skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A lot of this is wrong. For example, no one
rich would "leverage their home equity to finance purchases."
And though rich people often have assistants, they're not drawn from a special guild of "concierges" with connections for getting restaurant
reservations. Nor would anyone rich rent handbags or Ferraris.

The parts that aren't false read like a description of
someone who made money from e.g. developing shopping malls.
People who get rich from technology are less likely to be B students, less likely to try to
cheat the IRS by routing their personal expenses through their
companies, and more likely to be "nice guys."
Redesigned 8-bit and 16-bit games (Some unbelievable)
I strongly suspect that they sell TVs in Australia. So, perhaps no need to ship it from US. If somebody in, say, Zimbabwe wins and you have to go through some hassle to have it delivered, the PR opportunity will be well worth it.
Excellent? I much prefer Mark Pilgrim's translation:

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/03/18/translation-from...
City of Decay RPG
Here's a fun game to play that is constantly updating and adding new things, has great staff, chat, forums, and good community. From joining gangs to committing crimes, gambling to searching the streets, you can choose your own strategy.
A Zilog executive came to his former University (eg, mine), and rambled on about lossy audio compression without any knowledge of what goes on inside a music studio - where they try to make hi-fi music instead of lowering the quality because it's "hip".
Thanks, you're probably right. We've been making it progressively more noticeable, but probably should go farther.
My only caveat would be that if you expand to NCAA sports then you should add a warning reminding college athletes not to enter because they could lose eligibility. (Since you're targeting college students using their real names.) It's not really a legal liability, but then again you probably don't want colleges complaining to Facebook about your app because some idiots lost a year of football eligibility.
as close to free money as you can get without lucking out I would say.
Of course it requires attention and time but it beats pissing money away on rent, especially in silicon valley where rents are more than twice as much as the national average.
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okay, let's compare scenarios.

scenario 1

you "save" 2000 a month by spending it on a mortgage

scenario 2

you pay 1500 a month for rent and save the other 500.

in which scenario do you come out ahead? that 1500 a month is GONE.
Bandwidth is a limited resource. It costs money to produce therefore it has to cost you money to use. Cable/DSL/FiOS connections are sold with the assumption that they are fractional connections (in the way that a timeshare entitles you to fractional use). The nice thing is that packet-switching makes that sharing really easy and generally efficient.

However, when someone uses more than just fractional use, it affects both the provider and other users. Let's take that 250GB cap. That's 2,000Gb (gigabits) per month, 66Gb/day, 2.7Gb/hour, 47Mb/minute, 809Kbps. So, in order to hit Comcast's limit, you must be using more than half a T1 connection 24/7 without interruption.

Does that seem unfair? If you're using more than half a T1, maybe you shouldn't be using a shared connection such as cable/DSL/FiOS? T1s are expensive because they aren't shared. Cable/DSL/FiOS is cheap because it is shared. If you can't share, the economics that make it cheap just aren't there and logic/reality dictate that it just doesn't work.

Comcast's 250GB limit isn't exactly low and really only hits people who should really have a more dedicated connection. Also, remember that heavy users place an impetus on providers not to increase bandwidth speeds because they don't have the capacity from their CO to the wider internet. If you're one of the few who can saturate half a T1, you have a huge incentive to be against bandwidth caps. If you're everyone else, they'll probably affect you in a positive way (as long as they are set high like 250GB/mo).

And to be fair to people who are completely against this, I am a little worried that American companies might go the way of certain foreign ones with 50GB-ish caps, but as long as their criteria remains using more than 50% of a T1, I say good for them!
What happens if multiple people pick every game correctly? The regular season's not that long...
This is an article about a patent filing by Apple. When are people going to cry fowl that Apple is abusing the patent system by trying to patent something as obvious as multi-touch? Microsoft was demoing this technology years ago.

Just because Apple is filing a patent does not mean that it is about to be introduced into the market.
All like Wikia did?
http://search.wikia.com
I wouldn't, not with the current situation with Russia, things can escalate very quickly, and as reserves you'll be one of the first to get sent to the front lines. And contrary to popular belief coat guard does not protect only U.S. coasts. Just this week we sent a Coast Guard boat to Georgia.
That's $667 / hour / person. I could put up with a lot of crap for that kind of enumeration, assume 25% overhead that is still $1M per year.
I think you missed a zero.
I haven't logged into Scribd in a while, but strangely when I accessed their website now, it shows me logged-in as some other user. I can see the profile, and all uploaded documents of that user.

Looks like a major security (cookie mixup) flaw!
High Tech Olympics
The organizers did a cracking good job in Beijing, and what of the participants? It goes without saying that these were the most high tech Olympics ever and that the next ones will be even more so. Technology played a big part in making the athletes stronger, faster, jump higher, throw further, shoot more accurately.
Nor does it mean that they can't scale.
That's "Finder" to you.
Nah. 200 * .5 * 9 = 900, which was my rough estimate. The CEO was there, which brought up the average.
my extreme pragmatism depresses most people. I always hear hope for the best but plan for the worst and I think it is unnecessarily pessimistic. Hope for the best, plan for the averages, have a backup plan for the worst.

But the bottom line is that we're already incredibly wealthy by historical standards. I am in the bottom quintile by income in the U.S. (poor college student) and yet i enjoy a standard of living that is probably in the top 1% of all humans who've ever lived.

P.S. assuming you are Mr. Yudkowsky your posts at overcoming bias singlehandedly turned me from an empiricist into a rationalist.
Vintage Schwinns
There are tie breaker rules on the Rules tab.
Well, you're assuming we're going to have to purchase the TV, and don't already have it or won't be getting it free or something.

Correct about Zimbabwe though.
Very true. Unfortunately I'm not sure if we can run anything NCAA there (at least basketball) because Facebook sold exclusive bracket rights to a big media company. Ah the joys of non-open platforms.
To a certain extent, it looks like Ubiquity was very much impressed by Wundrbar. Best of luck to you guys for competing against Ubiquity.
Really? You should go ALOT further.

In my opinion you're making all the same mistakes I made when I started working on social applications. You had a idea first and are now trying to make it viral. Thats the wrong order. You need to get all your viral channels defined and working and only then are you allowed to have an idea :)
So, in essence you're in favor of option B (use the money to invest in something that will net you more in the end), specifically in CDs, or possibly a money market account. Thanks for bringing that up. The CDs are FDIC insured and are a strong case for not paying off the mortgage.
Ashutosh, please contact me about this so I can investigate - jared @ scribd.
The game is 14 weeks long... Statistically, it will take 32768 people to tie at week 14. And there are tie breakers.
Mostly we're just trying to avoid getting too spammy. Maybe we'll just say what the hell and go for it.
Looks a lot better, absolutely. Still not my cup of tea (my startup focuses on the more artisan side of writing), but for what it is, this redesign was pretty excellent.
With cash in hand, we

1. Spend
2. Save
3. Survive
4. Invest

We are rich if we are investing cash!
already beat the second reality 1 and 2 but I guess I'm not getting any homework done until I finish Super Metroid Redesign and Parallel worlds. damn you hacker news.
I just wanted to reiterate that this is GOOD advice. Design your product to fit the viral channels; don't try to fit the viral channels into the product you already have.
another vet seconds this
ha I never bought into that whole "invites are spam" bit. Generally people like apps and invites. But its hard to believe that because the minority is very vocal.

If you wanna chat over email I wouldn't mind sharing some tips.
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I am an Army Reservist since 2003 and an Entrepreneur (YC Summer this year, too).

Here are some random points, but PLEASE CONTACT ME if you are looking into the Army (I know jack about Coast Guard) because I simply can't write out all I could say about it.

- Most people don't get a bonus, at all, when joining the military. Bonuses are generally for jobs where there is a high demand and these jobs usually blow. Maybe that has changed though; I joined during a different time.

- You'll meet new people, but most of them will be idiots. I am in Psychological Operations, pretty much in the top 5 of military communities as far as intelligence goes, and I still take orders from morons once in a while.

- Being a reservist doesn't give you the flexibility you think it does. After my deployment I started TicketStumbler with my co-founder and moved to Boston to take part in YC. Since then I have had to skip two months worth of drills because working on our business is more important than sitting on my ass in a drill hall for two days. The military doesn't like when you do this. Furthermore, moving is a giant pain because you have to find a new Unit; I imagine this would be even harder for Coast Guard. Let's put it this way: They will probably kick me out before I can find a suitable way to integrate the military with my new life.

I don't know anything about the Coast Guard, but from what I've heard it's not "serious" enough to waste your time with. After serving 5 years I am of only one opinion when it comes to joining the military:

Go all in or don't go at all. Eight years is a long time to be tethered to what amounts to an inconvenience (attending drill, so forth) because chances are you will spend most of your time doing... bullshit. I have been on a combat deployment (which was a perspective-changing event) and have traveled many places, but it's not like the commercials. Most of your time is spent doing what equates to nothing.

We say the military is 95% bullshit, but the 5% makes up for it. That isn't always true. So, if you are going to join, hell, try to get into SF or Delta or SEAL or... something. Something where you have the opportunity to sit on your ass less. If the average is 5% of time spent doing something worthwhile, maybe the more "hardcore" branches and services can bump you to 15%.

Oh, and if you take no other advice, take this: Don't join the Marines. Before you know it, you'll have bumper stickers that say "shoot everything that moves" and Semper Fi tattoos and an IQ of 5. To any Marines who read this: You know the stereotype exists for a good reason.
Well you can force a app to be viral its just a TON of work. I dont suggest it but it is possible.
I always get a mystic sense of pride when I manage to capture a fly alive with my hand. It's like I'm a ninja of some sort. Of course the worst part is figuring out if you caught the fly without letting it go. I can never tell if it's in may hand or if it got away until after I open my hand.
I didn't intend to imply anything about inferiority.

The people described here have a different mentality. They get rich by avoiding risks and cutting costs. It is a slow and systematic process with guaranteed results.

Startup people get rich by taking big risks and working hard to increase their top-line productivity and wealth-creation. It is relatively fast and chaotic process with unpredictable results.
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Ask HN: How to convince a fellow programmer to join your startup
The question says it all. Assume that the programmer is good but isn't that brave enough to take the risks and has a good day job. How do founders convince people they know into joining their companies?
Top X lists...
Irrational questions!
Flexibility belongs in APIs
From TFA: "For now we’re going to assume that people like this are not sick even though a subset of the traits may sound superficially like some cases of autism or even schizophrenia." Who the hell is this guy? What kind of call is that? He has no background in this subject matter but his writing as if he's authoritative. Stop linking to him!
the fact of the matter is that there is inherent risk in working a startup. or starting one. it takes a certain type of person to be willing to do this. not everyone has the ability to do it. for example, a guy supporting a family with house and car payments is more likely to want a steady corporate job.

to get people, you need to offer a competitive salary. everyone has to pay the bills. after that, its the perks. if working at a company is fun, who wouldn't want to work there?
Well I signed up. (Although I can't see myself winning)

(and if you want bug reports on here - when I tried to skip inviting my friends it took me to:
http://apps.new.facebook.com/survivor_pool/invitations/send_...
and gave the following error message:
"There are still a few kinks Facebook and the makers of Football Survivor Pool are trying to iron out. We appreciate your patience as we try to fix these issues. Your problem has been logged - if it persists, please come back in a few days. Thanks!"
Ask him some smart questions.
This will stimulate him to deliver his best.
If the math were really that simple there would be a massive arbitrage opportunity :). I think there are other variables at play, such as:

- down payment: the renter takes the down payment and gets interest on it for N years

- closing costs

- repair costs

- property taxes
Actually, it does. If they had businesses that scaled, they'd be well above the million-dollar mark and in the even-tinier minority.

But I'll go one further and suggest there's a causal link in play here: The half that are business owners are people who make their money precisely in businesses that don't scale. They own and operate local businesses which are natural geographic monopolies and they don't get crushed by large multinational competitors because of that fact. For example, these are businesses like landscaping companies, local shops, construction contractors, and services businesses.

Also note that a chunk of the 50% that don't own businesses are well-paid, sometimes independent professionals such as doctors, lawyers, architects and engineers. Again, their source of income does not scale, so they get rich by cutting costs.
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This is really an argument of semantics of "upper-middle-class" vs. "upper-class." Maybe there's standard definition I don't know about. My personal definition is that upper class is "don't need to work ever again."

You're right that upper middle class people have the same lifestyles as upper class. The difference isn't in material goods, it's in freedom.
As Charlie Munger says “If you would persuade, appeal to interest not to reason.”

Address what the worst case scenario could be, in most startups that would be going out of business. Highlight that it would be a better experience in the same period working for a startup rather than said current company.

It could also be financial, maybe he/she has stock options & trigers that would vest in a few months.
sure. themaroon on gmail.
Assume that the programmer is good but isn't that brave enough to take the risks

I don't think that "someone who isn't brave enough to take the risks" is really someone you should want joining your startup, personally.
Any ideas for something cool I could do with this? I'll do it!
It's 16 weeks. There are 17 regular season weeks, and we run all but the 1st.

We don't use a line, so the odds are better than that though. You can usually start off picking 10+ point favorites (which, if memory serves me, win about 85% of the time) but as you use up the better teams that worsens. For instance week 1 if you pick New England, you're a 16.5 pt favorite and will win almost always.

But yeah, the tiebreakers will handle it if it happens.
Am I missing a download link?
Maybe Apple could dig into the Newton portfolio for some ideas? That is, if Steve has put away his grudge and allows it to happen.

A lightweight tablet computer as a consumer "digital hub" with support from wireless technology and Bonjour actually makes a lot of sense, especially if you can pair it with something like a Mac Mini or Apple TV form factor for the bulk of the storage, and as an interface with the living room HDTV.

Better yet, sell small, inexpensive wireless devices that can receive a stream for stereos and video screens around the house, as in Airport Express? Perhaps sell a program that can be used with the Wii?
What's up with the logo? I think the design has gone in a better direction, but the logo doesn't do it for me.
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Linking to illegal derivative works probably violates the rules of that forum but fortunately linking isn't a crime. The below links may be patches and not the ROM itself. The ROM itself can be found on your local torrent site, probably in a pack that includes every SNES or NES ROM!

Brutal Mario: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=showhack&id=1012

Extra Mario Bros: http://www.derok.net/nes-roms/super-mario-bros/extra

Sonic 2 Long Edition: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=11648&s... (try PMing people in this thread or going on their IRC channel)

Zelda Parallel Worlds: http://zeldaparallelworlds.googlepages.com/

The Second Reality Project: http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/41/

Sonic Megamix 3.5 (4.0 isn't out yet): http://info.sonicretro.org/images/3/3f/S1MMU.rar

Super Metroid Redesign: http://drewseph.zophar.net/

Mario Adventure: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/63
Right to Assembly
Once Upon A Mango
Fixed. Thanks for finding the bug.
True, that's because I'd sooner invest in stocks and only pay capital gains.
That was a thoughtful article although I did cheat a couple times and look at my post it note.
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What if everything is through encrypted connections? It will be hard for the carriers to identify what's a particular service. Also, if there is robust market demand for services, the proliferation of servers will be too much for the carriers to stay on top of. There will be a market for multi-service proxies, so the carriers won't be able to target a particular service and cut it off by simply cutting off particular servers. They will need to employ strong-arm tactics, which will make them vulnerable to legislation.
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The background processes bugaboo is FUD. It can be solved by virtualization. By using a VM, you can ensure that the background processes never exceed a certain fraction of system resources. (Like 5% or 10%) Just have the OS require that background processes be specially registered with the system, then run them on their own VM.

Likewise, the technology exists to sandbox apps.
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Not necessarily, especially if the talent is great. Woz didn't want to leave HP at one point.
I wouldn't say it was the worst mistake I ever made - but I can't wait to get out.

Don't do it.
If you are in the Coast Guard you can go to Iraq/Afghanistan. I am in Kuwait right now and there are dozens of Coast Guard here, performing customs duty. Usually the Navy performs this but they've been tapped for years.

I've seen many Coasties doing customs in Iraq as well.

Plus, who do you think defends ports in the Middle East? It's not the Navy (for the most part) - they are an offensive force. Coasties perform patrols constantly within ports/harbors here.

Plus, the Coasties are the military's DEA - guess who's tackling the Opium problem in Afghanistan?
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There is a waiver for everything. Your recruiter will probably try to tell you that you can't get in but if you press the issue (or threaten to go to another recruiter who will complete waiver paperwork) you should be good.

But - Coasties have the hardest Basic of all forces. Coasties BMT makes the Marines' Crucible look like a tea party.
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If you really want him badly, I would say do whatever you can to convince him. Show the advantages of working on this start up and disadvantages of his day job. Sooner or later, he will have a bad day at work and he will surely think about quitting the day job. That is one when you will become an alternative.
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Looks better, but i wish they'd take a hint from google. Give us the stuff then get out of the way.
PGP Whole Disk Encryption Now Available for OS X
Here's my take/intro on WDE: http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/08/29/pgp-hard-drive-encryptio...

Just bought it, installed it, but haven't come around to closing all of my open ffx tabs and textmate windows to get around to rebooting it.
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That's only for unknown states. You can prepare any state you want, in theory.

Quantum error correction is brilliant. I highly recommend looking it up if you've done any college QM.
According to how HN does timestamps - that took 2 minutes! (1 hour --> 58 min) I'm impressed!
"Everything has vulnerabilities"

+1