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I'm all for such groups targeted exclusively for minorities, even if there were no longer any discrimination.

Suppose you're a member of minority M, looking to get into group G, which is dominated by members of group D, who are all significantly different in some very obvious way. Wouldn't you personally like a little reassurance from someone else in M who's made it in G, that you too can do well? It's just plain human insecurity. As a girl who takes a lot of CS classes, even though I never experience any hostility from the guys in the classes, it just feels a little weird. I certainly do feel more insecure. Like it or not, just because so many more guys are in these classes, girls form a stereotype of CS as being something for guys and not for them. They have to hear that message from a girl, a living counterexample, to shake that stereotype. Being outnumbered by guys everywhere does nothing but reinforce stereotypes.
I'll admit that I haven't personally taken such a class - sadly it's very unlikely I'll be able to do so.

I would find it very sad if that you described happened, though. I think a male point of view would be valuable on a discussion of an issue like proto-feminism, for example. The idea that someone would get shouted down from a discussion for having a dissenting point of view to me seems bizarre assuming they facilitate the discussion, but perhaps that's just me.
Also, you can wait for a notebook with a mobile version of Core i7, when Intel finally catches up with everything AMD has to offer (eg integrated memory controller).

Q2 next year?
Question: how do you plan on making things sync as effortlessly as they do on MobileMe? I'm sure it can be done - look at Dropbox - but do you have any ideas on how to beat something that's built in to the system?
Give it up dude, nobody cares that you disagree with his politics.

He would not have been awarded the prize if his work wasn't important regardless of his politics.
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I think most arguments for "diversity" are bullshyt. However, I can see how otherwise qualified female applicants might feel intimidated by an organization that is 95%+ male. Increasing the number of females in the program could therefore increase the average quality of the founder pool.

But yes, I don't see any worth in "diversity" for its own sake, unless we are talking about a diversity of skill-sets, knowledge, or something else worth talking about.
I definitely got this vibe from the proceedings as well. Especially from the Macbook video that is all Ive. It's sad to see him go but good to know that it will be a slow transition.
I definitely had a chuckle at the "fussy wife" comment. You might need to talk to her about priorities.... ;)

The application itself came across as very solid.. An impressive array of accomplishments, fairly clear idea of where to go, and a humble attitude. Well done!

Anyway, it seems a bit strange for you to be applying to a program like YC at this stage - you have staff, a large codebase, a large product. I imagine you're giving up equity not so much for funding, but perhaps the guidance of the YC team. If so, that seems reasonable, given what little I know about pg from his essays and startup school.

Good luck to the both of you!

Edit: But yes, as wheels mentioned, I believe pg requested applications not be posted, to avoid too much groupthink.
As far as I know, there's not organized, institutional way to verify an applicant's race. Schools pretty much take them on their word, with the understanding that they can rescind an offer at any time before the day of enrollment.
Where did you see the 25k / month figure? I'm intrigued...
People who like 17" screens were also not invited to the party.
Go to webhostingtalk.com and look on the colo hosting offers section. That will give you your lower-end pricing for colo space and bandwidth pricing.

Then add some kind of servers, I am partial to the Sun servers that have LOM (lights out management) or the HP ones that have iLO (same idea). This lets you connect to a service processor on the system, and lets you power-on/off/reboot it, control the BIOS, and even install the OS on it, remotely. You can get them used on eBay for $1000 to $2000 each.
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Are you sure your email address is not available on your profile -- even when a search engine finds your profile?
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Alaska glaciers grew this year, thanks to colder weather: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/53884.html
I have been there and done that. One thing you should at least consider is seeing if you can get some of your more creaky servers to run in a VM, you can run DOS in virtualbox and probably xen as well, you might be able to replace a number of physical machines with a single virtualisation box ( a pair if you are serious about availability ).

Going this route should save you energy and space. If you can replace a rack full of machinery with 1U of server and 2U of disk shelf, you are way ahead of the game.
Or Wowza; I've used it and it's great, though it's a pity it's closed source.
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It stretches the page.
the human brain has it's own ad block! cool! guess i won't be needing my firefox plugin anymore.
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I wonder if it's possible to solve this with something like a web of trust.
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I doubt you'd get 'shouted down.' The poster you're responding to never said anything like that. He (I'm assuming) suggested that you'd feel isolated, and have difficulty communicating your ideas in a way that makes you feel you're being understood.

This could happen (to a man in such a class, or to a woman in a male-dominated workplace) with no one shouting at anyone, or expressing any kind of hostility, or even really doing anything wrong. These are difficult problems.
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PG's actions imply that it's okay to discriminate on the basis of intelligence and ability. Here we probably all agree. This woman's actions imply that it's okay to discriminate on the basis of gender. If you don't have a problem with it, then would you also not have a problem with a society that excludes women?
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Summary: "We don't have a problem. What problem is openID trying to solve for us?"

Why are people still trying to push openID?
It's not society that's excluding anyone, it's one particular mentoring group.

I have no problem with all-male groups like the Freemasons, Boy Scouts, or fraternities.
I'm fine with affirmative action. But I like to keep the debate on topic. You need to remember that aa is not a goal in itself (I think so, anyway). On the contrary, it is damaging in itself. It may justify the ends, but in itself it's bad.

Just like having a 99% white male University is not bad in itself, it's a consequence of bad - Inequality in society. The goal of aa (should be) is to deal with that.

There is an inherent problem. We tend to gauge gender equality by things like the male/female exec ratio. That's fine. But then we try to improve equality by artificially equalising that. Ok..but we are getting into murky waters? How do we know if the underlying problem is solved now. The goal of such a program is not to be needed at some point in the future. When you're talking about minorities in schools etc. that can take a long time, but aa is not acceptable (to me) indefinitely.

There's also another type of aa*. EG the organisation believes certain staff ratios are good for corporate culture, good for morale, good to give an impression of equability etc. etc. That's a different kettle of fish. Completely different. The company/school may have rational economic reasons for this decision, but that is discrimination for utilitarian reasons. How would you feel if for the same reasons, the decision was made to hire all white males?
Ummm,no, display ads is still the dominant format for major advertisers who make millions of sales from banner ad traffic. Display ads may get lower CTR or conversion rate than search ads, but properly targeted display ads most definitely work.
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Well sure, since it's about Twitter. I just don't know if you can extrapolate and say Twitter will be this great platform for finding lost children.

I also suspect a real Amber Alert would be far more effective, since it notifies millions of people in the same region as the missing child, not a few thousand people scattered across the globe, most of whom who have no chance of helping.
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I meant a society, not the society. I should have used a different word.

The things you've listed are all-male for traditional reasons. If someone were to start an all-male group now (like, say, an all-male mentoring group), it would generally be frowned upon. I was just wondering if you'd frown upon it also.
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I have to echo these comments, given that my current company was founded in late 2001. The horrific job market for engineers in the valley over the next couple of years meant that we could assemble a first-rate team much more easily than we could have in, say, 2005, and it forced us to focus on controlling costs and building revenue sustainably rather than just trying to get huge and grab market share.

Another upside the article doesn't mention is that companies in a downturn tend to face less pressure from VCs to get big fast with no regard for long-term viability, allowing you to build your business for the long haul and focus on quality products and real revenue. At least that's been my experience, and I chalk it up to there being less of an arms race/land grab mentality, along with more of a realization that succeeding in this climate requires a solid business, not just a bunch of non-paying users or meteoric-yet-unmonetized growth.

The primary downside is that companies funded during a downturn tend to get far lower valuations for the same level of funding, giving up a lot more equity than they would in more exuberant times.
Can you give a citation for that?

Really interesting if true, thanks for sharing.
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"Their welfare depends on the usability and reliability of the product being mediocre or worse. "

Some shops have an attitude that is the opposite of "NIH" and "DIY", preferring to source existing experts instead of building in-house talent. There are few things that are easy in the edge cases, and fewer that are easy and worthwhile. With Hadoop, however, there is a lot of money to be made supporting the edge cases.

EDIT: I replied to a comment that has since been deleted? Neato!
Lol @ connecting new Apple releases and the Holocaust.
Don't worry aston, the News.YC audience is primarily white male libertarian (both right and left) leaning. Although it's a philosophically consistent position, I think it fails to recognize that there are deep inequities in society that the market/competition just cannot fix (and sometime the market sometimes exacerbates).
The most important tactile feedback of a button is not the spring of depression but rather the shape of the button itself. It allows you to constantly reset your bearings. When you're typing on a keypad, for example, you feel whether your finger is hitting the button square in the middle, or slightly to the left or right and adjust accordingly. You can look at the screen and type because of that.

Hell, you can probably type whole paragraphs with your eyes shut without erring. Without the feel of physical buttons, you'll inevitably drift one direction or the other. That's why BlackBerry typing is really so much better than the iPhone. When you have both in broad daylight and are staring at the buttons as you type, the difference isn't as noticeable. But on a Berry, you can text one-handed while driving (though I don't recommend it) while on an iPhone you'd slip up pretty fast. Or, more importantly, you can look at the screen exclusively as you type, as you would on a computer.

I'm not sure if this is relevant here though. Perhaps it will cause your fingers to drift upward when not looking? I really don't know.
The Philly On Rails group is a good place to start:

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For all the gents out there, please stop griping. We need more women in startups (seriously, have you been to the meat market parties after tech events?!).

Moreover, it'll give lonely male hackers more choice beyond the no talent Julia whatsherface-cant-get-back-my-15minoflife-after-reading-her-lameness-in-Wired, the designer and "community" chicks, the high-powered VC women, and the one or two technical female founders (re Leah Culver).

I've met some really talented technical women out there (see the women of Meebo) and I've learned a lot from just talking to them and giving them the leg up of YC, LB, or TS would be a good move.
I think he'll be around long enough for the new Newton.
I understand there are inequalities. The fact that most of us were born in the United States or certain parts of Europe puts us in the top 5% (higher? 1%?) of the world.

The inequalities between Americans is almost trivial compared to the inequalities found between rich and poor countries. And even though I still do it, that's why I feel so foolish complaining about anything
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Disclaimer: didn't [listen] to your videos cause the I/O board on my MBP is fried and audio output doesn't work.
I would like to see the following recurring problem fixed: when adding a comment, once one hits the submit button, the app just hangs, then displays a blank screen
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Working on Job Alchemist (meetings, Startuply, JobSyndicate, fundraising(??)). Trying to figure out how to get smart kids to work for startups and cool companies in general rather than for the man. Thankfully, the Wall Street meltdown will help, especially as it works its way into consulting. Get a real job, squares (or "suits," as fallentimes would say).

'Bout to lease some space at a pretty rad SoMa office loft, to be joined by Eddie of Picwing - what's his HN name?

Realizing it's way more fun when the odds are stacked against you.
I got the vibe too, however the product videos have always been mostly-Ive, and have never included Steve.
I don't like work stuff on Facebook...I just changed my profile pic to sign up for a "professional" event.
You do know that it's OK to have more than one email address, I suppose. But then, remaining unemployable probably has its upside too ;-).
I dont understand the terminology, but here is what I want to do,

I have a content deal with a popular event, and I want to make this event available on my site with as little delay as possible. I think this puts me into "streaming live video like on Ustream?" category?
Unfortunately, I think you missed your window. Apple dropped from ~180 to ~90 in the past month and a half. (It's been up a little over the past two days.)

If I weren't worried about completely un-diversifying my portfolio, I'd buy more now while it's cheap.
I'd think it kinda pointless and wouldn't participate myself, but no, I wouldn't frown upon it in a "should this exist?" way. People have a right to associate with folks they choose.

Edit: actually - I can't say that I wouldn't participate myself. Mentoring is mentoring - if I liked the people involved, I'd get involved.

I had no qualms when students at my college started a new all-male acapella group, or when they started "The Men's Project" (which, somewhat ironically, spent a lot of time discussing how to prevent violence against women).
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It's not really opposition, just uneasiness. I believe in voluntary associations, but I think it's a warning sign that it would be hard to form the "National Society of White Engineers" without seeming racist or a "Men in Engineering" group without seeming sexist, even if they accepted anyone who wanted to join. The National Society of Black Engineers, no matter how welcoming they may be in practice, just don't sound like they really want me to show up at their next meeting. And I'm pretty sure the Women in Engineering group at Caltech would have been pissed off if I or any other male Techers had crashed their parties...
Does anyone here have any experience using Flock? I started reading the comments after the article, and was disappointed to see how close TC's comments are to youtube's.

Absent any other data points, it sounds like it would go great with: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=325848 . At any rate it sounds like it's more relevant to the typical browser user than the Netscape Communicator suite was, so credit where credit's due.
You can do the same sort of chaining in Smalltalk, it can be confusing if you don't know exactly what's being returned of course.
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That made me laugh, but I don't think Facebook ever deletes anything. Ever. They just "disable" stuff.
Get those videos converted in to .flv format, put up on a webserver somewhere and point a flash video player to it, check this http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Player (when it's up)

like fooblahblah said, if you want want true proper streaming you'll need flash communication server or open sourced red5.

There are many more steps involved but that is the general idea.
Is sharing the stage an easy means of diluting the impact of stories about Steve Job's health?

Given the jittery stock market prices each time a Jobs health story is written, this seems like good business sense.

It will take some time to bring home the message to stock holders; Steve Jobs is not Apple, and Apple is not Steve Jobs.

It does not need to indicate Steve Jobs is leaving.
The boy scouts allow women it's just rare that one wants to join and there are lots of co-ed fraternities.
I don't understand all this talk about his health being a private matter. I sure wouldn't feel that way if I were an AAPL shareholder.
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> Possibly use a shared deluxe to host site on 1.2TB bandwidth a month, then all the storage and streaming of audio files from S3.

If you mean some kind of shared hosting, I would strongly advice against it. If you are looking at 50k - 100k users a month, you would need good amount of RAM and CPU to do stuff like re-encoding mp3 files (you will have to do this as flash does not support many kinds of mp3 files)

There is other stuff too .. atleast go for a VPS. We are hosted on one and the experience has been brilliant so far.
Well, the pattern isn't "random group of people get-together," it's "severe minority group get-together." Less of a warning sign and more of a general pattern. I think it makes a lot of sense to look for the familiar when you're surrounded by something that is somehow alien to you. And since the groups are often formed because of some exclusion (perceived or real), they're very rarely exclusionary themselves.

As a white male in tech, I can see how you might find it difficult to empathize with someone in that situation. Best sort of "imagine if" scenario would be if I dropped you in the middle of a foreign country and you looked around and realized that there were a few Techers there with you. You guys (and gals?) might have some beers together, and if anyone from Turkmenistanians wanted to join you, they could.
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You can do the same sort of chaining in any language with a method call dot operator...
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surely Flash dominated the whole market. But I am curious about the new 3D effect. Is it a new effect or support 3d model like what silverlight have already done? Actually, silverlight will never be a real competitor by its lack of cross-platform.
If you were an AAPL shareholder, nobody would be holding a gun to your head and preventing you from selling your AAPL stock.
>I don't see how sex matters when you're a business person, when you're programming, when you're building things.

Sex shouldn't matter, but how people perceive me due to my sex could have an impact on how I do things.

I know the following would make me sound like a really passive aggressive person, but I write some awful code when someone pisses me off. One time in school I had no choice over who to partner with, and my partner was this awful guy who told me explicitly that he didn't want to work with me because I was female. In the end I wrote most of the code anyway (all he'd provide is copy-pasted code labelled file1, file2, file3 etc. either cause he just didn't know how to do anything or it was just him being passive aggressive at being forced to work with me), but it ended up being the most obfuscated, profanity-laced code I had ever written. I spent quite a bit of time refactoring and deleting comments before submitting it.

I would never do that professionally (instead I go and rant on IRC or twitter for a bit to friends), but I can say I am sometimes tired of the sexism (just like you are tired of the double standard) and it affects me once in a while, and that certainly affects the work I do in myriad ways.
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This is a fascinating set of responses. For those men who don't see the need and therefore don't approve, I wonder why you are objecting? For those who see this as exclusionary, you might ask yourself whether an all white organization seems meant for and welcoming to a person of color, and then swap out gender and see what your response is. Just because women live in a world where most engineering cultures are set by men, that doesn't mean that everyone, women and men, are impacted by the lack of diversity and gender difference.
As someone who took a woman-founded team to TechStars (yep, and I'm not an engineer, either), we found a strong interest there in supporting many diverse types of teams as they also sought to support the strongest teams they could find that year.
I left a voice mail for Jessica Livingston letting her know that we were going to do this before we started it, and if I'd been more aware of the deadlines earlier, I would have reached out earlier and started it earlier. There are no factors except culture, comfort and class that make it neccessary for 98% of the applicants and teams selected for YCombinator--or any competitive program--to be male.
This mentoring effort, which I started with some friends, is meant to give women who qualify and want to apply some support that they may perceive as lacking in a program that, to date, has been almost exclusively male, as are most programs in the start up world.
Will this effort be exclusive to YCombnator? I think not. But you're our first noble experiment, and if you're reading this and are a woman who'd like mentoring or to support this, email us at pinkgaragementors@gmail.com
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That depends on how Windows 7 and IE 8 work things out.
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