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I had a similar idea about 10 years ago, but never got around to implementing it.

I'm amazed at the amount of hatred directed towards this - as if the terminal could in NO WAY be improved?!. But clearly it can. For example - wouldn't it be nice to have a terminal status bar with your CWD / git branch / etc in, without cluttering up space before $? Yep, you can use screen, and that destroys your ability to use the scrollbars.

Or, consider filename completion. Wouldn't it be nice to show the intended completions in a popup as you're typing (like web browsers do) ?

Why, when I do 'ls', can I not drag & drop one of the files to another finder window? Why is the terminal forever isolated?

Why when I run 'mvn install', which generates umpteen bazillion lines of output, can the result not be folded into a single line showing the summary, that I could expand if I wished?

There's lots of scope for this kind of thing. My main concern would be whether a single WebKit control is the right way to go - it'd be nice to, for example, embed custom controls within the shell (but this might also be possible).

So I think it's an awesome idea.
Absolutely! Don't lose that attitude. You won't win over everyone and the fact that anyone cares enough about something you made to share their opinion with you is awesome.
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I'm looking for feedback on my weekend project: HNPoints.com

HNPoints aims to bring back comment scores to Hacker News through a social opt-in system. Users install the browser extension or bookmarklet provided, and when logged in, are able to see other users' points; it then shares your comment scores with others (but no other personal information). With enough participants, point scores can be inferred for those contributors who choose not to participate.

This project is an experiment based on the support for bringing back comment scores, especially as a preference, in recent discussions, without forcing the decision upon everyone. This project is not meant to provoke holy wars but rather to provide people with the freedom to choose how they use Hacker News. For more info, check out the about page.

The system is in its infancy, so please be prepared for a) bugs and b) lack of comment scores as it gains adoption. It was conceived Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening, and beta tested for Monday and Tuesday with a select group of contributors. It's quite likely that more issues will be uncovered as more people start to use it.

Any feedback is welcome! :)

http://hnpoints.com/
Can you actually stop a bubble from forming or busting? Are there any documented examples?
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Depends on whether Netflix is encrypting the bits of the content or some other kind of DRM.
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Bitcoin will change the world; end of story.
It's a first step. Maybe it's not in the right direction, maybe it is, but it looks well-polished, and like good work. My instinctive reaction was not a positive one, but the more I read, the more I liked it, and you have to applaud a good effort like this in any event. People have to get out there and try for things to improve.
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The idea is that you never need to 'cash them out', because it is meant to be used as a currency not as a casino game. If you do your transactions in them you don't need to go back to dollars.
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Yes, I don't really see how the RIAA/MPAA would be excited by this. I don't think the entertainment industry is sustainable at $9 per month per household.
New App Engine Pricing policy, the good the bad and the ugly.
http://gaengine.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-app-engine-pricing-...
Because they are dreamily thinking that they will spend BTC directly, and never convert to USD.
I tried that but didn't get any replies at all....
I also think this is a great implementation of a useful idea.

Why all the haters? Surely the next step is a MIXED-MODE console where you can have both the power features shown, and a simple mode for the die-hard traditionalists.

Again... stirling work and I'm looking forward to it.
I've actually found ancient Craftsman tools in the yard, left over from the workers who built my house decades before, and Sears happily replaced them.

Of course, if Sears tanks in a few years, then those tools aren't such a good deal anymore.
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This is something I considered but i'm unsure of the best way to store these so they are retrievable without looking up the key.
One can create objects from the command line using this shell. He says that he was inspired by Scheme, but it appears that he was also influenced by Windows Powershell.
Governments aren't governments because they control currency. They control currency because the people gave them to power to do so. They were already governments before that.
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While I do agree with you that T&C should be included in product reviews, there's one thing that worries me: T&C can change easily. Picture a scenario where a manufacturer comes out with a good product and acceptable T&C, gets great reviews and subsequently -- when the consumers are hooked -- starts introducing changes to T&C.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like this can only be mitigated, not solved. I'm getting more and more worried by the ever-increasing degree to which the manufacturers dictate how we can use the products we buy from them.
Yes, I use this but the problem is still that if you fire large amounts of traffic at it then you get a lot of these building up and still create a bottleneck.
Well, sorry about that. That's the result of adding the link using the Bookmarklet. I actually didn't even notice this.
The growing importance of YouTube in Science communication and popularization
my thoughts: New App Engine Pricing policy, the good the bad and the ugly.
http://gaengine.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-app-engine-pricing-...
If they just rename the browser "Chrome" (or "Chrome mobile"), it would be pretty good for branding and making Google seem less fragmented.

On the other hand, a lot of Android's userbase is less tech-savvy who may not make the connection. "Browser" is pretty obvious to what it is.
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Nope, not at all. Ask a certified accounted. This is no different than US companies doing business in foreign currencies... you keep your books in USD equivalent values indexed to an exchange rate that is regularly updated.

As in, daily, weekly, quarterly. Gaming that also raises eyebrows at the IRS.
As a UI designer, even though I've just begun working with terminal, I can't say I like this too much. Don't get me wrong, it looks GREAT, but much as I expected, it goes against a lot of ideas and based on some of the comments, strips a bit of functionaity (a huge no no). I think Steven's intentions are solid, but he's sort of playing with fire on this one. Cool idea, though.
When I started reading the article's comments about children, it got me thinking about children and contracts.

I found this: http://www.ehow.com/about_5030458_legal-contract-age.html

Not sure how accurate it is but makes sense. I wonder if an appropriately nasty legal response could be brought against companies trying to engage underage minors into legal contracts.

This would have broad implications (good, imho)
I think this guy should look into implementing something like this as a compromise.
Inspiring! And gorgeous look and feel to the site.
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Did you buy new or used?
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It is worth noting that the USA has produced two world champion chess players, both abandoned the game and went crazy. (The other was Paul Morphy: see http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Morphygoescrazy.html for one contemporary report of his insanity.)

Actually Kasparov's grasp of reality is somewhat questionable. For instance read http://www.revisedhistory.org/view-garry-kasparov.htm where he demonstrates an astonishing lack of understanding of basic history. (For the first major mistake, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Agricultural_Revolution for why his naive projections of population growth are clearly wrong.)
Other things I've spent money on (that I'm happy with): heated slate floors for my bathroom - nothing like 85deg toasty floors when you get up in the morning; Benchmade knives; our latex foam mattress. Probably more things I can't think of at the moment.

If a person does any amount of cooking a nice set of knives is one of the best things a person can spend money on. They make preparing meals easier, faster and safer.

One thing that I have spent good money on is sheets. I spend 6-8 hours/day in bed sleeping so why not be as comfortable as possible?

I think frugal people also recognize the importance of good enough. One of the easiest places to see this in action is when buying wine. Going from the $5 bottle of wine to the $10-$20 bottle of wine often yields huge quality increases. When you start going from the $20 to $50 and $100+ the changes are often barely noticeable if at all. Most things that we buy have a similar scale and the key is finding that spot that is good enough for the best price.
While, I understand your dislike of Vim, Vi, Nano, Emacs, etc. (I can't work in them for extend periods of time either do to hand problems) They remain essential tools for many programmers and system administrators. Sometimes, you don't want to have the file pulled down and edited in a local edit and pushed back even if it is seamless. The benefits of inplace editing on remote machines is invaluable.

I think this is a cool idea. I think it needs to be cross platform. However, it must be fully backwards compatible with the full unix toolchain to be useful. If it isn't I can't use it, and a lot of other potential users will also be unable to use it.

I love the idea thanks for rethinking the terminal.
Very interesting Wednesday morning thought, might take a little while to implement. Let me know if you need any help. Don't know why people "need" to trade virtual currency aside from buyers remorse, money laundering or tax evasion. It could definitely cover a wide variety of digital goods. Virtual currency will be big.
>monospace text just doesn't cut it anymore

Maybe in your terminal world, but not mine buddy.
That's typical in companies that are seeking market. Afterward, you're more likely to have a product manager calling the shots, and they often decide against features for various reasons.

The fact of the matter is that companies can make these sorts of choices. It may be hard, but it isn't impossible.
A click too far - web design's impact on CTR
Oh man, Misty Island Rescue is one of my son's favorites. He's on a Leapfrog kick right now, but we'll see how long that lasts.
Zaarly Launches Realtime, Local Marketplace To The Public
I was working on this very same problem a while back. I've never heard of simulated annealing, let alone its application to the 2D bin packing problem.

Here's my implementation of Jim Scott's lightmap packing algorithm (http://www.blackpawn.com/texts/lightmaps/default.html): http://www.joelverhagen.com/blog/2011/03/jim-scotts-packing-... if you're interested.
> The simplest solution if either has an equal probability of being the 'correct' assesment is that you pass on them because you can't know if you have bad data. And that was a part of the process that was fundamentally broken.

This is the same way some have argued elections are broken: you don't end up with the best people, you end up with the least-bad people. Since people aren't one-dimensional, those are very different concepts. Least-bad involves very little risk; you eliminate everyone who displays any risk factors at all. You also necessarily eliminate creative geniuses with a spotty record.
It might not be - it might be ghost-written or translated, and certainly has been edited etc. - but it is presented and bylined as though written by Kasparov. Do you have specific other information?
A great post that will be misread by most people. Adam Carolla has a similar rant in his book about why your bed should be one of the nicest things you own.
Only if it is taken care of. I have seen anvils with broken horns, chipped edges, and deep rust pits that were no more than a hundred years old. I even saw one anvil (don't know its age) that had been broken almost in half AND was seriously rust damaged.
This a cool project, albeit not my cup of tea. Sure, the terminals out there need a little work, but I'm skeptical about bringing too much of the "gui world" in.

There are, however, some concepts that are worth copying and that are in fact doable in current terminal environments. What I would like to see is more innovation in the world of console programs. There are lots of things to do in terms of auto-completion, navigation and integration etc.

Take a look at ranger [1] and sup [2] for examples of new neat console applications.

[1] http://ranger.nongnu.org/
[2] http://sup.rubyforge.org/
It's a pity that this is so difficult to try. The blog post has so much detail and effort put into it, but all that shine and polish disappears when you try to install it.

Specifically Step 1 of the instructions[1] has a link titled "install node and npm" [2] which has the line 'git clone git://github.com/ry/node.git', which is incorrect. The correct URL (as far as I can tell) would be 'git://github.com/joyent/node.git'.

In addition the linked instructions say nothing of npm, which can be installed quite easily by running 'curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh' as root.

Back to the TermKit instructions again, and step 5 says 'git clone git@github.com:unconed/TermKit.git --recursive', which didn't work for me. What worked was 'git clone git://github.com/unconed/TermKit.git --recursive'.

Finally after all that, I just see 'You cannot use this version of the application TermKit.app with this version of Mac OS X.'. Would have been nice to mention that at the start.

[1]: https://github.com/unconed/TermKit
[2]: http://howtonode.org/how-to-install-nodejs
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The article is more or less a book review, written by Kasparov, about a book written by Frank Brady. That book is a biography of Fischer. The title of the article is The Bobby Fischer Defense. The title of the book is Endgame. It's a little confusing, but all the information is there.
With a family, and N Y Combinator companies to follow, what would be the benefit for PG in doing so?
A lack of knowledge of British history is hardly grounds for questioning someone's grasp on reality.
no it wont.
When the computer needs rebooting, I have to manually copy the urls of web pages I care to save for later.

In the "On Startup" setting on Chrome's settings page, you can set the browser to reopen the pages that were open last.

You could also hit Ctrl+Shift+D before you close the browser to bookmark all open tabs.
The cromebook does this, as does the new macbook pros (if you define workday as 8 hours).
Actually, Dr. Chris Nass (author of The Man Who Lied to his Laptop [1]) claims that people's memory of what is said after criticism is much better than what is said before criticism, so you should start with small praise, then criticism, then end with a larger amount of specific praise. He talks about it a bit in a Science Friday interview [2] and apparently more in the book.

[1] - http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Lied-Laptop-Relationships/dp/B...

[2] - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1296297...
Cops know they can get more out of you by being non-confrontational and mirandizing you well after you've told them everything they need to know to make up a very damning arrest report - you'll never get a warning.

It's also easier for the cops to flat out lie on the police report once you start talking. If you refuse to talk and ask for your lawyer you have removed all opportunity for the cops to gather evidence directly from you and/or simply lie about it later. It's much easier to defend knowing you said nothing rather than you talked for an hour and can't quite remember just how you said something.
his comments appear to be busted, so I'll comment here instead

RE:Clojure

I can't claim to deny the lack of #2 but I'm not sure that I understand what he means by #3.
I'm all for promoting entrepreneurship but it'd be nice to highlight those who actually make money and care about building businesses too, rather than celebrating simply taking investor's money and spending it.
The relentless promotion campaign that is conducted here and similar places makes it very hard to not interpret the whole phenomenon as a type of penny stock style pump and dump scheme, regardless of the technical merits at the core of the system. One would think that anyone who thought of themselves as not of part of a speculative frenzy would realize that promoting such a bubble, and not caring about giving people the impression that they are, would be bad for its mid to long term success.
My understanding is that bubbles form when money is cheap and is chasing returns. If interest rates went up and/or the money supply was dampened and people had incentive to not chase returns in markets like tech, a bubble would be less likely to form.

That said, the psychology of bubbles is difficult to stop once it gains momentum.

The problem is that an entity like the fed doesn't have better information than the markets about appropriate asset pricing, so attempts to dampen bubbles might turn out to be premature or ill advised.

That's my $.02, I'm not a trained economist, just an armchair observer.
Yeah I believe you. I don't live in the US so I know nothing about your tax system. I just wanted to make clear that the goal is to get a worldwide (micro-)economy running in BTC, not to bubble and 'cash out' to other currencies. Though it looks that way at the moment...
I don't work for Zoho, and I'll echo the support here. Zoho's product suite is great. As a user, I really like the way their product tie into each other. Have built a number of internal corporate projects on Zoho and have been quite happy. Customer support is surprisingly good too, and willing to do custom stuff like create special billing for our purposes that don't fit their normal pricing.
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I think he's (doing a bad job of) saying that you should buy quality items to improve your day to day living and not fall into the trap of buying cheap items and then artificially limiting your earning power accordingly.
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Now let's mass-email Bellard to coax him into publishing an open-source version. :)
One of my favorite interview questions for software developers is "how many lines of code have you deleted in one day?"

The question helps assess their maturity. It throws some people who think software is about adding continuously. Senior people know what I mean usually.

No code has no bugs. And no-code has no bugs.
That's weird, I just checked a few old sites I worked on that we put these buttons in and they're still working.
No conversion to dollar necessary. An American citizen say lives on the US Canada border and has a job just across the line and gets paid in Canadian dollars they are still expected to pay income tax. If an American citizen lives and works in France for a decade they are expected to file income taxes in the US every year. Income tax is just that, tax on income it applies to every citizen of the US no matter where they live or what currency they get paid in. BTC is no different.
Nexus S 4G owner. :D
>We've been through enough format changes to understand that "this is my media for ten years, then I'll need to convert it or buy it again." Access is the key, not ownership.

I guess this is what the RIAA/MPAA doesn't like with the streaming business, they can't resell the same material every time a new standard comes out.
It's certainly over-the-top. I tried to flag this post down, as it has nothing to do anymore with Bitcoin as open source project and thus hacking. But there's just too much incentive to get it on the front page, I guess...

I like the idea of cryptocurrencies very much but can we stop the overhyping? Nothing good can come of it.
The key issue I find with these bubble's is that, once the bubble forms - the media / hype behind the bubble causes the bubble to grow.

The growth of the bubble makes many people rich and therefore, creates even more mass media / hype about the 'bubble'.

This final stage makes everyone who is outside the bubble, wish they could get in on the 'action' of the bubble. People invest at any price, valuations continue to rise way past a realistic point and the whole thing is destined for failure.

When the first cracks emerge and the price proves to not support the reality of investment the whole things begins to tumble down.

I personally don't blame the people in the bubble initially for the collapse, but rather the media for driving the bubble's growth outside of the bubble's expertise.
Which study was that? I've heard the same thing mentioned several times but never seen the actual source.
LOL ok, good luck trying to pay your bills in Bitcoin haha.
Yep, UK customer service is pretty mixed. At it's best it's pretty good but at it's worst it's absolutely shocking. Sadly good customer service is still enough of a rarity that it's genuinely noteworthy when you do come across it.
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It is amusing how we hackers, who are supposed to embrace change, become as Luddite as anyone else when our sacred tools are questioned. Personally I see room for this and a whole lot more. I'd like to see an amalgam of this and the traditional terminal (easy way to pull up a traditional terminal if you need it). There is no need to "replace"; I think this makes a fine addition to a hackers workspace.
Apple seems to get away with it all the time. For example, look at Steve Jobs' keynote where he presented Snow Leopard. He turned '0 New Features' into a selling point.
Whats the use case for this over some type of revision control? Wouldn't revision control let you track changes and have comments with those changes?

This feels like doing collaborative work from shared windows folders a la 1990. What am I missing?
the new car dealer didn't actually know how much the car was worth

This statement confuses me. When I talk to car dealers, I notice that they always refer to the NADA guide to determine the worth -- even if you think that the blue book is too high, the sales guy certainly knows exactly what the car is worth, and would rather lose the sale than drop significantly below that price. I conclude that insurance and lot space must not be major costs per car.
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Regarding the cheap money, isn't it better for markets to decide the interest rate rather than the Fed? Are there any examples in history where a country left the interest rate to be set by the market.
Going to the web for a new, untried recipe is very hit-or-miss. I think it's more useful if you've already made something similar.

If I try something new I usually go to two or three standard sources, e.g. Joy of Cooking, Cook's Illustrated, Silver Palate or Dr. Oetker and then compare with a handful of search results from the web. That way I get a feel what the range of each of the ingredients is.

What would be really interesting to me is an app that pulls down as many recipe sources as possible, normalizes the ingredients and displays them all on a percentage scale. Doesn't really help with learning a new recipe but that would be great for experienced cooks looking for specific variations.
Another US only product. What a tragedy.