skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think there are a couple things to consider.

Our son was born while I was working at a startup. In my opinion, for the first few months, I was definitely functioning with less sleep than ever before. The regular 8 became a broken 6, just as you say, but I felt fresh in the mornings and didn't nod off during the afternoon. Basically, I felt "normal." I don't know if it's adrenaline or some other biological phenomenon, but something was super-charging my energy level.

But eventually this began to change. I noticed because of specific things that seemed out of the ordinary: More bugs were creeping into my code (I know this from objective measurements); I fell asleep and missed my train stop (first time ever); I started making comments that I later regretted (more than usual). Eventually, I started adding these things up and realized I was no longer functioning at the level I expected.

My suggestion is to watch for warning signs, such as the ones I saw. Look for patterns throughout your life. It won't affect only work, but also your relationships, family, recreation, everything.

What to do about it? That's different for everyone. You can reset your expectations. You can reduce the amount of stuff you try to do each day/week/month. You can power through it. You can make some life changes. It's going to be different for everyone. Anyone else have suggestions?
crowded space.
Having enough money to quit your job, buy a nice house, support a family, and travel is the ultimate freedom. You don't have to answer to anyone.

Ahh, but there's the rub. What good is a nice house and a family if you live at the office and devote every waking moment to your startup?

I think those things are nice too. My point is that there are a lot of people who have a house, a loving family, and travel, who are not rich. If that is really your goal, sacrificing your happiness, health and sanity in pursuit of FU startup money is a pretty circuitous way of attaining it.
It's tough -- if someone is hitting you at > 1gbps, that exceeds a gigabit ethernet port -- typically on shared services you only pay for that much. Any more than that and it affects all the other customers on the shared network. So yes, Rackspace has the bandwidth for it, but at the same time if you were Rackspace, would you let our DDoS take down the other hosts in the datacenter?

Gigenet / Black Lotus / Prolexic comes in and says -- we have excess bandwidth, we'll take care of it. Then they proxy clean traffic to you. Unfortunately as we are learning, it's also very expensive.
There was a great comment/post on lesswrong.com a while back on this but my phone isn't up to to the site.

Do a test or a suite of tests on a daily basis that test intelligence/problem solving skills/reaction time and track your results. Offline, Sudoku, crosswords, other newspaper things but I'm guessing they're pretty noisy. IIRC the mensa.dk website has quite a good test. Dual n back seems likely to give fast and relatively clean results.
Indeed. The danger, however, is getting so caught up in the race that you forget why you started in the first place.

That's why I'm forcing myself to finish a book before my next startup. It's matter of self-respect.
Now, that's an interesting insight. In monetary terms, you have spent €2 on one flattr (with the option to add as many more as you like for free), and received 3 flattrs, which are probably each worth €0.10 to €0.50. But you won't even know the amount until the end of the month, and until then, it psychologically feels as if you are coming out ahead.
Next up: The White Pages: Silent Menace
They better. So far so good.
Most hackerly types I can think of just go work on what they're interested in, without an explicit goal of making millions from it. Take the quintessential Jobs/Woz thing: Woz, the hacker of the pair, was interested in making Apple machines, but didn't give a damn about getting rich.
Isn't that most users?
Another area where it may be taking off is Free and Open Source Software. See http://raphaelhertzog.com/flattr-foss/ ; dpkg is currently in the top 5 most flattrd things.
for those who can't see the page, heres the coral cache link
http://nighthacks.com.nyud.net/roller/jag/entry/the_shit_fin...
Yes it's easier. It's also easy to just ban all of China. But the drawback is that you're needlessly banning people who aren't doing you harm, and discouraging others from running Tor exit nodes with limited exit policies.

E.g. I'd run a Tor exit node with policies that only allowed wikileaks.org and a few other selected sites, but I don't. Because I know it'll cause me more trouble than it's worth due to a bunch of overzealous administrators.
Everyone seems to have missed - or be ignoring - the fundamentals of Oracle. They aren't in this game to change the world (ala Sun), or improve the lives of developers, they're in this to make bucket loads of cash if products they acquire will not make them money - they will ruthlessly cut it.

They aren't hackers. They aren't designers. They aren't entrepreneurs. They're business men.

Similarly if you dare compete with Oracle, you're going up against a company similar to Microsoft 10 years ago: rich and mean. Look at someone like Google, you think they're evil? Oracle could literally wipe them off the planet if they were inclined. The fact people hate upon Apple or Google, or even Microsoft when Oracle is the towering nemesis is hilarious. At least Oracle doesn't bullshit you. Google? Do no evil? You're a public company.

Vision, for the greater good, wanting to change the world are all well and great, but when the chips are down, you know what counts? Revenues. As Larry Ellison once said about Sun: "Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales"

and you know what? I admire them for that. I respect that they walk that line. They're a public company, and god dammit, they're going to win. I would rather spend a year working with Larry than Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or the Google guys.
On a second if still distracted reading, I gather that the point is that the baby boomers are narcissists who have reproduced themselves. Well, it's shorter than Tom Wolfe's "The Me Generation."
Interesting stuff, thanks.

One correction though, justin.tv involves much more than HTTP. Our chat system is actually an irc network, and then of course we have the whole video system which is all non-HTTP traffic.

Right now we just block all tor traffic, for all ports. Sounds like perhaps we could do a bit better than that, and I'll let people know, but I can't say I think it will be a high priority for us unfortunately.
If only patent suits were so cut-and-dry.
Ask HN: How much would it cost to create a new development stack? 
I'm entirely sold on the idea of VMs. The idea of multiple languages compiling to a target bytecode running on a cross-platform, high-performance VM is in my opinion one of the biggest advances in software development in the last two decades.

The CLR is technically superior, but is not really free, and not entirely cross platform.

But with Oracle starting to clamp down on Java, it occurs to me that there's no truly unencumbered VM out there.

Is now a good opportunity for someone to step in and build a third option, completely open, incorporating lessons learned from both the CLR and the JVM? Of course, it would be an absolutely monumental task - but not impossible. How many developers would it take? Maybe 50, working for 2-3 years, to get a usable first cut and basic standard libraries? Paying them an average salary of 100k, that's "only" 15 million dollars. Not to mention all the open source contributions - this is the type of project that could attract OS contributors like moths to a flame.

$15 million is a lot, but its negligible compared to the economic and cultural impact of a totally open VM superior to both the JVM and the CLR. It seems well within reach, if funded by a non-profit trust established by a large number of invested firms. Hell, there's probably a few individuals wealthy enough to pull it off, and who are philosophically inclined to support such a project.

Is there something wrong with my reasoning, here? Do you think there's any chance we might actually see a project like this take off? Would you follow/contribute to such a project?
I'm a rabid reader, and buying an e-ink device was a boon: though I've read many short papers on my laptops and a on my phone, I certainly wouldn't read thousands of pages at once on an LCD device, and I've precisely done so with my PRS. That, and the battery lasts 2 weeks of constant reading.
i honestly can't think of one that isn't constrained in some form. in modern society, that is. freedom seems to be constrained by the existence of other people.
Not true. The measure of success in Starting Strength is 100% based on linearly increasing strength, with zero consideration to appearance aka "muscle growth."

As other posters have mentioned, it's well known that high-rep lifting will increase muscle mass, and that's what bodybuilders do. However, powerlifters don't care about anything but strength, so they use low reps, just as Starting Strength recommends.

So if strength is your main concern, like it is for Rippetoe and Kilgore, you would follow their recommendation. A higher number of reps with lower weight is certainly not just as good for strength development.
"Growing the Java and Unix industries would allow them to sell boxes."

I am highly skeptical of this. I believe this was the stated strategy of many of Sun's decisions, and it did not work out well for them.
Could be a modified version of this codebase: http://www.simplecustomer.com/

beware, major security flaws within. I've patched it heavily, and will be committing the changes to github soon.
In my experience, there's much less pressure on men to get rich than there is to get a 'good' job or a 'real' job - something perceived as stable and not risky.
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Hi, I'm a beginner programmer. I'm interested in learning to program Java and MySQL on Solaris, where should I begin to learn this free and open platform?
</sarcasm>
GPU "supercomputers" provoke call to improve password security
That seems like something quite different from traveling and exploring the world; that's some kind of jet-setting commute schedule, which yes, is the purview of the rich.

If you want to just travel and see the world, though, you can do it considerably more cheaply, and no, not just as "take a few vacations". You can travel through Europe for 6 months on Airbnb and train/bus tickets for a few tens of $k, not millions. You can drive around the United States (which has tons of amazing things most people have not seen, especially if you like nature) for even less money. You can spend a year in India for very little money, especially if you meet a few locals to help out making arrangements. Etc. It doesn't even have to be bohemian backpacker style: all you have to do is get slightly off the tourist/resort circuit and costs go down hugely in many parts of the world.

I guess it might depend on what kind of trips you find appealing. To me, flying to Paris for a weekend is a really terrible way to travel, but if that's your ideal sort of vacationing, then I can see the considerations would be different. For me, time rather than money is by far the bottleneck in why I don't do more of the traveling I'd like to do. Of course, that implies money a bit (one reason for not having time is working), but a different magnitude of money than "private jet" type of money.
If that is so then what is with all the urinating Calvin stickers? Every time I see one I feel like my childhood is being wizzed on.
This was made (at least in part) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I recognize the statue and the train tracks.
I think Flattr is interesting and potentially worth using to the extent that it is disruptive.

Note that you get to pay Paypal's fee too when sending money to Flattr. Best of both worlds. :P

I think that the 10% may be currently justified, but if Flattr takes off, will quickly be hugely excessive. If they don't reduce it to something more reasonable, I would expect to see others try to compete with them on price.
Analysts: Oracle vs. Google May Hurt Future of Java as Dev Platform
when I started HST, someone told me to look into OVT: Optimized Volume Training. It was supposed to be an upgrade to GVT. You might want to look into that once you're done with GVT. There's a nice writeup on tmuscle.com
I don't get why do marathon runners have skinny legs, while sprinters and body builders have huge muscular legs? You'd think marathon runners would have big legs too, since they regularly train to muscle fatigue.
Classic, "Tumblr Around"
That sounds very clear and professional. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way.

Most of their competitors are in the same situation they are in.

Being the first one to torpedo the other ship and not expecting someone to get upset or God forbid do something awful in return is naive.

I think there is a difference in poaching your competitor's customers and claiming they are "no good".
IIRC - Ferriss' point was to go as heavy as you possibly could. Or at least that was my read of it. I've been doing the program myself for the last few weeks and love it.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to...
And have you based your application on any sort of framework (cocoas2d comes to mind), or created the wheel yourself?

Bit of information on the groundwork of the product is helpful. Due diligence and all.
If anybody's looking at fat loss, I'd look into HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training).
I got used to hit the "next page" button when reaching the middle of last line, which makes the screen flash at the exact moment when your eyes run back to the top of the page (you have enough time to read about a half-line after pushing the button). Actually I even sometimes hit the button when I'd like instead to re-read a sentence on the current page :)
While slow right now... parrot shows some promise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine
It is a catch 22. Not many things can be said to be production ready until proven over time. There are many people using CouchDB in production today, some of the bigger people are the BBC and Ubuntu. This issue and response is a step along the way of proving it's production usability.
If your MVP will be ready at the end of the month, I'd definitely put any pivot thoughts on hold until after that-- better to spend the next 3 weeks focused on getting the MVP to the customers, and then you can take all the feedback into account for the next iteration/pivot.
Not again.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1403928

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1397443

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357390 <<<-- This one has the comments.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1360285

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1370134

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1376655

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1383943

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1385999

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1388904

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1389955

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1390588

... and this one is blogspam.
Porting PC Games from DOS to Windows
Ahh, makes sense. I was a bit surprised when the submission went thru instead of dupe-detecting me to a cool HN discussion. Thanks for the links. (sorry about the repeat :()
another myth out there is "i don't want to bulk up too much like the bodybuilders and don't want such big muscles" .. the size of the muscle is determined by hormone levels and certain nutrients + the diet.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mexican+fisherman+story&l=1
Because you affect the person running the exit node - not just the people exiting from their IP.
Dynamo and CouchDB Clusters
I don't like Google's current modus operandi. It's not the first time that they seem to do whatever they feel like, and when eventually someone sues them they start: "But the Internet is open! Think of the open Internet", or "You are killing the open java community" (paraphrased, of course).

Apart from using the word open in every other sentence, I don't see how that's an excuse: if you are doing something illegal then don't do it. Don't bring the "kids" (i.e. the community) in the battle.
I'm not a startup expert so I'm going to ask an honest question. In old ages, when start-up wasn't a very well-known concept how did great minds convinced themselves to work on what they love without getting rich first (they even had to go through misery)?
I mean I probably want to do a startup so that I can get rich enough to work on number theory while feeding my family at the same time (and I'm doing a startup so that I don't go through that misery while pursuing number theory)? So isn't it all because I want to avoid the misery and not because I love freedom?[sorry, not a native speaker]
The downside is the person who's running the Tor exit node can't, say, upload videos to justin.tv.
Gee, you think?
Right, my question is why didn't Google know they were opening themselves up to this kind of suit? Could they possibly have known but gone ahead anyway? That would be crazy.
Alternatively, we could all use scrypt.

The nice thing about proving limits on what can be done with custom silicon is that you automatically have limits on any future CPUs/GPUs/Physics offload engines/etc.
The richest man in the cemetery is rolling in his grave.
Even "obvious" articles need to be written because there are many people out there for whom, they aren't obvious.
"Ahh, but there's the rub. What good is a nice house and a family if you live at the office and devote every waking moment to your startup?"

You don't need to devote every waking moment to a startup to be successful. I devote lots of my time right now only because I am also working a day job. Once I am making enough money and I quit my job, I could easily run it during the day.

I value my free time more than anything. If I was just going to trade in one office slave job for another, I wouldn't even bother.

I would also rather spend my life working on my own projects than be forced to make someone else rich. Have you ever had to implement ridiculous features or work until 10 o'clock (unpaid) because your manager or boss decided at the last minute that something needed to be changed?

"I think those things are nice too. My point is that there are a lot of people who have a house, a loving family, and travel, who are not rich."

What is "rich" to you? It's a relative term.

"If that is really your goal, sacrificing your happiness, health and sanity in pursuit of FU startup money is a pretty circuitous way of attaining it."

When did sanity come into the discussion? I love working on my business. Programming is a passion of mine. I am also pretty healthy. I exercise every day (biking, jogging, and/or lifting weights). I also sleep around 8 hours a night and try to eat a healthy diet.

It's also not a permanent sacrifice. It's only until things get to a level where I can hire other people and or quit my job. School is a 4+ year sacrifice. What's the difference?
App to Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites
"Hence, you will see body builders focus more on high rep workouts, whereas powerlifters and olympic lifters focus more on low rep workouts."

Bodybuilders usually do sets of 10 or 20 at most, not the sets of 100+ that it would take to reach fatigue at 30% of max. I've done sets of 100 with 95-115lbs, and it definitely does not bulk up your muscles. The only reason to do workouts like that is to improve your muscle quality.
How is that better than adding to the comment or replying to let people know of your change of heart? Deleting comments that have replies is in no way a good thing.
An open letter to my longtime friend Google
Example of CPM Advertising Impression Fraud
I've always found one particular guide to choosing charts[1] way undervalued and undermentioned :)

[1] - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amit-agarwal/3196386402/
To be usefully expressive, a language must not only be compact, but easy to read.

From what I've seen, APL is pretty much a write-only language. Code can't be read, only deciphered.
Big Round Numbers 08/13/2010
Come build a wiki on Riak
It's interesting when people make arguments like "people need to take personal responsibility." Politicians who say this tend to be getting paid by groups that support tobacco companies, gambling, fast food industry, and so on.

Schmidt's argument seems more along the lines of "hey, what we're doing is actually good for you and society." I don't always understand the thought process behind this type of argument. Do they really believe it, or do they just think they can fool us?
Sure, no problem. I understand.

It is using cocos2d.

You can read more about me @

http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/inode-interview-mobile-more

Website is currently down, I am trying to raise money for my second startup attempt :-)

You can check out the game from the app store, try it, verify my contact is there too.

jaime.enriquez@inodesoft.com
jimmy@inodesoft.com (shorthand alias)
In which countries is hate speech allowed? At least in Europe most countries I know of forbid hate speech that incite racism, violence, discrimination, etc...

I am not saying I agree (I do not) but in case these things would need to be tackled at the parliamentary level.
So has Google Code.
Are Traditional Casual Games Dead?
"What's wrong with earning a few dollars providing a useful service?"

Nothing. It's when you have also have a service that promotes the sharing of other people's commercial work for free (and say it's because you thing that sharing is for the good of the world). It's hypocritical and the people in this forum don't seem to see a problem with it.

I suppose I will just go with the flow and pirate any user's app I see on here.
Google-Verizon proposal compared to FCC's "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking"
This, also a rather unfortunate change in the recent firmware (to me, anyway) is that this page turn starts when you press the button instead of when you release it. I was so used to pressing it in anticipation, and releasing when I neared the end of the page that it's caused a bit of a problem with the new update. I'm sure I'll adjust, but I much prefered the previous method.
Google Calls Oracle Patent Suit Attack On Java Community
I'm surprised nobody has brought up the stackoverflow podcasts:

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/

87 hour-long episodes with Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood discussing the creation of stack overflow and other tech related stuff.

Here's a good one - (interview with reddit founders) http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/10/podcast-27/
Except DDG has features other than a good privacy policy, so he's not just marketing to what you suppose to be a niche market - he's just adding them to his target market.
JQuery Mobile Framework Announced
Too bad they don't dogfood it (source: Default.aspx):

<div class=mainholder>
...
<div class=sidebar>
...
<div class=maincontent>
...
etc.

Also, the classic (header, 3-col, footer) layout is missing.

e.g.

HEADER
------
C|C |C
C|C |C
C|C |C
C|C |C
C|C |C
------
FOOTER
Not really.
It looks like there is weak or no correlation between wealth and number of offspring.
Interesting. Do you know what the state of Parrot libraries is? (It's not evident on their website). Unfortunately, a VM/environment has to be bootstrapped in this regard - nobody wants to write their own socket library just to build a webapp.
Ideas:

-Log how much work you get done each day and compare to how much sleep you get each day

-Write a program to test your memory for seeing visual objects on screen

-Write a program to test your reaction time to visual stimuli on screen

-Play StarCraft 2 and compare the Actions Per Minute of your latest replays

-Do Sudoku and log the average time it takes you to complete puzzles of the same difficulty category
(Open)Solaris has other nice stuff, including dtrace, zones, and some big iron features (hotswapping CPUs and memory, for instance, and apparently an advanced hardware error detection system).

I don't use it, but it does have some things to offer.
What does this objection mean, Paul?