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No, I don't. But I'm also fairly responsible and careful what I install, run and so on.
> I generally do what I think is right in life

Jesus I wish these self-important fucks would stop bragging about how fucking great they are. Actually, just stop talking, all of you. Shut up, and do some fucking work.
I don't even run one on windows. They cause more problems (for me, at least) than they solve.
Airbnb Investor Suggests Ransacked Airbnb User Is Lying
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SQlite is a gem; when we develop web sites for clients, we first try to use sqlite, and if not we use MySQL and PostGres; we only use mssql, oracle when the customer has already a legacy database. What about you?
Why is it left to PG to defend AirBnB? Why aren't the founders handling the PR?

Why isn't AirBnb implementing solutions 5 weeks ago to prevent this from happening again to their users? Why haven't their users heard about this until now?

Why don't we have any tangible proof that AirBnb is actually helping this poor woman? If no, why don't they do it now, instead of saying they are trying?

Are there any grownups in AirBnb? This is not a side project selling cereals that you have fun with anymore. It's a real business! What a sad, pathetic group of people. 1000X valuation for a company that lets 'daddy' do all the dirty work, while they go hide in the corner.
I was surprised when I got some pushback on this concept at a local Django meetup last week. A lot of people believe that Python & Ruby-type languages are the backend languages of the future.
The write up certainly implies SQL injection but it seems pretty unlikely that's true. If the target of a DDOS also had a sqli vuln it's much more likely it'd be exploited directly. It's also very unlikely pastebin has an active sqli given their audience etc.
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> she chose to make this public

But she did this on her personal blog! She didn't go running to the media or fan this story. The story got picked up here then exploded. That was not her choice, and it caused her privacy to be invaded again -- by folks like us trying to figure out who she is, how credible she is, what she should or shouldn't have done, how she's feeling, etc. -- all while she's still recovering from the initial episode.

If you're referring to her follow up post, don't you think she's entitled to speak up to address this discussion, given how the circumstances unfolded (again, which she never chose)?
EJ says that AirBnB didn't offer to help and stopped communicating with her after the 25th of June. That's in direct conflict with pg's report to TechCrunch.

I don't think that's factually correct. I believe she says communication stopped after the 30th of June.

pg says this, "I’ve just learned more about this situation, and it turns out Airbnb has been offering to fix it, from the very beginning. From the beginning they offered to pay to get her a new place and new stuff, and do whatever else she wanted."

I suspect they may have said that on June 30th. And then they went dark. It seems no one at AirBnB has actually said they made contact with EJ during the month of July at all, until the night before her second blog post on this incident.

To me it sounds like it may not have been malicious on AirBnBs part, but rather a dropped ball. Someone probably had tons of other work on their plate and didn't follow-up with her. After a week forget about it. Until her first blog entry went up...
ive found i learn the most from just experimenting and DOING. I can read learn python the hard way all day, but when it comes down to it, trying to do your own thing is the best teacher.
Seeing as that was 7 years ago, yes things are a bit different now =P
This is a great example of Fred sharing valuable info he gleans from his unique perspective as a VC who has managed to collect a lot of great Web portfolio companies.

At the same time, the super eagerness he mentions here for companies to email people, and how AWESOME that is, is different for some of us users. I can't tell you how bitterly my opinion has turned against a lot of companies I've thought were cool and whose service I thought I'd enjoy and who I entrusted with my top level personal gmail, the one that notifies me on my android just like my work email, and who I trusted to email me JUDICIOUSLY, who have ended up sending me batshit-insane quantities of email and made me very quickly hate them and the next seven generations of their prodigy forever and ever.
Wow, interesting to know how much Google knows about me.
If you are interested in using Java for high performance / low latency applications (such as financial applications), you might want to look into the Disruptor project, used by LMAX:

http://code.google.com/p/disruptor/

http://martinfowler.com/articles/lmax.html

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/LMAX

I discovered this project thanks to gaius who mentioned it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2785195
Happened to me once in 10+ years. Had to let it go because I lost too much time chasing and paying lawyers.

Now I insist on monthly payments and promise to walk if unpaid in 15 days. Seems to work.
There was actually a considerable effort by friends of hers to get this story promoted.

And it worked, very well.
Yes this one is quite comprehensible too. Thanks for the link. Any other links you may suggest?
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One thing that wasn't touched was JRuby[1], on their site
they state high performance and real threading as advantages.

If twitter has (some of) the best ruby developer (mentioned
somewhere at the end of the video), why have they neglected
JRuby? Why is it no option? For legacy code with native
extensions this makes sense. But is jruby slower, more memory
hungry on the JVM then scala or clojure? I always though that
JRuby was one of the more performant languages on the JVM?

Apart from that it was an interesting talk.

[1]: http://www.jruby.org/
At some point in time in my life (I don't know when), I started to ignore the UI of various OSes. Most of my time I spent in an IDE, browsers, and occasionally a communication software (Outlook, LotusNotes, e-mail client, whichever floats).

On the other hand, I thought people install Python libraries either directly downloading the distributions or via easy_install? I never install modules from apt/yum.
> who have ended up sending me batshit-insane quantities of email and made me very quickly hate them

agreed, but there are also a lot of lonely people out there who without constant updates would receive no email at all. That being said, I prefer to receive notifications only when someone has interacted with a piece of content that I've shared, or has been shared about me.
Same here. Laid out the estimated added cost of enforcing payment via the court system besides interest to them, received payment soon after. Somehow the psychology of getting a "discount" from avoiding litigation seems to work.
For higher abstraction layer on Android, there's Corona SDK and other similar tools.
Your version is nice. You missed a point. The original sets the tone. The tone is blunt and to the point. The boss wants everyone to speak like that.

Conditional clauses are harder to parse. Sentence fragments are easy. Write like a Neandathal, people will read every word.

Instructions are simple. Anyone can guess the context. Explaining context forces readers to visualize, detracting from the message.

Your one is nicer. People won't every word. That's the point.

Now, I would never advise doing this if you didn't have the authority to do so. And it would pay to be extra-super-nice when you weren't in a "decision making" meeting, so people didn't think you were an evil robot. But the rule list does drive in some important points in a very effective way.
It all depends on the problem. Dynamic languages like Ruby and Python are good for rapid development, but not for high volume, soft realtime problems like Twitter has. Just make sure to match your tools to you problems and try and oddly hack a solution with a tool that is not best for the job.
Dreaming of a world without passwords... Any ideas?
Hello. It seems that this Airbnb business model is a bit flawed because it requires a level of trust from customers which cannot be obtained in the world we currently live in. How to add trust? many solutions exist.

One such solution could be, for example, to have ALL the rented properties daily cleaned up by Airbnb-hired people (contracted 3rd party companies will be happy to do this in most civilized cities). This would be a cool service the renters would appreciate, and would provide the rentees at least some level of trust their home is not being vandalized.

A concierge service could also help.

I am sure many other ways exits to add Trust to the model. This must become Airbnb's most valuable product feature... This should be considered an important "enabling technology" without which the business cannot survive in the long run.
Yeah, at very least it should be opt in. Something like Convore which thinks it is a good idea to make daily update emails opt out rather than opt in.

Quiet a few YC companies really, it's not something you expect from the brand.
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Well you're new to Android so things seem weird at first. It's all a matter of picking up the underlying concepts. To be fair ObjC and Cocoa looks for most Java devs like voodoo, but once you get it it becomes easier, too.
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No shit, Sherlock.

FTFY. Commas FTW.
Yeah my contention was that they're great for certain phases but once you start reaching scaling problems the JVM might be the better solution.
JRuby is fast for a Ruby implementation, but it's still far, far slower than Scala or Java itself.

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all...
I have to agree with your observations, I know it does not help with the current situation but getting 50% up front does a lot to mitigate the risk of non-payment. If you receive half the project price up front then you are at least not walking away having worked for free. You have just made less per-hour than you would like. Also build the price of hosting the site or application on systems that are managed and paid for by you. This way you can legally withhold delivery of the final product until all payments are rendered. Too many times freelancer will work on client provided systems which immediately sets them at a legal disadvantage for seeking recourse by withholding the software. You run afoul of computer invasion laws if you enter their systems and remove it. If a client insists that it has to be done on their machines, you can insist back that you have an optimized workflow and system that support you achieving the goal in the least amount of time and that it is company policy that you work on your companies systems. The thing about doing this is it makes it easier for the court to discern who owns the code and more importantly when the conveyance of ownership was transferred. In the end though, try to avoid getting in the situation to begin with, it is a lot easier than trying to get out of it; because in the end unless it is over 10k it is probably less of a hassle to focus your efforts on getting more gigs. Legal remedies consume your time and cost your money.
shrug - Like I said, it's a matter of aesthetics and usability for me. I've never met a Linux UI I liked (except for XFCE a long time ago), and I go out of my way not to use non-native apps on OSX. It's all about personal preference. I also dabble in design and UI/UX, and have for some time, maybe that's why.

ps. easy_install is bad for you, use pip! http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/index.html
There is more to awesome software than typing.

(Note this point stands compatible with the entirely orthogonal point about expressiveness and concision of a language.)

For me (at least due to client demands ..) awesome software, in part, posits the requirement of economically maintainable artifact.

PG's writings on Blub languages is imo addressed to a narrow audience of readers as it does not in anyway address maintenance and extensions to systems by non-elite development teams. Even elite teams, if tasked with delivery of products to non-elite consumers, must factor in the economic equation of the cost proposal.

To wit:

Having a bench of solid OCaml/Scala developers is a viable economic proposition for Wall Street and rich hedge funds; starry start-ups; and possibly elite teams in major media; a hacker community project. It is insanely difficult enough to find competent help in Blub-land, much less competent Scala programmers.

And, of course, the majority of software is developed/internally-consumed precisely by shops that must staff from blub-land. And surely you are aware that a big chunk of "programmers" out there are just recent graduates of some web-app vocational CS education.

Software language economy is not simply about lines of code. The economic cost equation of a language is definitely a critical factor if positioned as a general use language.

Java is unsurpassed in terms of the balance it brings to the economic equation: it is effectively powerful enough to allow serious developers to create "awesome" software, and approachable enough for blubland coders to crank out (yes) meh code that gets the (business) job done.

This fact was recognized by all entities chasing development dollars out there, including IBM, Oracle, and in its own cute way, via Google (Android).

Tell me: why isn't Android dev done with Scala or Clojure?
My answer: Because Google management is not stupid.
To be fair, you're very unlikely to ever have to solve the kinds of scaling problems Twitter has had to solve. You'll get your app off the ground faster with Python or Ruby.
Since LinkedIn everyone behaves like 2001, every buzz company is trying to get an IPO.

Facebook, Groupon, AirBnB, Twitter and Zynga. All of them without a clean history.
My feeling is they all try to go public as fast as possible as long as the Buzz is still there and don't try to create a sustainable business. All of them have bad finances or questionable business models. I would trust Zynga financially the most, but i assume they make their big bucks from people with compulsive gambling disorders.

I think all these people involved know about this and they try to cash out as fast as possible. This is why everyone is so stressed.
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It's armchair HFT arguments all over.
Put it another way: Just because it's not a Linux problem, doesn't mean it isn't a problem for Linux. Just because it's not an Android problem, doesn't mean it's not a problem for Android.
"You might think about" is weak. "I'll be impressed" is pretty clear. Impressing your boss is part of your job.
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Please don't lead off with telling us not to jump to conclusions, and then laying out your conclusion for us.

> I had the opportunity to hear the founders speak a number of times. They're one of the very few founders that are incredibly genuine about bringing a positive change into the lives of their customers.

> * I don't know the victim but it's easy to misinterpret events after going through an emotional trauma. Most likely it's a misunderstanding*

People aren't all good or all bad, and sometimes good people do bad things. Even people you admire. It doesn't mean they're bad people, or that you're a bad judge of character. It just means they screwed up.

You made a judgment about the character of the AirBNB folks and seem unwilling to question them now. But you haven't met the victim, and you're more than willing to imply that this is her misunderstanding while masking this in the faux compassion of saying she's just traumatized.

That's not fair.
that first answer is basically pretty basic procedural graphics. There's a whole scene of people using smartly combined simple functions to create pretty and/or realistic shapes.

Check out 'cdak', a 4kb executable realtime animation for a rather impressive example: http://capped.tv/quite_orange-cdak (video) or ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/ized/prods/cdak.zip (4kb windows executable)
If you do that on their systems, you are not only liable for damages, you can also do some time in the slammer for computer intrusion and hacking, no matter how trivial you make it to disable the application. This is the worst advice I see on these how do I get them to pay threads. If you want to be able to withhold the product for non-payment it must remain on your systems at all times, it must not be allowed to "go live" if it does you can be liable for loss or revenue even if you own the code. It also has to be stipulated in the contract that ownership of the work only conveys after payment in full and that the work is not to be used in commercial capacity until after final delivery and the conveyance of license. Just going in and turning it of has gotten a lot off developers in a metric-ton of trouble. I have seen it happen to a developer first hand.
1) Install iTerm 2, a better terminal

2) Install Alfred, disable the spotlight hotkey and assign Alfred to Command+Space

3) Install Witch, a better command tab switcher that handles minimized windows.
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Tsk tsk, you didn't read the article.

> 1. He misrepresented himself by saying that he was a legitimate buyer for the drilling rights.

"The entire basis for the false statements charge that I was convicted of was the fact that I wrote my real name and address on a form that included the words “bona fide bidder.” When I sat there on the witness stand, Mr Romney asked me if I ever had any intention of being a bona fide bidder. I responded by asking Mr Romney to clarify what “bona fide bidder” meant in this context. Mr Romney then withdrew the question and moved on to the next subject. On that right there is the entire basis for the government’s repeated attacks on my integrity."

> 2. He was unable to pay for the bids he won.

"The other number suggested in the government’s memorandum is the $166,000 that was the total price of the three parcels I won which were not invalidated. Strangely, the government wants me to pay for these parcels, but has never offered to actually give them to me. When I offered the BLM the money a couple weeks after the auction, they refused to take it."

> If he's serious about this being a case of civil disobedience, he should accept the consequences of his actions. Trying to avoid the consequences just defeats the entire purpose.

"Despite my strong disagreements with the court about the Constitutional basis for the limits on my defense, while I was in this courtroom I respected the authority of the court. [...] disagreement with the law should not be confused with disrespect for the law."

It's really a very good speech, you should read it in its entirety.
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I'm seeing this too ; the choice is company-wide, the licenses are bought company wide. And yes it would save money in many departmental apps; no-one seems to care.
Witch hunt? Who are we, the angry mob of white-knights, burning? I don't think anyone has taken extreme measures to persecute Airbnb, but Arrington was blamed out of the blue with little regard for actual guilt or innocence.
And DB2 cost pretty much the same as Oracle... :p
How? Protection against something for 99% of users causes inconvenience to 1%. Maybe. But it makes the platform more useful for those 99% who make up the economic ecosystem for the 1% using osx for profit.

Protection of the apps folder is great.
Umm, plenty of environmentalists do build power plants, solar wind etc. However, I can't see any way that drilling for oil is 'good' for the environment.
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Apple did not invent the tablet computer. Tablet computer's existed even before the iPad. Even a start up by the name Fusion Garage launched joojoo before Apple launched the iPad. Just because Apple's tablet has succeeded in cornering a large part of the market doesn't mean they were the first at it. In fact, Apple has no manufacturing capacity. It outsources all of its manufacturing. It is just a marketing and retailing company.
Very impressive real data from Fred Wilson. In my startup it is a bit lower; 25/5/5. and how does it your startup?
I am completely unqualified to say anything about both the NYTimes and website design for news. I simply am stating that many decisions made at billion dollar companies do not have as much thought put into them as you might expect.
While I agree in theory, you have to think about the conditioning of a customer. The guy spending $1.40 is not likely to become a recurring customer of a $5 coffee, but rather look at it like a treat or "reward" that they get for free.

If you're getting new customers in the door that aren't looking to buy a product in your range, is it worth it? Here is an extreme example: If you buy a Kia you get a free BMW test drive... the Kia buyers are likely not going to ultimately buy a BMW unless their socioeconomic status changes, and conversely, the BMW market has no interest in a Kia etc.

Of course there may be caps on it, etc, but perhaps a better option would be buy 4 coffees, get a free donut/bagel (or complimentary product, etc.) This would encourage spending of a normalized product (i.e the coffee), along with bringing the customer through the door with incentives & the intention of buying.
This is an excellent read, although not initially recognizing his name I was expecting it to be about Anonymous/LulzSec, DDOS, digital sit-ins, etc. It is long, but extremely well constructed. It should also be taken as a lesson in how to respond to governmental oppression. Non-violent, not inflammatory, well reasoned, passionate, and maybe most important of all, not disrespectful of the law itself. By respecting to your opponent, it speaks volumes about your character.

DeChristopher is obviously a well-spoken man and he sounds like an absolute stand-up guy. In his speech he seems to address every pertinent matter of the case, use the evidence available to question their validity, and to any sensible person defend himself completely and utterly. Unfortunately, court does not appear to have been sensible on this day.

If we can see a silver lining, it's that this story will get more press because he's going to jail, and the more people that read this, the more people will be inspired. I think this essay will do exactly what DeChristopher wanted it to.
People are going to defend their language of choice, but I have to look up to see what the big dogs are doing, try and understand why they're doing it and what type of influences they're under when it comes time to choose a technology stack to address and solve a problem. Ruby, and Python to certain extent with Django, suffers from the Rails attitude of opinionated development where either it's all Rails or nothing, because that's what they're used to developing and feel uncomfortable outside of it, or worse, are under the impression that Rails is the end-all. That simply doesn't work in a scaling environment. I've found that Java developers are not only easier to recruit due to their shear numbers, but are more receptive to other avenues of approaching a problem and have a better set of skills with which to approach it or are at least able to migrate to other technologies, like Scala for example.
The US Federal government employs 2.5 million people. Promising significant changes in such a gigantic organization is one thing, actually achieving them quite another, no matter how well-meaning or competent one is...
I remember all the new launches I helped in the past 10 years; and no moment was as good as seeing your first paid customer. it is like first love, and first kiss.