skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
1) support isn't scalable, but if you're looking to pull yourself out of stagnation, then you shouldn't discount options just because they won't scale well.

2) this is the option that scales the best. how long ago did you look at the numbers? hosting something like this is quite cheap, and this is the option that gives you the most possibilities to monetize with multiple levels of plans.

3) sounds like a management issue to me, not an issue with the concept

edit: i've worked with jobberbase and submitted fixes to it in the past, and i've worked with other job board software. i've seen people drop thousands of dollars on terrible, outdated job board software without even having a full license or support. you have a market if you can just reach it. jobberbase isn't easy to find unless you go digging and know what you're looking for. most people who are looking to host a new job board do not know what they're looking for.
It's not true to say that a pirated copy always equates to a lost sale, but neither is it true that a pirated copy never results in a lost sale at any price. Some people would prefer to have legit software but simply can't afford it.

In the case of Photoshop you're going from $1300 up front to $50/$35 per month. That's a huge difference in affordability, so I'd be surprised if that wouldn't make a dent in piracy, particularly in small businesses.
Though to be fair, singly-linked lists are not useful for parallelism.
100% agreed, you can upvote the answer that makes more sense (has more context) to the given logo. And I've updated the question with the proper notice. Thanks!
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To clarify, I don't think its a left or right issue. I probably worded it wrong. The stranger is Seattle's alt-Weekly and while it typically has very good reporting, the format lends itself to sensationalism on some issues.
Boy is this contrived. Control != fascism. A private corporation cannot be "fascist", because it has no governance over its populace (customers). I can choose, at any time, to purchase another brand of device. Choosing another government is not nearly as simple.
I don't know if this was the point of the post you responded to, and I'm not trying to be antagonistic, but apart from the donations I'll admit that I don't really understand the point. Maybe it's just cynicism on my part, but it seems like a contrivance to let people feel good about themselves for spending a few seconds writing a friendly message that will likely never be read instead of using the time to do something potentially more useful, like contacting their government representatives to voice their support for continued relief efforts. I suppose if the interactiveness actually ends up driving more donations that would be beneficial.

Although, if this is to be believed even the donations may not be as beneficial to Japan as I would have thought:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16charity.html
A slightly different userscript that doesn't require you to keep the HN tab open:

http://coding.pressbin.com/74/Update-on-Greasemonkey-script-...
Could you have this automatically load all links in new tabs?
Just read this book. One of the most mind-melting things I've ever read. Every other page introduces a new concept even more staggering than the last. It deserves its own thread here to be honest.

It's about a posthuman society's reaction to a GRB in their vicinity, and its basically one long thought experiment about the various consequences of the human race abandoning corporeal existence.
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Sure, it's here: https://bitbucket.org/swaits/passyweb

It's not documented other than with comments, although I think the code is readable. You'll find test vectors in the source.

And, thanks!
It's is largely photo based (sharpen, etc) - I'm looking for something more drawing based - different brushes, a line and shape tool, etc.
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Exactly - It's great that there are a growing list of viable alternatives to Photoshop. Their products are seen as the default requirements, but they're not at all.
something like that. This morning I had this thought for 2 things:

1. a python filtering function I wrote
2. how to restructure an entire django project.

Both (esp #2) are a little big for posting a code snippet. Bigger architecture problems probably only make sense within the context of the larger scope, so I'd pretty much want someone to check out the whole repository.

The SO thing would be great because SO has built in reputations so it'd help people feel more comfortable with giving away the entire project. I personally don't care, but I can imagine that being a barrier to code reviews by strangers.

Obviously, that sort of code review is a much more time-expensive request, so finding reviewers might also be hard without some sort of compensation.
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SOCKS gets you end to end (though it's arguably not "real"!) by letting you have listening sockets (which NAT doesn't).

There is indeed a scaling issue with NAT/SOCKS as both need connection state on the gateway device - but, I suspect, the dropping cost of hardware versus the rising cost of IPv4s will favour more hardware. The real question is how it'll stack up against the cost of dropping IPv4 for IPv6 (not the cost of adding IPv6 support alongside IPv4, which isn't that hard).
I think one of the issues is sales/customer generation. Most hackers are good at that - hacking. Not at selling themselves, their services or generating leads and customers.
Interesting question, and a premise that was put together by someone on the 'other side' (someone who already made it). On paper it sounds valid, but it's still much more difficult than it looks.

I do think part of it has to do with 'thinking small'. If you are shooting to make $100k, you'll be looking for activities to engage in to make $8k/month. But there's a lot of time and effort involved in getting anything started, and as such, the net result of shooting for $8k/month may be significantly less.

Many people are looking to replace a wage rather than start a business, which would almost necessarily entail growing beyond a one person org, even if only by using freelance help as needed. The effort involved in creating reproducible systems (market research, customer acquisition, product development, support, etc), as oppposed to just hacking on code, is far greater than most people realize. Not that it can't be done, of course.
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There's three factors I can think of -

Number one is that it is an uneven distribution. Some hackers might make millions, some will make nothing.

Number two is that hackers may focus too much on doing the work they understand and enjoy, when all parts of a business need attention (like sales and networking).

Number three is that 3 million just sounds a bit on the high side.
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Incredible story on the power of marketing.
most hackers do the following (from my knowledge of my friends)
- devalue their self-worth (I can't really charge $200 for 15min of my work right?)
- waste their time on things they find intriguing (solving problems not many have), that aren't ultimately profitable
- coast through easy non-challenging jobs which leaves them w/less time to strike out on their own.
- lack of business acumen (business acumen != tech acumen)

I have a brilliant friend who is helping his friends work on a potentially dead end project because "I don't have anything else to work on"
you also forget these outliers have other factors helping them: solving common problems, existing connections (gates + IBM connection), etc.
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I've noticed that Aviary has recently started offering an embeddable editor which could be useful for having customers upload/do small edits.

Other than that, webapps make zero sense in this space. I don't see why I would upload my images to a server and edit them in a browser with major overhead, when I can edit them locally in a 10x more powerful application.
Good luck, but there's a ton of stuff we designers "need" thst will make it a very tough job.
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So, Mr. Bootstrap took venture funding, huh?
One thing to make clear: simply using #! does not make your app crawlable. Your server-side app needs to also handle URLs that contain _escaped_fragment_, per Google's specification:

http://code.google.com/web/ajaxcrawling/docs/getting-started...
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Eh, I'd say that it affects decisions at the topline more. Empire building happens everywhere, but if the attitude at the top is "we're here to make it rain" vs "we're here with a holy mission to educate", then that permeates everything.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out. This is only one side of the coin. The other side is a server that will answer all of those requests.
If you disable the IPv6 address on the linux server it works.
I just want to say the Chris the (co)founder of WikiJob is an awesome guy.

I met him at a mentoring event organized by Springboard, in 15 minutes he gave me lot of invaluable advice that really helped my startup CoderStack (we're a software developer job board).
Hey. I was actually also using SimpleWorker prior to HireFire, but I find that setting it up is a bit hard / takes long since you have to set isolated code / credentials / etc to their servers in order to process background jobs. Also, the jobs aren't guaranteed to run immediately after they are queued, may take up to 10 minutes on the cheapest plan. When deployed to Heroku it's easy since Heroku will just use the same compiled slug it uses for Dyno's, no additional code/configuration required, it just works. I also found that on SimpleWorker a job that took only 3 seconds on Heroku, would run for 30-90 seconds on SimpleWorker (no idea why).

That said. There are some advantages when using SimpleWorker such as the web interface, scheduling recurring jobs, and other useful options. Especially when you aren't running on Heroku, and memory is an issue if you have a small VPS. In that case, offloading background jobs to SimpleWorker is ideal. But I find that HireFire will make Heroku Workers cheaper than SimpleWorker due to the fact that jobs appear to take (a lot) longer to finish on SimpleWorker than on Heroku (probably due to the start up time? I'm not sure why).
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> Excluding outliers such as Gates/Zuckerberg, is the inference that a good hacker can make more from the market directly actually valid?

No, it is not.

It makes a huge number of assumptions without bothering to mention them: that the hacker is equally skilled at public relations, marketing, business management, financial management, and on and on. Running a business -- even a relatively simple one -- requires much more than, "sit down and write great code for 12 hours a day, six days a week."

As the business grows towards that $3 million / year figure, the number of business-y things that have to be successfully managed also grows.

Yes, there are stories of people who have done it (e.g., Minecraft) -- and yet, on further investigation, you often find that there's a lot more to the story than there appears to be (Angry Birds). Still, these are the exceptions, the breakout successes, and it's as foolish to go into business for yourself expecting this kind of outcome as it is to walk into a casino and expect to walk out as the big winner of the month.

I think that trying to distill the entire process down into whether or not you're a "good hacker" ignores all of the other talents and luck that are required, and also really diminishes the perception that any business acumen is required for that kind of success.
I don't think the actual term sheet has been released publicly but heres a summary of the terms: http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2011/01/31/what-are-the-...
It seems like Nginx Web Server is not going to implement SPDY anytime soon... http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,22517

Too bad.
wait.. this isn't a spoof?
Mutable objects are there so that you don't have to create new instances whenever a field changes. The danger of shared mutable objects is that the ground can change beneath your feet.

Immutable objects enable safe sharing, however, if you have an immutable object and want to change it, you have to copy it and make the change during construction of the new object.

I guess the 'copy penalty' in either case depends on the size of your objects.
The rest of the lectures are also mirrored on google videos: http://mgccl.com/2008/04/06/aduni-videos-now-on-google-video
Unfortunately still in private beta, but is this what Python delvelopers need to compete with Heroku?
The simple explanation does not factor in economies of scale. You might make a good wage working for someone else because they have some kind of market advantage. Would 100 mini-Googles that were 1/100th the size of Google make as much money? No, because their advantage (at least in selling ads) has to do with the fact that they have such a high percentage of the inventory.

I'm not saying some hackers can't make more than their salary's worth by going alone, but the argument is way too simplified to account for the real world.
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Makes me wonder how long this will go on.... and how long it will take before someone registers YCRejectRejectReject.com.
Good advice, but I'm still with the guy who thought giving Skype free advice was casting pearls before swine. If the Skype UI sucks and they're not willing to employ talented product designers, let some other company take advantage of that oversight. By employing talented people.
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This part summarizes one thing I particularly noted. From Geist's description, the Conservatives appear to be trying to force this through with little or no debate -- and, presumably, if they can pull it off an equal lack of press:

There are several concerns with the Conservatives lawful access plans. First, it bears noting that these bills have never received extensive debate on the floor of the House of Commons and never been the subject of committee hearings. Police officers may support the legislation, but there has never been an opportunity to question them on the need for such legislation or on their ability to use lawful access powers if the bills become law. Federal and provincial privacy commissioners have expressed deep concerns about these bills, yet they have never had the opportunity to air those concerns before committee. Internet service providers, who face millions in additional costs - presumably passed along to consumers - have never appeared before committee. By making a commitment to passing lawful access within 100 days, the Conservatives are undertaking to pass legislation with enormous implications for the Internet that has never received parliamentary scrutiny and will receive limited attention.
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Do you know that feeling that a song is specifically about you and what you're going through? It's not, of course. The composer doesn't give a damn about you, but isn't it great to feel good about it?

Not all benefits necessarily have to be quantifiable. We humans happen to be emotional creatures. Emotion counts, too. It moves us. Even if it's gimmicky, even if it's tacky. Even if it's for profit. Even if it is a PR stunt.
The company has a mix of activities which end up generating money.

(developing + x + y + z + brand + existing clients + ...) = $$$

If you leave that company, and develop 3 times more efficiently, you'll still be missing those other activities and you might not make any money.

(developing x 3) = :(

Related is the observation that, in most large companies that I've observed, a large amount of people do "work" that actually contributes almost nothing, and if you take into account their salary, has a negative contribution. Still, those companies are profitable.

(developing + x + y + z - a - b) = $$$
Which you can do via, for example

sudo /sbin/ip addr del <ipv6address>/<prefixlength> dev ethX
Actually, it's pretty simple: supply and demand.

In the B2B world, there is a stunning demand for good software everywhere I go. Two and three year project queues are the norm. They have trouble finding anyone to get the work done, whether it's employees, contractors, or vendors, either for services or products.

Perfect example right now: I know of two large companies whose customers are demanding that they be able to enter their orders on the internet. Imagine, in 2011, large companies struggling to find people to get e-commerce working!

OTOH, I read about what other programmers are doing here on hn, and 90% of the time, my first thought is, "Why? Who would pay for that?"

To make it on your own, you have to stop building what you think people will pay for and start building what they actually will pay for. Huge difference.

Aside: I remember talking about something very simliar a few weeks ago here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2363723
They know about it because other people care enough about it to talk about it. We're working on building that small critical mass through non-SEO means.
The question is: Is the hacker going to hack or run a business?

If he is going to hack only (considering he has found someone who is going to pay based on his output), then he should be able to make what he actually worths.

If he is going to start a business, then he is going to become an Entrepreneur. And that means, he requires a hell lot more of skills like Copywriting, Sales, Customer care, Networking, SEO... (just to name a few)
The commenter/Economist writer gets their political art history wrong. Apple's roots lie in the Bauhaus, not in a fascist model of politics/art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

The Bauhaus was broadly socialist, persecuted by the Nazis, but believed that industrial mass production would allow architects, artists, and designers to bring art/design cheaply to the masses. You can see that line of thinking about product and design from Jony Ive back to Dieter Rams and on back to the Bauhaus.

A great deal of modern architecture (e.g. the International School came out of Bauhaus émigrés to the U.S. – Gropius and van der Rohe) is derived from the Bauhaus. Modern architecture has been criticized not only initially by fascists, but subsequently by a broader cross section of society, because the architects were making concrete, glass, and steel structures than had little or no human touch (cf. the landscape of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange). Tom Wolfe wrote a short critique of modern architecture in 1981 called From Bauhaus to Our House.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Bauhaus_to_Our_House

The socialist aesthetic, privileging the designer, can be just as controlling in its way as the fascist aesthetic. But this article gets Apple's aesthetic lineage and politics wrong seemingly out of sheer ignorance.
1990?

I think the issue of mutability in OOP vs FP pre-dates that.
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That 3 million figure is operating under the assumption that the hacker already has good market research (he is building something people want) and distribution (he is able to get it to those people). Those are the costs you are paying for when you work for a large company.

If the hacker does not have those two things, it is quite likely that he will generate significantly less than 3 million dollars of value.
In my experience, it is NOT valid in general. If you simply go out on the marketplace and say, "Hey, I'm a good hacker, give me a contract job!", then clients will calculate your worth by taking the $80K figure. (Clients are much better businessman than you are, much better negotiators, and usually need you much less than you need the contract.) But, you won't have 8 hours worth of work per day, so you'll go broke.

The trick is to be more than just a general-purpose "hacker". You have to be a "Security expert" or an "iPhone SEO expert" or an "Oracle DBA"... The trick is, you have to know a market segment, and have a good understanding of what the business value of your skill/work is, and then you can charge based on that.

And of course good networking, good people skills, good self-management skills, etc. Stuff that "hackers" usually don't care about.
No doubt, but for 90 percent of the needs to build effective web communications (aka web sites), colored boxes, images, and text will do just fine... Especially with robust CSS3 support.

Care to list what a web design application really needs? It would be a big help. I've kind of referenced Jason Santa Maria's "A Real Web Design Application" article (http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/a-real-web-design-applic...) for some of my goals with my app...

Link: http://www.edit-room.com/

Maybe it will take some time to get there, but it's good to have goals, and incremental improvement is the way to go, at least for a solo developer effort :)
Following on...

That $3 million sounds random and high. The notion of wages and income and such all relate to 'what value can I bring to someone else?'. Our income is related to how much value we bring to others (and how much they value that value). It's quite possible that in my brain there's info and skills worth $3 million to someone (more likely many someones) but figuring out how to deliver that value is a problem I'm still working on, I suspect others are too - for themselves, not for me!
I'm sure I'll get flack for this but isn't a session cookie passed with every request essentially the same as passing an Auth header with every request? In either case HTTP is still stateless.
Wow. That's too many.
30%? There's nothing that comes close to matching 10% of Photoshop's features, and InDesign's closest competitor is Quark -- so don't hold your breath for cavalry from that direction.

Adobe and Autodesk have both effectively monopolized their niches. When Adobe acquired Macromedia that was pretty much it for viable competitors. When Autodesk got both Maya and Softimage, likewise.

There is simply no credible replacement for Flash, if you need to author Flash. I hope that Apple has dented Flash enough to make it irrelevant moving forward.

Photoshop has so many deep features that it's hard to imagine anyone seriously shaking it in the next few years. (Photoshop Elements has more functionality than Photoshop's high profile "competitors" and is given away free with scanners).

As for the rest of Adobe's empire -- it's pretty brittle. Illustrator is actually pretty dated. Dreamweaver -- well some folks like it. Fireworks -- it's the rotting carcass of XRes, an unsuccessful Photoshop competitor. After Effects has tons of competition, and its killer feature is CS integration. Premiere ditto (not even sure it has good CS integration). Acrobat is a joke -- it should be Adobe's crown jewel but it seems like almost anyone can write a better Acrobat clone than Adobe.
It's a bubbble, but not an Internet bubble. It's US-dollar bubble. The FED is printing money like never before so everything denominated in USD is going up.
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IMHO, Hackers are usually very poor negotiators. (I assume because we are fact based thinkers)

In life, you never get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.