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Out of interest, does Spotify (the free version) for US have the 5 plays limit on each song? Having limited numbers of hours I can deal with, but after they introduced limited plays on Spotify, I practically never used it again after my premium account ran out.

The 5 plays doesn't appear to renew at the end of the month like the number of hours, and it just means that my playlists have more and more holes in them (as often has happened when artists suddenly change their minds over streaming). Spotify tried to explain that most of their users only use their service to discover new music – maybe I'm too hipster for them, but the new and interesting music I want to listen to isn't generally in their catalogue, and last.fm's discovery features are much better.

When they provided everyone free access for unlimited plays (with ads, granted), most of my friends used it and updated their playlists — which I would subscribe to and we'd drop music on to each other's user icons and share interesting music. Now, even if I were to re-upgrade to premium (which I probably won't, especially when in the UK we appear to be getting a raw deal in cost), it's like a ghost town.
I'll own up to that. Talking over people is probably one of my worst tendencies, but I think it was a little exaggerated by the editing. It was necessarily to do a bit of chronological editing to get the tangents we covered into a better flow.
So use Adsense at your own peril? Add Google ads and risk being deprioritised in search rankings if they decide they are not making enough money?
> "They can charge $10 billion per byte. You don't have to pay of course."

This would be true if there was competition in the marketplace, or if the internet is a substitutable good.

If Evian decided to raise the price of their bottled water to $50 a bottle, I don't have to play - there are many other brands out there. Not only that, even if all the bottled water manufacturers out there decided to price fix, I can substitute bottled water for tap water, or melted snow from my front yard, etc etc.

The internet doesn't work like that - there is no easy substitute for internet access, and in modern life is downright a necessity. Exclusivity agreements with both municipal and federal governments (exclusive operating zones/bandwidth allocation) means they own a monopoly over the market.

When you have a service that is a life necessity (or damn near it) and a monopoly, bad things happen.
There isn't in Wired, but there is in Lamo's statements.

They wouldn't save him, but they would significantly weaken the case. Other than Lamo's word, the only evidence is those logs and several encrypted emails.

I don't think Wired is in "cahoots" with the FBI (It's a justice department investigation also, not FBI). I do think one particular person at Wired (Poulson) is likely acting in a way that supports Lamo. Why Lamo wants all this, I don't know or care to speculate on.
The articles, for the most part, apply to Linux and associated programs regardless of host.
It is either fear or greed.
The brain might not have a "design", but its physical structure seems mostly hierarchical. Even "layer after layer of spaghetti code" has abstraction (layers), no matter how leaky.

A frightening analogy might be the Win32 API. So many applications rely on the bugs and side effects of the Win32 API's internal implementation that those behaviors become part of the implicit API contract that Microsoft must maintain.
Generally it's done in public, so this would be some sort of atypical procedure I'm not familiar with. And again, this is just based on statements by Assanages attorneys, which may not be trustworthy or accurately informed.
sliverstorm's point is valuable and it is annoying to see it ignored. Dogs and other pets routinely overcome instinct to win favour by their human masters. And what are humans but pets of society?

It pisses me off when people don't concede that they were wrong and promise to do better next time. jordan0day, admit that your simplistic argument was flawed, and vow to re-examine your assumptions.

Damn but 99% of arguments need a moderator. Startup opportunity?
I wonder if the headline was so trollish when Apple violated Nokia's patents and settled by paying.

It's actually quite funny to see "media" (blogs included) role in the Mobile Tech reporting - they either troll bait for clicks on both sides or are just supporting their "team" by offense or defense at every opportunity ;)

Speaking of which there was this on Slashdot - http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/15/1331243/The-Scien...
Thanks, but I did. And I'm still not criticizing their interpretation (which seems like a good faith read of the pyramid). I just disagree that the HP is the only way to eat healthily, and I'm mixed on whether the HP is a generally healthy way to eat.

Also, you may wish to dismiss me as crazy. I eat almost exclusively from the top left triangle. :)
Yes but I think Google possibly are being disingenuous here. Yes its negatively impacted by some search quality improvements, but is it NETT negatively impacted, or is it also positively impacted as well.

After all, you are displaying ads that someone has paid for, so if someone isn't clicking on them, then maybe the content is no good for the ads (ie poor quality). Likewise you can tell by how much someone will bid on the keyword how valuable the content is.
Yes it has; the specific amount isn't known. Back in the early 2000s when they changed the checked baggage search policy, it's estimated that it had a 6-8% affect on travel -- there are some nice papers from profs at Cornell who analyzed it.

Somebody I know who's talked with airline CEOs confirms that they're concerned, but still hopeful that it will be transient. Airlines were ridiculously profitable in 2010; 2011 will be a tough year for them in any case because of fuel prices.

When people ask me what they can do to help get rid of these policies, I tell them the best way to make an impact is to stop flying [or reduce as much as possible], tell your airline why, and suggest that all your friends, relatives, and colleagues do the same.
True, but I expected them to have more deals in place. Most artists are missing key tracks, albums, or aren't represented at all. I also don't really think it's a few songs. Knowing my library and how mainstream it is, at least 8,000-10,000 tracks should have been matched. That's my library minus most independents and instrumentals.
As I see it, that's pretty much the founding concept of game theory.
Surely if you've got a brand new patent, by a company no one's heard of, and it's already being infringed by Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, AOL, Facebook, Twitter, Nokia, Foursquare, IBM, LinkedIn, MySpace, RIM, Quora, Salesforce, Twitpic, Ubermedia and The Iconfactory, it's a bit of a stretch to claim it's novel and non-obvious?
Nishimoto says he has spoken to LucasArts and says they are interested in discussing potential commercial applications for Fleet Commander.

Put 2 of them on opposite sides of a wall and charge $5. You get a PIN code to type in when you start which gives you access to a commend ship, and you can keep playing until that ship is destroyed. The kids on the other side of the wall are the enemy fleet, and a turnstile forces kids to one side or other to keep the numbers about even.

Also, I think this is how wars will be fought in the future and I am insanely jealous of those nerdy kids, who are living my 10-year old sci-fi dream. I want one of these things.
I am curious why people keep taking this attitude to Dawkins. And Dawkins himself was also curious why people had this reaction to his books.

Well perhaps both you and Dawkins are naive - or perhaps only you are...

It should be rather obvious that ninety percent of the impact any book or idea system is the elevator pitch. The elevator pitch for Dawkin is "we are controlled by our (selfish) genes". If Dawkins includes caveats, well, how sweat of him but it really doesn't change the basic effect of writing a book called "The Selfish Gene". All your caveats are fine too but I suspect only reading the executive is definitely facilitated by evolution...
If you truly believe this is a critical branding element, do it. And don't cheap out -- trying to chisel for that last $200 of savings isn't worth it in the long run.

No one can tell you whether the branding is critical or not. From my perspective it is immediately obvious that the name puts you in a completely different state of mind about the project. That positive-outlook state of mind is probably worth $3,000.

Side note: I spent money on a vanity phone number for myself because it is amazing what a cool cell phone number does to being memorable in my clients' minds.
> "then why has Universal declared "legal jihad" on Grooveshark?"

This isn't to excuse Grooveshark (honestly, not a user, so I have no horse in this race), but attracting the ire of the RIAA/MPAA in and of itself doesn't mean much except that you've gotten some big dogs pissed off at you.
Gmails upcoming update looks to replicate Rapportive. cue discussion of founding a company on a missing feature.
That's nothing. I've been pumping myself full of amphetamines so I can watch all the seasons of Star Trek: TNG within an 8 day period without sleeping, or even blinking.
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Ask HN: Beginning Mobile Developer Career Advice
My goal right now is to work (at a small company or startup preferably) as a mobile developer. With that goal in mind, should I focus on learning Objective C for iOS or Sencha Touch? I'm leaning towards Sencha Touch for several reasons, but my problem is that I don't know what is used in the industry. Which one would help me get a job at a startup to develop mobile apps?

Here are my pros/cons thoughts:

Obj-C
Pros:
- Direct interaction with the iOS SDK and iOS hardware
- What the industry and startups do?
Cons:
- It will take me longer to be effective (big learning curve)
- I can't use Obj-C skills to develop for other devices.

Sencha Touch
Pros:
- Faster to be effective (smaller learning curve)
- I can use my skills to develop for several mobile devices at once.
Cons:
- Cost of a commercial license
- Does the industry/startup community use it??
You probably know this, but you should put the input box for answer #1 right under the input for question #1 and so on. It's a pain to scroll up and down.

Also, is there no way to input and check the answers on the quiz page?
Report: Android losing developers to iOS
He's saying that it's not the people who are receiving the investments who are driving up demand for AAA ratings, but the investors. People with lots of money aren't willing to take any risks, so they increase demand for AAA-rated investment opportunities. They will patronize ratings agencies that give them more AAA-rated options to invest in.
Honestly what's wrong with the headline, is this not 'bad news for Android'?

As for how the media works, I think you'll find that selling news with catchy headlines has a long history and is hardly exclusive to the Mobile Tech industry.
No - AAA was always meant to be the best of the best.

Interestingly, there's now the question of whether the US debt should be rated AAA : Is there more than a 1-in-100 chance that the two sides can't get to some compromise (or, more likely, agree on how to kludge things) by September?

AAA is meant to lead to default at a 1-in-10000 per annum rate (it's a standardized measure). So, by that argument, USA downgrade should have already occurred.

And, since companies cannot be rated higher than the countries that they're in, that would lead to the immediate downgrade of Microsoft, etc...
I think quite awhile ago, but I always ignore it and they rarely care. Perhaps once they made me take them out after they'd gone through the x-ray machine and made me put my bag through the x-ray again.
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> There are alternative frontends to the Google market, such as AppBrain, of which I'm one of the co-founders.

FYI, I have a new Android phone (Galaxy S2) and I would have never realized this had I not been on HN! I wonder how you can get yourself more publicity? Maybe advertise more?
>I'm working on a very early stage startup.
>How valuable is the domain and brand to a startup's success?

At your stage, it's worth ZERO. Worry about this later. Do not blow half your load on a domain name. From one Max to another, don't do it.
Ask HN: How to get a startup job in Boulder?
I want to move to Boulder and get a job working really hard at a startup. How do I go about getting opportunities when I don't currently live near there?
a) Appeal is pending - the news is not yet final.

b) Patent cross licensing deals aren't that uncommon - Apple is paying Nokia royalties for e.g. without anyone saying it was "bad news" for Apple

c) HTC != Android - I understand the patents are about Android but remember - HTC is also flush with cash, they are appealing and they just bought S3 and Apple violates their patents. Other Android vendors may have enough patent chest of their own to not lose much in the fight.

As far as the media goes - so far those type of media outlets were seeking sensationalism for its own sake or just for making money's sake - taking one "side" and seeking sensationalism in everything that goes for it - that's new as far as I know in tech industry.
Whatever this is, you want it to create a "culture of intent" that clearly demonstrates to its users that the goal is community interaction, cooperation, and friendly optimism.
We need someplace a little more personal and under-the-radar where we can enter the software development scene, such as it is, so that we can share our early education with smart people near to us, so we can combine the best elements of "hometown familiarity" with global, futuristic scope and stage.

The division if labor has brought us here to this place on YC together- it's simply in our interest to find find each other near where we sit- at home. It makes sense to combine intellects and personalities to help guide the way to the many big-time plans and creations.
I want a hometown launching pad for getting to San Francisco Bay, custom built to show me the local people reading this that want the same challenging but totally do-able map to creating world-wide success in the technology world.
I'm looking at this world, and it's in need of an on-ramp to all the talent percolating in every small town on the map. Imagine the state of science today, the internet being one lense of which, where every truly interested person within 1000 miles of you were able to go to the same places to feed their computing human culture- face to face, instead of looking at everyone in the internet world as a collection of digital sentences, with the 3/5 conveyance of intent delivered, which is the average ability of a written sentence to say exactly what was intended. The other 2/5 is body language and eye contact.
We should make real efforts to find each other and create from our current homes, until we have a stable of nailed-down implementations we can confidently present to the pro's.We have the neighbors nearby that want to work together, with smart, cool, fun, and dedicated people. We each try our best to be that way ourselves.
I see so many of you here- I wish I could meet you and talk about these amazing, exciting advances in our technology and abilies to change the world in incredibly powerful ways. I think we should make a network that exists for this purpose.
I want to work with you people. We all want the help from our friends, so we should put these friends of common interest together. Plus, there's beer, social commentary, new information, and connection to the bigger world. That would be cool.
Would you agree?
It depends heavily on the team's culture. Are we talking a team who uses beta as code for not fully supported yet or a team whose stable releases aren't very?
Why ridiculous? The treasury cannot, by law, issue more than a certain amount of debt. The politicians may change the law - but that's a vote that's yet to have been taken. Once upon a time, it would have been unthinkable for Japan to have had a lower credit rating than AAA.

Also, the US owes money in currencies other than $, which the Treasury doesn't have the power to print.
I'd say native application path (iOS SDK, Obj-C). People still want, and companies are still building native applications.

Average salaries and overall demand is much higher for an iOS developer.

Just because you can't use Obj-C for much, doesn't mean the skills you learn are useless. Learning a new platform/language always makes you a more rounded developer.
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1) for sure, the next update will have a much friendlier UI

2) I decided to exclude the answers when the quiz is displayed.

This product is meant to be displayed on a projector, I figured it makes more sense for the speaker to have an answer key held in their hands and they simply just read out the answer. It gets them more involved with their audience and it makes them seem like they know the answer off the top of their heads.
Same result

To expound upon that, being able to receive more bits through the pipe will likely result in being more willing to download/stream will likely result in more downloads/streams, so just by being able to get things faster will you be more likely to get more things.
This doesn't surprise me at all. My wife and I will often disagree whether a celebrity is hot because I'm commenting on her face and she's commenting on her legs.
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Canada hasn't been turned into a warzone in recent history by France and the US arguing over who owns it.
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Exactly; in short, "The Selfish Gene" is not called "The Selfish Individual" for very good reason.

It's not about individual reproduction; it's about the survival of genetic material. Furthermore, genes aren't a rigid blueprint; they're highly affected by the environment and by simple chance; it's not as if "oops, this family evolved a gay gene and now all of their kids will be gay and they will all die out".
ITC Rules HTC Android Smartphones Violate Apple Patents
At the end of the day, politicians could mandate that the government statisticians lie about the inflation rate (make it artificially low to lower CPI-index bonds payout rate).

But the currency markets would not be so easily fooled.
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They are most likely, but I suppose anything is possible.
Better solution courtesy of patio11 at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623102:

Then you move your code to the server and this never bothers you again. This defeats piracy so well it works in China.
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I can't believe how much more serious everything seems to be in the States.

Is this story just exaggerated or is it really this bad? I've never personally been fired but having job opportunities being so severely limited due to being fired once seems like an impossibility in Australia.

I'd say that if you got fired over here you'd even quite likely be able to use the employer as a reference (unless you did something totally horrible)
That is not an ethernet device. Consumer devices have had non-ethernet interconnects faster than 1 Gbps for a while now. (eSATA, USB 3.0, lots of internal interconnects such as PCIe.)
An interesting segue from this article http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2768376
I only went as far as scanning this "small business" package.

http://business.comcast.com/products-services/bundle.aspx

Not sure whether it's sensitive to location; I did not enter a phone number.

$95 for a "triple play" package. 12/2, phone line, and what looks like "basic" cable. Plus some set of taxes and fees I'm sure I'm not seeing.

(The page doesn't say this is an introductory price -- however, I'm finding it difficult to believe it's not. Doesn't this undercut residential triple play pricing -- albeit probably with less cable TV channels?)

Since the latter part of last year, Comcast has jacked my residential service rate (where the price comes out the same whether one has just internet or with discounted internet packaged with basic cable) from about $64 to $80 (24-25%). Just ridiculous.

I hate to "reward" them for this behavior, but price and feature wise, given where I'm at, it's tempting to switch to business class. Especially if I can avoid that ridiculous installation fee and a multi-year contract with exit penalty.

Of course, I'd rather have a Kansas City type deal with Google, or Sonic's wonderful 1 GB trial in Sebastopol. Or a nice, cozy cooperative investment with my neighbors.

But no, this area belongs to a particularly slimy class of suits. (Another reason I might make the switch; the phone company's even worse, based on extensive personal experience -- including DSL, back in the day.)
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is it something generic? if the startup fails, could you sell the domain name and get a big chunk of that money back?
I like this one by ET on resiliency. The story of Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas and why it is better to be a turtle than a rabbit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtkSGhvF350&feature=relmf...
The key point of the first one is the popup list with the choices based on the string parsing. I'd guess there would be prior art but it also seems like Android could work around that pretty easily.
I'm actually enjoying the lack of features. No ads, no Zynga, no events, no business pages. And fewer friends who aren't really friends.
Looks like a good high level intro to the language, but it's a bit dated (2003).
Should this be labeled (2003)? What's changed since then, any of this that should be revised for whatever's considered the current "stable" Python?
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Or if the government actually used its regulatory power and mandated that companies need to lease last-mile to anybody who wants it at competitive rates.

Competitive rates means not at a loss to the provider - so the libertarian can please stop screaming. At the same time, last mile should be treated as a commons, simply because having everybody provide that doesn't make a lick of economical sense.

(And if it has to be, split ISPs and last-mile providers. You can't run both. That removes a giant conflict of interest)
I dunno about you, but when I'm going through SFO, I actively avoid the folks in the "Free Speech" cubicles.
I tell people the part at which the transaction occurs.

'I sell research chemicals online.'

The aggregating, tracking, sales, design, etc... are interesting follow up discussions.