skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Not sure what that means. I've always just been curious as to some "rough" estimates of what sites are making based on some basic stats. I don't care about particular URLs or marketing strategies or the like.
I haven't worked with Core Text directly. Cool ideas though, if you need a hand with anything specific there let me know and I'll look into it. :)
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There is, but requiring it to show a video stream is like requiring Java to show an animated GIF...
"more" focused in Europe. Samsung as a company. Not the event.
We're not saying $50/month would pay for all the electricity, it would only pay for its replacement costs every 2-3 years. You still need to pay the $20,000 for the solar panels themselves. And it's a misconception that solar panels replace all your electricity needs. Doing the math last year here in Texas, it only covered 20% of my needs in the summer, 75% of the needs in the winter.
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Not Europe exclusively, but more available there, as indicated by the potential Carphone Warehouse deal. IIRC Google didn't sell the Nexus One directly to Europeans, even though they're much more willing to pay up front for unsubsidized phones than Americans are.
All that you are saying is that VirtualBox is not supported hardware and I must use supported hardware for the "it just works" experience.

The premise is absurd, because ubuntu's website does not sell itself as an OS that "just works"

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/why-use-ubuntu

Nor does it insist on any particular hardware configuration.

But instead, what we have here are fanboy comments on how Ubuntu just works and if it doesn't work, how the hardware is not up to a certain spec unavailable on Ubuntu's website, how it is so awesome for you and silly challenges to install OSX on a VM.

> Have you ever tried to run OSX client under any VM? Thought so.

I just don't understand why "OSX under VM" line is being trotted out all the time. I have never used OS X. I am merely disputing the statement "Linux/Ubuntu just works"
I know This A dumb question but, Did they really use real money?
Why would he take a pay cut?
I see your point but single founders aren't completely alone either. I think of hosting my Ruby app on Heroku and letting them do sysadmin, leveraging awesome open source code to get to a product faster, and having great advisors as my equivalents of having an agent, an editor, or a publisher.
When I was in SFBA, I met several (7?) girls from OkCupid. They were all seriously insane, in different and interesting ways, except for one, who was actually a pretty awesome engineer and decent human being (and who turned out to be friends with a lot of my other SFBA friends already). Guess which one I didn't actually date due to leaving the country a few weeks later :(
Actually, my main problem with the UK system would be that they're too focused on efficiency at the expense of quality. That is, anywhere other than in their provisioning of IT systems, where they're focused on neither.

I consider efficiency to be secondary to the saving of human lives or the general improvement of people's living conditions by curing them of curable ailments.
I think you underestimate the sophistication of non-Windows developers. I am pretty sure I can understand a talk on some specific aspects of ASP.NET MVC or the Windows 8 new shining filesystem. And I am not the smartest guy on this block.

That said, being it mostly video (I assume), there is very little reason not to show it through a standard video tag. Heck... Even TVs can handle that nowadays.
I read this headline as if Agent Smith were asking Mr. Anderson...
If paperwork is a concern and you don't really want a substantial USA presence but just a legal toehold and an official bank account, just google "incorporate in #{state}".

The one office you really need is a registered agent, the official place government and courts can get in touch with your corporation and you can pay an attorney to do that and forward you mail for a few hundred dollars a year.

For big businesses, the best state to incorporate in is Delaware because Delaware can handle masses of corporate acts and paperwork and claims and lawsuits efficiently.

For really small operations, the least cost and paperwork will be in Wyoming. You may well never file any paperwork there beyond annual renewal fees.
Nearing Profitability, YouTube Hits 500 Million Promoted Video Views
Hi,

I've been there. Almost droping out of school, missing classes, having few friends (most of my long time friends lived in other countries) and couldn't share it with my family because they wouldn't understand, and had their own problems.

How did I get out of it ? I tried and failed launching three startups. I wanted to focus the whole energy on achieving something .. and even if I failed to, this kept me "alive".

I think you should find something (or someone by luck:) ) you really love and focus everything on it.

As a conclusion, I would like to share with you two things :

- "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" from Ulysses

- And this speech by Steve Jobs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
Hey Skroob, thanks for offering your experience. How do you find clients for contract and freelance work? Also when did you feel you were comfortable enough with the iOS api to start freelancing?
I wish that people would remember that "it's made by people" when they email customer support. Sometimes people can be so harsh.
The author doesn't mean Elite in the sense of "good" or "high quality". The Elite he's referring to is the Upper Class.

The culture at the top Ivies is nothing like that at any of the schools that you listed. State and tech schools have a lot more class diversity, and while Stanford isn't state or tech, it seems to value diversity more than the Ivies.

. . . so the author isn't saying you get a better education (almost the opposite) at an Elite University, just that you'll be surrounded by entitled children of the wealthy, and coddled as such.
Wow, another hn'er from SD (grew up in Rapid City).

I had bad luck with OK Cupid in that area myself (Mitchell 2004-2008). I couldn't find any compatible matches within the 100 mile radius either. I finally just gave up.

Haven't tried in the new area (Colorado Springs).
This looks like it is indeed the case. See: http://corp.delaware.gov/frtaxcalc.shtml

There's actually quite a lot of helpful information and a pretty good introduction to incorporating, shares and taxes here too: http://www.tannedfeet.com/c-corp.htm
Asynchrony in C# 5, Part One
Maybe they use Silverlight in order for it to work under IE6...
> VirtualBox is not one of most popular open source VM. It is a popular VM among desktop users that want it for free. That's different.

Haha, I missed this line. If its free then its popularity doesn't matter.
Nice! Are you making any money on your site?
A noble goal. I wish you guys well; this is an issue that's pretty close to me.

For a data point, I am roughly $72k in debt from undergrad. This is due to a few factors, but largely because I saw a huge raise in price for the duration that I was in school. I also paid for 5 years, and room and board for my first two. Who knows when I'll ever end up paying it all back...

I've seen a few other situations where debt has really crippled people close to me. The emotional issues you talk about are certainly real, and can cause lots of problems paying stuff back...

This is one YC company where I'm _really_ interested to see how they make money. :)
Brilliant: "Y Combinator is about 3 months long (June through August). 18 hours a day * 3 months = 1620 hours. Incidentally, that means my weight increased about 4.5 grams per non-sleep hour of YC. This is roughly equivalent to 1 paul gram."
What is the meaning, in an essay, of a cross-out word?

Generally, I would say that any time an author takes the extra trouble to write in an extra word and cross it out, they are making some kind of meta-comment deliberately, rather than straightforwardly revealing that the crossed-out word is representative of their true state of mind. The crossed-out word is a meta-comment on what the author thinks about the shared idea-space of the author-plus-audience, usually to say "hey I know that we all know that this concept exists", usually to also say "and that this concept is an unmentionable", and often to also say "and I think that's a bit funny".

In this case, we all know that some people conduct interviews as interrogations (and some people think that indeed they should do so), and on the other hand some people think that this is offensive. And brianm wants you to know that he knows we all know it.

MAYBE it's on his mind because he's an aggressive domineering jerk who likes to interrogate people, but he's sensitive enough to be a little defensive about it. MAYBE it's on his mind because he's NOT aggressive or domineering, and he's frustrated by how easily interviews become interrogations, and his whole deal is trying to prevent that without making the whole interview meaningless. MAYBE something else. How're you going to find out? Read the article!

My point, tl;dr: If you see a word crossed-out, by an author you don't already know, and you think "Oh this author really means the crossed-out thing", I think that's a poor comprehension strategy.
> There's a flawed assumption in your statement that Canadians aren't denied access to coverage due to government bean counters.

On a much lower scale then in the US. I see first hand the realities of the differences between the two systems. In Canada, their is much less worry about health care than in the US. Their are still issues, but not the same fundamental ones that the US has.

This also ignores the fact that Canadian patients often go to the US for reasons other than the one you describe. Often times, they go to a hospital known for being the best in certain types of care. Other times, it's also a timing issue: they want it resolve sooner than what Canada will do for them.

Finally, the same problem exists on the private side as well. Health insurance companies deny lifesaving operations all the time.

Edit: Another problem with your argument is the assumption that Canada doesn't have private insurance on top of public. It does. It sits on top of the public insurance. And while it's great your father got help from a non-profit, I wonder how much help he would have gotten from a non-socialised health care plan?
What image did the one dollar bills form inside of the ice? I feel like there is something there I'm missing.
The robotic female voice wasn't a highlight of the video.
Hey, I'm also using Sphinx :)

Also, thing is filtering is not much of a problem as you can use the Haversine formula ... it gets to be a problem if you also want sorting from closest to furthest.
Good luck and godspeed. I spent a couple years on the Motley Fool forums giving out advice to people for credit card issues. (I have quirky hobbies, what can I say.) Many of them would have benefited from something which automatically addressed their poor organizational skills. (And, sadly, many of them are far beyond the point where any amount of technology will solve their problem. If you're committed to living a $5,000 a month lifestyle on a $4,000 a month income... no, the evil credit card company charging you $500 minimum payments is not your problem.)
In their shoes I would be desperate to do so.
I know it seems like a lot, but you are lucky it was only $550.
Great idea for a company; you'll have a lot of fans, including me.
aside: how does the above comment receive so many downvotes? it's fact, backed up with data, with no spin, and on-topic.
I've had many unsuccessful start up experiences, however it's hard for me to call them failures. It takes a lot of effort to truly fail, most of these times I just quit. I quit before I gave these ideas a real chance to grow.

Growing a real business is like growing a tree from a seed. If you stop watering too soon, you never know how big the tree could have grown.

On the note of how to move forward from these experiences. It's important to analyze each project and figure out the exact reason they weren't successful. For me I had to realize I thought I knew more than I did and that my ego was getting in the way. I had to realize I couldn't do everything on my own. I learned that cash is king and there are almost always ways to get what you need done on the cheap or free (exchange). I had to learn to delegate tasks that I shouldn't be wasting my time on.

It sucks really bad to think of these past projects and it often took me months or years to bring myself to think about them seriously without blowing their lack of success to exterior conditions out of my control.
Why is techcrunch.com taking 50+ seconds to fully load?
"hacking the business" is even more fun that "hacking the code"

Consumer startups: Build something people want.

Enterprise startups: Hack the business.
Yep, some Scala at Bump, too.
Is "full-court press" and "your interviewing technique" from personal experience with the OP? Or just from reading the article?

Because all I got from the article is that he has lots and lots of follow-up directions. I.e., that he is prepared.
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I met my fiance on craigslist, but there doesn't seem to be an option for non-pay sites.
While your argument can be applied in a sense to federal reserve notes, it in no way applies to actual _wealth_. Imagine two people on a deserted island. One finds a gold nugget. Both occupants value gold. The one with the gold possesses wealth. This idea of wealth is about as close to an independent, absolute concept as anything I can imagine. Can anyone point out to a single culture or people group where this was not the case? Could the discoverer of gold in any way owe his discovery to the existence of "government"? The ideas of property and wealth are ingrained in us from birth. The idea that anyone, whether government or individual, can take away property by force is morally questionable at best.
"And, in a scene reminiscent of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," 15 percent of suspicious bosses said they drove by the employee's house or apartment."

That must be one important employee if the boss is taking time out of their day to follow up on them.
I think this is probably a good time to plug the book "The Myth of the Rational Voter" on why our government tends to end up the way it does. I'd seen the book plugged by people I trusted but still sort of expected to it be an overview of rational ignorance plus some amusing anecdotes. Instead, it convinced me that rational ignorance can't explain bad outcomes in the first 5 pages, and went on to totally overturn my ideas about democratic government - though looking back I'd already seen many of the general principles the book outlined in certain special cases.
Delaware C Corp. Hands down.

I'm a Canadian and I have done it through DelawareIntercorp.com. They were great. I later sold that company to a publicly-traded company also incorporated in Delaware and everything went very smoothly. Make sure you talk to a lawyer and tax specialist before you do anything though. It could cost you a lot of money if things aren't done right.
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It's nice to see that there are still some people out there that use (read: admit using) CF.

I personally use it as my primary language as well, and have successfully used it at every company I've worked for. I'll admit the tag based syntax is pretty ugly, but you can kick out some great apps with it.
Gandhi: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
As someone who has changed jobs several times during my (admittedly brief) career, I can attest that this is good advice.

Keeping a portfolio of work, and a way for other people to judge your skills, is key. This can be as simple as a github account with some throwaway projects that show off your coding style + preferred languages/frameworks, or your own website, with custom wordpress theme, interactive portfolio work, etc.

It's a little scary to jump into something new, but you'll be challenged again, and given an opportunity to work with people that will appreciate and (more importantly) understand what you do.
Not sure why this isn't rated higher. Everyone is telling him to quit and walk away instead of trying to make it work.

I'd go further then what iuguy proposed. Every morning, check in with your boss by email or face to face and let him know what you will be working on for the day. At the end of the day, do the same, but with what you accomplished. Ask that all tasks to you be in written form and you will prepare a timeline for their completion. When you complete them, make sure he knows it was on time. Do a weekly/monthly report where you lay out all the projects you did for that time period and how long they took. If he is still an ass.. quit.
I'm probably not old school but I agree. This kind of thing may be cute for a business in a...lesser(?) market but I don't think it sends to right money for someone dealing with my money, credit cards, revenue to do so.
Have you considered that it's your problem, not the site's? Worked very well for me.
Bravo and congrats! You have earned that first dollar. A dollar isn't always very significant in everyday life but that figurative dollar is for you. Good luck!
This is a wealthy guy who spends all of his time with other wealthy people. He shouldn't blame the college he went to for him being unable to communicate with working class people. He wouldn't be any more skilled at this if he'd gone to a middle-tier school; most Americans don't go to college.

(- Ivy alum)
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Ask HN: How to create animated iPhone UI demos?
Some teams go straight from design to development.

With my app, I'd like to go from design to 'animated demo' and THEN to development.

In other words, I'd like to take my single frame UI screens and animate them. To create a realistic 'animated demo video' showing what the final product will look like; complete with iOS style effects (moving screens, button states, etc).

My plan is to get the UI setup in Flash CS5 and then use the timeline, motion tweens, and actionscript to animate a user case study example.

That said, this is my first time tackling an interface animation project like this - so I'm curious - is there a better, easier methodology? Perhaps using other tools?

Any tips or suggestions are appreciated.
Right idea at the right time.
The photo is a good illustration of an interesting phenomenon we've observed many times: cofounders start to look alike.
Yes, but here is the rub. Once upon a time only the aristocrats could afford to be educated. Then it was deemed by democratic government that education should be afforded to all. The people voted for that, knowing full well that it would cost everyone some of their hard-earned money (taxes).

Generations have gone by and many people take the things that are "common goods" for granted. Unless John Carmack's family is from an aristocratic lineage and his family is wealthy enough to have given him privately funded everything, then he is also "standing on the shoulders of giants" who have paved his way. For him to now become essentially an aristocrat and now say that each people should fend for themselves is difficult to comprehend. At least Newton was humble enough to realize how he got to where he got.
even if I agreed with your assumption (which I don't)

The facts are easy to check:

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/year2008_US.html

Of the top 5 biggest expenditures in the US as of 2008 (the last year for which full data is available), only the #4 expenditure (the military) was a public good. The #1,2,3 and 5 items together account for 58% of government spending in the US.

The basics mentioned by the original poster are actually pretty cheap. Water and sewers are about 2% of government spending. Police, fire, prison and courts were only 6%. Roads are another 5%. The military (the biggest public good expense) is only 14%.
I spent a while trying to figure out how 4.5 sleep-hours^-1 was equivalent to 1 paul, and why this is funny, until realizing that wasn't the intended joke.
What I want is for social security and medicare to be abolished.
Not really, the government can already tax away all the money it wants and (thanks to withholdings) probably annoy people less.

What you're describing feels like the sort of thing municipalities do to get money from people who live in other towns, like shorten yellows on streetlights with speed cameras. The federal government doesn't really need to do stuff like that, though, and compared to the money its already getting from you this is peanuts.
<i>Whether that is feasible is another matter entirely.</i>

No, it's not. I could suggest that we can power cold fusion with green cheese but that doesn't mean it will heat your house this winter.
Has anyone else also noticed that Techrunch does full page refreshes at timed intervals as well? Very annoying but I'm sure it's good (though, frowned upon or should be) for pageviews and adviews?
Its heartening to know how adobe is trying to co-exist with HTML5.

Their revenue model historically based upon flash content tools, and not flash as technology. and Now they are focusing their energies to make better tools for HTML5, not fighting it.
Maybe there should be an option for "Was in a long term relationship with someone from OKC". My last relationship was with someone that I met on OKC. I think it's definitely the best free dating site out there. I tried some other dating sites with minimal success over the past 4 years.
'Haitch' or 'aitch'? How do you pronounce 'H'?
Averages out to less than a buck a day, so it's not a money maker by any stretch of the imagination.
P. T. Barnum, now he was old school! He never shied away from using ridiculous stunts like this to get attention. He would write newspapers under pseudonyms railing at his own products to get noticed. He once hired a begger to place 4 bricks at various points on the sidewalk outside his famous museum. The begger would take a 5th brick and walk around on a circuit, replacing each brick with the brick in his hand. Every hour, he would brandish a ticket and walk through all the galleries of the museum. Soon, he'd generated enough curiosity that people were buying tickets to the museum just to follow him around. Some were even staying inside, captivated by what they found on display.

Foolish stunts are as old school as it gets.
Great thought question. Being a junior developer, I haven't the slightest clue on how to answer it. Having been exposed to merely algorithms in school, would it be safe to assume that this wasn't really targeted at software engineers but more towards system designers?
That's a little ambitious. 3 years of medical school before they graduate high school? How about we catch up to the rest of the world first. The US K-12 education system is actually not that good. http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http://nces.ed....
Just to clarify, because you're incorporated you need a lawyer present even at small claims court?
Since I've NEVER seen the government do anything efficiently, anyone who argues for more government is by my definition arguing for inefficiency.
I love it when new companies put up a "Why we started our company" posts/story.

I look for it often when thinking of using a company/service/product.

It's also wonderful for new employees to read when they join your company.
The fact about $625 of revenue from every iPhone sold last year kinda boggles my mind. Where is the extra revenue coming from after they account for the $300 price tag?