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>You can also set up IPv6 for yourself or your home network via a tunnel (which is a pretty fun exercise), and get access to the IPv6-enabled Internet. All recent operating systems have very good support for it -- even Windows 7 will hear RA and autoconfigure itself.

In fact, even Windows XP will automagically set up a 6to4 tunnel with no configuration needed if you have a public IPv4 address. Just enable IPv6 support for your connection and it does it all for you.
did someone mention http://codility.com/ ?

i am not affiliated, just liked the site.
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At which point the routing properties of IP will be destroyed (all addresses in a given /16 or /24 routing through the same link helps router performance a lot). I think at that point you'll get a real ISP push to switch to IPv6
They are already losing traction and engagement with their only remaining target userbase, namely musicians and bands. If Newscorp is able to unload it, it will likely be for a Bebo-like amount (when Aol sold it, not when they bought it, lol).
This article bothers me in that it doesn't seem to distinguish between the formatting of the text and the final appearance. It's as if one was to decry "emphasis should be added with italics rather than asterisks!" Whence this the tyranny of WYSIWIG?

I use two spaces after sentences because it allows my antiquated but efficient text editor to distinguish sentence endings from abbreviations. When I hit meta-k, it kills what I want. I suppose a sufficiently fuzzy AI could figure it out, but I'd probably prefer the explicit control. I trust that when printed it will be adjusted.

Browsers usually collapse these spaces down to one, and any typesetting program will realize that all spaces don't have to be the same width. Shouldn't the tirade be directed against the software rather than the user? Are we at least allowed to continue to use two newlines after a paragraph or must we now avoid that too out of fear of excess vspace?
I'll touch on this when I do my writeup for this whole ordeal, but the packing portion will likely be a reiteration of this:

http://beetnikaesthetics.com/blog/product-presentation-and-p...

That's a tutorial I wrote a couple years ago. It has made it's rounds in the indie t-shirt world (with hundreds of steady hits long after I stopped blogging).
The notion that one should say something interesting does not find mention. After reading the article, that is not surprising.
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Yeah, I didn't expect it to be thrilling. But some detail would have been good. As it is I'm not really sure what the point of the post was, except to say "Hey, I found something wrong with Twitter and then tweeted with some famous people and then once I found the right email address I told them and they fixed it. Oh and did I mention that it was really important because it affected 1.5 million users?"

It would have been more useful if the author included some details and possibly speculation (as you have provided) as to what was going on in Twitter's ticketing setup so that we could all learn from it.
Seeing this last night was very moving.

I'm tempted to click on each of your usernames so I could get your contact info and thank you directly, but I should rest.

Thank you for this!
There was one talk called "Tits Bits" at the Chaos Communication Camp 07 (a rather unconventional but awesome tech conference). It was about the technical challenges of operating a porn streaming website. You can download the recording (number 2041) here: http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/CCC/CCCamp07/video/m4v/

The recording includes some pictures which make it not safe for work (depending on your work environment).
This gets into something that you and I discussed earlier, that "infinity" can refer to two different concepts. While your interpretation is well-defined, and reasonable, it's not what people usually mean when they think of that expression. Even knowing the math and notation behind both of them interpretations and the difference between them, I still tend to see \inf-1 as an ill-defined arithmetic (algebraic) expression rather than a well-defined set operation.

Note also, that you can treat \inf as an ordinal number, rather than a cardinal or a limit point, and subtracting one as the inverse of the ordinal successor operation. In this case, \inf-1 has a rigorous definition, which exists almost all of the time, and is somewhat closer to the naive, ill-defined algebraic interpretation. Under this definition, \inf-1 does not equal \inf.
I didn't read through all the posts here on HN to see if this was already report (though I did do a quick search), but there is an issue with the "View By Store".

If I look at the example registry and goto purchased items, there is 1 purchased at "etsy.com". If expand "View By Store" and uncheck "etsy", the item disappears as intended. However, if I uncheck "Amazon" and then recheck "Amazon", new items show up that weren't originally there. I'm assuming they're from the "All Items" list even though I'm still under "Purchased".

As others have said, I'm not in your target market, but I think the site is very well down.
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No, just didn't want to post gofuckyourself.com here, but others already did so why not :D

But speaking of secret handshakes, don't suppose anyone here remembers CFUS by any chance?
Natalie, love the site - it's one of those ideas I wish I would've done! Wish this was around when my wife was pregnant.
One thought I have is when clicking to create a list you ask me to sign up... I haven't used your product yet and am not sure if I want to sign up yet. Is there anyway you could allow people to create the list first and thus be committed and then get their email?
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Your web site looks amazing! The colors go well and the storks in the footer is a perfect addition to the design.

As far as usability goes, the home page is very easy to understand, and you'll definitely get a high conversion rate because of this.
Right, I paniced when I thought the headline refered to Verizon Fios. My next thought was, what if the heavy fios users are the ones paying for higher bandwidth plans?

Maybe the poster should have kept the first half of the original title for context.
Denizens of advice-dispensing subreddits noticed that suggestions frequently fell into three categories: (1) Lawyer up, (2) Hit the gym, and (3) delete facebook. This became an in-joke.
It would be interesting to see how this curve developers over time. Is the audience getting older or are young people filling the ranks of older members that left the site?
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Funniest thing is "RPN sounds like a joke" - like they're discovering it for the first time. Isn't RPN the next chapter after hexadecimal in The Short Course for Computer Geeks?

New tech interview question:

1 2 + 3 * 4 - 5 / =
I feel I must apologize for not pointing out the UI issues on the page right after I posted the piece - I should know better. I almost didn't submit it, but couldn't find an alternative on any blogs. Thanks to DevX101 for taking the time to post the "meat-n-potatoes" of the story! Thanks to everyone for chiming in w/ your opinions.

Thought it was pretty good rep management for the Forbes dev to stop by and leave an address for feedback - props to taylorbuley for that!
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This is perhaps the best comment on this post. Gift cards should convert really well and has a very good CPA.

Perhaps also allow gifting 'cash' via paypal and run affiliate links for the paypal signup.
Wow, that icon sucks
Isn't the URL unnecessarily complicated? You can't say "check out babylist.com" you have to say "check out babylist with a dot between the i and the s" or "it's not a dot com it's a dot st so check out babyli dot st".

It just seems to be more difficult than necessary to verbally communicate how to reach the site.
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>If you're happy doing what you're doing now

Immeasurably.

>Like me. For over 20 years.

Fair chance I'd be retired by then unless I had a nasty divorce or something. But who knows?
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Interesting idea that definitely has potential. But the $100 application fee is definitely reminiscent of scholarships that you had to pay to get a shot at.
But does that perceived gap mean that your technique is actually better for the company? I'm seeing a false dichotomy here where those who can talk about code can't write it, and those who can write code are inarticulate. I have a nagging feeling that being "terrified of...conversations" supplies a bit of confirmation bias to your technique.
Founder of Visual Website Optimizer here.

Couple of articles you can refer on math we use:

http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/what-yo...

http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/split-testing-blog/ab-test...
I think another government (France?) paid several million EUR for a jingle for the World Exhibition. It was made by the band Kraftwerk, but still.
That you've fixed the problems she mentioned and found another girlfriend you're happy with should be in the original problem statement. That indicates a larger--or at least stranger--problem than usual.
Actually, I had planned to test 2,000 views from the outset. It went a little over because I didn't stop it fast enough. I do agree that you are vulnerable to influencing results if you stop the test as soon as you hit your confidence level
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While I share your sentiments, I love challenges and problem-solving. And there is definitely more excitement at the beginning, for me the ultimate satisfaction comes when the solution / product comes to life. So while I would say im a starter, it's hard to move on until we make it happen.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand it's only the top 5% users, obviously the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
On the other hand, they haven't mentioned any specifics at what usage they'll begin throttling. For example, my data plan is an unlimited plan (with a 5gb cap). Hypothetically, it seems possible for the top 5% users to be using less than 5gb (especially if AT&T is to be any insight), meaning it seems possible for my data to be throttled while I am still following my contract. I think that is the part that seems unfair/worrisome. Additionally, with 4g networks being rolled out, it seems I'm getting messages of 'use our data, it's so fast' and 'but not too much else we'll throttle you.'
http://roissy.wordpress.com/the-sixteen-commandments-of-poon...

Number 3 especially!!!
It allows graphic designers to become content providers! Also probably has to do w/ the popularity of infographics, photo sharing, etc. The worst part IMO is, most people just 'create' their images in a graphics program w/o giving further thought to sharing, embedding, tracking, usability, etc. And, then post it to their site w/o alt tags or a descriptive URL path.
Congrats! I'm thrilled to hear that you found someone through Forrst. Clicking around the project -- looks awesome.
I just tried to buy babylist.net and it's taken :)

So there are 2 groups of people.

1. registrants (people having babies) - branding here is important and the name could bite me. Let me know if you have any suggestions for other names.

2. people buying the registrant gifts - BabyList doesn't even have search which is a default wishlist/registry feature. I think giving someone a pretty url slug and letting them email it/share it/link to it, is not going to be a problem.
I use the 12C emulator and love it. Much cheaper than buying one for $65. Learning RPN changed the way I program, which is crazy because it takes 15 minutes to learn at most.
That's a really going point but I wonder how true it is for Odesk. It would seem people on there are either looking for work or looking for workers. I've only been on 1 side of that equation.
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their proliferation as half-assed projects that all accomplish the same thing, but differ in their all-too-similar implementation languages.

I don't mean this particular project, but generally, you can't be in the field without seeing ten frameworks a day.
LOLs for using "Sophie" as demonstration. We don't have one yet, but I was told a friend already bought one for us, as it has been a favorite toy for decades. Apparently if you have kids, you also have Sophie.
Yes, those numbers are "lowish" but remember, it was only on 2,068 uniques. We plan on running the test again soon with another 2,000 uniques to see if timing had anything to do with it.
That hasn't been my experience in my, um, research. Then again, I'm not really going to the hetero porn sites that are a dime-a-dozen.
It's time to invade Africa and take all their precious IP addresses!
I created a similar project to share/track real-time location as you move, its an iPhone app that shares location and generates a url that can be opened by friends on any browser. It not just static location, but will show your real-time location, if you move, then the marker on url moves.

Check out http://shaloc.com use invite code "hackernews" to get iPhone app promo code to download. Give feedback, thanks.
Im' still thinking the original equation is not solvable = 2=x^x^x^x^x^x... is invalid.
that is why they have to rely on SEM. They have to make sure that freelancers can find work and clients can find freelancers. You need both sides to win.
Really? It blows your mind that people who were taught to use two spaces allow their muscle memory to continue typing two spaces in the absence of any incentive whatsoever to break the habit?

You must have a mind that can be blown by a light breeze.
> £584 for knowing how to do it.

1) Draw crappy icon in any of the zillion free icon editors out there (e.g. IconEdit32).

2) Name the file 'favicon.ico' and upload it to the root directory of the website.

I have a feeling I should be doing consulting in the UK or something.
Ironically, I'm writing a blog now about how to pick a good domain.

I disagree about .net domains, especially for a market of mothers; traditionally, they aren't hackers like the creator here :)

It's not even the domain name quality that I'm questioning-it's the convenience of stopping by a brick & mortar store with an exact item to pick up. I know you're thinking "the internet much more convenient, but not if its a process you're not used to.

It's the same root cause as to why people send files back and forth via email - it's so engrained in people, that its the status quo.

So the real challenge here I think is breaking that social norm that retail giants have cemented in us.
I had looked at the poll just seconds after the switch had been made; There were only 11 people who had been transferred to the 16-20 range. (So the distribution isn't going to vary as significantly.)
I love interviews like this. I imagine most people on HN like solving problems and it answers the question "will this person bring anything to the org?"
Brainstorming on a problem together is mutually beneficial. That really strikes a chord with me. I'd rather get to know the person that I might be working for than a boring question-answering session or worst yet writing pseudo code for recursion.
> In my experience, people start complaining that an interview is "theory-heavy" at about the point that you expect them to know when and how to use a binary tree. Binary trees are not hard-core CS theory, they are freshman Intro to Data Structures.

The other part about binary trees is by their very nature they involve pointers and recursion. Understanding pointers and recursion is the difference between being able to write code and being a programmer. The former is a fundamental skill any knowledge worker should have (scientists and financiers using Matlab or Python, statisticians using R); the latter takes passion, effort and talent.

The other extreme I've seen is asking questions from computational geometry, combinatorics and complexity theory (for generalist software engineering positions). These are all relevant skills and for the former two a good cursory knowledge is important for a generalist: however, unlike pointers or recursion they're not as fundamental to programming.
i've noticed these "culture" posts tend to come from people trying to set it, not people trying to live within it.

in my experience typical high-tech R&D department workplace culture is one of nerds who are technically extremely competent, but communication issues are very common and people tend to be passive-aggressive. one-upsmanship abounds. the culture expects long hours for no overtime, the "i'm here for a paycheck" attitude is frowned upon, and the work is not anywhere as cool as corporate propaganda makes it out to be.

i may be jaded but i don't see how some higher-up preaching about "aligning interests" and "being passionate" is actually affecting any real day-to-day issues.

a more honest article might be about hiring people who are similar to existing employees, in terms of personality and priorities. maybe you only want to hire people who like to work 24/7, or maybe people who want to "change the world" through gluing together webservice APIs, or maybe you just want warm bodies to fill chairs.* but i guess there's no patting yourself on the back there and it doesn't sound as cool as screening for "culture-fit".

* not a comment on wealthfront. I don't know what they do or how they operate. just a general observation.
Is getting rich a bad incentive? In order to get rich you must provide people with goods/services that they want at a price they can afford. It's win/win.

If the general public wants Hot or Not apps that is what they will get. Who are you to decide that their money/resources should instead be used on something that you want?
I find it hard to imagine sites like hn and reddit when the bulk of the tech savvy users are 40+.
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This looks like it would be cool for getting characters in a video game to tell you stuff.

Very nice!
It's C we talking about, just add the remainder to 0x30 and you get your character.
nice job - will love to use this soon!
Our goal is to create a large independent company, and are quite far from the bootstrap startup you describe. What you are describing is http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-fighter-pilots-run-star... and what I'm after is http://www.slideshare.net/sblank/why-fighter-pilots-run-star...

Both models are valid, and both models require different approaches. Steve Blank will be talking about this soon at Wealthfront and you should feel free to join.

As for the self-serving recruiting post... we're not recruiting anyone this year!
I am hardly enlightened. I have something of an entrepreneurial personality, so obviously, money does drive me more than it drives most people, and that did take some getting used to and adjusting to. But if you live around people who work as employees and like it? It's pretty obvious that money isn't as important for them.

(to be clear, it should be obvious that money isn't everything to the entrepreneur, but generally, it means a lot more to us than it does to most people.)

Now, some of the suggestions in "drive" like letting employees decide their own hours are excellent ideas for small companies; Really, though, that sort of thing is very common in small companies. I've been doing it for many years now, and it's an excellent tool for employee retention. Sure, the guy working for me could get a pretty big raise for leaving, but he'd have to get up at about the same time every day.

This is an important insight if you are working at a large company. If you are working at a small company, this becomes a much more obvious solution; I've been doing it forever.

The other problem is that they seemed to oversell the idea. While flexibility is great, is has some pretty big downsides.

but much of the advice was targeted at very large companies, and I think if you followed a lot of it, it would be very easy to look dishonest and disingenuous to your less-emotional employees. Humans aren't in it for the money, but corporations? yeah, they are, and no matter how hard you try, most people aren't going to believe otherwise.

Maybe it's just that I value being honest and straightforward over being "Good" and possibly a little deceptive, but I found much of the book to be pretty slimy.

The thing was written in what I thought was the regular style for business books; breathless and almost but not quite ferris-esqe. "this is the next big thing!" easy to read, but very light on content. Really, this was my biggest problem with the thing; It could have been a /very good/ 4 page essay, but it was padded out to a 250 page book, which is just a waste of paper and my time.

Edit: re-reading my post, it seems unnecessarily negative. I mean, like I said, there were some good ideas. It's very likely that the general "this is totally great and different and world-changing!" tone is my biggest problem with the book, especially as I was already doing some of the things they suggested, and I'm an evil, money grubbing capitalist. Well, that and the verbosity. This is a valid complaint; the book really is a whole lot longer than it needed to be.
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I built the site as a way to learn Ruby on Rails, I'm still a bit green when it comes to coding so there's a very good chance that the server will fall over. Any feedback you guys have would be really appreciated - and you can get in touch at dave [at] hackerbuddy.com. I hope you find it useful.
I can make is scarier; most of the 20-somethings will be on the next great thing - and we will all be "old dudds using yesterdays tech" :)
But all properties are connected at a central point, making it easy to put together gatherings of everyone in the community (e.g. 'block parties'). As opposed to a similar number of houses in a grid pattern. That's just my impression though.
Have you read http://sivers.org/delegate ? That might be more in line with your experience.

The biggest reason why you see posts from well-funded companies on culture, aside from recruiting, is because they are the ones that are hiring quickly and have a large group of people that must make decisions on a company's behalf in that company's best interest. It doesn't strike me as necessary for a very small company to even have those concerns.

"[F]inding customers, getting paid, managing expenditures, creating value" sounds exactly right for how you describe your company.
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And you can stub your toe on them.
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Do you think that Python libraries or a comprehensive development push will overcome barriers to entry for statistical process platforms? What if the greater adoption of these techniques is more limited by communities of users than the developers?