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Microsoft killed off all sorts of competitors using their sales channel with suppliers and other pressure tactics. You don't know what you're missing because it never happened.

I wish people would stop saying that Bill Gates has always been a nice guy because he's retired and giving away his money.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that MS is more open, they don't have much of a mobile OS for you to compare with iOS anyways.
More of a safety mechanism than anything else. I use daemontools to run qmail, and qmail has never crashed. But if it did, I would still want to receive my email, even though it's "horrible" that qmail could crash.

Sometimes the safest way to handle an error is to kill the process and start a new one. Starting recovery from a known-good state is better than starting from a known-bad one.
I like the concept of this site, although I wish it could somehow portray other factors that are important to what makes a good work environment: a short (hopefully carless) commute, great people to work with, good lunch food either nearby or at the cafeteria.
I've seen this technique used, in conjunction with popular sites that skew heavily male or female, to guess the gender of the user for ad targeting.

I've also seen this technique used on software-as-a-service sites to check for visits to competitors. If the user's already visited a competitor's landing page, an us vs. them feature comparison is shown. If the user's visited a competitor's page that's only accessed by their paying customers, offer them a coupon for switching. If the user has never visited a competitor at all, don't mention any - why educate the user about alternatives?

Using history sniffing to validate the quality of data purchased from BlueKai is a new one to me, but plausible.

Whatever the rationale, it's still a violation of user privacy.
I've been using codility.com to make the initial screening less cumbersome and more scientific. It has worked aweseomly well so far! (I'm not affiliated with them)

Resumés say very little about the applicant but seeing them in action through actual programming tests says a whole lot!
And after you've watched the video grab something off Rich Hickey's killer list of books (note that the list includes a hammock), http://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Bookshelf/lm/R3LG3ZBZS4GCTH
Firstly...let me say...Congrats.

Secondly, brilliant that you made sure to lock in the girlfriend at the beginning of the journey, not after you started when she realizes what a crazy person you are - and how crappy the emotional roller coaster will be.
:)

Thirdly, I wish you all the best. I would recommend that you quickly setup a landing page to ride the support you are getting from the community - collecting emails from people interested in what you are doing. You have to take advantage of all of these opportunities right now, because you officially have a clock strapped to your back (i.e. before you run out of money). So leverage every opportunity to the most you can. On the landing page, put something about the project that people can figure out if they would be interested or not.

Fourthly, definitely keep us posted - even those that might not be interested in your product, will be inspired by your story.
Original link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zFi18ioqYk

Context: http://www.kpho.com/news/25974833/detail.html
Wrong. Many label contracts will force you to pay back the advance. In fact, a friend of a friend of mine was in a band called Chapterhouse. Modestly successful, but didn't make back their advance. He ended up paying it back.
Average net interest margin for Q3 2010 is 3.75% per FDIC.
http://www2.fdic.gov/qbp/2010sep/qbp.pdf

http://www.echopartners.com
In the US, one can purchase pre-paid credit cards with cash. Is that option easily available to people in the Netherlands?
You know what? - We need something that's an amalgam of a dating site and a resume site; take a look at okcupid sometime - they have a mass of questions that users can add and answer that then provide a percentage match. Something like this between employers/recruiters and prospective employees could trim the dross, and help tailor the results for the specific job and individual. Sounds like a startup idea to me.
NASA Finds New Life
The state of software patents continues to deteriorate without any hope of reform in sight. I'm starting to suspect the situation will only improve once it has become bad enough that major players in the game begin to ignore litigation involving software patents. Perhaps defendants will not show up for court en masse, causing the current corrupt system to starve itself out of its patent attorneys, 'IP holding firms,' and the judges and districts willing to pander to them. What kind of trouble for the system would be caused by a large number of parties failing to appear?
Like this?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1946151
Can one patent the method of reading open source code and patenting what's been found?
As one of the founders, I readily admit that this product is not for every hiring situation. That's fine! We stil think that there's a large use-case/market here.

There are many startups, and many more that aren't "social". There are lots of small technical shops that aren't startups at all, and don't have a deep network of people from which to fish out hires.

Eventually, everybody's well runs dry. How to do hiring effectively when you no longer have a trusted reference is a thorny problem. Even if we don't build a perfect solution, there's lots of room to make things better.

And no, we're not Tasty Labs. :) Check our about page.
Went through the post..sorry for less than favorable response, but the whole domain of "X myths/mistakes/learning of startup" seems to have been written to death, its difficult to find any novelty there these days..

just personal opinion, could very well be wrong.
In case anyone else was surprised at the failure of feed discovery in google reader: http://techblog.netflix.com/rss.xml is the feed URL.
I switched to an online+phone-only bank because my local bank branch wasn't open when I wasn't at work, and the next nearest branch wasn't open after noon on Saturday. I figured, why (effectively) pay for the convenience of a building I can never use? So make sure your branches are open when people want to use them.
Don't buy a Kinect.
Seems reasonable enough. From the tone of the post, it sounded like crashing was a fairly common thing to happen with Node.js, and that it didn't cycle itself.

Coming from the context of IIS/ASP.NET, which hasn't yet crashed on me (at least not without cycling itself harmlessly) in the 10 years I've been running sites on it, the possibility that you'd need to worry about such things seemed a bit novel.

So basically what you're saying is that it just follows the Unix philosophy and doesn't run its own daemon to cycle it if it falls down. That doesn't sound anywhere near as unreasonable.
yeah I played with that a while ago; a clever way to experiment with crowdsourced image labelling. It would be interesting to see their results.
Not quite sure I follow. If you don't show up for your court date, a default judgement can be entered against you and the bad guys win.
Funny, I have the opposite problem. I need a biz-guy!
We decided to focus on the employer side of things at launch, for several reasons:

* We have to start somewhere

* Easier to ship a tightly-focused product, easier to build a message around it.

* Not sure where the revenue is on the candidate side.

* Honestly, it's just scratching our itch :)

We've given some thought to the candidate side, and hope to do something there in the future, though. You're spot on about the recruiter firms.
Anyone else try the Dali 'spoon' method or something similar?
Can't you just use a graphics format that loads from top to bottom?
Will do next time :)
Spending 10 years chasing one pipe dream after the next isn't smart, either. My point is that 'doing it' or 'not doing it' are not inherently smart, brave or whatever. "It Depends"(TM) on the circumstances. The sweeping generalizations about how great the entrepreneurial life is that are made here are unwarranted.

"The fact that you know people who have failed also doesn't mean anything."

Of course not, it's just anecdotal. But it does disprove the notion (your notion even, maybe) that no matter what happens, if you start your own business you're always going to be better off.

"I know a lot of people who haven't even tried and that, to me, is a lot worse."

Depends. If whatever they'd like to try (assuming they'd even like to) is not going to work, they're better off not doing it. Obviously there's no way to knowing up front if something is going to work or not. Still, being realistic about your prospects and deciding that objectively and realistically you're better off not trying, then that's a valid and honorable decision.
Only because of financing.
Creating a Flexible Caching Module
Xmarks Acquired by LastPass
"Plz stop saying I'm the guy behind the new DNS-system. I'm just one of lots of people with interest in it. Everyone does their part!" - [TPB co-founder]

http://twitter.com/brokep/status/9684729515220992
I agree this may be a good way of making money, but I'm not convinced that Q&A is a good way of matching applicants with employers. This is as much a Game Theory problem as it is a Classification problem. Candidates will write whatever they think employers want to read.

http://weblog.raganwald.com/2008/03/games-people-play.html
There exist a plethora of B12 supplemented foodstuffs, even for vegans (the strict vegetarian of your citation). Like any diet, one must be aware of one's needs and eat accordingly. Not to mention, of course, that plain vegetarians can exist quite comfortably without B12 supplements, as noted by your citation.

Next?
What it really boils down to is the drive of the individual. If you're not willing to do whatever it takes to make the dream a reality then you're not an entrepreneur.

That might mean growing your network to find a co-founder or it might mean buckling down and learning to program yourself.

There's so much free information out there today that ignorance is no excuse.
Ah, so you are saying the judge is confused?
A meta-patent? Would still be vulnerable to meta-meta patenting tactics.
I'm not really familar with web dev atm, but I was wondering whether this was built using js or canvas?
You can email me directly if you are interested: eof@eatingwell.com <- s/eof/geoff
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How does this compare to freely-available open source simulators? Especially http://sailfish.us.edu.pl/ which supports GPU operation.
I agree. This is full of rich observations and analogies for anyone who is interested in design from a development point of view.

Basically it's full of lots of distilled wisdom from a smart guy who has come up with a fair number of beautiful solutions to hard problems.
My prediction: Numpy/SciPy will steal a large portion of the Matlab market for scientific computing in the not-too-distant future. A GPU-accelerated Numpy along the lines of Jacket would be supremely valuable. Side project, anyone?
I left the site without realizing there's anything else, before being prompted to scroll, and only realized that there was more after I read the comments here.
If you click the link "the previous thread" at the top of the page, I think your question will be answered.
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SoftArtisans - http://softartisans.com/

Current Job Openings:

* Junior Software Developer
* Junior SQA Engineer
* Junior .NET Developer/Technical Services Engineer

After over 13 years, SoftArtisans still maintains the exciting atmosphere of a startup, giving employees exceptional opportunities to significantly impact the company and the products we develop. The SoftArtisans team is a close-knit group of people who like to both share new challenges and have fun. Every day, we collaborate at our desks, over lunch in the common kitchen, or over the foosball table - whether it is to come up with solutions to new programming challenges we've have run into, to discuss ways to improve the company, or to make plans for a laser-bagel-cutting-toaster and continuous bread machine. We are encouraged to pursue our individual interests, with hackathons consisting of multiple days dedicated exclusively to work on personal projects or to pick up new skills. In one such hackathon our team members built a model car controlled remotely by an Android AI via Bluetooth, picked up a new language, created a browser based game with HTML5, modified git to improve the log interface, and tried out a new restaurant for lunch, all while finishing a release package. We also hold various after work activities ranging from a night of board games to jumping out of a plane.

For more information, check out http://softartisans.com/careers.html or send your resume to hr@softartisans.com with the position(s) you are interested in.
Thanks for the info! If what you're saying is true, then I like the direction things are headed. I definitely think labels should be smaller and more agile, in the fashion of Y-Combinator.
Enough people pay for the advanced service with LastPass (Mobile phone support) to cover all the free users. Even if LastPass was nuked every user still has access to all their data -- a encrypted cached copy is kept on every browser and every phone you ever use. Pull the plug out of your computer and verify yourself...
I don't understand why people think the internet works any different than real life.

You don't just buy products in a dodgy shop, even if it's the first shop you see.

Google is as responsible for this as a phonebook company would be for giving you a bad phone number.
This is particularly troubling in the US, where the company could file for a patent after seeing the commit, but claim to have "invented" the idea before. IANAL, but I think the burden of proof would be on anyone who challenged the patent.
Step Function Growth
We'll be posting previews and screenshots as we continue to develop; there are a lot of great minds and we're happy to get feedback as we go along.

In the end, we're doing testing, but we've given the actual testing methodology a lot of thought. It is obviously impossible to just put a score on "passion", but we've come up with some ways to give employers a way to getsome idea of the candidate's knowledge of/engagement in a field beyond just their coding skills.

We look forward to earning your respect for our product :)
People still use ftp?
Liberty Exits IAC – Diller Steps Down As CEO
Ah! I didn't see a link to the main site at the top of the page so I didn't check out the app description itself (I was not really that focused on it either).

The actual solution you have looks like it should be interesting, and even if you have a pretty broad and deep personal network, could still be useful.

I'd love it if you took outside assistance or some kind of social mechanic to create skillsapps for domains outside your team's expertise. I'd be really interested in crypto, security, protocol design, and satellite/rf network engineering. Maybe partner with existing domain specific certification entities?
> As a person-that-likes-to-walk-around-his-house-naked, I do not want a company to be able to come in to my house at any time to make sure I'm not violating any rules.

I wonder if the TSA is going to be handed enforcement of anti-mod-chip laws at some point.
Bingo. Hopefully we're also the people you describe in the latter part. :)
I would argue that TDD makes you think more about the design of your system. Also, it makes it easier for you to refactor (as you don't worry too much about accidentally breaking something) and hence keep the code quality high over time
I hope I'm wrong, but it sounds like you paid $1000 to have DHH read rework to you.

I literally knew almost, if not every item on the list from reading their books/blogs. I'm sure the experience was more beneficial then just reading the books, but was it worth $1000?

I'm generally a very big fan of the 37signals gang and their products and philosophy, but lately it really seems more and more that they are getting a bit greedy. Starting from publishing blog content as books to the $10 paint app, it's uncomfortably reminiscent of the tony robbins shtik.
NASA press release leads to wild speculation about alien discovery
Why yes, it did. You seem a little prudish for someone who goes by the moniker of Mr Goatse.
We are Ready to Accept all Baloch Demands: Rehman Malik ~ A News Fuse
I was going to argue why I think you are wrong but I am also not a lawer so instead, I will point out that IANAL comments in legal threads generally provide more noise than signal. Maybe we should strive to avoid them?
This is small and sort of outside the context of what you were looking for; but especially for branches that generally have waits, having a queue/line in the middle of the room laid out by ropes is the slightest bit unsettling. It would be nice to have something to lean on.

A local branch of one of the banks around here has a coin counting machine that does not charge a fee; even for non-members. This is really really awesome.

I have done a couple largish transactions that make me feel uncomfortable; when the teller is counting out 'one thousand, two thousand..' It would be nice to have a separate queue for a more private consultation with a teller, even if it included longer wait times.

Beyond that; the very best thing to do, and it's hard or impossible for large banks and branches is just have a real emphasis on customer service. I do most of my banking online; but I have a small local bank I use for some things, and it is so so nice to walk in, have some beautiful girl smile at me, remember my name and not ask for ID.
RIM acquires The Astonishing Tribe (TAT)
I've been wanting to do something like #8 on your list for a long while now. One day... :)
Should a start-up wait until it finds the perfect team?
Should a start-up wait until it finds the perfect development team, or should it just hire whoever is available and try to manage it along?

I am working on an idea now, and I've interviewed a couple of devs for it. In general, resumes I have received have been good and the candidates have been okay, but they are not my dream team.

I know a couple of developers locally who I would love to have on my team. They get it, they're self motivating, and they are fun to work with. However, they are fully employed and risk averse. Should I give up my dream of finding the perfect team and just hire based on availability and price?
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Don't know why I got down-voted on this one, it is a serious concern. Yelp credibility in providing a level playing field has come into question on more than one occasion. Like it or not, Google brings a level of credibility to the table. When disagreeing with someones position please refrain from using the down-vote button for "I disagree" when a simple rebuttal would suffice.
I've never tried this, but a common trick among lucid dreamers while they're training themselves is to drink a lot of water before bed. The idea behind this is to associate the feeling of needing to pee with dreaming.

So any time you feel like you need to use a bathroom, do a reality check to see if you're awake or not.
The article misses an important point: People who've done TDD know that it is the easiest/fastest way to unit-test. Few aspects of programming are more painful than trying to unit test code after the fact, especially if it was written without testing in mind.
How much does it cost to develop an iPhone application?
We are taking outside assistance; for any given topic we engage somebody prominent in the field to write the exam.

"Somebody prominent" is somebody whose name is common knowledge for those familiar with the langualge/framework/etc in question. Could be the inventor (if we're lucky) or a popular developer who blogs on the subject.

If we limited Skills to testing subjects we know, it would be a very limited app indeed. :)
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Give a few branches reverse banking hours. Don't open until 3pm and close at 8 or 9pm.

The biggest complaint I repeatedly hear is that banks aren't open when people get out of work. Some banks try to solve this by staying open later, but that's taxing on the branch. If they open later then they won't have to stay open as long to serve that group of customers.
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It's all patents. All the way down.
clickable: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1906251

I'm from Asia, not sure if the bank and ATM operate the same. Here's my thoughts about what I like.

- We dun normally go to the bank. Most of the ATM serve us well with the deposit/withdrawal/application of services, etc. Think about the current offerings of the bank which can be moved to the ATMs, internet, etc.

- We do need to go to the bank when there is a sense of urgency to get things done. E.g. loans, lost of cards, etc. All the touch points if handled well by the bank can really improve the customer service level.

Think emotion = help = love.

But after last financial crisis, not sure if they do trust the bank this much now.
The service will remain free, and we're happy to have you as a free user. Our plan is to continue to add mobile device support and ancillary services on top to convince you that maybe $1/month is worth it. We only need to convince a few percent of people to make this a success.
I think one problems with TDD is that it doesn't lean towards testing bugs in a feature/scenario (describing the whole design). That is, TDD focuses on testing a unit and it is effective/fast at testing the fringe cases of units.

Behavior Driven Development really shines in the aspect of "completely describing the design" as it focuses on driving development against a well defined behavior (using scenarios). BDD lets you know where the bug is: in the code or in the specifications (the behavior as specified by the customer). So there is a lot less "chasing around". If you are trying to cover behavior of a system only using TDD then I agree you can end up chasing around a bug.

However, both are necessary and highly effective when used together.
LastPass is already profitable enough to continue supporting Xmarks indefinitely.
An iPod makes a terrible compass, wrist watch, photo album, notepad, calculator and or camera. The advantage is a bad X is better than no X. So, while most people may end up using their cell phone as a stopwatch, people that need a good stopwatch will still buy it.
All your bookmarks now belong to them.

Sure hope they were encrypted.
Sometimes the flooded ones are the best... you can go diving in this one:

http://www.dtmag.com/dive-usa/locations/TexasMissileSiloTX.h...
The New York Times introduces hyperlinking to paragraphs
The real-life Swedish murder that inspired Stieg Larsson
In addition to making you think more about your design, I'd say it makes your design inherently more flexible. Once your design is flexible enough to do two different things, it's much more likely to be able to do three things than if it could only do one thing. And when you do TDD, your design is always capable of two things: fulfilling the requirements and testing.
Seems like the site is just getting hammered.
Ask HN: Why is Microsoft adCenter API not not available to all developers?
Thought I'd ask this here on the off chance there was someone from Microsoft or someone who uses the API around. Been planning on using this API for some time but only got stuck into research on it today.

Just wondering why something that is version 7 is still in some limited pilot program and not widely available? In looking around I've seen the same message from Microsoft, whether it be in blogs, on forums or direct email, that it will be released to all at some point but no date. These are from varying dates to, some over a year old sound like the same message as today.

What's the hold up on this thing or is it just a case of big advertisers being given priority while anyone without a track record of big adcenter spend being left behind?
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