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This is an interesting concept. Anyone have further reading material on this Zen aesthetics / ma thing? Googling these words is leading me to many yoga shops in Massachusetts ;)
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Is there any reason to volunteer it?
On that last point, I always found that an undiplomatic stranger are best sounding boards. Sycophants are as valuable as an overdue bill.
he mentions traffic, which is slightly different than hits, but I agree this seems implausible nonetheless.
It seems to be a very old comparison, missing generics from both and lots of other features, been a long time since I've done any Java but it seems like its C# 1.0 compared to Java 6?
It's a very fine line. Back when I had the record label we were consciously trying to ensure that the bands did not actually starve whilst ensuring they weren't totally comfortable either. In comfort you put your feet up, and too hungry and you won't get stuff done and will look for jobs on the side that distract you.

It's a lot easier to start with a tight belt than it is to try and tighten the belt further down the road. Starting lean and having a culture of that means you can stay lean and always be mindful of reducing your burn rate.

But the ability to stay lean for longer is a great thing, a really great thing.

It all comes down to how wisely the money is used by the YCs, if they're coding with a big injection in mind they might not find the right mindset, but if they're coding linked to a financial drip-feed then this just gave them all the time in the world to get the product right.

So... could go either way. Really it comes down to them to use this for good or to let it hurt their chances.

It's very hard to voluntarily take the Seneca position to prepare against bad fortune by the modern day equivalent of eating Ramen if you don't actually have to.
there is no comparison - east germany had some kind of industry. The issue was privatization and modernisation.
Also the population was very well educated and had watched west german TV for the last 30 years.

North Korea has no industry and the population has no education.
The unification will be between a high-tech 21st century developed country and the middle ages. The first thing they will have to do is take over the schools so that the next generation in 15 years has a chance to build this country.

GDP 1990
West Germany in 1990 $24,485
East Germany in 1990 $10,430
(I'm not so sure about these figures but the direction is right)
Thank you for formulating what I am thinking every time I hear his name: "Who is this guy and why should I care ?". The Paris Hilton analogy sounds spot on; Scoble is the socialite of the tech scene. Reminds me of the "social media expert" illustrated at http://theoatmeal.com/comics/websites_stop, "like a webmaster from the 1990s, except you can't even code HTML".
Congrats! I run a startup too, at the age of 32, and my wife helps me out when she has time (data entry, marketing tasks, brainstorming, etc). It's exciting, but hard work with long hours. After all, you've got to manage finances, licenses, supplies, taxes, development, design, environments, IT, marketing, invoices, inventory, reporting, etc etc.

At some point you may actually need to take the plunge and work fulltime on it if you want to really make it a success, but until then have some fun!
Entering with an armed team is SOP, mostly to protect policemen. These are just guys doing a job, in the vast majority of cases a good and just job, who want to go home to their wives and children in the evening. Some (most) raids could theoretically be done by just knocking on the door; but sometimes some crazy man will start shooting back, or running away, or try to destroy evidence. Rush-entry raids with flashbangs etc. are designed to cause maximum confusion so that the people in the house are disoriented for a short time, hopefully long enough to be cuffed.

Anyway like I said sometimes these could be done by one guy with a briefcase, but how are you going to decide when to raid and when to knock on the door? And who is going to decide? When somebody makes a wrong call and a policeman gets killed, there's going to be a ruckus (police union, other policemen feeling unsafe causing worse performance, etc.) So the safe thing to do is to err on the side of caution. Sucks for those being raided when it wasn't really necessary, and even worse for those being raided in error, but as always it's a trade off.

That's how it came to be. IMO perfectly reasonable. One can disagree with specific cases, I do too; but try to put yourself in the shoes of someone designing or managing a law enforcement organization or system. If you have a solution that mitigates the problems yet addresses all the points and many more I brought up above, many many people would love to hear about it.
yes - the software is the most horrible code you can get - I bought the most expensive notebook Sony has and the only way to make it usable is to deinstall everything from Sony, I bought a Sony reader - the Reader Software is the most horrible rubbish... I bought a Sony camera ... it's unbelievable - but I think it shows what makes Apple different - they do both. There are not many companies who manage to be good at software and hardware. Maybe there is some startup advice in this: Don't try to be a software and hardware company. You double your complexity.
Sell and spend a few years with your family. You wont regret it.
Reminds me of this one here: LIVING ON ZIONIST TIME
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Sorry you feel that way. I'm just looking to launch a payment type of business and am looking for feedback on what people would do if they had the chance.
Aren't there enough videos of everything you could ever want on youtube already?

Also how does putting videos on pages help with ranking? Does google process video content? :/
It won't be long before someone get's shot over all this, and it'll be the "powers that be" that drive the escalation.

Petty, fearful little people.
> Why would you characterize it obsolete based on its difference from "mainstream" OSs?

I didn't. I explicitly said that the concept of 'obsolete' doesn't apply to it, because it's so different from everything else.
The benefits of having startup in silicon valley instead in any other area?
Is it worth it to pay high rent, bills and all that just to be in silicon valley? I really don't get the importance of being physically there. Please prove me wrong.
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One potential solution to spam and personalization of results lies in doing the job on your machine, much like you can get rid of spam in your local mailbox.

I'd recommend 'Seeks', (http://www.seeks-project.info/). It requires you run it on your machine, or use a public node. Though while on your machine, it 'learns' from your navigation and re-ranks the results based on these local data. Additionally I use regexps to remove websites I don't want to hear about, like expertexchange.com.
However, neither of the notices in the repo at the moment seem to be valid. Both are takedowns of circumvention tools which, as wtallis points out above, are covered in a different section of the DMCA to copyright takedowns.
Even if they manage to clamp down on all international access nodes, it'll still be very useful as a local communication/coordination network.
"Generally, following the law is good, but I hold no illusions that there's any connection between legality and morality."

Not to nitpick but I hope you meant for this to be hyperbole. In general, the law (at least part of it, the parts that aren't purely for practical reasons such as 'everybody should drive on the right side of the road') purports to embody whatever is thought of as 'the moral common ground' of the society it is operating in. In the margin, the implementation can be debated (an epistemological problem of ethics), but prohibitions on and punishment of e.g. murder, rape and theft have a large and explicit moral component.
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I think it's something to do with the atmosphere and being around such a large group of like minded individuals. But then, I've never been to America let alone silicon valley so, that's purely my take on it as an outsider looking in.
I believe, nothing. Just a wrong (and, possibly, outdated{ copypasta.

I also wonder, is it really illegal to re-implement MMORPG server?
The total number of the AK-type rifles made worldwide during the last 50 years is estimated at 90+ millions.
Does the title implies that Redis will handle this amount of values too?
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"I felt that if I stayed, I would look back at this time years down the road, and wonder, what else could I have done? After I turned in my laptop and completed my exit interview on my last day, I felt such exhilaration and relief. A whole world of opportunity was out there, and I drove home with a ridiculous grin on my face."

Love it! What great inspiration to anyone considering taking the leap into entrepreneurship. There will be plenty of challenges along the way, but there are few things in this world more rewarding.
I would guess that github doesn't consider themselves legal experts and does not want to get involved... if they comply with the takedown they get immunity from liability here. The DMCA allows the allegedly infringing party to file counter-notice if they feel they are not infringing and the takedown notice was in error, I would bet github is leaving it to those users to defend themselves.

I am not a lawyer, but I would encourage the people targeted by these notices to find a lawyer and fight back.

Hell, that might just be what github is trying to encourage by open sourcing these notices, to get the community involved and defending against baseless DMCA takedowns.
Actually, there is still no downside. I haven't seen the terms, but like any debt or equity investment, I'm sure there is some modest redemption ability in the event an exit or subsequent round never happens.
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Wait, should? I didn't pick my parents... (I happen to be perfectly fine, but that's at least part good luck.)
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So you are saying you are OK with any kind of terrorism?
If not, where do you draw the line?
Wikileaks is just as important of a world issue as Egypt
is.

you gotta be kidding. Wikileaks is a little more than Assange's "I am the messiah" project.
BTW, did they leak their own financial matters yet? Where did all donated money go?
And there is already a good "classification" system that you can use to categorize the solutions.

There are Column Stores (Cassandra, HBase), KeyValue Stores (Riak, Voldemort), Document Stores (MongoDB, maybe CouchDB), Graph Databases (Neo4j) and something I usually call Data-structure Stores (Redis).

For Column and KeyValue stores, you can often also say that they're implementations of BigTable or Dynamo.
As if the announced funding wasn't enough, by using an Anybot to do it, Yuri is my personal superhero.
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Please, please do. I will read it.
A very good read. The job naturally sounds awesome: I mean, free gourmet food and heated toilet seats?!? (Oh yeah, and that other stuff: good pay, working with geniuses, etc etc ;-))

But equally, the ending really does IMO show that she's made the correct decision:

"After I turned in my laptop and completed my exit interview on my last day, I felt such exhilaration and relief. A whole world of opportunity was out there, and I drove home with a ridiculous grin on my face."

That definitely is a nice ending to a great blog post. Best of luck to Jean.
I'm in the middle, Arlington actually.
I'm sure everyone on HN is a beginner in some language. Someone here may be considering starting some serious JavaScript development and there's no reason to prevent them from seeing this based on the assumption that using HN means one is an expert in all major programming languages.
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Hey, thanks. I will definitely hit you up then!
Digging up Vivek Wadwha's article, he found that 25% of U.S. tech entrepreneurs were immigrants, which is certainly higher than their share of the population (about 10% of U.S. residents are foreign-born), but not really "most". The numbers were higher for the Bay Area, though, at about 50%; but then the number of total immigrants in the Bay Area is also higher (33% of Californians are foreign-born).
I dunno, figured I had to do something a little risky once in my life. Besides, it makes a great punchline.
Perhaps it was meant to say "every single year"? Since I agree that a 2x increase per month would be next to impossible.

Per year would see a 2^5 = 32-fold increase from '99-'04 though, which would seem plausible.

So I'm going for this line being a typo, with year not month being meant.
Not everybody drives home a success though. However, i would argue that even failing with your own company is an experience you will get alot of good things (bad ones aswell obviously) out of that make you stronger.
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It's strange how these results vary from person to person. When I click that link, I see an eFreedom link (with SO content) at #6 and a different SO link at #7.
i think the presence of a bubbling community of like minded people is a plus. You are exposed to more talents when you want to hire, there is more accessibility of funds. Oh, the press is going to talk about you.. whatelse? nothing
Nothing much here other than one of the most spectacular astrophotos I've seen in a long time, not to mention a pretty phenomenal event. Ok, ok, and also, I really love the last couple paragraphs re: alien civilizations, especially the footnote. Petty entertaining.
How many offers did you get and why were you going through the interview process in the first place if you knew you would not accept an offer?
With regards the contact details being redacted ...

In an ideal world this wouldn't be necessary. The dispute would be settled by rational discussion and agreement reached amicably. But the world isn't like that.

Rightly or wrongly someone will take exception and possibly pursue what they see as "justice". Publishing the contacts details might prove just a little too tempting for some.

I do think that actions such as DMCA take-down notices should be a matter of public record, and should be available in a standard place. I would even like to see a "central" repository for easy reference.
I thought this page was supposed to be a joke just to illustrate how similar they can be.
A more accurate description: a translation of C# 1.0ish syntax for Java code examples.

Java and C# are no longer directly comparable in my opinion, the introduction of first class functions, extension methods, and LINQ in general make modern C# a far more expressive language than Java is currently capable of (notwithstanding several extremely expressive JVM based languages such as scala and clojure).
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Most people don't drive home a success. Those failures still teach hard lessons, ones that a cushy job rarely can. Not that I'm even suggesting this is for everyone, but those willing to take the plunge will certainly gain from the effort, whether successful or not.
I follow Scoble on Twitter and am subscribed to his blog.

The reason - he breaks tons of great stories, and has a lot of interesting interviews with people from the industry. I've heard about a lot of new startups/products for the first time through him, and they're always interesting.

Not sure how it came about, but that's the reason I follow him now.

(I've also met him briefly in real life, he's a really nice guy).
I'd rather not discuss details, but I chose not to work for Google simply because I had worked for other large companies with similar perks and I was too young at the time (and at heart) to see myself there. In the future, I may change my mind, but I certainly don't see that happening any time soon.
It was fun seeing the reaction from the founders as they heard the terms of the deal.
I've done a deal like this. You need a team. First you need a consultant who specialises in this sort of transaction. Interview a bunch of them and be willing to pay a few percent of the proceeds as a success fee.

You will also need a lawyer, a specialist tax accountant, personal accountant, etc.

Right now you are at the non-binding offer stage. This is when you shape the deal and negotiate the overall price. Your aim is to not only maximise the sale price but also manage risk by maximising up front cash and minimising proceeds which are dependent on future performance (earn-out). Others have commented on this stage. My advice is to create a formal process - step back and spend a couple of months creating an 'information memorandum' and get it to a bunch of prospective buyers. The only way to get the best deal is to get multiple offers.

Now here is the most important thing I have to say. Negotiating the deal is the easy bit. I repeat - the easy bit. You have to do due diligence and negotiate the long-form contracts. If you get this wrong, the deal rapidly become much less attractive. This is where both your sale consultant and lawyer are critical, but you'll have plenty of work to do too!

Start thinking about due diligence right now. Will your business stand microscopic scrutiny? Do you meet all accounting standards, relevant business regulations, etc. The better the deal you negotiate, the harder you'll be pressed in due diligence. And remember you need to be 100% truthful because the contracts will contain clauses that you won't want invoked if you provide any incorrect information.

The only really important advice you should take from an online forum is to hire great consultants now. Only deal with genuine experts who have real experience with similar transactions. Be prepared to pay high fees, the right people will be worth it!
He's a single most prolific journalist covering startup and (mostly computer) technology companies. His many video interviews are insightful, humanistic and full of positive energy about technologies and companies he covers. That, in my book, counts for a lot. Comparing his relentless work promoting companies and informing the public through interesting interviews to what Paris Hilton does is rather tasteless.
yes, as @davorak said cultural changes doesn't happen overnight. also, "starting small and expanding - that's a good thought."

we started with events on occasion of global events like celebrating open source day, wiki days or other global happening, getting support from the organizing bodies. they are now performed yearly after we graduated.

don't forget to include geeks from your junior circle. since they will be the one to continue your effort after you graduate. what we will do is convey the message about the geek/community culture, collaboration culture. feeling depressed why other students don't think that way is completely waste of time, get over it.
Where are all these likeminded individuals? Are there places other than meetups to find them?
If you're smart and know that using your home PC for DDoS attacks is likely to result in trouble for you, a DDoS attack is no less sacrificial than a sit-in (in fact, due to the propaganda against "hackers", you're quite likely to get a harsher sentence).

Also, where do you get the idea that non-violent protest doesn't hurt the people being protested against? If someone chains himself to a tree about to be cut down, cutting the chain will disrupt the tree logging operation. Greenpeace isn't violent, but some people/organizations hate them, and with good reason. Gandhi wasn't violent, but he did cost the British a sizable chunk of their empire (which they'd arguably have lost anyway, but still.)

Now, DDoS is likely not as effective a protest as a sit-in, and it's entirely possible that most of the anons figured they'd never get caught - but that's not the point.
Quitting is easy. The other way is to plough through the problem. Make management aware of the situation, ask them to create an emergency 'project manager' position, and take the lead.

Then you'll have improved the culture, saved your job, and achieved a promotion. Any of your peers who can't handle it - well, that's too bad. Often, although they may not realize it, people WANT to be told what to do. (That may even include your managers...)

If that fails - THEN quit ;-)
In the politicized/lobbied American justice system, I'd be very surprised if DDoS was ruled legal.
Perhaps this is superfluous in light of all good advice youlve already received, but: these guys are not doing you a favor! You owe them nothing. There is no reason whatsoever to cut them any slack. You have something they want and you can make them bleed to get it. Honestly, these are the same tactics as employed by Moroccan carpet salesmen.
I did some Prolog for the logical programming course on university a long time ago. Back then, the hype was that Prolog was the next thing for artificial intelligence and reasoning.

It seems it didn't really meet that promise -- 'analog' approaches such as SVMs, Bayesian networks have turned out to be much better than logical reasoning for most real world AI approaches.

Why use Prolog (except for curiosity)? Is it easier to make some kinds of programs in it? (which are useful in the real world, not backtracking AI for simple games)
I want ask an obvious question..

We have at this point in time, the lowest rate of success or ROI of the VC industry since stats were kept. It would seem to me that any deal whereas someone short-changes the process of getting to a Series A deal for any VC or group of VCs is somewhat dangerous of destroying the very model that got all of us here.

What steps are being taken to protect the 'YC-Combinator' VC and start-up incubaor model?
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Contraband and counterfeits have long been a source of funding for gangs -- both sides of the northern irish conflict, ETA in the Basque country has a commercial wing, and I'm sure the more traditional mafias are into this sort of thing too.
Probably not, but it doesn't appear that they filed a protest.
The thing is, it's not at all clear that GitHub is protected by the DMCA safe harbor provisions here. This isn't a case of an infringing work - it's a DRM circumvention tool, and Sony hasn't asserted any copyright that has been infringed.

Procedurally, it looks like a standard infringement takedown case, but as far as I can tell, it isn't covered by that law. Sony's notice probably has no more legal force than any ordinary C&D letter, and GitHub's cooperation probably doesn't get them any guarantee of immunity. Sony's C&D is simply formatted to look like a real DMCA takedown, probably to scare GitHub in to automatically complying without even asking their lawyers.

For all we know, by complying GitHub may have reduced their ability to defend themselves on the basis of the reverse-engineering exception to the circumvention prevention, without gaining any significant legal security.
can you just explain it?
I left a comment asking for him to reiterate on that part, let's see what he says.
No, the article's title said Google as if the other engines do not exist / are irrelevant.