skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I actually don't think it's such a bad idea for everybody to see Aaron's emails, so long as Aaron can see everybody else's emails. Pure transparency would be as entrapping as it would be liberating initially. So long as the transparency mechanism does not discriminate, I think it'd be awesome. You could pledge to go transparent when say 80% of your contacts do too. It'd be an interesting experiment regardless. Friends could see what you're up to and try to help (and you'd get to know someone better by seeing them in new contexts), emailing becomes like tweet messaging someone -- maybe a good startup idea, something like http://Hackerfollow.com on someone's emails, requiring mutual follows - you have to know who's following you and approve them, and the only emails shown to you are those between two people already on the network that have both approved you - the rest exclude you.

So when that comment talks about OODA, all of a sudden with this system the top of a hierarchy can intervene in the bottom, and the bottom knows what the top is talking about. The hierachy becomes a set of intersecting rings of different sizes, there's no top of bottom anymore.
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There are several problems with this hypothesis. Apple has said it before that they're getting more iPhone orders than they can manage to build in many cases. At $625 per iPhone and they're selling like hotcakes on top of their recent Verizon expansion, even if they could produce a lower cost iPhone, why would they? The profit margin doesn't make sense and isn't typical of Apple.

Of course I could be wrong and Apple may do an iPhone nano but this would also greatly diminish the user experience on the phone and apps experience by minimizing the screen. If you've ever played on an iPad, you'll know many apps work a lot better on the iPad. The screen size do make a difference. Shrinking the iPhone doesn't seem to be helpful in this area.

Lastly, Apple is not known for making half assed products with cheap components. Using older components doesn't equate to cutting costs low enough for profit margins on a retail $200 phone to make sense when they're raping $625 per phone as it is now. Would you do it? The economics just doesn't seem to make sense here.
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Having done both iOS and WP7 development I will tell you that I found WP7 enormously easier to develop for. If you can handle writing a Silverlight app, then you can program for WP7 with no problem.

I have not written any games for either platform though, so I can't compare that experience.
It would be nice to try android application in desktop browser before buying. With this project I believe it would be not so hard to create applet (or how they are called in 2011) for browser and show some features of your android application without installing to device.
It seems that Nokia will "become by far the foremost WP7 phone maker" mostly because everyone else shuns it.
Wasn't the 3310 the Nokia high point?
And can be ignored...
Depends on your values and your expectations. If you do time discounting, you can save more lives sooner by donating to VillageReach or the Stop TB Partnership. If you think human civilization might have some trouble negotiation the next few thousand years, an existential risk reduction charity like FHI or SIAI might be better.

If neither of those applies, and you think SENS has a good chance of achieving their goal with sufficient funding, go for it!
Only the "ia" has the strikethrough. I think it's to show that the product name "Socl" = "Social" - "ia". I agree that it is confusing though.
More like ~900-1050 USD in some parts of the world.
From my personal experience, hard as hell (read: failed). Though companies can successfully do it, absolutely. I met one company that was 1 block away that had really impressive operations. They were supposed to be the offshore branch for a European company but the European company essentially disappeared and they were running the entire thing offshore with a couple marketing staff left in Europe. All the knowledge and experience ended up transferring entirely to the offshore operation. A few of the top managers moved over and they are recognized as one of the top companies in their industry. I wish I had more time there to learn what they did and how they managed it, sadly, I didn't.
This is very good for activists.
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Thanks for linking that, I'd never seen it before and it was very fun to watch.

Near the end Jamie says (slightly paraphrasing):
"This could all turn into television again... a small number of companies controlling what we see or hear."

And now we basically have Facebook, Twitter and Google as the big entry points for finding things on the web. I realise that we're not living in this closed system that's push only.. I just thought there was a slight parallel there.
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Cocoa is an incredible API. Much more pleasant to work with than Qt, hands down.

The runtime method dispatch of Objective-C (protocols!) makes it possible. Basically Objective-C gives you what Qt had to kludge in with qmake/moc. And it's still pretty fast!

When I see how little code I have to write to do something basic in Cocoa/Obj-C, and how well it turns out, any problems I have with syntax go out with the window.
Exactly. I'm holding out for Firefox 4, and if it's not substantially faster than Firefox 3, I'll be moving to Chrome and I wont be moving back. Firefox 4 is their last chance to get their shit sorted.
As rms might say, "vi vi vi, the number of the beast"
He's opposing a viewpoint that assumes that you can only have extremes which strengthens the belief that there are only two choices (two-valued orientation). Perhaps take a read of http://www.edge.org/q2011/q11_1.html ("The Edge of the Circle")? Do we really need to have complete anarchy or for the government to have complete authority? Seems like a bit of a slippery-slope fallacy to me.
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How about you tell me YOUR dropbox password? I promise I won't store it. I'm just asking.
442MB for an ipod movie of the Green Hornet?

Also, it seems to reference the .torrent file, not an actual video file.
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> But I wonder if I could have done things differently,

Well, sure. Should you have? I doubt it.

You'll be able to hack and do startups the rest of your life. Most likely you'll only have a few chances to fall in love. I recommend making the most of them. (This goes double if you want to get married and have a family.)
If your perception of offshoring is "lets hire developers in country X and save 40% because developers make 40% less there." Then the answer is NO. Even if you can find the perfect employees that will do great work for 40% less it is only a matter of time before they will find better paying jobs, and that turnover will kill your 40% savings.
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When that "other OS" is highly ubiquitous (~90% or higher market share), it is reasonable to expect developers to purchase the OS before developing for an audience that uses it.
Didn't you describe it as a "hello world project hooked up to a random number generator" at some point? ;-)

I do recall that Patrick has written a supposedly-neat A/B testing framework - is that what you're referring to?

[I'm not trolling, just honestly curious!]
The BBC needs to make visible cuts in places where the British (anti-BBC) press accuse them of providing services that they believe should be provided by private companies.If the site doesn't vanish the press wouldn't see it as a real cut, would they? [1]

[1] sambeau, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2188870
Horrible reporting.

The cost to the BBC to keep those pages on its servers is more than $3.99. Just because one guy downloaded all of the pages, compressed them, and then seeded them on bittorrent for a cost of $3.99 to him doesn't mean jack.

Notice that he's not hosting the content in any easily readable form. No, he decided to put that burden on everyone by putting it up on bittorrent. Why isn't he hosting the content? Because hosting a heavily trafficked site ain't cheap.
(much lower day rate)

IMHO This is a key wrong assumption here. After many yrs in this business i am still surprised how many ppl fail to realize this simple fact. Project is doomed when they hire Indian Developers for $5/hour

Good developers charge premium anywhere! Local market of talents! Great developers are always busy and if you are happy to find someone cheap and available right now you are under serious risk. Of course there is cost of living factor but its not x5-x10 times savings! In fact cost of living in some parts of US is already lower than somewhere in Europe.

So lack of talent and high demand in one place will always continue to drive outsourcing to other places (both off- and inside US). Yes, it works
Broken link. I guess you meant:
http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2011/02/11/se...
thank you, ismarc! those are definitely some awesome ideas that i will implement right away.
>The second is that MS apparently exercises strong control over the design of WP7 phones,

This is where I went wrong; Elop was able to negotiate an exemption for Nokia.
so by that logic:

- if you develop for Palm WebOS, you're relying on company whose main business is selling printer ink

- if you develop for Android, you're relying on company whose main business is selling ads

- if you develop for iOS, you're relying on company whose main business is selling audiovisual content and portable players for it

then Microsoft IS the only company that you can rely on, since it's primary business is selling software?
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How about desktops? Are they out of fashion among YC founders? I thought every developer appreciates convenience of large screen and plenty of computing power.

Do you/YC developers hook up your MacBook Airs to large screens or don't bother?
if you take a look at the "get started" section you will find that 4th point is the link to the sample resume hosted.

http://hirednext.com/johndoe

is it maybe too hidden and not noticeable at first glance ?
Windows Phone is now a lot better

Compared to the disaster that was WinMo 6, sure.

Thing is, Android / iOS cover pretty much every need of the smartphone market right now. The iPhone a well made, high-end, kick ass, user-friendly and kind of expensive product with tons of third-party support available.

Android on the other hand is already selling big on cheaper phones, and although it is so popular and all the tools you'll ever need are open-source and well-made, still it doesn't have so many quality apps like iOS. But it's getting there.

This is not like the XBox versus the PS3.
PS3 took a long time to market and was considerably more expensive (it has been gaining significant ground btw).

This is also not like Windows versus Mac OS or OS/2. At that time Windows was the cheaper and the more versatile one.

It is also not like IExplorer versus Netscape. Microsoft doesn't have much leverage on this industry, besides a handful of patents. And phone makers aren't stupid. They've been burnt already by mobile operators.

This is too bad actually. My first mobile phone was a Nokia 3310, which I loved. Now the brand is dying.
If the BBC is unable to host these sites because of budgetary issues, is the BBC also unable to pursue copyright infringement of these same sites if a third party were to set up the site/s in a different country?
"iPhone nano" rumor comes back to life, now with $200 unsubsidized price tag
http://twitter.com/#!/paul_irish/status/35817622377340928

For those of you who already know about CSS3 Please, it was updated yesterday with the new @font-face syntax from Fontspring and the new Webkit gradient syntax

http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face...

http://webkit.org/blog/1424/css3-gradients/
The fact that it'd cost the BBC millions to maintain those pages means jack.

People were going to lose access to that information, and now they aren't. That's really all that matters. With torrents, the burden is on "everyone" only if they really want to keep it up.

edit: Reasoning for downvotes would be appreciated. The BBC has a long history of recklessly losing valuable data. See kgtm's link to previous yc post on this topic.

edit #2: Oh, okay, I see what's going on. When I said "means jack", I didn't mean to imply that the BBC should spend inordinate amounts to keep the data up. What I meant was: Yes, it might have cost them to do it, but look, like what this guy did, there are other ways to keep the data archived. Hell, I'm sure some people would even settle for a CD archive or something.
No doubt that MS has a great opportunity now and so has Nokia. Their partnership better move fast otherwise it won't be able to benefit.

Without knowing the details of the partnership, the content in the OP sounds mostly hyperbole and opinion at best.
If you asked me right after the race, I would've said no. I was in so much pain.. but about a month later I felt like I had to again. If you can pay the high entry cost(~$4,000 USD), it's worth it. I'm going to try to go back in 2013.
Wow, I posted that question on SO two years ago. Didn't expect to see it near the top of HN.

FWIW I still think effective offshoring is really hard.
My favourite phone was the Nokia 6210. That thing was damned near indestructable. The 6310i was also great but it only really added bluetooth and had no authentication on the AT modem profile (which meant anyone could connect to it and dial up to the Internet, snarf data and so on whenever bluetooth was on).

The problem with Nokia was that they kept messing around with Symbian and didn't really know what it was for, making clunky interfaces that while better than Windows Mobile at the time were just blown away by the iphone.

Instead of trying to provide a better experience than the iphone, they went crazy trying to imitate it and as a result failed to innovate. Ultimately Nokia's marriage to Symbian pretty much screwed the pooch. They had to ditch it but for what? If they're just another android OEM they're going to have some interoperability issues and it'll still be quite expensive. Switching to Microsoft means that if the tech is good it'll be well supported with a long term roadmap by guys with a good track record elsewhere. Nokia won't be just another OEM - they will be able to influence Microsoft's development. They still shift huge amounts of phones especially at the lower end of the market, and Microsoft will recognise that.

Sure Nokia are down but not out, and I think this is better for both than the title suggests.
That's why I bought an iPhone; even though I'll never buy a Macbook or other Apple products.

Being able to sync contacts / calendar back and forth to my Google Apps account is priceless.
Most of BCC (and AR, and my day job work, and my client work) is fairly pedestrian, programming-wise. I can usually eventually get code to function to accomplish arbitrary objectives most of the time. Yay.

My limited claim to fame with regards to programming is that I am good at designing and passable at implementing systems/code which improve marketing outcomes: A/B testing, various types of optimization, scalable content generation, conversion tracking and optimization, etc. It turns out that this is a) not nearly as common as being good at programming and b) anywhere from "spiffy" at BCC scales to "changed the way we did business" (quoth a rather happy client, who you've all heard of).
I like the general design/colors. It looks non-threatening and inviting. Does it take location into account?
Suggestions:
-Increase the width of the content area. Things look too close together.
-Try adding a drop shadow on the rounded rectangles.
-The corner of the rectangles is visible over the background. Try making it a transparent png.
-Try moving the "Dating Made Easy" signup box below the explanation of how the service works.

Overall, I think it has potential if you play with the design a little and give it a marketing push before VDay.
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This is from personal experience so I want everyone reading this next comment I'm going to make with a grain of salt but in choosing a business partner, make sure you got the balls to tell them what's on your mind, good or bad. And the ability to fire them without making things awkward. If you can't treat your business partner the same way you'd honestly talk to a really good friend, you got more problems awaiting ahead than just how the startup is going. Not every person you want to partner up with will always turn out to be the right person regardless of the number of precautions you take, so just make sure you can speak freely when you need to.
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Err, what? HTC has 3 (4? Not sure) WP7 phones, LG has at least 2, Samsung has at least 1, Dell has 1, and those are just the ones that I know about. Are there any big exceptions here except Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson?
Getting rid of the 'IN' clause.
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A topic near and dear to my heart. ;-)
Just asking, but wouldn't the iPhone meet that need?
Android is growing, but it's hard for carriers to differentiate themselves on top of it. The carrier UIs (other than Sense, perhaps) tend to be dislike versus stock Android, so that makes the only way to stand out on Android seem less attractive.
Well you are wrong.. They abandoned them. MeeGo is cut down to be experimental side project, probably to not piss Intel and other partners off.
The success of offshoring depends on your definition of success and your reasons for doing it in the first place.

If you're looking to get more done for close to the same amount of cash then you're more likely to succeed than someone who wants to reduce costs as much as possible. There's no trick to getting it right, but it's really easy to slip up and get it wrong.
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I either posted this at the wrong time (5am-ish) or nobody likes me... :( So I'm posting again, sorry for the repost!

A while back I asked for a site review and I got some very constructive feedback. I honestly was not happy about it all at first but I'm glad I pushed my ego aside and listened... because my new landing page is a thousand times better than the first.

It took me a while to come up with something [relatively] concise... I probably spent a week just trying to come up with a way to explain all of the things my app does in as little time/words as possible (went through 5+ revisions)... while matching the current look/feel... and not being too cheesy.

As for a little background info on myself... I'm 23 and this is my first startup with no funding or guidance. I've basically spent the past 7 months by myself glued to my computer with only my dog by my side and occasional contact with family. I make a little money here and there doing some freelance odd jobs. I'm just taking it as it goes and quite frankly I'm ready to move forwards because my current situation has grown incredibly stale and depressing. I'd bet I'm far from alone in this kind of situation here on HN. But I think it's time for me to really move forwards... live life and have fun again.

I came up with the idea behind this startup when I was a professional touring musician. It takes care of all the boring, tedious number-crunching aspects to being a professional in the industry. (In advance, the term "soundscans" is widely known among all serious touring bands in case anyone asks.)

With that said, please check out my startup and I would be so very grateful for any advice and guidance in moving forwards with this. My main concerns are whether or not there are any security holes and/or crippling bugs. (Edit: Small question... how many of you have to download a plugin to hear the music when clicking play? I'm trying to minimize the number of required plugins while supporting older browsers.)

I'm also wondering about a "terms of service" agreement. Does anyone have any advice as to how to properly approach this?

And one last thing if anyone would be so kind... My laptop resolution only goes up to 1280x800 so if anyone with higher resolutions could let me know if it does okay I would very much appreciate it. I've also only tested the mobile version on my phone (Samsung Instinct) and my father's phone (first gen Droid)... so any input there is also greatly appreciated.

I'll include working links in a comment. (Side question: Why are working links not allowed in text submissions?)

Fullscreen: http://www.rela.cc

Mobile: http://m.rela.cc
Oh I just want to give github the biggest bear hug. You guys rock.
Fullscreen: http://www.rela.cc

Mobile: http://m.rela.cc
We hacked together a simple system in a day to get user feedback from our beta group. You don't need something fancy and surely it can be replaced with something better down the road. For an MVP, it should really be an MVP. Just put together a simple feedback box that allow users to post feedbacks directly to you or in a forum style board where other beta users can discuss and roll with it.

Of course you can integrate simple solutions that do this for free as well rather than build your own. We just hacked something together because we wanted to be able to integrate it with our internal system (user logins) for people to post. You can do it differently.
> That's what this post is: someone refusing to face the changing landscape of tech.

I didn't read that at all, what I read was someone saying that change is necessary, but that this change has huge benefits for Microsoft but questionable benefits for Nokia.

We should be wary of falling into the "politician's fallacy" from the delightful Britcom "Yes, Prime Minister:"

We must do something. This is something. Therefore we must do it.
Doesn't make sense to me. You could buy an iPhone for a little over $250 if the carriers wanted. Consider this: An iPod touch is an iPhone without the phone. That costs $230. You can walk into any carrier and buy a cellphone without contract for less then $20. So iPod touch + cell phone = iPhone. Should cost between $250-300. The unsubsidized prize of $600 bucks is just baloney.

Maybe the real story is that Apple is going to insist that the carriers cell the iPhone without a contract?
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I don't understand is situation, but it sounds like a case of the Government removing a high visibility public resource as a sort of protest to budget cuts. Eg: http://i.imgur.com/Vdk6D.jpg

Even if that is the case, I'd sure like to see a breakdown of expense when a cut like this is made.