skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I do the same thing as tastybites, sans expensive car.

I might buy rental properties later or something.

I'd rather die sitting on a motorcycle than on a bunch of equity that won't help me in the grave. I'm not an Egyptian Pharaoh.
Why Twitter is Awesome
which links to http://www.precentral.net/it-s-touchpad-exclusive
I was listening to the Economist today and they pointed out an interesting fact ...

Apple has 51% of the profits in the smartphone market even though it only has 4% of the market share (remarkable because Nokia once had that same profit percentage but at 40% market share) ... that to me is a far more interesting statistic than these sales numbers which the media seems to be fixated on.

We've seen this script before ... it was the Windows OS vs Apple products ... the Android OS will eventually outstrip Apple ... of that I have no doubt ... what is interesting to me is how much profits that continue to accrue to smartphone phone makers because of their decision to use Android. So far it doesn't seem to be helping as much as I thought it would

PS: Link to the stat I talked about http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/10/30/iphone-4-of-market-50...
I used to do this with dzen, via:

http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/doku.php?id=dzen:irssi-notify

Then I started using a combination of perl scripts to detect when my screen session was detached, and if I got a new message while my screen session was detached to send an SMS to my phone through email. These days however, I'm satisfied with simply logging all my notifications in a separate split irssi window and checking them when I feel like it.
I've been using Ruby 1.9.2 and the heroku gem for quite some time now. I don't think that the Heroku gem is the problem.
Mirror without obnoxious BOLD: http://strager.net/POL
Canadians: Please submit a comment to the CRTC on 2011-77
UPDATE: contacted the school, submitted a form and should have an answer within 24 hours but assume it may be sooner than that :)

UPDATE 2: Received contact from a nice woman at the district's Information Technology Office and she informed me that she sent the request to someone who can help at "GBN"...
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You're concerned about /content/123/#!/content/456/, right?

Well, if the client isn't modern, 301 them to #!/content/456/ and proceed as you would.

Either way though, all this is terrible for a blog, or even Twitter.
Then you're missing the point. That's the same view our leaders have.
Should You Raise Money Before You Ship Product?
This is really cool. I have absolutely no use for it.
From Andy Rachleff, Vice Chairman, University of Pennsylvania endowment investment committee President & CEO, Wealthfront Inc.:

Financially sophisticated individuals start with an asset allocation. For someone under 40 you should probably allocate around 30% of your assets to fixed income securities (probably half in treasuries and half in TIPS) and the remainder in securities that have more appreciation opportunity (10% in real estate, 35% in US equities, 20% in foreign equities and 5% in emerging market stocks). it's very hard to outperform the market in fixed income so i recommend buying treasury and TIPS ETFs. For your US, foreign and emerging market equity allocation you might want to try wealthfront.com to identify money managers who have outstanding track records (I am a co-founder of wealthfront). Wealthfront currently doesn't offer any real estate managers so a REIT ETF is probably the best bet.
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Sorry, but this is terrible advice. You could be sheltering $16,500 per year from all taxes until retirement, not to mention possible employer matches.

Right now, you probably have to earn about $23,000 (assuming 30% tax rate) just to invest the same $16,500. Then, you have to pay capital gains taxes or regular income tax every time you receive dividends, yields, or sell a stock at a profit. These taxes can eat anywhere from 20% to 38.5% of your profit on every single transaction.

If you sat down with a calculator and figured out the difference between saving $16,500 in a 401k and saving that much in a non tax advantaged account, you are literally throwing away over $1 million throughout the course of your career.

Not to mention, you can take a loan against your 401k if you really need the money.
NASDAQ Issues Statement on Security Breach
Some countries have adopted exceptionally sane methods for fighting antitrusts where the first company that comes forward with proof that law was broken will be pardoned from the law. Although the company itself was in the ring of bad guys and broke law, it still will not be facing any penalties.

I can not really see why this practice couldn't be applied to elsewhere.
This is regarding Usage Based Billing, and is a comment round soliciting feedback from Canadians.
People do pay $1200 for it. See the bottom of the page here:

http://projectmessiah.com/x6/products.html

The people who are only willing to pay $40 are not the main demographic that messiahStudio is marketed to.

I honestly expect a bit more business sense on HN.
I like places like this, but Reddit isn't the answer; it needs to be populated by and welcoming to "tween-age" kids while not being entirely restricted to them. It's a tough mix to get right.
As well the elephant in the room that gets missed is that many rail about the technical correctness without taking into account the target market. Personally I build web applications that replace desktop applications. Progressive enhancement would kill the simplicity of our programming model and literally triple the work effort because we would be in the hybrid world of half server side and half client side.

As it sits, we use a full client side UI library and push all UI concerns into the UI, they communicate with the server via REST to get data and the client is responsible for rendering that data. We research our numbers extensively and the cost analysis of changing our development model to support clients that cannot support full JavaScript clients supports the conclusion "at least for us" that a progressive enhancement development model is not cost effective.

The money recouped with the shortened development cycle of Ajax clients outweighs the amount we would receive chasing some fraction of < 2% of potential clients, If we get to the point that we need to chase that 2% for growth we are a) doing great and b) would be better served segmenting that traffic to a completely independent server framework based UI that it built for those clients.

It is my belief that mixing the two development models gives you the worst of both worlds when it comes to features and maintainability.
Say Hello To The Palm Touchpad
I hate being negative, but I really don't see the use case. I have a text editor and Dropbox installed on my machine, why would I want to install this editor?
Can you imagine:

"My dad said he wasn't going to sign that FTA with [country X]"

"No, I heard him say he really can't stand senator [from state X].

"My mom and I will be going shopping at [some store] at around 2."

"Yeah, I actually saw the King of [country] in the oval office --It's supposed to be a secret."

Not saying their daughters would have loose lips as exemplified above, and the example are highly unlikely as they would be trained to avoid such statements, but you could imagine people mining what they say to try to infer from what they post and extrapolate as well.

It would be a profitable mine for the opposition as well as for any wrong-doers.
I just created a dropbox account to test this out. Obviously there are no existing files in it. I looked for a button to create a new file and could not find one.

If dropbox does not have a create file call for you to use, perhaps you could have the app create an empty filename and upload it automatically and then edit it as an existing file?

Edit: Never mind, I finally noticed the buttons on the bottom left. That was quite unintuitive for me--I never look at the bottom left for application buttons. Is this something that textmate does?
Thank you very much! That page is awesome.

The Google results for time zone conversion tools are spam filled and suck. I always give up quickly and do the conversion in my head. I’m going to bookmark this and hope that I don’t find myself in similar situation the next time I have to deal with time zones.
Looks very promising, it'll be a good companion to the iPhone PlainText app.

Two suggestions: (1) Word-wrap. (2) Let me pick a dark-on-light color scheme.
Typically VPS providers use a container technology such as Virtuozzo to isolate multiple users on a single server from one another

I've never seen this—I've only seen Xen-like VPSs. So, let me rephrase the question: How is this different from a Xen-like VPS provider, like Slicehost, Linode, or prgmr.com?
Yes of course he did, however every design decision has trade-offs. Using click handlers has some costs and some benefits. Using URL fragments has costs and benefits.

I'm not disputing that the author has proposed a way forward or that the author's suggestions about the costs of using fragments are mistaken, I am only disputing the argument that there is no reason to use url fragments besides "coolness."
Still chuckling about Bucheit's suggestion of spreading cash out into a huge number of FDIC-insured savings accounts -- "Think of it as RAID for your cash" he says, as I recall.
Today at work I met a third one. The confirmed user base grew 50% within less than 24 hours! :D
tl;dr; The ranked list of valuable goods in prison:
1. Mackerel
2. Coffee
3. Stamps
4. Combination lock

Was expecting more of an analysis on prison economics. This article is really just a list of "valuable" prison goods.
I don't think they care if they keep it to themselves or not so long as they have a fair amount of control over it. They've been bitten in the past being tied to a 3rd party for improvements to their mobile OS and want to avoid that. If WebOS hadn't gone up for sale, they would likely have used Android
IPad Makes Space in Japan's Tiny Homes by Removing Bookshelves
Indeed, but then the URL doesn't change, so the page can't be emailed, tweeted, etc. The hash-bang allows you to change the url, use AJAX to change the content, and retain browser history.

The history API in HTML5 allows you to accomplish the same thing without the hash-bang, but browser support is limited. I favour using the history API for progressive enhancement and defaulting to traditional page requests.
Ask HN - Please review my startup's "sign-up" page (includes simple slideshow)
The URL is http://www.postamigos.com. I was going to make it into a video, but wanted to make it as simple as possible and to the point. Any feedback is appreciated.
I have no stake in this, and have not used this software, but consider another option:

1] Build a great piece of software, worth every nickel of $1200.
2] Release it to a crowded field where you are a small fish in a big pond, overshadowed by players like Adobe and Autodesk.
3] Drop the price dramatically and take a hit up front to build your customer base, because you believe in your product.
4] Profit.

I have no idea which of these two scenarios is closer to the truth. I have never used this software. I am, however, glad for a world with startups and innovators.
There is a way to create new files and folders in the lower left-hand corner if you pull out the tray on the left.
Definitely. I wasn't posing the question, just pointing out that the performance hit is actually doing it server side.
Just hope that they'll keep supporting the original Pre. I kinda like the little pebble, hardware is fast enough and with some decent software upgrades it still should come in handy.
I feel like leadership is a balance between two things:

1. Protecting your subordinates from ugly work (like doing dishes, emptying the garbage, or doing laborious maintenance coding) so they can focus on fulfilling their responsibilities

2. Delegating ugly work so you can focus on fulfilling your responsibilities
The New Rules of Event Marketing
> which is pretty much a den of 22-year-old guys who dropped out of Stanford with dreams of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg.

Way to belittle the sweat, blood, and tears of countless founders.

> to combat the startup world’s structural and cultural biases against women

On the contrary I see a lot of incentives for women to get involved in startups. Investors are pretty much begging to provide capital for female startup founders. At least in the IT field.

Starting up is hard, regardless of gender. Astia deserves praise for their success rate, not for their gender bias.

EDIT: Removed "fuck you" from the first line, as it was perceived as offensive by some.
The losers are the waiters and employees of the featured businesses. I know plenty of people in the service industry who dread the days their restaurants or shops offer discounts on Groupon. Sure it makes money for the company, but in many cases a Groupon deal kills morale within the business.

That on top of the exploitative nature of many (most?) Groupon users, where they buy a Groupon and never revisit the business after they use their discount.

Groupon is a great business, but some concerns about the quality of the leads arise. We need the Glengarry leads.
Re: Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA, I did a lot of research on it. I chose Roth because you can withdraw up to the amount you deposited without penalty at any time - this was big for me in case I needed the cash later for other things.

I'd recommend Roth to anyone who might want the cash for other investments later, especially entrepreneurs, unless you're in a top income bracket with literally no other tax writeoffs.
What kind of syntax highlighting does this app support? I copy/pasted some HTML with script and style tags and none of it got any sort of coloring.
Bill Gates is gradually selling his Microsoft Shares
In hindsight, it was not worth it, but he didn't know that.
One more thing in the interest of full disclosure. I actually forgot that AT&T grandfathered in their unlimited plans. They're still available now if you never went off that plan?
Ask HN: Would you work for a company if you do not use their product?
I'm curious if other folks have considered this: I see a lot of career/job opportunities that look interesting/exciting, but I have not seriously considered them because I don't use/believe in the product they are developing.

One example could be Facebook; I don't have an account (I never have), and generally don't believe in their product. That said, I'm sure it's a great place to work, and would be a great opportunity.

How do you folks reconcile that?
Everyone seems to think that site is awesome, but it has never worked for me. I've tried firefox, chrome, midori and IE 8. What browser are you guys using?
To anyone else that might start with Memcache it should be noted that it does not fail gracefully if your servers decide to crap out. We deployed a group of 8 Memcache servers to our production environment and due to a mis-configuration all the webservers were brought to their knees since the get/set would wait for the Memcache server to respond even with the PHP specific settings (timeout etc..) set to appropriate values. For a safe use you should implement a simple home-grown "active memcache server" list so in the event of utter failure only the first couple requests to Memcache will try to request from the server list and as they fail you can knock them out of the pool. It's worth the 10 minutes it takes to implement and will save your ass if things go wrong.
Some of us haven't gotten passports, or been fingerprinted yet. This may be analogous Schmidt's child/adult quip.
Judging from their websites,

I. Vodafone's unlocking page explicitly mentions their CallYa prepaid offers and an outdated brand of "VPA" mobile phones and an "MCC" starter pack[1]. There is no sign of a page for the millions of people with a 24-month contract.

II. The T-Mobile page for old phones [2] lists several models of cellphones; those I recognize look like typical cheap prepaid phones (e.g. the Siemens C35 is there, but not the more expensive S35 of the same era). Their FAQ[3] says that SIM-locks have to be unlocked, but not which phones are locked. It does explicitly say that the iPhone is SIM-locked, which slightly contradicts the premise that all 24-month contract phones are SIM-locked.

III. BASE's FAQ[4] on SIM-locks says that SIM-locks are particularly common with prepaid phones.

While it may still well be the case that most contract phones come locked, it surprises me to read so little of it anywhere.

1. https://www.vodafone.de/privat/hilfe-support/hardware-entspe...

2. http://www.t-mobile.de/sim-lock-entsperren/0,20638,23789-_,0...

3. http://www.t-mobile.de/faq/1,1951,18-_,00.html?vgn_form_enco...

4. http://www.base.de/Fuer-Kunden/Faq/SIM_Karte/
By the way, when buying TIPS (or any kind of Treasurys), you are basically saying "Yes, I like the fact that the USA is deep in debt and I want it to go more into debt rather than balancing its budget!" That is what Treasury bonds are -- the USA borrowing money from you and promising to pay it back. This is where the debt comes from!

Somehow I do not think many people realize this...
Anyone know of any live-blogs following the event? Is there a live video broadcast?
Would you please try to keep the conversation here civil? The use of profanity eclipses the merit in your argument.
Oh come on, give me a little credit - here, I'll rewrite the facts of my original post, which you might find adheres to your expected response format (while presenting the same, and no new information information versus the original):

I put a small amount into my retirement accounts while spending or investing mostly on my startup business, real estate, sports cars, and keeping cash.

Which post was more interesting to read?
Does anyone know if Backbone.js is compatible with MooTools?

I like the MooTools API better than JQuery's.

E.g.

new Element('div').grab(new Element('a'));

versus

$('<div></div>').append('<a></a>');
It's 4% (and 50%) of the phone market (and profit). The low end phone market isn't really were the action is and the stat is pretty misleading.

The iPhone is 17% of the smartphone market and about 40% of smartphone profit. I'd guess it is Nokia that's throwing that statistic out rather than RIM or Android but it seems hard to find that comparison because Nokia and Samsung straddle both markets.
So how is this web based? I have to install chrome and a plugin?
Its funny, but I think the richest people I know have all paid off their real estate. They don't pay rent, and they stayed in their homes til they could pay them off. It sounds simple, but it really takes a tremendous amount of resolve.
Syyn Labs: League of Extraordinary Nerds
sjs can be a hard handle to get. had to resort to _sjs on twitter, and that was in 2007 :)
"In addition, the weekly guest lectures and networking dinners that are a hallmark of programs like Y Combinator aren't as meaningful for women, Vosmek says. 'Women are very different. We won't prioritize a networking event on our calendar, but we will prioritize something that provides business value,' she says."

So her basic argument is that Y Combinator should be providing the services that women find fun, rather than the services that make entrepreneurs successful?
deal with cash, digital one - http://bitcoin.org:
- no central issuing center
- all transactions are open, but no information about ownership by particular person is shown
- almost no fees for money transfers
- and transfer itself takes as little as 10 minutes (if you trust another person - instantly)
- limited supply of bitcoins - meaning you will not loose value over time and inflation.
This isn't up to speed with the latest version, but it could probably be brought up to date pretty easily:

https://github.com/jeromegn/backbone-mootools
Self-storage might be a US phenomenon. It's basically someone building a bunch of windowless locked garages of varying sizes (some the size of a small closet, some bigger than a car) for people to store their excess stuff. The price per square foot is pretty high, and a lot of people will rent for years - never even interacting with the stuff.

If the renter defaults, the storage company typically (through contract) owns the material inside and can sell it off at auction.
Most cost analysis show client based UI as a simpler and more cost effective development model. Developers have more control over the UI and do not have to go through as much routing to accomplish a user action, this directly effects time to market as well as ongoing development and maintenance costs. Many organizations are switching for development and time to market costs alone, not just because it is cool, as the original author put it.
Veer, Pre 3, and HP TouchPad. So, those are the names. Still waiting to see what they are like.
I thought this story was fascinating, so I did a little bit of background digging, since this article is pretty thin.

There are a bunch of relevant legal documents and news stories up at http://www.pogo.org/pogo-files/alerts/whistleblower-issues/w... Note that this is very much a pro-whistleblower site, and so is slanted towards the idea that Birkenfeld shouldn't be in prison. I'm not so sure, though.

According to Birkenfeld's own request for clemency, the sequence of events that led to him going to the IRS was: after ~4 years of working with wealthy clients at UBS, in June 2005, he found an internal legal document prohibiting many of the actual practices of the bank. He wrote an internal memo to his superiors about the discrepancy, and then resigned in October 2005. When UBS didn't pay him a bonus he thought he was entitled to, in early 2006, he invoked whistleblower protection claiming that UBS was retaliating against him, in an effort to recover that bonus.

He didn't approach the IRS and DOJ, though, until early 2007, and didn't actually talk until June 2007. And while he described UBS's practices, he didn't go into specific details about clients except for one, Igor Olenicoff, for whom he had, among other things, smuggled diamonds in a toothpaste tube. It's his activity dealing with Olenicoff that he's in prison for, and he pleaded guilty to those charges.

Tellingly, though, Olenicoff was already under IRS investigation in - drumroll - 2006 (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1009/042.html), and he eventually pleaded guilty to tax evasion in December 2007 and paid $52M in back taxes and fines (http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=212163,00.html).

To me, Birkenfeld's actions look a lot more like CYA than principled whistleblowing.
Safari on OS X. Just tested on Chrome (dev) and Firefox (beta), works there, too.
Any large cash positions are vulnerable to the high rate of inflation that is an inevitable result of Fed policy in the last few years. Best bet in this economy if you want safety is large cap equity issues from companies with highest quality brands, which will permit them to raise prices with their increasing costs. Another good bet is real estate, but diligence in that market requires too much time for my taste.

An excellent risk-return optimized investment is an ETF short on the bond market, such as TBT. Because it's traded as an ETF, your loss is limited to whatever you pay. Because it's a short on the bond market, whose yields are at multi-decade lows, it's got pretty decent appreciation-potential.

Plus you get the satisfaction of seeing all those financial services insiders (most of whom want a frothy bond market) suffer as you make money.
No where in those articles does it state that making hamburgers has been treated as manufacturing.

In fact the cbs article says "The report does not recommend that burger-flippers be counted alongside factory workers."

There was a report that discussed definitions and how they affected things like tax breaks. The news articles had fun speculating how it would help labor statistics if they did start counting these as manufacturing jobs. But it was just speculation. Wild speculation.