skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Coke is almost 100% a branding company. The sugary water distribution and manufacture is franchised in most territories.
you should know your market and have good predictions of uptake before you start coding ...
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Car analogies?

Well, I pose you this question:

Would you rather have a car that runs into a wall and explodes and kills everyone inside or no car at all? The car is like using car analogies on Slashdot and not having a car is like not using car analogies on YC.

In conclusion and in summary, go back to Slashdot. KTHXBAI.
How many souls of Sequoia interns went into this?!?!?
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If the USA is entering a recession, how come the dollar is now recovering relative to the euro? Can anybody explain it?

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=EUR...
I personally prefer Courier (although 11-12 points is excessive IMO). It's available in most systems, it's perfectly clear with or without ClearType and it has fixed width. Perfect.
Ask YC: How did you pop the question? (to your co-founders)
There's a friend of mine that I think I'd really like to have on our team, specifically as an exec. I've known him for years, he's already got one startup under his belt (as a founder) and he's got a good head for business.

I'm debating how to pop the question. I asked my current co-founder via email, since I knew we'd see each other that day and wanted to give him some time to think about it. How'd you guys do it? Any particularly funny / successful / horrible experiences?

Edit: I should have been more clear in the original post based on some of the replies: We're already several months in and in beta, so we're not at the "I have an idea"-phase, but still pre-money. This is someone I'd like to come in since I think he'd round out the experience that the two of us have.
Just ask. Be direct and don't tip toe around the subject. Realize that it will be a hard (but rewarding/learning) experience.

Make sure you have founders agreement and a way to settle disputes so that friendships aren't destroyed.
I've always preferred the bicycle analogy: MyISAM is like a bicycle with no brakes. It goes real fast down hills, unless something goes wrong.
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The market would find a way around it.

Also bear in mind that a corporation's only purpose is to make money for its shareholders. By eliminating short term wins you're interfering with that area.
Because Europe is entering a recession too. Given that both are sinking boats it is probably just equalizing from the previous run to the euro in the previous months when this looked like it might be a USA only thing.
If he's a good friend, he no doubt knows about your startup/venture already. If not, start by giving him the details and presenting some of your challenges.
I'm guessing that he will have lots of ideas and solutions, and will even follow up after your conversation with more thoughts.

If he does, then mention that you'd love to explore him coming aboard. Seems to me you should be selling your vision and getting _him_ to bite.
I don't think it should be illegal to seek short term wins. Unless perhaps they qualify as gambling, but even then I am not sure that gambling should be illegal (really don't know).
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These guys are too late, the Russians have a bid in for a couple of billion Euros (4 or 5 I believe).
Thanks. So is there any currency that is going up relative to both euro and dollar? Just curious.
Verizon kills the SMS market singlehandedly
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There was one time that I forgot to specify an index on a table in SQLite and I ran into locking issues with relatively light load. So indexes, where applicable, are a good thing.

Also, you can consider sandwiching several updates between BEGIN and END. I've discovered this dramatically improves performance. You just query "BEGIN" to start, execute your updates, then query "END" to process them.
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I'm up 18 lbs in 4 months.
That's a great summary of the macroeconomics that led to the current situation. I'm a bit surprised Sequoia went into that much detail, but they've got some great advice for their CEO's at the end. (Get cash-flow positive!!)
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Hint: if you have easy internet access and can speak english even though it is not your first language, you do not live in a zombie apocalypse.
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The underlying issue is the lack of shareholder-oriented corporate governance.

The executive bonuses are one of the symptoms of that.

Alcoa has 107K employees and is considered well-run, the CEO gets about $8M per year. Verizon, a huge 228K employee company - the CEO gets under $6M per year.

Compare this to Nardelli at Home Depot - under his watch they screwed up and allowed Lowe's to come in and take over a big profitable chunk of the market, among other mis-steps. Nardelli walked away with some $240 million in compensation along with a huge severance package.
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i was like "hey, you want to start a company?" that worked pretty well.

or ask him for help coming up w/ a business plan. by the time you're done, he has a sense of ownership over the idea and is [hopefully] excited about it.
Just be direct and honest! Something like "You know, I always wanted to start a company and do something exciting. I think we would make a terrific team and would like to hear your opinion." Good luck!
Is it really better than Google Alerts?

I think the problem with this kind of services is that you want to follow a topic, but the information out there is still too much and there is too much redundancy. Does Pressflip solve this somehow?
I asked them to accompany me to the beach and sat there with them, trying to get the nerves to pop the question. They knew it was coming, and after fumbling around like an idiot for a little bit, I spoke the words

I've noticed lately, that you've been lagging at work. You feel empty inside, and the
work you're doing is meaningless. I feel it too, but I also feel that together as a
team, we can make something. We can be something, and we can take over this damn world
and keep a portion of the profits. We can fix things--together. So, I'm asking
you...will you start-up with me?
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I just love the new Microsoft Consolas font that comes bundled in Windows Vista. "Pragmata" is also a very nice and professional font that is a bit expensive though, and misses support for many languages other than english.
For me, the definitive feature that distinguishes a simple monospaced font from a font adequate for programming is the slashed (or dotted) zero that separates it clearly from capital "O".
"Many will turn to emerging markets such as India and China."
That assumes they have access to credit and loans to extend their hiatus. :)
Oh well, over here in the UK it's way more expensive than that, and has always been so.

And the SMS services industry in the UK is absolutely thriving! Let me see... there's... SMS ringtones... SMS porn... that's about it I think.

Yeah, ok, fair enough, "kill" is not an exaggeration.
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I'd suggest getting together for some social (basketball, a drink, playing cards... whatever you guys do) and have a casual conversation. Never be too keen to let others know what you're thinking. Once you've been hanging out a little while, start bouncing the idea. As in discuss the business opportunity and see how excited he gets about it - without actually mentioning that you'd like him to join.

You know that he's got skills you need, but does he want to be involved? You can test this by just floating enough information for him to have to work a little to get more out of you.

This could then lead to a passionate, enthusiastic conversation and result in the outcome you want. If he doesn't take the bait, maybe offer a little more, but ultimately I think it means he wouldn't be right for the team - lack of burning desire.

We always appreciate most the things we've worked hardest for :)
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The yen: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=JPYUSD, http://finance.google.com/finance?q=JPYEUR
I find it fascinating that just a couple of slides have data for this year. Should this financial mess be a "surprise" at all? Just the chart of home values should have been a clue:

http://www.1stmillionat33.com/posts/06-09-12/house_his.gif
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If only in killing it they would inadvertently spur the development of an alternative... It seems to me that there are almost enough smart phones on the market that an alternative (free) messaging protocol could get a foothold, and if it gained traction there the mobile service providers could no longer ignore demand for cost-free messaging.

This is probably just wishful thinking though. :(
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"It will take time. Months. My long term goal is 80 lbs."

Do you mean losing 80 lbs or getting that thin?
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OK, we did a brute force change of making everything Arial while we work out the "Lucida on Mac/Arial on else" stuff. Maybe we'll keep Lucida out forever, who knows?
the smart firms and angels will realize that startups are still where the market is strong. 700 billion in bailout is going to be the ultimate "throw good money after bad" and it's going to be up to new ventures to fix the market after this downturn.

if there ever was a time to invest heavily and wisely, this would be it. not just to profit, but to repair morale and inspire confidence.
2010: hardware version of these appears in glasses, adjusting what you see in real-time. alcohol consumption drops 40%, prolonging the lives of millions. Huge population boom occurs. 1-10 scale of attractiveness now goes to 11.

2020: global warming forces us to walk around naked. the glasses become mandatory. 40% of all software engineers now employed as virtual fashion/body engineers. Linden Labs is the larget corporation in the world.

2050: the glasses are now implants and control all sensory input; a few hackers then find out that for the last 10 years everyone has been eating slimy green algae and living huddled together in a giant pit, with the rest of the planet free of humanity -- all Earth's troubles was fixed in software -- controlled by small group of Python hackers.

For an actual great story in similar lines about perception and reality, (I hope I don't spoil too much), read Stanislaw Lem's "The Futurological Congress" -- http://www.amazon.com/Futurological-Congress-Memoirs-Ijon-Ti...
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Doom? Looks more like a countdown to something. While most major corrections since 1929 have occurred on 4/1, 7/1 or 10/1, this one dropped out on 10/09/08. Hmmm, let me guess, the Dow's bottom is at 7,654.

We are currently at T minus 8 and holding . . . our breath.
The logo's a stylized variation on the button from the NES controller.
So, this is what "uncov" is about?

Next they will offend apple, then linux, just to get clicks?

I'll be burying you wherever you go, you betcha.
Startups begging big media for buyouts?
I've used this service once and had a great experience. I needed a logo, had little/flexible requirements, and offered $300. Once my partner and I decided on a design we liked, we checked out the designer's profile and saw all the contests he won in the past, all his submissions, etc. They were all quality - the real deal and not just another guy with a pirated copy of Photoshop. We then contacted him with some minor requests and he made the changes within hours of our email. This process continued for the duration of the contest and it was nothing but a good and easy experience. End result - we got a great logo we love.

Feedback is key to this process! And definitely check out the designer's profile and his other submissions. It's a good way to see their style and if it matches your tastes. Also a good way to see if they just submit a generic logo and just modify the text for each contest they enter.
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no no no. this is way more complicated than a space elevator. 2000 km long?

novel concept but would not work in practice
Kind of an exaggerated headline. They might be killing the market for bulk messaging by businesses to users, but not the whole SMS market... the majority of which is user-to-user and already more expensive than 4 cents per SMS.
I find it difficult to believe that these guys didn't see this coming at least a year ago; their own data from a year ago certainly points in that direction. So, why are they presenting the doom deck now?

The VCs I have met were talking about a serious downturn over 16 months ago and I've known for at least 4 years that the real estate bubble was going to cause a lot of problems. I think lots of people saw this coming. So, why did we have to get to this point before getting such sober advice? Seems odd to me.
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Duplicate of the one just above?
It wouldn't very well be hacker news if it were submitted by non-hackers, huh?
I don't think that's a bad way of going about it, just that it might not always be applicable. Some people go into business because they like business and see an opportunity, even though they may never use the product themselves. So they can't design it for themselves, because they wouldn't use it, and wouldn't know how it is used, or the best way to use it (such as a medical device company or something along those lines). So someone who has a great idea but is not a likely customer will have a lot to gain by going out and asking what real customers want and expect and what they would pay.
I enjoyed thinking about the scenario, but I must be missing something. By not revealing the conversations between the gatekeeper and Yudkowsky, the test seems less like a simulation and discussion of a possible future and more like a magic trick.
have you read the black swan? graphs can be made to explain everything. after the fact.
I think the Swiss franc was up a bit too. But don't get your financial advice from Hacker News.
You couldn't get anywhere near the size of Facebook on SQLite. Even a FogBugz or BaseCamp type of application on SQLite could be problematic if you are doing lots of writes.

The driver you use to connect to the database is also very important. If I'm not mistaken the PHP driver was pretty terrible a while back. It may be better now. It didn't handle the locks well which sometimes resulted in deadlocked queries with only a handful of users.

Personally, I wouldn't run any multiuser application doing a significant number of writes on SQLite except during early development. I think where it really shines is when you need a lightweight embedded SQL database without the hassle of having to install something extra. Think Amarok or something similar.

I ran Trac on SQLite for a while. Setup was a breeze and performance was reasonable with 3 or 4 users, but a switch to PostgreSQL was a night and day improvement.

If you're set on using an embedded database you might want to check out Firebird or H2. I haven't used Firebird myself, but I have had excellent results with H2. You have the flexibility to use it a few different ways - embedded vs. server mode and in-memory vs. disk storage - and it is very compatible with MySQL syntax so it's useful as a drop-in replacement.
In my mind, Python's most important data structures are its set, tuple, dictionary, and list. While they are no more powerful than what you can find or make in Java, they are extremely convenient to use. Note that Norvig solves both problems exclusively using these structures.

Norvig's sudoku solver is using depth-first search and backtracking, implemented in the function "search". I'm not sure where you are getting the idea that it is simultaneously using many more boards than the search depth.

Google could well be using every clever trick you can think of to implement their spelling corrector, but I think you're overestimating the value of tracking user variations over multiple searches. It's highly unlikely that someone searched for "Pauel Garahum" in the past, then corrected it to "Paul Graham". Likewise, you can search for "brootnenny spars" and it comes up with a good suggestion. More likely, they are using the search frequency as an indicator of correctness (P(c) in Norvig's article) and coming up with a better error model (P(w|c)), probably using phonetics as you proposed earlier. And once you have this, you don't really need to go through the effort of correlating search variations.

It is, however, well-known that Google tracks the links that people click on and uses this information to improve search rankings. They may well be tracking whether or not the user clicks on results and using this fact to improve their estimate of the correctness of the search.

...And I'm not sure if you know this, but the reason Norvig specifically mentions Google's spelling correction is because he is Google's Director of Research. He didn't "not realize" that Google could be using search results to improve spelling correction; he intentionally left stuff out because the article is only supposed to be an introduction to spelling correction.
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There is an old quote that the market can stay irrational far longer than you can stay solvent. I keep hearing "Doom" but for the most part the stock market seems to be at a fairly rational level right now. Most stable companies P/E is back around 10, and companies in unstable market's or those that lack real profits are taking a beating.

As an example the P/E on DryShip's is has a P/E of 1 right now but it's a risky market and it's unlikely they will be anywhere near as profitable this year as last year. It's still I reasonable long term buy but who knows. On the other hand Pepsi and IBM are both extremely stable both on the business side and in their stock price.
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Find your next web development job locally. Get out and network with your local business community. It's a lot more effective than competing on SitePoint or Elance with 20 'offshore' firms on a 100 hour project for a measly $500.
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Monday morning quarterback always knows what's best.

They simply did not know (no matter what they say now) and were too busy cashing out at the height of the boom.

Now, they want to buy up assets and it benefits them to push valuations lower.
I live in Switzerland. The CHF went down relative to the dollar over the last two weeks.

And no, HN is not my source of financial advice. Actually, I do not have any source for that.
No "best of class" publication tries to operate under such an edict. It's absurd when you think about it. The Wall Street Journal breaks some killer stories, but also reports on all of the day's news. If they didn't no one would subscribe, they'd wait to hear about the exclusives from someone else who provided all the news. More over, these publications practice actual journalism and go get the news instead of waiting to be briefed by some web 2.0 jack ass "exec".
Let's hope the shit won't hit the fan.