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My favorite was when he just starts making up actual scenarios. This paragraph is classic...

"It’s mid-summer 2014 and a drawn-down U.S. garrison in embattled Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is suddenly, unexpectedly overrun by Taliban guerrillas, while U.S. aircraft are grounded by a blinding sandstorm. Heavy loses are taken and in retaliation, an embarrassed American war commander looses B-1 bombers and F-16 fighters to demolish whole neighborhoods of the city that are believed to be under Taliban control, while AC-130U "Spooky" gunships rake the rubble with devastating cannon fire."

When you're using fictional accounts that you made up as proof of your concept it's probably a sign you need to find some more supporting research before you publish
good work in taking action and pursuing other opportunities. I am quitting my awesome pay job and pursuing my dream today. Good luck!
Gotcha, thanks. Was just curious. Good luck and congrats.
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Replace the soft word "warez" in your description above with "stolen property" and it might help make the issue less morally ambiguous. It's theft, plain and simple.

Why would you want to work for them? If they believe this is ok, it's only a matter of time before you're screwed over too. If it is an oversight on their part, you breaching the subject is much better than them eventually realizing they have an employee who is fine with dishonest business practices.

You should be able to broach the subject in a professional way; if you're dismissed because of it you have grounds for a lawsuit.

Incidentally Microsoft (and probably other companies) has a great program called BizSpark to help startups get over initially prohibitive software costs. You might want to bring this up to the founders as a solution for them to make sure they're legal.
Is there an harddisk in the chrome-os notebooks?
Those videos say all your data goes to the cloud. What if I were in a place where there is no internet and I want to work offline?
Can you elaborate on that? I'm very interested in the progression of WebSocket and I wonder what's depressing you about the situation.
there is hd -
more info : http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/d...
but all the applications are in the cloud..!!! so how can one use them without an internet connection?
Brushes was pretty big e.g they demoed on stage at WWDC, were used by the new Horner for cover art, and were a top rated app before YC.
I think http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... is probably a better ceiling. LuaJIT is fantastic and already generates better code than GCC in some cases, but in many others it does not.

There's no theoretical limit to how close a compiler can come to a programmer when it comes to generating machine code to do a particular well-defined task.
God I sound like a preachy SOB :)
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I just started learning how to develop iphone apps, I've installed iOS SDK, now I'm pretty much stucked and looking for a great reference including objective-C coding and create an app end-to-end (a website besides the official developer site, or even a book) that you can recommend to a beginner like me who has never done any objective-C at all. Thank you kindly.
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If ten percent of the bills are bad, the actual cost of those bills is roughly $14,000,000. That's about 1/9000 the cost listed by the article.

(1.1 gigabills * .1 [faulty bills] * 0.12 [cost per bill])
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Ask HN: Has any website startup sold for more than YouTube’s $1.68bn?
If it's one thing that constantly surprises me with technology startups, it's how 'niche' targeted startups can be and still be profitable. I would never have thought that 'pick five colours' was a model that would be sustainable/profitable enough to warrant starting a business around.

I suspect the Net played a bit part in enabling this to happen and the continued rise of smartphones and apps is furthering this capability.
Didn't totally pick up on my like of the artist"White Town" well.
I find it ironic that he uses Highrise as his example. I used Highrise for a while, until the lack of some features I needed (mostly the ability to tweak the basic preferences) caused me to quit using it and cancel my subscription.

My feeling is that developing good software requires balancing saying 'yes' with saying 'no'. 37signals seem to advocate an extreme 'no' position with their software, which I think is probably as bad as saying 'yes' to everything.
I understand the importance of learning to do things for oneself within an organization, but at a certain point doesn't it become wasteful to have someone making $50/hr fetching packages when it could easily be done by a lower wage earner, thereby ensuring that the "brain power" (in this context...not denigrating intelligence based upon career path) can focus on what they're getting paid for?
I've heard of cashiers being fooled by colour photocopies of paper bills. I've never heard such a story about plastic currency.
Using perceived speed as a goal, I can load the most prominent and interesting aspects of a page first. Ads and whatnot can show up 1s later. So even before IE says "done" users can be gratified and interacting with my site.
I'm not sure what you mean. Did you attempt to 'Like' a video on Facebook and have something go wrong? What happened?
I had no idea colourlovers is a YC startup.

I love the site and show it to designer friends all the time for colour inspiration.
> Education is a long term investment in the future and one that the US has being failing making for some time now.

The treatment of foreign students is particularly perplexing. We come here, spend 4+ years learning at the best colleges, honing our craft, becoming skilled, and learning from the experts.

What happens when we graduate? We face a supremely unfriendly immigration scenario where we have to essentially find a job or be deported. Even when we find a job, we're totally at the mercy of our employer to remain in the US.

I know quite a few people who just left the country because of these immigration related issues... and I think it's america's loss because these people have gone on to launch startups/do research abroad.
Interesting… I wonder if, say, Y Combinator could obtain site licenses — or some similar volume deal — on software like Photoshop for use in Y Combinator-funded startups. Seems like a useful, valuable service an incubator could provide.
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What do you think of it?

I've read a few books by Houellebecq; they seem to get more and more depressing.
That is beautiful, thank you.
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Err... why such a dismissive attitude towards the thesis of the article? We do have some massive problems including:

1. Foreign wars that are a drag on resources

2. Internal entitlements (SS, medicare) that are unsustainable and also a growing drag on resources

3. A political culture that seems incapable of meeting the long-term needs of the nation

4. Increasingly better global competitors

Will these problems just go away once we climb out of the recession?
I have confirmed with a friend who works at Groupon as an editor that this is legitimate, also that it getting out isn't really a big deal.

This is a cute look into a fun company.
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I think it's easier to do simple things on iOS and easier to do complex things on Android. I built a simple iOS app a while ago and was amazed at how easy it was. I didn't customize a thing and kept it all looking exactly how the built in libraries made it look. It was just a matter of throwing some things into interface builder and wiring them up. Then I wanted to do the same thing in Android and was immediately baffled by this crazy HTML-like language that would never work quite right and was horribly verbose.

Now, however, my company is developing an iOS app, and we're following screens given to us by a designer. I think I wouldn't mind that layout language now...
The IE team didn’t break anything in shipping software, right? This is just an IE9 beta problem, presumably fixable before they ship a stable IE9?
I didn't know ColorSchemer was their product. I love that app.

Great job, fellas.
This is a great comment.

All of the tools, gadgetry, and connectivity referenced by the author as the harbinger of his decline from individuality (loss of personality) do indeed usher forth his dystopia because he is using them to fill the hole that was created by his leaving the stimulating environment of college. A place where learning is efficient and discovery nil (this is what college is good for, but it isn't the whole equation - I'm obviously leaving research an exception).

College is an intellectually artificial environment whose culture is curated by those who decide what should be taught about what. The ability to cultivate a stimulating life, a life rich in thought and contemplation, rich in actionable accomplishments (finishing that basement, building that open source project, etc...) is not something that can be taught! It is often a quiet and solitary road too - my mind, my books, my notes, and my Self are all I need to have a fulfilling and deep life. Friends make it better. But as the author noted, there are few "self aware" people in the world. That hole is filled by deliberately choosing your thoughts, by being firm with what you choose to believe, by transmuting information (lead) into knowledge (gold).

I hope to see another essay detailing his journey from the state conveyed in this piece to a state chosen of his free will (we all have free will but he's using technology as a scape goat); because, he is an excellent writer.
great comment, I had only one quibble or expansion on what you said:

> Sorry guys, aspects are a product made for privacy concerned software devs - normies don't care.

I'd argue that normals care about this too. Teens might want to keep their friend/school/personal stuff private from their family/friends-of-family/adults-they-know stuff. And adults often want to keep their "adult adult" stuff hidden or distinct from their family and/or coworkers. The whole "my mom wants to friend me on Facebook, ew!" or "my boss wants to friend me on Facebook, noooo!" factor.
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I like my framework:

index.php:
<? echo 'hello, world'; ?>

It's really simple and small.. almost non-existent.
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Not to mention that the vast majority of Github repositories don't have enough traffic to properly build such a graph.
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Thanks Daniel, much appreciated.

We (COLOURlovers & ColorSchemer) actually merged up in summer '09 before doing YC last winter.
No, but he may have been surprised to find out that China supports unification.
I don't think this author can be all that fair. If he had trouble wrapping his head around manual memory management, how far could he have gone in iPhone development?
I went to the site directly and told it I like artists like White Town.

Does it not do as well with more obscure artists? It seemed to do ok with the mega-popular stuff I threw at it (metallica, lady gaga, etc), but nothing too profound.
I didn't expect this to happen nearly this soon. What it means to me is that I can replace a locked cabinet @ colo with EC2, and not have PCI throw a rod if backups are stored on S3 (assuming suitable key management).

What it doesn't help is the dual control and change control issues. I'd love to know how small startups deal with the dual control issue. Ultimately there's going to be a sysadmin somewhere who can read memory, and once that happens, it's single control. Though, not having access to the physical hardware on EC2 makes it a bit more secure from the sysadmin.
Chrome-os notebooks a.k.a social laptops unlike personal laptops. I think these next-gen notebooks are good for internet kiosks/browsing centers. If everything is in the cloud, then there is nothing personal which itself is a privacy breach.
Thanks for the suggestion - I certainly look into that.
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Makes one think... If fifteen years ago someone thought that dialup makes everything that's not online obsolete, they were of course gravely wrong. What does this say about Chrome OS? Will we sitting in 2025, smirking about the naivete that made some think that in 2010 nothing but the web is required?
Clearly you haven't been brainwashed with enough Keynes It's not as though creativity and execution really had anything to do with the economy.
Is it me or can't Diaspora just make it easier to run your own Seed server, even for playing around. Come on guys, stick in on a EC2 AMI and make it easier for us to play.

(Before you retort, yes, I am capable of spending the hour or so build the stack, but it's nice to have plug and play sometimes).
Photos of this laptop leaked several days ago, with greater detail on the keyboard. It is indeed a search key. The shift key also has a light on it, suggesting that it can be double-tapped to activate caps lock.
Yes, I've used the feature--I spend a lot of time every day using Github. At my office, where I have a fast connection, it works very well and I like it. At home, where I have a shitty connection, it's hardly faster than the old method.

I'm just pointing out that since they've changed the arrangement (e.g. no page reload when navigating between directories), they could take advantage of it to get a huge performance gain rather than a small performance gain.
Yes, I've been looking there, and there certainly is lots available. However, a lot of these postings are by recruitment companies, and I don't know how well they handle overseas applicants (although I have yet to try it).

It's a great site for finding what's out there, though.
Yes, I meant tdi advanced trimix, not adv nitrox.

Nitrox, even 100% o2, is cheap. A lot of places do free nitrox now, it is just a little more hassle to analyze your tanks. Especially on boats with membrane systems.
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Google does let you export data in many instances, to be fair.
But actually, the proper replacement is "unauthorized use of copyrighted works", which is not the same thing as theft.

The rest of your argument still applies just as well, but does not conjure up images of poor hungry mouths going unfed because someone is illegally downloading Photoshop. ;)
Because they're allowing other countries soon (pending some required certification), so I can forgive them having the country selection prematurely.
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What are the indications that the software you mention are 'warez.'
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In Chrome OS? Is there a web app for that?
Ahh, gotcha. Yeah, the more obscure the artist, the harder it is to find videos for their songs. So if you are looking for something really obscure, theres a good chance you wont find much.
It is something you should be willing to quit your job over. Learn from your experience, act now and keep your head high.

Or, compromise, say nothing, feel bad for years, and lose your self-esteem.

It's stolen goods, period. If a CEO is willing to behave like that, what else will they do? Trust me, it will only get worse.
it depends on the individual.
As far as MS goes, BizSpark[1] is so good that it actually speaks to the founders' awareness if they're using MS software but not enrolled in BizSpark.

It's essentially all Microsoft software for free for 3 years after which you pay $100 and just license the software you're using. As far as Adobe goes, why not buy one Photoshop license for one machine and just share that? iWork? iWork's like $80.

[1] http://www.bizspark.com/Pages/home.aspx
http://scirus.com is pretty good too.

Disclaimer: I used to work in the company that produced the search technology behind it.
No, it means I submit comments to Hacker News :)

I use the web for visiting websites, but that's only a very small part of my day. Most everything I do for fun or socialization or for creative purposes I do without the web. I may publish my stuff to the web, but it's a medium, not a tool. A painter wouldn't say he spends a lot of time working with magazines, even if most people know his paintings from one.

Anyway, I'm not criticizing the idea of Chrome OS. Like I said, Chrome is basically a pretty Emacs, which is a great environment. But it won't work for me today.

(Would I buy a Chrome OS tablet, just for reading random crap on the web? You bet! But I wouldn't commit to using one as my primary computer, because I wouldn't be able to do anything I want to do.)
I don't know if it's just fears about offshoring or what but anyone who has already been allowed to come and study in the country should have an opportunity to stay.

Running a school as a business and then sending "clients" away after graduation makes sense for the school, but not for the idea of education.

Like people who "buy American" and get a Ford made in Mexico rather than a Honda made in America, it isn't "us" and "them." If a foreign student gets hired here, has a family, and contributes to the American economy, they've become American and those statistics about degree shortages look a lot better.
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You seem to assert that almost every startup that accepts credit cards is not PCI compliant, and further, operates on an environment which at times in the past has been known to be moderately insecure (e.g. hypervisor attacks). That's a pretty bold claim. Do you have any evidence to back it up? (e.g. name companies which are knowingly operating without PCI compliance when they're required to have it)
The point the article was making but didn't flesh out is that the dollar's status as a reserve currency has HUGE benefits for the US public. If that status disappears (due to the rise of other countries), the standard of living in the US will decrease.
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currently I am in a state of having escaped from the 40hr-a-week commute-to-cubicle culture, and loving it. now in a ROWE, mobile-friendly career configuration and hope to continue it for the rest of my life.
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"Sandboxing" is the term you're looking for.
Agreed, would like to see this applied to Issues.
> his

her

If you can't check your sexist assumptions, then you could check the byline.
It was a tongue-in-cheek way of pointing out that an entrepreneur needs to be able to wear all hats. Business students like to think that it's 95% business and 5% development. Developers like to think that it's 95% developers and 5% business. Obviously neither is right.
> Also, living at 3000 feet above sea level for about 2.5 years, thereby forcibly expanding my lung capacity.

Fascinating. It is certainly no regular doctor would prescribe to anyone. But it makes sense.

My grandfather was wounded during the war and as a result was left with a severely reduced lung capacity. When he came back, everyone was surprised when he started singing in a local church choir. Here is a man that can barely breathe and now he wants to sing. Everyone in the village thought he was crazy. But I think the singing was helping him breathe a great deal. He lived 50 more years.

So sometimes the counter-intuitive thing makes sense.

I am often frustrated when I talk to doctors because I want to know in more details what is going on, I want the results of tests explained and so on, Then I am not sure if they are just busy and think I am an asshole for asking annoying questions, or what I am more scared of, they don't actually know or care to know these things and just prescribe pills according to a textbook checklist of symptoms.
So the tech startup hasn't properly taken technical costs into consideration in their valuation - that could say something about the organisation itself.

It is something you should be willing to quit over, but raise the issue appropriately and politely, and see what managemt's actual word is on things. THen make your decision.
(They stand more to lose than you)
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Thanks!

Agreed 100%, but this feature alone isn't worth leaving facebook due to network effect. That may change, but if you have to boil it down to a black and white, it still leans far to the side of "not worth it to switch." Also, should this change, I find it highly unlikely facebook would find itself unable to pivot. Regardless of what you think of fb (I personally hate it) you really can't deny they have a world class engineering team that has a finger on the social pulse more than any other company right now.

I have tried building apps around these kinds of features, they don't really work (you end up building a new interface to email awfully quickly).
> US notes you can copy with half a carved potato

kjhughjkjh, I have a call for you on line one. claims to be from the Secret Service? ;)
it will be interesting to see if this is a way for google to provide a marketplace within ios devices (specially) via a potential release of chrome for iphone/ipad/ipod, effectively allowing android developers an in to both consumer groups.
the adobe one has a keygen thing, the rest are network file shares with license in a txt file.
seriously? i knew that shit when i was 15. taught myself C on an amiga 500.
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Of course, the people who know what Chrome is are not the people that ignore the warnings.
just to say, it is not a yc company.
I can't speak for anyone else but my dismissive attitude is based on the fact that he seems to have done no more than 15 minutes worth of research for this article and what research he has done is badly attributed. To give an example of this he quotes the number of Patents filed by the U.S., Japan and China. But anyone whose looked at a random batch of patents can tell you a lot of them ill conceived tripe (ever watch cable TV between 1am and 5am?). Which means it proves very little without looking at the content of the patents (which he clearly didn't do)

So even if he's right the piece is so badly done that it doesn't deserve a lot of respect.
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I totally agree that it's like a drug... eventually you'll start getting excited about an request time improvement from 15ms to 10ms by tuning your memcache client library...

Realistically, though, basic client-side optimization (e.g. expires headers, minification and concatenation, unobtrusive javascript) is low-hanging performance fruit that can make a website seem a lot faster with very little work. Since, tuning a database-driven app takes a lot more skill and time, and most people haven't even done the client-side stuff, Google focuses on that.
That's under "Ideally", not "Requirements". But yeah, I think that's a great idea.
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