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YES! I'd miss it big time, but I'd spend more time working. Reddit, etc don't have the same effect as HN! Seriously I want it to keep going.
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Hacker News has a simple format and its not cluttered. What it lacks in creative design, it makes up for with an easy to use layout. I admit I've only used Techmeme once, the reason? When did companies lose focus on the "customer experience" in favor of the possibility to make a few pennies on ads that take up 1/4 of its visible space?

Additionally, Techmeme services news from selected contributors as far as I can tell. Its not open or organic in the way Hacker News is. I have posted regularly on HN the last couple months, while very few people have commented on my stories on HN, Konaa Social Marketplace and my personal blog have racked up more than 85,000 views in two months. The only other outlet to have shown comparable results is Twitter.

HN has really created an interesting platform with its suggestion based News feed. My only suggestion would be to add an additional 10 pixel buffer between stories and comments, to create a little more open space and reduce the already minimal congestion of the HN feed.
Yes, I do see the issue with that and on a fair note, sad to see Apple resort to this. While the rules and the implementation has been dogmatic, there were companies who were very craftily bypassing the app store in app purchases to do all kinds of stuff.
Again, I am not justifying the way in which Apple did this, but I do not see how not letting competitors and app developers by pass the rules of the eco-system is getting corrupted.
I think he used just the right amount of vitriol to best make his point. He's adding something valuable to the discussion and that's all that really matters to me. It's not tone that leads to Reddit, it's too many posters with too little to say.
Hrm, no video archives / youtubes of the recent talks? His latest seem to be 2010 (interviews) with indepth talks from 2007. Any plans for such?
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"As far as I'm aware, the vast majority of my ancestors (mostly Italians, Irish and Greeks) never got their shit together well enough to colonize anyone"

I love political history threads on HN.
In some ways it doesn't even matter if they have competition or not, since Apple effectively defines the category and the expectations of the users. Even now, smart phones are generally playing catch-up to the iPhone. Yes, there is some innovation above and beyond Apple; Windows Phone 7 is surprisingly impressive, and the Web OS notification system is arguably superior. But, the comparison always comes back to the iPhone or iPad, just as it did to the iPod. By providing the first truly mainstream offering in each category, Apple establishes its products as the benchmark. This gives it the freedom to go where it thinks makes sense, instead of being stuck following the leader.
I'm curious what the applications are where this is an important optimization. Even for the very large Linux processes, it looks like 1/10sec per fork. On OSX, we're talking milliseconds. What sort of application is forking so often that this matters?
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What UI? The UI of the 65,000 full screen iPad specific apps, or the UI of the 16 Android Tablet apps?

Have you actually tried a Xoom?
You would be correct. The shaping of the pinna (and resulting sound reflections) help us determine the height of sound sources, even if they're right on our midline.
I'm not sure that the situation in Dubai is one that Romer would envision. You're attacking a straw man.

Having said that, I won't argue either way. The devil is in the execution no doubt. But in trying out his idea, I would hope that there's something we can learn from it besides the would-be automatic response of "that doesn't work." What we're currently trying is clearly not working all that well, so we'd be insane not to try something different and I'd hope that Romer can get two parallel "experiments"--for concisenss--in two different countries to see which conditions, if any, are better suited for his model.
Isn't that what cases and the like are for cell phones?

Incidentally, it's precisely this is why I think Android wins:)
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Honestly, I had a similar first impression. But as I used it more, and saw iPad-specific apps begin to appear, it really is it's own device. If anything, the iPhone is a smaller, less functional clone of the iPad.
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The greatest difference b/w HN and Techmeme? It is the great quality of conversation between all you intelligent people out here.

What does Techmeme have? Just some Tweets?
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And the halo of the iPad will probably have a pretty powerful effect in boosting the iPhone, particularly if they release some cheaper iPhones for PAYG as rumored.
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Yes, I've tried a Xoom today, I also have bought an iPad a while back. Have you tried a Xoom yourself? I don't really see the relevance of the number of applications to the the UI experience.
Gmail. The feds then went to Google, which turned over information on the Gmail account in question. Chevys@gmail.com was registered to Brian McCarthy at the same Deer Park address Comcast had revealed.

Gmail has information including his name and address? Really?

Anyhow, another con to using one email account for everything.
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Yes but for most non geeks, the Xoom doesn't do much beyond the built in apps, whereas the iPad has 65,000 apps they can use today. That might be different in a year's time but the average user would be crazy to choose a Xoom over an iPad 2 now for that reason alone.
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Agreed. I think Apple will be forced to compete on price with the iPhone. Hence, likely will see some lower priced iPhones. I have a feeling that Apple is working to solve the real problem, namely the ridiculous contracts and fees carriers are charging.
This is exactly what I was going to reply with!

IMO, if I were in Jake's shoes - I'd be able to look back at what I had BUILT; Twitter, Square, and be content in those accomplishments.

But that doesn't mean "OK, done here - good game." -- Everything I build I see as a stepping stone to the next thing I am working on, that everything prior serves as foundational experience from which to build upon.

Even though I am not a developer, I am a builder. I design systems and networks and datacenters and hospitals -- I am not the ONLY designer/builder that works on these projects, but I can see my contribution clearly. And I am satisfied with my ability, and driven to add more value at every opportunity.

I haven't made 300 million yet, but I keep on moving. Keep on going, no matter what.

Finally, I try to learn from the experiences of others - avoid their mistakes, emulate their wisdom.
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It says that they got the name & address from Comcast by looking up the IPs he used to connect to the other services.

If you have the power to issue subpoenas, you can find out a lot of things assuming you know which people to ask.
I have tried one myself otherwise I wouldn't have asked.

The relevance is that the apps are what provide the UI.

For the iPad there are 65,000 of them customized to utilize the full screen. For the Xoom, there are 16 customized for the full screen, and the rest are literally just blown up phone apps, many of which don't even rescale properly.
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A lot of the time I will go to hacker news and quickly scan article titles for something interesting. While I know the mods try to change titles to be more descriptive, some things are just ambiguous. Right now there is an article called "A Rare Disagreement" on the front page. Now that could be about anything, and I don't know if I really want to spend my time on it. Can we add a little box on the submit form for an excerpt/summary that would appear on hover? Or maybe a little down arrow that you could click to expand the summary? Limit it to 150-300 characters and it could be a great improvement to the front page.
Great chain of events and the best part is there was no high tech brain work involved. I mean the guy could have done so much to at least try to wipe his trail, but I guess if he were that smart he would be making a positive impact on the world and not doing this.
What got me really thinking is how GMail has his address? The language is a bit clear if Google had the address or just the name which was of the same guy who lived at Deer part as revealed by Comcast. The only possibility otherwise seems to be that this was linked to some Adsense account which contained the address for a cheque delivery perhaps?
That's a valid observation.

Surely, immigration is good for the home country of the emigrants economically speaking (think remittances, entrepreneurs going back, etc). This, I'd argue, is indeed better than foreign aid. But what Romer is arguing is that his model is meant to change the rules and bring the ideas to the country. As an immigrant, what would be the point of moving to Canada and learning new models/ideas if when you go back, you won't have the power to change them and expose others to them under the same circumstances?
I can grok that, though for me I found myself going back to my MacBook Pro because the iPad needs propping up and is too slow (browsing). Ignoring slowness, admittedly a problem for any tablet in my opinion.
That shouldn't be so surprising. 'Sell the benefits, not the features' has always been a sales mantra. The PC market has always been kind of a weird exception to this, and I think that's in part because of the way the PC market grew out of the enthusiast/hobbyist microcomputer scene of the 70s and early 80s. Enthusiasts like to see impressive technical specifications and a long feature checklist - that's true with phones, cars, computers, cameras, espresso machines, and lots of other things that certain people are enthusiastic about - but in general that is not the way consumers view products.
I, for one, want to stop and thank google for making html5 videos from youtube embeddable.
Umm no - most existing Android apps work and look good on the Xoom. Better than the iPhone apps looked on the iPad. I gave it to my wife who has an iPod touch and she has yet to complain about lack of apps - I found most of what is needed for her. So lack of apps is not really a burning problem.
Microsoft tablet OS not coming until fall 2012, if ever?
Based on the last graph we aren't in a tech bubble _yet_

We are just entering the last quarter of 1998.
>Chevys@gmail.com was registered to Brian McCarthy at the same Deer Park address Comcast had revealed

The name that Google gave for the email address was found out to be same as the one given by Comcast. Also the guy seemed to be located at Deer park as revealed by the info from Comcast (not Google).

Does that make the story clearer? Or am I the one misinterpreting?
Hm...the title of this should have been, compromised pages have no support From Facebook Support, and how should one protect (in any fashion) Pages from being compromised. This is more a dig at how FaceBook is not protecting its users who build Pages in general correct? It reads confusing to me. Explanation anyone of a more detailed mind?

Edit: Rather, the lack of recourse with FaceBook, which is endemic of FaceBook as a whole (impersonation profiles, Pages now, etc.)
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One thing that drives me crazy is how each competitor focuses on one or two things, usually hardware specs, and use those things to extol its superiority over Apple's offerings. That's like a car maker homing in on horsepower or number of cup-holders to sell a car.

If I were to run a tech company competing in this space, I would do the following:

1) Get rid of the nonsensical names. There's a good reason why car makers give their flagship cars a specific name and stick with it through the years e.g. Toyota Camry, Honda Accord. I don't know why these highly-paid marketers insist on giving their products a new name every quarter.

2) Show how sensible and easy it is to migrate away from a desktop-bound, expensive, heavy and loud computer. Show the customers how losing one's device doesn't mean the end of the world (cloud-backed storage etc), and how easy it is to migrate to a new device should the need ever arise.

3) Start a retail channel where my products can be experienced at the customer's own pace. Best Buy and all those stores are not the same thing because they are electronics retailers primarily interested in moving product and I cannot count on them to build a lasting relationship with my customer.
This would encourage low attention span behavior. A fine alternative is to click the link and click the back button.
This reminds me of what seemed to be the fundamental misunderstanding of The Social Network. Zuckerberg himself commented that he didn't build Facebook to get into the exclusive clubs or achieve fame, power, or money... he just wanted to make Facebook.

Many non-makers seem constitutionally incapable of understanding that someone might want to make something just for the thrill of seeing it come into being.

And as a maker, I have a hard time seeing how that could be a hard concept to grasp.
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I agree. I've got it built (6 hours from conception...) -- gonna let it stew over night, see how I feel in the morning, and start pushing it.

Thanks for the advice!
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You can get roughly half of those features after you jailbreak your iPhone.

Faster JavaScript is coming in 4.3. As to whether or not it will be faster than Ginger, I haven't used the beta (4.3) yet.
You're seriously trying to claim that blown up android phone apps, many of which don't even rescale properly, are competition to the dedicated iPad designs?

Have you looked at iPad apps lately? Even if you don't include iMove and GarageBand that were just announced, how about OmniGraffle, Sketchbook, Inkpad, the Korg Apps, Reeder, Osmos, iWork, etc.
A 38% decline in number of startups and a 31% increase in investments!

Also the underlying assumption seems to be exponential increase is the only reason for a bubble.
It doesn't refute the argument about controlled platforms, which I think most people are very familiar with the costs and benefits of.

It does, however, refute the much more insidious argument that criticizing the company that controls your platform is not worthwhile. It is worthwhile, and in fact vital to the health of the platform.
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Good question. SIAI hasn't been filming anything this week, so I could extrapolate from that (with low-moderate confidence) that they generally don't film the talks he gives. I'm not sure if NYU or Yeshiva filmed anything themselves, though if I had to guess I'd say no.

If you're just wondering what to expect, Eliezer will probably talk about cognitive bias (specifically the biases which make it hard to think about existential risk), and then describe unfriendly AGI as an existential risk, and possibly follow with some of the solutions SIAI has for subproblems of building a friendly AI (e.g. timeless decision theory, reflective equilibrium (metaethics), etc.). No promises, but that's the kind of talk he seems to give these days.
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Breakthrough vs incremental innovations
This is the trend I see in the start-up world.
The new ventures could be divided into two groups:
1) Breakthrough business models
(e.g. Groupon)
Advantages: greater potential
Disadvantages: if it enters into an industry with very low multi-homing costs, a great business model, if easily duplicated, could still be taken over. (e.g. yahoo vs google). Breakthrough innovations generally suffer from more risks because the market needs more time to adapt/ learn about the new technology.

2) Incremental innovations that support existing platform
e.g. http://attachments.me/ (enables people to hunt attachments in their gmail inbox quickly)

Advantages: It's more secured because it is more likely to be acquired.
Disadvantage: the impact it creates is relatively small compared to breakthrough innovations.

The trend I see is that more and more entrepreneurs will be attracted to the start-up industry, however, more people tend to design products that support existing platform because it is more secured. Understandably, in the economic downtown, VCs could be tempted to be more conservative. But it is breakthrough products that creates technology disruption and create a big, positive, long-lasting impact to its consumers.

How to strike the balance?
I think pretty much every company on the planet has student discounts. It’s nothing special, it’s nothing specific about Apple. (And it makes, economically speaking, a lot of sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination)
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Kind of funny that iPad 2 directly addresses both of your complaints: performance, and the new case which seems to make a pretty good stand.
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On Linux, at least, that's probably better than mmap()ing pages, since you get better control over when the backing store is synced.

Nevertheless, the risk still exists, as you suggest, that Redis's memory pages could be involuntarily swapped to disk due to memory pressure caused by competing processes.
There's no discussion here about revenues. Wouldn't the only reasonable metric indicating a bubble be over-valuation of companies?
They found that the gmail account had information that matched the name and address of the information Comcast provided.

"Chevys@gmail.com was registered to Brian McCarthy at the same Deer Park address Comcast had revealed."

So either the account had information (maybe ip logs but article clearly states name + home address) or it was in the emails.
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at least try to wipe his trail
No question I'm late to the game, but I suppose I'm just banking on the, "it's a big internet," notion -- thanks for pointing this out, though!
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My wife has an Desire HD. It is great, and a developer's dream indeed (you can run frikin' Python on it :)). I also think the iPhone 4 is too expensive and doesn't provide enough value for the extra money over the 3GS or over a cheap Android, like LG Optimus One.

I was just making a point that faster processor / bigger RAM doesn't necessarily translate in a better experience; and more companies should focus on experience.
High definition movie editing, on a phone (iMovie on iOS)? It is amazing to see how far things have come in since 2007. In 2007, if you said you were going to download an app to edit a high definition movie on your smartphone you'd be institutionalized.

When the iPad was announced last year, it appeared to be a somewhat risky move on Apple's part, lest it cannibalize Mac sales. Now, just a year later, Apple could take the Mac and shoot it and survive. This has to make the PC maker's blood run cold; Apple is selling a device with 95% of the usefulness of a Windows PC but only 5% of the hassle (to the casual computer user), and they've got nothing to lose if they cannibalize all of their laptop sales.

The breathtaking aspect of this is how just a year ago the Microsoft monopoly still looked unassailable, but now, to some, the iPad's position seems nearly unassailable and on track to capture a huge portion of the casual computer users of the world.
My instinct is the opposite. I suspect his floundering is precisely what has made him successful.

Particularly in entrepreneurship, a key skill is being able to see opportunities where others don't. The article highlights the fact that before Square, the banks said regular folks aren't allowed to accept credit card payments. Jack looked at that and asked "why not?"

In the same way that with Twitter, conventional wisdom was "No one cares that you are at Dolores Park" and Jack asked "why not?"

If you only participate in one community, and you only hone one skill, you will only be able to toe the party line. It's only when you are able to wear your different hats in the places where they don't belong that you can really push boundaries as an entrepreneur.

Larry and Sergei were wearing their Academic hats while doing engineering.

Steve Jobs was wearing his typography hat while designing an operating system, at a time when all computers had fixed-width fonts.

Where else do these kinds of breakthroughs come besides "floundering"?
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