skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I use http://mocksup.com for mockups, clickable and connectable.
Dropping out of school is the easy way out. Way overrated.

College is not perfect, but it certainly has lots of merits. If not only proving the world that you can actually follow through with something...
I hadn't considered raiding EBS volumes. One problem could be the ability to do snapshots. But here is a decent article on using XFS to make your own snapshots. (http://alestic.com/2009/09/ec2-consistent-snapshot)
Actually it's an often iterated advice/opinion here on HN to start with a company and follow up with products. Setup a website, start blogging, build a social network, all this helps give a product launch traction.

That is why I posted this in a sincere, although perhaps too short comment. The author should not be disillusioned but keep pushing forward, ideas are plentiful and worth very little without proper execution.
The core difference between the platforms was that wordpress was designed for any schmuck to follow a howto, while MT was designed to sell the real product, professional services billable hours. There were soooo many things about MT that stayed locked up in "plugin packs" or were completely undocumented that if you weren't paying a few (hundred)grand in proserv it was just plain not a usable product.

For the record, I was the enterprise customer clamoring for ldap support in Byrne's post, and I've since worked for another high profile site built on MT. Its a solid product if you bring a handful of good engineers in on top of it, its just got that "you must be this tall" barrier to entry that makes it an immediate loss for broad-consumer adoption.
Group somehow, short of it being a blog of sequential posts and an expectation of future content.
Or, you can pick up a book on iOs programming and do it yourself. It will take you about 3 months to learn and you can build your version 1 yourself. Cost of books: less than 100US$. Learning how to code iOS: priceless.
The first "MeeGo" phone was designed to run Maemo 6 and was set to be released in 2010. MeeGo changed plans and the hardware was ready to be scrapped. The successor is in development.

I'd believe WP7 could replace Symbian in mid-range phones, and MeeGo is reserved for really high-end phones and tablets (possibly for x86-devices only). MeeGo and Qt won't go anywhere though, even if Nokia doesn't use them.
"I thought it was the search results that Google accused Microsoft of stealing."

I'm trying to use very precise/neutral language to avoid the "copying/cheating" brouhaha. The crux of the issue is that clicks on Google search results are used in Bing's search rankings.
Great blog post. Haven't seen a comparative survey like this before. Its interesting to see how people like Microsoft really are out of the game and how mainstream IaaS is developing.
I believe http://www.w3schools.com should be avoided.

Try this instead:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Web_Development

(The info on this Mozilla site is good and it also has many links to other sites that will help you. Every link I checked out was better quality than the W3Schools site, and there are also some video tutorials thrown in, if you're more of a visual learner.)
Apple bought the multi-touch stuff

I didn't know that they bought or licensed the entire UI paradigm from someone else. Or do you just mean the low level parts? Because there's more to a UI paradigm than the input device. So, if it's just the screen tech that Apple bought and not the interaction software, I would count multi-touch as an Apple-originated UI paradigm, just as you credit the desktop GUI to Xerox, not Stanford Research Institute where Engelbart invented the mouse.

Also, the iPod scroll wheel is an Apple-originated UI paradigm.
While riding your Segway? Just don't see it happening (average folks holding a tablet-size device in front of their face, running AR apps).
>I see a trendy gadget that early adopters and trend followers have purchased.

7.3m iPads sold so far hardly seems like just early adopters.
Technology-wise I see absolutely nothing preventing Apple from being able to port and merge OSX and iOS down the road. And if Nvidia's ARM chips work out it looks like tablets might just be able to replace laptops. Imagine a MacBook Air without the keyboard and running both iOS and OSX.
I was almost ready to order after 5 seconds,
but I wanted to read a sample chapter first.

Good thing I looked. There's only 1 chapter
-- 42 pages -- and O'Reilly wants $30 for it.

There are likely HN threads that are more
in-depth and resourceful.
In the scenario I'm describing, the doctor is going to the theater when they get a call from the hospital saying there's someone there who needs their skill. (It's actually in their contract that, while they're on-call, they have to remain within a certain amount of travel time from the hospital so they can get there in time. This does affect home purchases.) If their cell phone is blocked, the call is missed and someone may very well die.

You could (presumably) attempt to fix this with technology. It might even work for a while, but when it breaks, someone could very easily die. And they'd have died of someone else's dislike for cell phones, which is not a good reason.
http://www.forrst.com
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Goplan for project management: http://goplanapp.com

(Disclaimer: I work on the app - we'll also cut a deal for the toolbox if it moves forward)
Sounds like a giant Gameboy.
I live in the Chicago suburbs, so it is in the same state, but not "local".
Damn, literally as I read this article my mind was working on how quickly I could build a Windows Phone 7 app to take advantage of this.

Turns out not quick enough. I think this is the best way to approach an API for non VC backed start ups.
Microsoft knows how to work with large companies - and look at the alternatives to WP7:

1. In house development. Nokia has "been there done that"
2. Android - Google's B2B track record isn't all that great.
3. iOS [just kidding]
> I stopped using it because I fundamentally disagree with Matt

Just for fun, on what things? I wasn't aware that Matt was so outspoken about any specific thing
$10 discount just for posting a tweet about PureandHealthy.com
Yes, but I can switch companies when I'm not happy with my current company or don't like their policies. Also, my AT&T phone can call my friend's Verizon phone.
Interview: How Duke Nukem Forever is the game 3D Realms wanted
I appreciate the insights and I think you bring up some really good points. I think you're right about the environment and being around the professors who are obviously seasoned in their field and that's not something you're going to get on your own unless you're lucky enough to have close friends with that kind of knowledge. Personally I might reconsider if I had the kind of funding to get into a truly great tech school. Of course if you have Stanford like resources, you're going to think twice before going it alone.
Scaling Python Servers with Worker Processes and Socket Duplication
I've always hoped Marco would do this on his own, but I can't fault him for focusing his time where he does.
I suppose I'm pretty immature, but when I saw the URL I immediately assumed it was a Web 2.0 porn site.
I'm an Australian, so my goals are slightly different.

* I get 9% into my Superannuation account from every employer, period. I add to this an amount to make the government co-contribute (Up to $1500), but I'm no longer doing this as my income is now over the threshold where they will co-contribute. Although in some ways this is "Money in the bank", I'm not doing it ATM as I want to:

* Pay off my debt. I have a credit card and a car loan that I want to nuke. Once they're gone, I'll invest the money I'm using to pay them down.

* Then I'll save up 6 months worth of expenses, and keep that around.

* Then my plan is to invest Warren Buffet style: Pick an industry, learn voraciously, and invest in stocks for their dividend return.
Wordpress is probably one of the greatest things that has ever happened to the internet.
It was the WP vs Thesis debate - I didn't like his approach and thought he acted a fool, and a bully.
Hmm. Appears to be happy? Is actually happy? Looks stern but is secretly happy? Passionate but deadpan and serious? Passionate but deeply unhappy? Rich and passionate but secretly unhappy while appearing to be happy and unmotivated while being secretly broke but publicly rich?

The examples don't matter because there is no x = y = z relation here. Do what makes you happy, try to get rich doing it. Try getting rich and seeing if you're happier. etc, etc, etc.
Ask HN: What is your favorite version control system?
I have only recently started experimenting with "git" and using it with "github". What are your preferences?
I wish I could create a Poll for that but my karma is not high enough yet.
"In comparison to what? For all we know, there were dozens, maybe hundreds of other similar sites being built at the same time. Without being able to compare
them, we really can't say how well he executed Facebook."

Yes we can. If there were tons of social networking sites out there at the time, and Facebook came out on top, there must be a reason.
<i>2 What makes Movable Type hard to install has actually nothing to do with Perl at all. It has to do with CGI. CGI was originally architected to allow any script to be run and invoked via an addressable URL, and when that capability was first introduced system administrators and programmers feared the security ramifications of allowing any arbitrary script to be executed in that fashion. Therefore, they instituted a number limitations enforced by the web server: 1) only certain directories on your web server can possess the ability to run CGI scripts, 2) only executable files can be invoked via CGI, and 3) no static files (html, css, javascript, or any text file) can be served from the same directory as a CGI script. These limitations are often inappropriately attributed to Perl only because Perl became the dominant, if not the only scripting language used to author CGI based web applications early on.</i>

But... many (most?) shared webhosts - which support PHP and WP just fine - run in CGI or FastCGI mode. GoDaddy, IIRC - all PHP is CGI-based. It's been a while since I've done LAMPhp setup, and even longer since that P meant Perl, but it's always felt (as in, going back to 2000/2001) that configuring Apache for mod_php or CGI PHP was just more straightforward than Perl. Reasons?

PHP allows for (encourages?) very 'hack' based approach to development, which most other languages don't. Don't understand how or why to pass parameters around? Just use the 'global' keyword. Rinse, repeat, and you've got your customizations to WP.

I'm not saying all WP mods are hacks, but it was/is very easy for people to experiment with trying their hand and hacking around. IMO this was the biggest thing that has led to WP dominating, and PHP as a language continuing to dominate. Yes, it's not the cleanest around, but it does allow for rapid experimentation (far more than something like Java, and depending on the code you're hacking, Perl).
You're likely right in that tablets aren't about to kill PCs, but suggesting that tablets remain a simple "trendy gadget" seems a bit silly, especially considering Apple's Q1 reports [1].

Perhaps the iPad isn't to your taste, but it was to 7 million others. (And some 16 million overall.) One could argue that Apple does, in fact, have the largest consumer base of early adopters and trend followers of any company, but when you fan base grows larger than many other markets, you kind of have to call it main-stream.

I'm pretty sure that the iPad isn't the second coming of Christ. I'm comfortable saying that. But it's something other than a trend at this point.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/18/apple-q1-2011/
DropBox, GitHub, Basecamp, Balsamiq, vi, DynaDot, Linode, Gmail, Twitter, Gimp
I mostly agree with Gruber but disagree on a couple of major points:

1. Releasing the iPad in September makes no sense simply because it was such a massive hit in the holiday season. Generally speaking, you want to spread out your demand as much as possible. It took 2 months to get the previous iPad from the US to the first round of international markets and another 3-4 months to do the full round. You can only produce so many. Actually not being able to buy one because demand is so high is not Apple's style;

2. I don't see Apple releasing a new version 6 months after the previous, particularly when, in all likelihood, the iPad 2 won't have been in some markets for more than a month or two.

As far as conflicting reports on parts and specs, that's nothing new. Just like there were reports of a CDMA iPhone YEARS before there was one. There are two reasons for this:

1. Apple produces far more prototypes than they release (eg the CDMA iPhone was tested for about a year before release); and

2. People just make stuff up for page views.

I also fully agree with Gruber on a rear-facing camera making very little sense on a device that large.
I'm guessing it means you can afford a lobster dinner. no?
Ask HN: Interested in a Collaborative filtering API?
Is anyone interest in a Collaborative filtering API? My friend and I have been thinking about wrapping up what we have in an API. We have basically the Netflix algorithm for anything people rate.

The two possible's we've tossed around are:

- an api that you have to submit all rates in your database to.

- an api that connect to your database.

Both have big trades offs that we haven't been able to work around.
I love this book! I have (or had) about 7 compiler books, and this was always my favourite (another notable is Programming Language Pragmatics, and also perhaps Modern Compiler Design in X).

For beginners, this book rocks. It's readable, very well written, and very easy to follow. For intermediates, it has tons of interesting asides and anecdotes.

(All this applies to the first edition - I haven't read the second).

Finally, many people recommend the Dragon Book; I really really could not recommend it less. Buy Engineering a Compiler instead - there is really no comparison.
Interactive Real-Time Volume Visualization in HTML5
Nice point about Terremark and others being mostly traditional hosting/data centre businesses still. Pure play IaaS clouds definitely look interesting and probably a better purchase for telcos that aren't exactly lacking in real estate already!
Do you mean it's slow now, or that it was slow a week ago? It doesn't seem slow to me now.
Web Mining Research: A Survey [pdf]
+1 for Dynadot, forgot to mention them earlier. I don't really think of them much but I've used them for years.
Suggestion: Learn to program and try again.
What u think of this? http://peri.me/2B1A/
I wouldn't underestimate the huge number of .Net / Windows developers that exist for Microsoft's ecosystem. If they manage to line their technologies up just right and make a big push for the mobile space, there's a huge developer mindshare that's entrenched in the Visual Studio / .Net world. A lot of these people have never used a Mac or other OS, and never programmed for another platform. Many of them don't have the interest to switch over to Java or ObjC and would prefer to work in the MS ecosystem. These are the people who would be developing the apps.
I love it. Better, I showed my wife and she loved it too.

One thing that I wanted while I was editing was a tag list (like you have on the About page, but right there on the edit page).
I have noticed that a surprising number of personal acquaintances that have no computer skills, have iPads. The iPad lets them surf the net, read books, email and run some games. They don't have to think about how to use it, it has great battery life, it does the basics that they want and it is fun. One good friend of mine (former business partner) who is almost -intentionally- computer illiterate goes everywhere with his iPad. He loves it. His use is email, basic web surfing and taking notes about what he wants his employees to do. He runs a notepad for each one and keeps track of tasks he has assigned and how they accomplished it. There are way better project management tools out there, but the point is that he, a techno-peasant, is making his iPad do it.

I think a large percentage of the iPad buyers were not techsavvy and the non-threatening aspect of the device is the appeal.
I'm sorry. I'm not getting it. Is this a page you can communicate anonymously to your friends? Or is the private rap sheet where people can talk crap about you while still being in the know? In other words, your story on the landing page needs significant work. The one FAQ that would've helped doesn't say anything helpful. (Why would I want a yofile?) Consider adding "What is a yofile"?

I also thought this was a reminder app for organization from the domain name, as in "Yo! File me!" Hope this helps. :)
In my opinion whether or not it's the easy way out really depends. I took a good hard look at the value I was getting and the money I was spending and I just couldn't justify it. There certainly are many students who drop out just to get away and give up. To me it's not about giving up and I'm not attempting to talk myself up just speaking honestly when I say that when I look around, I just don't see the students in my area working hard at all. I see a lot of slackers that have a sense of entitlement that don't do any self education. They rely entirely on what they are taught in school and that's just not enough. I'm not generalizing, there are many amazing students out there taking full advantage of their university and working their but off in their spare time and I respect that.
Our research indicates most users read the site as rendered by a browser, rather than by reading the html source.
If you don't have a network effect, don't bother
You could argue that if you're happy, you're already rich :)
This is all anecdotal, but I know a number of people who bought their parents iPads for Christmas. In all those cases, their parents haven't touched their home computer since they got the iPad. The iPad, along with its competitors, are all the computer a good segment of the population needs.
Yes, Atomic Web Browser is the just 99 cents and is the best iOS browser (iPad and iPhone) I've found. The tabs are well designed and it manages memory much better than Safari so you're less likely to get a reload when you return to a page. It has many fun options like ad block, set UserAgent, gesture support, screen dimmer, video out, save for offline, etc.

I have tried many others but this is the only one I use instead of Safari.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atomic-web-browser-browse/id3...
I'm getting "Column count doesn't match value count at row 1"
"I'm not sure that OS/2 is the best analogy. That wasn't a hardware company and software company teaming up."

I can't make any sense of this statement. IBM was the definitive hardware company at the time. Microsoft was the definitive software company at the time. What kind of companies do you think they were?

"The supposed Microsoft Nokia partnership isn't joint development of a phone OS."

As far as I can tell, we have no idea what sort of partnership they have in mind. But, I would expect Nokia to want a unique value, if they build Windows phones. And they have a huge development workforce, and have made numerous software acquisitions over the years. I'd be surprised if they don't plan to write some code, too.
I like the option he chose.

This has the effect that non-iPhone users who want an instapaper client on their phone will have to have a subscription and possibly pay for the mobile app.

In a sense, having an iPhone is akin to having a free subscription (at least for now)
Uses CSS3 transforms and a few lines of JavaScript to render a volumetric 128x128x128 dataset. Use the mouse (desktop) or touch (iOS) to manipulate rotation. Give a little time to load the dataset!

Successfully tested on Safari/OSX and iOS browsers. To my biggest surprise not working in Firefox and broken in Chrome.
If it's really the case, it seems like your problem is that you're at a lousy school. College is the best time to meet smart people with whom you'll want to work with later in life. Don't underestimate this.

This is something I didn't do and regret. I should have made more connections with smart people back then. Instead, I was working on startups, which wasn't such a bad thing at all actually. I just wish I had managed my time a bit better.
What does "own iPod" have to do with "is gamer"?
That site looks pretty spammy. You sure this isn't just an attempt to build links?
But think of what the tablet means: Small, super-light, instant-on hardware with long battery life; paired with a lean OS and small, fast, and focused apps. You can see some of the tablet/phone learnings leaking into other form factors, like the new Macbook Air. Tablets and phones are just the two current form factors for this new era of always-on, always-at-your-side computing. That's the shift that MS and Intel seem to be struggling with.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2196997
I have two email addresses - one to sign up for things, registrations etc, and one for personal email.

Works pretty well.
What about their uptake of new technologies to return savings to customers? Both those providers don't want VOIP to become the norm.
Bloomberg: Nokia definitely in talks with Microsoft, partnership likely
Davis.js | Client-side routing for JavaScript apps without hash bangs
Nokia Is Said to Be Near Partnership With Microsoft
I wonder how much of this was sped up due to Readability's rapid march into Instapaper's territory (e.g. https://www.readability.com/publishers/api/)
"Column count doesn't match value count at row 1" when trying to create my first page.

I'm in Chrome.
"Zuckerberg is not particularly unique in terms of his intelligence, ambition or connections. Men and women like Zuckerberg have come into and passed out (or dropped out) of the USA's elite universities for centuries.
Yes. Luck played a big role."

The reason I say luck didn't play a big role, is because not anyone could do what he did.

Can anybody from a 5 year old to a grandmother build Facebook? If not, there must be skill required to accomplish the task.

To build the application behind Facebook alone takes skill (taking out a large percentage of the population). To build the company up to what it is (and make the right decisions) takes another set of skills. I think the luck factor is around 10%.

Of course there is a certain amount of luck with anything that we do. I have always felt that there are lucky situations all around us. Without the proper skills to recognize it, most people will just let it pass by.
I think the primary point would be that Wintel created a brand new market that hadn't yet really been developed yet. This time around (if it really happens), they're attacking a market that's pretty well developed. Still growing, but by no means at an infant stage.
Luck? :)
7.3m is only the holiday quarter (FQ1'11 for Apple). The YTD was about 16m. I'd say that first year sales will probably bust 20m.
Take a look at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 (win7) or http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 (winxp).

Protip: never use VirtualBox's "save machine state and close" feature if you plan to dual boot like this. Its too easy to forget and boot to that OS directly next time...
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