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I was curious about who it was that Evan Reas had been emailing, and found this list:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/the-full-very-impressive-li...

Since Andreessen Horowitz was part of their angel round, perhaps Marc Andreessen or Ben Horowitz were one of their initial targets.
Best of tptacek, patio11, edw519 and other HN leaders
Is stress good for you?
As far as I can see, the site basically creates a public account for you automatically when you visit it, so unique visitor = user.
Which data center do you use? I have not experienced any outages with my linode server(s).
How are you extracting the points for each comment?
My Linode in Newark has not had network issues since last year. Acquaintance has a large deployment there with 100.0% availability. Positive this is not problems with your stack or monitoring?
There were essentially four brief periods of high immigration in American history, usually lasting on the order of 20 years or less. Outside of those periods essentially zero immigration was the norm. From 1924 to 1965 immigration was zero (somehow business and technology advanced in America; not sure how). There were many such periods farther back.. Allowing only immigration from Western nations was the norm.

We are now in the fourth decade of an unprecedented experiment with extraordinarily high immigration. The length of this wave and the volume of newcomers dwarfs all previous waves. This is also the first experiment with high numbers of non-Westerners, who to all indications do not appear to be assimilating and intermarrying as previous waves did.

The lesson to take away from the history of American immigration is that immigration waves should be followed by long periods of zero immigration for assimilation.
Congrats - this is going to be a true powerhouse team. With both D-cancel and Dharmesh working on the new marketing landscape, they could be quite dominant.
Top 10 pasted here for convenience:

1. tptacek - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=tptacek&limit=75

2. patio11 - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=patio11&limit=75

3. edw519 - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=edw519&limit=75

4. jacquesm - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=jacquesm&limit=75

5. fogus - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=fogus&limit=75

6. cwan - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=cwan&limit=75

7. jrockway - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=jrockway&limit=75

8. swombat - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=swombat&limit=75

9. vaksel - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=vaksel&limit=75

10. ssclafani - http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?username=ssclafani&limit=7...
Not a valid opinion? Isn't there a difference between hiring a newly-graduated student vs an experienced programmer?
Ask HN: Obstacles to entering the B2B market?
One of my ideas for a startup is as follows: A student course registration application univerisities would use that would help students choose and register for the right classes for their degree plan. the current state of these apps (from what I've seen at Texas A&M and Texas Tech) could use some improvement.

My concern: The industry of enterprise software seems pretty buddy-buddy, and I wouldn't know where to start in demoing and selling the application.

Have any other HN'ers faced unique challenges posed by barrier to entry in a B2B market?
Edited form of my comment from http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2590731, which discussed the same finding:

- Skype's encryption algorithm is not, itself, broken;

- Skype uses a "prediction" algorithm (LPC) to compress voice streams;

- therefore, words etc. have a specific pattern of bandwidth use;

- bandwidth use of encrypted compressed data is equal to bandwidth use of data that has only been compressed;

- these patterns (which can be detected "through" the encryption) allow fairly good reconstruction of the voice stream.

If you like this kind of thing, Google "ssh keystroke timing attacks", or, more generally, "traffic analysis".
I started learning software at 32.

I got a couple of things out of your question:

1. You're wondering if it's worthwhile.
2. You're struggling to finish something that's likely already within your capabilities.

Yeah, it's definitely worthwhile. I've brought a small software company further than a business I spent five years on (a PR agency) in a much shorter amount of time including the time it took me to learn a few languages. Having said that, I became addicted to it and spent nearly 5k hours on programming my first year and almost that much the second. It took no effort because I was hooked as soon as I started. I think you need to ask yourself if you really love writing software and are afraid to completely commit to it (it is time consuming and somewhat intimidating) or if you just think it's any interesting possibility for a career change. If it's the latter it probably won't be worth it for you.

If it does excite you, I'd suggest picking very small projects (and yeah, with an easy language like Python) that you can finish within a short period of time. There's nothing like finishing projects to motivate you and give you confidence to try different things. From a career/business perspective, once you've shipped a few things you'll have some credibility even if you don't have a ton of experience.
Overall, uranium is toxic in the same way that lead is toxic, and the chemical toxicity is probably worse than the radiotoxicity.

You know darn well we're not talking about "overall uranium".

We're talking about very hot uranium and plutonium directly from the cores of active nuclear reactors and the entire spectrum of elements and isotopes that get produced when you take that core, rods, and support structure and melt it out through the bottom of a containment vessel onto a concrete foundation that wasn't designed as a core catcher. Mix in seawater, steam, hydrogen explosions and gord knows what else and you have a reaction that is insufficiently modeled.

What we do know is that a large area of land is not being occupied in Japan due to contamination. The Japanese have very expensive land, know a thing or two about radioactive contamination, and are not exactly known for exaggerating the impact of industrial accidents.
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Using your new feature to keep a list of the leaders: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2662721
Zynga sues Brazilian clone Vostu for copying games
Heat issues. My MBP is by far the hottest-running laptop I've ever had. I chalk it up to the fact that it is significantly thinner than any other laptop I've had. No ventilation in there. The fact that it's an aluminum case doesn't help, either. I mean, if my CPU was hot, but my fingers were cool, I wouldn't mind so much. But I had to stop playing SC2 on my laptop directly (ie use usb keyboard/mouse) because I was burning my fingers.
that why you should add -- after your parameters to be extra safe

rm -- -r -f # removes files -r and -f
Maybe I'm not just that good of a developer.

The last time I did something in my spare time was college.

Ever since I have not gone more then a few precious weeks without being employed as a software engineer full time.
And I had to fight for those weeks BETWEEN jobs!

Once I'm done with work, finding myself in front of a computer again, is the last thing I want to do.

I have lots of projects I plan to get to when I'm in between jobs for a while, you know like in a recession. Too bad in this recession I was hired before I had a chance to leave the parking lot of my previous employer.

So yes, I guess I'm just not that good of a developer.
Funny, I've had the Tron OST on a loop at work for the last few weeks as well. I definitely find that instrumental music is the way to go, especially if it is upbeat or energetic.

Lately I also pull up my org-mode work journal file, create a new entry for the day and find my next actions for the project i'm working on. Then I start my 25 minute time-boxing timer, the only anti-procrastination thing that's ever worked for me.
Thanks for the comments on our Tumblr Backup. Right now we're focusing on one-time backup but will quickly be offering daily/weekly backups not much later.

Yes - we can do this yourself. There's people that feel comfortable doing that but there's many more that don't.

As for Tumblr providing a backup solution, yes they have but it (1) doesn't usually work, (2) only works on a Mac, and (3) still in beta, (4) hasn't been updated since 2009, etc...

@mootothemax - we'll work on providing more details on the site here soon. Thanks for asking for that.

@ZackOfAllTrades - like the idea of providing an automatic site up if/when Tumblr goes down.
Do you think you get banned for the downvotes, or for the comment? I don't think anybody (here) is proposing removing the "flag" button...
MARKETING SOFTWARE DOMINATION. HOLY HELL.
When you design something and the default case is to shoot yourself in the foot, you should stop and rethink things.
> - Having to use Command-c, Command-v, ..etc instead of Control-C, Control-V, .etc

You can just remap the keys to be the opposite. Map control to command and vice versa
Ask HN: Google Public DNS issues?
Is anyone experiencing issues with Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) in the last hours?

I'm unable to navigate certain websites (e.g. grooveshark.com) and mostly url shortener services (tcrn.ch, on.mash.to, read.bi).

Using the same resources through proxies is working just fine.
Why companies don't launch Mobile/Touch products same time in Asia?
HubSpot Acquires Marketing Automation Company Performable
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I hope that Apple has enough clout with their GPU providers to get them to fix their driver bugs and implement ARB_Robustness. Seriously if someone can get a good and safe implementation of WebGL it's apple. They own the hardware and the software.
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Uh...Sputnik maybe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_science
Ask HN: Please review my startup, Uplaude.com
Hi All,

I’ve been reading HN for a while and think that you give the best feedback out there. We could really use your help.

Our site is just a couple of months old and it only has a minimal set of features. We can’t wait to add new features, but we ‘d like to get some feedback before diving in too deep. We have a lot of ideas we’d like to implement, but it’s only two of us right now, so picking what to focus on is our biggest priority.

http://www.uplaude.com

We think that everyone should have a place to show off their achievements and also be able to give other people awards for their achievements.

Here are some questions we have:

What do you think about the idea?
Would you use it?
What would you like to see that isn’t currently on the site?
What would make you use the site on a regular basis?

..but any feedback would be great. To use the site, just signup for the beta and we will let you in right away.

If you don’t want to signup, you can login as…

User name: Tester
Password: tester9999

…but the experience won’t be the same.

BTW: I’d love to see some of these achievements on our site:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1200959

Thanks for the help in advance,

Frank

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EDIT:

FYI: If you are using the Tester account, the Getting Started link will not be visible after adding the first award. Here's the link: http://www.uplaude.com/dashboard/getting_started
So to restate your argument, Pandora is a company capable of carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody knows what it is.

Does that sound fair?
Clickable links:

http://www.uplaude.com
http://www.uplaude.com/dashboard/getting_started
This is a fantastic piece of writing. Was actually very inspired by it.
> I'm ok with sacrificing the second hand market on the alter of digital downloads.

I am as well, as long as it works out monetarily in my favor. Under my current scenario all downloaded games must be about 50% cheaper to make it worth my while.

Otherwise there isn't a value proposition there for me.
Time-consuming outdoor hobbies, girlfriends, friends, going out, travelling - check. I also waste sickening amounts of time on sites like this one, and playing video games.

Serious question. Are you one of those people that have a genetic mutation which allows them to be well rested on much less sleep then the rest of us?

I do tend to think of that as just plain genetic superiority. (Assuming the current studies which show absolutely no deleterious side effects hold true.)
Time boxing timer?
Radioiodine from the accident has almost completely decayed

Given that the accident isn't over – fission is continuing without the normal containment – isn't more radioiodine being created, and at risk of further wide release, every day?
I would recommend the same thing for the same kind of people, but only after you do it on a virtual machine (VirtualBox) on your local machine. It's a much cheaper alternative (free), and you'll have a better idea what you want and what to do when you move to Linode.
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...neither of which is really the point. Even if they both gave you free hardware, you've got to learn their technology stack just to try it out. Unlike, say, web development, where a few seconds of text editing gives you a "hello world" that will work on any platform.
Pandora didn't get any of that "pop" capital. It went to investors who were able to sell on the first day.
I'd also love this ability.
Meh, I think it requires a truly different relationship but it can totally work if both sides are mature about it. Usually though, the contractor gets lazy or the employer wants more control. Then you have no choice but to make them an employees so you can direct them.

Edit: just read your top-voted post. If you can swing it, definitely go for it. I just think it is way too much paperwork and a bootstrapped startup probably couldn't afford it.
One of the things I've learned from meditation is that the "depletion" model of willpower is bogus.

The Happiness Trap is a good model for the development of willpower. http://www.thehappinesstrap.com/
>Finally, I will say that learning to create software changes you and makes you different.

This is so very true in my experience. The way I think has fundamentally changed since programming became the primary professional/pastime activity in my life about two years ago. I'm 32, and everything from my politics to my decisions about where to live has been effected. (Whether I'm using the proper choice between 'effect'/'affect' is still a challenge...)

Programming has taught me more about critical thinking in two years than I learned in the previous 30. I can't stand many of the things I used to because of it, but thoroughly love many of the things I used to find painfully boring.
A couple of points:

1) For virtually every MS SDK I can think of, everyone has to download it. I can't think of any where this isn't the case, although I wouldn't be surprised if there was a couple. That's standard MS practice.

2) I think those things always voided the warranty. In general, I think hacks, whether on Android, iPhone, Wii, Roombas, Dysons, or whatever will void the warranty.
Drive! I particularly enjoy the 78th street road through central park -- with the top down and the hip hop on 12.

Driving is a great stress release (assuming you can control yourself) and acts as a sort of forced context switch (so you have those few moments when you get back, before being inundated with other tasks, when nothing and no one can interrupt you)

My music, of course, is hilariously offensive hip hop and rap (the lyrics in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-BC27NdHs are particularly NSFW but it gets the juices flowing)
As much as I love the idea of ubiquitous mobile payments, it's not going to let us ditch our wallets any time soon until the government accepts our phones as a valid form of ID to replace driver's licenses, etc. Until then, my credit card is just another piece of plastic in my wallet. If I have to keep carrying my wallet with me regardless, how do mobile payments make my life easier?
Exactly. There is no need given TRUNCATE exists.
For me it's not the stomach. First, breath stops, then for a few seconds numbness in chest and jaw, then face turns pale and soon red. A small nausea follows and then regret sets in. The rest of the day is ruined.
It's not really the GPUs that are the issue (once it's on the GPU I don't as far as I know see a way to hijack the system) it's the drivers that are the problem. Before your shaders can run on the GPU they have to be compiled and it's that that funny stuff can occur I believe. I guess you could maybe find a way to interfere with the other applications using the GPU for rendering.

Hopefully someone here as a good understanding of this stuff and can tell me if I understand the risk wrong.
Zynga, meet Vostu.
I'm so satisfied with Linode. You can't beat the prices and performance, in my experience.

Thanks guys!
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Are you sure you trust the people that wrote/published the widget? I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a way to steal your e-mail address.
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I notice a few blips now and then, too - it's visible on my graphs. Sometimes they can be as long as an hour or two. But then, I'm not getting any user reports in these times which makes me just wonder about the monitoring.

I was having some major problems with a server that would flip out under heavy load. Turns out it was the specific kernel I was using. Linode support was quite helpful once I actually contacted them about it.
The IRS has very specific rules for who can be considered an employee and who can be considered a contractor

Actually the IRS has very vague and inconsistent rules about who can be considered an employee or a contractor. Look them up and manufacture facts and documentation to stay as far on the right side as you can.
"And the user experience is the key: cash and credit cards are convenient as long as you have them with you..." - I'm yet to get out of my apartment without my wallet that has my money, credit cards and ids, I did get out of apartment without my phone quite a few times. Another problem is: how would I use my phone to pay for goods? Some mobile app? Good luck finding merchants accepting these around. NFC? Hey, I do have a Chase card with NFC feature. Guess how often I can use it? Only in a couple of supermarkets and only if their terminals are not broken, which happen rather often. By all means, keep pushing mobile payments, but don't paint it as a silver bullet, please.
Exactly. That was my first thought too.
You know, half the reason Zed Shaw is so well known is not just that he is a prolific coder, but that he is quite an excellent writer as well.

Well done Zed. I always appreciate what you write.
no you are not! the isotopes from uranium and plutonium fuel rod use and miss use only!
Love is a little strong don't you think?

I'm tired of people looking at one dataset in order to attribute sinister motives to a group of people. I bet I can find $269K worth of campaign donations to Obama's campaigns from groups opposed to Exelon's interests. Would Exelon donate money to Obama independent of that fact? I don't know, you don't know, and AJE doesn't know. So why make that judgement other than to sensationalize the story? And they're not the only ones!

BTW, GE's Immelt is on another important commission. So, these appointments are for sale, in effect. Apparently, that's how you win elections these days.
Good question. Here's my 60 second solution. <:)

alias rmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm='rm -i'
rm() { D="~/.Trash/`date +%s.%N`"; mkdir -p $D; mv "$@" $D; }
Go to college. I've seen guys who didn't and they have very narrow focus and don't know any other fields other than their own little field - deep as it may be.

College let's you try different things. It gives you a chance to explore subjects and fields in a way that no other opportunity will easily provide.
linode you continue to rock my socks
That's one way to stop outsourcing...

Only in the sense that it's a giant incentive to outsource all your work overseas where this kind of trauma will never pop up to destroy your business.
These are all really good, useful questions. Charlief, can I get your feedback the next time I launch something?
When I asked Linode support my 1 question ever in 2 years of business, the person really outdid himself in contacting me - followup, additional tips, checkups, etc. Really nice.

For the iptables issue, did you try connecting to the server from lish? Same as with slicehost, when you're locked out the Ajax console can provide you with a shell on your server. Linode has lish too, though, which is an SSH connection to your server's host system. Connecting through there bypasses your iptables setup.
It may be a fine line with some fringe comments being downvoted when perhaps they shouldn't be, but without this it spirals out of control pretty quickly and the entire site becomes useless. Look at the transition that happened to Digg and subsequently Reddit.

These were sites that originally had thoughtful or interesting users that would often be more informative then the content link itself (it's currently like this on HN).

It seems for a while the bad comments get downvoted and removed, but once enough of the community is diluted with a critical mass of 'useless' users, bad comments start being upvoted and the site eventually only consists of the same bad one line jokes, completely devoid of content. At this point most of the old users move somewhere else.
* Lack of a docking station -> I second this!

I always hate to plug in my display and everything else at home and at work. Still can't belive Apple won't sell me an overpriced docking station....
This would be better as a comment on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2661941.
it is impossible to design an idiot-proof device, because nature continues to develop better idiots

I think this is the most insightful thing I've heard in weeks. I am having a terribly difficult time adjusting to this truth. Before I hand in projects, I now sit down for an hour to think about how stupidity can ruin what I've done. If I think of anything at all, I write it down and restart the hour.
It is crazy not to have backups of research data.
Good point on the balance section. I try to do the less sleep to get more things done, but then I find myself burn out a lot easier and I end up becoming anti-productive. You're right about everyone being different and needing different amounts of sleep to keep going during the day. We should pay more attention to what are bodies are telling us rather than trying to be like the person next to us.
Except for the fact that the amount of transfer doesn't keep increasing past 2000GB after the 8GB plan, they're not. (If that's what you were referring to, my apologies)
Reminds me of this: http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/
Driving is a good one. I still say that some of the most mentally productive years of my life were when I had a 45 minute each-way commute in a jeep with no CD player.

The things I came up with during those drives were awesome :).
I just don't like when he calls himself an old programmer. He is only like 10 years older than me - oh, wait..
The cost of everything goes up over time.

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Except server costs and bandwidth, apparently ;)
Context: bitovod created a site which aggregates the "Best of _____" for any user on Hacker News (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2661941).

After he added a feature to make queries linkable, we can now compile a "Best of" list for all the leaders on Hacker News (http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders). This is an attempt to compile and maintain such a list.