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Malcolm Gladwell writes books about "success" where he uses many anecdotal (albeit fascinating) stories to come to a very vague conclusion of how people can be "successful". GP was referring to "qualities of success" (passion, writing something for yourself), which don't necessarily cause success.

It was tongue-in-cheek.
I find it amusing that your idea of a company being desperate must lie somewhere between Apple announcing the iPhone six months before release and RIM announcing the Playbook nine months before release.
how can one be that brainwashed. Doesn't it seem strange to you that instead of real pricing on water and energy (that would trigger efficiency improve across the board) there is that hysterical propaganda of individual conservation despite the fact that individual consumption pales in comparison to Big Agriculture&Industry?

I just hear the sound of your brain being flip-flopped by
the propaganda :
paper to plastic -> saving trees
plastic to paper -> saving the planet
and as a result your attention being diverted from the real
causes of the problem.

"Lives might actually be at stake. Livelihoods almost certainly will."

You're absolutely right. WW III, if it happens, will be about global enforcing of cap&trade once the countries most severely affected by the global warming (incl. its consequences like harsh weather and water shortage) organize together and amass enough military power. Low-flush and biking to work, while feeding your ego with warm and fuzzy feeling that you're personally saving the planet, don't mean anything at that scale.
I certainly hope so, because I don't particularly like their vision of the internet.
Appears to be sort of fixed? I think they're expiring them, but I'm not sure based on what.

As of now, my search (#506811) appears to still work, as do a couple before it, including 506800. But search numbers 1, 2, 100000, 500000, 505000, 506000 all fail.

(I'm sorry I didn't do a proper binary search.)

Someone can check on my search later and see if it's time based. Or do a bunch of searches until it expires and see if they're just storing the N number of last searches.
That businessinsider article has a nasty audio-visual ad that's set to autoplay. Here is the silent, inanimate prose:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/09/29/...
Oops! For some reason, the page headings at the bottom of multi-page articles on Ars generate slashes at the end of their link, while other places on the website do not.
Really? This is the first time I'm hearing that. I've seen "planet discovered" a bunch of times, with a crescendo of excitement. I was always disappointed that they were almost exclusively super-giants and the "so what" line always said something like "and if this super-giant has moons, they could be habitable!"

This is the first time I've seen a story about an actual earth-like (with fairly loose parameters) planet that is roughly in the life-zone! Usually headlines that say "earth-like planet discovered!" involve either a frozen rock orbiting way outside of its sun, or a burning pebble right next to it.

However important this particular planet is, I think it's a first as far as fairly plausible life candidates go. Here's to more!
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So, I know Apple is making a lot of money off of iPods, iPads, and iPhones, but they still had 33% year-over-year growth in Mac sales last quarter.

I don't think the Mac is going anywhere soon. I do think we'll see substantially changes to Cocoa with a lot of things (coughbindingscough) being effectively deprecated in 10.7. I expect the next revision of AppKit to look a lot more like UIKit.
I was oddly tickled to see that acavax.lynchburg.edu is now serving http, with an index page whose last modified date is not quite 10 years ago.
how well has canabalt sold?

totally different genre but i'm curious after reading about minecrafts success.
It looks like he just uses the "contenteditable" property ( http://valums.com/edit-in-place/ ) to make it editable, and then displays it as a word-wrap: pre element.

While I can't think of any immediate applications, I had never realized that contenteditable was so widely supported. I'm going to have to try using it in my next project...
Erm, that solution is a little extreme, unless there are a few steps missing.

The first things I'd do:
1. Aggregate those inserts into a single SQL command. You never want to be issuing O(n) SQL queries per request.

2. Use InnoDB, not MyISAM, for the database engine. I assume it's MyISAM because he's talking about table locking. InnoDB has row-level locking, so you'll be able to INSERT and SELECT from a table concurrently.

I had a Facebook app with 20MM MAUs, and it worked fine with two machines. A component of the app was voting in polls, and I was processing ~10k votes per second. Each "vote" is an insert into a votes table.

Soo...not really sure how you go from "We're running too many INSERT queries and locking the tables!" to "Async queues and MongoDB!"
Interesting engineering problems that AirBnB is currently facing?
Fair enough. That's beyond the common cases awk addresses. At that point, I just switch to Lua. (I forget if you're a Python or Ruby guy.)
Of corse scala is fast with stuff like that because its typed. But should we talk about all the stuff you can't do because you have types all the time?

I think clojure is getting really close to a dynamic language that can get down to the speed of a static language if you need it.
Oh, yeah! Thanks for reminder! Time to re-read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and to watch the Bladerunner again.
Immigrate or degenerate.. ^_^
> 300 million deeply interested eyeballs

In the case of reddit, it's userbase is very difficult to monetize -- they've said as much themselves. I think the less you can monetize something the more likely you'll have a lot of users; once you start doing things to monetize your userbase they get annoyed and simply move on.

I think any one of these sites is bad investment because those 300 million users can come and go in an instant. Digg could simply be over now and just takes a few people a few months to throw out the next big thing.
The diffrence form Java/Scala is that Clojure dosn't type check (like say typed scheme). Is just for performance.

typhinting to avoid reflection can be done for all java objects.
The autoboxing is only for numeric stuff.
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You're not gonna like this. The Commodore story is a classic business story, and here is the gist of it: Commodore demo'ed a new computer, but CEO hyped up the subsequent version so much that nobody bought this first version, and Commodore went down.

Question is, what was the context of his suggestion? Does your product, its manual or any of the marketing literature make more promises about upcoming features than what it already offers? If so, then the prick is right.

Further into your comments I find this following alarming statement, among other passive aggressive remarks:

"1) Let this guy sink his own ship by cutting all internal support out from under him -- he thinks he's so good; he can prove it."

You just don't think like that. Never ever undermine the business to spite someone. But get up and publicly and blatantly refuse to work with him, if you want, but do not undermine his ability to work with you.
How to Convert PDF to XLSX?
The article shows you how to convert PDF data to XLS or XLSX with AnyBizSoft PDF to Excel Converter. It also introduces the main functions and features of the software.
12. Dick is the manager, you are the programmer. He earns more than you, meaning he is more prized than you by your company. So, he must be doing something right, and you better understand what it is, if you want to get ahead.
Looks like that the site is down now :)
Am I the only one skeptical about CloudFlare? I, for one, would not be comfortable changing my name servers to them. Shouldn't we actually find and patch security flaws instead of putting it behind some 'firewall in the cloud' (security through obscurity, anyone?) which can cease to exist any second?

And, why do they call themselves a CDN? I watched the video on their site and I still don't really understand how they work. Do they work like a reverse proxy? A reverse proxy would create an even greater security concern than what it tries to solve. An attacker would be able to deface thousands of sites by attacking just one of their proxy nodes.
In what universe is Facebook a fad? There are billion-dollar companies built on their platform, ferchrissakes!
Uncool when it comes to up-voting, but quite cool when it comes about hiring, it seems.
What happened to the guys who bought Manhattan for beads way back? Did they make it ok?
Yup. And yet, they're still hiring. I was surprised when earlier this week I was contacted by a Yahoo recruiter.
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IIRC, Apple had real iPhones already working at that date, they just needed to clear FCC regulations, which took 6 months. Since they were going to submit a public application to the FCC anyway, it made sense to announce the iPhone first.
Clearly the narrator is referring to that meta-governing-body, The Government. You know, the one all the conspiracy theorists never see, because it's OMG REAL, and therefore not a conspiracy. Narrators, however, have outside knowledge of the system they narrate, so they would be in a position to know of such a system.
Agreed. Long morning showers have a profound effect on my ability to concentrate, meditate, think through problems and interestingly nearly 100% of my best ideas and solutions to problems come from the shower. Sometimes I have more than one shower a day to help work through tough problems (both personal, technical and business). I do live in a hot country and work from home so this is easier. If I don't have a shower to start the day I feel incomplete and a nagging feeling all day that something is not quite right!

I read all sorts of books to help unwind or enhance my existing knowledge or learn something new. Mixing genres of books each time is also good. I usually read scifi, fantasy (Terry Pratchett anyone?), biographies, history books,science/maths, technical, business... reading is one of mans greatest gifts!

Also, learn to do things like crosswords and jigsaws as a way to take your mind off things. Jigsaws are an amazing way to completely switch off - like stacking shelves without the significant labour! Mind wonders, but you also achieve something with each piece laid. Seriously dont knock it until you try :)

Exercise is critical. I swim 50+ laps in the pool each day and this really helps. But I hate exercise so you gotta find something that works for you.

And of course spending time with family - particularly children if you have them can be a real boon and gives you an excuse to play lego - anther wonderful invention of mankind! In fact I often build robots using technic lego with the kids which is a cool bridge between mechanical and computer skills.
There's no such thing as a 'word-wrap: pre element'.
Android 2.2,really?
Android 2.2,really?
There is no country where programmers are as well paid as the US. Even in Canada, where cost-of-living and salaries are normally comparable, programmers are paid at least 20-30% less. I'm not sure why, but it's a dramatic difference.

Of course, it's also the reason US companies are so eager to outsource programming jobs.
So the guy was spamming everyone with friend requests? Even more, he got warned by the system that he was spamming and he continued along?

I tend to be anti FB, but I do agree that it's annoying to get so many invites from marketeers. Maybe the age difference explains this difference in attitude, but for me it's actually clear =/
>>Apple has a strong incentive to make sure that people using OSX have a great experience. To make sure that OSX can browse the web well they need to make sure that Safari is viewed as a mainstream browser, and that it's easy for developers to test websites on it without having to go buy a Mac.

>>So by releasing it on Windows they can (a) gain marketshare so it's taken more seriously, and (b) make sure developers who use Windows will test with it.

Exactly, and in my opinion, Microsoft should follow this logic for the same reasons.
The original, linked article is the better read, although towards the end the author descends into a mess of racism accusations and uncertain direction. He completely misunderstands the use of the term 'owned', and somehow thinks it's a colonial throwback to slavery rather than common internet speak for a complete win over an opponent.

The writer of the original piece needs to stop worrying about the scammers for two seconds and see that this movement, ultimately, has a good chance of putting scammers out of business. Because I can see more people getting in on the anti-scam game than people falling for the scams. And once the numbers on a prospective scammer turn up to be 3:1 that it's a fake acceptance, they are going to start giving up on it.
Odds of tabloid misquoting a scientist to sell more copy "100 per cent.
I highly recommend finding an Alexander teacher as well. I took Alexander classes through my university (it is common among musicians) with John Henes - a great Alexander teacher in Evanston, IL if you're in Chicagoland.

One day in class I particularly remember, prof Henes brought a balance board (one of those round boards on a ball) and asked us to balance on it. He then pointed out that the way we naturally tried to balance was to force the board down in reaction to movements. He taught us to instead balance our bodies, and if we were truly balanced, the board would be too when we stood on it.
I've made my case that I think this guy is not worth the pay and trouble internally with the CEO; while he's not a key hire, I certainly am.

And how did the CEO respond? That's one of the missing pieces from the story-- an outside evaluation of the value of this guy. If he's as useless as you say, why is your co-founder so attached to keeping him? Could it be that he is providing some significant value to the company that you're not aware of?

If I were in your shoes, I'd modify your working list a bit, and go with 3B) Have a heart to heart with the CEO to find out what is really going on here. If that doesn't clear things up, I'd go to 2B) Make a case to the board, to try to get some motivation to find a better fit.

I wouldn't threaten to leave, or trash him to the board. Neither one is a productive move.

Your nemesis obviously has a high opinion of his skills and value. If that's the case, there should be some clear objectives and timeframes he's expected to hit. That should make these discussions a bit easier.
The chilling part is

Programming as a profession is only moderately interesting. It can be a good job, but if you want to make about the
same money and be happier you could actually just go run a fast food joint. You are much better off using code as
your secret weapon in another profession.

People who can code in the world of technology companies are a dime a dozen and get no respect. People who can
code in biology, medicine, government, sociology, physics, history, and mathematics are respected and can do amazing
things to advance those disciplines.

I have always had the suspicion that this is the case but now I have some validation
I don't see why Google needs to reproduce manufacturers' meaningless marketing tripe on the summary page, rather than actually providing some summary-level information about each phone.

You want a perfect 10, with brains that go to 11.

Teens, students, and young professionals can stay effortlessly connected on-the-go with the sleek new Galaxy 5 Smartphone

Unless, I guess, this page is for manufacturers' sake as much, or more than, consumers'.
For this specific idea, I can imagine there being several items that add value. I just wanted the OP to clarify what he's offering.

For example:

Queueing multiple conversions as jobs

Faster processing than you'd do on your crappy box

Renaming columns with a user-friendly interface

Solving some of the hassle with character encodings (I've had some trouble with ESRI shapefiles on that front)

Mapping to a user-defined model (e.g. specified with an XSD)

But the way it looks right now, he doesn't even offer a PostGIS SQL target, which is a real pity.
Yea I agree. From what I can tell from the blog post, they aren't even close to the limits of what mySQL can handle if properly configured unless they are running it on some kind of super tiny virtual machine. Seems like they just jumped the gun and over engineered it.
Review my app ValleyOfNames.com
One of the sites I've built in the last couple of years is ZeeVanNamen.nl (in Dutch). It helps soon-to-be-parents with finding a name for their baby. At the time it scratched my own itch, and currently the site is not doing bad at all.

Right from the start I had an English version of it as well, called ValleyOfNames.com. It's the same app, but with a different set of names (obviously).

But even though I have done more or less the same things for both websites to make them known to people, ValleyOfNames.com is lacking far behind in terms of traffic.

So, have I built the wrong app for English speaking persons or is something else amiss?

Thanks for your feedback!
Which leads me to ask - what do the chickens eat?

I see that gardenpool gives a timeline on the side. They didn't stock the pool with tilapia until May 2010. Their page at http://gardenpool.org/?page_id=242 says "A tilapia matures from egg to harvest size (1.5 lbs) in only 6-9 months."

It hasn't been long enough for the new spawn to reach edible size. How can they say "unlimited" when they don't have the experience to know if it's stable? I suspect they are being overly optimistic.

Regarding 200W - I don't know what their swamp cooler needs, and they say they installed solar power. I picked 200W because that looks like a common size for portable home devices.

Looking now, I think solar cells are about 20 sq ft for 200 W. Since they need to work during the night as well (though not as much), call it 40 sq. ft of otherwise unused space. I was thinking that that would go into the area calculation, but as that's about 0.1% of an acre, it's not a big contribution.

And yes, I've found it interesting as well.
Nope, Apple had theirs behind glass as well.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/video-iphone-in-person-be...
With current technology it's probably possible to build a 99%C speed [unmanned] spacecraft but it would cost hundreds of billions and we'd have to get over some politically difficult issues such as shipping tons of weapons-grade plutonium into NEO.

That ship would get there in 25 years or so, so most of us would live to see the reply on its telemetry around the time our grandchildren are our age.
There is sort of IPV4 in IPV6. It is there. It is not universally supported. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#IPv4-mapped_IPv6_addresses for more.
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This matches my limited experience. I toured a German factory once - their level of technology and processes are astounding. I watched a car getting painted - it was on a catwalk over running water with turbines to capture some energy from the process, and bristles on the turbines to take most of the paint out and recycle the water. The efficiencies are enormous, technology investment very high.

I haven't been through so many factories to compare, but the investments in technology I saw seem higher than in the American factories I've been through. Small sample size, though, basically anecdotal, so take me with a grain of salt here.
After working through a few of my own Haskell projects, I eventually found the type system disappointing. A better design would have made it even more sophisticated and harder to learn, IMO. That's the price to pay for being purely functional. Instead, I felt that certain design trade-offs were made, which in effect, make the type system awkward and tend to lead to inflexibility in writing ambitious, comprehensive programs.
Definitely,
They say that "A picture tells a thousand words" But videos tells millions.
For example in this one:

http://www.trendguardian.com/
Actually, the most interesting results won't be here til the second half of 2012, if you take the following [somewhat chauvinistic] criteria into account:

- A really interesting planet orbits a planet similar to the sun.

- The goldilocks zone around a planet similar to the sun puts it in an orbit radius of around 1 year (give or take 20% or so) because orbit period is a function of solar mass and distance.

- It takes three occurances to be sure that a "dip" you see in light emissions is probably a pattern rather than a coincidence. It's like colinear points on a plane: two points always make a line, but for three points to be on a line you're pretty damn lucky.

- Kepler was launched in 2009.

So in the end of 2012 we'll have a list of (hopefully hundreds of) confirmed earth-like planets that orbit sol-like stars with a rotation period around 1 year. That is awesome.
> According to the answerer, rewriting these libraries would amount to rewriting IE9 as IE8 with a GUI upgrade.

I couldn't find this in the discussion. It also seems unlikely given how tangential D2D is to most of the interesting features in IE9.
I've been interested in the Alexander Technique for a while but haven't started yet (and it's quite expensive here in Shanghai). How would you evaluate a good teacher?
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It would have been more interesting if the first thing I did wasn't to change em's to px's. Apparently I can't read 2px text.
Apple created iOS because lightweight devices with a touch screen demand entirely different solutions and paradigms than mouse driven desktop applications do. They're not converging any time soon.
So, are they looking at the deals? That's important feedback.
Your write but if you use a FP Language you are more forced to do so and it makes it easier to do. Why should I tear my self a arm of to do FP with Java or C++ if I can just use Haskell or a language that is not as strict as haskell.
Ask HN:Transitivity property of real numbers
Hello HN,

The transitivity property of real numbers says if a>b,b>c then a>c.but when i test this property with real numbers it give's me false results.let a=1,b=2 and c=3 then the transitivity property says if 1>2,2>3 then 1>3 which doesn't make any sense.i'll be glad if someone could comeout with a nice explanation.
And, sorry, no, I'm talking about
major metro, not suburbs.

The average cost of a newly built
**detached house** in Germany

There are practically no detached houses in major metros in Germany, except in the very outskirts of the city & suburbs.

The few exceptions to that rule are extremely expensive. This is why the comparison is not 100% apt - detached houses are a common form of housing major US cities but very uncommon in major German cities.
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