skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Your answer is based entirely on the premise that working for a startup boils down to killing yourself for the chance to get rich, which couldn't be further from the truth."

What, you didn't read any of the ten thousand or so posts on here about burnout, 70 hour work weeks, or PG's opus on how doing a startup packs an entire career worth of work into three or four years?

Incidentally, your prima dona attitude towards maintenance makes you a serious liability on anything larger than a look-what-I-wrote-over-the-weekend web app. Children want to play in the sandbox all day. Mature programmers embrace the entire software lifecycle. I bet you don't write documentation or tests either.

"Writing off startups because they're "in a business of greed" is a straw man at best."

Strawman? I'm not sure that means what you think it means. I dealt with a lot of entrepreneurs during my consulting days. I mean a lot. Seriously. Like an entire fuckton of them. Some where looking to build something truly awesome. Others where just enamored of the idea of being an entrepreneur, with no real conceptualization of what that meant, and no business-worthy idea to build upon. The only common denominator among them was this: they where all looking to drag off a huge pile of cash once the project launched.

Do I think there's anything wrong with dragging off a huge pile of cash? Of course not, I definitely enjoyed dragging off small piles of their cash and would have enjoyed it even more if the piles had been larger. Is that a greed-based incentive? Clearly. Ergo the "business of greed".
Note that "enjoy" may be very broadly defined.
SCTP passes through home NATs just fine if you layer it on top of UDP
I'd really like to create a start-up, and my partner and I have many ideas, but I feel like most start-ups out there today are playing the role of the third-party instead of creating truly revolutionary things. Companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have the resources and backing to execute any idea that has a chance to change the industry. Compare this to a start-up, where if your imagination extends beyond what the iOS SDK or some web framework provides, then nine times out of ten, you're out of luck. I'm not saying that start-ups are completely incapable of becoming a first-party, but it's been a while since I've personally seen a truly revolutionary idea that can realistically be carried out by such a small group of people with little money.
Hi, care to list some of the flaws?
I've done a fair amount of Scrum and have seen it succeed and fail. Scrum works and is great, but like most tools it works only for specific types of jobs.

I wouldn't use Scrum in a situation where the final product is somewhat defined and is expected at a certain date. Any situation where you ask yourself 'why aren't we using waterfall here?' is one where Scrum will inevitably fail.

Scrum is typically great for startups (and sometimes established companies) that are building something that is more of an idea than a product and time is irrelevant due to being able to push new features out later if they aren't done. It helps if your customer doesn't expect polish and is fine with incremental improvements.

To use the Minecraft analogy, Scrum would be a great process for Mojang. The target is moving, the features the developers thought were significant yesterday have found to be of no concern to the users, and thus they can drop something and focus a new feature. The next version has what's done, not necessarily what was expected. Waterfall wouldn't work in this situation at all.
No, I am correct. When I was calculating the height of the paper, not the thickness.
No idea if I'm representative of others, but let me just throw this out there:

I have tons of ideas, but they're all crap. If I'm going to work 'startup hard' at something, it's certainly not going to be another social/gaming/fotm diversion.

Contrary to popular opinion, ideas do matter. If you decide to base a startup on one, you have to decide whether it's worth devoting three or so years of your life to implementing it, with the goal of world-class execution, and all the work and sacrifice that entails. None of my ideas have yet passed muster in that regard.

If you're going to work as hard at an unoriginal, uninspired idea as you would at a truly world-changing idea, then better to hold out for the latter (unless you just want to use the former to get practice). There are some truly world changing things going on in tech, like cryptocurrency and 3D printing, that are (or may soon be) more worth building something around. I'm holding out for that.
Thanks for the reply! I am submitting this idea to YC to see how it goes. Fingers crossed!!
This is Google being dumbed down for the average user.
I think the audio components are some of the most undervalued parts of the kindle, and I would be very sad if they removed them. Listening to my books on the drive to work replaced my stereo long ago.
That's rather misleading - if WM_SETTEXT is a 'notification' than so is every function call in your program. There's no guarantee it will work, either, but neither is there a guarantee that 'myWin' will have a property 'setText' in JS or Python.
I was planning to use Ingram for publishing b/c I am in Nashville and they are a local company. Checked out Lightening Source and realized that is Ingram's on-demand publishing product. I guess that pretty much seals it.
Not many True Scotsmen around here either, dang.
Generally, people who subscribe to the ridiculous notion that "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.", either lead extremely pedestrian personal lives, or are rich enough to be able to buy their way out of repression. Most big company CEOs are a little of both, in my experience.
What's Wrong with Kindle Fire? Example: "Holds 80 Apps or 10 Movies"
Coding a Sleek PHP jQuery Contact Form with Runtime Preview
Coding a Sleek PHP jQuery Contact Form with Runtime Preview with download able source
Haha, this happens to me a lot when learning new libraries or frameworks. My current solution is to just search StackOverflow with what I'm trying to do. Often, the Right Way is posted as a snippet, but even if there are no directly pertinent answers, related ones can also give insight on other things I'm doing wrong.
So that means Princeton requires publishers to hand all their copyright to Princeton? Not that it adds much value but the published article contains the logo of the publisher, some work done by the publisher's typesetters and occasionnaly other copyrighted materials.
The Future of URL's
SPDY is probably landing in Firefox trunk soon, for release early next year.

The real problem is lack of good server implementations now. Google has whatever they use, but basically nobody else does.

Community of the web, let's get this rolling!
If you look at the most recent YC batch, you will notice that a lot of the startup ideas could have just been features of other products.

The point is a lot of these initial startup ideas aren't going to be game changers but with the right team in place and rapid iteration, they stand a good chance of evolving their companies into game changers.
Try installing Picasa and spend a little time tagging your family photos. It's a little startling how good it is. It consistently tags me regardless of whether I have a beard or my glasses in any given picture. Likewise, it quickly IDed my parents in 40 year old family photos that they scanned and sent, based on recent images. Mrs. Browl and I enjoy photography as a hobby, I'm pretty sure Google could ID either of us with 90%+ accuracy from a photo taken on the street. With Facebook you have both the computers and the crowdsourcing at work, so their tagging may be even better.
SPDY runs over TCP and SCTP is a replacement for TCP. Getting SCTP supported across all operating systems and hardware is a huge endeavor almost at par with converting to IPv6. SPDY, by comparison, is already in place and working. Getting it "done right" may never happen.

SCTP would still necessitate a new application-layer protocol.
Sure, that wasn't directed at you personally. Thanks and cheers.
If you're using on-demand printing, you probably will need to typeset it yourself. Use LaTeX (or even better XeTeX).
Both methods are indirect ways to make money off of the user, but affiliate links aren't really advertising. It's reasonable to include links to the products he's talking about, and it doesn't hurt the user experience of going to amazon.com.

If you buy an ad-supported kindle, you'll see ads every time you put it to sleep. If you click an affiliate link (vs a standard link to the product), there is no difference in content at all.
Stupid decisions and bad risks are frequently what provide the greatest rewards in the current system, at least in the short term. The mountains of cash investment banks where minting off of tranches is what fucked up the economy in the first place.
Hear hear. Potential metaphors:
1) The difference between healthy tasty food and unhealthy tasty food. "Oh nothing made with <ingredient X such as broccoli> tastes good". Chances are you've just not eaten it prepared well
2) The difference between fast food and a tasty home cooked meal. It takes time and effort to make a home cooked meal which tastes good (usually). Some people would rather just eat crap....it works for them.
The Nigerian scammers are migrating to Twitter, and have taken up seasteading to avoid the authorities.
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It really depends on your vision for the app. If this is a single weekend project or a toy web site that you'll likely never touch again, or if you do will only be for minor updates, then I say go for Flask. It'll get in your way less and let you just launch it sooner.

For anything larger than that though, Flask has always turned into a giant headache for me. As soon as I ever start to try and organize the project better because it's become too large for a single file, all shit hits the fan. Supposedly this has gotten slightly better with 0.7's Blueprints, but I've yet to see it. Circular imports and Flask's global variables bite me in the ass on a regular basis. I also have come to really miss tons of features that Django offered, like URLconfs. The decorator technique works great when you can count the number of URLs that your app has on two hands. Beyond that, ack/grepping my project to find where anything lives isn't my idea of maintainable. With Django I can very cleanly trace through the whole request/response cycle in my head and by looking at the code paths.
In the indie scene, doing well in a competition like Indiecade can provide a pretty big boost. That's mainly for a certain kind of game, though, more or less "one that other indie developers will find interesting". Some sort of innovative mechanic or new take on a genre is probably the most common route on that. If you do have that style of game, any other way of meeting other devs (forums, game jams, etc.) can also help spread the word; there are few things devs like more than talking about other cool games they recently heard about, and the more people who know about it, the more likely it is to get reviews / blogged about / etc.

That's another angle to go for directly, though; try to find some blogs covering areas where your game seems relevant, and see if they're interested in reviewing it.
That's a minor annoyance compared to the changes they made to the search logic. I noticed lately that way too frequently now the first result page contains irrelevant junk unless I resort to using quotes. And even then quoted words appear to be mangled and ignored at will.

Complained about it too here, about a month ago, which is when it appears to have started -
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2935261
The Implications of Amazon's Silk Web Browser
I just follow Jeff Bezos's "Regret Minimization Framework". Yes, I'm old, I don't have money but I would be very very sad on my deathbed if I didn't try and work all my life in big corporation.
It sounds like they are using SPDY for the connection between the device and the cloud, so I believe that means that your connection to the Amazon server is secure. My reading is that Amazon will be able to see the secure traffic so that it can render it cloud side just like any other traffic. But the FAQ blurb is not a definitive answer.
> If it makes people feel better...

It depends entirely on the outcome of the debate.
Minecraft herobrine
minecraft herobrine
|The traditional adage is that when you dress for success, people take you more seriously. I'd like to believe that this particular industry is beyond that, which may or may not be true, but the truth is that when you dress up, you take yourself more seriously.

Being taken more seriously is a goal of some people. I take the opposite approach -- I try to take myself as un-seriously as possible. I encourage others to do the same.

I am, however, very serious about my work.
I was starting something, when my dad got sick. Visa/money/cofounder is a problem most of us have,but just one an extre hump to get through. After I had to fly back home and take care of things. It was really hard for several months to focus on work, when the top idea on my head was family, and pulling stunts with hospitals/insurers.
Flickr Photo Session and the Flickr Android App
It does look though like they have every intention of continuing to offer "premium" Kindles- they aren't just in a race to the bottom.
Which is why I am excited for color e-ink.
"Other" though I think I just completed laying the foundation so that I can start.

So far I've identified a niche with a real pain point... people in my wife's industry have to perform a (unregulated) task each month. This takes them between 4hours and 2 full days to complete. There's existing competition and I think I could do way better.

Today I got signoff from my day job that they will not steal this project from me sometime in the future.

So... foundation laid.

I have a good, basic, understanding of the problem domain and have a domain expert (hi honey!) to guide my efforts.

Now it's a matter of building the first prototype and watch her try to use it.

Will submit a ShowHN once I have a usable tool and validated the business model.

Wish me luck!
Windows 8 – New Interface and Features
The issue with the Android platform, and these new low cost devices perpetuate, is that Android users spend significantly less on apps. Android is getting good traction in the low end smart phone market, but those people just aren't buying apps. The Amazon product seems to be centered around Amazon's offerings, making it more of a media device than an app device. If having access to lots of high quality apps is important to you, iOS is the platform for you.
Web 2.0 Expo Startup Showcase Companies Announced
Have you seen this list? http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/

I checked it before I bought a Lenovo and discovered that the ThinkPad X220 (the one I really wanted) was on that list. It works like a dream with Ubuntu. I wanted Gnome 3 as a first class experience and went with Fedora, and it works great.
As someone that's been on the Kindle since the 1st gen, I love the march to something cheap and light/small enough to be held in one hand.

It's just a shame that there's no text-to-speech, which would be really killer on this, the lightest model in the lineup. I find TTS really useful, especially for non-fiction, essays and news (conveying the nuances of fiction, particularly dialogue, can be awkward with TTS). I think the feature's been buried by way of being awkwardly placed in the text-size menu of previous Kindles. I'd say %90 of Kindle owners I talk to have never used it or don't know the functionality is even there.

At the very least, I hope Amazon puts it in their iOS/Android apps.
Not to mention the actual ad to the right of the blog post.

Is there a version of marco.org "with self-respect"? Do I need to block his ads to get that?
Unity Technologies hopes to woo developers with new 3D game tools
Aye, I always think of the halting problem as "if the program is still running, you can't necessarily know if it will ever halt." If you see a program halt, after a millisecond or after 10 years, then you've obviously proven whether or not it halts.

Also, while the halting problem doesn't necessarily say anything about bugs, there is a more general theorem that essentially says that you can't know in general if a program enjoys any non-trivial property (e.g. it prints a "1" at some point, it accesses the network, or it halts). I can't recall the name of the theorem, but the intuitive proof is similar to the halting problem's. This theorem does seem to hint that programs can't be proven to be bug-free in general.
I usually just take it as a more PC way of saying "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, either learn to cover it up or don't do it in the first place".

I mean, since when has it been somebody else's problem that you couldn't hide your secrets well enough?
Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle
I think the kindle itself will still have fairly good resale value, although that won't make up the cost of the book.
manufacturers these days will change the underlying chip sets and configuration of "models" without changing the model # or appearance. The manufacturer has some incentive to keep their official compatibility with Microsoft but you may find that Linux compatibility changes.

This is definitely the case. I work at Canonical and previously worked on the Hardware Certification team (who produces the list of hardware on http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ and is working with the community on the Ubuntu Friendly program). The number one issue we saw was exactly this. We'd get a system, test it and enable or certify it, and then the components would change during production. Suddenly people were getting systems that didn't work properly.

It's not always the OEM's fault -- sometimes the ODM would change parts without properly notification. (After all, if they can save a half a cent per device and it still works just fine under Windows, that's just money in their pockets.)

We're working on it. It's gotten better in the past year or two with the major OEMs and we're continuing to improve our relationships with them and the ODMs that build the hardware for them. It's a process of education, driver improvement, and QA that goes on largely out of sight of anyone not actively involved in the process, but it is happening. The good news is that this helps everyone, as the OEMs and ODMs are starting to think about this sort of issue throughout the design and production process rather than as just an afterthought.

Edit: Whoops, meant this to be a reply to joe_the_user
If you were sitting in Google's lobby (with permission) you would feel the need to ask permission before plugging in your laptop's power adapter?
Excellent! I did something similar with cooking videos. I need to upgrade to the full screen player.
http://www.recipepuppy.com/video
This is not really correct. As far as I understand the run a virtualization layer ontop of x86 that provieds these features. On would think that this is not worth it but there JIT and GC are so much better that it is worth it.

This however is not as easy to use as typing "ruby dostuff.rb" or something. You need to run a full virtuall OS.

I do really really hope that Intel does these Hardware changes it would help ever language with GC. (The OS would need to support that too but thats probebly a easyer then getting intel to add the feature)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2

Wow, no mention of android in tech specs???
Transit Treasure to launch loyalty program for users of public transportation
I know this is old news. I think the fact that Silk is using it (successfully?) attracted my attention. I dismissed it way back when I heard of it because of the same reasons.

But We have to agree that Amazon has very smart people, if they decided to use SPDY, then it is interesting to learn why they thought this was the best solution.

This paper obviously doesn't answer that. But in my quest to understand, I found this paper and thought it would be an interesting read for the people in HN who haven't read it.
If more developers would adopt this solution i would buy more games.
Some lessons learned
This is pretty much what I've been waiting for to finally migrate my project to Heroku. I know you've been able to unofficially run Python/Django on the stack for a while now, but a lack official support (even in beta form) was all that had been keeping me from taking the leap.
Flickr: Introducing Photo Session
Oh yes, this is about the only thing that annoys me about HN. I love the clean, simple interface. But the expiring continuations are... annoying. Like some enterprise systems that log you out after a few minutes of being idle (luckily, you don't have to reenter your password in this case :-)
How true. I had to buy a heap of textbooks recently, and had a discount coupon for B&N, so I decided to give them a try instead of just buying from Amazon as I had originally intended.

Bad idea. I saved about $75, but had to deal with billing errors, cancellation of part of my order, slow and overpriced shipping, and that cost me several hours of my valuable time. I was astonished at how poor the experience was.
My spouse doesn't want me to. Also, the current economy scares the bejesus out of me. I know what they say about a recession being a good time to start a company (and also that we are not officially in a recession ... yet). But with the US government threatening to shut down every couple of weeks, why would I leave an easy job with an essentially guaranteed six figure salary? Someday I will, I hope, but not today.
Yes, you're right - I'll delete my post.
Scala works on Heroku: https://github.com/lstoll/heroku-playframework-scala
So you've now attached your name to admissions of psychosis. I understand your motivations on some level, but I sincerely hope that you don't regret doing so in the future. You wouldn't staple your medical information on your business card, but I feel you've done just that here. Good luck, and I mean that sincerely.
It's not just building software, building companies is inherently fun. It's a different set of challenges problems that need to be solved.

It's ok that you have a different mentality, but understand that it's just that, a different mentality. Some people enjoy the hustle and bustle of building organizations more than lounging on tropical beaches for the rest of their lives.
Show HN: Stylate.com - Cheap, Brandable .COM's for Startups
A Professional Web Design Company Is What You Need
Did Amazon won the tablet war today? | Front Side Bus
True, and it is an annoying extra step.

Note to self: read article and comments thoroughly before commenting to avoid being redundant.
If I handed you an iPad wrapped in a tattered brown bag or in the most ornate wrapping, you’d be excited either way. However, I’d have to wrap a BlackBerry in money before you would get excited about it. The same is true of people. Some people are amazing on their own, and others are so lacking that they have to wrap themselves in suits and other accessories before people will even give them a second glance. Amazing people can wear a suit without fear, while lacking people clutch at their suits in dread that they will be exposed as frauds. Out of full disclosure, I have to admit I wore a suit and tie to my first phone screen.
I wonder if customers will care about the lack of privacy by default? http://bit.ly/oz2RZL
On topics where there's not many tweets (e.g. haskell), it's nearly impossible to tell that anything on the map changed at all. Perhaps the data also needs to be normalized?