skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
$1000? Are you kidding me? Some companies spend that much on AdWords in one DAY.

And not to mention the lawsuits. $16 billion dollars of revenue can pay for a LOT of lawyers.
Why the hell do I care how hard it was for them to track down the OpenSSL developers?

This flaw was Debian's fault. They patched OpenSSL for no reason. Nobody complained about it. Nothing was broken. They ran valgrind --- awesome, but noisy --- on the tree and blindly started "fixing" problems.

This claim that they ran the change past the OpenSSL team before they committed it? Comical. To believe it, you have to believe that it is more likely that:

- The OpenSSL team reviewed a code change that commented out the randomness from their RNG, quite literally the most sensitive code in the whole package

than

- A part-time OpenSSL team member told a Debian developer that, while debugging, it would be fine for him to lose a line of code, not expecting that the Debian developer would then commit a change to their repo that commented out the OpenSSL RNG.

Stop wasting time pointing fingers, Debian. Fix the problem. You had no business editing OpenSSL; it is very hard to believe that your developer even read the code they changed. Promise us that from now on, you won't mess with security or crypto code.
Arrington hates Rails but wants Rails Hackers?
TC are hiring summer interns via Snaptalent
"Changing the system isn't a good option because for most people the system is fine. There are also tons of people for whom it's not fine, but they don't notice and it's not necessarily our business to try to wake them up unless they ask."

I bet if you went and made friends with a few of those people, you wouldn't feel that way.
Yeah, I know this is an issue I need to consider. I have also thought of the whole led based paint debacle which surfaced last year since my idea is for a toy.
Craigslist Eyes Navel. What Will It See?
Gwap: Play Games and Carnegie Mellon's Software Gets "Smarter"
Thomasnet is a free resource to find prototypers and design shops - http://snurl.com/28w08 [www_thomasnet_com]
It doesn't take much insight to see that this kid's life is hyper-scheduled and regulated by his parents. His Dad is "fretting" that his grade in piano will be bad, because he broke his arm in martial arts? Time to get some perspective, Pop....

Point being, this kid doesn't have the experience to know what he's missing by not being a little boy. Who says that his parents are telling him the truth?
I'm skeptical that video comments will work, for all the obvious reasons: they take too long to read, they take too long to create, nobody really wants to see squidgy guys talking to their computer in their basement, etc.

However, I never anticipated 80s retro, extremely tight pants on men, or the popularity of YouTube "video responses," so seesmic might be onto something.
I agree this was Debian's fault, and there really is no excuse, but I found it amazing that there was essentially no way to contact the core OpenSSL team.
Arrington hates everything he doesn't own and at least half of what he does.
(of course I haven't given up on the opposite sex) I'm waiting on a soul mate (aren't we all) she of course would have to have the same values I try for -money + integrity + honesty + transparency. Finding that is probably like hitting the lottery but better
Taxing people is fine, bending the laws to impose restrictions on out of state merchants is not.
If you need funding is the most important question and if so then you might need the valley if not; bootstrapping is always good ... (its always best if you let the investors find you) you should read the boot strapp-ers bible ...

http://www.changethis.com/8.BootstrappersBible
That's also a good point. I think there's a disconnect there in a lot of cases, several of them being former employers of mine.

I think the ones who stray from "frugal" to "cheap" are failing to consider the value of what they're spending their money on, and rather focussing on the number of dollars that are leaving their account.
W3C has had something like this (but not as clean or easy to navigate) for some time now at: http://www.w3schools.com. I don't the W3C version is editable by others.

However, it's still good to see another place we can look for answers if one place doesn't answer it well enough.
There's a scary side to this - what if Google themselves gave you better rankings or lots of free adwords if you agreed to only be indexed by them (selectively block the other crawlers)?

Of course they have no reason to now, and maybe not ever, and even if they did maybe there would be anti trust issues. But it's still a scary amount of lock in - probably even more powerful than Wintel.
There are usually Angel communities in every large city and they often prefer to invest locally. You could stay right where you are if you are seeking funding.
When did Arrington say he hated Rails?

And if he did, how can he have an opinion on Rails when AFAIK he's never written a line of code in his life?
If a woman were willing to live in a room in a barn, or a farmed dome, you probably wouldn't want her. Read some evolutionary psychology books if you're curious as to why that is. Money is, to women, a proxy for other things.
Much religious belief has a special protected status, though -- you aren't supposed to ask bare questions about the truth value of religious statements, or tell the truth when talking to someone else's kids;

Little jimmy: "doing that makes the baby jesus cry"

Adult: "Don't worry, Jimmy. Jesus is dead."
That's a fascinating question, actually. There are a couple of well-regarded approaches to including radio spectrum in a principled political framework.

The most historically congruent approach is to apply the principles of homesteading and private property rights, and allow courts to develop a common law framework for resolving disputes. Courts were beginning to do this successfully in the 1920s until the FCC was foisted upon us, with the effect of nationalizing the radio spectrum.

In practice today, this approach would mean privatizing the entire spectrum and allowing market forces to work, just as they do with all other forms of private property.

You can read Declan McCullagh's informed analysis of the modern harms the FCC causes and his detailed rationale for a property-based market approach here:

http://www.news.com/2010-1028-5226979.html ('Why the FCC should die')

To better understand the importance of homesteading and property rights from a 'first-principles' analysis, I would recommend Murray Rothbard's _The Ethics of Liberty_, which you can freely read or download here:

http://mises.org/rothbard/Ethics/Ethics.asp

In Rothbard's _For a New Liberty_, he addresses specifically the origins of the FCC and how the market approach was thwarted and replaced with bureaucracy:

http://blog.mises.org/archives/002532.asp

http://www.mises.org/rothbard/newliberty.asp

http://mises.org/rothbard/foranewlb.pdf

An alternative approach is to treat the radio spectrum as a non-scarce good (like air), which perhaps is not that far from the truth in light of modern radio technology. Under this view, radio spectrum need not and should not receive recognition as property, nor should it be 'managed', regulated, or conserved by government.
As long as you're not being "penny wise and dollar foolish", you're better off. If you loose time/friendships/customers/reputation (as others have mentioned) by saving money, you might be being dollar foolish.
Confirmed: Nobody cares about Plaxo.
There's no fear of catastrophic failure at 60mph on the highway, if its motors are only capable of a top speed of 40mph. It's not a highway vehicle.

Aerospace has used fly-by-wire computer-controlled unstable vehicles for years. I trust a well-designed computer more than I do an average motorist.
like anything else, it's a matter of balance. i used to be a hardcore bootstrapper and would pride myself on getting something to market on a $x,000 budget, or saving a few bucks on an SSL certificate, laptop, office space, tax deductions, etc. but the result is i'd waste a lot of time and emotional energy on shit that didn't really matter to our core business.

but there are two things to remember:

- your time is a lot more valuable than you think (as others have pointed out)

- often money, wisely allocated, (i.e. hiring a couple engineers or investing in a good work environment, not all-around extravagant spending) can help you get to market and achieve your goals faster

and since speed is a startup's only real advantage, this is often the difference between a 1 or 0 outcome.
Great title Sumon!

To anyone looking for a summer gig: come and work with Mark and me. We're two Rails dudes and we're having a grand ole time at TC.
Ouch. Excuse me. I'm just glad to have news stories about Downey that don't involve the house the Carpenters used to live in.
I've seen American inventor before, it's not quite like DD. DD is pretty much like a real VC pitch type of scenario, where you have startups that have got off the ground and are looking for funding to expand. So you get a lot more variety of companies and a lot more concentration on business planning. AI seems to be a lot more focus on "best invention" and is a lot more "reality showish" then DD.
stcredzero - I don't disagree with you.

There is no excuse in not learning to speak and write properly in spite of the fact that for many of us, English is not our first language. And we should try the best we could to make up the difference but it is just one more thing that we have to overcome in our journey as struggling entrepreneurs. But interestingly, my personal experience is that it wasn't until I learn to stutter and I learn to take notes that I start to succeed in startups.

In general, people are suspicious of perfection. You have to show flaws or they won't stop looking for them. I actually had better luck when I don't act perfect. "Strategic Stuttering" turns out to be an important skill.

Also, people don't understand that I have perfect recall (not perfect memory, just perfect recall) and they think that I am not paying attention when I am not taking notes. So I take notes and now everyone seem much happier.
Yes it's true. I have outsourced projects at times when I have more work then I can handle. Their best trick is to double the price we agreed on after taking the work half way. The excuse for that is that the work to be done is more than we estimated even when I clearly explain what I need before the project starts.

Though this is for software. But I know it applies to other type of work.

And yes quality is always an issue. So be careful. It's always better to have American or European company in between
Curie is included to inspire girls to become scientists. The textbooks provide both a record of history, and role models for students.

I'm not entirely convinced that record-keeping should trump role models.
A few people... most of whom I've met only threw their words on a book or audiobook:

* My mom & dad - Both didn't go to college, came to US in 1997 and have built a few businesses (smog shop, indian clothing, real estate, etc) and are doing much better financially than most educated, well-resourced people I've come across. They think in simple & practical ways.

* Rod Weckworth - Helped grow Rex Moore Electric from 2 people to 1000+ employees & $100M in sales before he exited the company. He also thinks in very simple concepts. Fundamental principles he calls them. He is also a very generous man with his time and his resources. It's funny how some people are so arrogant after a few accomplishments and some people are so humble even after many huge victories.

* 37 Signals - Their fundamental ideas & execution style work.

* Dan Millman - Author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Even though it doesn't directly deal with entrepreneurship, the lessons it teaches about living life transfer well to the business world.

* Ron Sutton - Taught me about 50% of everything I know about marketing.

There are many more, but I need to get to my 5pm appointment so I'll leave you with a final thought, Recently, I haven't been looking to others to be my role model. I have been thinking about who I am and what I am capable to becoming... and making my future-self as my north-star.

Adios.
You'd think it's the W3C, but that's because they're about the only other organization that uses "W3."
Money?

/ great idea, if you do not get into legal issues
Those aren't actually done by the W3C; and I've heard there are a lot of errors in them. However, I've used them in the past with no complaints for a quick lookup -- learned XPath from there, for example.
Why not make a JavaScript API instead of Processing?
You must have a very large trachea.
Catch a Glimpse of Mozilla's E-Mail Future in Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1
Techies keen to keep jobs in the family
Gotcha. The plan is to bootstrap the company and only look for external funding as my last option.

and thanks for that link. It looks like a goldmine of answers to some of my other questions
Arrington never said he hated rails. I imagine he hates linkbait involving him though.
It's be interesting to see the differences between eating processed and unprocessed foods while eating slowly. I just cannot envision a person taking a bite of a Zebra Cake, putting it down and "savoring"

Perhaps the greatest effect this may have is on the choice of actual food to be savored over the crap, high calorie, processed foods of today.
You should work at TechCrunch. You've mastered the sensationalist linkbait headline!
Nice, but how is it different from subscribing to a Google Blogsearch feed:

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&#...

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&scor...(smarty+OR+cakephp+OR+symphony+OR+zend)&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss
I agree with Ben Laurie. It is amazing, and it's happening because OpenSSL gets nothing resembling the community support it deserves.
my first inclination is to say "better signal:noise ratio" but time will tell :)
This is the guy running marketing at Xobni - a ycominator compan. Great stuff for early stage startups.
He called out the twitter (Rails) guy by name. I've been involved in the industry since dotcom times and that was the first time I've seen a single engineer been singled out for media ridicule. The scenario was like a junkie lashing out at his dealer for denying him his fix.
The headline is very TCish. Arrington has never said anything I've seen that fits the headline. It takes a lot of misconstruing to get to that headline...
i didn't.
Maker Faire: This, From That
It certainly is, but I don't think that has anything to do with the question, which was regarding the section of the linked article titled "Opting Out of the System", where the author writes "I can't even use the 'U' word" without giving much of a hint as to what word he means.

He refers to an "O" word later which is pretty clearly "organic", which actually reminds me of what I dislike about this essay: Sure, it would be great if our Howard Roark-style farmer could grow his own organic crop and slap an "organic" label on it to sell it to his handful of fans without having to deal with the Organic Trade Association, but that's not so good for me, as a customer buying food at the local supermarket. If just anyone could label their food "organic", then what are the odds that word would ever actually mean anything?

Likewise, I think it's all well and good that this clearly intelligent and responsible person should build a composting toilet, but if there were _no_ standards, what would stop a new neighbor from moving in next to me and installing, say, a toilet that dumps feces in a pile in the back yard?
If he doesn't watch it he'll end up like Michael Jackson, spending his adult life trying to recreate his lost childhood.
Being one of the top 5 results for a common search term is worth a hell of a lot more than $1000.

There's no way you could simply pay off the top sites to leave Google.
The truth is out there: National Archives lifts lid on UFO files
I think there is a really good reason for telling kids not to swear, and it's the same reason novice speakers of a foreign language are warned to avoid swearing until they're absolutely, positively certain they understand all of the subtleties involved. To go into a foreign culture throwing around swear words willy-nilly is to risk using them in the wrong context or in the wrong company, which can make one a social outcast or even the victim of violence. One can never get into trouble for not swearing, and with the cost of incorrect swearing so high, the best course of action for most novices is not swearing at all.

Likewise, as novices, kids lack the experience to know when the use of swear words is or isn't appropriate, and in such a case, the safest course of action is to avoid using them altogether.
Reason #3. You can't scan the content of video comments AT ALL like you can regular comments, other than how somebody looks.

And, #2.5, all of the "ums"and "ahs" lengthen the response, where text is (usually) cleaner and faster and to the point. Love the technology, but until the basic "jist" of a video comment can be quickly gleaned, I'll take browsing comments in 30 seconds vs. 30 minutes any day.

It's a wonderful communication tool for people that have no hands.
I'm for any medicine that can be proven to work through the techniques espoused by modern medical science. If you can prove it works in a placebo-controlled double-(or dare-i-dream-triple?)-blind study, then I'm all for it.

Anything less means "controlled study needed."
Did we just get a speech on junkies and dealers from a menlo park bum?
The downmodding is for conflating grades with "deservedness" re: interning at your startup.

First, if someone does the work, they should get the pay/equity, regardless of age.

I say forget grades and jumping through other people's hoops. If he wants to do it, he will do it for its own sake.

Second, I'd let the poor kid hang out at my startup just to get away from his parents and structure. He can play with action figures or something. Of course maybe he's perfectly happy where he is, but if not, it would be nice to have someplace to go where the adults just leave you alone. A lot of us can relate to his situation.
Advice to the Bright and Young
For a long time I’ve been meaning to write about the subject, and what was to be a simple comment morphed into this essay.

On YC:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190148

Or directly:

http://daniellefong.com/2008/05/15/advice-to-the-bright-and-...
No, any marginal tax increase just makes them more socialist leaning than they already are. In addition to state and federal income taxes, NYC residents (where about half of New Yorkers live), have to pay local income taxes as well as property and sales taxes.

For many residents (not just rich people), taxes hover around 40%, which is beyond ridiculous. Heck, paying taxes over 20% is infuriating enough. People complain about jobs being outsourced and companies closing down...a great way to fix this is to lower taxes and get rid of all the pet projects, red tape and blatant inefficiencies that plague our government and leech on our workers' earned dollars.

Ok - I'm done ranting; big government needs to go away.
Holy cow! Google also released their cross-platform Javascript library that they used for GMail and other projects.

http://code.google.com/p/doctype/source/browse

Awesome.
like I said, I've been around.
I agree - I saw the demos of all of the teams during the kickoff and there are some really good ideas/groups. Josh Kopelman gave an inspiring speech.
it's karma
crystal towers actually isn't that expensive. I'd say its pretty price competitive for the area (North Beach). YC startups actually probably bumped up the price by filling the place up (and the latecomers had to pay more)
I wonder what the folks over at Sitepoint think about this, having just recently put up a complete CSS reference and working on one for HTML.
I got this quote last December, for anyone curious. Price has probably gone up by now.

>One bedroom units here are priced from $2500 to $3000. Two bedroom units are priced from $2550 to $3300.

You're right, it's definitely not too bad if you have three or four people in a two bedroom. And it's also furnished and on a 3 month lease.
I guess there comes a point where if there is no society - would you really want to live? What is the point if you are the only person left in your "dome" ? I know some people that would be fine with that. I try to put as much distance between them and myself. I am a social creature, and always will be.
"Would the top 1k most visited sites take a cool $1mm each, plus a committment from MicroSoft or Yahoo to drive traffic through their search engines to more than make up for the lost Google Traffic. After all, once consumers realized that Google no longer had valid search results for the top 25k searchs, that traffic would most likely go to MicroSoft and Yahoo."
and imagine he paid for that!

come to think of it, he probably suggested this headline. This is a double winner for TC and Snaptalent -- exposure for both of them! TC to the hacker crowd, and more traffic for snap talent.
Stolen oil might have been used to make your computer
It's obnoxious to most people to contemplate the idea that children in a family might contribute to a divorce, but this is undoubtedly sometimes true.

Actually that was another of Mayle's 3 axioms, and it seemed to me that might sometimes be false too, but I went for the other because was so obviously false.
I'm not familiar with Clojure, but as I understand it's a new language. Kawa is R5RS Scheme except it can't capture continuations. Kawa has the advantage of being a fast compiler. SISC is an interpreter, but it is more completely standards-compliant Scheme.
on a failed startup of mine, i redid my taxes 3 years after i closed the company. i received $25k as a refund, and it cost me $4k for the accounting. good accounting is WORTH IT. had i used that firm in the first place i might have saved an additional $50k and spent $4k on fiscal advice. Since i self funded i did a lot of stupid things when it came to managing cash flow and spending personally for my company. also for being able to better leverage credit vs opportunity cost on selling stocks and paying employees, i could have much better used my available margin trading ability that had an interest cost of only 5%, and with some stocks, waiting till the fiscal reports would have been worth 20%, which would have kept me in the black personally, vs. having a burn rate.

oh the things i would do differently, and well, the things i am doing differently with social helix.
"Prodigies [inevitably] become ex-prodigies."

There's some truth to that statement. One of the best pieces of advice I got was from a college professor whose course I took in high school: "You're headed for great places. Don't sacrifice your childhood/youth just to get there faster."

At the time, I didn't really appreciate the advice, but looking back, it gets truer every day. Take some time to appreciate the little things.
if you go to terry tao's blog at
www.terrytao.wordpress.com
theres a bunch of lecture notes that do a sexy job of building up to the poincare conjecture and related sexy facts
clearly, by the comments below, this may not be your target audience :)
I was talking about my mother calming my fears after watching the documentary about pollution, not the Thanksgiving lie.
Interesting. My company's offshore IT shop is headed by a woman and many of our talented senior developers and team leads are women of varying age, marital and parental status. I don't have much counter-evidence to this post, but it makes this operation sound atypical.

Either way, this was well written and will probably keep me paying more attention next time I'm over.
The Neural Buddhists: "...[S]cience and mysticism are joining hands and reinforcing each other."
That's a fantastic piece of advice, thank you!
Author is a true hacker. His numbers are off, but he is thinking quite outside the box, pondering weakness of the system from different angles.