skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
$150k is both a lot (if you're very new and need a little time to build your product on your own), and not very much at all (if you're doing traditional marketing or hiring)
The same reason you don't need to know about an argument I had with a co-worker. Why exactly is it your business?
"Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn (as well as "My Ishmael") changed how I view the world and how I characterize contemporary issues. The Takers/Leavers dichotomy, while a tad simplistic, was jaw-dropping at the time.

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" had a similar effect, though with the Classicist/Romanticist split more than any other part of the book. Also: "Itty-bitty rules for itty-bitty people" made quite a few things make sense.
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Yeah that would be fun for sure. I've updated my HN profile and alluded to my email address within.
I don't track eBay or its competition, but I certainly had the impression that any time eBay changed its rules/rates it was in the direction of more/higher. These changes to help low volume sellers make me more positive.
Yeah, definitely! Had no idea there were so many of us!

P.S. Any Ruby folks in Southern VT (or S/W NH or N/W MA)? We'd love to hear from you! :) http://greenriver.org/people/jobs
I've only ever had one job where a business card is important. The culture behind the business really soured me on having cards and today I just give people who ask my twitter id. I suppose once I have a company large enough to have a masthead on the website, I'll get a card with a qr code linking to it but until then, I agree with the observations of the author. For most people, the business card really is dead.
I tried the first one "It's easy, just enter db.getCollectionNames();"

Received: "undefined method `collection_names' for nil:NilClass"

Edit: It's relying on my cookie which wasn't enabled, oops.

The official MongoDB interactive tutorial: http://try.mongodb.org/

Seems to be a clone of redis: http://try.redis-db.com/
FYI, many browsers offer (native) 'atob()' and 'btoa()' functions for Base64 encode/decode that will outperform that JS code.
According to a 2003 study of genetics in Britain, the Britons weren't driven out. There's a great amount from Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, but the majority of the genes are from the Britons.

Here's the paper from University College London: <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/tcgapdf/capelli-CB-03.pdf>;
Just passed through there for the first time a few weeks ago. Beautiful town you got there!
Japan suspends work at stricken nuclear plant
Even though this one release may not be representative of the company as a whole, at least it gives us some reason to believe in TechCrunch's journalistic integrity.

I didn't mean to imply that this was a total affirmation of TechCrunch's journalistic integrity, only that this was a sign that they may have some of it.
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Please note that I'm not saying all monocultures are safe. I am certainly also not saying multi-cultures are unsuccessful. This has nothing to do with safety or success, more efficiency gains and tolerance costs. I'm trying to raise a nuanced point and I went out of my way to say neither is better than the other.

I think the efficiency gained depends on the culture gaining it. Japan has decided that they value safety. In Bangladesh there are probably different assumptions you can make. I don't know what they are and I don't want to speculate because I don't have any experience living there.

edit: also wanted to add... even though Switzerland is ethnically diverse and speaks many different languages, I would still call it a mono-culture. The swiss are also sometimes criticized for being unique in their ways and resistant to change. Culture is not the same as race or language.
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I see the overlapping features bit pop up almost everywhere that people build GUIs.

Your word processor features a WYSIWYG text editor (if you're on Linux this is probably AbiWord, OO.o Writer, or KWord). Meanwhile, if you have a modern web browser, it probably has a WYSIWYG formatted text editor as well. (Anything based on a recent version of Webkit or Gecko certainly will; on your Linux box that might be Firefox, Chrome, Epiphany, or Konqueror.)

If truly none of your software features overlapping features, I would bet that either you don't have X11 installed, or you have Solaris or HP-UX installed with a bunch of ancient Motif applications. :-)
Once Fukushima 1 is under control, it'll be interesting to see if the technology at Fukushima 2 (BWR/5 with Mk2 containment, 1980+) helped it withstand damage better.
If you read the original article, the so-called snark is really minimal. Asking her to amend it for this seems petty and controlling IMO.
Oh I remember Helicon... I can't remember what I was using at the time either Kingdom connection or I was still using the Socialism Online bulletin board. I bet the website looked spectacular back then in all it's glory ;)
To those who insist that the Chernobyl accident was not a big deal, please feel free to go build a home in Pripyat, live there for a few years, and let us know how that works out for you.
"The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited .. It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987, in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation, approximately 100 times the intended dose"

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Therac-25
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Are they profitable? Or do they have tons of users? Founders that learn to hack and create something people want are quite formidable people. Even if they take a step back into financing, hiring, and other CEO functions after more experienced hackers come in.
Is there a video of this talk (and other SXSW interactive talks)?
I bet you get more radiation during your flight. Still, if this fuels irrational public fear of scanners such that it outweighs irrational public fear of terrorism, I'll consider it a good thing.
i've applied twice, single founder, with no success, and for the third year i still find myself without a team, by yc terms (deep-ish relation, built something together, etc). altough i have confidence in what i want to do, don't even feel like applying again.

EDIT: came back to clarify that this wasn't meant to criticize yc, just that i don't feel like taking time from the yc, that can be applied screening awesomer and more solid projects. flame on!
OK, I shouldn't have said that because it is an overgeneralization and is overshadowing the point I was trying to make. Coming from New York, I still think people generally don't lock their bikes. They certainly don't chain them to posts with 1/2" steel chains. There is definitely still theft and crime though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Japan
Well stated. Or: someone still knows how our product became a common word, but we'd rather have them forget about it.
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>when you have a very wide range of people who contribute without looking carefully at it, you don’t improve your knowledge of the situation by averaging.

Modern democracy, anyone?
Thanks for putting this up it looks really interesting! Is there a git repo somewhere that we can look at or are we stuck with the tarball?
I think it's something like saying, "I'm not a feminist, but I think women are people too.". Environmentalism, like feminism, tends to be associated with a lot of fringe people who believe crazy things, even if the mainstream of the movements are totally reasonable things. A lot of people see organizations like the Earth Liberation Front or whatever and thing that's what environmentalism is about, when it's really just about giving a shit about something we all need.
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It is if it affects the news he is getting.
On the contrary I think whenever you get into a situation where there is an overlap in functionality, that means it needs to be further broken down into more smaller independent units. I see tremendous value in adhering to this philosophy, and usefulness of Unix is a testament to it. That does not means there are no shortcoming in the overall Unix approach but as far as this particular philosophy is concerned, I think it is very smart strategy to adhere to. Look at nature, our different body parts are specialized for specific functions(for example eyes, ears etc) and they do those functions remarkably well and when you combine these, we can recognizing the physical world.
A copyright infringement is a felony? Seriously?
If you know others who work from home, invite them over to work at your place.
Is this a bug in HN? I guess this was meant to be posted to the dictionary/javascript topic?
They have just been pulled out because of increased radiation.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2330500
The story is that a trader working for one of the big foreign banks was staying at one of the top hotels, and would repeatedly call for room service and be stark naked when the (female) staff came in. I might be wrong about them calling security, I think they just told the bank they wouldn't accept reservations for that trader anymore.
Stumbleupon isn't really that good for the actual stumble, but is great in terms of google juice you get as a result (I always pick up new keywords after an article is stumbled). I also noticed people tweeting my articles and posting them on other social bookmarking sites too.
agreed. i'm also wondering why he felt the need to obliquely link to a graphic picture of a group of dead seals. you stay classy, techcrunch
Is there a pressing reason why you should know about this? This is a non-story. A minor spat that TechCrunch is trying to cash in on. Nothing happened here. Real journalists ensure that their stories have a certain level of newsworthiness before they post them.
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I am on firefox 4 RC1. Windows 7.
Dead simple, and really clever. I actually think this has a really handy pace and tone.
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You should really think about your pricing. The cost of your app should correlate to the value the user is receiving. It's always easier to lower your price, start high and test.

If Large companies can use your app - please do not put a "ceiling" (i.e. unlimited plan) on the price.

Remember, larger companies typically spend 10's of thousands (or more) on software
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False attention grabbing title.

They have not abandoned it, they said in the press conference just passed that they had suspended operations due to a radiation peak but they expected to resume again without much delay.

Edit: The workers have returned http://roound.com/redalert
I don't know what is wrong with the article since I am not an expert in this.

I do know some of the claim have been contradicted by other experts, however.

One that I haven't seen agreement with is the claim that if the fuel achieves a full melt down, the chances of that melted fuel escaping are low. Most reports I've read aren't so optimistic to say the least.

Another point that is not wrong but simply unmentioned is the danger of high-level nuclear material stored around the plant. When spent nuclear fuel loses it's cooling water, it seems capable of going into meltdown also. There currently seems to be considerable worry about this happening.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Possible_damage_at_Fuku... (updated )

"Concern is growing over the status of fuel cooling ponds at units 4, 5 and 6."
I found the application process itself to be quite enlightening since they asked many questions I just hadn't asked myself since I was too busy focusing on building something. Like you I know my chances are diminished as a single founder but I'd rather know if I can make the cut or not instead of always wondering what could have been.
btw: The 1 in 5 I mentioned, I meant to say they log more than 5 pageviews, not actually sign up, that's a bit higher.

Thanks for the insight...something I implemented today was a special fast loading landing page when I see the stumbleupon.com/su/8caRbY/xxx.com/ or stumbleupon.com/refer.php?url=??? referrer coming in. Hopefully this will help.

In it, I try to explain in SU terms what we do and how we can compliment SU.

So it's 8pm PST right now, the SU heard is starting to stream by, lets see if my landing page helps.
It's interesting that IBM has an animated logo on their current website that iterates through its past logos before settling in to the current one:

http://www.ibm.com/us/en/sandbox/ver2/
http://www.ibm.com/i/v17/t/ibm-logo-anim.gif
I am not a legal expert, but I do not believe you are forced to use the airport and thus the 4th amendment does not apply.
Jresig needs to take a data structures 101 course.
Nikkei and CNN both reported that 50 employees stayed behind out of 800, with CNN quoting someone as saying that they should be considered heroes for doing so (couldn't agree more). If you click CNN's "breaking" on this topic, the article actually still says that. This is certainly a much more serious development.

Edit: Anderson Cooper called this "hard to believe" on-air, and he's being careful about how to word it.

Edit 2: BBC just finished a writethru with more details on the full suspension (thanks paul): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739
"Please note that I'm not saying all monocultures are safe."

Sure, but you attributed safety and other "efficiencies" in Japan to "monoculture." You also wrote, "Multiculturalism means lowest common denominator."

Now you seem to be attributing safety in Japan not to monoculture but to /Japanese/ culture. Fair enough.

In that case, what would happen if 10 million Japanese moved to Bangladesh, making it more multicultural? Would it be a less "efficient" culture? Would it be anchored by the "lowest common denominator," or would the nation improve through the infusion of new cultural values? It seems doubtful that, after conducting this thought experiment, most people could honestly conclude that, "Multiculturalism means lowest common denominator." It likewise seems hard to imagine Singapore in its present state -- including efficiency-wise -- if all those ethnic Chinese has never migrated there.

The big context here is that you were defending Japan against criticism that it is a "closed off culture" and "too exclusive, too slow to change." That criticism is very well earned; for all its many virtues, there is a disturbing level of racism in Japan, against Koreans and Americans of black heritage (usually in military service there but not always, see http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101880815-...). There is also the matter of Japan's depressingly extended economic stagnation, going on 20 years old now, which is widely and credibly explained as being closely tied to an unwillingness to embrace new, often foreign values around business, corporate culture, risk taking, credit and competition.

The one time I visited Japan, for two weeks, I conjured many positive words to describe the country. "Efficient" was not one of them. The grueling, sit-at-your desk 14 hour workdays that are de rigueur in Japan are not particularly efficient. The make-work jobs everywhere also seemed inefficient, like the guy in a uniform bowing in apology non-stop to people driving by a construction detour in the road, or the full time ticket taker/thanker in the back of the bus who collected my payment stub. The many ritual greetings and apologies also did not seem efficient.

I have a hard time seeing how multiculturalism would not ENHANCE Japan's efficiency -- and economy.

Update:

"The swiss are also sometimes criticized for being unique in their ways and resistant to change. Culture is not the same as race or language."

In that case, Brooklyn is a monoculture of New Yorkers, or Americans, and your original distinction between it and Japan is rather meaningless.
CNN and MSNBC are now reporting that all workers have now been evacuated from Fukushima due to rising radiation levels.
Just to put this in terms we all can understand, posting about maintaining your journalistic integrity is like posting about only using FOSS software, posting about not taking venture capital, posting anti-GPL rants, posting about veganism, or posting about never programming PHP again, for the rest of us.

It's something people do when they have strong convictions.
This headline seems incredibly overblown and designed to get more attention than it really deserves.

One email from "a Moviefone/AOL Television representative" asking you to tone it down is not the same as "AOL" asking you to tone it down.
So, there's still nobody hurt then? I hope so.
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This was quite a 'walk-back' of the original headline.

It started as "Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors" on one site. The title is now "Modified version of original post written by Josef Oehmen", with the content modified and moved to another site.

It also now includes a disclaimer "Note that the title of the original blog does not reflect the views of the authors of the site." Perhaps they should just come out and say, "we're experts and we're worried".
The entire article didn't mention any kind of expectation for resuming operations, and you are doubting the Associated Press here, not Gizmodo. Can you cite the rest? So far, I can only find this AP story.
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There's a difference between feedback and 'change your article'.
Just as a for example:

cat -n

overlaps with:

awk '{ print NR "\t" $0 }'

http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf
Much of the simplicity which renders multi-command, single-line pipe chains facile to the posix shell user would be lost if the interchange format was any more complex than plain text.

If you need fields, then separate them with a text delimiter, if you need something more complicated, then maybe you should be using a programming language, or piping between scripts in a language with good text serialization.
I liked the story, thanks for the link.
Thank you all for the feedback, glad to have found this thread. I've been curious about the ability to provide enough power and fresh water to avert disaster in some of the reactors not beyond repair. Have yet to hear much about this in the news, is there any information that this has been discussed; as well, why the lack of nuclear experts/techs on site as opposed to a seemingly small number of private employees. Certainly hope a sense of pride/responsiblity is not impeding help and safety.
The on-site workers have left, those who were basically right next to the reactor. There is no indication in any article I have read that they will soon return, only plans of helicopter based fire-fighting or other options.
BBC reports a suspension http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12755739
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Hello fellow HN readers! :)

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Q: What would you do in this situation?
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Hope this is
- Deeply interesting (site post guidelines :)
- Helps other people like myself

I'm looking for any helpful comments.
Will keep it short and sweet!

Note I am a passionate programmer: My purpose is to be creative and help as many people as I can along my path. I love Programming, and I feel it is a satisfying way of filling that purpose.

Background
==========
A start-up company is formed by a master mind sales and marketing strategist. It's based on a Marketing Model that is sure to make a lot of money, while also helping everyone Win. Everyone being; Us, The Company, Referrers, Clients, Sales.

12 Months ago (Feb 2010) a marketing model was being pitched to various people with varying skills and talents. 7 People come together to devote time and energy into a new Start-Up Company (Happy anniversary to me/us :)

Team: 7 people started at around same time.

Capital: very little

Investors: just us, people in team investing valuable Time and Energy.

Offered to me: 10% shares, + 2 times my normal wage when company is profitable.

Potential: Marketing Model has a lot of potential. Excitement brews. Team is seemingly keen to work together. Great energy flowing.

* Fast Forward *
Ok, so it's been a roller-coaster ride, ups and downs :)

12 months later
===============
We have:
- Custom built Web App; CRM, Event Manager, and Marketing Toolkit, Website Generator.
- Marketing Model
- Education via regular Webinars; hosted by professionals in their field.
- 3 dedicated souls with a quest to drive this company to success.
- Some docs that resembles a sales process.

Funds:
(-$0) a little in red, income is slightly less than expenses.
Wages so far: $0.00 (not enough profit yet)
Team Members:
3 of 7 Remain, (Marketing, Finance, and IT/Web Programmer)
+ 1 Sales Manager part-time.
Capital: 0
Investors: 0

And Now...
I feel things are way off balance. 3 out of 7 people left and Shares kept going to the other two people where my shares stayed at 10%. Note: $0 have been paid for shares, only clear allocations & transfers so far.

How would you feel being part of a team of 3 people, you are a full on dedicated developer, and company ownership is not even mentioned to you, only "we need more features." heheh. And, probably like you, when I focus on work - I pour my soul into it, just like any passionate programmer/hacker ;)

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Main Question:
1. How to balance this? Ask for more shares?
1.b. What would you do?
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PS: lots of details not mentioned, trying to keep it interesting and to the point, can go into it if people request.

PPS: Yes, there are many possible solutions ;)
I seek balance and harmony.
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One of the primary reasons the spent fuel problem is not mentioned in the article is because it became an issue fairly recently with the fire in the #4 building. Note that the date on the article is 3/12, whereas the fire and concerns in #4 are fairly recent, occurring on 3/15 and 3/16.

++Also, the spent fuel and the reactors themselves are separate problems, so I fail to see why an article about the reactors in under obligation to mention them.++

UPDATE: I concede that the article should be updated to include the #4 fire, as that is very pertinent (see below).
If you're giving me news, if I'm investing in your company or vice versa, if you're passing laws that affect me, if you manage my money, or if you can influence my career or means of livelihood in any significant way, I would most certainly want to know everything I can about you and the argument you had with your coworker. In most cases I may have no right to demand such information but it would definitely be in my interest to find as much as I can about it.

Posts like these strengthen my trust in TC. If the article had been silently edited or redacted without anyone noticing, it would not affect my level of trust. But if someone else pointed out the redaction or edits, my level of trust in TC would certainly fall. So an article like this does more benefit than harm as far as my level of trust is concerned.
The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html

I first read it when I was around 14. I think it helped me create a much more complete moral framework than anything I'd heard before (and probably since). Definitely my first introduction to Stoicism.

It's not really a book, more of a collection of reminders to himself, which is probably why it's so useful and interesting.
More likely my mistake; yes it was intended for http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2329940 . Why are people upvoting my comment?!
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I think they generally only do this to abandoned colonies.