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I get the same feeling out of his letter. He doesn't claim any regret for time not spent with family. Instead he wishes his daughters to rejoice in the things they enjoy. For some that is family, others your ideas, or maybe even a combination of the two.
Great, now I won't have to learn Erlang for a few more years
I think more similar to Qik
Conversely, if the rumor is true and everyone was let go, you'd expect Miguel to have mentioned that. The man is a prolific tweeter.
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Heart does solve it in a way, yes. Any Master/Slave pattern where a masterless slave becomes a master also solves it. The complex cases I had in mind happen when you dynamically add more workers and try to set up crazier links (A is the master of B, B is the master of C, C is the master of A), although there are few practical uses of that. You'd have to try to shoot yourself in the foot I guess. I see it as a bit hard to provide a generic OTP pattern to do that kind of thing past the standard takeover/failover setup (and heart for VMs)
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I'm guessing I heard someone call it "Dis-Kiss" or "Dis-qiss", and it stuck.
Akismet's pay-what-you-want UI is the best I've seen
People are making a living playing SC2 on our site now, by building a huge viewership. There are more and more older players in the SC2 scene -- you might still have a shot!
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My site knottablenecklaces.com currently has fairly low traffic (700 uniques a month including the 500 from adwords).
I was approached by an SEO firm: auroin.com. Paying $200/month for this service will take a large portion of the monthly profit from this site but if the results are anywhere near as good as those posted in the few case studies they sent it'll pay for itself.

Is it worth it?
Those cases are usually based on more than the fact that the manufacturer (or in this case the better analogy is a gun store) created (or sold) the actual gun. For instance I can think of one case where the makers of the Tek-9 were sued using the fact that they advertised that it had a "fingerprint resistant surface."
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> It would be great if everyone stops assuming that everyone else is the same as you.

This seems unnecessarily snarky. OP didn't say "all > 30 year olds have these issues", he was talking about his own experience and how it shapes his startup aspirations.

Kids & Mortgage is still very common.
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The stats in the title are interesting in their own right, but the article itself reads like an advertisement.

The author seems to be flabbergasted by the fact that android devices and the decisions surrounding them are not made by a single company.

Walled gardens have their perks. More open ecosystems have their own perks, they're just different.
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What a wonderful resume. Sincere and to the point.
1. It was the Java people who pooh-poohed Rails. The rest of us just got to work cloning it, sans any issues we had with it, in our favorite languages. I haven't seriously programmed in Java for almost ten years.

2. Syntactic sugar isn't just hand-waving; it has a reasonably-concrete definition. And it's generally considered acceptable if it delivers enough convenience (The concept of enough, you will find, is highly subjective.)

3. No one in this exchange has busted on the utility of SASS, so I don't understand why you'd deny anyone a SASS-like tool in a cage match nerd bake-off. For that matter, no one has busted on the practical utility of HAML in this exchange, just on the absence of new concepts i.e. powers of abstraction.
Right, I forgot that `Upgrade` header requires reuse of the same TCP/IP connection.

It looks like SPDY designers knew what they were doing when they picked custom `Alternate-Protocol` header.

Still, an HTTP header for advertisement seems to me a much better solution than tying protocol negotiation to a markup language (what if I have image-serving CDN or JSON-spitting API?)

I see in spdy-dev archives that SRV DNS records were also considered.
Is it really an interesting read? (this isn't a criticism of bimbly, more at poor quality blog posts in general (a particular bee in my bonnet at the moment))

The blog post basically consisted of a made up example to make a point that the blog author felt was valid. Now I happen to agree with the basic point the author was trying to make, but I think it's a reflection on the really poor quality of so many blog posts where people have some idea they want to pitch as insightful and then they fail to do any actual research and/or wrap it in a made up story. The 'parable' is pretty worthless when people like Indygreg above state that the motivations that the author guessed at was completely wrong.
Pedantic nitpick:

Principal is the subject of a loan, or the leader of a school.
Principle is an idea that people may hew to and argue about.
> Why, then, do they need to mine utterances with Bing 411?

I think the point of the article is that they don't need to mine utterences with Bing 411, and that they merely did the service to compete with Google, without knowing why Google made the service in the first place.
With respect to the awesomeness that is sourdough, nuclear technology is advancing at a far (far) faster rate than breadmaking, especially with regard to safety. Modern designs are much closer to fail-safe than 40-year-old designs, while sourdough is as deadly as it always has been.
MacHg is pretty good.
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I think Microsoft has very smart people but they don't have much control and the people at the top are more marketing and less genius and innovation. There is no shortage of examples of Microsoft doing just what you said, do it poorly and it flops. Microsoft's big successes where mostly do to masterful marketing, and less because the product was truly innovative. All that in mind, Photosynth still blows my mind.
The Desire HD and other devices are getting upgrades to 2.3 these days. New flagship devices like the SGS II have it too. So it won't stay 4%.

I hope that device manufacturers have improved their processes, and are able to ship updates sooner from now on. If you are not sure about that, and want Android, just get a Nexus S.
Anyone care to explain this to a normal person? :)
Network protocols are fractal. Similar but not-quite-identical problems appear at each layer of the stack and wind up being solved in not-quite-identical ways.
They certainly could. If you don't like that, don't rely on it, or make sure to export your data regularly. That's true of any free service, tbh.
It's not surprising since there is an incentive for device manufacturers and carriers not to push an update: more new device sales.
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If you want Google to update your phone, buy Google's phone.

It would seem obvious that OEM phones are ultimately under the control of the OEMs (and the carriers); it has always been this way. I don't see Android getting updates in the same way a Windows PC receives them until, like the PC, OEMs allow phones to be commoditized and users don't have to root them to install a new OS.
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For those who are interested, I just blogged about the patch I made[1] :)

[1]:http://www.codegrunt.co.uk/2011/05/04/Forward-Referenced-Rec...
I think the author's point is that Android users aren't really even getting the "open" perk in exchange for the "fast updates" perk - as evidenced by Google's capitulation to carriers on tethering. The way I read it, his point is that it seems (for the end user) things are just as closed as iOS, and you don't even get the updates.

Personally I think this is going to be the Android issue to come. Apple customers can expect significant upgrades to the functionality of their phone over the lifetime of the device, Android users cannot even expect bugs to get fixed. WP7 users... I'm not sure they can really expect anything.
While most of the points made are valid, the main reason they likely got cheap CPC was targeting countries where there's little competition.
First off Evan, as I'm sure you appreciate, this isn't your only chance, your only 10 minutes. It may be your only 10 minutes with YC, but you've still got a lifetime (or 3 years, whichever comes first) of 10 minutes(es) in your business.

It seems to me you focus lots on the 10 minutes issue, and yet you understand why the limitation stands. What you may be missing when you refer to PG&co. not knowing the nuances of every business, is that they shouldn't need to know the nuances of every business in order to make a go/no-go decision.

Could it be your focus on the nuances rather than the big picture may have been a self-imposed limitation?

I don't know what industry you are involved in, or anything about it, but the simpler you can make something seem, the more approachable it becomes. If you are getting into nuances that can't be understood without background knowledge, it could have just been to complicated when other interviewers had a clearer message.
No hate. Just making a joke. Your Mac app looks really great.
Exactly. This is also scary because this means that record labels could sue you just for /having/ a LimeWire install file.
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No one has ever claimed to have seen an all powerful rhinoceros or spent a few thousand years writing about it, etc.

If I told you that aliens dropped off some DNA here a few million years ago, came back 40,000 years ago and told us some stories, would that be believable? Can we discount it? :-)
You may be right. But repeating an action forms a habit, or in this case learning to not repeatedly open up HN or Reddit can become a long-term habit for anyone with the right mindset.
Well, there is one issue: iOS 4.3.3 can never reach 100% penetration. The iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G don't get iOS 4.3.x, so they'll never get the "tracking" issue resolved, unless they jailbreak (voids warranty and unsuppoted). There are comparatively less of those devices out there at this point, but it's still a significant amount of devices.

Eventually, Apple will have to resolve this. Not everyone updates their device every two years, and the number of each model they leave behind just keeps increasing.

(This is similar to the fix for the browser-based jailbreak (JailbreakMe): the original iPhone and iPod touch will always be vulnerable, unless they use the fix available once jailbroken.)
> "It would seem obvious that OEM phones are ultimately under the control of the OEMs (and the carriers)"

I'd argue this is not at all obvious to lay users. The marketing for Android devices is plastered with its name and logo. Not to mention, users are used to the PC ecosystem - your Dell Windows machine gets updates from Microsoft. So why doesn't your Samsung Android phone get updates from Google?

The reality is that, for many reasons, the OEMs and carriers have a death grip on device updates, but IMO this is entirely opposite to consumer expectation, and Apple will continue to ride this point to the bank until someone steps up and fixes it.

This reminds me of the way laptop video cards used to be. Your NVidia chipset (that your OEM has no problems advertising and slapping stickers on) will never get an update from NVidia. You have to get updated drivers from your OEM only. Naturally video cards never got updated, resulting in a gigantic compatibility nightmare. Eventually NVidia got the OEMs in line and now issues updates themselves. Google must do this if it wants Android as an ecosystem to have a future.
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Wasn't that in an episode of the The Wire? :)
> This is the classical "who shaves the barber" paradox

I don't think it is. Simply because a set contains things that cannot be represented by a symbol, does not mean that the set itself cannot be represented by a symbol. And since it can, the set is not a member of itself. No paradoxes.

Also, I propose to you all that everything can be represented by a symbol. Thus, the set in question is the empty set. And here is the requested symbol:

∅
Going over the comments on the Nokia post again, it seems like the situation is yet more complex, maybe the Guiyu stories are not the majority case that it's been made out to be:

http://www.motherboard.tv/2011/3/26/e-waste-recycling-export...

http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=6448

Either way, this makes for really interesting reading.
Recovery Partition is a known-feature of OS X Lion. So, maybe.

http://www.9to5mac.com/53844/os-x-10-7-lions-recovery-partit...
I wouldn't say way ahead. They are about a generation ahead.

When Intel was at 45, the ARM makers were 65. Intel at 32, ARM makers at 40/45.

When Intel will be at 22. ARM makers will be at 28/32. When they'll be at 10nm, ARM will be at 14nm using IBM's foundry.
Apparently some of these jobs can pay quite well:
http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=6448
A lot of the problem is that practicing something is not only not encouraged but actively discouraged. Getting a CS student to code, a chemist to experiment, a physicist to experiment and a builder to build isn't hard. Throw them the equipment and say "Here, check this out!" and they'll go at it oldschool. Usually that doesn't happen, instead A) all equipment is kept away except during mandated times and for mandated purposes and B) they're held in classes and lectures long after they've gone "Ok, cool. Let's play with this for a bit and we'll do more theory later" so that they're pretty much sick of all of it at the end of the day. This is the most discouraging thing about the current system. You have to have the option of pacing yourself and also have the space to grow. I'd play in the CS labs in the wee AM. I'd borrow the machine shop. The cafeteria usually left the rest of the coffee out, me and my friends would sit and do electronics problems or calculus all night, perhaps take a break to learn sign language or how to tap out a proper 4/4 beat. No one complained because that's excellent - you're learning! Exactly what a university is there for!
"Moore's Law" is mentioned 14 times.
Sounds nice, but that list is all about you. Startup people need to be laser focused on the customer.
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I'm a doc. I have no idea of the legality of such "contracts", but it doesn't matter - such a practice is completely unethical.

Nor is it going to help a physician when a patient makes a complaint to your medical licensing board.

If you're doing your job as a physician you aren't a "provider" to "consumers" - you are hopefully a professional working in the best interests of a patient or population of patients regardless of your own personal interests - this horseshit obviously has nothing whatsoever to do with that goal.
Any shot at hiring female engineers is out the window...
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Why focus on the least relevant aspect of the whole thing? Did you even read what this is about? What it does, how and why?
"U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood ruled last year that LimeWire’s users commit a “substantial amount of copyright infringement,” and that the Lime Group — the company behind the application — “has not taken meaningful steps to mitigate infringement.”"

I assume LimeWire company doesn't host files. But do they host hashes like DropBox?
They are going to fab some FPGAs for a company called Achronix: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4210263/Intel-to-fab...

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I've worked with audio equipment that uses FPGAs, CPLDs, and DSPs for various purposes, and being stuck on relatively-ancient processes makes that equipment generate a lot more heat and fan noise than would be necessary with DSPs and FPGAs on a modern process.
I am very suspicious about "the singularity."

First of all, I don't think that living forever is something that would be as good as it sounds to us now. Maintaining the viability of the body is one thing, mental well-being is quite another issue entirely. It may be that living indefinitely is torture. Or maybe the statistical nature of dumb freak accidents will give virtually everyone a MTBF of only a couple hundred years?

Secondly, there's a lot of things that could derail the singularity, whatever it is. Empires collapse. Shit happens. Who is to say that an economic or ecological catastrophe won't put an abrupt end to everything beyond getting to the next day?
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Out of curiosity, what part of your proposal led them to turn it down? Was it something they accurately understood, or something they misunderstood and you think an additional 10m would have fixed that?
Both Apple and Google are chipping away at the carriers. You can't just throw ultimatums at the big players in the arena and expect them to say "Oh ok. We'll make it all open, sure!".

Apple has capitulated on a number of issues. So has Google. But you know what? We now have phones that are orders of magnitude more open than they've ever been thanks to the quid-pro-quo of those two pioneering companies. Google initially came on too strong, but found they didn't have the clout to push the level of openness they wanted, and so now they're taking a gentler approach.

The carriers need to see a benefit to themselves before they move, and even then they'll move very slowly. Google and Apple know this, which is why they apply pressure gently and steadily. They understand and exploit the politics, which is why they are so successful.

The proof is in the pudding. Just look at the market share.
Agree on the messed up, but I'm not so sure about the hoping it gets tested -- it could go the other way.

What's really insidious about this (obvious -- but I have to rant) is that the general public really doesn't understand copyright, and if this signing over of full copyright (vs. partial -- right to sue -- overturned in that recent righthaven) is held up, this could become standard practice for all doctors and even other services. I know I'd never sign one of these, but I'm betting most people who aren't aware will just sign it away and won't even think about it.

Any copyright lawyers out there who can talk about any kind of precedents with this that might apply? (BTW: Seems like the EFF site is currently down? Read part of the article and now that I'm going back site won't load)
I think they kind of meant it like "We are working so much we do not have time for girls".
A FE is expected to know enough of the language in the backend that they can integrate a design without having to bother a programmer for help; the various ways to echo content, how to tap into helpers and make your own, etc. Seems rather obvious but a lot of FE people think that if a line is written in Java or Ruby then they aren’t responsible for it.

Also important for FE to know their core languages, irrespective of popular abstractions they will probably end up using (JS and jQuery or CoffeeScript, CSS and SASS or LESS, etc.). Again obvious but these days a lot of people working front-end will claim they know JavaScript, when they actually mean they know jQuery and drown when tasked to work on a project not using a library or something else.
Brought me to tears..almost bringing me to tears again reading it here.
> However, you get what you pay for.

No. You get what you reward for.

While payment is one form of reward, many customers reward a vendor with unconditional-repeat-business, in which case they usually get much less than what they paid for, even though they paid dearly. They just didn't reward for quality.

A lot of expensive products are pure garbage, and in those cases, you certainly DON'T get what you pay for. The simplest example I can think of is HDMI cable. They cost $30/6ft at RadioShack when on sale, and $1/6ft at Amazon or MonoPrice. Customers pay RadioShack for it; what do they get? How is this different than the general case, and how is this different than the specific case of software?
A few observations:

1. The lead plaintiff, Alki David, is a billionaire who was sued by CBS and other studios for allegedly infringing their copyrights with a digital streaming service. He is now funding this effort to paint CBS as a company that illegally induces others to infringe copyrights, that is liable as a contributory infringer, and that is responsible as a so-called vicarious infringer.

2. The plaintiff's counsel, Michael Zeller, once successfully defended AOL Time Warner against claims of contributory infringement for distributing the P2P client, Gnutella. He is now trying to make such a theory stick against CBS. This is no flaky lawyer. Mr. Zeller has represented Mattel, Google, and Disney in addition to AOL Time Warner and other big-name clients in IP-related litigation. He is distinguished in his field and highly respected.

3. The main line of attack here is based on MGM v. Grokster, the most recent leading U.S. Supreme Court case that dealt with contributory copyright infringement. Before Grokster, the law in this area focused on the nature of the product being challenged and, if a product was capable of a substantial, noninfringing use, a distributor was not contributorily liable for acts of copyright infringement by users of that product. In Grokster, the court shifted the analysis away from the product and over to the distributor's intent, holding that a distributor was liable for acts of copyright infringement committed by users of its product (even if the product was capable of a substantial, noninfringing use) if the distributor intended to induce the infringement. The complaint here tries to paint CBS as a party that is intentionally inducing the users of its download service to commit acts of copyright infringement. Given that the complaint does not seek to break new legal ground, CBS will likely need to defend it primarily on the evidence, which may ultimately put it in a tricky position of hoping that a possibly fickle jury will go its way.

4. The stakes for CBS can be high if it is potentially held liable for the damages caused by LimeWire. The damages being sought in that case run into the billions and the case is not going at all well for LimeWire. Already, the judge has entered rulings saying that the LimeWire founder can be personally liable for the wrongs, that expert evidence that sharing in fact helps content creators is to be excluded from consideration by the jury, and similar rulings that will likely lead the jury to enter a judgment for major damages (http://paidcontent.org/article/419-limewire-trial-beginsjury...). If, then, CBS is ultimately held liable as a party that illegally induced such infringements, it too may face a massive liability.

5. This case, then, has seedy elements, beginning with the revenge motive of the lead plaintiff, but it is a case that poses potentially serious risks for the defendants.
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