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That MS-DOC program didn't sell a single copy.

That's why even founders should be on a vesting schedule.
Polluting someones property is an aggression. It's the current government, who forbids you to sue the polluters in the name of the progress.

Unfortunately, i'm not free to opt out my property from the government dominion and subscribe to some other government. When governments won't have a territorial monopoly, than we will get a real competition for their services.
If it becomes a runaway train towards this endpoint, this would give bitcoin >10x current M1, while retaining the ability to pay in $.01 increments.

This should be sufficient for the near term ;)
This bill angers me. I've ranted about my / my parent's situation before (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2328423).

TLDR version of which is: Parents are in rural NC. Northland Cable services the area but not my parent's street. Time Warner is less than mile away. They cant service area because Northland has exclusivity. DSL isnt there. 1mb wireless is there but with 30% packet loss.

--

It saddens me every time I return for a visit. I see more and more businesses going away (it has been like this for years) and no new businesses moving in for the most part.

I can't help but feel that if the county actually had some reliable form of internet access to a larger portion of the county (s/internet/broadband) that things could improve a little. As it stands right now, I know some folks who moved to the county for work and then left because they could not get broadband at their home.

Anyway... I'm sleepy and ranting again.
Yeah, that part (at 1:40) was when I started getting interested.

Mind, it at least looked like it was leaving residue.
Hi, great work! Very clean and easy to play.

I just played a game against your AI - I should've lost but it got stuck at the very end. I had a king and 2 blocked pawns, AI had queen, king and 1 pawn. It should've moved in for a checkmate at that point, but it just kept moving the king right and left on the spot.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a cross-platform (Mac/Windows at least) video chat program usable by casual users and which works fine through a NAT? Skype is quickly becoming annoyingly unusable for the reasons the article discusses (and more).
So... what measures is the American government taking to protect themselves from the rapid cashing in of Chinese-held American bonds that will follow China's seemingly inevitable bubble-bursting?
Better than having feeble kids, I guess.
That wouldn't really work, since an article can pop with 4 upvotes.
What information/experience informs your critique of markets/HFT?
Awesome, thank you. I'm definitely going to be checking this out the next time I do server admin. Or maybe even just the next time I'm setting up a new development environment--it'd be nice to not have to remember to install everything manually.

One note: your blog is lacking a link back to your homepage on individual post pages.

(Also, previous discussion on HN for those who missed it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2344080)
Did we kill it? I'm getting:

Ruby (Rack) application could not be started
Failed to connect to a master node at localhost:27017 (Mongo::ConnectionFailure)
I actually believe that it's okay to use voting to express whether you agree or disagree with a point. Where's the harm?

This is a bad point of view and is what is leading to the degradation of HN as a place for people who see the world through a different lens. We have already lost a lot of beautiful minds due to heard voting. Downvoating is for items that do not belong on HN, nothing more nothing less. If you downvote because you do not agree with an idea you are actively suppressing discussion, no matter how strongly you disagree. Many time from people more brilliant that ourselves.
Yes, the concern was that with only 10% fat you'd have to consume more carbs, which carries some risk of desensitizing the body to insulin. Not that fat is completely risk free, but consuming some healthy fat is better than eating lots and lots of carbs.
I'm curious to see what HN thinks about"what new products and services will emerge as Kansas City moves from traditional broadband to ultra high-speed fiber optic connections.", as Google puts it in their blog post.

Isn't the market going to be a little small to build entirely new products? Or will developers start creating new products there under the assumption that they'll be adopted elsewhere as fiber is more broadly available?
haha yes, you killed it :) It's back up now on a more powerful VPS, thanks for being patient..

Edit: By the way, if you get the "We're sorry but something went wrong" 500 message, that's just because Amazon's API isn't responding. It's limited to a (kinda low) 2000 queries/hour, and even though I do cache the most common searches, being on the front page of HN pushes it over that limit..
If I believe something, I'll post it even if it is going to prove unpopular. I'd hope most people would do the same.

I don't believe down-voting discourages discussion .. I'd argue it often provokes it.
I think the 99.84 is a radio station
Ahead of the curve back in 2009, Vice Magazine did a humorous and brilliant mini-documentary on this very story. It's a very revealing look into exactly what was going on.

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/motherboard/colombian-narcosubs
Personally, I see that effect as part of the cause of the rush to submit mediocre links, and I don't think bmelton's idea will fix that. Further, rightly or wrongly, I get a vague sense of injustice knowing that one person submits a valuable link and gets loads of karma, while someone else independently submits the same link moments later and gets none at all.

It doesn't seem fair.

I know, life's not fair, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to sell you something, but even so, it nags at me. A good system should be fair, and be seen to be fair. If it isn't, it's like a code smell. Maybe it works, for some sense of "works," but there's probably a better way to do it.

But really, at this point I no longer care. I'll watch the debate with some disinterest.
Great, now they just need to update the Linux client to 2.2 and we are all settled!

Seriously though, Skype has shown they don't give a crap about their Linux users.
A much easier change would be to simply not give users karma points for submissions. Karma only for comments.

Those who object saying that there won't be any incentive left for submitting are clearly on HN only for the karma. It won't be so bad to lose them.
- Group chats.
- Group calls, group video calls.
- Only works on Windows. All other platforms require a weird plugin thing that's shit.
Isn't this argument valid for all types of illegal activity?
Do you happen to know what the threshold is?
I'm not sure the second half of your first sentence follows from the first, but that's not all that important. OP said he'd rather use Mac-only apps, to which the response was "I guess you only want to talk to Mac users." You can very easily have (and there plenty of examples of) Mac-only apps that talk a protocol that also has Win/Linux/Android/iPhone/etc-only apps. You don't have to give up OS-specific design to have interoperability.
Please dont put the FBI on a pedestal
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euh, it's free there http://videojs.com/
When Unix time overflows...
Because there is a huge rise in early-stage investment activity and associated rise in valuations. That's the definition of a bubble regardless whether asset class is stock in startups, public companies, houses or tulips.
Now I'm starting to get worried. This has been up for 2 hours, and typically the "atomic trolls" would have at least 5-6 comments up about how all of this is nothing to worry about. So I guess this is truly bad.
I've been grumbling for a while that the Linux client was still on version 2.1, but I guess that's something I should be thankful for. (Though these days with the pidgin and gnome-do plugins I rarely interact with Skype directly; I don't know how people can work in chat rooms without nick coloring.)
That's a great read.
At a high-level its always not obvious what the best choices are and occasionally, certain products encourage you down the wrong path - providing not-so-stellar end-user experiences.

I just wanted to share what I learnt in my research and provide as much awareness and guidance as possible so that .NET developers can use this as an entry/jump point into their own research.

Also in a round-about way prove that it is possible to do in .NET and what technologies you should look at to get there. Pure, free-flowing guidance / research on this topic is not always plentiful.
Just use SetWindowsHookEx() with WH_KEYBOARD_LL. Here's some ancient proof of concept code I wrote for detecting user activity (keyboard and mouse):

https://gist.github.com/a95f198292c9e453e054

This was originally to be used with malware that needs to run when the user is away from their workstation. You can access p->vkCode in KeyboardProc() to see which keys are pressed.

One interesting thing to note is that if you remove the invisible window/message pumping loop, the program behaves erratically when processing the low-level inputs. I never looked into this.
This reminds me of RealPlayer's rise and fall. That software, too, used to be the ubiquitous, entrenched, dominant platform for streaming video. And then it was horribly ruined and competitors took over.
Here's a couple tips:

1. Don't worry about insulting the person with your price, but I'd let them make an offer before giving them an estimate of your price.

2. Try to figure out what it'll be used for. This will give you an idea of how valuable it is for them, and what kind of economics are behind their business.

3. Be careful with requesting a specific price if you're not willing to go through with it, as courts have found these to be binding.

4. Use an escrow service if you come to an agreement. I've used Escrow.com, and they have a system to manage the entire exchange of domain names. The buyer pays the fees.
I'm kind of expecting it to end any day soon, I guess the next announcement will be "ditch Buzz welcome Circle".
Jason said nothing about VC or explosive growth.
There's an appropriate saying about history: it doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.

A good cross-platform app isn't just dumbly copied at the whiteboard stage of MVC planning. It needs to have certain similarities, sure, but the key interface elements will integrate with the host operating system.

Since Windows has window-attached menu bars, why don't cross-platform apps on a Mac have the same thing? Don't say because there's a menubar object to attach commands to. I've seen plenty of apps that use nspopupbuttons to create window-attached menus while clearing the global menu. The reason it's not done is that it's egregiously bad taste. Defeating the user's expectation of how the app interacts with the operating system forces the user to break out of typical interaction into some unknown set by the developer. It's almost never a pleasant transition because someone with the ego to say "do it my way or else" generally doesn't care about testing on users.

In this case, Skype's mistake was breaking OS X's window management portion (Expose), along with the fact that mac applications are almost always one window : one task.
Well, how much business do you think there could be? Is it a functional name like comic-collector.com or something fashionable like hipst.er? In an ideal world you'd like to sell for $1 plus 1% of their revenue in 5 years time, but naturally the buyer's interest is in buying the asset outright. Maybe you could trade for some stock? It's costing you money right now...which reminds me that I've got several domains I should put on the block myself.
This looks more like key word searching, rather than full-text search. Were you able to search for letters in the middle of a word and match the word itself? I played around with something like this awhile back, using MongoDB, and concluded that using something like ElasticSearch (Lucene) worked much better.
He was obviously joking. Did you miss the concierge bit?
RIM strikes licensing deal with Intellectual Ventures for 30,000 IP assets
Citibank - you can try it here - http://www.online.citibank.co.in/ . AFAICT it is JavaScript based - don't see any plugin used on the login site.
If you assume the goal of an interview is to hire "good" people then you're right. If you assume the goal of an interview is to not hire "bad" people, then I think you're wrong.

I think in practice it's almost impossible to determine if someone is a "good" hire based solely on an interview (regardless of technique). It is possible to determine is someone is a "bad" hire based on an interview however.
Not even AIM? I find that hard to believe
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Sorry for the curtness, that reply was from work. I actually found this site for the first time last week while searching for the subject of this very thread - I had reinstalled OSX and in the process ended up with Skype 5. I'm thankful that sites like this exist!
With a delay on 'approval' from when it was posted, and a karma split to all submitters, why wouldn't I just watch /newest and repost all the articles that get submitted that look like they have even a little traction.

I then don't have to come up with any new articles, I just watch /newest and leech karma from everybody who submits anything worthwhile.
As a candidate, I would like this approach a lot because it would give me a better opportunity to evaluate the organization to find out whether it'd be the kind of place I'd like to work. A short contract is an excellent way for both sides to evaluate one another and make sure that the fit is mutual; I've worked both in places where I loved the technology but disliked the culture and vice versa and neither one is great for long-term full time employment.

Of course, that is provided that the company would be paying my standard consulting rate for the relevant 3-month period.
I wonder if you realize that because the Macs have a "tiny market share" (as you describe it) it's just easier (cheaper, too) to produce a re-chromed version of your software rather than writing a completely new interface just for those users. Also, it's a plus for the users coming from the PC market because they don't have to relearn the interface.
Ask HN: What is the best way to find developer talent in my city?
I am looking to find/hire another developer and I have never had to look for or hire anybody before.

What is the best way to go about this? What are the best resources?

Specifically, I am located in Austin, Texas.

Also if there are any HN'ers in the area that are interested in meeting with me, I am looking for a front-end developer with emphasis on mobile web app development and a knack for design and aesthetics.

Email me at brennen at qlobe dot com

Thank you!
tangent...
the point is, he's trying to enable people to converse and interact in person in a public setting.
> But really, at this point I no longer care. I'll watch the debate with some disinterest.

Come on, don't be like that. You started this thread! Let's just argue the pros and cons, there is nothing personal about that.

> Personally, I see that effect as part of the cause of the rush to submit mediocre links, and I don't think bmelton's idea will fix that.

But you said you believed that it will make people think harder before submitting a link, so we basically agree that the number of submissions will come down and people will focus more on what's important to them. bmelton's solution would be easy to implement and easy to understand. It will improve the quality of posts, and it will mean less trash on the /newest page as well, leading to better chances for good material to surface.

By the way, I don't agree with bmelton about the last part where the cost of submission climbs steadily. Just make it a fixed amount. Let's say 20 karma.

The only problem I see with this approach is that it will be easy for people with a lot of karma to abuse the system. Nearly every user name I click on has several thousands of points to spare.

At this point I believe we are in danger of taking this whole karma thing too seriously.
Does the Nook have the same "lend once" restriction that the Kindle does?
But then you have to go the laptop makers site for any extra drivers - how do you know that they don't have the keylogger in them?

Although Intel's own drivers now work better for most embedded Intel chipsets than the crap the laptop maker puts out
Because it doesn't even go to "newest" before either getting enough duplicates or enough time has elapsed?
Enter the MassChallenge competition
He mentioned the models of Samsung laptops that he had access to. Perhaps someone on this HN thread could verify?
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Ah. Missed that bit. Thanks.
Second part http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2011/040411sec1....
I would make the Sign Up button big, bold, and colorful. Check out the download button on this page: http://www.phonegap.com/ (just an example, I'm not affiliated with them). See how it's big and colorful and really stands out. Also note that your logo shouldn't be larger than your call to action button. I have to search for yours.
Because these same cities have rigged the fiber business through cable franchise rules that essentially award local monopolies. That's why there's not enough competition currently.
How do you find out the threshold anyway? It seems like it's a mystery for some reason (unlike, SO for example, where it's all spelled out)
Wow, kudos to Oxide Design Co. What a fabulous design!
Nuclear crisis stopped time in Japan
Domains ending with 'app' appeals to more people, plus you can use it for your iPhone/Android app.
You, LeBron James and Workplace Buzzer-beaters
I'm going to have to downgrade. My mother sometimes uses skype on my computer to chat with relatives, but the auto-hiding toolbar that now owns the buttons to stop a call or activate/eactivate the camera confuses her. It confused me for ages, since if you move the mouse off the video area to the top the toolbar stays permanently, but if you move the mouse away to the bottom it auto-hides. Took me several sessions to find how to reach the chat window as well. Gah!
Health provider wants algorithm that can predict illness
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Someone further down suggested that 71,74,75 might be a combination to a padlock.

I think in any case this points to it being directions of some sort. PRSE is probably a verb of some sort if those are infact directions.
Thanks for the correction. I really had the impression Allen had more to do with the BASIC interpreter...
Google Maps Could Be Banned in China As Deadline Nears
NASA: Mars rover, phone home after yearlong sleep
I was very impressed when an employer used an open notes, take home exam in the second interview. Initially, they had tried a written, proctored exam during the first interview.

Although I was the only candidate among many who did not claim any experience in the actual technologies listed in the position, I was also the only candidate who turned in the take home exam. I also completed my working code in 8 hrs rather than the week time limit. The others all quit the exam at various stages because they did not possess the tenacity to hunt down technical knowledge online required to implement the proof of concept software. At the third interview, they asked me how I came to my solution and why I chose certain methods in order to validate that I completed the work myself.

This seemed like an great alternative to other exam experiences I'd had. At another interview, a non-technical company officer asked me a technical question and then couldn't explain it. The question was so opaque that it took thirty minutes of probing and badgering him to even understand the question. By this point, I was ready to write them off and leave. They lost their largest customer the next week and I would've been laid off if I'd joined them.
Am I the only one who read the URL as Stoner I'd Getechnology.com?
I'll add this one: too formal for casual usage, too informal for any serious formal analysis.
me? I prefer boxes and arrows on a piece of napkin if possible.
It only climbs on 'failed' submissions. If I submit something stupid, it eats my karma and costs more for the next submission.

It keeps climbing until I post something good.

This can decay over time, or be capped, or something like that, but the point is to penalize careless submissions.
Comodo Says Two More Registration Authorities Compromised
Not sure I agree with the alternative, but besides that, I think the nail was hit directly on the head.
Is That iPad 2 Really Worth $2,000?
> I kind of assume that they're competent

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Tweets are just people talking; blogs are the newspaper industry's competition.
Going from Idea to MVP: How to "wing it" when you don't have the EXP
Additionally to the very spot-on dissection of Skype in the article, what I find amazingly frustrating about this version is the list of recent calls in the left-hand menu thing. I call a lot of numbers in Australia, and where it used to show the full number, now it only shows the first 2-3 digits (i.e. the +61). When I click on that to hopefully see more about which damn number it is, the title of the right hand chat/history screen thing is "+61..." ARGH. NOWHERE does it show the full number. How am I supposed to know if it was my mum, my sister, or my brother I called? Very frustrating.

I discovered more recently that if I mouse-overed the number in the left hand menu it would eventually pop up in a tooltip, but eventually is the operative here. I have to wait a full 5 seconds or so for it to show up, and that's a long time in annoyed-liedra time.

I hope they fix a lot of this up, because at the moment it's just rubbish.
Then you're looking for contracts from the wrong kinds of companies; standard rates for most folks with a decent amount of experience start around $100/hr, more for short contracts, maybe a little less for longer ones or preferred repeat clients.
... no but it'd be fun to watch them try.
The second part is more interesting, but it doesn't give any indication as to whether the keylogger was installed on a small number of internal test machines which then accidentally escaped into consumerland, or whether this is a more widespread practice. If it is widespread then Samsung are really entering a world of pain in terms of lawsuits.
What other options are out there that are (a) cross-platform and (b) can be set to auto-answer video calls?

Skype has been in our plans for our poor man's Telepresence setup, but at the same time, I've never been super comfortable with relying on Skype, particularly with their bare-bones Linux support.
So if youy use a Samsung machine in a lawyers office, or in a classified role or anywhere subject to HIPA presumably you should switch brands - or face a negligence charge?

Could be an expensive mistake on Samsung's part - especially if somebody decides that lawyers, governemnt, hospitals also shouldn't use any Samsung phones, copiers, printers etc 'just in case'
Living nearby in Overland Park, this is pretty exciting stuff. It will certainly be nice to see someone big give Time Warner and AT&T a little competition.

It's a little surprising that they would pick Kansas City, Kansas over the much-bigger Kansas City, Missouri, but then again, there's probably a lot less politics and red tape to cut through when dealing with a smaller community.

Sprints headquarters are in Overland Park -- does anyone know if they have their hand in this?