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Cool post. IANAVC but...

As per my other comment, traction is going to trump all of the strengths you list. As insane as it sounds, this: "solid businesses, great ideas, growing revenues, and strong earnings" is actually going to be a red flag.

VCs want HUGE wins. "Solid" is not what they're going for. They also need to see the opportunity to take over the entire industry. I'm not a B2B guy but in consumer software that means you need to be on track to acquire millions of users.

Having solid revenues, models and a working cash flow system implies a certain amount of lock-in to the way you are doing things now. Are you on an exponential growth trend? If not, then anything standing between you and a pivot (like paying customers) is going to be a hurdle for the investors to get over.

As for the clubbyness -- you're damn right it's too clubby! It's an unfortunate fact that investors come from a pretty insular world. Thankfully if you can show traction, it's going to open a lot of doors that wouldn't open based on who you currently are (or are perceived to be). If you have a rapidly growing base of customers/users, investors will chase you down. If you don't, you need to reevaluate your desire for investment or your focus (traction, traction, traction!)
That was a lovely blog post and I've upvoted you with my humble amount of karma. I am sorry for your loss, but hey, you had a lot of good time and clearly spent it well.
Wake me up when they have the deposit-from-phone working on Android phones.
The only thing I'd like to see more of with respect to decorators is discussion of real benefits. The concept is fairly simple it's the technique and resulting code organization that is interesting. Much like Lisp macros, it's important to know when not to use them and none of the tutorials I've seen really address that.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that 1999 Schneier paper is unrelated. Saying SSL has known plaintext is like saying a car can be stolen because it has wheels.

And the 2009 MITM attack didn't have any thing to do with decrypting traffic.
I've dropped my caseless iPhone 4 on sidewalks and other hard surfaces a handful of times. It's gotten dinged up, but nothing's cracked.
Granted I blazed through the docs and am not a node expert, but for a streaming web framework I could not find a reference to streaming responses. It is very Rackish, all examples I found point to calling callback(200, {}, "Hello world!");

What I don't get, is you have to fight with Rack to get anything close to async, yet here comes a web framework for an async environment modeled after Rack, go figure.

I assume (meaning I'm about to make an ass out of u & an ass out of me) the answer is to pass a stream in place of the "Hello world!" string, but that would cause hell with any middleware expecting a completed response.
Yahoo's spam filtering is terrible and I know for a fact that they maintain a list of URLs that are blocked even if they're just mentioned in the body.

Occam's Razor (not to mention Hanlon's Razor) suggest the issue is not deliberate.
I hate to jump on a hater bandwagon, because I genuinely am a proponent of innovation, but: really?

I think part of the usage of a web product should be to put you in a state of ease and enjoyment, not anxiety. The new FB puts me in an anxious state. I feel I'm always on the verge of missing something.

Twitter I feel has balanced the checking-in anxiety issue with a compelling product experience, and I always felt that Facebook allowed me to maneuver through the information flow at a pace I wanted.

Now, I'm presented with a realtime feed and a curated feed within the same context. I just get an anxious feeling looking at it.

I think the technology is amazing behind it. To be able to do realtime information flow and processing on this scale is astounding. But I think product developers need to focus not only one the technology that drives the user experience, but the emotion they are trying to instill on the users.
I've had this for a couple of weeks (weirdly). You never get used to it and you always feel like you're missing something.

Even more annoying is the little status updates in the top right, above the sidebar showing everyone of your friends recent activity (which I really liked) seems to have gone now.
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just curious, but what are the most popular alternatives - just C/java "socket" programming ?
Nope, none of the cool stuff, like extended globbing or name completion, that makes me use zsh rather than bash is on that list.
Ed, we met at the YC offices over a year ago. My sympathies and comfort go out to you and your family. If you're ever back in town let me know and I'll buy you a drink.
It's not disabled. At least not on any Android device I've tried within the last 2 years. Pinch-to-zoom has worked since 2008 IIRC.
It's a great idea as a gimmick, but on the long run gravity will soon make our arms go down on top of our mouse and keyboards. Maybe if it is inclined then it would make more sense since it is a more natural position. The point is that it isn't very ergonomic and we all know that programming on a 90 degrees touchscreen isn't a super idea! Still, it all depends on the UI and the use! Great experiment!
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Yes. It's not just the investors though, it's also the media circus that silicon valley has become.
They took away the ability to show all events in chronological order? Ugh. I was trying to stay away from G+ for ethical reasons, but this... This might just drive me back.
How exactly do you look at startups outside your network? Do you actually take seriously incoming email pitches or cold calls? Do you actively seek out little-known companies that you think you could add value to?

I am a little curious as to how the FlashSoft deal was introduced to you via AngelList, but I understand it's unlikely you'll be able to divulge much, if any, details on it. Even on AngelList, one has to have followers in order to request introductions; yet one has to be visible to get followers, and visibility is determined largely by follower count. I have a difficult time understanding how networks are formed on AngelList without having preexisting networks.
both of you make excellent points, and either could be true. But the sad fact is, we've had so many examples of government and big corporations behaving so badly that distrust has become systemic in our society. If Yahoo's actions were intentional they were probably unsure of exact amount of protesters but were taking preventative measures. Could have been a tech mistake, possibly. But coupled with the fact that twitter was also actively blocking the same topic, it seems highly suspicious.
That seems like a fair description to me, but that's exactly what my bank sucks at.
It feels like signing into AOL back in 1998!
There are perpetual requests for changes as new payloads and new demands
and modifications are suggested by the users. Changes are expensive because
they require extensive testing. The proper way to save money is to curtail
the number of requested changes, not the quality of testing for each.

Preach it.
In addition to identifying (i.e. cleaning), we're automatically categorizing transactions.
They're also telling me to "[w]atch a live Google+ hangout with will.i.am". Does this mean they are loosening up their real name policy?
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Very interesting. I like the concept of having only one account. The goals tab looks very useful.

The video states that the "safe to spend" feature calculates recurring bills and such. Is there a way to view and manage these?
I have dropped my iPhone on tiles at work without scratching the screen. But in saying that, i've seen others at work crack their screen the same way. Just luck I guess
Searching for stuff is still a huge pain for me. While everyone and their aunt seems to be rushing off to build social recommendation engines to suggest the perfect colour for your next puppy, it's still bloody hard to look for stuff beyond keyword search. For example, it's still a hack job looking for news or blog posts in chronological order.

On-site search for almost all sites is very poor. By default, people use a google custom search engine and the filtering options are actually not very good.

So, I think search is still a good problem to attack.
Beautiful writing. I'm really sorry for your loss!
hey Ed,

I just woke up to your email.

First of all my condolences to you

This stuff really hits where it hurts. The 'behind every great man' quote more often than not refers to a mom rather than a spouse and I think it is beautiful of you that you wrote this and I hope that those who don't think this is 'hacker news' can keep their hands of their mouse buttons.

To all of you wondering how many pomodoros worth of productivity you can squeeze out of today: Keep an eye on the rest of your life it is more fleeting than you probably realize.

I love you is so much better than goodbye.

You're a lovely person Ed, now I have a bit more insight into why.

j.
I used Detours years ago to hook into the Wave I/O API and DirectSound to capture the audio I/O. I was blown away by the power of API Hooking. Nothing concrete came out of it but it was a lot of fun.
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I do think flagging is appropriate in this case, though, as the title is completely inaccurate and misleading.

First, they haven't come close to actually building something that can rightfully be called a "quantum computer." They've demonstrated an interesting research program, but there's still a very long way to go.

Second, there have been quite a few proposals for quantum computing architectures that separate processing elements from memory elements, and so the proposed architecture is not at all "the first."

I guess it just bothers me a bit because as a grad student in quantum information, I want my field to be represented as well as it can be.
Ask HN: Still considering Google App Engine?
Are startups/small companies/indie developers still considering app engine? It seems when they meant auto scaling, it included the price as well.
exactly... we're trying to re-establish the covering of innovation, features and products.

not fighting with our corporate parent. :-)
Awesome, what an improvement! A great tool just got even better.
High-res source 3D face scans + a Kinect to track target head position and rotation better would hide the modifications quite well. Awesome project.
At the bottom of the page, you can see a "Feature Requests" link that goes to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 but almost none of the requested features have ever been implemented.
Influential on scientists and engineers. Not sufficiently influential on bureaucrats and managers.
Yeah, that's why we showed what we did. While we also have the banking features you'd expect, e.g. payments and such, we were presenting in front of an industry crowd who are most likely already familiar with said core features but not search or visualization.
If you want your application to run on Windows 2000, you can't. VS 2008 doesn't have "auto" etc but it can produce binaries which run on Windows 2000. The libraries for VS 2010 simply removed the code that allowed them to run on Windows 2000. I can imagine you'll ask "who uses Windows 2000," well, if home users don't, the companies still do.
His techniques for focusing on development tasks are also very useful. It boils down to a bubble sorted todo list, constantly refined and structured for high throughput.

Do you have a reference for this? I'd love to know more.
I had thought that BankSimple was slimming down the traditional banking model and passing the savings (in the form of interest) to customers. I still love that they're tackling Goliaths but they need to be a little clearer on their vision and value proposition.
You don't get it. You probably track your budget to the cent in Excel. This service is not for you.
For those who are not lucky enough (ha!) to enjoy the new design, here's a small glimpse: https://img.skitch.com/20110921-rfae5d2pera2ig7ugbupd4pf61.j...

It is mind-jarringly chaotic on my Home screen. Not wise.
It's a beautifully clean design. I like the simplicity of it.

What I worry about is the security behind the scenes and the sharing of sensitive information between BankSimple and the banks.

And trademarking "Safe-To-Spend"? Come on... It's a math equation that shows how much running profit you have. You don't need to trademark such a thing unless you intend to use it in advertising or throughout the website, yet I only see it used in one place. Next thing you know it'll be patented.

Maybe I missed it in the video, but what I would like to see from any of these types of websites is a consolidated view of multiple accounts and banks. So if I have chequing and savings accounts at 3 different banks, I would like a dashboard of my entire spending and saving. It's easy to lose sight of this when you look at individual bank statements.
Sure, and if there really was an alien spacecraft detected at Roswell, don't you think the government would try to make it look like a harmless weather balloon?

You can justify pretty much any crazy theory with that sort of wonky logic.
IMO the one chance they had in the Enterprise space was to differentiate themselves by creating an app stack that ran anywhere: desktop, thin client, tablet, phone. WebOS would make that happen. But with todays reports of laying off 525 WebOS devs, apparently, they are just flushing WebOS down the toilet.
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Reminds me somewhat of the scramble suit from A Scanner Darkly!
TechStars pulls a Yuri: $100k to every company from new $24M fund
GitHub & StickyGram trial Instagram subscription printing service
Whatever happened to the old idea of separating program and data spaces and write-protecting the program space?
It still requires Flash: "In order to use Pandora internet radio, please upgrade to a more current browser
or install a newer version of Flash (v.10 or later)."

That was with FF 7.0 w/o Flash.
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I am constantly frustrated when I try to find transactions more than 3 months old in both my bank accounts. The main reason I keep my Mint account is to be able to search my old transactions.
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I don't think so. I think they're backgrounding (side-bar'ing) random friend activity and designating the center stream for capital-c Content. Subscriptions, active threads, messaging from Like'd entities...the center box is commerce-oriented, the sidebar is for communications and for contributing to entities (comments, photos, statuses, etc.) defined as candidates for the center stream.

I believe that the center stream will be where the half-page forced-Chevrolet ad is going to go, the changes of late all point in this direction. Think: monetization and profit.
http://cl.ly/AJp0

Having a 27" screen, I don't mind it. The only things that bug me is the triangle at the top of each post, and your profile pic up in the header (which now floats)
mint.com does a pretty good job of tracking your overall spending and saving for multiple accounts.
No. Node.js itself is an event machine, node's http module is nothing but a particular plug-able even handler framework. That is not the same writting an application in python that uses the http library.
The latest requires considerably more work, the prior is much simpler.
Facebook is now completely useless
I spoke too soon. Not a day before I was declaring that Facebook had beat the crap out of Google+ just to have Facebook release a layout change that makes it completely useless. Everyone is now subscribed to but the default setting is to only show "Most updates" in your news feed unless you manually change the setting for every single friend. Instead of having a news feed with all status updates they are forcing everyone to use a variation of the "most important updates" or whatever it was called before. Facebook really screwed up.
To keep up with your point:

There is one guy who got arrested in Brazil because he protected his house with improvised guns made with mousetraps.

http://translate.google.com.br/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&...
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True! I'm using Flash Block and seeing "We're sorry..."
Fair enough.

But my Yahoo account spam filtering appears to get suffer roughly as many false positives as false negatives which actually makes it worthless.
You never get used to it and you always feel like you're missing something.

I'll bet this is explicitly intentional as a driver to spend more time on Facebook.
US multi-touch has been enabled for a couple of years now. I don't know the specifics, I imagine more cronyistic backroom patent deals that typify our broken patent system.
Adobe Offers Up New Flash Version 11
The same could have been said for Ford, and several other large companies. However, under good management, you'd be surprised how much "bad" can be undone.

HP still brings in a ton of money a year and has a huge market share in several different markets.

It can be fixed, however they have to find someone extraordinary to fix it. Meg Whitman probably isn't quite the right person, she doesn't seem to be the "let's turn this place around" type person.
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Really awesome. That second video shows much better results. Now, still some fine-tuning and someone could create application where people can try out different make-ups or eyeglasses.
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When was this workshop from? Based on my limited experience with zsh, it feels pretty out of date.
I sometimes like to think I could cope well with losing my mom now that I am married and have a child but in reality it scares the shit out of me.

My condolences to you
If it is open source, where is the code? I am only seeing links to libraries it uses.
I think you're unfamiliar with the online poker affiliate marketing industry. Full Tilt is paying affiliates 20-30% life time commission on net earnings less fees, in addition to allowing for a small (2-3%) cut from sub-affiliates you refer. As an affiliate, you can incentivze the sign-ups however you'd like.

The way most affiliates incentivize you to use their affiliate link is by giving you a cut of the revenue.

How did you think it worked? Full Tilt giving rake back direct to players just because they signed-up thru some 3rd party link? Why would they do that?

The reason why some people who sign-up can't get rakeback and are told that "their affiliate doesn't support rakeback" is that some affiliates chose to get paid a flat CPA fee of $75-100 rather than a lifetime percentage. This is also how PokerStars, etc, runs their programs.
Sorry, the difficulty seems to be what "search result" means. If you search for "foo", and that term happens to be on page 3, then Google may produce page 1 as the search result. Just like at the moment, sometimes the term you search for only appears on the pages which link to the search result, not on the search result itself.

Sometimes the term does not appear at all, for example if I search for "batman begins sequel" the first result is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ That page does not have the term "sequel" on it, but it is still the first search result. And if you view the cached version, the only word highlighted is "batman".

Very specifically, my post above addresses the comment that Google might display one url, then take you to another. That seems unlikely. Instead, you will only see the url of the page that is the search result, which may be page 1.
Really cool stuff. would be nice to have this feature used together with augmented reality games.

We could then use your preferred char outfit and face while playing a wii like game, so the game would present a video of you as the main char with any outfit, like playing streetfighter being Mario :D

Really ingenious idea.
That's a wonderful if very sad blog post. I'm sorry for your loss Ed.
I hate to be one of those people constantly whinging about Facebook redesigns, but ... can someone explain why Facebook seems to intent on "curating" your stream for you, based on priorities that aren't clear? I know a lot of people probably enjoy having some definition of "highlights" stuck at top, but many of us like going through the whole thing to see what all our friends are up to, until you get to a status update you recognize, which means that you know you're done looking. What does FB lose by taking away the ability to see a simple chronological list of updates? What do they gain by foregrounding the posts that they think are important?

Edited to add: Several people replied to me saying "But some of us DON'T want to see a big chronological list!" Well, yeah, I said in my original post that I realized this. And in fact you already had the option to see only "Top news" instead of "All posts." What bugs me is the one-size-fits-all version that has now been imposed on everybody. Why is FB allergic to allowing different users to interact with their data in the way those users want?
Looks awesome. I would love to see a clone of BankSimple in India. The bureaucracy will be a pain but if you can successfully navigate it and create a simple no-frills online only bank, it will be a great success.
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What do you expect from Future? Can you Change the Future?
Ask HN: Anyone Interested in a Co-working Space in Tahoe?
Hey HN folk! I live up in South Lake Tahoe near Heavenly and work from home with my two wonderful 2.5 yr old twin kids. As such, I've been looking for a co-working space up here but haven't found anything interesting. So, of course, I am considering opening one.

We all know resort wifi and cell coverage sucks up here! Would any of you stop in to rent a spot and a decent connection or a conference room for a couple hours or take "working vacations" up here if such a space were available?

For that matter, do any of you live up here and want more full time space, and we haven't met yet?

Consider this my MVP. ;)
Good News! The interface needs a lot of work to compete with other services, but it's a good start.
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How long before this becomes good enough to fool people on Skype? And how long before someone ends up writing software to detect this?

I think this is the first time in my life that I've felt like I was living in a scifi novel.
Have used it for a week and absolutely love it. It would be even better if they could add offline access so I didn't have to worry about having internet access all the time.
Up to very recently I would have recommended that you forget the areas that you mention - productivity, ticketing, CRM - because they are very crowded spaces. But the fact is that they are trying to solve fundamental and eternal problems that people have and it's just a matter of finding solutions that work better or differently than the competitors'. Trello is a great example on how you can bring something fresh and usable to a very crowded space. https://trello.com/

I would throw money at you if you could give me a software development and deployment platform where I didn't have to worry about the OS, libraries, uptime/scalability, email servers, etc. Something that delivers the best parts of WebFaction+Heroku+Google Apps+Linode for those of us who want agility and performance without all the typical bullshit and hassle.