skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
5 Lessons Learned: User Testing with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Text totally unreadable. Should've used justin, ustream or livestream :D

EDIT: 10 hour keynote?
The few important Silverlight videos on the web like Netflix and MS videos don't work on Moonlight.
def agree with Jason's bottom line comments:
1. kids + no resources + first startup = #fail
2. kids + resources/support + second or third startup = totally fine/you’ll be inspired."

For me its all about having resources and support, Jason is quite fortunate because he is wealthy and can afford all the extras like nanny's, night nurses, etc, so the load on his spouse is much manageable.

On the flip side if your not wealthy its going to be much harder and puts you in the position that you need to take a decent salary if your going to go full time on your startup, which means you need traction and funding or a profitable business.

Parenting is a fabulous example of bootstrapping - you get much craftier, less wasteful, and in fact may have more time on your hands because your at home more. Once the kids go to sleep - start hacking away at your projects.

I would also say that when you have kids you appreciate some of the perks of normal job more like vacation time, steady income and health care benefits etc.

We've been bootstrapping our company for 2 years now and I have 2 kids (4 and 2 yrs) and it has somehow worked but not without a lot of extra challenges. I'm hoping that at this point we have enough traction to take it to an Angel/VC and get some funding so I can digg in 150%.
The underlying problem here is that not enough people care about cutting government spending.
Prospective voters put more attention to the issues like gay marriage, war on terror, universal health care, and medical marijuana use.
Most voters simply do not pay enough attention on cutting government spending, so politicians can get away with milking people more and more every year.
If one looks at historic FCC regulation, it was always okay to listen to communications, but not to divulge the contents to 3rd parties. Even with just those older regulations, using data "heard" would be prohibited since that would involve transfer to others. I believe strong protections similar to wiretap laws were added for cell service, but unlicensed gear that has no protection from interference generally doesn't have any. For example in spite of an expectation of privacy, cordless phones are unprotected. Anyway, while there may be room to argue over access to certain communications being permissible, it's clear that one is prohibited from using anything heard (obviously including passwords, credit card info etc.)

The FCC rules for WiFi devices basically state that they must not cause any harmful interference and must accept any interference that occurs including that which may cause undesired operation. Read the manual that comes with any WiFi device and the text of that will be in there (the FCC rules require it to be).
I guess everything can be handled as a .txt file. Is this the most compressed form?
The value, IMO, of this site is in the comments. Posting an article twice creates a dichotomy of comments.
There's something offensive to me about the idea of renouncing citizenship to protect your own property. It's like abandoning your house and moving away to avoid burglaries. I have a right to my own labor and property. The thieves and robbers should be the ones to leave.
Yipes, two downvotes for suggesting a consistent engagement in your government might be a requisite step in establishing credibility for a position. sigh.
Frankly, I'm more inclined to fault Bousso for using misleading language. That's a lecture for a general audience. The word "hologram" isn't used in physics articles except for poetic fluff. For instance, in Bousso's much-cited review article, the word is used exactly once in the main text:

"Holographic screens with this information density can
be constructed for arbitrary spacetimes—in this sense,
the world is a hologram."

This is mostly marketing.
That would work, 'cept they would never get elected because Joe Retardo would cry "elitist" and the rest would agree with him.

The only way to get elected in this climate is to pander endlessly to the masses and never discuss real issues at all, which is not a game that the engineers or scientists are ever going to win.
For the record it isn't like the Canadian health care system is all smooth sailing: http://www.economist.com/node/16542808?story_id=16542808&...

I certainly think the U.S. should try to learn from some of the things Canada has done but at the same time Canadians need to acknowledge they have some kinks to work out as well.
I'm embarrassed by those projects that failed where I failed to apply lessons learned in the past, but for the most part those are incidents.

The majority of the 'public failures' failed for new or unexpected reasons and I have absolutely no qualms about being open about it or analyzing them (in private or in public).

I'm far more suspicious of people that have never failed or that feel that don't want to talk about their failures. Pointing the finger of 'fail' at yourself and taking responsibility for mistakes made is a great way to improve your game and to increase the chances of eventual success.

As for dealing with this when promoting the 'next thing', I don't make any links between projects and I try to keep my person 'out' of the day to day running of any of the projects that I'm involved in, for the most part I'm the invisible man. So whatever failures there were if they might be problematic it does not carry over. But I'm actually not aware of any of that. Most projects, even the failed ones will leave you with the net positive goodwill that results from trying and trying hard.
Here you go: http://212labs.com/retro/justunfollow.png

One note: You should show tweet form on click. It uses unnecessary space, and there was duplication when form is shown below the logo and link is shown above the logo.

I hope you like it.
No he said politicians have a tendency to think they can fix things. So he advocates voting for politicians who do the least.
someone directly copied my answer to 2+2. boo hoo.
You don't need to ARP spoof on an open wireless network.

Right... which is why he didn't mention wireless networks...

That's like saying, yes SQL injection is powerful, but it doesn't work on CSRF vulnerabilities -- complete non sequitur.
it's both. it's a hardware device with an rj-11 (normal modular phone) jack and a basic line simulator that lets you make calls using SIP. there's also a (pretty cheap) service that is billed fairly infrequently. alternatively, you can use asterisk with the magicjack device; quick googling around shows that people have figured out what's necessary to get the two working together.

the downside is that it's not wireless, so you need a separate device speaking USB either way..
its fair that you do lose some data when you aren't able to see who has multivoted, but it does provide you more information than if you were funneled into one choice alone which didn't represent you
Thanks! I'll put together a list of most important facts and mail it tommorrow.
A similar tongue-in-cheek statement by SUN in 1999.
Since 32bit Unix time rolls over in 2038, they put out a Y2K notice warning about this and saying that they hoped everyone would have updated to the 64bit version by then.

I'm betting somewhere a vital 32bit system is going to fail in 28years time
> As evidence that the costs are worth the benefits I submit the fact that you haven't renounced your citizenship...

That's actually a good argument. Though of course I'd incur huge expenses moving to another country than the one I was born in (new language, no contacts, maybe fewer legal rights, etc) so it only works up to a degree.

> I think that if many government functions were privatized you would be paying a (much) higher rate than you are now since you've already shown the willingness to pay the current rate.

That makes no sense... Are you saying I wouldn't buy an umbrella for $2.99 at Walmart because I bought an umbrella for $12.99 at a mom-and-pop store before Walmart came to town?
Why?

This is hacker news... where anything intelligent and interesting is kosher. I found Carmack's argument interesting and solid.
somewhat off-topic: I read somewhere recently that 35% of date site users are married. Can anyone confirm this stat or find a source for a more accurate estimate?
Just FYI. As far as game programming there is cocos2d it works really well and is very easy to use.
It says “Live Stream” right there in the title. What did you expect? This is one of those few cases where autoplay is entirely appropriate.
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I agree with you - most of this stuff has a marginal difference on long term outcomes. The way I interpret the data is: as long as you don't abuse or neglect your kid, they'll be fine.

Most parents don't want to hear this - but I think it's great! I don't have to participate in science-approved stimulation activities, I can just play with my kids.
Perhaps it's because you're making an ad hominem argument... which is rarely interesting or valid. Debating the points and issues of the article would probably not get downvotes.
so now you're joining in the slander?

-he didn't use the word "friend"

-you didn't read the article

-According to Wikipedia, he reported just over $67,000 for just one year (not for his 370MM lifetime.)

Sorry to be nit-picky, maybe he is a bad guy, but what's the point of presenting facts when you're going to attempt to exaggerate and not put in due diligence?
Wouldn't you want to decrease load times? Or do you think people are more likely to click on an ad, if they have to wait longer?
Not quite foldable...

How about a single "cell" that is on an X-Y mount (or just X for a simpler single line display). Your finger "sees" only one cell at a time anyway. As you used your finger to "skate" over the surface of the board, the "display" computer would read the X-Y position and drive the pins appropriately for that spot.

Back to a one-dimensional (X only) readout with something like a scroll wheel on one side to scroll up and down seems pretty easy and useful. Picture a dot matrix printer where your finger is the "paper". The printhead would need a 2D set of pins, not just a vertical line... hmmm, maybe a vertical line of pins would be adequate in conjunction with the left-right sliding motion.

Result: size is limited by the X-Y mechanical accuracy (backlash, rigidity) and cost would scale very well compared to size: one cell's worth of pin drivers for any reasonable size readout.

[edit] Per Someone http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1842617, a X-only (line) readout with two heads, one for each hand (probably on the same platen) would mimic the Braille best. If you had a force sensor to sense the user pushing +/- in the "Y" dimension, you could use that to "scroll" the line without having to take your hands off the readout.
"So, however inefficient a government job might be, so long as something gets accomplished, it's less inefficient than one alternative."

Not true at all. If a government employee is paid $100k and only delivers $50k worth of value, it would have been better if he remained unemployed. The citizens would have keep their $100k and presumably invested it in something with a higher return.
Great article - while I agree on many fronts with Anarchism and the hackers that generally make up the Anarchist minority, it is refreshing to hear a point of view from a renowned hacker that isn't so idealistic.

[FTFY]
yep. i wanted to explore the site, the idea sounded interesting, and i was kindly-disposed towards bloggergirl due to the impressive website review she did, but when the registration form came up i just closed it and moved on. maybe i'll check it out later when i haven't spent the last fifteen hours at work, but right now the cognitive load and annoyance cost of registration is more than i'm willing to subject myself to.
Engaged to someone I met on OkCupid, but that wasn't an option, so I picked married to someone I met on OkCupid.
Do you work at BP or Exxon Mobil? :D
Going solo is terribly hard. The worst part is that you don't know how much you're missing by not having a co-founder until you've seen what great collaboration is like (spoiler: it is really good).

Of all the great things to get out of doing Y Combinator three years ago, the best by a mile was teaming up with Sascha to work on BaseShield. We ended up shelving that product but it's incredible to look at BaseShield and now Ninite and realize how completely they were shaped and improved by our collaboration.

I'm not talking about the set-theory union of our ideas, it's more like a tug-of-war as we'd shape the concepts and features underlying our work. Ideas always improved through this process, often radically. This was especially true for core questions like what does it do, how does it work, and what will users see.

Briefly, if it seems OK to work alone I'd say it's because you don't know what you're missing.
It's a thought experiment, cut me some slack...

I know there aren't 300m taxpayers, and it shouldn't be divided equally, and countless other things. If anyone has a more accurate figure I'd be interested to see it.
Once you have kids ... They are more important than anything.

Nope. Not for my wife and I. Our marriage comes first, our children a very close second.

...your children should mean absolutely everything to you. Nothing else should matter in the world.

A lot of other things matter in my world. My daughter is just one aspect of my life (albeit one of the most awesome aspects!).

I grew up with parents who sacrificed way too much of their own lives "for the children", with horrible consequences (they fought constantly, and I grew up wishing they would get a divorce).
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You can check off more than 1 option...
Businesses definitely compete with government when hiring people.

So if government employs somebody and wastes employee's effort in the process, then these efforts is actual loss for the economy.
IPhone serial port hack
Great stuff! Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) on SBA looks similar to what I'm looking for. I'll definitely try and sift through the Census website too.
John, you do realize that's it like a month old and in 0.1 beta, right?
Using haxe as well
Have you ever tried PostScript, Forth or Factor?
Full-stack tests will have a combinatorial explosion in the number of tests you have to write to get decent coverage, wheras isolated unit tests have a linear (with some constants) increase.

Also full stack acceptance tests take ages to run (by definition they will be doing some complex computation). As mentioned above, if their test suite runs in under 5s, it gives a huge advantage. Imagine having light on your computer that goes red any time you make a mistake. They effectively have that.
> Inefficiency is a matter of scale. The private sector is not magically immune.

The companies in the private sector goes bankrupt if they don't keep inefficiency in check. The reasons larger companies exist is because economies of scale balance out the inefficiencies in some cases.

> The problem is corporatism & greed scamming/lobbying/abusing/leeching off of government.

You can't leach off the government if it doesn't have money to spend.
Yes. Though if a submission hasn't gotten any discussion in the first place, than a re-submission can be fruitful.

Perhaps there should be a way to merge discussions?
Today good COBOL programmers can make a lot of money maintaining legacy systems for banks and other large enterprises.
what was the project?
Most refreshable Braille displays have 8 pins per character. That fits neatly in a byte, and allows for some more characters to show. That is quite a gain, as standard Braille (64 different patterns) doesn't even have separate code points for capitals.
You wait for a few decades, and then find work at the kind of companies that still need maintenance work on decades-old code. Presumably, by that time you'll be one of the few practicing Java coders left, and you'll be able to charge big bucks for your scarcity, and hopefully, skill set.

If that sounds appealing to you, then you may want to start learning Java now.
I was once trying hard to be a screenwriter, and we in the writing community never accepted any such thing. If someone is putting 10 years into their novel, or 5 years into their screenplay, that is cause for suspicion. The bars of Hollywood are awash with people who tinker with the same pet idea for years and never submit to the public. Writers form writers' groups and seek managers for the same reason founders seek cofounders: to keep themselves from strolling down an interesting but ultimately profitless rabbit hole. Writers have their own version of "artists ship". Writers publish.
Doing that would decrease load times for repeat visitors.
Fair enough, but just remember that ~35%-40% of people will not pay a dime...

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Doc...
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Happy you like. Ping me offline (sriramk [at] microsoft.com] if you'd like any help with anything. Apart from the features, I'm happy about the fact we got to talk about Pixar's Renderman on Azure. I was so excited when I first heard about it and couldn't wait to talk about it.
We go nuclear with the update Atomic Web Browser
Safari is great for using the web every so often and reading a few things here and there, but unfortunately it is lacking tons of features. Luckily, RichTech was kind enough to create the Atomic Web Browser, which is a fantastic Safari replacement as it has the addition of dozens of features.
While that is ultimately true, in the first days (especially pre-investment), the largest expense is programmer's salary, whether that is something you pay, or an opportunity you forego. Thus, getting to a fundable prototype twice as fast, or to a more robust system at the same time IS a factor.

Regardless of how much focus you put on it, it is usually the first "hard" decision everyone has to take in their tech-supported startup, and thus it gets a spotlight.
Start promoting it to get traffic. Leverage stumbleupon, reddit, facebook/twitter, and possibly organic.

Adsense pubs who make good money have sites that get a veritable shit ton of traffic every day, or have sites with ads with incredibly high CPC amounts
Whoah! Too many negations in that last sentence for my meager brain.
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In one of my college jobs, I was the only software-knowledgeable person working in a test lab full of hardware people.

Their test-tracking and defect-tracking process required essentially reading data off of a machine and re-entering it; I figured out how to scrape the data from the terminal and use GUI automation to populate the appropriate fields at the click of button. This saved several hours per person per week over 40-50 people.
I worked in a construction/real estate company as IT support. The way they did sales was they had a large excel file in which they wrote their leads every day, and each day they had to send it to each of the other offices (over dialup, it was a few MB) and sync the changes other people had made with theirs.

I wrote a simple CRM web app in my spare time, which every salesperson in the company just loved. It enabled them to see each client's history with a single click.

I asked for a bonus, the manager waved me aside saying "sure, build it and I'll give you $100". I never saw an extra dime other than the $5/hr I was making (I probably earned them thousands in sales that would otherwise be lost, not to mention productivity). They still use the system to this day.
There are far, far less startups doing Mac development than there are doing iPhone development.
Universal healthcare aims to distribute a limited resource based on need not ability to pay. Proponents like this because it is fairer and doesn't leave people suffering.

And opponents dislike this because it's impossible. If such a magical distribution method existed then we should obviously be using it for everything, not just healthcare, and that's called socialism.
I sincerely hope that its a service where the customers actually want their subscription to keep running.

Otherwise... A guy that entices his customers to rip-off their customers. Plus he charges for emails written and phone calls made. You make me proud actually you'd make a fine CEMEA CEO!
Are you embarrassed because you feel like you could have put more into the projects that failed, or just because they failed?

Failure is perfectly acceptable - if you ask any successful entrepreneur, they likely had a string of failed projects.

However, it's important to make sure that the failures bring your forward rather than setting you back. Make sure that you learn something from every failure, and don't repeat past mistakes.

If your problem has been building a project and then discovering that people aren't interested, do the customer development before you build the product. Or build something that you desperately want to use.
I think those of us saying it's possible mean that it isn't impacting what we do in such a negative way that we feel it is altering our chances. I don't think my journey would be drastically different without kids.

If you want a concrete example though, I know both the founders of Omniture had kids on the way to their IPO and eventual $1.6 billion acquisition.
But who determines need? There's the rub. I would much rather write a check to a charity like the Red Cross than the massive bureaucracy that is DHHS, because (a) there is just a lot less overhead and because (b) the Red Cross' definition of "need" is a lot less likely to
shift in the political winds. For example, in a couple of years DHHS may be back to persecuting stem cell researchers.
A paper discussing it at: http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu/papers/secretan_ecj11.pdf
While I agree with you and believe that the 5th amendment does protect you in theory, this hasn't really been tested in US courts. The law may decide that encryption is a safe rather than a language. In that case the 5th amendment won't protect you. Hopefully that won't be the case.
Well, I set out to debunk the economics of it, but my back of the envelope calculations gave better numbers than I was expecting. You're right, though, lots of factors I have failed to take into account.

Another big one not mentioned yet: ever noticed how dirty your car looks after being left outside for a couple of weeks? Well have fun washing your roof as often as you wash your car.
John, Zepto is _exactly_ intended for targeting bleeding-edge WebKit mobile browsers. Doesn't the README clearly state that?
My bad, i meant decrease, i've fixed it.
Interview with places in London. If you get a job, move.
Yeah. Paradoxically, I've found if someone makes a point to say they are clean and not to worry about it that's the most important time to wrap it up, maybe twice. I'm sure there's at least one rap lyric about this.