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There are short-term solutions to problems and long-term solutions. The short-term solution may be to fight back in certain scenarios. But long-term, strengthening the family as a unit in society is the only cure for these type of societal problems. Good parents can raise good kids. I'm not saying that if a kid is bad or a bully, that means the parents are necessarily bad, but the correlation between good parents and good kids is undeniable. Society should put more effort into defining what good parenting is (not through law, but rather through custom) than helping kids learn how to fight back. Both may be necessary efforts, but one will have further-reaching impact.
The story isn't really about yahoo, though. Yahoo is not in the title or the url, isn't prominently displayed on the page, and only mentioned in a few comments. I didn't even realize it was from yahoo until I read your comment and I saw the story when it was originally posted. Checking searchyc, the only s4 story that became really popular was the only one that didn't mention yahoo in the title.
I know it's popular to rag on CEO's for being overpaid, but that's the business of Yahoo and their Board. If their investments aren't sound the market will decide their fate.
Sounds like a good way for Google to guarantee that every one of their engineers will apply for a job at Facebook, just for the chance of getting an offer.
Probably the most interesting mixergy interview so far. Great job Andrew.
(disclaimer: I'm a bit of an ambitious guy and I probably won't achieve even a "sizeable" portion of this, but I will try)

Make my own versions of these pieces of infrastructure in one or more variants of Lisp, using various novel approaches or combining some "old" approaches that are nevertheless not used as much as they should be today, and comprehensively document it all:

My own web framework (in progress), window manager, UI toolkit and layout system, 3D engine, video editor, image editor, video and sound codec, emacs-style editor, operating system, kernel, Common Lisp implementation, virtual machine, BIOS, OS bootstrapper.

Also, maybe an NES or SNES emulator, for fun and maybe trying to make a full blown modern development environment to make it easy to make whole new games for these consoles instead of just making more or less elaborate hacks to already existing games.

Learn to play the piano, guitar and violin. Learn to compose my own music.

Not that I expect or count on it, but it would be convenient if a treatment to stop aging appeared while it's not too late for me, cuz I'm pretty sure I'll be out of time before I'm doing what I want to do properly...
I doubt HP and Adobe were poaching Google employees, the "clod-calling" agreement was most likely to everyone else's benefit, a Google employee would only leave for IPO money or to start their own thing.
His departure would certainly be notable, at least to this community.
I didn't mean it as "against commercial use". I meant the spirit of it favors community over commercial use.

The whole point of the GPL is to prevent people from "sealing away" the source code and favor commercial gains over the hacker community.

I view capitalism as "valuing money above all things". Don't confuse capitalism with the free market; the free market existed over a thousand years ago. Many people got rich through trade. Perhaps not in Europe (I don't know).
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Here is a sustainable approach: make sure that teachers are legally obligated to report bullying instances they are aware of to the police. (This law can be passed in the municipal, state or federal levels -- it doesn't matter.)

Bullying is assault. The first time the police gets involved, it will be unpleasant for the bully. The second time, he gets arrested. The next bully to come along might realize he doesn't want a criminal record, and if he doesn't, his parents might. And if they don't stop, they get sent away to juvie.

Why do we assume highschool/middleschool kids are somehow untouchable by the law?
It only matters that TC may be making this stuff up if you work at Google. If you work at Google, go find an offer from Facebook that is better. If you get such an offer, then you can see if you get a counter.

If not, go collect more money at Facebook. Worst comes to worst, you're getting paid more, it makes morale worse at Google leading to others getting offers.

Google isn't a unicorn, it's a business, the purpose of working at a business is to extract as much value as you can from the 'business resource'. And in return you should expect the business to extract as much value from their 'human resource' as possible.

That's how life works. Google provides snacks and benefits because it allows them to extract more value, if the expected value from such benefits were negative they would not do it.
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"However effective these counter offers are, they sure aren’t good for morale internally at Google. Unless, of course, you’re one of the ones winning the lottery."

If you got sweet counter offer -- why wouldn't you just shut up so the morale would not be hurt?
And Google couldn't fail spectacularly in the same period?
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YC has a history of funding companies with nearly identical ideas too. I remember asking PG about it, and he says it's more about the founders than the idea since the idea is likely to evolve.
I would hazard evolution had to play at least a role in the frequency thing- you need some special developments to do something like this 4 times a second. You're right though, it could be part behavioral.
The trick is to damage one of them badly enough (albeit non-permanently) that nobody else wants to try. I generally found that picking somebody clean off the floor by the throat and holding them in midair until the look came into their eyes where I knew they thought they were going to die was a good option. Doesn't give them much except a day or two of a sore throat in terms of physical damage but you only have to do it once every two or three years to be marked "not an easy target".
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You're right, of course. Overall, it just feels that the person who did leak this story would have more reasons to be fired that the one about the memo... Especially if it's someone in HR who are clearly not supposed to divulge any information like that.
Sweet, so they only have to raise that 50x before it's not a ludicrous statement. All they need to do now is get 25 billion people with as much money as the current 500m do signed up and they are good to go.
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Working as a Resident Advisor at Texas A&M, I once had a resident attack me and take a swing at me. He missed and I took him down in a headlock attempting to convince him to give up his attempts to land a hit on me. However, instead he continued to attempt to elbow me while he was in the headlock, at which point faced with the choice of subduing him or continuing to receive glancing blows, I chose to subdue him by punching him in the head until he gave up.

After the whole ridiculous experience had passed, I was contacted later that night by my Hall Director and was brought before Residence Life for a hearing. They concluded that I should have run away from the student when he came at me, and because I chose to defend myself I was being terminated immediately.

I'm fairly certain it's these sorts of ridiculous expectations that are being reinforced by our public education systems that are responsible for the passification of our populace. Like this author, to an extent I agree that to do good, you must defend yourself as necessary, regardless of the sociological consequences.
What about when systems try so hard to make our lives easier that they actually get in the way? And, when people become so used to it that they don't see when things would be straightforward without that assistance?

Automated help is good, but who needs incompetent automated help?
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Yup, and this "built-in" face-reading circuitry can go wrong in interesting ways:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatcher_effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia
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a) Territorial protection. Gang members (as in an actual criminal organization) want a monopoly on illegal economic activity in an area. Thugs don't anticipate making a lot of money but can get social status via fear - the ability to act with impunity if they have limited imagination, the ability to collect rents in the form of protection money if they have more.

b) It gives him a hold over the other two. If you're unfortunate enough to be attacked by a group, you'll often find that the physically smallest person calls the shots. They may look like a beta (waiting until the bigger guys have had their fun) but this is misleading. In a situation like this your aim is to isolate this person from his muscle - easier said than done, of course.

c) If they're professionals rather than doing it for kicks, dead men tell no tales. Forensic science helps, but only up to a point. A rainy night in a back alley won't leave much evidence, unless the criminal is foolish enough to retain a weapon or cell phone.
Why was Britain so wealthy in 1922?

Well, it wasn't really, it was only formally wealthy and really in decline.

The simple answer today for why America looks wealthy on paper that our currency is chronically over-valued from our historical position as the last super power. From this, all the things we produce seem more valuable than they are. Of course, we aren't actually selling these things to that many people in other countries. Instead we coast on the credit China is willing to conveniently advance us to buy their goods. We're "so productive" we no longer need to produce ... that much.

The world's overall currency and trade relations are amazing unbalanced with both US and Chinese policy makers apparently willing to feed the illusionary value of the dollar for as long as it suits their mutual policy interests.

Silicon Valley is a huge source of innovation but it's one of last things of value to the world that the US has. There are other things on that list but the list hasn't gotten longer for a while now.

Also, US government spending is on-par with Europe (~33%+ of GDP!) but the US somehow provide little to no "safety net" to its citizens. The US still a large manufacturer - it's just that a large portion of it's manufacturing goes directly to the defense sector.
Build a giant robot.
If Google as a company is starting to look desperate; I want my company to look desperate.
We announced to the Internet our latest round of funding. We launched our new iPhone app and we're proud of it.

We're creating an industry and we need the best people to be a part of it plus we love making people happy.

We have 40 positions open on our jobs page so take a look at the various opportunities we have for you to join our revolution. If you have the passion and hunger to change the world, then talk to us.

We're waiting to hear from you.
Larger than a city bus.

Oh, and in case someone hasn't seen Jaimie Manzel in all his retro 1990's site glory: http://jamius.com/
Oooh. I see.
I couldn't agree more with this article. My father was old school and told me to do whatever I needed to do (to not be bullied). Stand up for yourself and you gain respect for yourself and from others.
(and it most likely wont happen again)
I've heard (or maybe read?) a quote to the effect that the US dollar is one of the top things that America exports.

Ha, Ha

It's a great business to be in: "The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost." (Ben Bernanke)

The problem comes with such "business" perhaps not having great staying power.
It can, but on the other hand they aren't telling new hires that Google could be a $2 trillion company and that would make their stock options worth an amazing amount (which would be the same amount of increase for Google that Facebook is suggesting). They're just handing out stock that's already worth a lot.
Thank you. That was great. Insightful and funny.
Looks cool. May give it a spin.

Somewhat related... I've been reading HN long enough to know that HN itself is run on some kind of Lisp (or is it Arc?). Is there an old post to HN that outlines the configuration of the software used?
No, else the story wouldn't fit on a single page
The $3.5 million is in restricted stock that presumably vests over four years. If you left the day after accepting the counter-offer, you'd get nothing.
How come no one asked yet, was the person who leaked this information fired or not?
More than half of these positions are product, design, or engineering.
Depends on the CEO, some full deserve the large pay packets they get for the value they bring. I certainly don't think all big company CEO's are overpaid, just in this specific case.
Maybe the point should shift to the former. I'd feel awful if I knew my hitting a bully back just made him go pick on some other kid instead of me. We should be trying to change his behavior, not deflect your problems onto someone else.
If your kid actually wins the fight, it humiliates the bully, then there's a risk that it will escalate.

If your kid just gives the bully a few bruises but ultimately loses the fight then they've sent the message that they're not an easy target, and the bully has saved face.
While I do agree you need to emasculate a bully, "smiling and laughing" only works if you're being verbally bullied. In order to emasculate a physical bully, you need to either make them feel fear or pain.
Every country that becomes rich does so due to hard work.

Sorry to abuse your illusions but some countries have become wealthy by stealing and/or borrowing from other countries - Spain after the conquest of the new world, for example.

It is certainly true that wealth based on conquest or credit doesn't last. That might be a reason for American policy makers to reconsider current policy. But you should never assume that just because a person, organization or country has a fat bank account, they ipso facto worked hard for it. If the world is just, it's only just in a long time frame.
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"... Thus, bullies get to bully with no fear. There's no consequence. Whereas when a weaker kid fights back, even if the bully is strong enough to "win" the battle, he still gets hit in the mouth and does not like it. Bullies much prefer low-hanging fruit that doesn't fight back. ..."

There are always consequences, failure to prevent bullying, failure to check payback. Failure if you do nothing. The payback pattern is culturally prevalent but flawed. [0] The payback pattern might work but it escalates violence. There are better ways that allow you to hack people and their behaviour to get at the root cause at a higher level than the individual. The approach can be top down or bottom-up, it doesn't matter as long as the level of violence is reduced. This is also the inherent weakness of the solution, but it holds more promise for the greater good than payback.

"However, you will never use force to do anything but protect yourself or your friend. If I find that YOU have been the aggressor, I will smite you."

QED, the cycle repeats.

[0] Chris Bullock, "Payback out of control in Central Australia" http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/12/3064586.htm
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6 weeks isn't a long amount time, but I don't think the point of the competition is replicating Kinect with open source. Surely there is more to open source than the copying of proprietary technology.
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Yes, capitalism is a pretty new concept also. The two go hand-in-hand.

But never before in history have we been able to copy media ad infinitum for practically zero time, cost and effort. It's always required time, an educated, talented person to copy, or resources that had a real cost.

In the case of the 3D printer the only real expense is the plastic used to print the object, which is awesome only for those who manufacture the materials.
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They could. I'm not saying they can't.

But, the chances are probably lower than Facebook failing. The chances of Google failing are much lower than the chances of Facebook growing its revenues (or prospects) 5X.

Price (ie working for shares) is an estimation of probability. I'm not saying Facebook is worthless. It's worth a lot. The reason Facebook's valuation isn't $100b already is because the road from here to there is an uncertain one. The two factors I would consider to be important are: (a) Facebook's revenue model is relatively immature.(b) Facebook might be a trend.

*I think Facebook might even have the potential rival Google in advertising. I'm not a Facebook pessimist.
A good lesson about dealing with corporate giants.
tl;dr - There is an author/domain expert in Intercessory Prayer claiming there is scientific evidence backing up the benefit of praying or thinking positively on behalf of something/someone. This article proves the evidence is flawed based on scientific process and concludes the evidence that isn't flawed points to a non-correlation between intercessory prayer and how it can help. He does say that religion and science don't have to mix.
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Oh, thanks. I missed that.
Yeah. Made me wary to tie any future business too closely to any one big company.

Also see http://sivers.org/big-vs-little-clients
Thanks! I hope they handed them out at my uni too, lol
So no longer eye-for-eye, but two eyes-for-eye? I'm not sure this strategy has worked out well in human history. Personally, I'm okay with violence as a last-resort disabling tactic, enough force to stop the aggressor and calm them down, nothing more, then you can proceed with reason.
build a motorcycle or other vehicle

invent a device like this guy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1308907...
"the market will decide their fate."

It seems the market determines the fate of the rank-and-file workers much quicker - quarterly layoffs - than it does for the CEOs, who often keep collecting large and increasing annual pay. Yes, 3-4 years of battling 'tough market conditions' may lead a board to get rid of a CEO, but they'll have pocketed millions during a decline, whereas the declining period is often marked by layoffs of people who were implementing the dumb decisions made by the CEO and board members.

So, true, the 'market' will decide, but the CEOs don't really feel the impact of the market's decisions quite as much as most workers do.

I don't know much of Bartz's particular situation or pay structure, so I can't comment on her.
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Hmm, how do I say this without sounding shameless? I just launched Capturely (http://www.capturely.com) to help people, especially web designers, make Coming Soon pages. It takes care of all the backend stuff for you. I'll stop there, though, before this starts to sound like an ad.

From all the Coming Soon pages that I've looked at (quite a few, lately), they all have the headline, short description and an email form. It's far from real data, but hey, that's how pretty much everyone else does it. I'd be curious to run some real tests though, which, hopefully, Capturely will let me do.
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> "can" is often by the grace of folks who have brute strength.

As if guns grew on trees.
No, you are assuming that Facebook have already reached their maximum revenue per user. Facebook's revenue potential is massive and is only going to go up.
Yes - with a lot of assumptions, ie. that climate change is not going to be that bad. That's far from assured.

2 deg C is considered the danger point (ie. you'll see more drastic effects, possible positive feedback, etc.) by most climate scientists, and it looks like we'll hit that at around 2040-50 at the rate that we're going. But at the point that we hit 2degC and see bad effects, how long do you think it'll take to turn it around?

The pessimistic side of me says that this will be yet another excuse not to do anything... until 2050 when 2C hits, at which point it'll cost a packet to try and fix the climate as quickly as possible, and the only way to fix things will be the drastic geoengineering, like pumping SO2 into the stratosphere, massive sea walls and solar shades in orbit.
If a kid that weighs 130lbs complains about the kid that weighs 200lbs, he is taken seriously. It's not the same in reverse.
Reading this I realized how scary Apple's reputation is, like you should expect them to do spiteful things. I hear invited to be pitched by Steve, pissed off their legal department, no answer... I would be wetting myself.

Reading this in 2003 probably wouldn't have had quite this effect.
I've always found this language interesting, especially because of its early commercial usage, but I haven't seen many first hand accounts of its use. Anyone care to chime in?
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And those who don't, might be able to bluff offers too.
When new releases along those lines will be out, we'll definitely include them. The problem is that those are a lot less frequent than language guides. People who subscribe to the service won't miss either though.
By parents not caring I was referring to your stereotypical bully's parents, not the parents on HN. Parents going to parents doesn't solve much if one of the parties does not care.
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Playing the devil's advocate here.

I have bought more than a couple of CDs from CD Baby and thanks to them I've been able to connect with more than a couple of wonderful artists.

However, from Apple's perspective, it must have seemed like CD Baby was simply trying to make a profit simply by guaranteeing access to the Apple Store, and therefore Apple decided not to move forward in order to protect its brand.
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"TVs are about media consumption, not about interaction in the PC-sense of the word."

How do you explain console games?
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Sometimes I wonder if the "real" startup community and the "other" start-up community write the word startup differently.
You can also take 1. to the extreme and write a mini-OS from scratch. Bootloader and all.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1605119
The real questions should be: "...and yet, so blighted, and so plain ugly to look at in most places? And why, despite all this wealth, are the standards of living and general education levels so shockingly low?"
Someone else in this thread mentioned 'unbounce'. (I can't remember who mentioned, but I'll upvote.)

You should go check out their landing page templates -- they're quite good. In fact, they're so good that I had to go and edit my 'coming soon' page, even though I'd told myself I wouldn't.
Is this evidence we can see into the future?
Except that Apple didn't decide not to move forward -- Sivers assumed that Apple had decided not to move forward, based on an offhand reference by Jobs in a keynote.
That makes sense. What is more confusing is how Apple seems to expect everyone to understand the Apple way of doing things without being told.