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Popular NEW Blogging Community needs Partners AND FUNDS
Hey everyone needed some help on how to keep going I started a blogging Community on bloggerluv.com that has CRAZY potential.Bloggers here are free to do many things they can't elsewhere. I don't have enough CASH to keep it going much longer any tips or feedback would be appreciated thanks :)
I am selling some ads but server costs and not being able to add features I have already is hurting the site and holding me back. I was advised not to sell any % of the site as they try and control it so I need some FRESH ideas ?
It makes money on adsense and all but not enough TODAY I need to buy some time :) HELP !!! Need an AD LOL
>You are telling me that (roughly) doubling the amount of money devoted to research will harm research? I really don't understand the mechanism by which that would happen.

Again, because you are taking that money away from education. Good education is a fundamental part of good research. They don't need to be in the same building, but they do need to have the same people involved, if only that the researcher was at some point educated.

>There are not that many people who have both of these skill sets. I only had the researcher's skill set, and I know many people with the teacher's skill set.

It doesn't matter. You should try to teach anyway. If you're any good at what you do your experience will be worth something to the people you teach. You experience is in many ways more valuable in teaching 30 students for a year than it is applying that experience. Education is a multiplier, not simply additive.

Obviously, you need both. But trying to do each in a vacuum is short-sighted.
How to Have a Bad Career in Academia
Not necessarily. Someone may believe they believe (http://lesswrong.com/lw/i4/belief_in_belief/) in the profile to the point that they look for ways to dismiss the alternatives in a way they did not for the original. Cognitive biases are nasty that way.
If you read the top comment of this thread, each of the top 20 digg users made ~10k a week or more for merely submitting to digg.

Considering reddit has 7 times the traffic of digg (On the day of the digg debacle) and no data centers itself, the server charges are reasonable.

In the words of Raldi, "You can run it in 2 servers, we know; but we are just not that good enough"
I work for cam.ly. Thanks for the positive comments. To answer some of your questions, h.264 does wonders for video bandwidth. It can be as low as 200kbps. Each camera also has an sd card slot and comes with 4GB storage standard, in case your Internet goes out ( over 24 hours of storage at 200kbps)
Oh, I didn't catch that part. Thanks for the heads up!
I'm hoping soon that everyone one will learn that technologies never die because of a part of it becomes obsolete. Sure, silverlight started as a plugin for web browsers, but it has evolved beyond that.

Please stop equating silverlight to mean web only. Silverlight is actually a nice multiplatform application to make desktop applications in, that can also run within a browser.
Rate my startup: SwipeGood - Roundup every purchase you make & donate the change
Google Family Safety Center
I think it is important to distinguish between the MBTI itself, and the ideas behind it.

Personally, I don't think the MBTI is worth much. It is not a bad introduction to ones own preferences, but does not seem to measure them well or consistently.

On the other hand, the ideas in the Myers-Briggs theory have helped me greatly in understanding myself and others. For example, I'm heavily NP, while someone I've had close interactions with is a strong SJ. This has helped me deal with this person, and get a clue about what is going on when they seem to be acting (from my naive point of view), nonsensically.
It's kind of informally worded, as opposed to the precise legalese you tend to find in TOS documents. I think most people will understand the meaning.
Microsoft Buys Search Distribution
You can definitely push military personnel harder--NFL players are unionized, service members aren't, and law and society wouldn't look very kindly on any private enterprise doing some of the harsher things seen in military training.

For an extreme example, consider SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training. This is an extensive course intended to prepare personnel for everything that can go wrong behind enemy lines--how to survive off the land when separated from friendly forces (downed aircrews, for instance), how to evade capture, and what to do when one is actually captured (the "resistance" and "escape" portions). While the early portions of the course cover comparatively "fun" subjects, the later portions involve being subjected to captivity and abuse. The intent is to train people to resist torture and escape from enemy POW camps.
Right, but the school v. university model is breaking down for more than one reason. The problem has two edges. Just when you want, because of the expanding boundaries of knowledge, increasingly well-prepared undergraduates, you get the opposite. US universities typically have to teach a depressingly unchallenging hodgepodge of general education courses and remedial courses because students get fucked by the high-school system and because everyone and his brother these days simply must to go to college, no matter how dumb the brother is. A society that depends on universities to teach basic English composition, to take the most egregious example, is like ... well, I can't think of anything that's quite that ridiculous, but it's a massive waste of resources. But it's also a problem that no one wants to solve: It relieves high schools of the burden of actually teaching anything. It's lucrative for the universities, which just throw cheap grad students at the problem. And the four-year continuation of secondary education that the University has become for many is a nice (if hugely expensive, but who gives a fuck) way to keep down unemployment. End of Rant.
Sounds good I'll start digging through these tonight
I started a company and it barely survived for 12 years. So happy to be taking a vacation with a normal job and a paycheck. For now. In another couple years I'll be back on the wagon.
I'm kinda confused - from the homepage, it looks like Flask is Werkzeug plus some extensions.
Is Armin, the great thing about Flask ?
Yes, and that's an important observation. I'm not willing to accept that it's impossible to create a legitimately enjoyable game experience in the confines of the short attention span Facebook model, though.

Scrabble, for example, lends itself perfectly to asynchronous, light, casual play (cf Scrabulous, Words with Friends). But it's legitimately fun at the same time. You're rewarded for imaginative approaches to solving problems. You can play with no skill or lots, but either way, you'll always find ways to get better.

Most important: You're genuinely spending time with your friends. Sharing an experience that creates a memory.

This is a big deal. This is missing from almost every other pseudo-social game.

True story: I was job hunting, someone gave me a lead at Slide. Awesome guy, gave me good advice. But as soon as I found out I had to be conversant on the subject of a "game" called "SuperPoke Pets!" I vomited a little in my mouth and moved on to other options.

Social game companies: Stop making horseshit, start building something fun. It's possible. It's just a little bit harder.
I'm well-rounded. I can also program, do math (it's not just for high school math teachers) and speak German.

Meanwhile, my friend the psych/sociology major is out of work despite intelligence and conversational aptitude, and my friend the anthropology major works at a laundromat for what would be less than minimum wage in most other states.

These are people just as smart as I am, with much better GPAs. We all bought the "college => easy middle class" thing hook, line and sinker; I'm just lucky enough to have chosen a degree that pays.
Like It or Not, Twitter Has Become a News Platform
raises small hand sheepishly :)

I didn't like the old system at all: I'm very happy that Apple has finally deemed a good idea to release the review policies.

However I would have much rather seen Apple giving users another way to install their apps, and turned the store into a nice, curated, deal.

In particular I am a bit worried about floods of badly designed apps, maybe because they used some cross-platform framework.

Sure, I can ignore those, but the point is that it will still increase the noise/signal ratio. Mmm... maybe Apple should have a tiered system in the App store. Hence why I thought that if they allowed anyone to install any app they want some other way (even though with big signs saying "DANGER DANGER") then they could keep curating the app store without risking anyone's anger.

But, oh well... shrugs

edit: actually as jdz2 said above, as long as they keep curating the new apps, I don't really care if they were built from CS5 or brainfuck... but the first point is important.
Hey HNers! :)

We just launched this first basic version of SwipeGood so we can get some user feedback before we move forward. Right now we haven't got Yodlee implemented so we can't do the monthly transactional data but have to ask the users to estimate the amount of transactions they make on a monthly basis. The idea is all about making change simple, affordable and effortless so more people can be part of it. Any and every feedback is welcome!!
Sounds like you did the perfect things given the nature of your site. Congrats on the success and thanks for sharing
Greplin is hiring hackers
We're looking for great hackers who like iterating fast and solving hard problems.

Bonus points if you have experience with Lucene, Linux administration, search + indexing, Python, Twisted, JavaScript, Node.js, or stats.

If interested, send your resume and/or github link to jobs@greplin.com
Heh - 'cause none of _us_ have ever done that, right? <looks around nervously for any colleagues reading>
Ping Gets Its Own ‘The Social Network’ Parody
You have a point, but keep in mind that taxpayers are subsidizing all of this through federal student loans and Pell grants. With the administration pushing student loan forgiveness, private universities, including the high-priced ones like Harvard and NYU, can sell people degrees in subjects like gender studies and religious studies that do little to improve the employability of graduates who possess them, sometimes for as much as $40k a year in tuition alone. Years down the road, when those graduates are unemployed or underemployed and can't pay back their loans, the loans will be forgiven, Harvard et. al. will keep the money they were given, and the taxpayer will have to eat the debt.

If the government is going to pay for this, there needs be a serious discussion about educational outcomes and what best serves the national interest. Should we subsidize people pursuing degrees in gender studies or Latino/Black/Asian/Minority Interest Group Studies, and if so, why? How will that make us more competitive in a global market or result in innovation that improves our quality of life?
Brilliant post. I work with data at my 9-5 and a lot of this applies to me as well.

You need like another 10-15 votes to match how great this was.
Sometimes the job is so deep and so wide and so tall, there seems to be no way to do it, no way at all. 25 minutes on an egg timer isn't going to cut it.

I need to be in the right mental condition to make headway then. No, just getting started doesn't help. If I'm not sharp, I'm just staring at that editor screen, fooling with the formatting.

Then a bike ride, a run, a nap is more productive. I'm SO glad I work for myself, and I can do that.
Easy Python Deployment with Fabric and Git
PlayStation Turns 15 Today, Here is a Visual History
My first thoughts after watching the video (having used other 3d printers in the past)

Clean... no wires everywhere... smooth profile.
Reall open build deck.
Neat spool winder... seems really efficient.
Looks like a better resolution.
They have the build parameters right...(no glooping or snaging... no stringers between objects)
parts don't seem to have ...Wobble? (slight x,y variation between layers).

The threads seem to really work (threads I have made seem to get snagged on gloops and the wobble).

Windows only :(
I won't be buying one.
We can have all the morals we can afford. Well-paid comfortable hackers can afford a lot.
Two man-years can easily become one calendar year, if 2-3 people are working fulltime on the project.

Also, "two man-years" isn't a complete estimate using my approach. "One to two man-years" would be a complete estimate, providing a range. Sometimes you really do come in near the bottom of the range, and maybe a month into it if you re-estimated you would have come up with a lower range.
Expert advice on your startup idea for $5 (from Obie)
Website pulled on US church that wants to burn Korans [by Rackspace]
The last line is what's most important.

So many people keep buying Office because it's all they've ever known, and it works. And you see that much more on the older side of 40. But for the future generations, that do know about OpenOffice and GoogleDocs, well why would they pay for Office?

Look at actual computer sales too. Windows obviously has an overwhelming market share, but look at colleges. When incoming freshmen are looking at what to buy, not many are saying "I really want that new Windows 7 Dell laptop!". Instead everyone wants the sleek, sexy MacBooks - I'd say anywhere from 60-70%. College students today are the consumers of the future, and if they buy Mac for college they're probably going to stick to Macs for a long time.

Microsoft isn't retarded though (okay maybe Balmer is), they know the situation. Zune, Xbox, Microsoft retail stores? You think Microsoft needed that 10 years ago?
I don't see what's complicated; it's an HN policy that titles should succinctly and accurately reflect the content of the article submitted. And this was a self post.
Ask HN: Can I get some suggestions on web languages?
I've been thinking about which would be the lightest language for the web that's also not as painful to use.

I'm planning on starting a project for the company I work for and I've already settled on MongoDB for the database system but I'm spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing a language.

Any suggestions?
Somewhat relatedly to the proverb, but you might enjoy the "Emergence" episode from RadioLab. It's one of my favorite episodes and if you skip ahead to 18:56, you'll hear about 28th St Flower Market in New York which serves as a prime example.

But, I highly suggest you listen to the whole episode (hour long).

http://www.radiolab.org/2007/aug/14/
Type Tips - short, quick tips on all things web typography - Harry Roberts
On a related topic, about copying and the drool over innovation, and thinking outside the box, and whatever buzzword bingo we're on:

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/08/03/down-with-innovation-up...

Well turns out this article wasn't submitted (I hope). http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1676407
> Don't get me wrong, I love MongoDB, but there are much better reasons to use MongoDB, such as the fact that every document is a flexible data structure, not a strict collection of columns. You can add keys and values as you choose, and store them as arrays or sub-documents depending on the encapsulation you need, etc.

Yup. I dropped the ball on this one. Should have a list of 4 reasons. :)
Your application is going to fail, because very few people are going to trust it, which is going to drive conversions (which are already terribly low for new web apps) through the floor, and because you are competing with things like 1password that already work well across multiple devices.

And, while I don't want to send the wrong message about this (because I think you should use language like this to communicate security to end-users), your security language addresses none of my concerns as a security practitioner. What's being stored in bookmarklets in my browser? If I, as an attacker, can read bookmarks from your browser, I have all your passwords, or something that equates to them? What's being encrypted? How?
Having the ability to cast a vote makes one responsible for all actions of whomever gets elected, plus the entire standing government?
Completely agree with the sentiment, however you may be overestimating the fully rounded student thing. Things may be completely different in the US - what I'm writing is all UK-centric, and somewhat anecdotal - but I suspect they're not.

Here, everyone I know who studied "STEM" subjects really had to put in some serious work to get their degrees. This was true from modestly ranked universities all the way through to the top places like Oxbridge and Imperial.

For people who studied humanities it was completely different. At the very top places/courses, yes, you would have a LOT of work. At least one large essay due a week, a mountain of reading material, and a deep appreciation of your subject. However just a few steps down, at slightly less competitive but still very well regarded institutions, I have friends who were given maybe three essays a term (semester), with many spending under ten hours doing anything related to their course in a given week. Sure, people are going do a lot of important growing up in their three years, but many will admit that their course is a bit of a joke, and they're doing it for the piece of paper, not because of an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

Sorry if that sounds somewhat unpleasant, I didn't mean it to be. Universities should not be run in the cynical way that you fear, but something does need to change.
Time slice photos
Rackspace Shuts Down Koran-Burning Web Site
Healthy distrust
It appears that the US's top, world-class universities will survive relatively easily, and the affordable and profitable degree-factories like Phoenix may as well. State Universities will too in one form or another, depending on the finances of their state govt.

But the private ones in the middle that charge high tuition & fees, are not particularly renowned, and have come to rely on easy credit for huge student loans are going to struggle.
Great Designs Aren’t Always Enough. The Importance of A/B Testing
Love the website. Had this idea a few weeks ago but I don't know how to print "Hello, world" in JS. Glad you guys have done such a great job with it.

One thing to note: I Google "chart.io" and the first hit is "www.chart.io," which is apparently broken.
Mozilla releases Firefox 4.0 Beta 5, available in 39 languages
How to transforms any BlackBerry into a multi-media data collection device
No, I really can't.
For fun, I would go with Ruby

For team consistency, I would go with Python

For ease of building a prototype, I would go with PHP

For scalability in human capital, I would go with either .NET or Java
well, I was up for my turn and then mysteriously someone else was that wasn't even on the list and I, also mysteriously, didn't get a pinata turn. Also, I have no idea what is going on UI wise.
Rackspace did the right thing. This is not a free speech issue since there are more articulate ways of expressing your dislike of some belief system without desecrating objects that a certain group considers valuable.
Love the idea -- i used to do this by hand in a restaurant, but that sometimes meant the server wouldn't get a round tip.

Will you support the ability for me to save a portion of the money? Put it in my piggy bank for rewards (that you negotiate) so when I have enough money saved up I can buy something cool from you. Plus, you can also make good money if you properly short-term invest the float.
Section 10.3 of the new rules specifically bans apps that incorrectly use or fail to use the native widgets.
That's so strange! I've never seen a doctor without scrubs, either in an office or a hospital. Isn't blood etc. the reason doctors wear them in the first place? Are you in the US?

My intent was not to accuse you of being shiny things gatherers, sorry if it was unclear. I was speaking in the context of the discussion which was, is fit software a good idea, and you countered with, my doctor wife buys lots of clothes so she'd be a customer (if I did understand your point). If she just needs throw-away clothes to be soiled on a daily basis, she for sure doesn't need software to make them fit perfectly, am I wrong?
I'll have to check out Ruby then. I'm bored of PHP (I use it all the time at work) and I want a new adventure.

Much appreciated!
Ask for my email before showing me something worth it? Yeah right.
Love the idea, I was about to sign up when I realized that it isn't done automatically, that's kind of a deal breaker for me. When you get the Yodlee integration send an email out :)
Ask HN: How do you estimate time for a project
When you are looking at a body of work to complete, something as simple as "I need a database to store info, needs some inputs and reporting, backups, and other generic stuff," or even otherwise, how do you go about deciding how much the project will cost, how long it will take, and other related resources consumed?
I was referring to mindshare, and related jobs market, rather than the number of frameworks.
They probably work at Apple or Google. Firefox seems to coast on a lot of recent graduates.
Ah, but which are those, and do we really want to get rid of them all? Math degrees, for example, are not too lucrative employment-wise (except for statistics, which often is in a different department anyway). Do we really want to axe the math department?

Biology is even worse--- its starting salaries are approximately the same as most liberal arts fields. Does biology get to stay because it's science, though, despite having no better a business case than English does?
It would be nice to have a how it works page, you must give me a compelling reason for me to signup my credit card, at least I will like to know how it work.
Funny Pictures of People
Take a look some really funny and little scary pictures. I hope you will enjoy. :)
There was a great post and a slightly crazy discussion about infinity and the Hilbert Hotel here a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1333424

The penultimate paragraph of the present post sounds like a conversation you might hear in one of the infinitely long infinitely many bars at the Hilbert Hotel:

Nervous Dude: When I went to grad school, my intention was to study functional analysis. Essentially this means infinite dimensional vector spaces.

Unimpressed Girl: That sounds terribly abstract and useless.

Nervous Dude: But it can be quite practical. My background in functional analysis served me well when I went on to study partial differential equations and numerical analysis.

Seriously Unimpressed Girl: Gotcha.