skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree. I also think that if you do not make yourself visible, you will not be found. Arrington and the rest of the crew at TC get requests all day long to be covered. You will be lucky if you can be noticed amidst the sea of requests. Your best bet is to just launch. Create a corporate blog, have a twitter account, post comments on other related blogs. Do the social thing and you will drive traffic and get noticed.

Ours is a different story, we launched privately with a beta key... we had to for what our product is. We have to test the code and grow gradually because our product is very involved. We do not want to be covered today in TC, maybe in 8-12 weeks (although we did apply for the TC50. :D).

Take it slow and grow.

Chris
That's funny!!
The Fabric of Reality
Terry Semel had previous experience managing a large media company, which is what Yahoo wanted to become at the time he was hired.
There are systematic environmental differences for different cultures as well. This isn't to say "people aren't different", but rather that until you've estimated environmental differences and gene-environment interactions you know almost nothing about the nature vs. nurture debate.

See http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/520.html for a great summary, including specifically questions about Jewish intelligence. I know it's a bit long, but I promise it's worth reading.
From a TC article: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/07/bigsight-aims-to-become...

FriendCSV: http://apps.facebook.com/friendcsv/
Backuper: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?api_key=5fe21f1...
The problem is that such technology isn't monetizable. I mean, you can sell the API or library or whatever that you use to interface with the inbox to people looking to develop such software, but the kind of money it would generate isn't really worth the hassle, IMHO.
They have premium accounts which doesnt have issues of waiting(not sure about captcha part). You can buy a premium service and in your streaming player just point to the link in megaupload ?
This is why Android will eventually win.
Software Engineering? Maybe not.
The idea behind mensa is that people with high IQ's need to associate with their own kind to feel comfortable. This is elitist crap. People who are truly intelligent are able to effectively communicate with the largest variety of people. In fact I would define that as a dimension of intelligence.
It will be much easier to get a memorable URL. I don't think that makes that web a mess. We might even be spared the future clikkr.o.us's of the world.
Sure, but he didn't have experience as a technology executive, and couldn't call "bullshit" on technical claims made by people reporting to him -- which is Joel's argument for why this sort of CEO isn't often a good idea.
Do not underestimate the transfer costs. The information you have here - size of data "stored" - is only one factor. You need to have some estimates about your transfer in and out, and that will tell you whether Amazon makes sense or you have to go with a CDN.
I've seen several negative reactions to this decision which I find to be odd since my reaction was very positive. Here are my reasons why this is awesome:

-It opens up vast new swaths of web territory and makes it easier for the ordinary Joe Hacker to find a memorable web address

-It devalues cyber-squatters current portfolios

-It seems arbitrary to limit TLDs to a certain subset of characters in the first place

Is there something I'm missing? Why all the anguish out there?

edit: Actually, doesn't the existence of TLDs seem arbitrary, too? Why end every URL with .SomeString?
Personally I like tag line B) better. It is clear and to the point. And it provides a unique niche. "Gamers organzing and communicating outside the game itself". A novel concept since the idea of networking "within a game" is now familiar, but venues for game rivals to interact with one another outside the game, but still online, is a novel idea. Besides, I haven't the faintest clue what a "noob" is! And I work in the software development world. :-)
Tis days like these I kick myself for never getting any of my hobby projects into a psuedo-finish, presentable state...
Stephen Hawking's explosive new theory
how many years experience has DHH had working with MBAs in order to draw his conclusions? has he worked with one? one hundred? or perhaps he's just assuming?

whether or not someone is a great, inspiring leader is completely orthogonal to their education experience. that's a lesson we've all learned over and over again. i know dozens of people who have pursued their MBAs, started companies, are well respected, and are more successful than 99.9% of us will ever be. they're the kind of people i'd work for in a second.

and, no, i don't have an mba :-)
Indeed. Finishing is a key characteristic.
From the article: "Five years later, the iTunes Store has sold five billion songs, and Microsoft still doesn’t have an answer."

Not quite accurate, the Zune and it's "marketplace" were launched November 19, 2006. It's an answer, not a great one but an answer none the less.
It doesn't matter how sensitive the data you're storing is. It matters how many other sites your users have used the same password on, and what those sites have stored on them. If salting and hashing passwords is all you need to do to help protect your users from their bad security decisions, I don't see why anyone wouldn't do it.
Ask YC: July/August - Events in Silicon Valley
Hi All,

I will be moving to Palo Alto mid July and I was wondering if you know of any good conferences/events that will be happening during the next couple of months.
Also what do you think is the best way to meet people over there?

Thanks once again!
This doesn't make any sense to me. What do you get out of it? What do you require of said hacker? Do want partial ownership or just someone to bounce ideas off of? What do you mean by in-residence combined with we-don't-care-where-you-live?

There's really not enough info there for someone to decide if it's interesting or not.
Seems like the normal thing. From your blog: "You can't be normal and expect abnormal returns". Advice: open your mind. Some people are amazing at starting great things but not so good at finishing them. If you can balance that out, you win.

Out of curiosity, I presume the reason why you want a "young hacker" is because you can't afford an older one?
This sort of data proprietarianism is just evil. For exactly the reasons that were discussing this topic today. Holding people hostage for their data is a slimy and vile way to treat your customers.
Ask YC: negative comments disappear..?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=228298

I've noticed zapanig's comment is not shown. I'm not sure what the cause. Is the negative vote count hiding it or a flag?

I'd prefer negative posts still be shown because the negative vote shows it's unpopular, not useless...

Can someone clarify?
Finally! A way to get all my information taken off Facebook without painstakingly deleting each entry I've ever made!

Sorry you got steamrolled. Best of luck getting your info back. I'm sure they didn't delete it, they love their precious data way too much.
Process most people follow:
Step 1: Great idea
Step 2: Find people to build it

Process smart people follow:
Step 1: Great people
Step 2: Find something to build
My first concern would be access to capital.

There are plenty of options with cloud storage.

I hope you have a way to balance that cash flow.
He could have deleted it on his own because it was unpopular maybe?
Most of the methods people use for sharding/partitioning end up in the application layer, because open-source DBs just aren't fancy enough yet to handle this.

Mysql-proxy (http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Proxy) looks promising, but it's still in an alpha state. You could try writing a proxy script in Lua -- there's already some master /slave stuff done in this area.

Mysql 5.1 supports partitioning, but not really in the way that you and I mean.

The problem is that sharding breaks some fundamental SQL axioms -- for example, doing SELECTs no longer returns all rows (depending on how the table is partitioned).

Almost everyone I know who does this rolls their own layer. As subwindow mentioned, if you're using Rails, you have to futz with establish_connection due to ActiveRecord's assumptions about one DB connection per class. It's possible -- we've done it -- but it requires lots of connections to the DB and it can be messy. If you're on Rails, it might be easier to scale vertically first before going horizontal.

Replication doesn't need to change in this context -- the Mysql documentation should be all you need to get started.
So far:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine

The first ignited my love for reading the the second changed how I look at life.
I doubt that. If I know ICANN, they'll charge six figures for TLD registrations.
As I said in my original post, usability trumps security.

Also, it may sound defeatist, but I think that if a determined, highly skilled and competent hacker wants to fuck you up and steal the passwords, they will. Even if you salted and hashed all your passwords, there's always brute force, sniffing, etc. If they're on your servers reading your code, you're pretty screwed already.
What do you get out of it?: Great products/apps
What do you require of said hacker?: Build Interesting Stuff
Do want partial ownership or just someone to bounce ideas off of?: Partial Ownership.
What do you mean by in-residence combined with we-don't-care-where-you-live? It means you're a part of our existing company charged with acting & creating like an entrepreneur. Basically you get a salary to work on your cool ideas.
Cool, imagine this, I type something in my phone, all the phones in school start ringing and vibrating and nobody can turn them off because the keyboards are blocked, everybody panics and takes off his battery. I start laughing and end up in the principals office. This is the most innocent use of this technology that i can think off. Here's another one. Terrorists kill a train in the middle of a tunnel and blow up 2 bombs at the two ends sucking all the air and suffocating all the people to death. Of course if the people survive the extreme change in pressure, if they don't, they won't care that they have no air to breathe. Cool. O, and lets not forget police taking control of your car, making it drive you to a secret location and torture you and make you confess that you are a communist/terrorist/liberal/hippie or something. Some of us learned the lessons of totalitarianism the hard way you know.
LOL no. Just someone who hasn't a lot of pre-conceived ideas of what is/isn't possible. We have those already. LOL
Process only stupid people follow: jump into something without having any idea what it is.

I think the poster means well, and good on him for that, but there needs to be more information if he wants to attract folks.
Dubai 'shape-shifting skyscraper' unveiled
Gruber found it. He doesn't deserve to be disintermediated.

Besides, I think his commentary is often spot on.
14 Simple Ways to Super Charge Your Brain
That would be my guess. Until I read this headline, it wasn't something that was really on my radar; and there is no reason for it.

My assumption would be that it's not on the browser team's radars either.

So, Firefox team, here's your challenge!
Microsoft to Acquire Mobicomp: Watch for These Cool Mobile Features
It seems you guys never seen the "mysql Tips" section in the MySQL manual:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-tips.html#verti...
This is probably from discovery from a legal case. In those situations, paper is usually shuffled around and then scanned into PDFs. Sending the original electronic form would make it easier for opposing counsel to work.
Wow! Don't mistype this one. One letter over and you get a different kind of index.

I always thought 'Noob' was a mild put-down. People don't strive to be 'Noobs' or associated with 'Noobs'. So, even if they start out as 'Noobs' what happens when they go pro, or whatever the opposite of 'Noob' is? Isn't this mindset going to be difficult to overcome and market or am I just out of touch with the gaming culture?
Ok, now I get it. You're more or less looking to hire a zany creative person to bring in some creative energy. Which is cool.

That said, in my opinion, the suspense, and really, the hard part, of being an entrepreneur is figuring out how to get a business to fly. Ideas and implementing them is the easy part. :-)
I'm adding info from feedback. This is a new idea for me so it's difficult to anticipate what people want to know.

Also, I'm not exactly stupid, just willing to take a risk.
Or a good security mind:

http://www.schneier.com/essay-210.html
Not exactly sure if this can help you but I guess you could implement the logic using dbslayer.

http://github.com/harrisj/activerecord-dbslayer-adapter/tree...
They're called "Splogs", and have been dealt with by Google already.

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

welcome to 2006
The cost will probably be so prohibitive to most people that only large brand names will bother. And even then, they will have to overcome huge challenges with marketing such exotic TLDs. If they an achieve this, it will benefit us all.

I doubt take-up on generic keywords will be that strong, except amongst naive speculators.
My feeling and experience has been that you have to iterate through enough ideas until you find one that actually works. Good ideas fail too.
Oh, I wasn't implying that you're stupid -- just that anyone would be to get particularly excited about your idea with the original info. :-)
The Zune marketplace wasn't even Microsoft's first entry. They started with PlaysForSure as a way to elbow in on a market despite not having a player (not to mention a music store).
Microsoft after Gates
Where is the fraud? They bought legitimate keywords and sent the traffic to sites with more ads.

It's pretty much the business models of tens of thousands of web properties, just boiled down (no content) and refined (automated on a mass-scale) into something that makes them millions.
Will broadband caps strangle Web growth?
What he should have done was taken a couple days off, drive out to Oklahoma with a flip camcorder and have this guy explain to him in person why he was planning to file an FBI complaint.
Gotcha. I'm hoping to flesh our more details from feedback.
The best we can really do is to live our lives in such a way as to minimize the impact on others. This means a lot of work on your part, much more than the average lazy American (including myself) wants to deal with.

Here is a short list of things you can do in your everyday life to help:

1) Research all brands before you buy in order to make sure they do not support sweat shops or other kinds of unethical behavior. Don't buy Nike shoes and stop drinking Coca-Cola.

2) Stay away from all big chain stores like walmart. They put huge economic stresses on companies which cause these sweat shops to pop up in the first place.

3) Make your carbon footprint as small as possible. This is not only for the sake of the environment. Petrol cartels cause a huge amount of suffering and damage to the countries they operate in.

4) Buy green. Not advertising fake green but as environmentally friendly as possible. This can only be done with brand and product research.

5) Talk about these issues. By bringing them up in your every day life you will help spread awareness. I know that you may not want to be "that guy". The only way to change things really will be through social pressure and cultural change.

6) Read. You have to be aware of what is really going on if you want to know the right thing to do. I suggest John Perkins' newish book: The Secret History of the American Empire. It really opened my eyes.
What should Harry blog about
Do you have a view on the ideas expressed in The Rights of Man? (Paine's reply to Burke wrt the French Revolution)
Search arbitrage based on geographic areas is pretty neat actually ...

Let's say you buy the keyword "mortgage" which is low value/high volume because it's broad and doesn't imply intent. You then geo-target your traffic to just people in California, and send that traffic to a page with "california mortgage" ads. Which of course are much higher value as they are more targeted and represent a smaller niche. Profit.

It's really quite brilliant. All done using Google's own tools.
I think there are enough fools in the world to justify a .fool TLD. Maybe it will be run by the.motley.fool.
The more negative the vote on a comment, the more it fades into the page background. The reverse is also true. Posts with 1 point are not quite black. 2 and higher points are in fact in black print.

This is the first time I've seen a post entirely disappear though.
Yahoo ReOrg Is Official
The issue here is not about adding new features, but fixing bugs and security issues.

Perhaps the 94% are not tech savvy enough to identify these problems?

Incidentally, I've read that specific example of adding Gantt charts to Basecamp before:
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1050-ask-37signals-how-do...
Agreed, article was weak.
Google funding PyPy progress
It doesn't really apply here, because the user obviously has an assigned password. Users are quite unlikely to change their other passwords to match their mensa-assigned password.

However, it's an interesting point, and possibly deserves debate. How responsible am I for ensuring a user's security on other sites? Should all password fields be flanked by a flashing message that reads something like: Do not use your online banking password here?
Or this:

mysql> help

which has gems like

clear (\c) Clear command.
edit (\e) Edit command with $EDITOR.
ego (\G) Send command to mysql server, display result vertically.
quit (\q) Quit mysql.
source (\.) Execute an SQL script file. Takes a file name as an argument.
system (\!) Execute a system shell command.
tee (\T) Set outfile [to_outfile]. Append everything into given outfile.

\c alone could save you a ton of headache. \e's pretty classy, too; just make sure you follow it with a semicolon to execute the command.
How exactly is keeping the passwords more "usable" than keeping only hashes?
I am visiting the Bay area around the same time for about five days (date not decided) and had a similar question ... what events are taking place in July and August?
Sorry can't say I've read it but I'll add it to my list.
These arbitrary limits frustrate me and show how big telco networks hinder growth and innovation in favor of propping up their outdated technologies.
Well, I admit, I just skimmed it, I'll try to read the whole thing later. But near as I can tell, he isn't addressing the validity of g at all, merely claiming it is unproven that genetic differences between population groups is due to genetics or other factors (a claim I don't disagree with).
Sorry, but the very fact that you're arguing that (1) "brute force" is a plausible attack against a salted, SHA-1 hashed password, or (2) "sniffing" a hashed password on the network from a HTTPS transaction (!!) are plausible attacks shows your level of misunderstanding.

Look, just read a book or two on the subject. You don't have to believe me, but please stop arguing about stuff you clearly don't understand.
Yahoo Creates Group To Focus On Cloud Computing
metaphor crash is coming?
There's no need for an article, it's a one-word answer: Yes.
The 2nd edition of High Performance MySQL might interest you:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596101716

It covers, among tons of other stuff, some new features in MySQL 5.1 that make partitioning easier.
Try asking the people who are on your site what they want? Why they are here? Give them some incentive to respond and/or recommend their friends.
So much so, that I just came in here to make that exact recommendation and found your post already here.
Microsoft Developing Secret Plan To Seize Control of Yahoo Without Buying It
Missing an important tip: Concentrate on the task at hand.
Web Scalability Practices: Bumper Sticker on Rails
RailRoad diagrams generator
Spray on Skin Gun Shoots Stem Cells To Heal Open Wounds
This article makes me have more respect for Bill Gates. I use to dream working for him since high school.
Great stuff!!!
Books that changed my life:

"Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution" (Steven Levy). I bet this book is quite familiar to many news.yc readers. For me, it was the first book I read that introduced me to the idea that software could be written by ordinary people and not just big companies (I was pretty young and didn't have much experience using a computer at the time). After reading this, I went out and found Linux & then stopped using windows.

"The Backpacker" (John Harris - pseudonym). It's a big world out there with plenty of adventures to be had. I read this a few years ago and have wanted to travel ever since. (next week I'm going to France to spend a few months cycling. I'll probably get to go to Spain/Italy a little too)

"Neuromancer" (William Gibson). I can't remember when I first read this but I've come back to it a dozen times over the years. Gibson is my favourite fiction author (though his books seems to get closer to reality over time as technology catches up with him). This book really inspired me to drink lots of coffee and sit in front of a computer 20 hours straight. The insomnia and caffeine addiction were worth it considering what fun I've had in the process.

"startup: a silicon valley adventure" (Jerry Kaplan). This is Kaplans book about his experience with building Go corporation (early PDA's). I saw how intense his experience was and decided that I was going to have my own company one day.

Other news.yc readers: please post your own books too - knowing what people have read is a great way to get inside their head and see what they are like and you guys are an interesting bunch of people.
LinkedIn is 99% Java but 100% Mac
Among other things this will mark the start of a new era in phishing.
I use Xoopit. It is the best thing that happened to my Gmail. it creates a photo album on the fly and organizes you files so you can search through it easily.

Their latest Search plugin is simply great and lets you find/view media files related to a search term.

I can see Xoopit being bought by Google. As far as Xobni, I am still waiting for their Gmail plugin.
I have to admit I don't know anything about operating in those dimensions (ianaa - I am not an admin). But HD capacities are growing fast - maybe faster than the data needs of that company? So perhaps they would not have to buy more and more hard drives, only replace the old ones with bigger ones?

All hypothetical, though - personally I think I would go for something like S3.
We've all been blaming Bill Gates for ages (yes, he's not perfect)but, now, I'm starting to think that culprit is someone else at Microsoft.
> nor do I want constant emails or notices

Is Facebook unaware of Nagle's algorithm? It is trivial to reduce bandwidth by batching notices. You could even set the maximum frequency yourself. Or is this not implemented because it would make the service less addictive and less viral?
My astroturf detector is going off. This looks like one of those guerrilla/viral marketing campaigns. Where does this come from and who is doing it?
According to guidelines for this site, you can get rid of the "preface" before the link.
Yahoo! Establishes Cloud Computing Division
> I started a group for people with the same last name as me

This is blatant discrimination against people with common names and common surnames! They obviously wouldn't like the Lloyd Woods' Newsletter: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/others/newsletter...

(If you're wondering how hundreds of people called Lloyd Wood refer to each other then the convention is to use middle name and/or location.)