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Fabric Python with Cleaner API and Parallel Deployment
How I almost got to San Francisco for the Launch Conference
Officer: I clocked you going 40 miles per hours.
Driver: I wasn't going to be out that long.

GPS measures average speed (delta position vs delta time). Radar guns measure instantaneous speed (doppler shift).

GPS also tends to be less accurate in a partial Faraday cage (like a metal vehicle).

Bottom line: don't expect GPS to get you out of your speeding ticket with a tech-savvy judge.
You got off because the Radar gun didn't have a certificate of Calibration less than 6 months old. Plain and simple. In almost every state radar guns must be operated according to the manufacturers directions which includes calibration every 6 months. If the Officer doesn't have an up to date calibration certificate, he has no case.
Yes, it is VERY hard to get users to talk about their conversion rate, traffic and strategy to increase sales. Majority of them consider this information as critical to their business and don't want their competitors to know what they have been upto.
Possibly. The last versions I used were Fortran 90 and 95, which were quite frankly an insult to the 40 or so years of programming language design research and practice leading up to it.
Mind vs Machine
Ditch all the startup stuff and spend a couple of hours reading up on where to find great Vietnamese food, sushi and burritos. The South Bay is full of treasures and these are well-documented online by obsessive, hungry people.
Looks like it's 2,153 movies (1,669) + TV shows (484).
When will you also provide this on Android devices?
That was exactly my thought.

No NoSQL. And they use transactions for write queries.

They use apache (not even nginx!).

Only 25% of their servers are pure (no snapshot) caching servers (not 50% or 75%).

They prefer vertical partitioning over sharding (but they still use sharding).

I understand they are looking at redis for some of their features, but really, their main stack is traditional and proven. Very enlightening.
They could also use a little programming help. The script currently doesn't download videos with non-ASCII characters, stuff like that.
The one benefit of Silverlight is that it's not as cpu intensive as Flash. It's nice because you can play it on an older pc/laptop.

DRM isn't a big concern since you're not buying the movies. It is different from buying and downloading songs. You weren't expecting them to let you keep the movies, right?
Another problem with GPS is the accuracy (or lack thereof). Sometimes you get a good GPS signal (e.g. outside, clear view of the sky etc.), sometimes you don't, and you position could be off by 10m. Some GPS store the accuracy of each track point (e.g. VDOP and HDOP), some don't. If your GPS doesn't store the accuracy, then someone could claim your GPS is off by 20m, and hence you were speding (or the data is unreliable).
There are some extrange detals in the original paper.

For example the experimental points in the graphics do not have error bars. The x axis is 1/temperature, so the error should be small. But in the y axis I spect that the measures have a more visible error. Some of the graphics ("Protein A", "L9") have a very good theoretical fitting, so it is possible that the experimental data have very small errors. But in others graphics ("Engrailed Homeo Domain", "Trpcage(WT)") the points are scattered around the theoretical fitting, so perhaps the measures have a appreciable error or the theoretical fitting has problems.

And in the lasts graphics the fitting is not very good. In particular in "Villin Headpiece Subdomain" the fitting id horrble. I see that the experimental point lie in something like an "U" but the fit is like a shallow "^".

Another problem is that they have too many free parameters: "R" and "S" are free. And "Tc" is free too (it is an experimental value, not deduced from the model). But near the maximal point of the curve, everything is almost a parabola, so with 3 free parameters it is possible to fit almost everything. For example, for the first graphic ("Protein A") a possible fit using thee parameters is

ln(K_1)= -7.4161 * (1000/T - 3.1469)^2 + 12.418

They have a more difficult functional dependency, but with tree free parameters it is not clear that they have the correct model.
I'm having trouble with your argument. After all, the 2600 was the original walled garden from which all others have sprung. It was also the source of court cases which set precedent for walled gardens. If I remember correctly, Atari ROMs had an image in them that the firmware checked for before allowing the ROM to run. But the image was copyrighted, so you couldn't sell Atari ROMs without giving a cut to Atari. The only exception was Tengen, who had a historical license due to being a spin-off of Atari.
It does sound like the Toronto or Vancouver areas may be the sweet spot for health coverage. Just a short jaunt to the US to partake in that system and permanent residence in Canada to make it plausible to live without working at BigCo.
I just date everything and avoid structure. I use paper as a free-form extension of my own memory, so everything needs to be as ad-hoc as possible.
It's part of Apple's thinking that if an app can be satisfactorily built as an HTML5 app, there's no need for it to be in the App Store. If an HTML5 app meets consumers' needs, then there's no need for a native app.

But the crux of this entire debate is whether users will demand iOS versions of applications. Apple thinks they will, and they think they deserve a cut for it.

There are lots of emotional arguments being made right now, but it seems like this is a simple business decision for developers. If a developer doesn't see enough value in iOS (given its development costs), then he shouldn't build an iOS app, end of story.
This is really nice looking. I am working on a concept that encapsulates part of what you've done here and I would love to have a discussion with you. I'm not ready to launch yet, but will be in a couple weeks. I gotta get moving quickly and you provide good motivation!

Congrats!
The point is probably that the withdrawal of Soviet support is what connects all the revolutions in 1989 and 1990. Soviet tanks no longer came rolling in and crushed the revolts like before, in 1953 (East Germany), 1956 (Hungary) and 1968 (Czechoslovakia). There is, like in 1848, no such a central fact that connects all Arab revolutions.

I think that’s a pretty superficial search for similarities. We don’t yet know how the revolutions will work out and there are not that many examples in the history of revolutions spreading from one country to the next like wildfire. (I can actually only think of 1848 and 1989/1990. Does anyone know more?) To what extent comparisons to 1848 and 1989/1990 make sense at all is certainly questionable.
I am not sure Newtonian dynamics would give you similar predictions, but that doesn't mean the quantum predictions are wrong. However, with enough free parameters you can model anything. When you have 0 free parameters you have a real theory.
Any evidence for your claim? Drug resistant TB is highest in "the former USSR, the Baltic states, Argentina, India, and China, and was associated with poor or failing national tuberculosis control programmes". Some 10-40% of the people who take antibiotics don't finish a course of treatment because they are feeling better and think they don't need the hassle any more.

The WHO and various countries including the US say there is an association with antibiotics in animal feeds and an increase in antibiotic resistance in human diseases. This has nothing to do with "doctors pushing antibodies."

Drug resistant staph was first found in the UK. Do doctors in the UK face the same pressure to justify their so-called offensive office visit fees?
If you're going to take it as an absolute statement, sure. But the more usual meaning in science, at least, is that the lack of evidence for something doesn't by itself constitute evidence against it (or at least, it's evidence with weight arbitrarily close to zero). You need something more, such as absence of evidence and a reason to believe that finding such evidence, if it existed, would have been at least somewhat probable.

(Which is of course why the example in this post is doing the calculation of what observations we would've expected under each scenario.)
That's a great stack. Any reason you went with Redis for the caching instead of memcached?
Like rain on your wedding day
I use a mix of a small hard-backed notebook and OneNote.
Not that long ago "old-school" meant assembly language. Knowing assembly language makes one a much better C programmer.

And we had to walk uphill to school both ways.
I think there is a fixed version around, come into IRC for the main communication and organisation channel.
It seems like it's also for NEW trial accounts.

"Start your one month free trial of Amazon Prime now and begin enjoying the benefits of free two-day shipping and unlimited instant streaming of movies and TV shows today." - amazon.com
A stipulation of most group insurance plans is that the insurer will not deny coverage to any person in the group. Most people switching jobs will not have to worry about insurability if they are switching to an established company with an extant group plan. Working for such an employer is in fact one of the only ways many people can get health insurance.

A six or twelve month wait is also unusual on switching jobs. Generally it will take ~60 days from hire for the new insurance to kick in, but rarely more than 90.
As an aside, AFAIK douban.com is still using Python and Quixote[1]. Back in 2007 they were doing 2 million pageviews per day[2,3]. According to Alexa they are busier yet now. They use the SCGI protocol as well.

1. http://quixote.ca/

2. http://mail.mems-exchange.org/durusmail/quixote-users/5441/

3. http://mail.mems-exchange.org/durusmail/quixote-users/5657/
Some may argue, that there is a similarity between the 89/90 uprisings and todays arab revolutions:

- 20 years ago the superpower USSR stopped to side with the opressors

- nowadays the united states (and europe) stopped to side with the oppressors

in both cases it might be out of weakness and/or a change in policy.
I'm writing to you right now :)
What details do you need that aren't there? I see airlines, stops, price, and time information.

EDIT: Whoops, meant to hit cancel in the iOS app as I wanted to write a bit more but didn't have time… I'll leave the message as it stands.
The obsession with next
You guys built something people need. I would use this daily. In fact I need this product for my day job and I would twist the right arm to get someone to open their wallet and give me the company's credit card.
IOS / iDevices breakdown
Introducing Vector Maps
Before - my cynicism gets the water boiling.

Seriously, I wonder if these sort of posts make people less likely to use powerful-but-old tools, by further inflating their reputation in a way that makes them seem intimidating. I much prefer the opposite approach, such as in Jack Crenshaw's "Let's Write a Compiler" (http://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/) - You can make things complicated if you want, but the basics aren't that hard, and helping people to realize "you can do this, you don't need to be some kind of programmer demigod" is very empowering.

Also, I recommend reading the source to tools you admire - seeing other peoples' dirty hacks can be a good reminder that shipping something useful beats waiting until it's perfect.
An HN experiment: Help me optimize my startup’s description
I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with a description for my startup that will best convey it’s use case and goal. Needless to say I’m afraid I’m striking out with what I’ve come up with so far. I haven’t hit that “Ohhh perfect” description yet. I know it’s there, and I figured I’d throw it out to HN to see if we could nail it. Being a longtime reader of HN I have a lot of respect for the community’s feedback. While reading HN today I got the idea to involve the community in an experiment to see if we can come up with a better description for my startup. I’m curious what kind of feedback I will get, and if this could even work, so here it goes. The startup is Talentopoly.com. The current description on the home page is “A community for programmers, designers, and IT professionals to share their work, get feedback, post links and learn.” This isn’t the best description, but I’ll get to the reason why in a minute. Let’s tackle the concept first. It’s a site for designers, developers, and IT pros to share links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and resources (i.e. icon sets, frameworks, books, etc.). The intent is to be a place for links that help programmers, designers, and IT professionals learn and hone their craft. It’s not a place to post tech news or troubleshoot code. Here are some examples. A link to pre-order the new Lean Startup book or a blog post about storing objects in FluidInfo = good. A link to news that Eric Schmidt is stepping down as CEO of Google or that new MacBook Pros were released = bad. The hope is to keep the quality of the links being posted high by making the site invite-only. There are other facets to the site such as finding others to work with, asking questions, and hosting your resume. I’d love to cover those features but I don’t want to make the description too long. The problem with the current description is that it gives passers-by the idea that primarily it’s a place to post their work and get feedback. Sites like Forrst and Dribbble are great for this already and it’s not something I want to focus on. I want to better convey that Talentopoly is good for staying up to date on and discovering new techniques and tools for your profession if you are a programmer, designer, or IT professional. To put it simply, a place talented people go to post high-quality links. I want Talentopoly to do for designers, developers and IT professionals what our RSS and Twitter lists don’t always do -- provide great links. The description needs to be one phrase that is ideally two sentences long, 140 characters (thanks Twitter). I’d like it if we could keep this conversation on the topic of the site’s description instead of its similarities to other sites. So with that said, what do you think would be the best description?
would be interested to hear your learning experience in sysadmin.
This is different than the original post. They've really fleshed out the website; two weeks ago, it looked like a fake. Now, it looks like a more legitimate product than before.

(Of course, a thorough website doesn't prove anything.)
So we pay more money then other countries but don't get better outcomes? Could we save money and get the same outcomes? And since we get worse outcomes then they do, could we spend less and still get better outcomes?

How do you defined "more health care?"
The same could be said and has been said for C++ as an evolution of pre-ANSI C. A radical blank-slate language like Fortress is by its nature different from a conservative but still significant extension like Fortran 2008. Both efforts seek to advance the state of the art in the same field but from different directions.
For everything that goes on here, it is surprisingly very...quiet. The people in Silicon Valley are about execution and then self-promotion rather than the other way around. So when you have a bunch of dedicated people who are trying to prove themselves, you have less people showcasing the startup culture. Living it is more than any charm. This is the ultimate compliment I believe.

You really will be surprised when you see what this place is like considering it all.
They sure are not more expensive to grow than good engeers or teachers?

And of course, they will grow better if they eat their carrots ;-)
Well I'm more used to Redis, as I've used more than a couple of times with Resque (job processing in Ruby).

I started the crawler behind HackerBooks with Resque and Redis, but ended up saving some RAM by going back to a simple daemon. I reused Redis to provide the caching.

So well: I mostly used what I was used too.
Why Virtual Companies Aren’t Just For The Other Guys – with Adii of WooThemes
unfortunately, some of the suggestions are coming dangerously close to what US securities laws were initially built for.

the kickstarter route, where fillion owns the property seems fine, but once you're talking about offering shares of a company to fans that would own the franchise, that's hard to see how that wouldn't be a violation of securities laws as an unregistered public offering.
This way any changes to the source code would be instantly reflected on production.

This is universally a bad idea, you should never want anything other than maybe a text change to go to production with a click of the save button. There are just too many issues it can create. Even if you are a 1 man shop and the app you are working on is insignificant, saving to prod is a really bad habit to get into.

The reason being is it's power is seductive once you start working that way you cant turn back, everything else seems slow and time consuming, so when you get into a larger environment you skip steps and it causes a lot of problems for other people. I had a developer once who worked like that, he was really, really, really good, but he had this bad habit of dropping the files directly to production, and saying well it was just a little change. We ended up having to get rid of him because he created a host of problems by always trying to circumvent the process.

Files would not get into version control, but would be on production so next drop reverted stuff, test environments where not in sync with prod, we had to restrict developers rights on machines, it was a mess. Anyways point is, I think the Mercurial dropbox thing is a good idea, but don't get in the habit of saving directly to prod, it can become a very nasty habit to break.
Date and initial each page in the corner. Right-side page for topics, left-side for scratch.

Summarize every couple of days with a Todo list on a fresh page; check off items on previous pages.

Review last dozen pages every few days, looking for un-checked items.
Health care is, by definition, an inelastic market.
Both of you guys have created nice products. I thought of yours as a way to spy on employees.
Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2249049
The main thing I noticed from meditating for a month was that my posture got a lot better. That alone made it worth it.
Sucks to display such an abrasive attitude in their 'call to arms' and yet fail on something as obvious as making sure they are getting character encoding correct on the data they're trying save. To be fair though, sometimes encoding issues don't arise until you're a good way into the processing effort and it can be a huge pain to backtrack. Do you know if they plan on attempting to re-download any of the data they munged, or if they have a way to identify which data needs to be re-downloaded?
PubSubHubbub for APIs
I assume they'll be pushing for more client apps first: Xbox 360, PS3, etc.
Sex.com: Now Officially The Most Expensive Domain Name In The World
Unless you're on AT&T.

Suddenly I'm sensing a pattern...
Oh, if glorified paperwork UIs would be possible on the iPhone's Safari.

Unfortunately they're disabling the freakin' Upload inputs, so file uploads aren't possible without native hooks.
Apple reveals increasing child labor problem
IssueTrackerProduct
Since I started freelancing in 2005 I've always deployed my stacks myself, learning gradually.

I always felt that doing it manually (even using well-written notes) then gradually home-baked tools was a loss of time.

I looked at chef more than a couple of times, waiting for the documentation to be more available, and for feedback from people I know.

I started using chef with the opscode platform, then went back to chef-solo as it really fits my needs already.

I'm using it for client work as well as for everything behind HackerBooks (including Rails app deployment without capistrano anymore).

The consequence is that I can boot a new ubuntu instance from scratch, completely configured with the whole stack (rvm, rails 3, passenger, nginx, solr, god, the properly configured crawler, data restored from a S3-like etc) in less than 15 minutes.

I will never go back to manual sysadmin (apart from small tips) - this really fits my way of working.

But it has been a time-sink to get in :)

Hope I replied to your question properly, if I didn't, ask again!
My GPS, right now, has me clocked at a top speed of 273mph. I haven't a clue how that happened, but I'm sure as hell not bringing it to court to prove I wasn't speeding.
Wasn't another hn'er starting a wiki about moving to the valley? I know this is all about visiting but I think it would make a great addition.
Austria-Hungary was established in 1867
How about "A community dedicated to making programmers, designers, and IT professionals better at what they do."

Make your mission clear, and separate from your methods. Then if your methods grow and change over time, no one will be shocked.
Even more reasons: http://www.bitcetera.com/en/techblog/2009/04/07/10-reasons-w...

My favorite: DRY won’t Pay your Bills
But for some reason many courts accept speedometer calibrations done with GPS instead of on a dynamometer (treadmill). I never got that.
> you make me question your judgment

Let me explain where I'm coming from:

1. The iPad was and is a discretionary purchase, a luxury. It is not something I personally need. YMMV;

2. It is something I use because I find it useful but, more to the point, I enjoy using it; and

3. With a certain nebulous budget for tech purchases the iPad has more than justified it's cost in terms of my own criteria; and

4. Apple being Apple, the upgrade is highly unlikely to be purely cosmetic. Sure if it's the same processor/RAM with the a slightly thinner design, there's no need for me to buy but I see the tablet market as being like PCs in the 90s: the pace of technology change is still huge. Compare the iPhone 4 to the 3GS in terms of display, CPU, etc.

So I don't mean "no brainer" as "I (will) need the upgrade". Rather I'm fairly certain it'll be something I will want and can easily justifying buying, even considering the switching cost (cost of a new one - cost of selling my old one).
According to this diagram, they certainly did go anywhere:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Number_of...
I can't seem to find Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)
One very interesting aspect that I haven't seen mentioned yet is that Netflix does a LOT on AWS. I wonder if seeing their infrastructure provider start competing more directly with them, makes them rethink that.
While a bankruptcy does stick around a long time (10 years iirc, 3 more than the Jubilee standard for which other credit entries endure), it's not true that "you'll never have good credit again". Many people in the US have gone bankrupt and they are still able to buy and finance homes, cars, and obtain other credit-dependent financial products. Generally it's 1-2 years after bankruptcy where no one will have anything to do with you, but after that, you can be considered a normal person again.

Of course, that presupposes you don't need to pay out-of-pocket for major medical care more than once every 5-10 years.
Mapping your network with nmap
Since the target audience is mostly non-hackers, I'd make these points instead:

- For people not using a library or framework, use one!

- For people who build libraries and frameworks, consider bcrypt!

- For people who aren't cryptography deities, don't roll your own. Even Bruce Schneier needs heavy peer review.

And a nit - SHA-1 is showing its age and is being phased out; SHA-2 is much stronger and is widely available.