skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While I certainly think this would make for interesting research, I think the runtime-complexity of VLIW algorithms (such as Monica Lam's "Software Pipelining") would definitely interfere with the upper-bounds for compilation time of JIT compilers.

(But, then again you could always use a background optimization thread...)
I had this same service a few years ago, and even at $99 it is a money loser. And kinda boring after a while -- even if you autopick the names, you still have to review them before giving them to the client.
You should have received an email within a few minutes of your order with timeframe information, can you let me know if you got it?
It doesn't even make desktops!

Huh?
What about the Mac Mini, the iMac and the Mac Pro?
I did something similar with Google Voice. I created a new voicemail greeting of the tone and calls from the apartment's callbox are sent straight to voicemail with that greeting.

You have to hold your phone next to the speakers on my computer and record the greeting by playing the tone since the tone you get from pressing the number on your phone isn't picked up by Google Voice, for whatever reason.
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Uh oh, app takeover. I don't know how Microsoft is going to react to Google adding a crucially missing feature in Office and leveraging its software for its own purposes.
This is another place that Duck Duck Go shines: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=clojure

At the very top, in the zero-click info box: "Clojure is a recent dialect of the Lisp programming language."
I think another factor is that disk drives have gotten so large compared to your average *nix that it doesn't really make sense not to include everything anymore on a desktop machine. Which is not to say that stripped down versions don't still have their place, but on a machine with half or even a full terabyte standard, tossing out the kitchen sink is more work than it is worth.
License under what legal theory? It doesn't seem like a fairly ordinary plug would meet the standards for either patent or copyright.
USA only?
the problem is, on a purely meritocratic level, the better study groups do not want to have you because you are slowing them down. You gotta bring something else to the table so they let you in.

"Do you like your espresso long or short" works for me.

I am NOT joking: Every project in the world has some mundane thing that has to be done but everybody is too busy to do it. Make coffee, write and maintain build scripts, write test cases, documentation, whatever. If everyone on the team is smarter than you, they all would rather be doing something else, and they will value a team member that gives them more time to do it.
As long as they don't write the thing in C ...
Depending on the functionality of your add-ons, you could place a rather tiny ad saying: Sponsored by: <Widgets Co>, obviously with a link to their site.

I guess not a lot of people would mind something like this.

HTH
So basically, you still use your optical drive. I've had my current work Macbook for about 6 months and I've yet to use the optical drive.
It's actually more like 33% chance. "Oh, wrong side. flip over Wrong again? Oh, I had it right the first time!"
> involve selling premium add-ons (see #1)

I happen to run a Wordpress plugin that is free for the base installation (awpcp.com), but I sell premium add-ons. Wordpress plugins have a similar "stigma" if you will, but the reality is, if you have something of value that significantly improves the "free add on", people will pay for it if a) you tell them about it effectively and b) ask them to buy it, but in a nice way. (e.g. don't spam them, don't throw it in their face every time they use your software, etc).

But you have to make it visible and you can't be afraid to ask. Other plugins follow similar models (e.g. Yoast's All in One SEO)
Wait, USB ports have a "correct" orientation? I just assumed it was random...
Do you read that to mean that all standard Aqua scrollbars will be rendered as overlay scrollbars in Lion? My initial impression was just that the overlay version will be made available to developers. That said, some OSX apps already use them, so I'm not sure why it has been highlighted as a new feature of Lion... any thoughts?
That's not force quit. That's uninstall.

To force quit, you stay in the app you are quitting, hold down the power button til you get the power-off bar, then hold down Home til the app quits.
Growl is nice, but in fairness Gmail supports a Growl-like notifier now if you're using Google Chrome.
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There are a lot of good laptops in that price range these days. The deciding factor is probably going to be non-technical : OS preference, style / design, customer service. That said, here are the ones I've been looking at:

MBP 13": Yeah, it's really 1199, but it's worth the extra cash if you want OSX (and you'll get it for less if you can claim student status). You already have a MBP, so this is an obvious choice. Added bonus: they just got a refresh, so you're looking at shiny new tech.

HP Envy 14: The route to take if you are in love with the MBP's style / build quality, but don't really care for / need OSX. Specs stack up pretty well against the MBP 13, even considering the refresh (Thunderbolt notwithstanding). Currently my personal frontrunner since I use Ubuntu as my primary OS.

Lenovo Thinkpad T410: The anti-Mac. Batman's Tumbler to Bruce Wayne's Lamborghini. Not much else to say about it; Thinkpads' reputation is easily as legendary as that of MBP's when it comes to performance and indestructibility.

Honorable mentions - Macbook Air / Lenovo IdeaPad U260 : If you're into the ultra-thin-and-light thing, these are the two to look into.

Side note: if you decide on any route other than the MBP, you'd be wise to wait a little before purchasing. Other manu's have been waiting to put out refreshes of their lines as well due to the Sandy Bridge fiasco. For all we know, Apple might not be the only one with LightPeak / Thunderbolt / whatevertheycallit for long.
I would also like to see someone like Mark Suster do this. I think even 8 minute would be great: 1 minute intro, 4 minute product conversation, 3 minute shut up and listen to the VC.
Never owned a Dell, but support for my Compaq (I know, I know) was absolutely terrible. Others could probably answer this question better.
Ha. Good luck to them. Thunderbolt will be lucky to replace firewire. There's no way in the world it can replace USB, Ethernet or HDMI. Just think of the number of devices out there with these ports.

It might replace SATA eventually, but it will have to fight against USB.
unless you sacrifice [...] optical drive space

What they really sacrificed here was the opportunity to make a compelling product. It's 2011, when have you last time used an optical drive?
I've worked from home every single day since I graduated from college 6 years ago.

My first job was as a one-man team managing a webapp for a local insurance adjusting company. I lucked into working remotely, as they didn't have a central office, so working from home was required.

My second job was working for AOL/Netscape under Jason Calacanis, and due to his experience with hiring remote employees for Weblogs, Inc., the idea of working remotely was not foreign to him or his other employees, who all worked remotely as well.

The same situation applied to my third job - Mahalo, working for Jason again, although since I left there a few years ago, they've transitioned to having all of the developers work on-site.

Now I'm back at AOL again, hired by someone I worked with the last time around, who himself was working remotely in the Orlando area until AOL opened an office there.

At this point, the ability to work from home is #1 or #2 on my list of qualifications for a job - I gain all of the time that would be lost commuting, my job market is much bigger than people who have to work on-site, and I greatly enjoy working in the office that I custom-built for myself (seend here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2146210).
The policies they implement??????

Bro. The Iraq war happened. John Boehner is speaker of the house right now, they're in a huge budget standoff over slashing domestic spending (while ignoring military spending and entitlements).

Hence, "the modern conservative movement is about nationalistic military stances and cutting domestic spending". This isn't really a hard statement to substantiate.
You sure its purpose isn't to reinstantiate the cryogenically frozen brain of IBM's founder? Maybe that's just a bonus.
It really is. Prof. Strang is an amazing teacher of math plus he's just a really fun, likable guy.
Many of you have also asked about availability for Macs. Unfortunately due to the lack of support for open APIs on Microsoft Office for Mac, we are unable to make Google Cloud Connect available on Macs at this time. We look forward to when that time comes so we can provide this feature to our Mac customers as well.

In case all you want is to access your documents as files: http://code.google.com/p/google-docs-fs/
There are many situations in which rewriting the entire codebase can destroy a project. I have seen it happen. People get excited about a new language or framework and decide to rewrite their code in it. They want to add a single new feature that would be easier to do in the new language. They could still do this in the old language, but it would take longer. So, they begin to rewrite. They get bored, and the project never gets finished or they are inexperienced, and the project takes much longer than anticipated to get up to the level of the original. It is an unacceptable delay in most cases. For new projects, use the appropriate languages, but rewrites for large businesses are often the nail in the coffin.
i sense multiple external screens on a MBP :D
"I would love to hear that there are CS/EE programs using version control to catch cheating. It seems to me that if you forced students to "show their work" by having them commit to their project repo in small increments, it would obviate (some of) the hoops some depts seem to go through to prevent cheating."

I know several professors that attempt this. The work-around is pretty trivial though: just cheat as usual, then claim you forgot to commit until you were already done. The best the professor can really do in those cases is dock the kids a letter-grade or so (oh noes, a B!), since forgetting to commit is at least somewhat plausible for students unused to version control, and certainly isn't strong evidence of cheating.

Of course the really bad cheaters are still caught, but through the tried and true method of comparing code and looking for students that don't understand their own code.
From what I can figure out, Auto-Save and Versions are pretty-much built-in. Assuming an application that uses standard Cocoa approaches to document management, it just needs to declare its support for the auto-save functionality, and pretty much everything else will be handled by the system libraries. Fairly trivial.

Resume is more involved, however: the application is responsible for (de)serializing its state. Again, for a document-based application that doesn't stray far from the "recommended" path, it should be fairly simple to implement. It's just a matter of the document and UI being auto-saved on termination, which requires little work from the developer. One very interesting side-effect of the Resume feature is that it removes the need for applications to stay running: the system can silently terminate unused applications, and bring them back if they're needed again. What's really exciting about this, is that it's turning applications into something that is "always there".
Another fun one is: http://www.coderloop.com/
I wonder if there is any kind of copyright infringement with http://www.versionsapp.com/?
"Fullscreen video" isn't saying much. Sure, my 5 year old AMD64 desktop can play fullscreen video. Can it play fullscreen 1080p h.264 / HD Flash (remember, 5 year old video card == no HW acceleration) without dropping frames or turning into a space heater? Not so much.
Nope. I got my 13" Macbook Pro in early January of this year and it took me a total of 10 minutes to replace the stock HDD with an SSD.
Well said. I launched S3stat as a paid service without any way of processing credit cards. Since I offered a 30 Day Free Trial, that gave me at least 3 weeks in which to build it (and some good incentive to do so).

FairTutor will probably go live with no way to review teachers. Same reason.
Selling is hard. Selling something new is harder. Selling something new B2B without connections or an extremely strong value add feels almost impossible.

I've been there a few times, though I had some previous use cases as tools in my selling bag so it was a little easier. If there's one thing I've learned from my years of selling it's to keep firing until something hits. Keep taking shots and don't stop, eventually someone will listen to you (Sometimes it's just because you won't go away) and that's when you can really start communicating. It's really hard, though (For me, anyway, and I've had some good successes but it still feels like some other guys make it look easy). Like entrepreneurship most people are not built for sales.

I can't give any advice on your life situation and whether or not it actually is time to stop or not. My default position is set to 'Never give up'. If you're having trouble getting through to someone inside a prospect company, jump to the top of the chain - I've called/e-mailed CEOs on more than one occasion when the right person to talk to was someone in middle-management, all that ends up happening is they take my call and pass me down to the person who makes the decision. Once you've been passed down you're much more important to the person you're talking to than if you've been working your way up the chain (Sometimes that works, too).

At a quick glance it looks like a sales problem, though. Keep firing. The first big sale is a huge adrenaline rush, especially after walking through the Valley of Death.
Yes. Not only do they require a part of your social security number, but they also require a US address.
Hao Chen here. Great to see others move the project forward.
I applied to YC with this exact idea, and didn't get in. Of course, there are a lot of factors- but I guess it was an idea they didn't love.

http://www.getdoorman.com/ (Not really coming soon anymore :) )
Too bad they didn't make the plug really usable: connect it anyway you want to.

There are probably many ways to implement that. An USB concept for it: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/double-usb-plug-conce...
Your MBP display has smaller pixels, about 130ppi (pixels per inch), while the 27" display is about 109ppi.
In my day we called these sheds.

It does look cozy though. Too bad you can't buy a $200 plot to put one on.
"I believe the last commercially available IPS laptop was the think pad t43p."

There are one or two commercially available -- see here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4049/hp-elitebook-8740w-ips-on...
Holy fallacy, Batman! Just because one startup raised a lot of money, it means that now all startups have to?

In related news, someone somewhere bought a yacht, surely this means that nobody can live cheaply any more!
I couldn't agree more! His linear algebra lectures are amazing if you need to brush up on your eigenvalues and matrix decompositions. Direct link to the videos:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-...
The problem with USB 3.0 is that it still isnt supported by Intel and probably never will since they developed Thunderbolt.
If you want USB 3.0 today, you need an extra Chip on your board because its not integrated in any chipset. When Intel integrates Thunderbolt nativly the game is over for USB 3.0
Is that domain Libyan?
Long time Apple fanboy here. I own just about every Apple device currently on the market.

I headed out to the Verizon store this morning to check out the Zoom tablet. I currently own an iPad, but after using the new Zoom tablet I'm just blown away by it's speed and functionality.

Regardless of what Apple releases beginning of March, Motorola and Google have definitely brought to market the first real challenger to the iPad.

Edit: I ended up purchasing a Zoom tablet and was the first to do so at this Verizon store.
I've tried something similar (see http://www.chrisfinke.com/2010/09/13/my-experience-with-deve...) without much success, but I don't have enough data to determine the exact cause of failure.
Vizio (flat screen tvs) had $2B in sales with only 80 employees, most of whom are doing tech support. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070601/hidi-wang.html

They contract-out manufacture. I suspect that they contract-out design as well.
Appstore rejection therapy
I think you have the wrong idea... question i would ask is how can you add MORE value by providing/suggesting an affiliate link to these folks for something they already want or need, or by creating a paid version of these tools that they need. Find a need and fill it:)
You should consider taking a look at the Yii framework. It is an alternative to CakePHP, it is new, and it is fun.
How is having a bigger SSD going to help him burn stuff to disk or watch a DVD? His point was that he still uses the optical drive.

So you say, well, your DVD will be 'in the cloud'. Never mind that pushing that much data up most connections will take all month, how will he even get it onto his computer with no optical drive in the first place?

Well, you might say, all your new stuff will be on the cloud, so don't worry about it. But consider if he has a massive DVD collection. Heck, not even a massive one, just assume a hundred or s DVDs.... are you Seriously proposing that he repurchase all that media in 'cloud' format? At $30 a pop, that would easily justify the cost of going for a more expensive MBP rather than a crippled Air.

Oh you say, well if it is just a matter of money, you can just buy the external optical drive. But now whenever you take the laptop anywhere, you have peripherals to drag along with you, and that involves logistics. Again, he's better off with the one that is just built in.

Disclaimer: personally I think the Air is pretty neat. I just don't agree with parent's assertion that optical drives are unnecessary.
Congratulations DocVerse! What an awesome group of people.

For those who don't know them, Google acquired them last year presumably to build exactly this.

From my experience, integrating with MS Office/Outlook APIs is no walk in the park, so syncing with Docs is friggin' amazing.
I haven't seen it mentioned, but if anyone gets official word about TRIM support, please let me know.
That would not be a "47 year old language".
No, the GP said "Double tap the home button", which brings up the Multitasking tray. If you go into jiggle mode there, you can terminate the app. You'll see a red icon instead of the X used for uninstall.
Funny, I have always found a very high correlation between "amazing teacher of math" and "just a really fun, likable guy".

(My experience also includes "musician" and "bridge player".)
Unrelated: http://www.99rooms.com/ ;-)
I love tautological statements like this:

> Once adopted by other websites, Tru.ly could replace the OpenID, oAuth or Facebook Connect as the next evolution of an official login.

Once it's widely adopted, it'll be widely adopted! Once my startup makes it big, it'll be big!

And I just don't understand claims like this from a security standpoint:

> With Tru.ly, you can even use a QR reader on your phone to validate a Tru.ly user on the spot as everyone who signs up gets their own QR code.

Do people think that previous attempts to verify your "real id" have failed because the proponents were stupid, or because it is an incredibly difficult problem, verging on intractable?

EDIT: to the downvoters, it's difficult to even verify the identity of a website, much less humans: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/12/forging_ssl_ce...
What would you write it in?
I think if you find the Thinkpad / W7 more powerful, you should go that route.

All I'm saying is that if you're planning to make on the order of $250-$300K off using a piece of equipment, $1,000 (or even $10,000, arguably) probably shouldn't be material to which one you choose.
I have no idea why they're still so popular. I can only assume people don't think about it rationally. I don't know anyone who drags DVDs around with them, so why drag around the drive?

Frankly, I haven't needed an optical drive in a laptop since booting from USB drives became practical a few years ago. (happy MacBook Air user here)

It'll be interesting to see if Apple fleshes out its Cinema display into a combined docking station and screen using the Thunderbolt port's potential. Add a DVD drive, HDD for Time Machine, USB/Firewire controllers, ExpressCard slot, whatever, using the PCIe channel in the Thunderbolt.
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Fred Wilson knows how to grow an online community
1 million nights booked at Airbnb (YC W09)
Hey Hyperpublic, rad contest idea!
I'd like to use this--I have a site I soft-launched recently that I'd like to rebrand--but without examples of names you've come up with in the past, it's a hard sell for me.

I know I can get my money back, but I really would rather not do that... I'd rather only make the buy if I can be reasonably sure I'll be happy, instead of having to make you work and then ask for my money back if it turns out we have separate styles.
Something I really wanted is, when I connect my laptop to my home computer, my laptop can use the home computer's CPU, GPU and RAM and have an additional screen.

I believe Thunderbolt will make this dream true, since the Intel page mentioned "workstation performance expansion".
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The weird thing is that there already is an external cable for PCIe. An 8-lane PCIe cable can beat Thunderbolt, at 16Gb/s instead of 10. (Although I'm not sure if that's bidirectional; if not, you'd have to go to a 16-lane cable.)

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/PCI_Express#P...
This service seems like it could be a privacy nightmare like Facebook.

Will joining affect my credit rating? In other words, will this service be validating my identity based on information in my credit report?

I'd rather stay off the grid until the government threatens to fine me if I don't sign up. (sarcasm)
an OS for hundreds, thousands of cores

That's exactly what Microsoft Azure claims to be in their marketing literature.
Maybe this will motivate them to get their rears in gear. The fact that they've had SkyDrive and various sync/mesh technologies, yet haven't done this is downright embarrassing.

I suspect MS thought they could do this in the enterprise via SharePoint first. I think now they'll have to change their plans.
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Copyright sounds unlikely, trademark perhaps. Looks like Sofa is dutch, I wonder if they took the time/effort/money to register trademarks in the US.
>what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical.

I think the only people who have been saying this are those who haven't been young for such a long time they have lost their contact with 'the youth'.

I'm 23, and throughout my life pretty much everyone I've known around my age has been highly politicised. People from all walks of life.

The key fact is that political disengagement/disillusionment != political apathy.

Just because people may not be engaged in activism and may not even vote, does not mean they are not politically aware and in possession of opinions. It is foolish to assume that these people would not be willing to vote or take part in activism in any political climate, just that they don't want to in the current one. This is something dictators are finding out to their cost.