skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a group of people, comprising the top angel investors in a given area, investing lots of money, into a lot of companies, supposedly discussing - in private - how to "divide the market" and "set prices" and "exclude/marginalize competition". Angel investors, despite being individuals, still have regulations and laws to follow.

Frankly, I think the feds would jump at the chance to have an excuse to jump in and more tightly regulate/tax/etc the entire system, including angel investors.

You could very well be right; admittedly, I'm not the smartest tool in the shed when it comes to understanding FTC and government investment regulations, as well as the legal status of angel investors.

Heck, I really hope this is all wrong, because the last thing I want is the feds meddling in this industry even more. I make my living on startups; the last thing I want is the federal government to make it wither and die.
It turns out that banks are exempt from antitrust laws: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law#Exe...
From the comments:

> No self-respecting conspiracy uses a wiki (or even email).

I laughed.
One of the major nono's of journalism is becoming too close to your sources.
I must admit I haven't read any deeper, so you may be right. I think, however, that if you combine the rulings over time, you will notice that the spirit of the law, as it is interpreted by the courts is in favor of the copyright owner. And the copyright owners are not in the business of being reasonable.

As Larry Lessig points out, common sense is a rare idea in the practice of law.
Arrington is smart, a lawyer himself, and already know he is headed straight to the witness stand. Thanks for blowing this whistle Mike. That's the TC we like.
Close, but think more southern hemisphere but still with a love of cricket.

Believe it or not but plant theft is a problem. Easy to sell at a market, no markings, no trace, and people aren't suspicious.
9346 is pretty good
She more than likely took the witness stand and saw this guy face-to-face. You can't really charge someone with a crime without identifying yourself.
I'm not suggesting it, Arrington flat out said it. He was there and knows the VC players better than anyone.
How to become a (successful) angel investor
Yet another moment in human history where someone brilliant decided to do something because they could without asking if they should.

Perhaps one day Samy will look back and reflect that he isn't evil man, though he has done evil things.

(The thing is I'm not even sure how serious I am. On the one hand, damn, clever. But on the other hand, I can see some truly miserable privacy issues at play here.)
What's the point of an iPad version? At least in book form, it's useful as a door stop.
I agree. Not saying they're a monopoly. The merger-blocking issue is the only reason I can think of for a joint venture being illegal.

The difference is that explicit collusion is ALWAYS illegal. Otherwise innocuous activities that may have an anticompetitive effect (e.g. forming a joint venture) are sometimes legal, depending on what the FTC thinks.
There is a documentary titled The King of Kong that explains the history of the personal rivalry between Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/
I used this template when I redid my résumé a few months back. I like how it does away with those extraneous bullets and lines found on many résumés; it is uncluttered, elegant, and very readable.
I don't understand the logic of (5). If I'm the best player on a team, I wouldn't expect to be fired, so why should I care about the severance package?
samy is a rockstar. also did the myspace worm thing.
Ask HN: Interview Thank You Emails. Necessary?
I have been told by an older business man that it is 100% necessary to send an email to anybody you interview with thanking them for their time and to point out one or two things they said that you were really interested in.

To me personally, this feels like it comes across as annoying and is actually a detriment. I am under the impression that the computer science world cares much less about corporate bs and can actually harm you.

I do not know anybody who hires computer scientists, so I wanted your opinions on the importance of these follow up thank you emails.

PS: I am about to graduate from college.
I bought it on the day of release and I actually read the whole thing cover to cover. Not because it was good but because I was always expecting some kind of genius insight to appear.

It never did.

The book is filled with confused science, pretty graphics and massive ego stroking. Huge disappointment.
Hmm... this story doesn't pass the smell test.

I and many of my friends have been burglarized and then tried to track down the perpetrator. Also I am very active in my neighborhood block watch so I get involved in the details of many personal property crimes. Even with the most well meaning law enforcement officials and other institutions who might have information you need to solve your personal crime, the kind of cooperation this lady received is unheard of. In fact, I would be a little upset all these institutions spent this much time on a crime that is partly her fault. The rest of her details don't add up in my head.

Mark my words: This story will turn out to be more vigilante porn than the truth.
so now that I visited his page, how to I get rid of his supercookie?

could a grease monkey script automatically clean up the supercookies after they have been planted?
He didn't name a single name. If he really believed this was so certain, he could have. Unless he's trying to make them do something, the only reason to keep names out of it is because he thinks this might be libel.
I don't know if witnessing a table full of people go silent when he turns up proves anything, and the rest is all info that would put his source on the stand, not him.
Tell him or her to spell words out. No need for the snark.
Want to avoid choking? Take Inderal. It's that simple. For activities like public speaking and auditions, it's literally a magic pill.

Another approach is Don Greene's. He used to work with olympic divers, and now works with classical musicians. My ex took his class in college, and she eradicated all of her issues with nerves.

Edit: I am not a doctor, this is not medical advice.
Actually, it sure as hell did fill it up. I'm not big into digital media, so I can't quote the real specs, but my machine is a late model MacBook Pro using the stock camera, filmed with iMovie at what are probably default settings.

And the file limit was certainly 30GB, or in the neighborhood. Trust me. I was shitting bricks when it happened....waiting to upload a file, watch it bounce because it's too big...rinse, repeat.....
This goes well beyond sensationalism. I'm inclined to believe him for three reasons:

1. Mike's not known for boldly lying. He might publish rumors that Facebook is building a phone too liberally, but I've not heard of him saying "I saw x happen" and it wasn't true. Assuming the account of what he himself saw was accurate it's hard to imagine collusion wouldn't be the purpose.

2. This sounds like something that would happen. VCs do this crap all the time, why not angels?

3. Publishing this might be bad for him, and if it were untrue, it would definitely be really bad for him.
Heh, after a quick look at some of the source code for storing the "cookie" in the browser history:

// sorry google.

var url = 'http://www.google.com/evercookie/cache/ + this.getHost() + '/' + name;
Somehow I managed to miss when that article came across HN, and they auto-detect mobile devices so I couldn't read it till I got home, but it is a much better fit that the typical ones people assign. It's a somewhat flawed analogy though, if you have 6 bee stings and can relieve one, there's noticeable improvement. A better description would be "Imagine you get stung 6 times per day and you have the option to treat one sting a week". The entire problem is that they're losing ground every day and any progress they make is to lose less ground per day, not actually making forward progress.
I don't understand how people like this (if the points I'm referring to are truthful, of course) can not maintain some composure.

Guilty silence and a "oh no no" from somebody considered as a friend is a bit ridiculous. I'm searching for the right words right now, but it's sort of ridiculous that Angels like this who have undoubtedly relied on their networking end up handling a situation like this.

A bit amateurish, no?
Justifying IT Security
Clearly tjic is talking about life in the US now, not about life in Taiwan in the 70s.
6890 too
"Every joint venture can be framed in anticompetitive terms."

Semantically yes. But is every joint deal bad for the market?

"The market will find other people to take these deals."

Don't be naive. Anticompetitive practices are specifically meant to prevent the market from functioning normally.
Spending 2 or 3 months in SF Bay Area
I'm planning to spend 2 or 3 months in SF Bay Area with a tourist visa for knowing the Silicon Valley.

- Is this a waste of time?
- What are the things to do? Meetups to attend?
- Can I easily get a job? (it could even be not in a tech company)
- Some recommendation?
What would you recommend to do CVs in? Would you be willing to share what yours looks like?
Well I always live in good neighbourhoods, so I guess the insurers don't mind in my case. My current policy also covers theft of items stored outside the house - bikes, ladders, furniture, etc.

Sometimes it's not always cheaper to live in bad areas, when you add up the total cost of living.
How McDonald’s Thrived During the Recession
Unless you're in Mexico. Then Tweeting is probably a good idea.
Twitter: Sundeep Peechu tweet at Bin 38
Thanks for that! I was looking at your PHP extension a few months ago, but didn't come to a decision on integrating something that users would need to install in addition to the standard PHP package. I'm definitely thinking a lot about the cosmetics of the code, especially since looks different from PEAR etc...
All of the methods he uses have been known to the web-app security community for a while. He's simply raising awareness of what's already broken.

Keeping these things quiet helps nobody. We need more privacy and security issues to be publicly demonstrated so that they'll get fixed instead of ignored.

As an example, his work exploiting wireless routers to get location is genius. Who would have thought that having your router's wireless MAC available to your internal network allows a website to determine your location to within a few hundred feet? It uses well known and oft ignored attack methods to produce a sensational result with which everyone can immediately identify.

See: http://samy.pl/mapxss/
The best player that stays knows that they won't get severance in they are fired, so there is no incentive to stay if it seems like layoffs are coming again (or if they just get an offer).
Not really. And he means 'metrics' not 'meters'. You can understand it, sure, with a bit of effort. But 'correct' it isn't.

A "meter" is, among other things, "a measure, gauge, or criterion"; and in this way it can take the place of "metric". Idiomatic it certainly is not; but it is correct.
I made it through college on my own and had no expectation that my parents would or could pay for it. I do not understand how it is the parents' responsibility, and having done it myself, I know it is not necessary. I had to find my own grants, scholarships, and loans, and I had to find jobs. I went to a college that was nowhere near where my folks or family lived, so I was quite alone.

Was I envious of others? Sure. Did I wish I had money? You bet. Parents would have been a wonderfully convenient source of money. But they were never my crutch, my expectation. I learned self-discipline, independence, responsibility, and money management. I also kept up with my classwork and never failed a class.
Maybe I'm a little confused but...

'Writing and recording "Hey Jude" is now the same thing as writing an English textbook, writing standardized tests, translating a novel from one language to another or making a map. These are the types of things addressed in the "work for hire" act. And writing a standardized test is a work for hire. Not making a record.'

In what way is this not a work for hire? (I mean legally it or this would not be an issue) In what way is writing and recording a song some how magically different from creating a map? Or writing some program? Not that I disagree that Big Record is probably raking it in hand over fist while the content creators receive a comparitivly small amount, but I fail to see why music should be in it's own category separate from other works as she stated.
You're referring to the Edge Act [1][2] and that only applies to US banks' foreign operations (their subsidiaries, to be specific).

It is still very much illegal for them to collude against US customers.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Act

[2] http://www.answers.com/topic/edge-act-corporation
Felix Salmon does this, and he's a blogger working for Reuters. Dan Primack does this, and he's a blogger working for Fortune.

It's not about old/new media - it's about hustle.
Add to that that there is no convincing reasons why this group of angels would manufacture this story to lead him on. Unlike with some other TC stories which turned out to be manufactured to discredit TC, in this one, the sources themselves would risk a lot by leaking this - true or false.
Strange how any post that could be construed as being negative about Arrington gets down-modded by about 5 points, regular as clockwork.

That being said, I think he's on the money with this one.

This can only be good for YC overall. The suspicion that YC alternatives are all colluding against your startup is likely to make YC seem more attractive still, to the class of startup that would be wavering between YC and a rival.
Michael Arrington is impressively gung-ho, and I admire him for it, but is this big news? See point #16 here: http://www.paulgraham.com/guidetoinvestors.html
You can use my CV as a template too:

http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.tex

Result: http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.pdf
Literally hasn't literally meant literally in literally forever
14 Ways To Have Fun Coding Ruby
Sure, feel free to drop me a line!
He doesn't need to expose himself to lawsuits by naming names. The names are pretty obvious to anyone in the field.
Important point. Better to let everyone see the truth of evercookie than let the bad guys enjoy it in the dark.

Still, with it all packed up so tidily, a few rascals will do something interesting with it.
Ill probably clean it up and package it tomorrow, but people are free to take my html template as well.

http://daleharvey.org/
If by "tell" you do not mean a cynical public reveal for the sake of product promotion and by "people" you mean the organisation running the platform (Twitter), I'd agree with you. :-)
30Mo maybe?
If you read the full post, take in account that he was present and saw who was there, and assume he has not chosen to reveal everything about the sources through TC at this time (that's highly understandable - protecting his sources and only disclosing what he feels is verifiable), there is definitely a lot here and absolutely enough for a climb to the witness stand!
That looks pretty similar to the one I used last time I went a-job hunting. I learned then that when your interviewer recognizes that you used TeX, it's usually a good sign.
The effect of star rating on App Store downloads and how to improve yours.
In unrelated news, I am waiting for Civilization 104:

Civ CIV
Yeah so a crazy feminist accuses her father of rape because she went to a quack that convinced her that she had repressed memories then uses uses the article to slowly devolve into a political sounding board for more wacky ideas.
This just reinforces the need for NoScript. Neat thing I discovered about Chrome is that it treats HTML5 storage like normal cookies as well, i.e. you can easily delete them or block.
How can you make such a statement knowing nothing about how he achieved his success?
Updated Gmail app in Android Market
I'm not sure someone that was going to perform short term contracting during YC would get accepted.
That won't last. The Mexicans will seize California within five years, then it'll all drop in the pot.
Your position is completely uninspired, unintelligent, uncreative, and boring. It's the standard simpleton fare that has continued the circle of poverty for decades.

Just out of curiosity: You a Glen Beck fan by chance? I'm going to guess yes.
I think there's many things to take away from the post given the way it is written, all of which are valid interpretations. I got the exact opposite of you. The end take-away I read from it was "The destitute are people. There are real problems and real situations that cause it. They don't want pity, they don't want handouts, they want to be in a better place but there is no hope left of that so they just make do and try to be happy like everyone else." I may be biased and read more into it than was intended given my personal past, but I got the message from the post that you ended with, "Treat them with human dignity and kindness, not with self-righteous pity."
Courtesy is appreciated by most people who don't have Aspergers! I assume that you are asking from the perspective of the interviewee. You don't have to send e-mails if you don't want to. But don't kvetch if you are not getting jobs and not getting any feedback after being interviewed. The interviewers might think that you are arrogant and no matter how brilliant you might be, that cold be a strike against you.
I don't know about your case, but in general it may be possible that some "random HR guy" restricts the managers from personally informing their employees, maybe to ensure that all employees are given the same information (and not given information HR doesn't want to reveal). Maybe it's to prevent one manager from letting his/her subordinates spread the word.
http://www.dban.org/ (the only way to be sure)
Mike tends to push posts out as he develops the story (eg. the Scamville saga) so expect this to be the first of many posts.

When he picks up a story like this, watch out - Scamville didn't end until Offerpal lost their CEO, Zynga apologized and Facebook changed their policies.
I like where these cottage food laws are going. I'm just thinking out loud, but I'd be interested in seeing a system where smaller outfits would simply be required to post some kind of notification that they are unlicensed/uninspected. This might also be accompanied by a higher cap on claims resulting from food poisoning lawsuits or something similar.
Too many fonts! I like this better:

http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem...

Overall, it looks very professional, if not a little boring.
Can you share the template?
Certainly not necessary. I did several hundred in-person interviews of college candidates during my time at MSFT, with at least a hundred of them while I was the hiring manager, and I can remember only three thank-you notes (two via e-mail, one via snail mail).

That said, I remember all three.
I often do branch prediction when chatting on IM's, especially with people who type slowly. For example, I ask "How did your exam went?", and before getting the answer, I type (without sending) "Sorry to hear that, but hey, you'll have another chance next week." In general, I just quickly think about possible answers, select the most probable one and type in my response without waiting. Then I get answer from the other person, and most likely send my text immediately.

Most of the time, branch prediction works great and it's a big chat optimization. If it fails, it is often of because the other person answered in a way, that my prepared sentence won't fit grammatically (I just edit it), or asked for clarification (I then CTRL+X my response for later reuse and write some clarification instead).

I think I've realized it when I started to extensively use Skype chat, which (as opposed to - for example - IRC) shows that a person is typing. When I'm asked a question and then I see that the other person is typing something, I wait with my answer, expecting a clarification or follow-up statement from the person I talk to. I guess others do that too, so I consciously avoid branch-prediction typing on Skype in order to actually get any answer from the other person.
The real scare for these angels is if entrepreneurs lose trust in them, because then they will start losing out on the hottest deals.
Ask HN: How much more does a developer make in the Bay Area?
People often talk about the disparity in salary levels for programmers in different places. Conventional wisdom says that, all other things equal, a developer could make significantly more in the Bay area than, say, somewhere in the midwest.

Does anyone have numbers on this? Is it a linear relationship? If so, what's the coefficient? SF / midwest = ? What about SF / Boston? New York?

And what if you work remotely (telecommute)? How does that change it?
That's strange. It's working for me. Does it happen for you every time? Any other info?
I won't comment on the love angle, other than to comment that our current notion of love is a 19th century European invention that doesn't really exist in most traditional societies. There's ways of getting along that don't involve long courtship, touching poems, or passionate romance.

And it's funny you mention Lewis. The mother gave me that book as a present last March. Great book. I should note, he didn't particularly love his children at all at first...until the child was stricken ill and he had to care for him.
Why taint good advice with a slur?
Were you in the room?
The best review of New Kind of Science:
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfram/
Sex Hackers Embellishment The Inside Story of the Facebook Movie
The One Best Habit
Good Q. In Chrome, you can add a block action under the 'Exceptions' list. You can add blocks for Cookies(includes HTML5 storage), Javascript, and Images (shudder).

Before you do that though, have a look at what info is stored under samy.pl. Nice to see Chrome list HTML5 storage and cookies etc in one place.

* I'm not sure whether the above is really effective.
* Repeating this for N sites that uses this is going to be fun. There's always the whitelisting approach, which is available in Chrome too.
Super angels aren't really an alternative to YC... they normally step in at the stage a company is at where YC normally ends.
So A Super-Angel Tries To Have A Meeting In A Bar...
You also have the problem of clever bullies who know how to play management.