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Steve Jobs tried that a while back. Of course, Apple wasn't as large then as it is now.
By "severe accident" you appear to mean "event that renders a plant incapable of further operation", which is an analysis that suggests that hard drives are more dangerous than nuclear power.

This seems like a disingenuous way to dodge the simpler and more relevant statistic: how many fatalities are attributable to nuclear vs. coal.
Checkout the unhosted.org project for a group that is taking on this project large scaple.
I ask again: Where is the Open Source Mobile scene?
Because the containment vessel in that reactor hasn't failed.
Absolutely agreed on the hype, btw - When something gets a lot of hype I generally look at it sideways, node included.
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why would the fact that the countries are in turmoil cause MS to remove HTTPS for hotmail? Do you think that MS has links to the governments of those countries (and is somehow trying to make it easier for the local governments to crack down on dissidents by tapping their email communications)?
Thanks! We are adding more stuff to it soon, like weather ... any more stuff you would like?
No, but my data harvesting sock puppets are.
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I use ICDsoft for my site (MapCrunch), and can strongly recommend them.

They are a shared host but I've not experienced any problems, even during traffic spikes (>25k visitors).

Their support is also incredible and responds to queries within minutes.
I'll speculate that this is a problem with all large companies: the price of failure for the team involved is huge (unemployment?), but the benefit of success is small (continued employment and maybe a bonus). If the incentives are so structured, it's no surprise that you get risk-averse behavior.
That is actually true.
> A "like button" based search is going to eat their lunch

Only until the content farms build bots capable of liking each other. It's an eternal arms race. Google figures out a property that quality content has (links from other sites, URL matching keywords, "like button" clicks), and it's useful for a while until the content farms figure it out and morph their content to match those rules.
This is a fantastic idea. I was complaining the other day about the lack of a good collection that pulls in resources from all over to create full programs.

The problem, from what I can see of the courses marked "complete" or "semi-complete" seems to be that they treat each subject like a collection of concepts that you learn, then somehow synthesize in your mind, then you're done. It's not particularly cohesive.

This is true for Single-variable calculus, a course marked complete, as well as for introductory computer science, a course marked semi-complete. Quite frankly the MIT OCW intro to computer science course does a far better job of focusing on the things that matter and presenting them in a cohesive manner.

With that said, my intent is not to shit all over this because I think this is a great and worthwhile effort. I just hope the quality of the content goes up over time :-)
Scaling a Q&A site and scaling a social network have very very little in common.

StackEx is also 2 orders of magnitude smaller than MySpace at its peak.
I assume that big name manufacturers don't care about updates because they already have the consumers' money. Underdog manufacturers are shipping bleeding edge Android to differentiate their product and then get your money.
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> The good news is that the fix is very easy.

Is it just me, or is there a strong correlation between decisions that seem bureaucratic and politically motivated, and are completely ineffective at achieving their purpose (at least for the technical users)?

(I have the recent India vs. .xxx news in mind as well.)
Agreed.

It may be human to be envious of Color's success and root against it, but I'd much rather see them succeed if only to validate that large valuations are not always a bad thing and can help startups build something even bigger in rare cases. For example, I doubt Facebook would be as big as it is today without the hype surrounding its ridiculous valuations. The worst thing to come out of this would be if Color fails and scares everybody into thinking we are in a startup bubble again.
Google is acting in bad faith. Google (and others) are using the "positively charged" Open Source words to promote their product, but negating their core principles.
Yup.

I follow the Public WebGL specification discussion list, and email from the guys at Google who participate on the list frequently wind up in my spam folder, regardless of how often I mark them as "not spam".

My guess is that a lot of spammers forge To: headers as "whatever@google.com", so the filter learns that such addresses are a good indicator of spam.
Whew! I thought this was for the US for a second. These really outta have country codes in the titles like [EU] [UK] [US].

I'm sure the rest of the world feels like everythings all fucked up when they see US headlines too... :D
> Do you think that MS has links to the governments of those countries

If MS sells them Windows and Server products, then it is not out of question.
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"The" SICP? I have never heard it called that before.
I believe that Jobs is more concerned about delivering experiences than hardware or software. Because we're tactile we need hardware to interact naturally with an experience and because vision is our dominant sense we need software to generate compelling images. The hardware and software are just a means to an end.
What are you, HN's resident troll? I responded politely and informatively to your dickish 'citation needed' post, and your only response is to call me disingenuous?
I think Color was funded for a variety of reasons, but it has very little to do with product. It's unfortunate that Bill feels he needs to defend the startup at this stage on the merits of it's product or future product - it's not a battle he can win until he has the social proof that traction provides.

For now they have cash, a great network and PR buzz that can kickstart traction.

In terms of product development, it's unfortunate they've raised so much money so early in their lifecycle. A cash surplus can really muck up the natural evolution of a product. e.g. you hire too fast and and up with a staff of 100 people all trying to justify their existence by pulling, pushing and shoving the product. No matter how strong a leader you are, it's tough to control that situation.

My prediction, and I don't feel good saying this, is that Bill and his team are going to do a lot of innovation that won't evolve into a business but will provide much inspiration for other businesses that will succeed.
Masterlocks are trivial. I can open any of the ubiquitous combo locks in no more than five seconds (I've taught several trustworthy people how to do this). The keyed locks are pretty good intro to lockpicking locks (I've taught lock picking on those, but it's not quite as fast).

I'm not by any means suggesting that it's OK to steal stuff or that you were asking about it, but there are lots of really bad locks out there that are almost not worth having for anything other than little puzzles. E.g., my daughter is on the cover of the LSI lockpicking guide, but still finds herself completely helpless when she forgets her key.

Internet security and physical security are similar in that people will sell you lies that leave you sad when disaster strikes.
I don't know how you can accuse me of making up FUD, while asserting that the impact is "very low".

Since the NY Times reported this morning that unprotected workers were burned by contaminated water suspected to be leaking from the #3 reactor, after ignoring warnings from personal radiation warning devices. I don't think its unreasonable to think that workers will suffer adverse health effects.

A safely operating nuclear power plant with an uninterrupted supply of fresh water and electricity has less impact to the surrounding area than your average coal mine. The problem is, as Fukushima aptly demonstrates, is that many of these facilities do not fail safe.

Again, think risk management. Probability vs. impact. You're letting your fondness for nuclear energy blind you from the obvious.
Now you're just arguing about definitions. "Technical" = coders in 99/100 uses, especially for the OP.
The book would double in length from source code bloat alone.
Totally fair. First, apologies if it sounded like I was suggesting startups have a monopoly on working hard and fast. Of course I never meant anything like that at all.

Second, arrogant really isn't fair because I certainly never gave an assessment of my own abilities or value.

Third, totally.. .NET stands on the shoulders of the same stuff the infrastructure that runs most of the internet stands on. It's just that .NET doesn't run most (or even lots and lots of) the internet.. so to suggest that the .NET development community is less likely on average to be ready to build Facebook doesn't seem like blasphemy.

That's very different from suggesting the .NET camp isn't full of awesome, hard-working developers... but really, I apologize if it comes off that way. Definitely don't mean to suggest it in the least.
I have found the android simulator to be dog slow (takes 2-5 minutes to install a project and boot) and basically unusable so add to the right hand column of costs an unlocked android device right off the bat if you don't want to pull all your hair out and would like to be at all productive.
Is there any good documentation for setting up red5? My first attempt was a nightmare.
There's an iPad app called iScheme, it's actually a functioning REPL. Could be a nice way to work through SICP.
I think to separate the two misses the point entirely with respect to what Steve -- and Apple -- is all about. This is why I selected "both equally."

Steve's vision for Apple -- and the products and services they have produced since his return -- prove that his passion is the "sum of all parts," i.e., the whole package of hardware, software, UI, services, etc.

Apple's software, minus the second-to-none hardware design, wouldn't be Apple.

Similarly, Apple's stellar hardware designs, minus the phenomenal software and UI, wouldn't be Apple.

So if I were to pick a singular answer to describe Steve's passion, it wouldn't be "hardware and software equally" but rather, "the end user experience." That's his passion.
Isn't your analysis a victim of what Nassim Taleb calls the narrative fallacy? The fight is between "true" and "false", not "compelling" and "abstruse".
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Thank you for finding an interesting statistic. I was just thinking, while ordering pizza for my family, that despite the fact that your statistic absolutely didn't make the case your original uncited post made, I was still happy to see it, and appreciative that you'd take the time to find it.

I disagree with you. Strongly. I think you're on the wrong side of an argument that simple math demonstrates the right side of. But I don't think you're a jerk for making your argument, and certainly don't mean to be "dickish".
100% agree with you.

An "irrelevant personal attack" and an argument that relies on one are equally undesirable to me.
If you can, try to make your career choice first and then your technology choice. Do you want to work at a social network startup? A mobile gaming startup? Do consulting work? Have your own side projects? Get a cushy job with 9-to-5 hours at a financial concern?

Being a mobile developer is certainly a choice with a future, but you have to decide if a) those are the types of companies/consulting work/independent projects that you can make a career out of and b) how ready you are for the device/platform rapid iteration that should continue for the foreseeable future.
Libya is a glaring omission, and there's a war there. There are also countries being blocked that are not on the crypto embargo list. Regardless, a response from Microsoft would be appropriate here.
ahh sorry, I misread your tone - might be because I have been up for so long (working at startup pace ;))
It is nice to know that we are not alone in this, so let me tell you our story.

Background: we are following the HN community for good 4 years now and it inspired us even more to start our own business. We are loving it and it is a dream come true.

To the topic: yesterday we launched our first own product, iOS game Tap4Two. That made us very proud - we shipped! But what would make our day is - if it sold.

You can see the screenshots here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tap4two/id424411131?mt=8

Landing page:
http://www.tap4two.com/

We found a niche - there are very few games for 2 players to play on one device. Real gaming has always been about few friends coming over to play on a console/pc. And that's exactly what we were missing on
the App Store. We made a game, in which two players compete simultaneously in a series of challenges - who will be first to spot the right solution. If you get it right - you get +1 point, if you tap
your button when the wrong solution is shown - you lose 1 point.

We hired an art student to draw a nice logo for Tap4Two, but we have drawn and polished the graphics and the landing page ourselves. We are happy with them. When the first version was ready to ship - we
launched the landing page, pitched it everywhere we could, made a gameplay video (homemade tripod for iPhone 4 - great fun, take a look: http://tumblr.com/x1a1pmizw9), submitted the app to review. Then it went a bit downhill: we set the availability date to 24th March, but the game has gone "Ready for Sale" on 21st. As it seems, this "feature" of App Store has not been changed, even though lots of people are saying otherwise - game has gone live on 24th with the release date of 21st, which made it debut on the new releases at 81st position in puzzle category. Not a very good start. As expected - it has not been found by almost anyone - it was bought by all of our friends and just a few real customers. It made 30. position on the Polish App Store (as it's our home country) - but Poles are not buying much. Actually the only review we've got comes from a real customer, and it's very heartlifting.

We've pitched the reviewers, posted on forums, facebook, twitter, everywhere - without luck so far.

Any suggestions guys? Do you think the graphics could be more polished? Any tips with marketing strategies?

Today: zero sales so far.

TL;DR: Made, pitched, shipped, did not sell all that well.

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But the one next to it has! Do you really think the corrupt construction of one of these structures has no bearing on the failure of the others? That they're independent events in history?
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The new hotness will be the new hotness in five years, but for now, iOS commands a huge premium for e.g. consulting rates. (Many non-technical skills do, too, and will transfer seamlessly to the new hotness, so if you're worried, might focus on those.)
Highly recommend it, here are some great resources that I found from a previous HN thread: http://groups.google.com/group/hacker-news-reads-sicp/web/re...
Didn't that same article suggest that what they were likely to end up with apart from an exposure to 180msv† was the equivalent of a bad sunburn?

It's not like we don't have any idea what radiation does, is it? It's among the better studied of the human industrial health hazards, right? A lot better understood than, say, endocrine disruptors?

Because coal kills 30-60 industry workers every year. (Down from ~1200/yr in the late '40s).

† (Which, while more carcinogenic than the air in Chicago, is far less carcinogenic than failing to eat enough leafy green vegetables or a 4-times-a-week habit of eating red meat)
Same here. Considering what can be done with careful tuning of hardware and database structure, I can tell SQL Server's limits are very high, but nowhere near close to whatever MySpace needed.

SQL Server is the third best Microsoft product. Right after their natural keyboard and their mice lineup.
>>i believe robots will see the world, but it will be through their eyes/sensors, not some human like approach.

One of the biggest, and very immediate, obstacles in computer vision is the inability to extract 3d information from 2d images. My feeling is that by the time this problem is fully solved 3d images will become ubiquitous.
The thing is though, for anything small scale a simple "Type Human" in a box is 100% effective for the random spam bots. For anything like what you are experiencing you are being targeted so even with the best CAPTCHA around spam is still going to be a problem.

I honestly believe that CAPTCHA's are one of the most evil things on the internet and that there are many valid and better ways to avoid spam.

BTW im not just some random guy with an axe to grind over this, I wrote http://www.wausita.com/captcha/ as an example of how trivial 90% of the CAPTCHA's on the web are trivial to decode.
I completely disagree with his calculation, and GS were storing over 1PB 8 years ago when the web was 80-150TB

the point is that it is frikkin big - and most investment firms now scan the entire web for signals
Being familiar with C already should help you transition into iOS development. As far as a career, and I am assuming you are referring to the earnings/sustainability aspect... iOS development is like any other enterprise; competition is fierce. Sure, with mobile dev there may be some first-mover points still up for grabs. But certainly not a boatload. Many teams/mobile app companies are already seasoned in development, and some even specialize in creating custom apps for their paying customers.

If you have a great idea (i.e. mobile application) in mind, then by all means, dive in. Without a doubt, users can still benefit from innovation.

Evidence tells us that the majority of successful new startups are produced by developers in the 20-35 age range. Some point to the open-mindedness of younger generations as a reason why. I don't think the "can't teach an old dog a new trick" is always applicable or necessarily true, but then again, it wasn't synthesized from theory.
As one of Sussman's students, I can confirm that he would indeed (politely but pointedly) "go all zed shaw on their ass"
why the downvote? this is not just some random comment that has nothing to do with the article; i was merely making a social comment via performance art about how easy it is to stalk with this tool. meagan's picture can be found at the 8AM mark, she's an attractive woman and what caught my initial reaction.

as an aside, there should be full disclosure and responsibility for all hackernews users, who down voted me?
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We just used Wowza, since they had an EC2 instance you could just boot up at a higher cost than a regular EC2 instance. The documentation is ok, not amazing, but getting it running is pretty trivial thanks to their examples.
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It's hard to have a stable career doing Mac/iOS development outside of working directly for Apple. However, it can be a great platform for consulting and selling your own apps.
It's a false dichotomy. Also worth noting what Alan Kay said: "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware."

http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...
How much time we need to understand, that the big business is surveillance of human resources (google, facebook).
There always be a ton of cash for data mining and selling it to governments, political parties, advertising companies etc.
If governments try to do it, its a privacy problem. But when corporations put a cool, color(ful), free app, you will give them your data, they can sell it. And its perfectly legal. Thats why they have all the money. But you are decision maker. And only by conscious action and wise choice
you can make difference. Big elites(politicians,corporations,big investors) listen only in two cases, when they loose money, and when they are afraid for their life.
This is a great overview of async vs. sync IO.
Very few teams actually get laid off just because the product fails. The only time it's happened in Google's history was Google Radio Automation, where they brought on a bunch of people with very specific domain knowledge of the radio industry and then had nowhere to put them when they decided they weren't going to get involved with radio after all. Most of the time (assuming they don't quit), the team just gets absorbed into other products.

I assume things are similar in other large tech companies.

I'll posit that the real problem with big companies is the opposite: the price of failure is mild (you get reassigned to another team and get to do more cool stuff) and the benefits of success are also mild (you might get a promotion and an iPad or something). When your actions have little effect on the outcome, your actions tend to regress to the mean. In a startup, where failure means you starve and success means you never have to work again, you have a much bigger incentive to go the extra distance.
If there was a cover-up that we know about, is that relevant for wondering whether there was a cover-up we don't know about? And there was thus a chance of a cover-up we don't know about effecting the broken reactor know about?

The chain of reasonings seems fairly clear ... something done by someone you know does shoddy work breaks. What do you imagine might have happened?
Like, uh, SearchWiki?
I can't tell if you're speaking ironically or not, but just in case you aren't, the answer is clearly "yes". What non-political reason could Microsoft have to select just those specific countries?
This is so great. Working in the MIT REPL was such a pain in the ass. The book was written unfathomably well, but trying to get the editor to work could break the most resilient of men.
You seem to believe that I think we shouldn't use nuclear. What I'm saying is that bad arguments and ideological blinders from some people on the pro nuclear side is not helping the case for nuclear power. On the first day when they say things like, "these reactors have a containment dome and there is no way for it to get out of the containment dome", then it does in fact get out of the containment dome, it discredits those people.

When those people then claim that science is on their side, and I'm a luddite or something ... it's annoying.

You can't treat this like a football game where you're on the pro nuclear side and everyone else that is pro nuclear is on your team.
He was channeling Xtranormal.
I'm of the opinion that co-founders should split the equity as evenly as possible.
"The plural of anecdote is not data" is another.
Yes, this. An accidental defect may not have an incidence, but you can bet the corruption that led to it being covered up does.
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I'm looking for feedback on mock-ups and product ideas (features, etc.). Is there a site or service to solicit feedback at such an early stage. For pay is fine.
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Can you elaborate on which "real semantic technology" you're referring to?

And how would you like to see that technology applied to HN?