger firm would set it all up.

Here's what he discovered after about a week of trading: He didn't have even remotely a shot at competing. Like, not even close. If he had 10ms pings to the exchanges, someone else had 5ms. If he got down to 2ms, someone else who was physically at the exchange itself had 1ms. He got killed with commissions -- even if he did make a few $$ on some trades, it vanished with commissions.

Why? Because he was competing against guys who paid NO commissions. The broker-dealers and clearing companies themselves had internal automated trading setups. They had deeper relationships and deals that traded commissions for a cut of the profits, etc.

In other words, he figured out pretty quickly that this is not an algorithm game or speed game - it, like many things on Wall Street - is a 'who you know' game. No matter how smart, how fast, how sophisticated you are as an outsider, the likelihood is that someone on the inside has a similar trade idea and can do it faster and cheaper than you.

Now, the corollary to that: My friend is smart, but he also tends to give up too easily ;) Clearly if you've got an idea for a better/smarter/more innovative trade, then you'll make money on it. But that's a trade idea, not a speed advantage.

So just recognize that there's potential to make money, but "same idea, just faster" won't cut it.
I don't understand the fascination people have with comparing how many hours a week they work. Like someone is going to applaud you for working 70+ hours a week? I really don't see how that should be important to anyone but you.

IMHO, the proper definition of a startup should be a business that's starting up. It's fucking ludicrous to decide that there is only one kind of way to start a business that qualifies it as being a "startup".

If you see it as a "slap in the face" that you're working 70+ hours and someone else isn't, the problem isn't them... it's you. Are you jealous that they're get more done in less time than you? Or perhaps jealous that they picked their business model better so that they don't have to do as much as you do? Or maybe you were hoping that somehow other people would be impressed with your "heroic", "macho" levels of work, when in reality, nobody cares how many hours you put in.
No.

Your ping time will be > 20ms. factor in a bit of latency in the data feed and call it 30ms. Nyquist says you'll get aliasing unless you sample 2xfreq. So The highest frequency you can possibly trade is 60ms. Not at all high frequency.

And I really doubt you'll get a 20ms ping time. I get 100ms to my broker. Can you do mid-frequency trading? Absolutely. But you don't have the money or access to resources required for hifi trading.

Also, $10/trade is VERY high. I'm using interactive brokers, which is $2/side+some costs which are small enough I don't bother accounting for them.
An analysis of GPLed code in Thesis
This is pretty interesting, someone did a detailed analysis of GPLed code found inside of Thesis:

http://drewblas.com/2010/07/15/an-analysis-of-gpled-code-in-...
Why would he do that when it's so much easier to collect a paycheck and complain about how management is doing everything wrong?
I find people who flock to these investors (YC included) ridiculous.

This is pretty overstated. There are legitimate reasons for "flocking" to investors. Some (not all) businesses will have a better chance of succeeding with a large influx of capital, or with the advice, connections, and pressure provided by an investor.

Just because you don't need an investor to be successful doesn't mean that people who take investment are ridiculous.
Ask HN:  How much rent can I afford in San Francisco?
I'm moving to San Francisco soon and I'm just trying to get a rough idea of what I can afford. The general rule of thumb is rent should be 33% of income, but that seems a bit tough in SF with rent prices what they are. What do most landlords go by?
Just to flesh out your data point, then:

Where do you live?

Have you had any other network issues -- dropped calls or an inability to dial out -- either with iPhone4 or a previous iPhone model?

Is there no effect on your call or data quality (either as reported by 'bars' or subjectively experienced) when touching 'the gap'?
Plenty of programmers run Windows without being tied to a Microsoft stack; web developers, for example.

Believe it or not, there are many people who prefer Windows - while Unix-like OSes may be better for some things, many people use the same computer for a wide range of things, programming being just one of them.
Excellent article. The ksplice fellows are extraordinary hackers w/ good practice!
I disagree. I've had my iPhone 3G for 2 years and always carried it in my pocket. I keep keys and coins (and anything else scratchy) in a different pocket. The phone is completely unscratched (apart from tiny and unimportant scratches on the plastic back from being placed on hard surfaces).

Every iPhone case I've seen has looked ugly and clumsy to me. The 'bumpers' are better than most, but there's no way I'd be prepared to use one, even if it were free.
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cool, are there any vids for this course?
It is important to point out that many of those Java libraries are not pleasant to use, to the point that I once found it easier to write a basic CSV library in Clojure than to interface with any of the Java CSV libraries I could find.

It's still a significant advantage to have the option, and some of the Java libs aren't so bad.
Is there any http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_blower protection in corporate environment?
Consumer Reports is a non-profit that has a long record of relative objectivity. Consumer's Union is non-profit founded in 1936

"Consumer Reports does not print outside advertising, accept free product samples, or permit the commercial use of its reviews for selling products. Its publisher states that this policy allows the magazine to 'maintain our independence and impartiality... [so that] CU has no agenda other than the interests of consumers.'

"Consumer Reports states that all tested products are purchased at retail prices by its staff, that no free samples are accepted from manufacturers, and that this avoids the possibility of bias from bribery or from being given "better than average" samples."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Reports
Will "The Social Network" movie finally slow Facebook's growth?
Do you all think that this will reach enough of mainstream audiences to have a considerable negative impact on Facebook's reputation? Will the backlash Facebook saw primarily from the tech community over privacy issues happen on a larger scale once audiences have seen this?

I'm interested to see what others think about the impact this might have.
Seems like hosting a large hifi dataset in the cloud (eg rolling last 5 years) and charging a small fee to crawl it might be a good opportunity. Or maybe there's no margin in it when people are prepared to pay $$$ as you describe even if they're reinventing the wheel in the process.

Not that I'm a mathematical or economic genius of any kind, but I continue to be surprised at how primitive financial analytics seem. When people do find something interesting (eg Li's Gaussian Copula) they almost invariably make a fetish out of it and hurl themselves off the nearest cliff shortly afterwards. Economics faculties are as much to blame as anyone, I feel.
He stated his developers must know this not all developers.

Also any web app that is not using some form of OOP must be a very small or very confusion application (confusing to modify not use).
It sounds like you want an LLC. The main reason to choose a C Corp is to support equity investment.

With an LLC you literally own a percent of the company, rather than a number of shares (which equates to a percent). This can be bought or sold just like shares. However, you may choose to put restrictions on exactly what circumstances one of you can sell, and to whom, and with what provisions. Often, the other partner gets right-of-first-refusal to buy at the price that you were about to sell it at. This would be fine in your case, since your partner is your target.

LLCs can divest their profits to shareholders at the end of each fiscal year, at which point it is taxed as personal income. With a corporation, this would be considered a dividend. Dividends are "post-income" -- they are paid from profits, not revenue. This means that the money is taxed as corporate profit (15%) before it reaches you. Then you are taxed again as an individual.

Furthermore with a C Corp you pick up a bunch of reporting requirements. For starters, you need a Board of Directors, and you are required to have an Annual Meeting, the minutes of which must be filed with the government.

I'm not sure about financials. My understanding is that as a member of an LLC you are privy to all of that, but you can do a lot with the operating agreement to change defaults, so make sure you have your own counsel if your partner is the one drawing up the docs.
Yes, but not for any of the reasons that RescueTime said it does.
To be more specific, do you all think that this will reach enough of mainstream audiences to have a considerable negative impact on Facebook's reputation?
I'm not sure exactly what you meant, but a 30 day return window is already the refund policy for the iPhone:

http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespolicies.html#...
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