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Ask HN: Can you make the arrows bigger?
I keep hitting the wrong one on my iPhone. A second ago I just downvoted instead of upvoted. This is not the first time this happened.
I'm not sure if I succeeded or not.

I closed my eyes and focused intently on the sound of the waves. I imagined myself on a beach, waves rolling in and out. I wondered what kind of material the beach was constructed from. Sand and a few larger rocks, it sounded like. There's a distinctive wash, but it seems just as clear there's a break in the rhythm of the crashing wave.

I then started to wonder just what shapes of wave was giving rise to the really bad compression artifacting in the wave sound on that page. Some of the sounds are remarkably clear for all the artifacts in other portions.

Unfortunately, I didn't really get anywhere with that lien of thought before my CFO interrupted me. At which point I saw the site had determined that I 'succeeded'.

I'm not entirely convinced I failed though. Sure, I thought about sand, rocks and compression -- but I was concentrating on the sounds of the waves that whole time.

What meaning could there be in "do nothing but listen to this" if truly listening to the sounds and internalizing them and analyzing them was ruled out as being "something"?

If staring like a zombie with your mind empty was the goal, surely there wouldn't be an audio track and full-window image on that page.
Twitter sued for letting celebrities chat online
They are criminally liable to do the due diligence assessments to make sure the books aren't being cooked, so yes I would hope at minimum the board is actively trying to prevent an Enron.
Show HN: My weekend project in Corona
Tried following the instructions - ended up with some "command not found" stuff when trying to connect with the NX BEta client for OSX (the older client requires rosetta, which most modern OSX machines don't have)

The instructions could use an update to the latest version of ubuntu too.... but this will make for a fun weekend project - excellent find (more for the EBS shortcuts and bootstrapping method + NX tips than the concept itself)
I love meditating! Been doing it since age of 6 (I was born in India & my Grandmother is an awesome teacher). Why? It's like bathing for mind & soul.

I even started a blog about it: http://www.meditationrocks.us/blog

You can find my experiences and learnings there.

Summing-up:

How to Meditate (Easiest Way):

Sit in comfortable place.

With back straight (or you will fall asleep).

Close your eyes & focus on your breathing.

Count in as 1 and out as 2 till 15. Start back at 1 after 15

If you find your mind wandering, and it will, just start back at 15.

FAQ

Do I put on music?

Light music, optional.

Do I need special equipment or place?

Nada, anywhere you can sit with back straight is fine.

I've too much energy for meditation

Cool! Then enjoy, meditate when you are feeling low.

PS: Will be eager to answer any questions, or help someone find their way... or maybe do some HN Meditation Group :P Just thinking out loud.
Meh. I maintain a blog on startups/motivation/minimalism/etc. "Failed" is just your negative way of seeing that they haven't been successful yet. I blog for all the reasons listed here: http://techneur.com/post/524363996/the-best-exercise-any-ent... In short: to learn, get feedback, and document my experiences.

How cool would it have been if you could go back and read Mark Cuban's blog or PG's blog before they were successful? Don't you think that even reading about their struggles before they were successful might help to keep you motivated as you may find yourself with similar struggles?
I felt that the author kind of mixed up front-end engineer and graphic designer. Good front-end engineers(developers) are not necessarily good graphic designers and vice versa.

I am a computer science graduate and front-end developer with four years of industry experience and I started it around 10 years back as a hobby. I do some graphic designing too but my strong domains are html,css and javascript. All of them are self-learned as the author has mentioned.

Wherever I worked, I hated the fact that people kind of undermine the importance of front-end. They bring in some software engineers and make them work with me. Everyone thinks they know html and css and its pretty easy.

Since there are no way of measuring the quality of their code, I get really frustrated seeing people undermine my domain. Even with this much of experience I feel there is so much to learn and so much improvements can be made.
Padmapper's a great utility for finding apartments. I used it before while looking for sublets in NYC. The site has a great UI and adds a ton of value - it's there just when you need it, it's like your Dropbox for apartment-hunting.

The founder behind it is a sharp guy too, here's a good interview with him - http://valleyloop.com/2010/10/11/qa-with-founder-of-padmappe...
Salesforce.com was "The End of Software."
We want to ditch Facebook (it sucks) but are reliant for events, what can we do?
Facebook. Ok, so the world experienced a new level of social networking, connectivity and communication convenience. But I don't care anymore, I don't care about your status updates exclaiming how cute your dog is this morning, or the little red update icon on my iPhone telling me someone has commented on a comment on a photo that is in an album that I was tagged in 2007. I'm over the dodgy privacy issues, and where Facebook will go with them to pull in the profits they'll soon need to legitimize their enormous valuations. It was addictive, and kinda fun at times, but it's over for me, and I want out. But what now? I am left with 1 important and useful feature Facebook gives me; events. People invite me to events on Facebook, that's how it works. If I deleted my account, that would be an issue. I have chatted to many people over the last few weeks that feel the same. Facebook is getting tiresome and they also want out, but can't leave because of fear of event exclusion (and some others with the convenience of Facebook connect). Facebook is huge, and with the momentum they have will no doubt be around for a long while no matter what happens. So I ask you, Hacker community, what do we do? Do we leave a skeleton account that has no activity or purpose other than event invites, and the use of Facebook connect? Do we build the next, sleeker, cleaner, simpler social network centered around events and REAL relationships that is backwards compatible with Facebook using their API, so that friends using either can send invites or make simple interactions? How do we leave Facebook, without leaving Facebook? Where do we go from here? Exit strategy? Thoughts?
From this picture, I'd actually feel quite good about the team in terms of their technical competency. I get a positive vibe from them in terms of that.

I would worry about their business acumen, however. This team does not seem to have an immediate business type presence.
I used this to find my current apartment. It made the pain of the apartment hunt bearable.
Schmidt out as Google CEO
The Iceman Cometh: The Rise of a Gourmet Ice Entrepreneur
Many companies set their calendars using 13-week quarters. April 4 is the fourteenth Monday of the year.
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I've always wondered when a change in the "triumvirate" would happen and what impact it would have on public perception of Google, but somehow I also imagined it would be one of the co-founders leaving the company first.
but somehow there's a motivational hump I haven't gotten over yet and there always seems like there's something else to do.

I know what you mean. Before I first started the idea of it bored the hell out of me (to be quite blunt). Even now that I do it sometimes, I still have to fight the impulse of wanting to do something else instead.
This has been requested numerous times. There is also a thread linked at the bottom of the site called Feature Requests (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363). That is the appropriate place for these types of requests. I agree that the arrows should be larger. I fat-finger accidental up- and down-votes all the time on my Droid.
I've done exactly this to moderate effect with "greenstuff" modeling epoxy. I use it in my other hobbies and had it on hand. It lacks the strength to really break multiple seals from some of the loctite's used in apple products.
(related: http://www.amazon.com/Games-Workshop-Green-Stuff-Modelling/d...)

Usually a tough Allen wrench of similar size and some luck works on those oddball sized heads.
I have been doing this at my various internships and side projects. I am pretty good at fitting things together from examples, tutorials, etc. I think I am lacking in not understanding how the magic works. I feel like a plumber most of the time just fitting different pipes together to get things working.
It's unfortunate that they did not become popular in the U.S. as they work much better than the Phillips ones: if you pick the right size (3 are standard), the screwdriver never slips, unlike what can happen with the Phillips one.
If I were Sergey, I'd make sure that my title was just "Sergey".
Basically, list some user stories. Then draw some diagrams based on those. Regularly head out for some coffee with pen and paper and write up some notes.

I've been developing a personal technique(mainly aimed at games, but general enough to apply to apps) I've been calling "cycle modelling" - which depicts user stories in a visual way, using feedback loops and (implied) narrative arcs - they are used as building blocks to achieve the core goal of the game or app(e.g. "edit photos" or "rule a kingdom"). The complete product is described as a composite of many intersecting arcs and cycles; even a rough model seems to help a lot in clarifying the design and features.
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The sun is a nuclear blast.
I had always just assumed that deformation of blood cells as portrayed by computer graphics in shows like CSI or House were arbitrary and 'artistic representations'. But the last 15 seconds of this video are outstanding.
We actually took the radical step of hiring someone to come and do group meditation in our office once a week. It's entirely optional, but typically our entire team gets involved. Everyone really looks forward to it. A great many have extended it into a daily meditation habit, which is great.

Makes sense - if our team is less stressed and has better control over their mental state, that means a happier, healthier, more productive company.
I've been meditating for a few months now. It helps reduce stress, improves ability to focus and resist distractions. Love it.
Upvoted in part for the nice summary, but mostly for knowing what 'corporate personhood' actually means.
But to know how an amd64-based system works, I don't need to open _this_ laptop (from Apple). I do know how hardware works, and it is important to know how string comparison works and why that would be slow, no matter how far up the abstraction you are.

But unless you're a hardware engineer, in which case you have custom hardware anyway, you don't need to open the computer and inspect the data lines from the CPU and RAM. Just know that they're there and how they work.

In fact the only time I've ever opened this MacBook was to upgrade the hard drive, which admittedly did require a Torx, but Torx really isn't that uncommon. Plus given the low number of people (and high likelihood that anyone replacing a hard drive will have Torx) needing to replace a hard drive and known resistance to camouts makes Torx a good choice for the tiny screws that hold a computer together.
35 billion in the bank, adding 2.5 billion to that every quarter? Did I read that right?
U.S. Govt Will Grant $2B for the creation of CC-BY content
Super awesome! It doesn't seem like it's monetized in any way. Am I missing something. If not, how could it be without polluting it with ads?
It's an interesting idea to to put something out in 3 weeks. I see a lot of good projects die before they even start because teams are not focused on executing. Is focusing on execution a good thing or is it best to methodically plan and analyze?
I only have a gripe with bloggers who post as if they know what the hell they're talking about but don't have any real past success to back up their assumed authority.

I bet if you looked back at the posts of anyone who's a real success today before they proved themselves you wouldn't see them preaching as if they know everything. I think that's a big problem in the startup/venture business, some people seem to develop larger personalities online than they do offline.

This thread, and my response to it, was related to giving out startup advice. I'm not against blogging at all and I think it's great that you're doing it. I plan on starting a blog soon myself, but until I earn my stripes I'll always think of myself as a student.
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Despite the rosy picture Google is trying to paint surrounding this news, it looks as if Google is changing for a new direction (and pushing Eric out).

Maybe they can now clean all of the spam out of their search results? They're simply awful these days.
Did you have iPhone dev experience before the project? If so, how does Corona compare?
MathQuill: LaTeX math as HTML+CSS, WYSIWYG editable
They are now de rigeur in construction applications in the US - use a motor on a Phillips head, and no matter how careful you are, you'll strip your bit sooner or later. Square bits are way more durable, and don't destroy the screws as easily.

Silly Robertson.
I seriously doubt it's any of the above. Straight out of high school I worked at a light-aircraft manufacturing plant. Any time you came across a funky fastener, it was usually at the behest of a clever (or at least that's how they see it) engineer.

I don't mean that like it's a bad thing. If you've ever had to reach up behind an instrument panel and attempt to guide a #00 philips screw in to its destination, you'll quickly come to appreciate the ingenuity of these odd-ball fastener types.

Another common cause is automated assembly. Fasteners like torx screws work better with automated machinery because they don't suffer from cam-out.

What I'm getting at is that it was probably an engineering decision, not a device security decision.
Contingency counsel is usually only found on the plaintiff side. Twitter will use a big, reputable, and expensive defense firm.
Another software fail: Trapster loses emails & passwords
I did quote Wikipedia and even though I'm (definitely) sceptic about the digestion bit myself, the others do make at least some sense. Obviously it is always quite easy to find justifications for something you believe (or want to believe) in.

I personally don't believe meditation needs a specific position. I've seen and read a few things that document the practice while walking and while lying down. I guess tradition does point to the lotus being the normal way to do it, but as long as you get the benefits of it in whatever position you find yourself in, you're fine.
Me thinks Eric Schmidt will replace Steve Jobs (for now) to restore confidence in Apple when Steve steps down.
No, what was pertinent to the discussion was whether vision outweighs direct experience in this industry, which is not entirely obvious. I would say that vision is a trait that is generalizable to technology startup founders. Your counterexamples reference accounting fraud, the proclivity of which is not tied or correlated in a significant way to being a founder. A valid counterexample would reference the need for experience trumping vision in a startup founder's performance as CEO.
Eric Schmidt has been CEO of google for ten years. In that time it's gone from (maybe) a $200 million company to a $200 billion company. I think any bad decisions he might have made along the way can be forgiven.
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There are not enough resources to go around. How would you deal with it?

Allow prices to rise until people stop coming. For traffic specifically, impose congestion prices and raise them until the traffic reaches a reasonable level [1]. Allow the same process to occur with rents, food prices, etc.

Also, don't impose unnecessary regulations which would prevent construction to increase capacity.

[1] If the price is high enough, it will make financial sense to increase capacity.
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When I was in high school, I started meditating before my bowling competitions, using this book as a guide: http://amzn.com/B002VGXFVW (Zen Mind, Beginners Mind).

It definitely helped my performance, and I want to bring meditation back into my life. Maybe this thread will help :)
See here and compare
http://blog.siliconglen.com/2009/10/web20-defintion.html
Search YC + random word + sort by points = Insight
Are You Watching This? The First Sports Tech Client App on Chrome
Aside from the implications of this for medical research (congrats to the team), I don't believe I've ever been so horrified by a video in my life. If I were to catch malaria, knowing what is going on internally..
"WePay offer" is correct British English. I'd wager the parent is from the UK rather than mistyped.
Possibly. I should have been more clear though; I really meant 'study' instead of 'video'.
I'm ecstatic because of this:
'The ability to dissect in detail the spatial and temporal localization of key molecular and cellular events during P. falciparum merozoite invasion provides a powerful platform to explore strategies to block the process.'

That's from the discussion section in the paper.

Your cynicism is highly warranted though. Its taken awfully long for us to understand this common and curable disease; there's no reason to expect that a usable vaccine will be available soon.
Yes. Meditation is instrumental for me in my day-to-day life. Meditation is my medium for self-reflection, relaxation, and clearing my mind. For me, it's also been helpful for combating depression.

I highly suggest the Reddit meditation subreddit — http://reddit.com/r/meditation. Basically the Hacker News of meditation. The archives are a great place to browse to learn more about meditation, like different techniques, advice (like should you scratch an itch or watch it? meditating under the influence? etc.), and everything related.

Edit: if you have an iPhone, the Equanimity app is pretty cool for timing your sits as well as recording thoughts or notes about your sit.
we generally charge and hourly rate that is a bit below market price (in comparison to other shops I know, and individual ruby devs)

:-)
hubs cannot insert data. the only function a hub serves is to assert that there is new data on the feed, and that clients should re-request the feed.

a malicious hub could continually signal clients to keep fetching the feed, triggering a Denail-of-Service on the feed. that's really the only possible mis-use.

hubs can also proxy. ycombinator could run their own hub that could subscribe to someone else's hub and notify by proxy all of it's clients. this negates a lot of the "big hub" mumbo jumbo you seem to fear.

to answer your original confusion, the problem PubSubHubbub solves are two fold. foremost, 5 minutes is a long time in some worlds. second, every client subscribing has to pole every 5 minutes, asserting an etag and/or if-modified-since, which the server then has to look at and validate. with pubsubhubbub, results are "instant" and the server doesnt have any load when nothing new is being posted. this is indeed a big deal.

to your last, a micro hub will have no additional load, so long as the micro hub has any subscribers.
While this is all well and good, they need to start...

1. Allowing people to make payments from outside the US.
2. Allowing for people from outside the US to accept payments.

Until that happens, PayPal will continue to reign supreme.

Awesome feature though. Just disheartened that I cannot use it. =(
They mentioned that they also used MongoDB. I'd be curious to know their use cases for Mongo vs Couch.
is that average for discussion posts only? if so, you can submit without affecting the average as well
Hence "parts" :) Jive used to have Wildfire, in its entirety, in their website. It has since dwindled to the Asterisk integration stuff you see on their website now.
Very true, and interesting, although this has to do with the specific way the DO macro is written in Scheme and not with some inherent property of the language.

If you use something like Underscore's ranges with its .each method, you get the same behaviour in Javascript.
Speaking from my own experiences, and pulling loosely from the zen tradition in which I practice:

Sitting meditation keeps you more alert, makes it easier to reach a state of samadhi, or focused, non-discriminating awareness. For a while, due to back pain, I switched to lying meditation. I was not a fan, it was much easier to drift off. Zen meditation typically involves leaving the eyes partly open to avoid daydreaming or entering some sort of trance state. I also found this difficult to maintain while in a prone position.

Sitting in full lotus is difficult for me, and I'm relatively flexible. I generally sit half-lotus or in a chair. Sitting without a chair for long periods causes pain in the legs and back/shoulders. That's part of the practice, learning to maintain focus and equanimity through pain and discomfort.

To the best of my knowledge, the common sitting postures - lotus, half-lotus, burmese, seiza - came about because they were maintainable for long periods. Sitting indian style with legs crossed in front, for example, your stomach muscles will quickly tire and you'll be hunched over.
I've talked to at least a dozen people who moved into SF in the last 16 months and every one of them used Padmapper, including me. It's great. If Craigslist ever made acquisitions... or added features... this would/should be at the top of the list.

They also made the SF Crime Map Overlay which was covered on HN: http://www.padmapper.com/blog/2010/07/19/san-francisco-crime...
A wonderful project written in MooTools- IMHO, a civilized and superior JS toolkit if your JS environment is homogenous/sane.
I meditate on the Word (Jesus) of God day and night. I also read the Bible and pray. Just talk to him like any friend. I receive peace and incite about things happening in my life.
It's the 'problems we'd like to have.'
Simply put, you said "founders make terrific CEOs". That's just not true. Some do, some don't (because they steal, manage poorly, whatever).
Our culture is toxic
I just think it's funny that they probably wanted Sergey to pick a standard big company management title for the press release, like "President of Products" or similar. He went with "Co-Founder".
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I agree, I find his material very good. I think he has good timing and his voice is in no way annoying; something I often find off putting with audio CD's. He has a good ability to remove the 'mumbo bumbo bullshit' (as he puts it) and get to the core of what is important.

I also started with the Google tech talk and went on to his other work.
Silly me. Edited my comment. Thanks :)
and many mediocre ones no one's ever heard of.
Currently, none.

As expensive as the patent system may be, the largest companies who deal with it are still in a position to treat it like a basic cost of doing business; one that happens to be so high that it can protect them from the truly disruptive innovations that are unlikely to come from their peers in the field.

As long as elections are privately financed cartels that depend on trolls to scare off potentially competitive startups, the patent system is going to stay broken. If and when we manage to reduce lobbyists to mere lobbyists, and not lobbyist/financiers, then sanity may prevail.
That's the coolest part of the video imo. Super creepy.