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I don't like the editorial slant on the title kaptain. You're declaring it a bad idea when you likely don't have anywhere near the credentials to make such a call.

Either we continue to eat the same popular fish out of existance, or we can try and eat overpopulated predators like the Lionfish.

It makes sense to try an idea before we condemn it.
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Our company has been in business for 20+ years and our main policy is to never hire any MBAs. Has worked out great so far.
I was pointing out that this problem has existed and been recognized for at least 2500 years, as evidenced by extant writings of Plato. How is that an appeal to authority?
A bit of history:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/05/0...
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This is a killer recipe for burnout.

I've done similar amounts of work before, and I can tell you from a year-long experience going to comp sci school 8-10 hours a day (usually taking extra classes), working another 6-8 hours on top of that to pay the bills, sleeping 4-6 hours, and using whatever scraps of time left over on homework and a significant other that this is going to leave you worse off than that and it may drive you and your cofounder apart. What did I get out of that? A year that I don't remember and a year I never want to repeat again.

I would take 8-10 hours/day of intense, highly focused work on something I love over 15+ hours/day of work on something that doesn't seem to be really, really fascinating/engaging/interesting to you. All that I see you really being passionate about from your question is working a ton of hours each day to try to get something that you may not 100% enjoy out the door so you can focus on the next thing.
I work as a software engineer and am a part time pastor. Yeah I would agree most church software is not that great (I use Easy worship instead of PowerPoint and that totally rocks). First because a lot of what the church does has echo's in business software. Office managers use MS office and off the shelf accounting software. I know pastors use facebook to connect with others (or should be but that is a different post). The church software that I have seen was either too expensive for the churches I was serving at or was not a felt need for us to go out and purchase. I have thought long and hard about church software and I see needs, but most of those needs are being met by off the shelf software that helps with the need to manage or the need to connect.
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Not to poop on the parade too much but even though these move you beyond garden variety Pocky I can buy many of these candies at a local Nijiya here in San Diego.

A few of the others are slightly harder to acquire but can be had by going to the giant Mitsuwa market up in Torrance, which is quite a drive for me but still far easier/cheaper than post from Japan.

Potentially still an OK business idea just for people who aren't aware of their options or who live in the heartland or just like the randomness of 'XXX of the month' style clubs.
I was hellbanned in the past and i was not trolling. I had over 1,000 karma earned in 6 months. My average karma per post was well over 6.

I was not trolling. My posts were not getting voted down, despite often taking unpopular positions.

I was, however, taking a position that one of the moderators of this site disagreed with, and (without realizing it) wrote a response making an argument in response to a post from one of the Y combinator people.

I was hellbanned for disagreeing with the politburo. It was pure censorship because pg, et. al, cannot tolerate people who disagree with them on a political topic. Ironically, I was taking the pro-startup, pro-capitalist position.

Since people are aware of hellbanning, they should be aware that it is used to silence people for disagreement, not just against trolls.
Me too, please!

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Not all high school debate is speed-reading. I very specifically avoided that bullshit when I did CX.
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I'm not seeing it, for technical searches. E.g.

http://blekko.com/ws/cython+boundscheck
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...

Blekko results are much spottier. Google results are exactly what I needed earlier today. What domains does blekko excel in?
Personally I only disagree in that shutting down the business school is the only solution. In fact, I have known many of the problems of "legacy" MBAs for a while now. Of course, even if the business schools were fixed, older graduates will still exist with the problems you mentioned, which is IMO the hard problem.
I run a small information visualization shop and we use Protovis & D3 exclusively for visualizations on the web.
Bostock's work is the most useful and thoughtful visualization framework on any platform, and at this point the only reason I use Hadley Wickam's ggplot2 is for graphics that need more marks than Chrome can handle on the DOM.

Initially I didn't see what D3 offered over Protovis, but I've since come around---D3 code is closer to the underlying page elements that make up the visualization, so you can leverage your existing HTML/SVG and CSS knowledge.
Also, unlike Protovis, D3 has animation baked in by creating/removing DOM elements and tweening their positions and sizes.

The latest public-facing work we did using D3 is this linked treemap & linechart, which uses both HTML elements (treemap divs) and SVG elements (linechart lines):

http://keminglabs.com/ukuni/
Using your suggestions, and compiler errors, I got this:

http://pastebin.com/Sg5RhUiJ

TBH, this is beautiful.
Strange, my email is there: jpcxcf at gmail com
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What features are most important when adopting document management software?
I've developed a free open source document manager called Mayan (http://bit.ly/mayan-edms) it already enjoys a good number of deployments, but recently the opportunity of monetising it as SaaS product came up and I was wondering what people look for in this kind of software when deciding to adopt it or not.
That's the site that got me into making my own Gravlax (http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/132/Gravlax). It's a Scandinavian recipe to cure raw salmon.

It's a very easy recipe, and very practical if you live alone and need healthy foods that last for many days in the refrigerator. It can be eaten like smoked salmon is, for example in a sandwich with cream cheese, or with crackers.
sent a invite :)
Well, that's all a lot of nonsense. One of the more hilarious traits that most programmers seem to share is their belief that they can logically deduce what's true and what's not in fields in which they don't even know the basics.

Given that every major field of study that I'm aware of has aspects which are hotly debated by that field's experts -- people who have spent more time researching, studying, and contributing to that field than the vast majority of programmers have spent programming -- I'm disinclined to believe that it's possible for you or anyone to sort out fact from fiction just by listening to a debate about it.

To come back to the subject that started all this, interstellar space travel, there are piles and piles and piles of theories and facts and data that are probably well understood by only a handful of people on the entire planet. So, if you know nothing -- or little -- about the practical and theoretical complications and possibilities of space travel, and you hear from someone that claims to have some conclusions on the matter, it's reasonable to ask about their qualifications on the subject as a signal about whether or not they are full of shit.

Space travel is something I am interested in, like many geeks of my generation. But I don't presume to have even enough knowledge on the matter to figure out who's full of crap and who isn't. Heck, just recently, someone from Johnson Space Center spoke up on a Reddit thread about the space shuttle, when a Redditor asked why the shuttle wasn't left there for additional storage or as an escape vehicle. Of the various reasons that the qualified person gave in answering the question, I think maybe one of them was one that I'd thought of ahead of time.

The more I learn about everything, the more I realize that I know nothing. Asking someone about their expertise doesn't mean I'm not thinking; quite the opposite.
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Where the hell can we get this list??
I guess I'm talking more specifically about church management software. As for using off-the-shelf solutions, I would expect CRM software to maybe come the closest, but it really does seem like a niche that needs special software, if only for the reason that no minister wants to feel like the software they're using cheapens the Gospel by treating it as a sell-able good.

Maybe it's just a problem of terminology. Regardless, I still think there's a need not currently served by off-the-shelf CRM or specialized Church Management Solutions. Ministers need help with engagement and communication, especially with the explosion of social media, which no current church software is equipped to integrate with.
invite sent :)
_On Food & Cooking_ is the _Computation Structures_ of food. You should probably own it even if you don't cook.
Sent, Enjoy.

The "Email" field of the profiles here is private. If you want your address listed publicly you'll need to put it in the "about" section. That tripped me up for a while too.
Under that definition encryption equals /dev/null. It's a way to store data while limiting access to said data.
Digging around Github's git database API
LOL look at this website http://michaelpascaziscammer.com
Tried the demo really quickly (Mac OS X 10.6/Safari 5) but I got rendering errors without breaking a sweat:

http://www.shaggyfrog.com/junk/leaflet-rendering-errors.png

Based on it breaking so easily I wouldn't consider this an an alternative to Google Maps quite yet.
The new API methods are pretty cool. Anyone else working on a project with them?
Everything you've said assumes these cities are going to explode with 1) enough people to buy the apartments and 2) enough people who can afford them.

Could you clarify your view on those two issues?
"The company off Highway 101 that best illustrates this point is, of course, Apple."

There's three numbers the author got wrong.
I think that MBAs should prove their worth by running their own businesses. The tricky situation is that they claim to be able to run any business using the same rules, but most of them choose to run other people's business instead of their own.

If MBAs were good. They would make their own businesses and win. Is it the case or not?
Yet I think GM's leadership is in an ideal position to point out what they tried and failed with. And to note the exceptions to that approach that birthed their few successes.
I dunno. The government incentives aren't that big, and people do stupid stuff with and without government help.

There's no doubt that the government (and neo-liberal mainstream economists) failed to prevent the bubbles.

But there's other factors at play. Housing takes a long time to reach an equilibrium. It can take decades for people to move out of a house that's too big for them. The market just doesn't respond quickly, which is a recipe for instability and chaos (just ask anyone who's studied control theory, or chaos theory).

There might be a few players who are smart enough to see this, but the average real estate investor isn't a Wall Street quant, or even a trader. They are a 20-or-30-something year old, with no financial nous at all. They see 10 years of solid growth (due to demographic changes, income growth, and government intervention), jump on the wagon, and that creates a little more impetus.

Do you really think that the government is entirely pro-cyclical? That they choke supply, and give out free money while prices are rising; and increase supply and curtail loans while prices are falling? I doubt it. And if the Chinese government is to blame, why is it so damn regional? The Shenzhen bubble is nothing like the Beijing one, which is nothing like the Shanghai one, which is nothing like the Inner Mongolia one. Some of that is local government actions, but I dont't think it is in most places.
Ask HN: Ideas to promote gift registry service (complementary to evite)
My startup helps people get gift ideas for their party (wedding, housewarming, etc.) from their friends that they can vote on. All identities remain a secret and it's a fun way to get guests involved in the event.

I have started to email wedding blogs offering free accounts as giveaways, novelty sites, etc. and have received some good feedback. The trickiest part has been explaining the concept and how it works but once people get it they say they would use it for their next party.

How else can I market the service? Ideally, it'd be perfect to tap evite customers so they can include a GiftBait link in their invitation, but I haven't yet approached larger sites like evite about this.

Any recommendations on promoting the site? GiftBait can be found at http://www.giftbait.com
You could run dialup over a satellite phone, though it would be extremely expensive.
Starting off your professional life by being deceptive is not something I'd recommend.
I think at least some of them already do now. In fact, I has been thinking that hiring execs from the startup world may be a good idea for a while now.
What is corruption like in China? IMHO, that would likely be the largest hurdle to starting a business outside the US.
My school (http://gcc.edu/) used C++ in intro classes (circa 2004).
The Table is a product similar to my other project OneBody, and I haven't yet seen how far it goes toward helping ministers/leaders engage with members via existing social media (rather than just creating another private social network). I definitely need to take a look.
MBAs have their place: big multi-nationals in middle and upper middle management. Not at the top, not in tech and not in startups.
I think this idea could be applied to lots of species. Maybe they put a regulation on farming, free reign on fishing. In Florida there is a big problem with pythons in the Everglades that came from people's homes where they were pets.
I agree that Secrets of Consulting is a terrific book. I've always been amused by Weinberg's The Lone Ranger Fantasy: "When the clients don't show their appreciation, pretend that they're stunned by your performance--but never forget that it's your fantasy, not theirs."

In addition to Weinberg's writings, Steve Friedl's advice on consulting is terrific: http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/be-consultant.html
I'm not sure how the effort required by a user to file a bug report entitles him to use that system in a way not intended by the system itself. Effort != entitlement.

I'm not suggesting rules/moderation/banning, but a little private introspection by individuals before they act.
Move to the Bay Area. ;-)
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/09/general-as-japan-e...

No damage reported, nuke plants are safe, officials estimate one-meter tsunami.
Credentials don't matter. The idea--or, at least, a very similar one in terms of economic incentives--has been tried, and it resulted in the cobra effect. So it's not entirely out of place to condemn the idea.
I've been using mapstraction (https://github.com/mapstraction/mxn) and like it; don't see much different here. Maybe someone should introduce them to each other.
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There are risks to whetting America’s appetite. Marketing an invasive species could make it so popular that “individuals would raise or release the fish” where they did not already exist, Ms. Fellows said, potentially exacerbating the problem; tilapia were originally imported into Latin America for weed and bug control, but commercialization helped the species spread far more widely than intended.
"how is ':' less onerous than underscores i.e. '.__'?"

There is no difference at all, just one char vs five if we count ending double-underscores too, and more visual noise. They both accomplish the same.

Being both the same, what difference do you think there is between, in one hand .init() and .__init__(), and on the other hand .init() and :init()

Just syntactic sugar, I rather pick my colon ;-)
I've been using Blekko for research in a broad range of topics. Yesterday I searched for French grammar rules and was happy with the results (I actually made a purchase because of it).

I quickly referenced Google but the SERPs were far less interesting and diverse.

EDIT: Ah yes, almost forgot Blekko's SEO/competitive intelligence features. Makes for nice client reports.
Regardless of whether or not credential requirements are founded, those are some pretty dickhead email responses. Why cuss at someone asking a genuine question?

Internet tough guys are so cool.
Good find. I reread what's available there and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's been years since I read the book, and I've lost (probably lent) both copies I owned. The thing that struck me just now is how shrewd it is. The silly anecdotes and folsky banter are all there for carefully constructed reasons. I remember thinking before that he jumped around a lot and the logic of the text seemed arbitrary. It's anything but.
We know in certain circumstances that it's not a bubble. For instance, if the price isn't raising. Are there other traits that can help us differentiate bubbles from non-bubbles? Is it impossible to discern a bubble from rapid growth?
Tell HN: Henry Williams and Startup Tees
I recently read about a company called Startup Tees. I'm almost positive I read about them on HN not too long ago.

They haven't launched a full site yet, so while browsing their current inventory there was no indication of quality (brand of t-shirts, etc). I decided to bite the bullet on a Reddit and a Heroku t-shirt, since they were only $15/ea anyway, I figured I didn't have much to lose.

My order was shipped out rather quickly, and arrived even quicker. The t-shirts that arrived were American Apparel (after speaking with Henry via email, not all shirts are American Apparel. Depends on what the start ups send them) and were fantastic quality.

Unfortunately the t-shirts were size large, and a bit small for me, so I emailed Henry to see if there were any XL shirts that I could exchange for. Henry was extremely quick with a response and equally as helpful. So much so that I immediately wanted to come on HN and let you guys know how happy I was with my experience with Startup Tees.

If anyone is thinking about ordering from them, my advice is to do so! I will definitely be ordering more t-shirts very soon, and probably every round of shirts that they release. If you want to pimp your favorite startups I can't think of many better ways to do so!

Thanks! (I really hope this isn't violating any site rules, if it is let me know and I'll take it down)
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Just use RESTAS, closure-template & Postmodern.
Probably had the "showdead" option on in HN preferences.
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Borks the whole page on the iPad. It appears to be stealing all touch events after any interaction.
For integers only. For floats, a compiler will typically only do strength-reduction if you ask it to explicitly, because it changes the answer, so it technically an invalid optimization.
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Ask HN: How to get a work visa as a foreign highschool graduate?
I am a European programmer and I got a hot job offer from a US company, with the requirement to move to SF and work there.
I'd love to accept it but I have one problem:
I finished a technical highschool(degree equivalent to normal highschool degree + 1 year academic education) last year and started working as a programmer about 3 years ago.
For a H1-B I either have to have a US bachelor's degree, relatives in the US or post-graduate experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree.
Do you know whether there is any way to get a work visa in the near future without having a bachelor's degree or relatives in the US?
I think the original comment about x + x + x there was not about JavaScript.

For JavaScript, you get all sorts of additional complications depending on how good your JIT is. For example, you have to check both integer addition and integer multiplication for overflow (at which point you have to recompile as doubles) unless your interval analysis is good enough. So the cost is more than just the cost of the machine add in some cases.

In practice, I'd be suprised if current JS JITs do strength-reduction in this case. They might get there sometime in the next few years, but there's lower-hanging fruit to be had so far.
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I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for your comment!
Pointless generalization. Engineers have their place: as individual contributors without customer facing roles. Not at the top or any management position.
Done! You own me a joke.
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I plot our development activity in realtime using D3: http://dustinphoto.iriscouch.com/gerrit/_design/app/index.ht... -- no animations or anything, though. I just redraw when someone does something.

I am actually a bit confused as to why one of my stream graphs is floating up and to the right. I need to contact support and see where I'm doing this wrong (the two streamgraphs are using the same drawing code, but one has generally more equal proportions of activity across the input values).
A lot of businesses don't HAVE to do anything. Why try and justify this? Ethics be damned, I guess.
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At Atlassian (where Bitbucket now lives), we do something called FedEx (who can ship a product the fastest.) It's a 2-day sprint, where you write up a Shipment Order detailing your crazy idea, giving other people a chance to help you out if they find it interesting. At the end of it, you present what you've done, and everyone votes for a winner.

We just held one a few weeks ago, and several awesome things came out of it. One even shipped the following week: http://blog.bitbucket.org/2011/07/07/redesigned-commits-scre...

It's always a lot of fun, and this, in addition to the 20% time we get, means we get to work on really cool things which sometimes even make it to the public.
Why does the price on failed buildings have to stay high? Why couldn't the government (through a bank, likely) reclaim a bankrupt project, restructure its books and basically "give away" the units?

China certainly has its share of problems. Having lots of extra housing for people to eventually move into is far from the top 10. Something related that is a bigger deal is the energy of heating and cooling housing built without 21st century insulation.

I think its useful to _not_ compare how the U.S. and EU have handled bailing out its financial institutions. China does not have to bail out its financial institutions in the same way if and when it comes to that. They could simply just let the rich take a haircut and give away a bunch of empty apartments to cool the angry masses.
Japan has a lot of earthquakes. Very few are newsworthy. Even fewer are hnewsworthy.
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Oh, God, Fedex. The only company where to return something you drive to the boonies where their Service Center is located, and they tell you sorry, this is FedEx Express, you need FedEx Ground or FedEx Home Delivery, which have their own service centers at opposite ends of the city.
Kids in highschool usually don't have that choice.