skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What if you planted cameras in a couple different cities (with building owners permission), and have people try and locate them? The first to hold up a "Cam.ly rules!" poster in front of the camera wins a free subscription...

make it hard so you build a bit of buzz while ppl try and figure out where they are. could be an ongoing thing...
I thought "Two-Factor Authentication" referred to an RSA SecurID or something similar. Am I wrong? Why do you say "it's usually misused"?
...queue scary advert voice ....

You wouldn't borrow another person's car or wife - reading other people's books is theft.
Very thoughtful response and love the passion. We are in a very limited segment of Chargify customers that actually have many freeium customers and we would love to work with you to make sure pricing works for you.

There is much talk about freemium but over 12 months of data show that companies actually doing this that are using are system are under 2% of our customers. Feel free to email me, send me a twitter message, anything you want and we will figure out something that will work for you.
This presupposes that a corporation doesn't turn this auto-upgrade feature off. Some companies like to have cut-throat control over their employees computers, despite known security benefits from the alternatives. "It's working now, so it's safer than upgrading and breaking our other stuff."
Forwarded this to our network guys for blocking at the source, cheers.
Chrome is hardly stable on pages with a ton of flash content ...
I have a site using Flask on GAE, and it works pretty well. Here's a reference to get started.

http://www.franciscosouza.net/2010/08/flying-with-flask-in-g...
100% agreement. Our small team has spent the better part of 2 months getting ready to rollout subscription pricing for two separate apps with Chargify's model in mind. We cannot roll them out faster and loved the option to grow slowly. Once we had 50 customers we knew there would be no hardship in paying for Chargify. It was great that these guys "got it" and really understood what bootstrappers go thru. Now it does feel like we got "punched in the gut" as another user said.
The bottom of gap.com has an "About Gap Inc" link that goes to the site, so I'm guessing it's legit.
You are probably too young to remember the days before MS Office domination.

It's a good job that some of the stuff before Windows95 actually got printed out.

ps. suppose Amazon decide to stop Kindle, or get a better deal from the publisher - or just decide all your existing ebooks don't work on kindle 4. Just like Walmart did with their online music service.
With the wonders of DRM you can't back up a copy of the ebook, it only works as long as Amazon's licence servers work.
New book co-discovery app
Hi Swizec - maybe the article could have been clearer - the real point was this: now that our standard iteration pattern has made obsolete by higher order functions (forEach, filter, map etc. - which are available natively as well as github :-)) lets see if we can re-purpose it for fun and learning.

It wasn't supposed to be taken too seriously.

BTW for-loops are not exactly the same in C, because JavaScript has no block scope.
I did not know that Rackspace is PCI compliant. Thanks for that info.
I'd consider asking yourself what you expect and/or hope to get out of it. A two-hour commute for an uninspiring job does not sound like something terribly enjoyable or fulfilling.

Perhaps others here could suggest different opportunities in the Vancouver area?
Memo to Aaron Sorkin: You Invented this Angry Nerd Misogyny Too
It seems to me like it would work for very specific ad-types. Eg coupons, upcoming sales, promotional offers, etc. The thing is, 99% of internet ads are NOT this type of ad, but are instead a generic click-through to a site or service, in which case this idea is laughable at best.

There has been plenty of times i've seen an ad for a discount at Threadless (etc), or a promotional offer i'm interested in, where I refuse to click due to my geekish nature considering it taboo to do so, but at the same time wanting to remember that deal for later when i'm free to go check it out. I'd still rather just jot it down in notepad though.
I feel the same but I also can't help but wonder—what if would have totally backfired and people loved it?
But just because you saw this on Hulu or Youtube, does that mean you'll go back to watching The Simpsons? Awareness marketing doesn't help The Simpsons because everyone's already aware of it. And this doesn't accomplish much more than that. If anything, it's awareness marketing for Banksy.
ack...sorry guys. should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out!
Animation of the AES algorithm
There are single, air-conditioned rooms in Singapore that go for S$400, even near the town (yes, hunt them down). You won't need S$400-500 for food if you cook every other meal. I spend less than S$100 on food. I would revise the figure to less than S$1,000 a month, or less than US$800 per month.

Also, if you sleep where you work, you can shave about S$50-100 off of your transportation costs.
I see one (shylion #4052, top row) that could work with a little lovin' but yeah, none of those compare in the slightest. Most of them look like people trolling for prize money -- I'm not familiar with the site but any place there is a promise of cash reward there will be vultures circling the carcass.
I wonder how proxy services compare in price--my paid proxy service in Canada was $15/mo!
Rotation and the Customer
There is a lot of pressure mounting for even the most slothful corporations to upgrade, both their browsers and their legacy web apps that [currently] only run in IE6. This is partially to do with the growing prevalence of enterprise-ready web apps & services, but also with Microsoft's insistence that they really will kill XP and IE6 in 2014. The same thing recently happened when they finally killed support for XP SP2 (just last month) and there was a big run to upgrade millions of corporate PCs to SP3 (which forces an IE upgrade unless you do all sorts of not recommended funky hacks to prevent it).

As an aside, most companies for whom IE6 is an elephant-scale problem are using both AD and MS SCCM for user configuration management & group policy controls. CM makes it trivial to deploy stuff across the board, including complex software like OS service packs [and browser upgrades]. I posted before that my own org is in the process of upgrading everyone to IE8 right now, but we switched to Firefox as our standard browser about a year ago and are currently testing the new Chrome MSI (woohoo for GPO support), since even though Google's interpretation of the HTML5 standard includes a few things that aren't actually in the draft yet, it works much better with Google Apps.

You won't have to worry about IE6 in 2015.
I'm afraid that the general public will perceive the demo as "creepy".
I find the prospect of wading through search engine spam quite off-putting at times. Trying to find genuinely interesting pages about some products and services can be a painful or nigh infuriating process when the first few search result pages are filled with links to price comparison sites or worse, holding page sites with nothing but adverts. There have been times where instead of pursuing something I've been interested in, I've given up and done something else.
Most of the ones on the front page aren't the best (after skimming through for a while). I think it is difficult to pick a winner based on voting, but there are definitely some that are better than their original logo.

Edit: There are a few nice ones within the first ~50 of this: http://blog.iso50.com/logos/gap-redesign-contest/
Windows 2000 doesn't appear to have any significant market share.

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
A SecurID would work. ("Something you know, plus something you have or something you are.")

The majority of the cases where I've seen it used so far are in websites or other services that are just asking you for a second piece of information you know -- like a challenge question, passphrase, or the like.

...it looks like Firehost is using Phone Factor (http://www.phonefactor.com/) for their second factor authentication. I'm not sure what I think of that. On the one hand, it's marginally better than a password. On the other hand, it's only marginally better than a password. Unlike a SecurID, phones are pretty easy to compromise -- especially smart phones.
Very clever ad, but not for this product. I don't see the cure to distraction as getting "in and out" quickly. The iPhone gets me in and out again much quicker than my previous phone which is the whole reason I check it so often.
If there was any question whether it was a joke while you were watching it, the unicorn at the end just gave it away.
It would be cool if governments could acknowledge this mark so it can be used in earnest.
I've been using UltimaHosts (Windows VPS) for a while and its been great so far.
Editing in the suggestion that those who don't share your reactionary and tone-deaf views on this subject are likely not property owners doesn't really do much improve your reply.
Agreed on the metered components. Chargify's metered billing system is not ready for primetime.

I love the idea of a subscription management services, but this is still a very young space, unfortunately.
Another trick is to do the loop backwards:
for(var i = arr.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){...}

I remember seeing a test that noted a visible difference between the two. Its arguable, however, if it makes a significant difference in the grand scheme of things...
Google’s New Robot Car Raises Hopes, Reality Will Dash Them Soon
Microsoft: Who Poked the Sleeping Dragon?
Err, not quite sure its a PR stunt. The people mocking, critiquing, and blogging about GAP's horrible logo probably aren't their customers. It got attention because the logo they chose was just plain awful and laughable. I doubt they wanted this to happen.
Facebook: Where genius was 1% inspiration, 99% timeliness
I love the issue status (Status: Unfortunate). Poor bastard.
The 'Google Me' I’d like to see
What I find most interesting is the potential for advertising to get better. Yeah, people have trained themselves not to look at the ads, but that's because the ads are usually pretty bad. If it really will be easy for people to click and save ads, the people who make the ads will want to make those ads ones you're gonna wanna keep.

Pretty ads : ) Useful ads, entertaining ads. Ads people might want to share with their friends. It could be pretty cool.
A few responses to this post:

1. Log Management is required for PCI and HIPAA compliance. We use a product called LogLogic and review all required logs on a daily basis and remediate anything that comes up. LogLogic is the solution we put into place: http://www.loglogic.com

2. External vulnerability scans on the application and network layer.

3. Managed A/V protection. We have customers on Windows and Linux. Also detects malware and trust me - enough Linux threats out there as well.

4. GB network connectivity is absolutely correct.

5. Two-factor authentication is something you know (username and password) and something you have (dongle, ID, etc). Our two-factor is powered by phonefactor and is a great way to serve this need.

6. We use other methods to ensure this doesn't happen. (Encryption and Database Monitoring with strict rules).

7. Correct.

8. It's an absolute requirement for an organization going after HIPAA compliance to have a business associate agreement (google it for more info) and we're BAA friendly where most hosting providers are not.

9. It's redundant meaning if there's a physical firewall fail there's no loss in connectivity.

10. This protects your web application from the biggest threats on the net. Learn more here: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Web_Application_Firewall

11. We block DDoS attacks everyday. Not all of them are high bandwidth. Google slowloris dos and learn more as an example.

12. Couldn't be more wrong. =)

13. Read #12

14. Congrats for being responsible.

15. Our datacenter meets strict requirements for redundancy and security as would other top facilities.

16. It's a nice security feature and integrates with our two-factor authentication. If your network is open to SSH (or other management ports) there's a lot to discuss.

Regarding the price, shop other managed hosting providers and you will find none that's transparent on what they offer and display pricing. Go ahead and secret shop them and you will see how low we've priced the FireHost's solution.

Also, we have our SAS70. However, that's going away for the SSAE 16 standard FYI.

Hope that helps and best of luck!
Do yourself a favour and find something else you truly feel excited about. A long commute for a position that you cannot get 100% behind is a recipe for disaster. Stay true to yourself and your ideals.
This is a very pragmatic look from the other side it touches on a lot of fact that I think non-technical people just out right miss. Many times the business personell value the leads and skills that they posses once a product exist while the developer values the fact that they are for all intents and purpose the product. Given the lack of knowledge about the subject of technical matters, I believe that many people see a programer as a programer much the same way that one would look at a CPA or an electrician. Just pick one, and get on with it is a prevailing attitude. With that can come a feeling of you should be lucky I am including you in on my idea, and that is where things deteriorate quickly. The non-technical person believes that they are bargaining from a position of power and the technical person (the kind that can get it done) knows just how scare they are. Generally the non-technical person only finds this out after the fact. Anyway the non-technical person walks away from the experience thinking that all technical personell are difficult and have unreasonable expectation, when in fact it is they who are putting up unreasonable demands if one where to break down the value proposition. Anyway, good article that may help shed some light on the subject to those who believe they are banging their head on the wall trying to find a technical co-founder.
Speaking as someone who got higher than that and still feels like I'm "just pretending" on a regular basis, yes.
Most ads are for branding, for sure, but that's because people don't want to waste time clicking on ads. If you take the time suck out of the equation, people might actually click and save the ads and offers they're interested in.

It's going to work great with deals and offers.
I've been keeping a list of CS internships/research opportunities on delicious, maybe you'll find something interesting there: http://www.delicious.com/psawaya/Internships?page=1

Also, I don't know if you're looking for an internship for the summer, but if you are, check out the Google summer of code program. You'd learn a lot more about programming by contributing to open source than you would at a helpdesk, plus you get paid a little.
> your brain can only work productively on a hard problem for 1 -3 hours before needing to reboot

This is very different from my experience. For advanced math or physics problems, it general takes at least a couple of hours to assemble the relevant mathematical structure in your head. Only once you are familiar with the "setting" can you really start to work.

I've heard similar things about writing code.

If I took a break every 2 hours, I'd never get anything done.
I know it's not a panacea. I'm basically betting they will either survive, move to an open format, or someone will crack the .azw
Global Economy = Great; Venture Economy = Not so Much
I'm not sure that's entirely true. If you think the Simpsons has become formulaic (which it had in some of those middle seasons) this might be enough to convince you they're taking risks again. Which MIGHT get you to tune in.

I'm not saying it's super effective but it's positive attention and that's worth something.
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This is absolutely correct. Your managed hosting company has a portion of the responsibility for HIPAA compliance which is why we say "Compliance Ready".

An organization has to have their own application specific needs met, business and process controls, database table obfuscation, etc. etc.

What's important is selecting a provider who has all the hosting needs met to achieve compliance with your auditor and will execute a business associate agreement as required.

Best of luck with your search.
Doesn't make me want to buy one any more, but I thought it was genuinely funny. The bar is low, but its certainly the best MS ad we've seen in a very long time.
No Java 7, The End Game
I think you greatly underestimate the degree to which a segment of the population enjoys shopping, coupon clipping, etc etc.
Thanks. With this and the other two book recommendations above (Blank, Rackham) I'm beginning to suspect it might be a good idea to share revenue with a sales person after all.
Thanks for responding! Regardless of any debate over the merits of the specific things you guys do, it's clear that you have put a lot of work into your service, and you are at least describing some of what you do, instead of saying, "magic (now with hand waving)".

If you don't mind my asking -- if it doesn't give away any sensitive or proprietary information -- where would you say the majority of the $845/mo is going? Are there tremendous administrative costs, other business expenses (insurance?), or does that actually represent your infrastructure cost?
Gap Inc. is the parent company for Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, and a few other brands. Its website is geared toward corporate information, rather than the brands Gap Inc. owns, which have their own retail sites.
I bought one a while ago and find I don't use it as much as I'd hoped: http://jseliger.com/2010/09/29/the-last-word-on-this-version... .
An Introdution to Graphic Design
That is being paranoid. I don't understand the downvoting. Is US a "Disneyland with guns" then? How many people have been killed by guns versus death penalty in Singapore? (Before you downvote me again, hear me out)

I live here. I see lots of curses in facebook and websites about the government and I mean really really mean curses, personal attacks and so on. I complain lots about the government. And to clarify, there is a line which you don't cross, which is the religious line and accusing the govt of corruption without proof. It is rather simple.

I don't really see how young people doing startups care about that? Just respect your neighbours and their religion, is it hard to do? If you have proof that someone is corrupted, just report it. (Btw, some govt guy just got charged for a huge corruption case.) Having a death penalty doesn't mean the whole country is one brainwashed crazed population looking to execute anyone. In fact there are so many foreigners here at any startup event that the locals are beginning to seem like the minority.

Yes, this small place(market) has lots of problems and it is definitely not disneyland. But to say it is a bad place just because of death penalty or lack of freedom to insult other religion is just ridiculous. Just look beyond political nonsense and journalistic opinions.
Earlier http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=1780836
wow, well at least you know who your customers are NOT. don't let it discourage you.

i, for one, am looking forward to incorporating this into my workflow.
Mine is up and running - thanks!
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The gag tag doesn't mean "gagged." It means the post is a gag, in the sense of a joke.

Sorry I can't be more transparent about how contro-factor is calculated, incidentally. Its purpose is to recognize flamewars.
According to its website, Europeana is sponsored by the European Commission which is an arm of the European Union. I'd say that is a hefty acknowledgement from a "government" (or, rather, a supernational organization).

But, yeah, I would love to see the LoC adopt this mark for its digital collection. It'd increase visibility and give the mark an air of legitimacy for the United States.
Should I love you as you are?
We all love hacking, and try to make as much money from it as possible.

Making money and making your work available for mass consumption is not orthogonal to loving your work.
Not seeing anything specific about 'no java 7' - did I miss it in the article?
The recurring payments capabilities of gateways, such as Braintree, Auth.net, etc. typically are not as robust as the recurring payments capabilities of the companies that specifically focused on that capability such as Chargify, Recurly, Zuora, etc.

If you just need to charge the same customers exactly the same amount on exactly the same timeframe, then the capabilities of gateways such as Braintree may be ok for you.

But typically SaaS companies and others with multiple plans, additions, features, extra one time payments, etc. need an additional layer of logic on top of those capabilities. You can either buy that logic or pay Chargify, et al for it.
At least that part made me laugh...
Improve the design of the page and also explain how you're demonstrating the product. It's fun to muck around with, but also easy to completely forget who's behind it.

Iron your backdrop sheet - looks a bit lame. Get your logo printed on the backdrop too, and maybe a short catchphrase or bullet list of uses for your camera.

Could try to ride some coat tails by replacing the pinata with a baseball and the swinging stick with a bat and plug it during baseball season. Or rig up a leg and have a soccer ball in a cage.

It's a start and has potential though, I'll give you that.
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I'm going to take a counter position to some of the other advice on this thread.

Consider taking this gig. As an internship, I suspect that it's going to last 3-6 months. Yes, the commute sucks but I suspect you'll learn something far more important:

1. How users react to systems that geeks/engineers put in place.

2. How to talk to non-technical users (who, I assume, are the likely callers)

I did a short stint at a helpdesk many years ago and it certainly helped me learn how to talk to non-technical people. (I also did two summers selling cars at CarMax which, IMHO, was a fantastic way to learn how to sell yourself to anyone.)
Fiction maybe, but nonfiction, especially computer related books, second-hand is near worthless. How valuable is a book on Python 2.2 today? Cost cutting with digital versions is a very welcome change.
several years back

I used Gentoo back when they still had regular release numbers instead of dates (1.2 I think) and stage 1 installs. Back then the docs were complete and extremely comprehensive and the Gentoo Forums were amazingly resourceful. The distro and the community have slowly degraded in quality since drobbins left. (This is not necessarily related to his departure.)

Anyways, it was great for learning. Before that I tried Red Hat and was confused as hell. I couldn't troubleshoot anything. With Gentoo I constantly broke things but was able to find out how to fix them relatively easily. I quickly built up an understanding of how everything fit together.

Maybe Gentoo is still useful in this regard but it certainly is not what it used to be.
For me, it was the EPR/double slit experiment.