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I have discovered, a couple weeks back, that the master's thesis of a guy, who was presenting it on a Google-sponsored event, is about the tools for gradually porting the still-running, still-mission-critical Dataflex application I helped write 25 years ago.

It's used by a good couple hundred municipalities in Brazil to balance their books and help adhere to their required accounting practices.
Ken Kutaragi, ex CEO of SCEI, around 2006 declared the new Playstation 3 would be 4D.
This looks like an excellent place to link someone who knows a bit of HTML, maybe some Javascript, but is curious about "real CS stuff".
Looked up some stuff; 90210, Dawson's creek, CSI, numbers; all tons of references to Shakespeare and weird french stuff most EU people never heard of even. All US series have this though; nice example-to-prove-the-rule (if that's an expression there too) ; one of the shows I would expect this doesn't have it; Monk.
Instead of having your followers surpass you, why not try to hire people who are smarter than you to start with?
If you want ideas to pour in, just change mind work or information consumption via internet to something that doesn't require it - such as house chores, hiking, any kind of sport. Sightseeing and doing nothing for several hours also make wonders.
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in Bay Area not much unemployment per.se. to provide enough material to talk about. Wrt. the lousy jobs - some of the youngsters what bust their chops at the local Starbucks also carry a full time load at 4 year colleges (though not Stanford/Berkeley) - somehow i can't imagine them whining "unemployment or a lousy job"
The body you were born with? You're allowed to use. No really -- you don't need permission from your doctor, your personal trainer, or the Internet before you do so. Really, this bullshit idea that exercise is something exotic and dangerous doesn't help anyone. Exercise is just doing stuff with your body. It's the most natural thing in the world, the thing that every child knows how to do. You don't need special clothes, special shoes, or people's permission to go and do it.
Either way, it works.

The point is, real productivity can increase in a bubble. And it slumps when the bubble ends, because this productivity was caused by people working harder for phantom rewards. When those non-existent carrots disappear, people tend to lose motivation.
Sounds like they need to realize that some programmers can learn a language as they go... At least, well enough to fix problems and do minor changes. You don't need someone fluent in the language for every problem.

They also need to realize that sometimes it really is cheaper/better to start from scratch than to try to prop up a dying system.

Complaining about the cost of programmers while refusing to do a rewrite is pointless. You've picked your path.
I think the advice "Go to Tech Meetups" and "Be active in the community" is good if the people who will be hiring you attend such events.

I target my freelance developer business at small business owners, and they typically don't participate in tech events or the local tech community. I still attend tech events, but I am realistic in understanding that I am unlikely to find my customers there. I go to business events to find customers.
Related: a few years ago, Aaron Swartz took a month-long internet fast.

Before: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/offline

After: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/offline2
Thanks! I was just going to ask for this. I hate multi pages and endless galleries.
Sure you would, to determine how far into the level you were. I wasn't talking about changing the level, just putting it in a first person view.
In the olden days, people painstakingly traveled to foreign lands in order to collect information which is now instantly available. Traveling is mostly leisure/adventure nowadays. I 'm not saying that it's good to be on the internet all the time, just that the internet is not the problem.
I think allowing himself one hour of screwing off on the Internet every day is going to sabotage whatever catharsis this guy was looking for.
It's not the fact that he tried and failed (although it is more the fact that he hitched his horse to Kristopher Tate and Zooomr which ended up going nowhere) but more the fact that he so actively disparages (repeatedly) a supposed competitor.

Putting that aside, he's also done this repeatedly to no avail so it is disappointing to say the least to see people pick up and repeat his deeply flawed message.

You might also want to take a look at the following for some perspective on the man behind the persona.

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/07/18/stockbroker-tho...

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/27/%E2%80%9Cjay-ma...

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/07/04/how-stockbroker...
For prosperity:

Right now its Xperia Play only, Mojang have said it'll be available on other devices in a month or two.

Some people have already thrown the .apk on other devices, and gotten in game, however it's unplayable without the physical inputs on the Xperia Play. (http://imgur.com/a/bknX7)

They've committed to further updates following a similar model to the desktop version. The current version is actually 0.1.
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"This item is not compatible with your device."

Curious. I'm trying to think of which restriction would exclude my device.

Or...could it be that I'm running CM7, when the Motorola Milestone is only officially on 2.2?
I'm pretty sure he was simply using his position as the background to why he has that opinion, not suggesting that non-US governments will look to use it.
So far, it only works on one phone - Xperia Play, also known as Playstation Phone, although notch said that they are working on bringing it as 'regular' Market release.
Hello HN'ers.

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'The AdGives Experiment' is a beta trial for AdGives. Please check it out. My aim is to get 7 advertisers, 7 publishers and 7 charities to take part over a week.

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Although a perfect world option would be for organisations to move their entire systems to a new platform, this would prove extremely costly at a time when the sector has seen its capital expenditure come under pressure.

Given that many banks are reporting record profits, I'm not sure I buy the 'it costs too much' argument.

There are also enormous business risks associated with a transfer from one system to another

Yes, there are risks, but there are also large business risks in finding out that there's no one left who can keep your systems running either. Or, there's only 2, and each person charges $2k/hour (remember, you can't switch because it costs too much!).
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That could be. Plus the UI stack is a lot cleaner than what's available on desktop/laptop machines.
My main problem with this is i've bought minecraft already, why must i pay again if i already have a legitimate license?
Many of these older languages do things that younger programmers are taught not to do. If you've only ever programmed in OOP/Java, Ruby or .Net, I'm not sure you'll "learn as you go" as you'll have to go against much of what you learned in college or at your startup. If you are able to do that (think outside of what you've been taught), then you'll be fine, if not, you'll fail and complain and suggest that it be re-written in Ruby, etc.

Edit: And if they do re-write it, they'll use C++ code written like C code. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but just know that they "think different" and you have to adapt to their way, not them to yours.
Why does everyone always quote AUPs? The law counts above an AUP.
Yeah, it's from US data. In some places even $200/mo lets you live like a member of the upper class... I originally remember hearing the figure from a TED talk ( here it is, highly recommended http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_exper... ), and since then there have been a few other sources I can't remember right now.
No multiplayer? Not worth it to me.
>Advertising that gives back

From an end users perspective, there won't be any difference to normal advertising. Unless they know that the money is being donated to charity it will make no difference to them.

I think the core of the idea is great and anything to help charity should be promoted as much as possible, but if you're not making anything from the ad impressions how do you plan to fund your infastructure, staff and other things you need to run successfully?
Jobserve has 4 pages of Java jobs in Scotland but zero pages of Cobol jobs.

So this story isn't that plausible.

Ok, so maybe there are fewer jobs but harder to fill? Well, when you look at Cobol roles across the whole of the UK they are paying below equivalent java developer rates.

So yeah, not worth learning Cobol just yet.
When you buy a game for the Wii, do you expect to get the 3DS version free?
Any part time job even a lousy one is better than to be unemployed. It increases your self-esteem and motivates you. I just wouldn't go for full time because you won't have time to improve your situation, find a better job, networking etc.
It's Xperia Play only for now: http://mojang.com/2011/08/16/say-hello-to-minecraft-pocket-e...
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"So, how do we reskill a workforce to adapt not only to challenges of the new but also to cope with the legacy of the old? Universities in conjunction with major employers should work together to address this issue."

I think the market will take care of this, rather than universities. It is simple supply and demand. If COBOL programmers get paid enough of a premium, people will learn COBOL. This is an order of magnitude more likely than finding professors to teach a language they dislike. Even 20 years ago few students were lining up for university COBOL courses.
We use eventlet heavily and this is great. I have always wanted something like this.
This table would be more useful if it would change two things:

1. Include _all_ domains (i.e. which domains are and are not operational)

2. Use colour coding.
There is local wireless multiplayer.
Cory needs to step back and see the big picture and the long timescale.

In any big city there is continual low-level agro between the aresholes who get drunk and break things and the decent folk who clean up the vomit and do the repairs. It is not black and white; it is common for people to change sides as they get older, or in response to becoming parents. Some persons have a foot in both camps, especially during the transition.

There is a second sense in which it is not black and white. The agro is quantitative. If the bus shelter gets smashed once every few years, it is sufficient to just repair it. If it gets smashed every saturday night, that too expensive and more needs to be done.

There are the yobs with spray cans making the graffiti and the property owners with the solvents and the origninal-colour paint getting rid of the graffiti. There is a threshold. If the makers are persistent enough and frequent enough the property owners become demoralized and give up. Then the graffiti makers can move on to tag a new, pristine area.

There is a five year timescale on which the people who clean and mend become demoralized if they are faced with too much cleaning and mending. There is a thirty year, intergenerational timescale on which one attempts to bring up ones children to be on the clean and mend side.

That is an uphill struggle, because, let's be honest, most neuro-typicals find that getting drunk and smashing things is more fun.

Cory is focusing on the perpetrators. Does catching them and putting them in prison for 6 months reform them? Maybe, maybe not. Other people get a 6 month break from repairing the kicked-in door and cleaning up the vomit. That is vital for moral, both to keep going on the cleaning and mending, and to keep going on bringing up ones children to join the cleaning and mending team, and in having credibility with ones children when one says that the cleaners and menders are the good guys and the team to join.
That's right. Sorry should've made that clearer.

Obviously for the Australian government we would need an Australian version of this or a similar service.

Government IT procurement for fairly trivial systems cost unbelievable amounts of money. A lot of this is due to an overly rigid scoping and dev process.
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Poll: Your preferred method for coding on a remote server?
It often happens that you're on a project that must be accessed over the 'net even for development. (Case in point: PayPal integration. Facebook app. Anything where a proprietary SaaS calls back your URLs.)

What's your or your team's preferred method to write code then? (The one you do most often, if you use more.)
I SSH into a server, and work there using VIM/EMACS/etc.
I use Eclipse/Netbeans/etc, that can FTP the updated files over to the remote server.
I use a local VIM/EMACS/MC/etc to open files remotely over SSH/FTP.
I use port forward from a server to a locally hosted environment.
I mount the remote file system over SSHFS/FTPFS/CIFS, then work "locally" on that.
I use a shared Dropbox to sync files to the server.
I create a custom deploy script using rsync (or similar).
I use source control to push every minor change (as in, even one character edits) to the server.
I'm a victim of Microsoft, I use Remote Desktop to log in to the remote Windows server.
Other: my own ingenious ninja method (please enlighten us in the comments!)
Hate to be "that guy", but this is quite old news isn't it?
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A regular Stanford student can expect to spend about $50,000 a year [1] or about $200,000 for a four-year degree. In four years, I believe that there will be at least one company that will offer trustworthy certification for a lot less, like maybe $20,000 or $2000. If the primary benefit of a Stanford education is the certification, then in a few years Stanford grads may be like owners of $200,000 cars-- obviously wealthy, but not possessing any significant advantage in transportation over owners of $20,000 cars.

[1] http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090416220215AA...
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kreci, do you find that posting these monthly has created a motivation on it's own? Meaning, the old adage "what gets measured, gets managed" created more focus for you on improving the numbers because you know they will be published?

As always, your reports and willingness to continue to publish them is appreciated!
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"We're sorry for the issues you've had with your server today, but we're not responsible for looking after your hardware."

A drive failed in a RAID1 array so I contacted their support to get broken the drive replaced, they removed the working drive and destoryed it then insisted it wasn't their fault, I even gave them the serial number of the failed drive before they removed it. I do have my own offsite backups of everything, but it was still annoying to have to restore the entire server
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This is especially true of COBOL where PERFORM statements are like an internal subroutine ending with a goto. It looks like heracy when you first see how it was implemented 30 years ago. Arbitrary unions are pretty neat too but look like black magic to the uninitiated.
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Hi guys, posted a related poll at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2895035 - please vote! Thanks.
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I wonder why they chose android first over iOS, considering paid apps generally do better on iOS.
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"bright minds all over the world solving frivolous problems that ultimately contribute nothing to the betterment of humanity as a whole."

My favorite quote: "Strange how much human accomplishment and progress comes from contemplation of the irrelevant." - Scott Kim
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Exactly! Imo it's nothing more than normal you'd have to pay for the mobile versions too.
"If COBOL programmers get paid enough of a premium, people will learn COBOL"

I've never understood why it is always presented as a bad thing for free market economics to apply to hiring people to do shitty jobs.
Probably because Minecraft was already written in Java so this wouldn't require as much porting.
I'm guessing he was able to reuse some of his java code in the mobile version (as opposed to a complete rewrite). He probably spent most of his time optimizing - PC Minecraft can bring gaming machines to their knees.
Push to a GIT server, we have a branch called 'live', then we run a script on the servers that pull down the deploy branch. We also have a branch called 'development' for our dev boxes
Yeah, date from the article is almost exactly a month ago now.
Probably something to do with Minecraft being coded in Java?
Yes it works like this. After a lower month I have started to work little more so would not be shame to publish next one ;)
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Took a look at a few other articles on the site. They're all of the same quality. Great example of a mill throwing out lots of useless articles geared for SEO.
I grew up in southern MA and pigs feet were a treat in my family growing up... In that area any supermarket has them.
Given the spate of recent pre-2000 news articles that have been posted on HN lately, I was astonished to see (after skimming this) that it's dated August 2011.

"While our universities are turning out very able graduates, well versed in the sexy new languages of Java, .Net and the like..."

I chuckled.
I just listened to a talk[1] by Ori Brafman in which he mentions that one of the most important factors in professional collaboration and friendship is physical closeness. MIT dorm students were twice as likely to be best friends with their immediate dorm neighbor (6 meters away) than with the dorm neighbors two rooms down (12 meters away). Professional collaborations followed the same pattern. Y Combinator likes to see founders share an apartment. There's probably a lot of value in simply being physically near other people with similar interests.

[1] http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2683
Interesting - I tried three different recruiting sites (including s1jobs - which is local to Scotland) and I can't find any posts mentioning Cobol.
There would be an indicator on the ad to show it's an AdGives ad. Also the user would see how much was donated and who to on there way through to the advertisers site.

Down the line I envisage it growing to allow the user to direct the money from their impression + more..

Also, it will be run as either a non-for-profit or with a small profit from impressions (depending on what interests investors). We would still collect some percentage of impressions either way to pay for costs.
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geez, Am I the only one that thought that this guy made an ass of himself with this "interview"?
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What really works for me is using Endomondo.com to track my workouts and using C25K to do my jogging all on my Android phone. I really want to exercise because I need to if I don't want to become ridden with health problems, but motivation is what really made it impossible for me in the past. Now by using both tools on my cellphone I have the motivation to go out and do some exercise because it appeals the geek in me. I want to better myself so that I can look at the graph of my performance and say "wow! I'm getting better!". If I jog 30 minutes each time I jog, I will at least try to beat the distance I have set last time since Endomondo is tracking all the data from my runs. Also, there are a lot of user-made challenges on Endomondo, and it further motivates me (for example : Travel 150km in August, running or cycling).

I think a lot of people have the same problem I had : They know they NEED to work out, they don't really know how or even if they do, they don't have to motivation to go out and do it. The problem is that you don't see instant results when you work out, it takes weeks and months to see the results, but by using all sorts of tracking tools, it motivates you to keep getting better because you will be able to see exactly your progress as you make it.
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I've had it running for about five hundred concurrent. I purposefully made it something you have to checkout yourself so that it's trivial to add filters in if you want to limit what you're seeing.
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I'm not really moving out of the tableview delegate. There's still a QuickDialogTableViewDelegate class that does the cellForRowAtIndexPath work you mentioned, and you can still override that if you would like.
In my view, having the view controller being responsible for creating the cells, like most people implement it, is a pretty bad behavior per se. It works great for little problems, but at a point it simply doesn't scale: you end up with a viewcontroller with dozens of methods and thousands of lines of code about displaying views inside your viewcontroller, which is just not a good place for it: different responsabilities should go to different objects. Besides, if you have to display cells of 5-10 different types, your viewcontroller will become ridiculously large pretty quickly.

QuickDialog solves that responsability problem by delegating the creation of cells to separate classes, that know exactly what they're supposed to do. In my view, this is just good OO design, honestly.

THanks a lot of the NSFormatter bit, I'll keep that in mind!
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That's because the Starbucks job is just to get by until they graduate. Then they expect all their hard work to be rewarded and get a normal job.

They will "whine" when they can't find anything.
Thanks Chubs! Adding retain/releases into the codebase wouldn't be too hard to do, but I created this for some new projects which won't be ready for another couple of months anyway, so by then 4.2 is going to be released already.
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Thank you for the words of encouragement. I appreciate it.
This exercise has had some clinical support for treating Tennis Elbow. I've also found it helpful for general wrist/hand strengthening:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/phys-ed-an-easy-fix...
Thanks Drew,

I would love to have people using the library for months or years to come. I'm sure I'll still be using it. :)