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Why would an automotive startup need engineering co-founders? Why would a mining startup need geologer co-founders? Why would a research startup need scientist co-founders? Why would a patent troll startup need lawyer co-founders?

Same answer.
Thank goodness some CPU designers have some common sense. There is no advantage whatsoever to 64 bit addressing. You are just pushing a bunch of zeros around forever. That's not to say 32 bit is enough. 40 bit shows the designers have some sense and aren't just pandering to ignorant masses who think that because 2*32 = 64 that means something.
Third that, for 280 points and roughly 27K uniques, so very close.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1620333

Interesting tidbit, that is still going, it seems that the HN posting caused a bunch of other places to pick it up and link to it.
As someone else pointed out, the programmer is Notch, the guy behind Minecraft, which is also written in Java, so I assume he has been neck-deep in the Java graphics APIs long enough to have enough of it memorized.
Oh that is way to confronting.
It'd be useful even for correspondence with people within your company. The main gotcha there is that company email addresses usually don't have a lot of scrapable/public info out there.
> And why does the mass curve spacetime?

Because that's exactly what means to be a mass. You can't call something a mass if it does not curve spacetime.
Actually it does. Google thinks replacing the ads is fine, because they are adding more value to Google's email product than they are taking away.
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You clearly decided to pick and choose what you want to respond to. That's no way to have an adult discussion, as such I won't reply to you further, otherwise you can easily advance any conversation into any direction you like.
Incidentally, Time Warner just informed me that they were raising the price of my internet-only plan to $54.95, and pointed out that internet + cable plans start at $56.95.
That's because no official announcement has been made.
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"I doubt this will do much - people have found out that you can download whatever tv show you want online, why should they pay for it on iTunes?"

Simplicity. No need to deal with format issues, or un-seeded torrents, or corrupt files, or varying quality.
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All media, all devices, and all networks are converging into the web. I think the web will continue to become the platform of choice for our civilization. We are becoming more and more dependent upon it for survival and amusement.
I spent a lot of time looking at different frameworks, but in the end, it's pretty hard to judge them without diving in and actually making an app in it. So I have some knowledge of the Cappuccino competitors from my initial research, but obviously nothing as in-depth as my knowledge of Cappuccino, so take anything I say about the other frameworks bearing that in mind. Also this initial research was done around May of 2009.

The main selling points that drew me to Cappuccino at the time were 1) there was a live app using it (280Slides) that demonstrated doing a lot of the things I wanted to do with Mockingbird, 2) Even if there weren't tons of docs at the time, Cocoa documentation is very extensive and applicable, 3) Because it pretty much implements the Cocoa API, I knew I was getting an API that had been used successfully in tons of applications, 4) The promise of Atlas, 5) it made my app decent looking without my having to try very hard (though my co-founder Sheena did end up customizing the Mockingbird look and feel a lot), and most importantly (at least when picking a framework when you don't have time to get more than superficial knowledge of it) - 6) after spending some time in the IRC channel/asking a few questions on the mailing list, the creators and other members of the community were extremely helpful and welcoming, the 280North guys seemed to have a very good sense of where they wanted the framework to go and ideas for awesome features they wanted to implement, and because they were such good developers, I was pretty well convinced that they would actually ship their promises (and they have - Atlas, automatic mage spriting and app flattening options were all things that didn't really exist when I picked Cappuccino).

As for the other frameworks (and there were a ton, but I'll just talk about the ones you mention):

GWT - I didn't like the compile step, and I've done some Java and I don't prefer it. Also, bigger communities like GWT's have their pros and cons - you probably have more resources you can Google for, but it's not always as easy to just ping one of the core devs and get personalized help/get him to help you write your patch.

SproutCore - probably the closest competitor to Cappuccino back then. In this case, Atlas was a selling point for Cappuccino, and I thought Cappuccino apps looked nicer by default. I also don't remember seeing any impressive SproutCore apps in 2009 other than MobileMe, but I might be misremembering.

PastryKit didn't exist in the summer of 2009.

I believe Dashcode emerged as more of a web application creator with version 3.0, which was fairly recent. If not, I may have simply not looked much into it.

I don't remember looking at Coherence.
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[Further reading](http://books.google.com/books?id=dt8TBNyJpEkC&pg=PA129&#...)

I don't know if I buy that line of reasoning. Distractions only distract in context, and I believe if your goals are firm 'distractions' hold no appeal. That is, distractions only distract is I'd we desire or care about them, in which case they're actually our true objectives, regardless of how unflattering that may be to accept. But I could be wrong!
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If there were an easy way to port iPhone apps to Android, Android would have a lot more apps.

Until Apple changes the developer agreement to say that App Store apps may not be ported to other platforms, that is.
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Tantalizing, but too full of statements like "high frequency traders move so fast that regulators cannot keep up", which is nonsense. So HFT moves in milliseconds and regulators move in, what, months? (Worse, if you read The Big Short, or his editorial in NY Times).

The hint that someone is trying a denial of service attack is intriguing. A theory was proposed about how quotes were time-stamped as they exited a queue rather than when entering the queue, causing an unfortunate feedback situation.

So we are wondering if there is a connection between that and these patterns.
i read the explanation of explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanation
and the description of description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory#Description_a... and vice versa and i still dont understand the difference - can the original poster give a few simple examples of explanation and description to clarify - thanks
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Since a patent lasts 17 years (give or take various exceptions), I think the point is that taking one out 17+ years in advance is sort of silly, specifically because of the time lag.

I'd suggest that it's still worthwhile just to make sure that someone else doesn't file it; it's better to have something like this publicly available so nobody can sue you, even without the monopoly, rather than run the risk of getting it patented by someone else and then have to litigate the prior art.
Ask HN: What's the simplest/painless service to setup an online software store?
Talking about fees/easy to use/install, etc
Oh god, if only Oracle hadn't acquired... oh, wait.
I'm curious what kind of OS tuning was required for 500k concurrent connections. It's obvious that some ulimit tuning is necessary, but I'm wondering if any other hard limits beyond that were hit? Also, in case the original author is reading, you might find this interesting as well. It's an article on trying to reach 1MM concurrent connections with Erlang.

http://www.metabrew.com/article/a-million-user-comet-applica...
I make web sites that make money. I'm trying to make them bigger so they make more money.

That's good enough.

Even people who understand nothing about the web understand that some people make money off it, so... It's a good enough answer.
We have Comcast at our business location and they do something similar. Internet is something like $63/mo and Internet + cable is $68. We switched over to them after Qwest notified us that their DSL rate was going up 20%: $65 for 1.5 Mbps from Qwest or $63 for 12 Mbps from Comcast.
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Super-excited that IMVU is on the list too. :) http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/industry/media We're also hiring! http://www.imvu.com/jobs/index_eng.php
> Common sense on the other hand is the accumulation of your observations of humanity over a lifetime.

There is no such thing as common sense, and it is anecdotal, at best. Now if the OP and a statistically significant number of people joined together to assert the same point about the specific society discussed, we may have something.
"java.lang.AutoCloseable interface"

Facepalm... (There has to be an easier way...)
"There are other cool development tools" is a pretty empty statement. Not only is it completely subjective, but it doesn't even make a subjective claim that has any bearing on anything. So what if there are other tools you personally feel are cool? What does that imply for Cappucino developers?
There's the Chinese http://www.baidu.com/ .
Social identity theory suggests that if a close friend excels in an area that is important to us, then we will feel threatened by them. But if they excel in an area not important to us, we will share in their success.

Research into basic desires also suggests that some people are competitive in nature, to the exclusion of others.

So to help you find an answer to your question:

Are we concerned about our performance on the job? Are we concerned about career advancement in general?

Are the person(s) in question a competitive (i.e. vengeful) personality? What about the rest of the team? Americans are notable for having one of the most competitive cultures in the West, whereas Germany has one of the least.
Yeah, I have mixed feelings about it also, since it allows the linker, not just the browser user, to rewrite what the linked content looks like. Though, some of my mixed feelings come from the other direction: if stuff like this becomes widespread, sites that do have nice layouts, not a ton of in-your-face advertising, etc., lose their competitive advantage. Right now I avoid linking to particularly egregious sites, but if I could link to a decent article via a mechanism that reformatted it to be readable, maybe it's ok? And that'd remove the advantage that more friendly sites currently have in attracting links.

Perhaps it's a bit idiosyncratic, but for my personal surfing, I do some minimal ad-blocking via a local proxy (polipo), but I have it configured to return the default 503 Forbidden response, so sites that have been ad-blocked are marked up with a bunch of ugly error frames, rather than silently rewritten into nicer-looking sites. It keeps sites from loading their terrible video ads, say, while not allowing me to forget that they do have them (which in turn reminds me to be careful when sending such links to people who might not have an ad-blocker installed).
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It's an interesting achievement, but as far as I understand, all technologies demonstrated in this prototype were already used on satellites by this time.
Even more so then. No matter which solution you pick for "rich web" experience (Java, Flash, HTML5, Unity), somebody is going to get subpar performance.

Also, Java applets are canonical example of RIA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application
I use J2ME and enjoy it. I purchased three J2ME applications, worth 100 EUR, that as far as I know still don't exist on "smartphones" (good dictionaries).
I also use Opera Mini which is exactly what I need.
For me J2ME apps seem to be much "safer" to use than the "smartphone" ones which typically get access to much more on the phone than it would be really needed. Not to mention that the dictionaries do work perfectly "offline."
Are you sure? I never have any of the problems you state.
I've built an app for the iPhone that does this for you. It can even tell you you're awesome every 15 minutes! It is called Yantra (http://myyantra.com) and is designed to give you periodic reminders to be present, focused, or focus on the good. There is a community of people so that you browse what other people are telling themselves, and contribute as well.

I love the constant stream of positive affirmations.
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This isn't actually using the Reability plug-in, though, when it's installed. So, it doesn't pick up users' Readability settings, which are very important in many cases. Thus, one has to apply Readability to the Fancyboxed page in any case.

Seems to me that this has the ability to break too many things, where there is an option to DIY, should you wish -- just install the Readability plug-in, which is, frankly, awesome, and invaluable for the visually impaired.
He just launched, and he's bringing in $1500/month (website says 151 customers now).

If he pays people to make all the calls, it should take him almost no time to run the business. And even paying the callers a reasonableish sum, he probably keeps ~1/3 of the money.

So he wrote an extremely-simple website, got it some exposure, and hired a friend to make the calls, and now he's got $500/month in recurring income that has a good chance of growing and requires little recurring work. Sure, he's not going to get rich, but that doesn't mean it's a failed venture.
I think the deal's for 10 years so it'll be a long time before we find out.
Feynman could tell whether or not there was a flaw in a proof just by hearing what the conclusion was and applying common sense. That worked for him since he had a really good intuition based on decades of thinking and personally observing.

Let me give an example. Let's say that you read a study by Cheesodyne Rocket Corporation that the Moon is made of extremely valuable and delicious Stilton cheese.

You could invest in this company based on their scientific analysis, perhaps even redirect your entire society to paying Cheesodyne exorbitant amounts to spend 20 years building a rocket. Critics can be mocked, downvoted, and placed in shackles for being ignorant unscientific rubes who don't understand that all studies published in journals represent absolute Truth that May Not Be Questioned.

Or you could use common sense and say that there's obviously a flaw in the study because the conclusion just ain't right.
For those who missed the reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk
Having an endless supply of 'virgins' around is a staple ingredient of game development.
Traditionally (and as is still the case at some schools, according to a friend of mine now at Georgia Tech), the scale was:

A = Exceptionally above the mean. B = 1 stdev above the mean. C = mean. D = 1 stdev below the mean. F = More than 1 stdev below the mean.

At most schools, however, grade inflation has changed the scale upwards to what you said.
Ask HN: Is Better Business Bureau accreditation worth it for a small startup?
I was contacted today by a salesperson from my local Better Business Bureau. She began the call by saying that someone had contacted them about our website and had inquired about our trustworthiness for online transactions. That had the intended effect of scaring me / preparing me for her sales pitch.

Bottom line: they want $595 per year for "BBB Accredited Business" status. We get to put their seal on our site and we get listed in their online directory of accredited businesses.

I've actually thought seriously in the past about going through this process in hopes of improving e-commerce conversion rates for our "Etsy for genealogy research" web app. But I found the manner in which the pitch was delivered troubling. It hearkened back in my mind to Jason Fried's concerns with Get Satisfaction's business model.

Can anyone share any opinions or experiences with Better Business Bureau accreditation? If you've paid them for it, has it been worth it? If not, what made you decide against it?

Thanks!
Google also tailors its results for each user that's logged in based on their history. Idk if Bing does this.
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Not the advice you asked for:

You're asking a bunch of similar minimalist questions:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631060

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1628036

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631430

I think you would get better advice if you gave some context about what it is you are trying to do, or why else you are trying to find out. Adjectives like "best", "simplest" and so on really depend on what it is you are trying to achieve, what your skills are and so on.

The short questions are also not really conducive to getting people to respond, or to upvote you so that you can get more traction.
I would take this approach (and it may very well be flawed, or it may work)...

First, I would find people using business BASIC. Next, I would approach them and clearly state the problem you identified. I want to know if they would be willing to pay for me to come up with a superior solution. What other limitations have they experienced? Would they be interested in being part of a pilot program / alpha testing?

As this project has a high uncertainty, my goals would be to establish dedicated customer relationships early and to see if actual money could be committed to it.

In other words, I would strive to reduce the unknowns, to reduce assumptions by gathering real people with problems they are willing to pay to solve. The alpha/beta process gives them extra bonding to the project, and dedicated customers generate leads.
If your layout doesn't help drive traffic, something like this won't change things. If it does, then people will probably go to your site because they prefer it.

For instance, all these reader-tools like this are utterly worthless for navigating a site, so if the person is at all interested in more they must visit the site. And then you're back to your layout helping things or not.

Advertising revenue: certainly a concern. But no more so than any other adblocker out there. Layout? Not particularly, unless you rely entirely on layout and not on content. In which case, I generally say good riddance.
My interpretation of the original poster's comment was that they were suggesting that it was a shame that 280North was bought, rather than becoming profitable, thus possibly ending the development of a cool development tool.

To me the post sounded as if the poster was suggesting they're were no other cool development tools that were on-par with Cappuccino, thus we should all mourn if they stopped developing. The poster if you recall was not a Cappuccino developer.

It's in my opinion, and I'm sure in many others, that there are many other cool development tools, some of which are on-par, if not better in various ways than Cappuccino, many of which don't get the attention or appreciation they should get.
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I agree, I am new to this awesome site. Will post tomorrow, basically I need an ecommerce solution(dirt cheap) with payment processing, CRM, so I am looking for the best combo.
Good to see that HN Daily shows up in the referers, even if it is just 1% of the direct HN numbers -- I really had no idea how many people would end up using it, but it seems that there's a few people at least.
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> Or at least when it's lying repeatedly and deliberately. Fox News shouldn't have an audience (this is not a statement about conservatism, it's a statement about Fox News).

It's curious that you only mentioned Fox.

Many of my progressive friends think that the NYT and ABC, CBS, and NBC shouldn't have audiences either, for pretty much the same reason.
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Same as this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631384.

Wasn't caught because of the source-tracking URL.
The effort to result ratio seems to be quite desirable.
my guess is that the market looks like that all the time -- the things it describes sound like reasonable automated market-making strategies that people would try.

market making is certainly a job that needs doing, and high-frequency trading is a way that people can do it; like any system, there's some risk of a breakdown. it's a game like poker, where you've got to guess what the intentions of the other guy are.

honestly I'm not worried about the high-frequency traders, I'm worried about the longer term expectation that investors have, and about a general inbalance between capital that exists on paper and the ability of the system to put it to work
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Why the difference when working with code written in Scala?

What does Scala do to make the number of connections 50% less?
It varies quite a bit actually, on some postings as much as 5%, others around 1%.

edit: It looks like the higher the original is voted the fewer people will visit through HN daily, which suggests that people use it more to see if they've missed something than to look at just HN daily.

edit2: > I really had no idea how many people would end up using it, but it seems that there's a few people at least.

That's a curious statement, can't you tell from the logs?
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IIRC pg has somewhere said that it would be in YC's interest for their startups to become massively profitable (and IPO or whatever), instead of getting bought out early. That is, YC's slice of $20 million is a fantastic outcome for YC... but a slice of $200 million etc would be even better.

This led into a discussion that YC's policy is to just do what is in the startup's interest - if they want an exit, then YC will support that. And after slaving your guts out, pretty soon $20 million in the hand is starting to look pretty dang good! pg mentioned that instead of trying to calculate exactly what is in YC's interest, with so many startups going, the simplest approach is just to do what's in the startup's interest. I think everyone - including pg and future candidates - also feel a lot more comfortable with this approach.

But I have to say: $20 million! That's freakin awesome! It's presumptuous of me, but I feel really proud of you guys. Go go go! And thanks also for posting a figure; that's usually secret.
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Great movie. I tried to get my civics teacher to show it in HS, but my argument that the US is mostly controlled by corps wasn't very good.
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