skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Now it happened another time, and he was even more harsh, sth like "we are sorry that some of our Egyptian correspondents express their private emotions and opinions instead of only doing their proffession". That's what shows class and a really PRO approach. In Poland, when the pope died or the plane crashed, journalists of our local news stations started a crying/mourning contest - it was disgusting and unbearable to watch, and nobody from tv even cared to think that there was something extremely not proffessional about it.
That would be awesome actually. But probably more than a few hours work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-down_and_bottom-up_design
I prefer Adobe Fireworks.
I would urge you to read up on the history of labor and unions in the US (or elsewhere). We have a civilized work environment because of strikes. I'm not equating the importance of the Nokia strike with those of the early 20s but, still, they are not "childish".
Just because you can Google something doesn't mean you "know" it. Try the same thing with any programming language.
Funny, to me writing a quick and dirty frontend for a reddit clone seems like a fun mindless 3 hours. Building a replacement for grep and profiling it until it's fast sounds like the kind of pain I pay other people good money to avoid.
What did History ever do to you that compelled you to slander and malign it so?

Are you just completely irrational or does this mean something? I honestly can't tell.

My point is simply that regime change doesn't automatically generate the political equivilent of rainbow-shitting unicorns, which is what people seem to be assuming. Governments tend to be molded by circumstances more than we realize, and not the personality of such-and-such a strongman. "We'll see what happens," is my final analysis but the best guess is always repetition.
I don't really know the answer, but are golden parachutes really the norm for many executives? We hear about certain extremely-well-connected CEOs of very big companies, but that's hardly a representative sample of executives.
Actually, yes. From the post:

> The goal here is to show off your ability to make a slick website, not to make something that we're going to deploy in production

Also, you may realise that you're replying to jedberg, one of the authors of that post, telling him what he did or didn't write.
Firstly, strategy. Apple launched the iPod shuffle, to help cover the market, top to bottom. It's not just about increasing sales, it's also owning the market, which denies oxygen to other entrants. It's strategic. However, to me, this wouldn't seem to especially target android devices, as they tend to mostly be at the high end (it seems to me).

Secondly, supply. The iPod is dying, so they'll have capacity coming online there. Anyway, it's worth increasing capacity if it'll give you a strategic advantage.

Thirdly, user experience. The screens on the first three generations have a resolution of 320 x 480 at 163 ppi, while that of iPhone 4 has a resolution of 640 x 960 at 326 ppi. Therefore, they could make a physically smaller screen, using the old resolution, which could run three generations of apps (plus special-purpose ones).

You're right that making half-assed products is not the Apple way. The Apple way is to take a weakness and turn it into a strength. The shuffle example again: the lack of a display enabled it to be tiny, and that's a plus. In general, the iPod had fewer features than its competitors. An "iPhone nano" will do something similar, both in its technical capabilities and how it is marketed. BTW, I think a tinier iPhone would be pretty cool in itself, provided it still feels snappy to use.

Lastly, cost. I agree it might not be possible yet. Perhaps they could go two generations back, or cut costs in a creative way. For example, a smaller screen costs less, and also uses less power, so therefore needs a smaller battery, which again costs less. Perhaps there'll be some cheaper way to do things that is actually a benefit to the targeted customers? Another option is for Apple to wear some loss, for a while, for the strategic advantage. It's also plausible that they'll just wait a bit until it is affordable. It could also be something really wild, like a voice-controlled phone, with no display/controls at all! That would be parallel to the shuffle. It would also be amazingly cool, but I'm not sure whether it would take off...

But one thing I'm sure of: trying to cover the market is on Apple's mind. Whether they can do it yet is the question.
Meanwhile, Israel is probably polishing its tanks and nukes.
Thanks. This makes sense. Numbers of similar files will surely increase with the increase in the number of users.

Also, there could be several users who do not consume the allocated space completely all the time. Using your argument, this too will have positive effect on their revenue model.

It IS brilliant!
You can see 70% discounts on most boutique clothes and accessories shops and everybody knew that its not real but consumers still love even the illusion of discount and jump on them. Same with groupon, consumers are looking for illusions to spend money on, after all its not the product they bought that pleasures them but the feeling they get when they buy that product.
*note: I might be biased personally since I am only 3 years out of college from my master degree

From experience working at a corporation, about 80% of the younger programmers I have met are great but only about 30% of the older ones I have met are of the same skill level or dedication.

The reason for this is probably varied, but there are reasons certain stereotypes exists. It might be politically correct to say otherwise.

I don't think out of school, I became a much better programmer in my years of work, however I acquired a lot of professional skills in communication and leadership. (and a large increase in salary) People should be aware that's what they are paying for in a older programmer and not better programming.
And that applies even if you're running OpenJDK unaltered, which is certified as passing the TCK by Oracle itself?
They will then file a number of lawsuits in a shotgun fashion, perhaps a few hundred, half of which will be against Google, and the other half against various companies using WebM

More likely, they will announce licensing terms and ask for everyone using WebM to acquire a license and pay royalties. Then, after a window of time, they will go after companies that don't license the patents.
Lifting a refrigerator with a cell phone vibration motor
Agreed, the question on the y combinator app (though I've never seen it so I may be misquoting) is something akin to "name a non-computer system that you have hacked".
APPLE!
Eric's point is that Nokia's move does not do anything to address this and might even make it worse.
And their 3rd party developers are asking themselves exactly that question.

Developers aren't dumb. Hedging one's bets often makes for a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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I will have to watch the video once I can (blocked at work). Thanks for the info!
I predict that Nokia will sue Android for patent violations soon.
I think they have doubled the downtime lately.
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"When you have to use windows" is the key here.

Many people have to use a windows desktop. But the situation is different on the phone.
> The BBC has a long history of recklessly losing valuable data

This is quite a fascinating topic in itself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lost_BBC_episodes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes
This guy sounds like he would be astonishingly dull to talk to. Both on a personal level (he has no interests outside coding PHP) and on a technical level (he has no interests outside coding PHP).
I believe Canada takes pride in being a mosaic, not a melting pot.
Thank God this dbag is done. I mean, how many hundreds of people need to die in the street for him to get the message that he's better off spending the money he looted in Paris?!?!
I think it's the (monthly?) price of the seedbox.
Make a letterhead with a bunch of last names on the top "Jackson, Firth, & John" and send the letter. Don't write that it is LLP or office of law or anything as that can be misrepresenting, but just make them think that it could be real...
> No observation allows you to conclude anything about what gives rise to those observations.

No, but they sure should have a damn powerful influence over your estimated probabilities for your previous hypothesises. Many of those observations are tests, after all.

Now, though I don't yield QM with my own strength, I can tell that the basics have little to do with chaotic systems, and that most of our intuitions are better thrown out the widow. Really, go read that sequence, at least until you can parse "complex amplitude distribution over a configuration space". It's accessible, it's established science, and I trust Eliezer reported it accurately.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/r5/the_quantum_physics_sequence/
psdtuts is a great place to learn!
Effective anything is really hard.

By the way, you asked a leading question resulting in biased replies.
How do you determine whether to trust a site or not?
I don't understand 9-5 either, why start so late? I do 7:30 to 4, and get out in time to go surfing, sailing, or skiing depending on the season. Or maybe just hang out on the beach with my girlfriend. Or maybe BBQ with some friends. Or get a nice book at the library. Or hop online and play Starcraft. Or watch a good movie. Or maybe, spend some time working on my sideproject or programming in general.

Work to live. Don't live to work.
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Are you just completely irrational or does this mean something? I honestly can't tell.

I think your explanation of US behavior in post-Hussein Iraq is ahistorical...to say the least.

Governments tend to be molded by circumstances more than we realize, and not the personality of such-and-such a strongman.

Absolutely, I very much agree.

I'm still curious though: is child-rape enlightenment?
I like the idea; I find it to be simple and compelling. The website has an equally simple and classy look to it.

As a side note, I didn't notice any tags in the photos on the blog post url you provided. Not quite sure why that is.

I agree with the earlier comment that the best way to get this promoted is through some clever networking with popular blogs/writers. They are often highly accessible and are willing to early-adopt a service. And, of course, they will spread the word if the service is good.
This site is inaccessible on mobile browsers (or at least iPhone)

It "helpfully" redirects to the IEEE Spectrum mobile homepage. If you are making a mobile version of a site, please don't redirect blindly. I followed a link, I expect to go there.

EDIT: thankfully, the article was recent and a link to the mobile story shows up on the page we get redirected to.
True. To me it was surprising to find out how many extremely specific Photoshop tutorials are out there.
Exactly...see the thing is, in my model - I never even accounted for that case (the users that don't use up all their space), because technically that is like a current liability. In that at any time, those users can lay claim to their free space - so Dropbox has to be able to give them that free space.

So technically, it wouldn't make much sense for them to really consider that against their profit margins. Although, over time I am sure they have realized that X% of their users never use up more than say 1GB (and various levels) of their storage - so you may be right. But I didn't want to get into all of that because of the questions surrounding it.

It's really the structure of the way they charge for storage and the way they pay for it.

I can't think of any other company that can do what they are doing.

Amazon with their web services can't. A car rental company can't. Neither can a restaurant, retail store, manufacturer of anything, nor a hotel or anything of that nature.

I can't think of any other business model (in history) that is as lucrative of what they are doing.

I would love for someone to provide a counter example, because I think I am going crazy - because it is very rare that you find something 'too good to be true'. But this might be one case, for the founders and investors, that truly is.

Unless they mess it up.
Smart devices is Symbian, Meego, WP7.

Mobile Phones is S40 (not Symbian). This is the ancient Nokia platform, which is the only part of Nokia that is currently competitive in its price bracket.

The intention is to kill off Symbian as quickly and painlessly as possible. Good riddance. It was not a realistic smartphone contender to begin with. Finally Nokia stops throwing good money after bad. Only it may be too late.

One of Nokia's systemic problems is its uneven software culture. Nokia's diffrentiator was hardware. When competitors surpassed Nokia in software it was fighting a losing battle. From this point of view the move makes much sense. Remove the software that don't perform well: Symbian and Ovi service "platform", developer tools. Keep and streamline the parts that have a chance of success: S40, MeeGo.

The transition will be painful and success is far from certain, but the obvious alternatives would be even worse.
Stratfor is also calling this a coup:

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110211-red-alert-mubarak-...
Still another side of the fence. I'm someone that provides the design documents to outsourced developers. My experience is that they ask way too few questions. It's hard to find people off-shore that actually think about what they're doing and ask you the necessary questions to figure out whichever detail you missed or got wrong.

Then again, that applies equally on-shore. But it's way easier to hire good people if you can interview them yourself, face-to-face.
My point is that just because MPEGLA contains a pool of patents that they have deemed applies to WebM, doesn't mean those patents will hold up in a court of law, but it will certainly make for an excellent scare tactic against those who wish to utilize WebM in their projects. Before now, it was just vague remarks about how WebM may not be patent free, but after this:

"We have X number of patents in our pool that we say WebM infringes on; pay us and we won't sue you." It'll practically negate the entire purpose of using WebM instead of H.264.

Edit: Until a court of law has ruled that WebM infringes on patents held by MPEGLA, what they're doing is quite literally the definition of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. They want you to Fear a lawsuit, because you're Uncertain about the legitimacy of their claims, and Doubt that you could either afford the costs or even defeat their claims. You can't possibly tell me that FUD is inappropriate for this situation.
What product do you work on?
> I've never understood the objection to MPEGLA. [...] MPEGLA is a licensing agency, so there are no personal or political issues.

Others have comments on other parts of this statement, but I wanted to mention that the political factors in the patent pool can have significant effects on the codec's final quality.

There are pieces of the MP3 codec which exist only to include the patent. After all, if your patent is in the technology, it is quite a lot of money in royalties you'll be getting. There is extraordinary pressure to get your patented tech into the standard even if it isn't helpful.

When I originally hired Monty to work on Ogg Vorbis fulltime, I also hired Mark Taylor (LAME author) to work on a new codec as well. His idea was essentially to remove all the idiocy from MP3 and leave only the useful pieces. It was an eye opening experience.

There is also the problem that MPEG and ISO have fairly closed membership. This is one reason why the IETF has taken up codec work over the last year or so.
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No, they're a publicly traded company answerable to their shareholders and the legal systems of Finland, the EU, and the US NYSE and SEC.

Any company that comprises a measurable percentage of a country's GDP and a big share of its exports had better take into account some political considerations.
I bought an OEM copy of CS3 for something like $200. I registered with Adobe and everything.
Is the same true for Scribd? (last office on TC Cribs) What about all the other startups that are setting up offices in lofts around SOMA?
"Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?"

Can anyone ever know Photoshop? I've been a Photoshop user since version 2.5.1 (1994), and even though I use Photoshop daily, I feel I've barely scratched the surface of its power. Photoshop is the main reason why I keep my Lynda.com subscription.

Last week, Dan Benjamin and Jeffrey Zeldman interviewed Adobe's John Nack for 'The Big Web Show'. John Nack himself admitted to not knowing everything about Photoshop, even though he used to be Adobe's Photoshop Senior Product Manager.

http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow/37
Nope. I'm sure there will be corner cases where Silverlight will actually be just the right tool.
Ducks, gets ready for the onslaught

Actually, for simple mockups which seem to be what most people here are talking about, I most often use PowerPoint...

Obviously it's a long way behind Photoshop for general sketching, let alone the far more sophsticated stuff Photoshop can do, but when we just need a quick overview of an interface concept, it works fine. It's relatively easy to use and the whole office already has it and largely knows the basics.

Plus, because it forces you into a very primitive sketch, no-one starts debating fonts and colourschemes, or whether things should line up slightly differently. Focus on that later, get the general concept out there and sorted first.
I started using Fireworks since CS4. At first I didn't understand how it was different than say Photoshop or Illustrator for web design. Then as soon as I started mocking and designing UIs for actual web applications, or applications, Fireworks showed it's strength. (Heck I sometimes use it to make logos, http://www.ptizo.com/media/preview/brand/ptizo-logo-alpha.pn...)

The number one reason I prefer Fireworks it's that the file itself can be viewed as normal PNG (and still retain editable features). The second is the mix of vector/pixel objects (all you want from vectors but as pixels).

If you have to design for the web I would recommend you to use Fireworks over Photoshop as your design tool (please stop with the shadows and gradient madness, they make the page rendering slow and scrolling crappy).
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Also, don't forget that Nokia's CEO was the head of Microsoft's business division until last fall. I think that may have been a factor as well.
wow, that's my comment thanks for posting to HN.
please bear in mind who the author is.
I don't want to pee on anyone's parade - I honestly don't - so I would hate to link to it here, even though it's "competition". I'll link to it on my profile instead.

(Never imagined me writing this, actually, but I think it makes sense. I truly do admire these folks for this particular project - I wish I had thought of it myself, I'll tell you that)
What does b&m stand for?

edit: brick and mortar, the googles say
Not optimized, ignored. Two completely different things.
I was way happier at Google using Perforce than I am today using Mercurial.

The essential difference that annoys me to no end:
- In Mercurial / Git, you must be synced to tip in order to push. (to avoid creating new heads)
- In Perforce (and other old style VCS), you can commit as long as the files that you are committing are based on the newest version.

It is impossible to have any sort of sizeable team commit to the same DVCS repo. With ~12 software engineers, I already have to sync 25 times a day, even if I'm the only one touching my area of the codebase.

Most Google engineers commit to the same repository, and everyone gets the benefits of building from head (instant fix propagation from other systems, rather than waiting for releases). There is no way for everyone to work on the same repo with a DVCS afaik. It would require some sort of complicated hierarchy of repos.
The link is to the blog announcement. If you want to get directly to the app, the URL is http://starchart.me/.
Great idea! I like the concept of involving the other family members. Clean design!

One minor suggestion - I'd make the logo clickable in the blog post. I had to scroll to the bottom to get a clickable link to view the site
(1) Sync is now on asynchronous APIs as of the latest beta (or maybe the next one). You can disable Sync in the Preferences window, and you can choose to only sync bookmarks if you'd like.

(2) Places (the bookmarks database) is now on asynchronous APIs, which means that, unless you're using esoteric features of bookmarks, they never block the UI thread. SQLite is also now in WAL mode. Smart folders are still slow as I understand it, and there's a plan to revamp and/or remove them.

(3) Bookmarks and history have been treated the same way since Firefox 3 (Places). There is talk of revamping and/or removing Live Bookmarks as well.

(4) Tab Groups is now secondary UI (the icon is gone by default). It is never loaded until you open it.

(5) The status bar is no longer in the address bar.
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Nokia has shown over time that #1 & #3 aren't realistic. As for Android (#2) vs Windows 7 Phone (W7P), you can make a strong argument for either's adoption.

W7P is currently not a market hit. As you mention, Microsoft has cash in the bank, and they are not going to give up (see xbox, search, etc). Given a couple generations of W7P development, W7P will look like Android today (read: usable).

Nokia may eventually be relegated to a commodity hardware maker, but they do benefit by adopting a modern, competitive mobile OS (as opposed to their current in house options). The worst case for Nokia may look like Motorola. (In that Motorola was bleeding post-RAZR, adopted Android, and are now doing fine even though they don't create the OS.)
To their detriment.
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Gah! Their support email example uses two! exclamation marks! I'd! be torn as to whether to give them a grimace or a frown on that point alone!!
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I've looked at it a bit more. All the smaller sites are just place holders for lesser important topics or for streaming BBC shows. Sure the torrent saves some user comments (not all) and images (not all, some links are broken) but there's not really a lot of meat since that content is periphery.

I'd say that most of the valuable content is still stored on the BBC servers, in the DB where it's being served from right now. I'm sure they're going to repurpose the good stuff if they haven't already. I have an acquaintance who works in the web department at the CBC. They've implemented a pretty neat CMS to repurpose their older media to work with their latest site. I can see the BBC doing the same.
i am 38 and remember photoshop 1. Around 5.0 I was great at it, now I don't bother to keep up. Back in the day you would keep 20 versions of one document- no layers. I wonder how many people realize how much of PS is taken from pre-press, channels and mask are essentially rubylith and overlays
Except that VP8 licensing will be a mere drop in the ocean compared to AVC licensing.
Indian Food Made Easy is one of them I'll be saving.
There's a big one on WWII.
It's really a mixed bag.

The full list is in the torrent file.
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There is also the problem that MPEG and ISO have fairly closed membership.

Anyone can participate in standards development.