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I don't think cost of living in either of those is going to match the US's any time soon.

Assuming that it contains enough of the right people & supporting services to build the right complexes, why not? How many of the bay area's mojo comes from people moving to the bay area for its mojo? They could go somewhere else.

Keeping it should be easier then building it.

But overall, the tech complex shouldn't be a whole lot more difficult to move then any other complex. I'd say moving the manufacturing complexes out of China would be harder.

A tech company can be anywhere really, as long as they have the people. the complex can scale down to one & still be useful. It's more useful as a complex, but still quite useful without it.

pg has some stuff on how to build a silicon valley (Take one cup of nerd, stir in a generous sprinkling of rich people & nerds, nice weather etc. etc..

I wonder how much of it is easier then he reckons. Surely there is some bias. The Auto manufacturing centres of US or Germany probably thought that they were impossible to move.

Why not start a startup on a SE Asian island? Could live comfortably on 15k per year (including home visits). Assuming you bring your people with you & they are willing to be paid in lifestyle. It might be appealing to certain people. Nice beaches.
as a math nerd: i approve.

as a pragmatist?
You can make a count of a collection of things and still have the count be infinite (i.e. countably infinite).
Awesome idea! One criticism: You should provide a button that allows people to select hiragana they already typed and have it processed into kanji. You might want to include a pure text mode and allow a non-realtime "compilation"
Hahaha. No.
I am wary of attributing things to 'overall culture' too much. It can be hard to tell what elements of culture are difficult to alter & which aren't.

As a case, I'd point to the fact that outside of India, many do not exhibit that sort of subordinate mentality.

I wouldn't bet against being able to create a work environment in India where that was all brought down to a manageable level.
Let's note that there is a difference (whatever it is) between happiness and fulfillment.
Is programming easier than ever?

You're right; I don't want to write scripts to rename a bunch of files in asm. Still, programming isn't easy, as evidenced by how few people there are to look up to in the field relative to the number of participants, many of them themselves somewhat proficient.

Our modern languages let us do things that used to be hard in just a few lines, but that just means that we imagine more ambitious projects - so ambitious, in fact, that we coin all sorts of terms like "Test-Driven Development," which is itself nothing more than a moniker for "We know that we're not going to get this right the first time, and even if we get it right later, we should frequently verify that something else doesn't break it." Yes - programming is so easy that changes far away still break things, and despite a lot of theories on modularity and the like, we still don't know how to do it in practice.

We all want to figure out how to write better software, but despite all of our languages and methods and collective experiences, we're still not very good at it. That last clause well describes something hard, not something easy.
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Exatly. We're often at a higher level of abstraction from the hardware now, but that doesn't mean our job is any easier; we're just tackling broader problems.
Perhaps you could use HTML5 client-side storage to speed up the conversion to kanji. Cache the most common right off the bat and every one after that.
I like the bit where he keeps on pointing out how essential the style of keeping the models simple and tractable was key to the vein of research.

this is a style that not enough folks actually focus on explicitly, at least from my range of experience
Humility
Response to "Reflections of a YC Dropout" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=330470

"Be humble" is bad advice. Humility isn't an independent trait like "smart" that means "self-critical." It's socially contextual that means "benevolently knows his place." For example, Jesus is the most humble man possible, yet he claimed to be God. Yet, a nerd is openly disrespected for merely claiming to be good at video games. Jesus was so humble that even him _existing_ was a sacrifice. Yet, a nerd is disrespected the more he tries to do anything, and nerds are notoriously self-critical.

So "humility" can't simply mean "self-critical." Yet, when one _tries_ to be humble, that's what one tries first. The result is arrogant people acting pathetic. When one _is_ humble, it's not self-criticism itself that matters, but the right amount of it.

There's something about "networking" that attracts people who try to be better and repels by people who are better. I don't know what it is precisely, but it's the difference between that and "networking" without the quotes.

And, there's something about "growing out of geeky" that makes one sensitive to that difference. Maybe the difference _is_ humility.

For example, I wrote this post in Paul-Graham-essay style. Does that make me less humble? It doesn't feel humble to post this. It makes me uncomfortable. But, saying that it makes me uncomfortable makes me more comfortable.
Why is this better than me right-clicking in any GTK text widget and selecting the appropriate input method from the drop down menu? (note that Firefox doesn't have that because it's not an actual GTK app -- it's only pretending. I'd say it's a better idea to fix Firefox though...)
Funny thing is, this is how Japanese people type in every day life. This is an amazingly useful tool that could potentially make a lot of money from companies looking to internationalize their web apps for Japanese typers who are not using Japanese typing software support.
Innate skill and intelligence are most definitely NOT, NOT pretty much the same thing. Check an English language dictionary.

salary.com? Please.

I wrote "on average".
This is just great.

I remember reading one of Gladwell's earlier versions of this argument -- I think it was a transcript of a talk, and it was all about Fleetwood Mac. I recommend trying to find that, too, because the Fleetwood Mac angle is really hilarious.

I don't exactly buy this dichotomy of his, actually. I think that trying to force all creative people into two categories is a futile exercise if you take it too seriously -- there are more than just two kinds of creative people. And, yet, I appreciate the explanatory value of the dichotomy approach, even if it isn't particularly accurate -- it's dramatic, it's easy for people to understand (folks like dichotomies -- would "Hot or Not" have been as popular if it had included "Hottish" and "Maybe" options?) and it serves the main goal: To throw a big, dramatic spotlight on the late bloomers, who otherwise tend to be entirely ignored. In other words, two isn't the right number of categories, but I do think it is better than one.
Seriously, I can't decide which is more impressive, his years of dedication to his writing or hers.
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The only issue that I have with it is size. Cabel basically wrote his own proto/jquery in the process of writing this so it's pretty big. I'd suggest to people who use proto/scripta or jquery to look for a lightbox that uses that lib and is much more manageable in size.
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There is a opensource implementation of Silverlight, called moonlight. It's even endorsed by Microsoft.

http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

Besides, making browser-specific web-site implementations is still bad, even though if browser is Firefox.
I was a bit less impressed as I found out more about his situation. She wasn't just paying for his writing, she was paying for him to be a stay at home dad and take care of all the mundane stuff that kept their family operating. It's impressive that she never questioned him or gave him a hard time, but it sounds like he was holding up his end of the bargain.
Projects are not necessarily more ambitious. In particular, people have vastly lower expectations for web apps than they do for desktop apps.
I think to be the "google" of anything, you pretty much have to be good at search. That's what I thought the comparison would be.

It's kind of like saying x is the Bill Gates of 1000. There are any number of things that could mean, but having more money than anyone else is the comparison that most would make. It's the one I'd expect most people to come up with.

Personally, I'd more closely relate it to Bell Labs, or Xerox PARC if I had to make a tech analogy. ie. they have someone to take care of the money, and all the associated stuff, and they just had to do heavy intellectual lifting, with no pressure to do things in a certain way, or be necessarily profitable, or directed.

But even that might be disingenuous, as I'm not sure what Cluny's hours of prayer have done for me, while Bell and PARC did incredible (tangible) things.
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There are literally hundreds of billions of dollars parked in cash that aren't doing much to increase productivity and improve human welfare. In short, there is a tremendous savings glut, with most of that money outside the US, mostly from sovereign wealth funds.

However, every day there hundreds entrepreneurs and startups that are being starved of any funding, large or small. There is a disconnect between all this money available and difficulty of startups to raise capital to bring new ideas into the economy and better society.

I realize many ideas brought by entrepreneurs are questionable, but there should be a better way to allocate capital than it is currently done.
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They were good at "organizing the world's information."
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It will be worth your time. Its kind of like Stephen Key's approach, but more for technology/products.

Often times first thing I want to do is jump into code, and it's the last thing you should be doing. Proving the market is critical, and the only way you can prove it exists (for most companies) is to fake sell.

When people tell you, I would buy it if it had this feature, they are often lying. Unless they are willing to pony up their credit card, you haven't solved the problem imho.
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Next up we hit Windows XP, which has served most of us reasonably well since 2001. It sounds sort of cool, it’s catchy, and we have no idea what it means.

I thought it was commonplace knowledge within the geek community that XP was short for "eXPerience"?

If he is going to go on a long rant commenting on the name of different Windows-releases, he should at least know the topic he is talking about ;)
When I say fake sell I mean do the transaction then provide a refund.

In my opinion it's the ethical thing to do, not just for you but for your users. Why bother creating a product if it's never going to get traction in the market? You won't be able to afford to support it well, and it won't develop into a great business unless you get significant revenue. This is more unethical for the users, as you'll have to fold or let is stagnate. Why risk it?
Yeh I couldn't agree more. Most women would've given up on the idea and booted their men out to go find real jobs, but not Sharie, she funded him year on year, including the multiple trips out to Haiti. She must've thought he was seeing another woman all those times, but she had the faith and stayed strong.
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(for your startup, for mankind, for fun, etc...)
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I'm not sure you understand what computer science really is. Perhaps you are thinking of software engineering.

It varies by university, but my program was approximately 75% theory courses and 25% practical (programming, give or take) courses. This seems to be a common misconception among the uninformed. While there is some coding in select theory classes, it is limited to POC implementations.
Most mid to upper level practical courses (attempt to) teach about exterior factors in programming such as team management, testing, and workflows.

To say that programming is easier than ever is a naively sweeping statement. There may be truth in some aspects such as increased communities around languages, advancements in frameworks, and pushes for better tools and documentation, but the basis of programming has not changed. If anything, it has broadened and become more complex.
are there really that many good ideas that are unfunded?

i think the advent of these seed watering ventures like Y-Comb and Techstars, the industry is getting the saturation it needs.

maybe instead of just seeding startups, someone needs to work the other side and convince venture to invest. squeeze both ends and they meet in the middle kind of deal
He needs a hug.
I've spent quite a long time in academia (I'm a former academic) and I am well aware about the difference between software engineering and computer science.

The point though is this: the typical web 2.0 app is really easy to build.
When I said "fake sell" I was meaning using it to prove a market. The process is as follows:

1. Create mockup/demo/realistic brochure/non-functional physical prototype
2. Go to your target market. Count number of targets
3. Try to sell them the product at the target price
4. Once they hand over their credit card etc, just hand it back.
5. Tell them thanks very much for their support, but this was a test so you can make sure the market wants the product, if they want we can contact them when/if the product is ready.
6. Do your stats. What proportion of the target market you sampled bought the product. Extrapolate to the estimated population to get an idea of how many units you can sell.
[rinse and repeat to make your product more attractive to the market]

It's the only way I have ever heard of turning a snake-oil, soothsayer business plan into one that can statistically show the uptake of your product in the market.
well, in this case i've only met them from my role as a ui designer who's been called in because of a need for ui design. that said - you're very right - given the circumstances, they were the closest position to a ui designer that these companies had. and they do tend to think more about the users than most other roles. their focus was though was on a traffic funnel with a rhythm dictated by crawlers, not the all of general interest. in companies with a strong editorial culture, these people are closer to the literal language of a site & copywriting than us diagrammers. they care about interaction design, but only as long as it's not annoying & isn't something the crawlers would have a problem with. i can't imagine it working in smaller companies with the same dynamics, nor do i think it would work well as a consultancy - but it some cases, it fits the given context extremely well.
I would secure access for longer than a week:

./john /etc/shadow
i view being humble as being receptive to input, whether it is constructive criticism or disparaging condemnation. being strong is what you do with that from there onwards.

adapt and overcome, a good proposition to live by
this is my favorite quote, from the "Be Silly" section:
"If you want to publish a paper in economic theory, there is a safe approach: make a conceptually minor but mathematically difficult extension to some familiar model. Because the basic assumptions of the model are already familiar, people will not regard them as strange; because you have done something technically difficult, you will be respected for your demonstration of firepower. Unfortunately, you will not have added much to human knowledge."

be silly. do something completely different. the normal ideas that techcrunch spits out day after day are played out, do something revolutionary.
de-pixelate censored images?

...what, no?
It's apparently okay for folks to rent two weeks a year and okay for someone to rent to said folks. Yet it's unacceptable for someone to own and use two weeks a year.

However, a huge fraction of the "stay there two weeks a year" folks try to rent the other weeks. So you distinguishing between folks who try to rent a secondary house all but two weeks a year and folks who try to rent a secondary house all but two weeks a year.

That seems a bit subtle. Perhaps you can elaborate.
Maybe the idea has permeated more of our culture than we think. The way this posting represents this experiment, the whole emotional aspect, reminds me of the final chapters of Neuromancer.
While ext3 with some tuning has done me proud for a long time, it is really exciting to see stabilization in these advancements.

Having used ZFS extensively in Solaris enviroments, I can say whole-heartedly that I cannot wait for COW, snapshots, and inbuilt striping and mirroring in the mainline kernel someday.
Your observation is for the most part correct, but your attributing it to the caste system is typical western stereotype.You say you were in Chennai- Chennai is in the state of Tamil Nadu which has the one of the lowest populations of Brahmins in India - they are less than 1% of the population and the majority of employees in sw companies are not Brahmins. On the other hand if you had said that if this slavish attitude is due to being subjected to outside rule (the Brits and before them the Mughals) it might make more sense.

Overall I agree with your observations, especially "they'll follow you right into hell".
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I'm still not getting this.
51 issues a year for $80 equates to $1.57 an issue. this does not seem expensive at all.
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The point though is this: the typical web 2.0 app is really easy to build.

Saying that and saying programming is easier and it is making CS departments less relevant are very different things. In accodance with that, building a web 2.0 app may be easy, but building a good web application takes as much skill and talent as ever. Standards change.
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No, because famously humble people were entirely unmoved by "input." Again, Jesus is considered to be the _most_ humble person in Western civilization, yet did he ever accept "input?" Never. Other archetypal humble figures like Gandhi and Lincoln were also famous for stubbornly persisting in their innate correctness despite "very strong constructive criticism."
Frameworks get better all the time. For example, building a scalable web app is now much easier with the google app engine.
Still depressed that this statist shill, who can't go two sentences without contradicting human reason, won the "nobel" prize. For an example of a man who actually improved human welfare, see the first physics recipient,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen
That's the point of the post: the newspond interface sacrifices usability for beauty.
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The startup climate has been and still is changing for a multitude of reasons, and funding is changing along with it. Agencies like YC make the barrier to entry lower for a lot of companies. This is not to say that it is easy at all, but good ideas/teams/people coming to the surface is getting more and more common when compared to the past.

Look at mattmaroon's slides that are on the front page right now. They outline a lot of problems and why they occurred. People are understanding what goes well, what doesn't, and why.
Entertaining video, but in the end, giving a few more details about Cappuccino might have been more worthwhile than the anecdotes. As it is, I only took away that yet another framework claims to solve all my problems. Not very convincing.
"I'm happy with waiting 20 or 30 years and seeing how Krugman's research does. Are you? Or do we have to settle this now for once and all?"

The awards committee cited papers Krugman'd written in 1979, 1981 and 1991 as the basis for their decision.

You can be certain Krugman had such great ideas because his work has been widely cited by other Economists and has been recognized through awards such as the Nobel.

That we're still debating Keynes and Smith only further indicates the far reaching impact of their work.
" russians can't exist without dictators, indians can't get by without brahmins."

I can see you don't over generalize or stereotype people!
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No. The newspond interface is an ugly interface because "beauty" in design is about understanding the content. Newspond's creator shows no understanding of information design.
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