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Yes, i've got a Macbook Pro. Which i'd say is pretty fast. Having all these URLs makes chrome slow down until when typing I have to wait for it to catch up.
this made me a bit sick to my stomach. as i'm sure the original would as well.
Maybe HP's interested in suing.
Around 50,

But the count can easily go up to 100+ with the help of firefox extensions like Tree Style Tabs and multiple browser windows.
Yea and explorers made it hard to come up with new countries
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I thought lightpeak was from intel?

"Our telecom source noted that Intel made an unusual choice in also using active cabling for future optical-based iterations of Thunderbolt ... Intel would not say when official specs would be released to other manufacturers" -- from the article
WebOS is dead. Long live WebOS
I didn't know there was a demand for document diffs.

I created http://diffchecker.com but it's mostly meant for programmers.

Is there a significant improvement in experience if I allow document uploads versus them copy and pasting the document contents?
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> This seems to confirm my biggest problem with Microsoft. Why do they need to have their own version of everything? What do they get from this?

Microsoft is a business hooked on vendor lock in. Once they've got an organization using Windows, boom, they've got a money pipe that could feed them for over a decade. Which then means they can sell them Office, and boom, another stream of cash. As time goes on, network effects bloom in the form of users locked into file formats and encourage further growth.

It's almost a viral strategy, aimed at corporate IT. It's what they know how to do. It also illuminates why every product must be "Windows This," "Windows That." They want to increase the surface area of their flagship so it can continue to own large volumes of users.
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So.. All of the flexibility and asynchronous working styles, and no enforced hours.. but still no remote hiring? I'm really confused about why we don't see more companies supporting remote working.
Many people don't have first principles to begin thinking from. While you're certainly right that the quality of one's first principles is at issue in judging their conclusion, the mere fact that so many people don't even bother to try to think presuppositionally seems to be more of the point of the video, IIRC.
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Primarily because I don't see a reason I should trust someone else with my data. We've seen Google accounts suspended, cloud Email/Exchange companies go out of business, or they get raided by three-letter agencies. Sometimes for unlawful reasons.

None of those things inspire trust.
I think the reason the branches are there is because the master/root is bleeding edge.
That is true. But being on H1B myself, I have rarely come across any employer who's willing to hire me part time. But again, it's possible.
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I've got a product that I've built and I applied to Y-Combinator with it, they denied my request. Today I was reading TechCrunch and another company doing the same thing as me was on the list of the 7 most interested start ups at 500 start-ups.

what does this mean? Do I fail at life?
I think that's a fair response; I took some time to look him up myself after the above post--but I appreciate the extra context that he's generally well-known within HN.

I also think it's fair to question whether such a lopsided opinion piece, opposed to the seemingly general prevalent thought, is indeed trolling. Perhaps his reputation says otherwise; but, that doesn't make it any less reasonable to question.
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Using an idea similar to Duolingo, maybe one could get programmers to work for free as part of learning another programming language?
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Glad you appreciate it. Thanks a ton for the Knuth reference and word list link.

You make a great point about first solving the simpler problem without considering multiple letters per slot. For a word with N letters, there are "N-1 choose 5" ways to fit the letters of one word into 5 slots (while preserving order). This by itself is a fun little search space.
Weren't all those music lockers sued into oblivion? If they're smart, this company will take the hint.
The redditor assumes that every android tablet is either running honeycomb or running an x-large profile. This is trivially false.
I guess you create an email, encrypt it with a 2048 bit AES key. And set it up to mail to your 'back up'.

Then you go and create 32 throw away email accounts and have each of them running their own aliveness test on a TOR proxy which is mailing you their queries.

When you go 'off line' the 32 mail their part of the key to the recipient, DMS mails them the main letter. :-)

Not a serious suggestion but it would be fun as a plot device in some cyber fiction.
and if you do this: http://28.12.channel.facebook.com/p

yet more strangeness.

direct link to the first: http://28.12.channel.facebook.com/pong

you can change the first 2 numbers to almost anything and it owrks... i just picked my birthdate ;)
Looks nice but... What does this get me that the inbuilt comparison feature of Word doesn't do, apart from making me give you copies of all my legal documents?
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There are so many printing firms that have opened up in every city imaginable to cater to the huge and growing demands of stickers. They produce high quality printed stickers and offer various designs and suggestions. Usually the cost of stickers is very cheap but some custom stickers may vary in prices.
If it's mainly the performance you're after, have a look at JRuby. It's already a decent chunk faster than MRI/YARV, and with Java 7 and invokedynamic there's a lot more to look forward to and play with now.

Last week one of the JRuby core devs tweeted: "Ok, another set of tweaks in JRuby and fib(35) is another 10% faster (and only about 10% slower than Java. Do I stop now?"
UTF-16 is not ASCII-compatible, if that's what you were asking.
What sort of stuff are they doing now? In the consumer's eye, they make mediocre printers and PCs.

In my university days I happily used a HP calculator and scope, in addition to HPUX. Are those businesses still going strong?
Having active cables also leaves the door open to optical Thunderbolt cabling in the future, without the need for new hardware.
Someone mentioned that you can tune the transceivers to the individual cable, and that's a big part of it. Another thing is that discontinuities in the physical layer are a big deal at these speeds (think connector). It's easier to deal with that 'inside' the plug just a short distance from the discontinuity and then have a much more reliable and predictable link between the two transceivers in the cable. Especially if the transceivers are bumping up the power significantly (I don't know if these ones are), because the discontinuities cause reflections and transmitters will be damaged if the signal reflected back at their output is too high powered. The reflections can now happen at the plug/jack interface, where it doesn't need to be so high powered because the signal will not need to travel as far.
I've never heard of Morton's, but I will look for it now. They have gained one potential customer at very little cost. I call that a job well done for their PR and Marketing folks.
What a great thing to do.
You're letting facts get in the way of a perfectly good anti-Apple rant.
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... sounds like a real company to me. Do you mean they don't produce anything? None of the patent troll companies do.
They had it paid up for the future? Ah, that makes this even sadder.

I've fixed problems like this before -- payments not forthcoming for whatever reason -- by simply moving the end date up appropriately. Voila! The customer is paid up for the new thing, and they now have months to figure out the PayPal thing.
Well you have to decide on what your axioms are to start with. If you're developing a product you might decide your axioms are: "It must ship on time, its quality must be this high, it must sell x number of units", and then reason from there.
A lot of us are doing the same thing with CDs and DVDs. You can choose waste or DRM; so far you can't have neither.
I would LOVE this for PDFs. A API would be super for this too, so we could integrate diffs into our applications.
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There are likely to be concerns (e.g. privacy, confidentiality, waiver of privilege...) about sending documents to a third party website.
I like the interface a lot - clean and easy. How much will someone be able to do after going through the training?
I wonder if it's possible to increase the speeds, without having to revise the chip-on-the-motherboard. Then users could upgrade their speeds by buying a new "faster" cable.
Nope circles are a joke for me. I have venn diagram problem where lots of my friends belong circles in multiple circles.

Lots of them are in advertising agencies, journalists, musicians, all people that self promote themselves as a living. Hence all my streams are full of a mix of true spam and content that I might want to see.

TBH the weighting system of Facebook is MILES ahead of circles for me. Circles is still to primitive. I seem to get the stuff I care about on Facebook first, and if things are gathering steam it gets promoted to more front page. Seems like a much better noise filter.

So I closed my Google+ account down a few weeks ago. I agree with the grand-parent post its a Tumble clone. But I prefer Tumblr its got better original content (and I've already got a great list and lots of friends there that makes me bias).
We actually have employees all over the world- Europe, Australia, the US (naturally). And we'd certainly consider hiring globally, but there's some great technologists in SF and we'd just prefer it if you lived/moved out here. Nothing wrong with having preferences. ;)
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It is hard to imagine why they will sit on the Palm portfolio without hardware business considering their new focus is to become IBM/SAP like - enterprisey. IBM for e.g. sold 1000 patents to Google short while ago.

And besides, I am not certain webOS licensing is going to go very far. We will see..
I'll probably OCR the PDF and see where I can go from there. It's a big jump start that I couldn't have easily done on my own.
I'd love to see a true "open source" mobile operating system make an appearance. However, I don't think HP has a track record of magnanimity when it comes to open sourcing expensive acquisitions IP.
That HP is still very much alive in their spin-off of lab and testing equipment, Agilent Technologies Inc
I actually had a similar idea to this and you guys have executed wonderfully on it!

Starting with Javascript is definitely the way to go, as I strongly believe it's the language of the future (and right now actually). One request for courses would be intermediate/advanced javascript for people that already know how to program.

Also I think you should reach out to library developers (backbone, underscore, jquery, etc) so that instead of having a static readme/how-to they can create a course on how to use their library. I know that would get me up to speed on them a heck of a lot faster and would be super useful.
To be fair, not really an easter egg.
Or he's just further proof that most CEOs at large tech corporations seem to be lacking in the "vision" department.
Of course they do. That's why modern operating systems have security.

It just doesn't make sense to insist that both (a) I want to leave everything unlocked and open; and (b) I don't want anyone to be able to see what's there.

You've got every right to protect your privacy from prying eyes. But if you want to do so, do it.
Seems like a good app to get beginners started with learning to code. What stack is this built on? What language are you teaching with, is it javascript?
For lawyers, how is this superior to software like Workshare Compare (formerly DeltaView) that runs on the desktop, integrates with Outlook and document management systems, and doesn't require sending legal docs to the cloud? DeltaView (and a few similar software packages) are pretty well entrenched in the legal community.

It looks like your redlines are slightly prettier, but I'm not sure that's enough of a distinction to cause people to switch.

Also, how do you make money? I worry a lot if I'm asked to send confidential docs and there's no visible mechanism through which you profit.
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Beautiful! But if I keep trying to explore after the "You've completed this lesson! Start the next one." message, I get

ERROR: Cannot read property '_id' of undefined

In my opinion, exploration in this context is extremely important. The guided tours are nice, but I'm confident that you don't want to limit people's use of the site

Also, "You're doing great! To continue, you'll need to register or sign in. Otherwise all that awesome progress you've made will be lost. Sign In\Register (it's free)" was a complete surprise, and felt like a roadblock (in spite of the "it's free" message.

If a user types through enough of the pages to get this message, they probably are enjoying the site and want to keep working with it. Why not include a "Not now" option in this dialog?

That way they can choose to join when they step back when they are done and say "Wow, that's a nice site! I want to come back later and keep working on this. I guess I ought to register!", rather than a "Meh, I've only invested 2 minutes, guess not".
There's zero evidence that Neanderthals were "wild and relentlessly creative to a fault". They used the same toolset for almost their entire span of existance, changing only when threatened by modern humans.
Well specific feeds help a lot with that. I do wish I could 'shift-click' on feeds on the left which would give me the combination of all of those circles. And of course it would be really nice if I could alt-click a circle to exclude posts from people in that circle from showing up in the stream (don't want to block them, just want to keep their noise out where I can control it)
The 1DollarScan website says they do the OCR for you. They also claim that the result is searchable, which of course it couldn't be if they didn't OCR it.
This is a genius, i'll be doing this tomorrow (not a developer) and will bring feedback.
When I click on "Get Started", nothing happens. It made me think it was just a stub site. Is it just me? Chrome on OS X 10.6.
The normal fee is the cost of the replacement and a processing fee (University of Maryland and most of the public libraries I have dealt with). When I was at the university they would accept a replacement that you bought, but still charge the processing fee to get it back on the shelf.
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At the university library I work at its minimum $65 replacement charge depending on the actual replacement cost plus a $15 processing fee.
Clearly a good idea... make programming a game. And very good implementation. Nice!
Oh Javascript....
Hang on - you submitted this about an hour ago. I still had it open in a tab - it was here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2900931

Why have you deleted it and submitted it again?

Do you do this often? Is this how you've got your large average karma value - submit stuff, wait an hour, if it's had no upvotes then delete it and submit it again.

Lather, rinse, repeat ...
Have to agree with the sentiment so far, looks and works great!

What are you plans with it for the future?
On my desktop, 289, spread around 15 windows (Chrome takes up about 3GB of RAM)
On my laptop, 120, spread around 3 windows (Chrome takes up about 1.5GB of RAM, (Mac OS X)performance gets really bad after 10 hours of running, and I usually restart Chrome a couple of times during the day because of this)

I use instapaper to "save and remove" articles from my tabs, so none of these are articles.

It's a real problem. I have regular "cleaning" sessions where I check every tab and determine its faith. But, much like trying to get inbox zero, this almost never completely works and soon it's ballooning again.
No.

I don't know about you, but the first few programs I make in a new language are abominations. I don't think a deluge of poor quality software would be attractive to the consumer or the producer.
There's generations of books that were printed before the original book was in anything but analog form.
Agreed. Looks like you can submit courses from http://www.codecademy.com/programming-intro: There's a mailto link that points to contact at codecademy.com with the body "Hello, I'd like a create a lesson on ...". (Note that the OP asks here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2901163 that responses from this submission be directed to 'HN at codecademy.com')

@zds: Any plans to make this an online course submission, or do you want to filter everything through emails?
Don't know if it still holds true, but they used distcc a few years ago:
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/08/distccs-pump-m...

I also recommend ccache, but it might run into problems with the pump mode, although it works fine with regular distcc.
Not all versions of Word have a comparison feature, and when present, it's not very easy to use. Track changes only works if all parties use it, it can't be turned on after the fact.
It's a real company in that it has a legal registration. But it's a vehicle created by a patent attorney (or more likely multiple patent attorneys) specifically to monetize four patents. The OP said Lodsys should be mad at its attorneys which is incorrect--Lodsys is a product of its attorneys! Lodsys would have to sue itself if it was to try and sue its attorneys.
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One thing I do not understand. These HP and others CEOs earn millions monthly. So they are not stupid.

How many desktop _platforms_ survived? Two. Windows and MacOS by miracle.

So why they think that the world needs more than 2 or 3 mobile _platforms_? Why they think is it possible to beat Microsoft / Nokia / RIM / Samsung with already collapsed company? Why they bought Palm? What was the thinking?

Or maybe they are personally making money with acquisition like this. Similar to CEOs from banking when they led whole financial sector to the cliff.
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You guys are onto something here, my Wife is trying to learn to code and finds books really tough to get instant feedback from. Also, that little intro on the front page getting people to code without them knowing is genius!
Yes, sorry. I was thinking of Dan Abelow, the original 'inventor' ( http://computing2.com/) but on reflection, he's already got his license fee so I suppose he has no reason to care.
> I'm not sure anyone saw this coming, that Google+ would essentially turn into a Blogging platform, it almost seems like Tumblr's biggest competitor now instead of Facebook.

Well, it does easily allow for actual long-form entries. Twitter explicitly forbids this. Facebook allows this but the interface discourages it. So sign up for it and suddenly, hey, you have a blog.

Honestly of all the things that have come before it, Google+ seems to me to be most comparable to LJ and its clones. Long-form entries, one-way friend graph, can direct posts to just a specific subset of people... all it's missing is threaded comments! :)
I think it's ironic that Elon Musk starts off by railing against reasoning by analogy and then ends up with analogizing human behavior using the technological metaphor of his age.
I may still want to OCR it myself for more control over the process (particularly in identifying and correcting OCR errors). In my experience, there's a difference in expectation of quality between OCR to make a PDF searchable and OCR to generate a standalone text file.
Not entirely true when we start to look at repeat customer numbers, etc. Even if the list doesn't change, the number of purchases per customer will likely continue to decline over time. In that case, I think the best argument you can make is that their marketing budget is about more than typical marketing budgets: that is, they're building a valuable (if depreciating) asset. Fair enough, I think that's a legit argument.

But they don't stop there; they actually claim that because their marketing expenses are geared towards asset building that they shouldn't count. That's a pretty big leap; at best, from the conclusion drawn above, their marketing budget could considered as a typical company might consider manufacturing or development cost. That is, if Groupon's value is truly derived (at least in part) from the size of their network, then the costs associated with building that network are analogous to building product in more traditional companies.

I agree that their marketing spend has different impact to their business than other businesses; but I don't believe that means they can just pretend they aren't spending that money.
I would call that selfish (avoiding the kids at home, that is). Sure, there are plenty of days I'd probably just rather hole-up in my cube and code late into night, but I don't because it's more important that I be an engaged parent. It's not like my kids are going to get a do-over on childhood.
It's even more efficient when you just relabel a standard chip you bought from Samsung and just tell everyone that you've put lots of effort into designing it. Works much better than I'd have imagined anyway.
I was thinking of Windows Phone 7. Maybe WinPho 7 + Blackberry is half.
Intellectual Ventures started as a sort of patent pool for small inventors, at least purportedly. The idea was, as a small inventor, you could pay IV or, I think, contribute patents, or some combination of both, and IV would protect you from patent litigation. They only recently started suing people through shell companies. I'm pretty sure most of those companies invested in IV before it started trolling, but I'm having trouble looking up the info. I'll edit later if I find anything.
I have this vague recollection of reading a study that claimed people in research and development should be working around 25 hours per week for best productivity. And I've never been able to find that study after that =( I think it was German. I keep wondering if I dreamed about it...
Yes, searchable PDF puts the OCRed text behind the image so that it's not visible but is still searchable.
No, jonknee has it right. I confused Lodsys with CV2, Dan Abelow's firm that licensed the patents.
In Chromium, an alert bar stating "Follow the directions in the console to begin" pops up, and the console is highlighted while everything else is grayed out.

It's a CLI-based interface, not a click-based interface, which is a welcome change and a good thing for beginning programmers to learn.
I can't believe he backpedaled so much. This is backstab territory against the webOS community.
It looks like that's what they're doing (unless I misinterpreted this quote):

> Our telecom source noted that Intel made an unusual choice in also using active cabling for future optical-based iterations of Thunderbolt. Passive cabling is more common, but active cabling could offer some advantages. For one, active cables could combine fiber optics with electrical cabling for power transmission. Another good reason to use active optical cables, according to our source, "is that your current electrical ports can be forward compatible with future optical cables."
How best to authenticate and identify users?

Without some vague hints as to your threat model, noone is in a position to contribute usefully.

Failing that, the best way to

Identify: "I am Bob"

Authenticate: "I am Bob, honest!"
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Mostly that Word documents aren't blocks of text.
More specifically, it's our tendency to rely on the current technological metaphor to analogize the brain that contributes to misunderstanding and false equivalency: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jgd1000/metaphors.pdf