skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Oh well, the great thing about the mobile space is ultimately it's the consumers that decide who will be succesful or not. If Nokia + Microsoft results in compelling devices then they'll succeed and vice versa.
Love the name and logo.
Milk? Why's that?
Not to mention that if you go to work at Google, you will probably get to know multiple engineers with enough Google stock to fund a startup, and perhaps the chance to work with them at a startup they fund for more than 0.5% of the company.

(My sense is that engineers that start companies better understand the value of good engineers than VCs do).
Interesting. I wonder if the tech grads would be willing to stick around if a start up culture took root.
I like the goals. I wish 2.0 was ready now. I'm only tangentially interested in non-JavaScript versions. Fixing the merged contexts and getting dot-notation are the killer new features. I'd use this as soon as it becomes available.

I hope you don't get bogged down waiting for consensus from the "mustache community". Better to implement and put a stake in the ground, I think.
Depends on the payment structure. The company I work for pays everyone the same (very high) base salary. Each programmer works on their own product and earns royalties off the top of it. Then there are variable bonuses based on the company's overall performance which are the same for everyone.

It's the best of both worlds but obviously it only applies to companies where one person "owns" each product.
You may come to that conclusion if you choose.

Its widely accepted that where an absence of evidence exists, it is logically and scientifically reasonable to come to a conclusion based on an individual's personal bias.
There's something like this in Brighton on the south coast of the UK called The Skiff.

Membership is £165/$264 a month. However this is the top rate, you can pay £25 a month for 'mates' membership, which means you aren't guaranteed a desk, but you can go there and find a place to sit wherever the hell you want, 2 days a week. It's an odd pricing structure but it must work for them because from what I've heard it's always busy.

http://theskiff.org/pricing

Never been there myself. We just have our own little office.

They host some sort of hacker drop-in-centre called "Build Brighton" down there at night time apparently, which I've been meaning to check out. Apparently they made a MIDI exercise bike once...

http://buildbrighton.com
> Yes, but one simple computer animation could give you the same understanding of the engine as if you had built the engine yourself.

That must be one impressive animation.
Is the Internet leading us to temptation or teaching us how to be good?
The number was 40,000 4-5 years ago when I was debating this case in policy debate in highschool. I fought against it then, and no one gave a shit. Doesn't surprise me that it has continued to occur.
Personally, I find any job requiring me to sit in a cube for 40 hours a week to be pretty taxing, regardless of how fun the tech or the people are. It's the sort of activity that I try to minimize my time doing.

With that in mind, I'd much prefer to make my year's salary in, say, eight months, and spend the rest of the year doing things I actually enjoy. Sabbaticals don't actually require approval if you're genuinely not interested in job security. The only real thing in question is whether the place would like to have you back when you return.

One interesting side effect of working lots of 6-18 month stints at various companies is that you get exposed to lots of technologies and get lots of things out in the wild that you can point to and say "I did that". That actually makes you more valuable, and therefore more likely to land the sort of higher money, short term contract that you're looking for.
You wouldn't still happen to have that collection of gifs depicting Bill Gates as a Borg, would you?
I have no way to prove/disprove if or not Elop did this with straight face and without any conflict of interests but thinking about the decisions that were made and information that was provided - it all makes sense only if seen from Microsoft side.

a) Nokia thought they could not differentiate enough with Android so they did not choose it. Then they said they will not customize the WP7 experience - so they would essentially differentiate on hardware/pricing alone. No reason they could not do the same with Android.

b) To let go of a significant capability such as developing their own smart phone OSes and UIs - however unsuccessful they may be in the market - and betting your business on an as-yet under performing platform takes some amount of stupidity.

c) Most of what Nokia sells today are not your typical smart phones. They are losing ground to people going Android and dumping their Nokia feature phones. But they still do not seem to have a "different" strategy for low end devices targeting the developed world and dumb phone users in developed world. WP7 is not it AFAICS. Both Google ($85 dual core Broadcom SoC) and Apple (with the recent rumors of half-iPhone for sub $200 unsubsidized) have a solid plan in place to attack that segment. It is a glaring omission from Nokia and WP7 strategy - especially so since that is an under explored market and they have the highest chance of succeeding. Even if they hope dumb phone users will somehow upgrade to premium WP7 handsets - they are still late to the game.

c) Nokia's competitors who have some WP7 footprint today - how they will react tomorrow? Microsoft hasn't made any special deals with HTC/Samsung for example and their special treatment to Nokia is so close enough to them buying and running Nokia that those guys are going to be forced to rethink their WP7 strategies unless Microsoft offers them something to level the playing field.

d) Microsoft paying them money sounds good in the near term but it comes at a cost of Nokia crippling themselves and risking a whole lot on Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft. The dependence on Microsoft is a huge deal - HP could've done that but they thought it was wiser to buy Palm and bet on their own capability.

e) Why was it so hard to execute? Elop lost a golden chance of understanding this and fixing it. They won't have to execute on OS development now but still there is hardware and software integration work to do that requires lot of execution - they aren't simply going to dump hardware on Microsoft and let them deal with it. It wouldn't scale if Samsung/HTC and others expect the same.
I wonder how hard it would be, on a jailbroken iOS or otherwise open device, to make a background app that records all touches in other apps and makes either a picture or high-speed animation from them.
"My mom had multiple patents"

At my company we get paid cash for patent filings and paid another cash sum if the patent is accepted. A little less than 5k total, but it's not hard to do 1 a year. It's not getting rich, but there is no risk either. I get paid, period. I get over 5k a year matching in my 401k, and I get a bonus every year over 10k. This is all on top of a large salary by most peoples standards.

If I live like I only make 80k (not hard) I will easily have a house paid off and a fair amount of money in the back after 20 years. And it's low stress and fun work.

What I'd really like to know is what percentage of engineers that try to succeed at a startup actually end up wealthy. Does anyone have stats on this? Most of the people I've worked with that ended up wealthy weren't engineers. they got good at SEO at the right time and sold some wordpress site or something like that. I used to work with a few people that were at youbet.com and I wouldn't say they got rich. The average engineer seemed to have gotten a payout in the 6 figures range. This is me guessing based on the info they told me in conversations. So they basically get to buy a house in cash in the L.A. area.

I feel like my chances of paying off a house in 20ish years is just as good at a big company as it would be trying my hand at a few start ups. Maybe I'm wrong, and clearly I'm not a big risk taker.
There are enough forks that implement these things today, see the Network and issue tracker on gh:/janl/mustache.js.
Stop Imposing Programming Languages On Kids
That's fair. They did work pretty hard to get rid of it and regain control of their platform, though. I hope Nokia will make the same effort.
Ask HN: Another support App? 
I am trying to evaluate the support app market and hoping for some feedback. I have some issues with support apps right now and i hope to address them if i decide to work on one.

I want to know what issues you face with support apps. Would help me decide if i have something tangible to work on. Thanks HN
RootsTech Challenges Developers to Mashup Family History
I've been watching Bitcoin for the last few months. It all seems very smart and cool.

BitcoinWatch offers an overview of what's happening in the Bitcoin network: http://bitcoinwatch.com/

One bitcoin was worth 0.25 USD first time I checked. Last week or so, it had reached ~0.7 USD.

Today it's over 1 USD. I'm amazed.
How to keep your idea secret during the prototype development?
Hi there!

In the starting phase, if you hire someone for some months, how can you avoid the following scenarios?

1.He steals the code and found with it his own start-up.

2.He tells his mates, work or college colleagues and they found a similar company. Seems to be a BIG problem in the valley. There are so many other potential start-ups, that the probability of getting copied is higher.

Does the same solution apply to people you subcontract (abroad or not) for doing some specific portion of the prototype?

How could I maintain the business idea secret till the product is lunched?

Thanks for all comments and suggestions!
This is on heavy rotation over here

http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Hustle+Hard+remix+noshout+/3...
Someone explain?
Take a look at https://www.whosebill.com/ for a more sophisticated take on the idea
I'd recommend you travel. You write "I could travel, but my problems will just follow me around the world."

So I re-read your post, but you don't really tell us what your problems are.

So, what's the problem, really?
Because mathematics is part of what defines us? You could apply your argument to any topic taught in school: history, literature, physics, ...
OpenGL on Mac
Are You Coming to LAUNCH? 
Ten sob stories in this chat room get free tickets to @LAUNCH
Yes to else sections. The lack of else is just plain annoying after awhile.

Don't care on dotted access.

Context addressing is fine if we can agree on a method and keep the spec simple. Perhaps using Git's SHA addressing with things like HEAD, HEAD^, HEAD^^ or similar.

Yes to booting dynamically changing delimiters.

Yes to stealing helpers.

For cross-language compatibility, we really should have a collection of test inputs and outputs.

We should adopt a directive thing like you have for the 'this' notation with {{.}} or whatever for lists. The original is a bit funny looking but I think this sort of thing would fix the delimiter issue.

Another pattern that I run into that's a bit weird is when I need to add markup around a list when its not empty. I end up having a context that returns a context with a rows object when there is data, or None when there are no rows. So it looks like this in mustache:

{{#genes}}
open table
{{#rows}}
row stuff
{{/rows}}
end table
{{/genes}}

I keep having the feeling there's a better way to make that work.

If I get another project finished up shortly I'll write these up in a branch of pystache.
You can't. Get over it.
Sal Khan at Stanford speaking about The Khan Adademy
List of Open Source Programs
Even if one disagrees with the notion of abolishing all intellectual property laws[1], there is value to Groklaw's argument against them. An extreme point of view can serve to anchor the discussion closer to what one might consider ideal (e.g. a hypothetical "founders' copyright," with 14/28 year terms, or n-year patent terms where n is << today).

[1] I have to admit I am intensely curious what the world would look like if suddenly all IP laws were abolished. I imagine there would be a brief frenzy of copying and exploiting, but eventually a new equilibrium would be achieved and innovation would continue but under some other motivation.
How does Lisp let you redefine the language itself?
In the US and Canada, milk is often fortified with Vitamin D. Not sure what it's like in the rest of the world.
Hacker News New York City Meetup: Today, Sunday, Feb 13
He makes a good point about the value of business experience...

...and then advocates waiting a few years before seeking such experience.
same situation here, thanks for this nice description.
tell you what - I'm currently planning on abandoning my routine and go for an extended travel. the main problem probably is to break the daily routine behaviour, it isn't easy, but the will to do it is the first step and only requirement. if you're suffering from computer addiction as much as i do, it's probably a good choice to execute a "format c:" (or any likewise more physical action although i'd consider it cruel).
i decided to ignore all the seamingly enourmous bureocratic things that should be done (e.g. getting insurance, buying stuff you think you'd need) and go for a backpack with only those things i think are absolutely necessary.
besides this good will for a change, I constantly wonder whether it is wise to abort the daily routine (I'm earning an awful lot doing stupid programming jobs but only as long as I stay involved and up2date). however, as you mentioned already, soon there will come a time when my output approaches level0 and that's a unconcious force put up on me so I think it is a rational choice to have a break. additionally, I don't see any future in doing contract work without any purpose. Since there seems to be absolutely no inspiration by waiting day by day (aka staring at the clock), the only option is to stop making plans (an illusion after all, when did longterm speculation ever work out) and jump into cold water, i.e. do something you are not prepared to do and deal with any problems when they come up, not when you anticipate them. i think this is the only possibly way to break this spiral, since it is actually nothing else than worrying about some hypothetical failure one might do, which is simply nonsense. so - stop wondering what might be the best choice and decide for the very first opportunity that crosses your mind or face, you simply cannot know in advance what new experience will bring (however, make sure you are not being abused).
my 2ct
We're not hiding it -- just keeping it out of the way.

The principal user intention on the course page is to learn about what's in the course and who's teaching it. Most of our courses have multiple discounts; there's not always a single price.

Early testing and user feedback revealed that students found a giant price list to be confusing to navigate, so the choice was to either get rid of the discounts or make the list less obtrusive. Subsequent testing suggested that we made the correct choice.
How does this escrow thing work on a practical basis?
Do you know any good escrow agents? and perhaps more importantly, do you charge your clients extra for providing them with a source code escrow agreement, similar to providing an SLA.
No one should "love" the kind of rap music that the author is talking about. The love and worship of "gangsta rap" has the black community in shambles.
I must say its a pretty cool idea. Love it..
Maybe I didn't say so explicitly, but it should be clear that I suffer from a lack of motivation and direction, and really have a lack of faith in myself.
Relevant (but very basic) example of what I think you're describing: http://www.animatedengines.com/

It worked very well for me personally and gave me quite a few "A-HA" moments. I'm not sure it helped with my driving however ;-)
the first thing every kid needs to learn is opportunity cost. the second is very basic finance and how compounding interest works. after that a lot of the decision process will naturally fall into place by itself.
Is there one which provides suggestions of similar words/synonyms?
haha! great idea and coding! However, I would improve a bit more the logo...somehow looks very old style.

Maybe you could try to put a filter in the result site.Anyhow, great job!
I mean, to what depth do you really need to understand an engine in order to drive it better?
You might like this, storytelling rap EP about apocalyptic human-AI war (from the robot perspective...)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=240817
The "40,000" figure isn't any less made up than it was two weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2159444
Would You Accept a Google Job Offer?
I'm happy with my current job, but have been made an offer from Google. It's for a lot more money than I currently make. However, I live in a rural area and would have to move to a big city in another state for the Google job so the money may balance out some. I'm 42 and have a wife and children. We're all happy now with our current life. Our house is paid for, no debt, etc. We're not rich, but we do OK and are happy.

The only reason I struggle with this decision is that it's been an honor that they called me and asked me to interview, thought my code and ideas were good and that I passed all the interview steps with no problems. I finally feel that I've been recognized for what I've spent my life working on (ever since I got the C64) by my peers. Is that stupid to feel that way?

Would you take the Google job or not? I just wanted to bounce this off of HN. This is a temp account. I appreciate any feedback.
Those that can do, those that can't, teach, and those that can't teach get tenure.

If this guy was an econ professor at least he would know he was just talking his book. You don't need a symposium on entrepreneurship you need to sell stuff at a higher price than you bought it to paying customers. Thats it, it's a sentence not a 2 year degree program.
Whosebill.com looks neat. I'm aiming for a simple, just-get-it-done approach. There isn't even a signup on mine.
It looks to me you really have issues with failure. I think you should address them.

For example, this advice tells you to do something out of reach. So you will have no chance in succeeding and failure will be to be expected. And so what? What is the problem with that?

The point here is not winning. So I second the advice and tell you to do it. You need to fail and overcome your fears seeing that it's not that big deal. You have to free yourself from the burden of fear of failure.
How do Japanese mathematicians denote function calls? I suspect that had more direct influence than English grammar.
U.S. Manufacturing Decline Raises Concern About Innovation
You can download the Bitcoin software here:
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and get your first Bitcoins here:
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A good intro to see if a mindfulness based approach resonates with you is "The Happiness Trap" by Russ Harris. http://www.thehappinesstrap.com/.
> For cross-language compatibility, we really should have a collection of test inputs and outputs.

https://github.com/mustache/spec
Pick up a new platform... Java tends to drain, come back ready to learn something new.

I've learned several -- it's just by circumstance that Java happens to pay the bills at the moment, though I can't say I was substantially happier when I wasn't writing Java.

And if you aren't, get some more sun, by your comments, your body is probably wanting a shift into earlier hours?

But it's so awfully cold in the morning! (cue the criticism about lack of willpower)

Also, set some lower goals for yourself in smaller tasks and get them done quickly.

Will do. I've tried a bit of this recently but the level of satisfaction felt disproportionately small... but that could just be my mental filter.

Also, play some Red Dead Redemption or your video game of choice. They can really help reduce stress and provide escapes to clear your head after a day of work or when you need to shift to relax.

As a former video game addict, I'm terrified of a relapse.
Considering the traction this seems really low.
Thanks for the good word! I always learn when coding.

I was actually surprised how simple Bing API was to implement! Painless! (feel awkward right now giving so much benefit to MS, LOL!)

With the logo, I used Bing-like font with obvious Google colors. But I will put some more thoughts into it. I think main Google logo haven't changed since ever (the only thing they added was a shade).

"Filter in a result site" -- can you shortly elaborate, please??

Thanks for your input!
Wasn't Zuckerberg given this same advice, that he wasn't the guy who founded Friendster, and should just stay in school? Should a business fail can't you just go back to school? How many great business opportunities does one get in life? I'm betting it's far less than the opportunities to blow two hundred grand on a piece of paper.

If professors knew what business ideas would succeed and which would fail then they'd be investing instead of teaching.
The internet is a great tool to avoid self-reflection.

Ow. That hurt. (But thanks, I'll definitely use that quote in the future!)
Music Hack Day Live from New York
Unstated by the people saying it in this context.
Ask HN: College startups?
I know that there are a lot of techie college start ups but there doesn't seem to be a community for them anymore. I remember back in the day we had collegemogul.com and now every so often I see an article or two about college kids on TC.. Is that it for coverage on dorm room startups?
This is very much something that i've been looking for, except in the Manchester area. Do you know if there is anything like this up in Mancs? MadLabs (i think they were called) tried something then promptly ended it. I think their value proposition wasnt as well refined as 'the skiff' hence the lack of demand, but it looks like the brighton guys have got their business model worked out very well.
Are you a developer who wants to partner up?
Greetings to all developers!

This is a great chance for you to bring your skills to a new stage, get mentored by leading entrepreneurs, spend 3 months in either California, Madrid or Cambridge (this spring-summer) and have % stake in a new small but promising start up.

So. I am Anastacia, an entrepreneur working on a translation project that will change a translation industry. To apply to start up camps as startupbootcamp.dk and springboard.com and of course, ycombinator, and sure besides that, I need to partner up with a developer! May be, it seems, that finding a partner in this way kind of "play fast and loose", but let's see..

This is a long time cooperation. You will need to spend on the project at least 30 hours a week working together with some cool guys from Russia already hired by me on odesk. You may want to combine this work with your other ones. But this one should be of your primary focus! Your role in the company is CTO!

We will get 4000-5000 eur (per person) from a start up camp for the development of this project. In the end of this 3 months period we will present the project to investors/business angels to get the second portion of investment.

As to living expenses, we will share and think something out to minimize them as much as possible. There are some options as hospitalityclub.org, couchsurfing.com

Dates

Mountain View, Calfornia - June-August, 2011 or

Springboard camp - May 3, 2011 - August 3, 2011 in Cambridge, UK or
Startupboot camp - July 15, 2011 - September 15, 2011 in Madrid, Spain

A business plan developed by me and sent to a grant program atsperiens.lv has been estimated as one of the best 25 plans submitted on the second round in 2010 in Riga, Latvia.

Hurry up! The deadline is coming up! To apply, send me your portfolio link and skype name. I will get in touch with interesting guys.

Screw it, let's do it!)

You better have technical and logial mind (php, zend, mysql, ruby/python) + dedication!

P.S any questions, just ask. and if you know anybody who might be interested, send him this link.

Write me at once to dypllo@gmail.com or leave your contact info here.