skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
About life in Chile, visa processes, doing business in Chile, and the general cost of living.. well, you can find information here:
http://startupchile.wordpress.com/destination-chile/

In terms of salaries for a developer with at least 2 years of experience:

Program Analyst: $1210/mo
Informations: $1450/mo
Civil Engineer, Information: $1700/mo
Programming: $1100/mo
Design and Industrial Production: $700/mo

Are there other foreigner software startups / companys or immigrants ?

There are companies such as Wanako Games (NYC), Bio Architecture Lab (Berkeley), Bling Nation (Palo Alto), Atakama Labs (SF), Entegris (Nasdaq: ENTG), InquiroGroup (Palo Alto) and Zappedy (SF).
More information on http://supercoolschool.typepad.com/startupschool/2010/08/sta...

What about the English skills ?
I think you will be fine here, there is no deal if your software is written in a different language.
(I'm not sure if I understand your point with the english skills.. you're worried because you have to learn spanish?)

Hope it helps, any doubt, don't hesitate to ask.
I'm not sure what you're suggesting here. Do you mean to post on Hacker News? It wouldn't need to be anonymized since my name is trivially discoverable by looking through my comments, but that's why I wouldn't post it here. It's simply too embarrassing; I'm not a particularly impressive or skilled person (yet).
I'm curious if PEP 380 (yield from) would make greenlet less convenient.

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0380/
Interview with Alex Machinsky of GroundLink
You are basically saying you could re-write the H.254 codec just by studying it for one day? Sure you might be able to learn some of the image compression tricks that it uses by reading the spec but to implement it efficiently requires deep understanding of hardware architecture, instruction pipelines, bit-twiddling algorithms and dare I say it, mathematics.

You are right that mathematics is unique in being an infinitely broad subject. Programming as a subject is like medicine in that it is constrained by the real world. However, I don't know about you but I'm not going to trust a radiologist to perform surgery because he's 'understood' the concepts in one day.
Please elaborate on how you would make pure O2 toxic...
Nginx is used as a disk cache and varnish is used as a memory cache. So you're saying that why not scrap nginx and let varnish run the show on the edge nodes? That works just fine too.

Keep in mind that the goal of the article is to build an affordable CDN based on VM edge nodes. Memory is still expensive on VMs (especially if you're going to be renting VMs in costly locations). So if you have say a 20GB static store that needs to be served, on a 2GB RAM VPS, Varnish will only be able to cache that much files and be forced to make round trips to the dynamic node on miss.

Varnish does have "persistent" storage capabilities but from what I've read they're still experimental.

Regards
A bloated infographic is up to 10,000 times the size of a few lines of text.
Plastic Logic kills Que reader
I think you can pull some of the good stuff from here that you need and leave the stuff you don't.

As for designing websites in photoshop, at work we do it in keynote. It works surprisingly well and you can use mocks for presentations too! reference -> http://blog.swixhq.com/designing-swix-with-keynote/
Google spokeswoman: “We have taken a backseat to no one in our support for an open internet. We offered this proposal in the spirit of compromise. Others might have done it differently, but we think locking in key enforceable protections for consumers is progress and preferable to no protection.”

I have to agree, Google is getting flak here although they are the only company that stood for net neutrality.
They are being pragmatic here and everyone is ignoring the good points in this agreement. Also being ignored the fact that this is non-binding agreement that is designed to speed the debate.
One thing that puzzles me about the network model of brains is that, if I understand it correctly, the brain has considerable hormonal soup flowing about. So the idea of a discrete system seems wrong; it's very analog, very messy.

Is this a reasonable impression?
I'm afraid I've missed something here. Anyone care to provide an explanation?
Since when is quitting one's job the same as firing one's boss?
Thank you. Re: IRC, the answer is that I'm trying to address a different market. IRC is great for us nerds. But there's no good mass consumer version at the moment, and that's what I'm going for.
Here is Aaron Patzers (founder of Mint.com) take on things.

http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/08/startups-101-the-complete-m...
I work outside in 40C heat, in the sun for 8-10 hours a day;

The record high temperature in Hamilton is 38.8C, and the average high during the summer is 27.3C.

I'm sorry, I'm not comfortable with the idea of drinking or even
showering in leaded water. Despite lead absorption through skin
being rare, I think when it's covering your entire body it's
present at some rate.

Then either filter your well water (the municipal water is fine):

http://www.hamilton.ca/HealthandSocialServices/PublicHealth/...

Or replace the lead pipes in your building:

http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartments/PublicWorks/WaterAndW...
I think this gets at the distance between US culture, as it were, and the realities of violence. War is not the only source of violence. But it is a big one, which affects the entire culture pretty significantly.

So the 70s correspond to Vietnam. And the 40s correspond to WWII. Today, we also have wars. But we are somehow increasingly disconnected from the realities of what that means.

Anyway, it's a nice chart. But if you ever watch old movies right after WWII (in the 40s, early 50s), you can almost feel the trepidation around anything but those undervalued, safe moral environments. In some ways, it's a more mature audience / understanding -- it's more focused. But because a lot of the country has seen real horrors, it seems like now they crave some kind of careful normalcy (which doesn't have much violence). Perhaps the 70s also had that incentive. A lot of social change and some violence in the late 60s might've prompted it. Or, alternatively, people actually might've believed in non-violence for a while, and that might've stimulated other subjects.

I don't know. But obviously, according to the chart, it's a self-perpetuating phenomenon. So this can be explained by saying that US culture (perhaps increasingly in the form of high grossing films), left to its own status quo momentum, gradually disconnects us from the realities of violence.
When I started writing VBA macros for excel spreadsheets at work. The gratifying thing was that dozens of people were immediately using the things I built and productivity was measurably increasing - while not having to worry about rigorous testing or anything like that. Someone on an excel help forum had told me I'd need to use VBA to do what I was originally asking, and when I did I seemed to... Excel myself.

I'd been primed by some brief previous experience programming in one year of highschool and when I was a kid with a ZX Spectrum. Not sure why I didn't get 'the bug' earlier. Probably lack of extrinsic motivation.
Unfortunately it seems no one cares about corporate ethics c.f. Facebook.

I guess my only option is to buy a few shares of GOOG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
"Pimpin' ain't easy"
I'm not overly mad at google, but I use DuckDuckGo for most my searches these days. (now all i need is ddgmail and I would be set)
>>[...] neither I felt there was a point to be addressed so to argue with you over something.

>>I've answered you what I think (after reading the article) just out of politeness

I assumed you had something to say about my reference/argument when you wrote. My fault of course, to assume that you did more than finger exercises.

I'll try to remember you and not assume that you have any content in your writing. 1/2 :-)
Ask HN: Freelance - when to start the clock?
I'm about to start my first freelance job and I'm wondering when do you start the meter running? Do I charge for the first meeting where they describe what they want? Do I charge for the commute to their office? etc etc? This is all new to me. Thanks!
"Yakuza 3" videogame reviewed by actual yakuza
Heck, even The Flintstones had to kill the bad guy.
This seems to be exactly what I use FriendFeed for (I pretty much only use FF's bookmarklet). So this is like FriendFeed, but stripped down?
Schools: Outsource the Bad, Focus on the Core
Interesting to see the use of HTML serialization instead of the usual XHTML stuff.

I've been going the HTML 4 (and now HTML5 with HTML serialization)route because I don't send pages as application/xml or whatever it should be. But it often means dicking with this or that tool or framework that bought into the previous future-proof technology, XHTML.
That doesn't save it, though. You misinterpret me as doing precisely what I'm advocating against; I'm not making an argument by metaphor. I'm simply observing yours doesn't work. It only has to not work in one way for it to be invalid. That doesn't make your conclusion wrong, it just makes your argument invalid.

In fact I agree with you that it is broadly speaking incumbent upon someone who does not want to be scraped to have at least some protections technically enforced, however feebly, and you should not go out of your way to violate such protections however feeble they may be. But I come to that conclusion thinking about the monetary issues and bandwidth issues and ethical issues directly, not by making a bad analogy to people leaving doors open or locks on gates in the middle of the field or houses constructed out of glass.
Because most homes don't have a tap that dispenses soft drinks for basically nothing?

Another reason is that soft drink bottlers in the US don't claim that they're using "natural" spring water when they're just using municipal water supplies. That lack of deception might explain some of the difference.

Finally, some of the bottled water hatred is specifically focused on Fiji water. Soft drinks tend to be bottled locally whereas Fiji water is shipped to the US from an island in the Pacific controlled by a dictatorial regime. The idea of shipping water across the planet because idiots are easily seduced by a glossy marketing campaign rankles some.
For me, I would have no shame moving back to my parent's house and mooching off them while I work on something for a while.
Posted for relevance: http://paulgraham.com/nerds.html
This is one of my favorites.
Twitter Best Practices for Startups
I'm sure it's best to gauge the employer, but unless commuting or meeting sessions are part of your offer I usually wouldn't start the clock until I've actually started working.

That's how I run things, maybe I'm too honest buy the win/win aspect of freelancing is that employer only pays for one specific thing and employee does one specific thing and thus commands higher rates.
Beautiful maps, where do you license them from? Is it expensive? Also, did you map the neighborhoods yourself or was this data available someplace?
I tend to have them only if I've received them in change from a vending machine at the post office. I can't say that I have a preference one way or the other.

Back 30 years ago I longed for the Washington Metro Farecard machines to accept them--in those days you about had to send your bills had to be all but starched and ironed before the machines would accept them. The technology improved tremendously, but as far as I know the machines still don't accept dollar coins.
Ask HN: What can I move to from Google Apps for Domains?
So right now my business is entangled with Google Apps. Is there a competing service with similar features - document storage, email, mobile integration - that I can move to?
Has the mainstream press even picked up on the P!=NP paper yet?
Been playing with it.. I'd call this a very marginal improvement at best.

Looks like there's still plenty of space left for companies like Etacts and Rapportive to play with.
Me, I like walking. Or going by bus/tram/train/airplane.

I think what I really like is the going somewhere part in general, although not necessarily somewhere in particular.

Walking in itself is one of the more pleasant ways of going somewhere nonparticular.
Questioner: Why should I use this instead of IRC

The answer?: I'm trying to address a different market

Something doesn't quite fit....
I remember being shocked when I found out that my wife, in advanced undergrad courses, was routinely expected to pick up current biology and biochemistry research papers and be able to read them.

Conversely she was shocked to realize that people in mathematics couldn't. And that you could easily complete a masters in mathematics without once being asked to try to read a real research paper.
My impression was that the distinction between wireless and wired had less to do with cost and more to do with interference.
It's a good point, but that still seems like a bad starting position, even in that sort of organization. If raises have to happen at predefined periods, you should just assume it's a given without mentioning it. If they say, "Yes, but you have to wait", that's fine. If they say, "Okay, we'll give it to you", that's better.
I tend to think modern US blockbusters, are heavily influenced by special effects rather than characters, which usually means killing lots of stuff.
Don't bill for travel as income. Either bill it as an expense, or what is often more convienent/easier to manage since the client doesn't worry about it is if you have a car, is take the tax write-ff at 58 cents per mile (or whatever that figure is). For airfare, bill if you are doing work on the plane. The rest is the cost of doing business and should be built into your hourly rate.

If you are under contract, yes bill for the first meeting. If not, depending on the relationship, there are two ways of handling this. The first, and what I do with the clients I am most comfortable with, is simply add those in at a later date as line items. The rationale is because the second way to do it is bake it into your hourly rate post-contract (Notice everything is either they pay directly or indirectly). Many clients, when you explain how you need to structure rates go with option 1, BUT and this is a huge BUT, with new clients, never explain option 1. Sales is all about slanting and simplifying. Trying to sit down and explain this subtlety will likely mean you lose the business.

So moral of the story is the easier it is for the client to do mental math, the easier it is to win business. Trying to explain subtleties that are important to you are a waste of time. Add in a clause to your contract that expenses are not included in your quote and will be billed separately. Depending on your field, you also may want to include things like stock photography, software licenses, and/or hardware are not part of the quote.
What a beautiful way of putting it!

I happened upon the book in my life precisely when it would hold the least mystery, the second year of my graduate studies in computer science. It was fun but by that point in the category of "intellectual fluff" rather than "ow my brain". While I'm sure I have not discovered every last quirky little connection in it, every last pun or every last hidden pattern, I'm also pretty sure I didn't miss any of the main points.

But he's still smarter than me. I can read that book, I could never have written that book.
I couldn't help but notice this happened the same week ex-Senator Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens died. What a strange coincidence. (non-sarcastic)
This deal is just a fig leaf. Google supported net neutrality when it suited their business goals. The moment Android took off it became a non-issue for them. If anything, they should be taking more flak. Google's enjoyed an incredibly soft treatment by the press thanks to their positioning as a company that puts ethics before profits. Yet on the issues that matter, it's increasingly clear that Google's ethics are highly situational.
I'm with you. In college - being in Seattle - it would frequently pour down rain while I was walking between classes. At first, I would run and find cover like everyone else, but after awhile I gave up and started walking, head uncovered, treating the falling raindrops as thousands of gentle reminders that I'm alive. Once or twice, I couldn't help but just bursting out laughing.
New Wave of Investment Firms Look to AI in Trade Decisions
Really? I've traded that line with people before, always followed up with a grin and genuine interest in what they've been doing. We take it as a compliment: it's similar to saying you're so motivated and interested in what you're doing, you've produced something amazing which shows how much work you've put into it. Too much. Beyond what was necessary to make it work.

Granted, it could be meant as a slur. So could "good job", or "that's f'kin amazing", or anything. It's all context; take it in context.
So you used people's walking pace to determine that most native-born people do not take leisurely walks? ;)

I am not offended, that sentence rubbed me the wrong way. I agree that most certainly culture affects our activities, even to the point of how we do seemingly simple things. But the culture you have and the place where you are born are very different things. Ask anyone who is born into a displaced family that preserves their original culture.

I am an American-born Chinese person that takes walks. When you see me and my wife strolling, at that moment, you are seeing my culture (that enjoys "san-bu") not my birth place.
That is a very reasonable impression. Its hard to say at what level the brain can be broken down into discrete 'events', or whatever you might call them.

Anyway, I'm not opposed to throwing out the network model. I'm just puzzled by the reluctance to take it seriously, as in serious enough to say "this is how the brain works". I don't know, maybe chalk it up to reluctance to equate the brain with a computer. But the so-called "top down" model seems like equating the brain with a steel mill or something, so I don't know.
speaking as a crappy photographer, I disagree. A nice camera with a reasonable lens makes up for a lot of photographer incompetence. I mean, yeah, my photographs, in general, turn out much worse than photographs taken by a person who knows what they are doing. However, my photographs taken with cheap point and shoot cameras, well, you can't even tell what the subject is half the time. A good camera brings the picture quality up to "you can read the serial number off the equipment if you zoom in" - I mean, the composition isn't any good, and I've got flash glare, but it's a /huge/ difference.

and, considering that for most things I take photos for (usually something I'm selling) have a relatively low 'good enough' bar, a good camera is the cheapest way for me to get above that bar.
Mibbit: I don't have to create an account
Meebo: I just have to log in with my existing accounts (then there's also meebo rooms)

Also, the fact that the title flashes about new messages when I've just opened the tab and there are new things in the default chats is annoying. I didn't choose to receive the messages, after all.
What I realized fairly recently, partly due to growing up and partly due to reading "The Alchemist" is that most people will simply discourage you.

Be it with remarks such as the one the author rants about. However it takes many forms.

Just remember: when you do something creative, something you love, something outside of the mundane you do not have to justify your self to anyone. Chances are, if what you are creating appears utterly pointless to others, it makes you happy. Who cares what others think or say?

True art should be made for your self, not for any other critic be it real or pretend.
Watch Flipped (2010) Full Movie
When second-graders Bryce and Juli first meet, Juli knows it's love. But Bryce isn't so sure. Girl-phobic and easily embarrassed, young Bryce does everything he can to keep his outspoken wannabe girlfriend at arm's length... for the next six years, which isn't easy since they go to the same school and live across the street from each other.
I can tell you did a great job reading the article before you commented on it
I've also had Magento projects rob me of my dignity, so therefore I'm inclined to be sympathetic.
isn't this what twitter is (or at least should be) about?
I count 8:

Avatar (2009) - Yep
Titanic (1997) - Yep
The Dark Knight (2008) - Yep
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Yep
Shrek 2 (2004) - Nope
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Nope
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Yep
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Yep
Spider-Man (2002) - Yep
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Yep
You can see culture, not birthplace. Those are different things.

If you see me on the street, I believe you will see my family culture (Chinese) and where I was brought up (American Midwest). You will not see where I was born (East Coast).
Zoho.com and Microsoft Office Live spring to mind. Personally I'd rather be entangled with Google than Microsoft but some people seem to like it.
Does it use IRC on the backend? This is a nice UI, being able to set it up with a custom IRC server would be very nice.

Another cool feature would be the ability to embed a chat window on another website.
I have a Brita at home but on the go I buy bottled water. I don't see it as any less harmful than other bottled beverages so I can only guess that the environmentalist fringe is opposed to consumption of all bottled beverages. I don't know why they can't target more realistic goals. Making people feel bad about satisfying the basic human need of hydration is really stupid. There are better things to focus on.
This ongoing "conversation" between Zed and Jaques reminds me a bit of The Fountainhead. I won't be so obvious as so say who I think is Howard Roarke and who I think is Ellsworth Toohey, I guess :)
I like that it suggests rooms to create based on your Facebook interests. Creepy, but awesome.
My policies are:

1. Travel within town is free as long as it's not excessive. Daily travel during rush hour is excessive.

2. Travel time outside of town is charged at 50%,

3. I don't travel to the US.

4. Time I spend in my office is billed only while I'm working, not while I'm receiving instructions.

5. Time I spend out of my office is billed from when I arrive to when I leave.

6. I bill in 0.1 hour increments, but "quick questions" (defined roughly as "something I can answer on the phone without needing to say 'I'll need to think about that'") are free as long as they don't happen too often.
I don't believe you can get into bed with a US telecom and stay clean. It's impossible.
IMAP email is very weak. Really weak. Even the third party clients are weak.

How so? I am an IMAP power-user and K9 meets all of my needs. Flagging works, push works, folders work, SSL + auth works in both directions, and it supports my self-signed certificate. K9 is infinitely better than my work Blackberry, which is supposedly the "premier push email experience".

I am really not sure what more an email client could do for you.
Completely changing your stated principles on the importance of net neutrality and openness in the wireless sphere, because it suites your financial situation, is not "compromise" it's hypocrisy.
if signups are your metric, then I would guess you'd see an increase.

however, as others have mentioned on HN, by reducing friction you increase the amount of "tyre-kickers" - people who just want to check things out and leave.

that's not such a bad thing if your cost-per-user is negligible, or you have some kind of post-signup campaign in place (e.g. an email after inactivity that tries to "reactivate" the user).

in those situations, the more people you can expose your company to, the better. I'd wager that many startups don't implement Facebook signin because of the engineering overhead that could be spent on sexy new features.