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Relax. I've seen both sides of the issue - westernized Chinese guy who grew up under a Tiger Mom-esque "regime". It's really not as bad as your mind seems to be making it out to be.

Also, your association between Tiger Mom styles of raising children and suicide rate is pretty specious, and if you'd pardon me for saying so, looks like an outsider with no context making wild accusations. For one thing, Tiger Mom is Chinese, and yet the suicide epidemic is largely limited to Japan.

If Tiger Mom styles of raising children existed in both China and Japan, yet the suicide problem largely contained to Japan, it would seem to suggest that it is not to blame for the high suicide rate.

Also, the "work like a dog, doctor making millions" vs. "great childhood, $15/hr waitress" is really a false dichotomy. Most Chinese people who grow up under a Tiger Mom environment don't end up making millions, and similarly most children who had a more liberal/free childhood don't end up busing tables.

I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in Amy Chua for being so overly sensationalistic in her book and promotion thereof. I'm not sure if her mother approves of the extreme, polarizing way in which she is being presented to the world. The typical Chinese childhood is characterized by extremely high expectations, but in and of itself it does not entail abuse or even really misery.
Possibly, but not necessarily. My target salary wasn't especially low given my skill set and salary levels where I am, and was a substantial increase over my previous salary.

There wouldn't've realistically been room to haggle much up, my new employer being aware of current market conditions. The figure I'm talking about is the one you give to recruiters when they ask how much you want - it's my starting/'ideal' figure.

For a job that matched my desired career path almost perfectly, as a greenfield project at a very early stage start-up, using exactly the technologies that I'm interested in, offering me the number I've been giving to slave-traders, I didn't feel like negotiating.

If it'd been a suit-and-tie deal with one of the many local banks and insurance companies, that might be a different story. Their paperclip budget will be orders of magnitude more than my current employer's staffing budget. If I ask for too much money it might simply cut the runway down until it's no longer viable, and then I've wasted everyone's time.

Ultimately, I think this was an ideal 'negotiation' - they offered me exactly what I wanted, and I said 'yes'. Sometimes all the negotiation tactics and stupid head games can distract that whole point is for everyone to get what they want. I don't have space in my head to deal with second-guessing myself and my (then potential) employer over it all.
Say what you like about the style/substance and form/function angles, but if I were trying to get a job as a graphic designer I would hate to have my conventional resume on the stack under this one.
The iPad (not sure about the iPhone) also has a JPEG hardware decoder. iOS 4.2 finally provided at least some level of access to this and it makes a huge difference.
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Two quick options - either to try or just use to inspire you.

You should look into BlueJ. It was developed specifically for the purpose of making learning object oriented techniques easier (with Java): http://www.bluej.org/

Another option, is to think of Rails. Rails is known for getting programmers productive with very little setup - and there are videos online showing you how to build a blogging engine in 5 minutes. And there are a lot of similar series by the Rails guys that discuss various aspects. Try them out. You might make a lot of progress.
Think maybe they're feeling a little heat from Quora? I'm not saying Quora is competing with them right now, but this seems like a pretty well-timed pre-emptive strike.

Glad to see it though, I use Stack Overflow way more than I use Quora.
I'm creating a product that hopefully fills this void. A casual, non-committal way to show someone you'd like to get to know them better--without all the noise. I'm also a girl, so my main concern is building something that doesn't veer into creep-ville. I'll keep you posted.
Blogspam-free link - http://www.quora.com/Quora-product/On-Quora-what-is-the-algo...

Ta-da!
It's not surprising the daughter feels this way. This phenomenon has been studied in depth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
Nodester isn't a new hosting service, it is Nodefu just rebranded. This was submitted to HN eighteen days ago [0] and there was some confusion over the name being similar to another node.js hosting service provider. I am glad that there is no confusion anymore. You should check out Nodejitsu [1] who also open sources most if not all their code and have been a vital part of the node.js community for a long time now.

[0]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2116319

[1]: http://nodejitsu.com
Whatever curriculum you come up with, make sure that by the middle of the semester, students have a working and public site, so that they can spend the rest of the semester experiencing how actual end users use and respond to it and you can discuss the process by which developers decide how to deal with user feedback.

Basic product/project management techniques should also be covered, including a brief intro to agile development.
Do you know he is the admin of various opposition groups on Facebook? I translated this article when it first came out. Scroll down for original:

http://paste.lisp.org/display/119294
In that case I would make a page-sized BMP and paste that into Word, and send off the DOC.
Youtube has the same policy now. It really annoys me. "You can no longer use your youtube username password".
Now the manager who's actually hiring may know you're the one when you met him through the social network, but any employer with an HR department is going to require some form of resume/CV and job application. It's more or less a legal requirement. HR often gets a say in who's hired and lacking the ability to judge technical l33tness they tend to go on degrees, resume formatting, previous job titles, and dates.
You know what else can be done in 2 years instead of paying for a programmer and a designer? You can learn to program and design.

First, most people who aren't programmers don't know what can be learned in two years. If you aren't a programmer you may not even know where to begin.

And I'm not a designer, but I took some drawing classes in college... but I don't think I'd invest the next two years of my life to see if I could be a good enough designer to create logos and other assets. I'd much rather pay someone who can show me a kick butt portfolio today.

I don't think elbow grease was the problem. Rarely is, IMO. It's not knowing the business and the market that screwed him. And that's what he needs to know better going in. Learning Ruby or MVC or Javascript wasn't the delta between success and failure.
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I personally think that the topic is far too wide to provide a solid grounding in just one semester. What I would advise is that you should find out the common ways that that the students would use this knowledge, and explore the concepts that relate to their work.

For example, I recently put together a 10 week course (1 hour per week) to introduce HTML and CSS to the marketing/sales/editorial staff in my department. I work for a prominent Australian news/media company, and we draw inspiration for new site features and improvements from across the entire department. We (the developers and product team) felt that the rest of the department would feel more confident in suggesting ideas (or making judgements about feasibility) if they knew what work goes into the presentation/interaction side of our websites.

We spent the first 2 weeks introducing the web and giving a bit of back story, and heavily enforcing the most up to date web standards. We then spent the remainder of the course jumping between HTML and CSS, and eventually had the team dreaming up ideas for widgets that we could add to the sites, and being more creative with inline content in our stories (having fun in the HTML mode of the WYSIWYG editor that they never got to see before).

So to wrap this up:

* engage your audience

* find out what they plan to use the skills for

* lay out coursework that works towards them achieving their personal challenges

You'll find them more attentive, more eager, and looking forward to whatever the next semester contains.
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The thing about any argument coming out of game theory is that it is going to depend fairly heavily on the tuning of the parameters you put into your model.

And unless you have really powerful evidence that your particular parameters are preferable, all you have accomplished is do a really go job of filling in a hypothetical argument. That doesn't prove you're wrong. It's just a long way from showing your right.
Is there a named law for that? If not, there should be.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
"Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14-year-old girls."
Love it. Finally something he and I agree on...
I really don't like being so blunt/snarky/rude on HN, but your comment really irks me.

You are commenting on something you have no experience with, nor intimate knowledge of, and your only exposure to it a sensationalized book (or worse, even more sensationalized and hyperbolic stories about said book).

The Tiger Mom thing is not immune from criticism - far from it, but to insinuate that children that grew up in such families are abused and suffering from Stockholm Syndrome is incredibly insulting. You've essentially dismissed all of the complexities of the issue by hand-waving and saying that their opinions are invalid, they don't know what they're talking about, and they're all just suffering from a psychological disorder.

I'm trying really hard to stay civil here. But please, get a fucking clue before dropping statements like these and tossing around claims of child abuse.
I have visited SF only for a bit and I had the chance to visit Berkeley and Stanford. I really liked the city a lot and I want to give you my two cents about these two Universities. If you get accepted by these Universities (and let's say you do not have any offers from better places on the East side) do not hesitate in accepting it even for a second. Stanford stands out not only as academic institution in terms of ranking but as a feeling in the campus. But Berkeley has the advantage of being so close to SF.

All the best for your choice and your trip
That seems like a dumb reason to switch to Ubuntu. I'm unaware of any current software that doesn't work fine linked against the OpenSSL version in Debian. SSL/TLS is just not a rapidly moving target, and this version is still actively maintained.

I reckon I prefer stability and predictability over modernity in my encryption and signing libraries.
The San Francisco area has
I would probably pay. My dream solution would back up my pictures and the let me share the ones I wanted to share. (Not a photo hobbyist, just like to take lots of pictures.)
Picture of him here: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/41438476/ns/sports-other_sport...
People will be tempted to say "good job, science, now tell me something I don't know", but honestly, taking common sense and elevating it at least to the level of hypothesis is an underrated aspect of science. Every now and then, such a "non-discovery" can help us put other facts into context.
The best thing you will get are the friendships and connections in the startup world. If you want to be in a startup, your best opportunities will come from bring in sf.
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You make a lot of sense. Whether they should be contacted or not is irrelevant. They will be. Besides, while we pretend they're invisible, they'll be defending themselves from the worst in our society.

They have human rights, but theirs haven't teeth until they're in communication with a world ready to honor them. The real issue is how can we safely open a dialog.
Thanks for asking since I am also thinking about taking two weeks there in May. But not for the same reasons. I am starting my professional career in May just finished a CS degree at the U of Sherbrooke (Quebec).

I would like to visit the city and do some networking there too. Maybe try some surfing.

Any ideas how and where to start ?
I like to multi-task, and I find that I can get in a nice groove bouncing, using each task to catapult into the next. Honestly, I'm getting quite frustrated with the attack on multitasking, as if there's only one way to get things done.

Going further, I'm starting to get the feeling that the pomodoro technique is becoming too hip for its own good. I find it easier to follow my own flow than try to manipulate it with intense time management.

One word: discipline.
From Australia? Absolutely it's worth an extended visit, although 2 weeks is a long time. If you stay busy, you could probably explore the Bay area thoroughly in just one week. If you want to stay on the Pacific coast, I'd probably check out Seattle for another week just so you get the most bang for your visit.
I spend a portion of my year selling pick axes and another portion panning for gold. The cash I make from the former buys me the time and safety to do the latter.
Why do succesful start-ups have an Indian engineer guy?
That's precisely what this service would solve. The photos are backed up on S3. You don't really ever have to worry about switching services or anything since it's bound to your Amazon account and your S3 bucket.
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Maybe don't build a long term business on top of a sand castle
Adelaide, South Australia.

I work down there. Go once or twice a year. Its just about the farthest civilized place you can go from here without starting to come back. Anything less than an ELE and my data's good.

4 generations worth of pictures and records starts to feel a little bit like a legacy. I want to make sure my children can get it if/when something happens to me.
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Sounds like you might not be the target. If you're not worried about the durability or long term management of your photos (and owning them as much as you can) - then Facebook is perfect with it's distribution.

The idea of making it available for developers is an interesting one. I hadn't considered it but if there's enough interest to build it out for some consumers then making it work for developers shouldn't be a stretch.
Can't read it all on my Android phone, either.
"... the use of Advanced "Apple Terminal" in a resume of any format would throw me off."

That catched my eye too, along with the 'TextMate' proficiency. If you start putting those things on your resume you might as well also put '90% Keyboard skills' and '100% expert Mouse user' on it.
It has been too many years since I spent careful time (on foot with backpack in the late 60's) in SF so I can only relate my experience in Berkeley. First an admission--- I am invariably biased in or out of favor of a city based on it's bookstores. Berkeley has so many good ones that there is no real competition in the Bay area. Two prime examples and worth at least a couple of days attention each are Moe's Books and Cody's Books. You would wind up with an excellent education just by attending both even if you skipped all of your classes at Berkeley. As for the startup culture, perhaps someone else with hands on knowledge will chime in here...
I wasn't (yet) considering the "marketing" of the service. But at $1-2/month I was definitely intending to bill yearly.
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To illustrate what he meant, I'll give an example. Assume someone entered a search, "What are the best dog breeds?". Would it be easier to:

1. write an automated system which could dynamically deduce what the answer to this question is and/or what pages to return in the results, based on dynamically crawling the web, indexing, analying link structure, ranking, filtering, etc.

-or-

2. have a human write an answer to this fricking question and enter it into the database as the result for this search

hint: pick 2

it doesn't scale up to handle bazillions of different searches, but on a smaller scale and in tactical cases it's far simpler and easier to implement and can produce better results.
Actually, a lot of recent horror and sci-fi stuff is lifted from Islamic mythology (which itself is rebranded Jewish, Kanaanite and Babylonian lore.)

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

The TV show "Supernatural" heavily features themes of spirituality and daemons that are lifted from Islamic culture. The recent remake of Clash of the Titans also feature similar themes; the Jin, desert scorpions, Jin riding camels, etc.
I'll speak from the perspective of an occasional visitor there with relatives and friends who live there.

Yes, it's a great city, the absolute best one of its size in the US. One of the few with good public transportation. There are fantastic places to go nearby like the Redwoods to the north and vineyards to the east.

Watch out though, if looking to party, most parts of the city has no nightlife except on weekends.

If you are doing engineering and can get into Stanford you should go there rather than Berkeley.

There are hostels that run $20 a night or less if you want to go on the cheap. Or you can couch surf if you have friends there already. Or since you are Australian you can probably find a girlfriend on okcupid to move in with for 2 weeks, they like the accent and most unattached men are gay, but it might be more trouble than it's worth.

Then again, since you are considering paying out of state tuition at a couple very expensive colleges, you must be fabulously wealthy and can just check into a suite at The Palace or Hotel Palomar.
Note however that even 1024-bit RSA with RC4 is better than no encryption at all.
It's no secret that a fair number of commenters throughout the controversy have sided with Google's or Bing's side.

Some people have thought that the initial story came to a premature conclusion (where, incidentally, Bing cried foul). Now we have Jacques, it appears, arriving at premature conclusion as well and we have Google crying foul. To me, that's the essence of irony.

I'm sure both Google Search and Bing have your reasons for the way the dirty laundry has been brought out in public.
Hmm... I wonder if a vendor makes products that could offload the SSL burden from the server onto another device, and provide an introspection point between that device and the server, getting around all the objections that are raised here...

Oh wait... look at that domain name...
> Won't this error be immediately obvious?

No, smart people miss it all the time.
I'm actually kind of impressed by the scheduling and logistics of this over and above the physical aspect. How do you find 365 consecutive days with marathons, and figure out the schedule to do it, overcome travel delays, etc? Not to mention sleeping. It seems impossible.
I do understand what you meant but wanted to clarify a few things.

1) This is really for 1% of people on the Internet (possibly less). Facebook is great for the majority but not for people who want to retain ownership and original versions of all their photos that they are confident they can get anytime they want.

2) I agree about making it simple. But I am not really interested in making it simple at the cost of the main vision of this idea - letting users "own" the photo (meaning it resides in their own amazon bucket). Unless there's a way to use FPS to do this I probably wouldn't consider "simplifying" it the way you mentioned.

This is more of a pro bono idea than one I wanted to or intended to make a lot of money on. I already have those ideas I'm working on :).
If you do this, take the Coast Starlight train from SF and stop in Portland on the way.
Just checking :) Are you at college or something? How are you finding the time to commit to this projects?
If he's doing engineering there's not much on the east coast other than MIT. Stanford, CalTech and MIT are the three on the top and there is a big gap before the next one down.

Of these three, Stanford is the only one where a normal social life is possible, assuming that's desirable.
Speaking as one who lived in hip college towns for years and didn't attend. At the end of your stay, nothing about the town will be as memorable as the school itself (unless you get arrested or something).

Unless you have a spouse who won't be in the same univ, I'd suggest ignoring the city entirely. Plan to live (i.e., spend the entirety of your productive life) in the school. Avoid having a car if at all possible.

Of course there's a crapton of stuff to do in the area, it's a world-renowned city. But save it for when relatives come to visit!
Nothing to do with startups, I think spending some time visiting campus before you apply is a wise idea. Like you said, it's 4 years you'll be here.

Just remember that neither Berkeley or Stanford are in San Francisco and if you attend either it is unlikely you would be living in San Francisco during your studies.

I'm assuming, therefore, you meant the SF Bay Area in which case definitely come and spend time in the East Bay (for Berkeley) and Palo Alto region (for Stanford).

The East Bay is known to be 'gritty' in (most) places and so if you've not lived in an inner-city area with social problems then its worth finding out if it is for you. Berkeley itself doesn't have quite those problems but many people who study there don't necessarily live in Berkeley itself.

Stanford does have a great campus, but for me the wider area is incredibly boring. If you just want to study for 4 years it's ideal, but if you see university life as a rite of passage as much as an academic experience you'll find yourself spending a lot of time in SF.

I should say, I'm envious (in a positive, good way) you are in a position academically and financially to be able to apply to either - I would have loved the opportunity to go but sadly never made it to university, let alone either of these fine institutions.
amen brother.
Whether or not a trip to the SF Bay Area would be helpful or you is hard to say. But two weeks strikes me as a very long time just for the Bay Area. A day at Berkeley, a day at Stanford, a day or two hanging out at some startups, maybe going to a meetup or two. A week strikes me as plenty.

If you want to stay more than a week (and having done SFO<->SYD myself, I can understand if you would), you should think about visiting other cities.

If you're staying in San Francisco, you can get to either school, or anywhere in San Francisco proper, without a car. But a car starts to become necessary for anything beyond that. Note that many car rental companies won't rent to someone younger than 25, and those that do, will generally charge extra. And I suspect a lack of an American driver's license would further restrict your options.
That's a great idea -- I just pushed a fix.

https://github.com/wcmaier/ycomments/commit/19410662ad38b802...
There are plenty of services like that - which I'm not terribly interested in copying or spinning off as a "photo" version.

I do this myself for my own photos and thought others would enjoy and pay for a service that did the say. I love that my photos are backed up on S3 and it's not someone else's Amazon account. I own it and can do whatever I want with my photos.

I agree that it's a bit intimidating. My original idea was to see how many technical people were interested - hence posting the question on HN :).
very cool. in the age of the web and YouTube, this girl can serve as a role model for millions of others throughout the world. keep it up.