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When I said "we" I was referring to the tech community in general, and tech activists in particular.

But you bring out a good point. The American government is approaching the crisis in a responsible, and moderate way precisely because they have an investment in Egypt and will have to deal with the consequences of the crisis.

Tech activists are behaving irresponsibly, and encouraging civil disobedience precisely because they have no investment in Egypt and can walk away if things there deteriorate. Armchair revolutionaries.
It sounds like that's banned too though.

"The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store."
super great idea but monetization strategy will fail or make 500 bucks a month divided over 5k pages...
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The crowdsourced funding craze is picking up steam. Tonight we see the launch of 33needs, a site where socially-minded startups can raise initial seed funding from individual contributors on the Web. It is Kiva meets Kickstarter.
As part of the deal, include "training" for those making the decisions, and make sure they know its at a nice resort in <insert seasonal vacation destination>.
It's now deployed in most if not all California State Universities.

Most of the CSU campuses are still using Blackboard. MOODLE is used by around 6 of the 23 campuses and is being piloted by a few others.
Like eps, you've assumed that this application is like the Readability bookmarklet. It isn't. It's an almost completely different thing.

Here's the model.

1. Publisher embeds Readability code on their site.

2. Subscriber reads sites through Readability application.

3. When the Subscriber visits a known Publisher, Readability records the visit.

4. At the end of the billing period, Readability dishes out cash, divided up according to how many times the Subscriber visited each known Publisher.

I understand this model well because it is almost exactly the same model I dreamt up in 2008, that Contenture launched with circa 2009 and that Kachingle filed a business method patent application for in 2007 (as I recall). Not long ago another such company / site, Sprinklepenny, was up for sale on flippr.

Because I am a big sook, I pretty much gave up on this idea in late 2009 when I learned about Kachingle and Contenture. Since then Contenture have quit the field. Kachingle has remained but their site basically seems like a social network for crazy cat ladies. Flattr have gotten awesome publicity because of the PirateBay connection, but their model is flawed in that it requires all parties to pay in.

I am hoping to get back into this space myself this year. My advantage is technological -- basically a secure tracking protocol that doesn't require a special application or any buttons to be clicked. Other than that I'm probably doomed to fail, but fuck it, so was every other successful startup of the last 10 years.
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>Your jammer just needs to be louder than the satellite by as much as the antenna gain. Given that the satellite is 42000km away, while the jammer can easily be 10km away, the jammer signal has a 70dB "gain" just from being closer.

You've underestimated the signal strength from the satellite; it would be very wasteful for a GEO satellite to transmit in all directions, which would send 99.5%+ of the signal into space. So add at least 20-30 dB for the directionality of the satellite's antenna.
Why don't we have a game where elected officials actually compete to fulfil campaign promises, lower spending, increase efficiency, hold people accountable.

That sounds fun! We can vote for the officials that do best!
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Pfft. All blackbox users know mousewheel-on-desktop is the One True Context Switcher!

Jokes aside, I can't help but feel that Spaces is somehow incompatible with the OS X application model. Because the desktop is application-centric as opposed to window-centric, it is very difficult to use an application for multiple tasks at once, which conflicts with the workspace-as-task model.

Web browsers and terminals, for example, get spun up on every workspace for various short-lived tasks and destroyed shortly thereafter. But spaces (at least as far as my 3 hours of hacking got me) insists on switching to the last workspace containing a window of the starting application, instead of placing the new window where I am now.
Ask HN: TC Competitor?
Hey HN,
I noticed a post recently about a TC competitor, and well I've been planning to work on a startup focused blog as well, mainly because TC covers mainstream news and bigger companies. I would like to focus on startups solely, but since there are some already out there, and the one mentioned in the other post, I have been trying to think of a twist. I wanted to get some feedback and see if you guys would be interested.

I had been wanting to do this mainly to improve my writing (since Im knee deep in this daily anyways) but its clear it will benefit a lot of others. Some topics I've considered, maybe include lean methods in each post, so you can see how successful startups have applied real learning techniques to improve their products, or for some of the cool startups out there (think, hipmunk, mint, mixpanel, forrst etc.) do an interview to discuss their basic stack and tech journey. I think it'd be a gem. In any case, if I start another TC alernative, are there any startups that would appreciate something more focused on niche startup topics, or startup news? I would love to hear from startups. I've started writing about a few cool startups already and would love to hear from more.

any thoughts are appreciated and as always feel free to get in touch.
I don't believe in the universal superiority of American style free speech.
If I were you, I'd delete the post ASAP, before google bots reach, I edit were not possible anymore, and start a new thread. (Copy all the important/helpful suggestions).

A person's reputation can be destroyed very easily on the internet. (I, for one, even after reading pretty slowing, thought 'mahmud' was the scammer).

Edit - If you, for some reason, decide not to delete the post, atleast reply directly to mahmud's comment, so when it reaches top, people would see clarification, just underneath it.
I just tried it myself, and the defaults line is correct. However, he says you then have to kill Finder, which is wrong. the proper thing to type next is:

killall Dock

... which finally causes the setting to take effect.
This seems to be incorrect.

Apple is not moving to tighten control; the restriction has been there for a while. I believe Apple banned non-Apple in-app purchases when they launched their in-app purchase system (if not before then).

Edit: The article does say Apple "has told some applications developers … that they can no longer … let customers have access to purchases they have made outside the App Store."

However, that doesn't seem to be sourced, and when the point is reiterated in the fourth paragraph, only the existing restriction is mentioned: "Apple told Sony that from now on, all in-app purchases would have to go through Apple, said Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reading division."
This is possible, but it's so difficult to enforce that I assume it must be a reporting error. Will the dropbox app prevent me from accessing more than 2GB of my folder? Will they force the Pandora app to keep playing music after 40 hours even if haven't paid for a subscription? Will I now have to buy a separate Netflix plan for my iPad that I buy in iTunes instead of getting that with my regular plan?

The minute you allow any sort of third party authentication systems in an app, it becomes basically impossible to know whether or not someone is using those credentials to buy something on a website somewhere that enables access to more data in your app.
Actually, no on the cyclists. Daily global fossil fuel production in 2006 was the equivalent of 155 million barrels, which is 913,900,000,000 MJ, or around 130 MJ per person. The average person eats around 2500 calories, or 10 kJ, less that 0.01% of the energy needed to power their own energy needs by bicycle, even if food were converted at 100% efficiency, and fossil fuels were the only energy source we needed to replace.
The tablet and mobile will be the so-called last mile for the web Ludites. The net book brought a huge influx of seniors to the web because they wanted to connect with their kids and grand kids. Verizon noted them as their biggest buyers of net books. Why? because they did not have to install or connect anything. It just worked..for the most part.. and it was affordable. They used it like an appliance, for one or two main things. Tablets and mobile are going to fill in the rest of the gaps and bring the rest, happily onto the web as long as we keep it simple. Apps should be short for Appliance. Think about Apps as a solution to this market. Apps are 1.0 right now, 2.0 is coming soon. Huge opportunity for the greater masses with Apps.
It looks great to me, though the "recognize points of conflict early" slide was really confusing until I stared at it for a little bit.

On the mechanics side of thing, when I view the demo (using Opera 11), mousing over the average score bar next to names makes the horizontal black bar flicker a lot, which is really jarring.

The first graph actually seems redundant in light of the table with the names, average scores, and best areas; the table is the best display for me since all of the information is right there and easy to read. I kind of wish that instead of the bar graph, the pentagram were displayed above the table so that I could mouse over names and see the pentagram change, or select two (or more) people to have overlapping pentagrams for easy visual comparison.

The review matrix display seems slightly awkward because of the horizontal scroll.

Overall, this seems like a very useful tool!

Edit: The about page is really cluttered with lots of duplicate data...
I'd rather take my chances of being one of hundreds (or thousands) of people speaking out on twitter than being one of hundreds of thousands marching on the streets against tanks and men with guns.

Regardless, personally I'd do both. While it's nowhere near comparable to the situation in Egypt, witnessing police brutality in English demonstrations (yes, FAR FAR FAR less severe than in Egypt, but still... one of my earliest memories was being on a political demonstration at age four in which troops of policemen on horses were charging at us with riot police behind) hasn't stopped me. And, where I in the Egyptians' situation, it wouldn't stop my then, either. The danger is far worse, but so the need for action is also far greater.
Great idea. You could call it "Startup News".
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How much tighter can they get with their control? I'm looking forward to buying an Android phone when my (ridiculous!) 3 year contract is up with Telus(Canada).
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I think any serious competitor is going to have a hard time since Blackboard has been known to sue on their ridiculous patents... their legal history is sickening...

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

and

http://www.downes.ca/blackboard_patent.htm
Great feedback -- I really appreciate it. Will work on fixing some of these soon.
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How about Dashboard? Any user here?

Link - http://www.getdashboard.com/
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I can't listen to it right now. Could someone please transcribe it?
What if there was a device that could prevent the people in egypt from communicating verbally as well as with body language.

That device is called a machine gun.
No problem. Best of luck!
Check out the Kobo. I got one for Christmas and love the way they do things. I can even pop an SD card, full of PDFS into my ereader with no problems.
My old readability bookmarklet isn't working now.
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That's a really good point. As always, balance is called for.
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Actual Stock vs Stock Options for a 2nd Employee?
I've been offered a job recently as a lead developer at a small startup. They have no technical talent, and I'd be joining to build the product, do sysadmin work, recruit talented developers, etc.

The company already has some value, as they've already purchased a company and are basically throwing out the old team and building this new product.

The CEO wants a dedicated employee who will devote the next few years to this product, and I've been told I'd be considered "part of the founding team". So they offered me a 4% equity and a salary that's about half of what I'd make as a sr. engineer elsewhere. This seems like a generous offer for an early employee, though I'm clearly not being thought of as a co-founder.

As I was negotiating/being sold on this company, I was under the impression that equity meant stock given to me by the company over a period of four years (with the typical one year "cliff"). I found out that it's actually stock options that they're offering. So I'll have to pay for them (likely at a high valuation due to the initial investment). I'd be taking quite a salary hit, so I was thinking that the equity would make up for this. But I don't even know if I'll be able to afford to purchase the stock available through stock options.

Is it normal for "equity" to be considered stock options, and not actual stock? Does this situation seem fair to both parties?
http://watchdogdaemon.com

Looks like a good MVP/start. It wasn't immediately clear what the service does, but it was pretty close. (I'm saying this is a good thing, but could be made great.)

I may be picking nits, but I think the word "innovative" in the leading sentence could be replaced with a more descriptive adjective that better defines what the service actually monitors. "innovative monitoring service" vs "____ monitoring service". Sorry, no suggestions off the top of my head.

I think the two sentences in the "REST API" section are good, but are just begging for a graphic to illustrate it.

Anything in particular that you are looking for a review on?
It's sad to say, but in my opinion, Apple is so far ahead of the competition, I'll stick with them in spite of this.

And yes, I've had several Android phones, up to and including the Nexus S.
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If I got an error about a modified footprint I wouldn't "just delete the entry" and re-connect... unless I know why it's complaining. If there's a reasonable explanation for why the keys are different then I might do that.

While 'security conscious people' might not verify the fingerprint out-of-band when adding it the first time, I'm sure most of them wouldn't just remove the authorized_hosts entry...
I would say it becomes difficult to know not impossible. And as soon as they realize it they can remove the app from the appstore.
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Did you read the article? He specifically mentions that the ad wasn't supposed to be targeting IBM, but rather our fears of technology. It isn't surprising that it was seen as targeting IBM (I always thought it did), but it is far more interesting knowing that is wasn't.
Well, remember Apple has a screening process so they don't have to detect credentials — they can just have the reviewer try buying something.

And they probably only really care about the big content sellers (Amazon, Google, etc.) so they wouldn't have that many apps to enforce it on.

As for the variety of different apps, Apple isn't exactly known for being consistent. I'm sure they could come up with different rules for subscription vs. a la carte downloads.
This is great. I think teaching kids would be a lot of fun. I'm sure this kind of thing is not very common though, any ideas for similar projects I could get involved with? Computer summer camps maybe?
I was wondering the same thing, and also made the mental connection with the 4chan Canvas earlier today. Can anybody clear this up?
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I wasn't aware of insight.ly until reading one of the other comments on this thread. Good news for you - looks like it has a feature like this!
I agree with you that many people have this fear. But it's a logically inconsistent fear:

(1) As I mentioned, inability to access the cloud with Dropbox and like services -- or government/organizational intervention thereof -- does not impede your access to your data: all synced devices have separate, local instances of the data that are as up-to-date as the last time such device was online.

(2) In any event, how is storing data "in the cloud" any different to storing email? It's all "up there" too. I don't see the distinction. My email is "online" and my cloud-stored data is online. What's the difference? And one could argue that email is -- at times, at least -- even more sensitive than actual data.

(3) To fear "only ... a hardware failure or a nasty virus" is shortsighted: failure to maintain multiple instances of data, both on- and off-line alike, is far more risky indeed.
Information wants to be free! So does porn, it seems.

The fact remains, they'll find a new way to monetize or the industry will die. And we all know, porn is here to stay.

Edit: I particularly like the line, "Unlike recorded porn, live cams are immune to piracy...". That seems mildly delusional. I'm no expert, but I'm certain that a few minutes of searching would uncover numerous guides on how to circumvent any number of 'cam' sites.
Sakai's forum feature is pretty impressively broken, I had a professor try to get students to use it and it was an enormous, ongoing disaster as people were thwarted by the UI at every turn.
yeah. this isn't a solution. this is a special case with its clear issues disguised as an 'open question'.

No dice.
Takes something to apologize like that. I'm sure they're glad about it.

You seriously made me paranoid about my repositories.
this article says different.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/csu-system-adop...

although I think http://www.moodlerooms.com/ is slightly different.
First, I'm curious how much of this is a NYT tech reporter hoping to get a future Sony exclusive by making a big anti-Apple stink of something completely out of context.

Second, I hate it when Apple makes me feel internally conflicted. I love so much about the hardware and software, but I deplore their draconian stances on some things. On the other hand, some of those stances are things I like about them when it comes to supporting my families electronics. I need to go look at something shiny...
good for you ...
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A few of these are opinions I wouldn't say and haven't heard or seen anyone else say - but maybe they're thought outside my circles?

I am so impressed at how articulate Egyptians are.

The people are so nice

Really? There are people assuming they're all nasty and stupid?

The women are so brave

(That one gets extra points for the author saying "Egyptian women have always been brave." as if in the rest of the world bravery is left to the men. Next guide: How Not To Make Stupid Sexist Comments)

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Aside from things I haven't heard people say, quite a few other issues...

Mubarak kept the peace treaty

Well, he has... What would happen to Egyptian/Israeli and Egyptian/US relations after Mubarak is gone is debatable, but pointing out the fact that he has "kept the peace treaty" is, in fact, not.

This is so sad No, sad were the thirty years of oppression, repression and torture.

"Sad" isn't a word I would chose to describe the past week, I think more likely "inspiring". That said, it has also been sad. People have died, lives have been ruined (in more than just the obvious ways - for example the economic problems being caused aren't just of interest to statisticians, many, many people will lose their jobs, etc.) The fact that the past thirty years have been "sad" doesn't prevent the past week from also being "sad". And as I keep typing that word, it keeps seeming to massively understate both periods of time.

The Muslim Brothers are Terrorists

Looking aside that many (most?) believe they were involved with multiple assasinations (which would technically make them terorrists - that term isn't reserved to people bringing bombs into America), I would argue that one of the easiest ways to say something stupid about Egypt is to get the name of a big political organisation wrong. They're called the Muslim Brotherhood, not the Muslim Brothers.

"The Twitter Revolution". No, this is the Revolution of the Egyptian people.

First, the phrase "twitter revolution" obviously doesn't prevent it from being a revolution of the Egyptian people... one is a tool, the other is a group of people using that tool. Sure, it's a buzz-phrase right now and being massively overused, but argue that point, not that the revolution can only belong to the Egyptians, not to twitter. Oh, and who are these people "taking credit" for the revolution by calling it "The Twitter Revolution"?

Al Jazeera has come to it’s own

Yes, they were great before this, and will be great after this. That said, I do think they have come into their own, their coverage over the last week has outdone even their own coverage of the past.

"If they get Democracy they will elect extremists". Imagine if the world said that about America.

Please, do say that. I'm terrified of a world in which Sarah Palin is POTUS.

Maybe now, you can give Egyptians and Arabs some respect.

Maybe you could stop being so patronising and assuming that we didn't already have respect for them.

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End of complaints. Frankly, reading this article was a huge waste of time. Admitedly, writing this response was a bigger waste of time, but I couldn't quite resist.
I liked the point about Al-Jazeera. I've been reading/watching for a few years now and I always thought their reporting was less slanted than the US news networks. It annoys me to no end to hear people call them a terrorist mouthpiece, especially when most have never even watched it or read one of their articles.
Very strong idea, and it is apparent that a lot of thought and work has went into this already. Functionally, the reports and questions etc seem great! In general, it feels a little bit overwhelming at first (a lot of info on each page, but some of this feeling may just be minor design cues like font choice, size, colors, margins, padding, etc). It was difficult to know where to start or what to look at first on some pages.

On a more concrete note, the green and blue tabs at the top seem inconsistent, compare https://peerleaf.com/Report/1 to https://peerleaf.com/About Shouldn't the demo tab be blue when you're on the demo page?
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