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This is pretty incredible, didn't realise how big of a jump there was. You can see that the 4 has a highly capable camera but the 4S is even better.

I'm a 4S owner and can definitely see that it's better. Obviously you could say Camera+ want the iPhone camera to get better as their photos will be better and they'll sell more apps but at the same time it's impressive.
Isn't selection bias a problem with this thinking?

It may be, although in my experience 9 - 9.5/10 startups, when measured from concept to death, fail to exit. And many of those were pursuing an idea that clearly wasn't as special as they thought it was for what ever reason (could be early, could be silly, could be too complex)

But to be a startup you have to accept those odds.
> A feature is something that really belongs or can easily be built into something that already exists.

Such a loose definition that really can be bent to fit whatever point you want to make.

Forbes is a feature not a product, Apple could provide the content themselves and people would just get it on their iPhone, who needs a seperate company creating it?

Gmail is a feature not a product, it belongs in your phone's operating system or in a product such as MS Office.

Realistically feature vs. product is subjective, it is entirely down to whether users want to use a seperate service on an integrated one.

To move away from the web startup world, how about satnav systems as an example. We all know they can be built into cars, and that's been happening for a while, and for those cars that have them, it is certainly a feature of the car. That hasn't killed the companies selling dedicated systems, such as TomTom.

Or for computer hardware, speakers are really just a feature of your computer, not a seperate product, yet people still buy speakers that aren't a part of their PC, just connected to them.

Both these examples, it is possible to get them as features rather than products, but the demand for standalone products has kept them in existance.
This generation will likely be different. Nikon will probably announce the D4 early next year, and the D800 very soon.

If a 5DmkIII arrives early next year then both the full-frame series for each company will be updated.

1dx seems pretty evolutionary, it is likely that the D4 will also be similar.
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Also, why don't they mention Sencha Touch or jQuery Mobile?
I had the same reaction "This is cool, but why do they need my phone number just for an ebook download?" I went ahead anyway, but it definitely struck me as odd.
Can HN do this too?
Apple doesn't really market themselves as a luxury brand. Compare a Mac ad to a Lexus ad, for example.

What you're describing isn't luxury. Having a product where "functionality is clear and straightforward" isn't luxury, and it isn't art. It's good engineering.
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Hah not trying to argue for anything based on the anecdote, just using it to suggest that the premises of the study might not be all that realistic. It's easy to get caught up in the result of an official sounding study which may actually be ill-conceived.
Amazing for sure.
Watch all the tech companies leave Ireland due draconian European laws.

I don't understand, why all law must be proactive. Let people try and experiment, let norms evolve. Why must we prelegislate things, wait until facebook or someone else starts doing horrible things before passing a law.
I've skimmed it. My point is that, if the source code of Stuxnet is available on the Internet, anyone could have created Duqu.
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I'm glad that you're receiving all this praise because of your exceptional product, and not just because you're a girl ;)
I also bought it, and didn't have a problem entering my information assuming it was for billing reasons. Then I see the paypal option which was a huge turn off, but understandable since it's a new company.

I actually disliked the entire check out process. Database connection errors, failed to accept a strong password (randomly generated and including symbols) and failed with an uninformative error requiring me to navigate back to the checkout process and re-enter all my information. Then I check my email and my user name and password have been sent back to me. Everything about the site is great until you get to the checkout process which is really clunky.
I should have been a little more careful with my phrasing. Your site fits the description of a content farm. It looks and smells like one.

My reference to Wikipedia was to the quality of their articles.

I know they're not exactly the same thing, but look at these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206_Honus_Wagner

http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/t206-wagner-card...

All your content appears to be about this thin, and you have tens of thousands of pages like this. That's what a content farm looks like to me and Google.
Just point your dns cache to an instance of tinydns that is configured to be authoritative for fb's domains.
Here in Japan, risk is extremely frowned upon. As a result nothing innovate comes about. Only minor improvements over the existing design.

A lot has been written about the cultural views of risk/failure and why nations like the US are kicking butt over Japan and India where you're not allowed to fail.

Japan has shown that it can stage a comeback when the nation as a whole can no longer deny it has been defeated and must reinvent itself to move forward. It happened after WWII and will likely happen in another 10 or 20 years if things continue the way they have.
He cited it himself in two other papers :/

As far as crackpot symptoms, it looks like he's a biblical literalist too!
This is an article professing love for a specific library in a given language. Move along, nothing to see here.
Why would you pay for what they happily offer for free?
For anyone interested in AGDA, I found this [0] paper really helpful for getting my head around dependent typing. I sort of doubt that dependently typed languages are ever going to catch on, but they embody some seriously cool ideas about how to verify program correctness.

Also, AGDA has probably the most flexible syntax for defining function fixiness, letting you easily define new "syntax":

if_then_else_ : {A : Set} -> Bool -> A -> A -> A
if true then x else y = x
if false then x else y = y

[0] http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~ulfn/papers/afp08/tutorial.pdf
I love easy-to-engage sites like this. I have long-time java dev team members that I've been encouraging to learn ruby. This makes it easy to invite them in and give them a taste. Array manipulation alone should be enough to pique interest.
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Solid list of speakers, thanks for putting this together YC team! Is there a Google Doc of everyone that is planning on attending?
You have to go back to the site and log in, then click on your account link. The download link can be found there
That's just common sense. I am not encouraging dishonesty, but I think you would be a fool to expect funding and not answer that question in this way. I actually assumed that question is in there just to weed out applicants.

Edit: More specifically, the "If we don't fund you, will you do it anyway" question.
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To what extent is this just a property of Paxos that lacking delete synchronicity can cause data unavailability or differing levels of data availability? Moreover, how would affect the Paxos read/write synchronicity? Would you have to disable read caching on the geographic layer?

I'm sorry but this seems like a huge ignorance on the part of you on how DSes are designed. These issues are important.
I had that happen to me. Just wait a sec and retry. It will work if you do this.
Hey Sean, great startup! You know how I know a great startup when I see one? When I immediately think "Holy crap, I should have started this!" :P
You guys should really add custom WP theme support, but other than that, great going. Good luck!
I just realized there's an app for zip files on the iPad (which I don't have). I already unzipped them on my PC and emailed them to myself. Ignore my nitpick! And thanks for the resource - it looks like it is going to be a great help to me.
You're not going to be able to simply upload a PDF and search for text using the raw file data. It's not readable. You're going to have to either use a tool to extract embedded text, or perform OCR on the document if it's image-only. A really good tool, that I have used before, is called Aspose. If you are allowing users to upload these PDFs, you'd also need some sort of distributed task queue, because performing the PDF file operations is not something you want the user to have to wait on. I've used RabbitMQ for this, and haven't had many issues. Once you have OCR'd the document and extracted the text, then you can store the text as well as the native document in a database like MongoDB. You would maybe even benefit from using a full-text search engine, like ElasticSearch.
As a future feature, it would be nice to be able to specify year ranges, like 1967-1969 along with model, say Camaro, in addition to just the make. Kind of like eBay motors search tool.
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As an iPhone 3G owner I feel about this photo just like how I feel about my iPhone: not surprised. 3GS was the phone that started opening doors.
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Crap! I didn't bother creating an account when I checked-out :(
Sholay:The Greatest Films in the History of Indian Cinema 
Sholay is a Hindi film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood. The story revolves around a village naSholay (August 15, 1975) hindi moviemed "Ramgarh" which is situated near Chambal. Thakur Baldev Singh (Sanjeev Kumar) residing in the village is the ex-policeman. There is a decoit named Gabbar (Amjad Khan) who is always trying to harm the villagers. Thakur wants to bring an end to Gabbars story thats why he calls the two criminals named Veeru (Dharmendra) and Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) to the village to help him. Thakur wants to take the revenge as his two sons, daughter, elder daughter-in-law and his only grandson were killed by Gabbar. Now Gabbar is in plans to attack Ramgarh on Holi. But fortunately Veeru and Jai manage to knock the decoit down after lot of difficulties. And finally Gabbar is taken by the police and arrested. But the other end of the film is Gabbar actually dies as he he is kicked by the spiked shoes of Thakur. And this way Ramgarh gets free again.holay is definitely much more than a movie. It was a real blockbuster.
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Ask HN: CS Major or CS Minor
Here's my situation: I'm currently a senior at a well-regarded state university on the east coast. Currently, my major is History, though I've taken enough classes that I could get a CS minor and graduate on time. To complete a CS major, it would be another full semester, jam-packed schedules for the rest of my time in college, and probably multiple courses over the summer.

Complicating the matter is that I've received a job offer to work as a web developer doing exactly what I want to do, at a place I could see myself working for 5+ years or more, with a really great team, in the location I want to live, and at a salary that is more than competitive for the area. It is the same place I interned with last summer, I know them well, and it's probably the only place I really, really want to work.

Problem is that it starts after I am supposed to graduate next May. I do not know for sure if the job will still be waiting for me--they're essentially waiting for me for this entire year, and I don't feel good about adding 8 months on to the time when I can accept the job. Cost of classes/living expenses isn't a factor--thankfully, my parents saved too much for college, and have extra money lying around for this very purpose.

So, here is the question: does the eventual payout of a major in CS rather than a minor in CS outweigh the potential cost of not getting this job offer?
This actually scares me a lot about dropbox. I've had clients share very sensitive documents and code via an emailed dropbox link. If you are in charge of security, dropbox is a data-loss prevention nightmare. It's too easy to share things. I can only imagine what kind of IP dropbox has access to.
Don't worry about it, Siri.
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Several of the companies will probably be "give us your resume" types, but several will also have 10-15 minute discussions with you based on my experience. You should be able to hit more than 6 in 2 hours, more like 10-12. There will probably not be any interview scenarios.
"Why is this not a 'just don't use the service if you don't like it' deal?"

Because that's the law in Europe (according to the complainer). It doesn't matter that you're free to not use the service, the law says that if you do use it you have certain rights.

You're free to not use any service anywhere in the world. But if you do use a service in some jurisdiction, that service is subject to the law in that jurisdiction.

Facebook, being Big Boys (TM), must follow the law of the land. If they do business in Europe, that law (it seems) will be more favorable to consumers than they're used to here. Tough.

Personally, I think they'll get away with it. Corporations are becoming their own law. Facebook may have made that calculation too.
And assuming they could (despite your arguments against) determine the method of monetization on a site

I can assure you that that they cannot do this accurately. You would be amazed at the scummy business models that openly advertise on Google and are not caught. It would be incredibly difficult to do so as some of them are downright ingenious (one example: free software that updates your drivers.)

It sounds to me that you are positing some type of magical technology that doesn't exist predicated on Google's seeming omniscience. Of course, I am eager to stand corrected...?
Strippers and blow.
Hyperlinks don't belong in some of your documentation
As long as enough people are willing to pay for the 'feature' I'm sure that the dropbox founders don't care too much what people call it :)
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It's far from obvious. Perhaps you missed the part where he involuntarily left the company?
Love the changes. Whether or not there's a lack of a good mime library in any given language it's always good to go from something that focuses on a standard based file not everyone is familiar with to a simple list of parameters.

It's also always great to work with companies with such nice api documentation. It's so easy to do the facebook thing and have incomplete, unclear documentation and no real way of getting answers about it.
The article kind of misses the point.

The reason why people are leaving the Japanese phones for the iPhone is because Japanese phone interfaces SUCK BALLS. And they have ALWAYS sucked. I suffered through 5 years of one phone after another being such a terrible user experience that I think it scarred me for life. And don't even get me started with Sony, who replaced the perfectly functioning joypad in their phones (which USED to be the best) with that stupid "sony" sidewheel they spent so much money developing and insisted on putting in every product, whether it made sense or not.

The fact remains, emoji ARE important. Easy text input IS important. Being able to pay for stuff at the combini with your phone IS important. It's just that having apps, and a UI that doesn't suck balls is even more important.

iPhone took YEARS to penetrate the Japanese market, precisely because it didn't have the features that customers wanted, and they spoke with their wallets, buying the Japanese models. But now that app and smartphone fever has finally landed, people are more willing to compromise.

But the point is, they SHOULDN'T have to compromise. That's just Apple deciding what people will use, even if it's the wrong thing. It's taking a little bit of good advice to such an extreme that what appears on the surface "visionary" would upon closer inspection reveal itself as insanity. Hubris has a way of creeping up on you when your power remains unchecked for too long.

Yeah, Sony used to be good, but then again they used to make good products. Once their arrogance got the better of them, their products started to suffer. My first Vaio was awesome. Sleek, light, and fast. My last Vaio was practically useless out of the box. It took me 3 HOURS to remove all the crapware they loaded into it, which slowed it down so badly that it was almost unusable. Oh, and it had that stupid useless Sony sidewheel on it, and their incompatible-because-we-said-so memory stick port too. I shudder to think of how the average user would endure with such a monstrosity.
This is an incredibly loaded question, but I'd start with The Practice Of Systems And Network Administration by Tom Limoncelli. You're not going to find some magic book that answers all of your questions. Like every other technical challenge it requires an incredible amount of research, tinkering, experience to build the domain expertise.

Outsource to someone who knows what they're doing and focus on your product.
In case you haven't read it yet, this is an interesting piece about Miyamoto:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/20/101220fa_fact_...
> A process can't change the address space of another process, period. Even if one is a root process. Separation of address spaces is a basic security service provided by the operating system.

That is not even close to true, on any operating system.
I love this tune. Let's make a multiplayer game out of it :D
Lowballing quarterly earnings seems to have been a Jobs thing. With Cook on the saddle I'm guessing this will be the pattern going forward.
You should get an email with a download link, I got an email with the download link and I have it available in the account area.
Stick QR codes to everything? Or QR codes only visible in IR, so as to be less annoying?
In my experience at a college career fairs, most employers are there collecting resumes, and saying,"Apply on our website." This isn't very useful except that you can talk to someone who works there. Some companies will be actually hiring students from your school. In this case, they make make appointments for interviews to happen later that day or the next. Most often, your resume will get thrown into a pile with everyone elses'.

That is really too bad that you didn't attend in the previous years. It would have been helpful to see how they work. Be sure to dress and look professional (for males that would be slacks, shirt, tie, dress shoes, etc), even if you want a job with a company that doesn't have a dress code for developers/engineers. Lucky for you, I'm betting your college will also have a career fair in the spring. I would recommend talking to the companies that you have already selected, but don't forget other companies that are also there. I ended up getting hired into a company I'd never heard of before as a result of meeting my current manager at a college career fair my senior year.

The best way to get an in with any recruiters (preferably it's not just HR people and recruiters, but is the actual people that would be hiring/interviewing and working with you in the future-which is why it's important to make a good impression now) is to provide a demonstration of higher value while talking with them. For example, listen while they talk about the qualifications they are looking for, then explain how you meet that/have experience with that language/have seen similar scenarios in other jobs, etc. When I explained that I had used databases in a previous job, my boss put some extra stars on the resume that I handed him and put it into a different pile that all the other candidates so he would remember to follow up with me.
I have the exact same problem. Paid, but no ebook. Sent an email an hour ago but haven't heard back :(
Nonsense, it absolutely does matter. The government gave them money and they paid it back with interest, end of story. If you think the banks should continually be "punished" for some indeterminate amount of time as a result of economic conditions they may or may not have caused, then that should have been a condition of accepting the money...but it wasn't. So go complain to your congressman, your senator or your president, but as far as I can tell the recipients followed the letter of the law...so I have no bone to pick with them now.
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The huge leap forward between 3G and 3Gs is mostly the addition of focus. Before 3GS, the iPhone camera was fixed focus.

Taking a photo of something close up looked terrible, like the key does in the photo. I'm guessing they optimized the fixed focus to an object much further away from the camera.
The "overall picture is bleak" if you measure societies by flashy, marketable headline developments and gadgets. It is rather good if you more soberly consider household incomes and trade figures. Japan continues to dominate many high tech industries. Look at the 787; over a third of it is made in Japan and it's all the key hi tech bits like the carbon fiber wings.

Japan may indeed be in some sort of withdrawn middle-class ennui. They're still doing better than the US or Europe in most ways that count.

http://www.fingleton.net/?p=919
I find it interesting how the HN post title isn't something like "Check out these Copywriting books I wrote", but rather something that sounds like a simple blog post but is instead a landing page for some ebooks.

Worked for me! I'm considering buying now...
Who cares if it's a feature, not a product? The question is - is it a vertical or horizontal feature? You can't sell cut-and-paste, because there's no advantage in having the same cut and paste on every device (no horizontal advantage), and you'll lose out to the manufactures ability to bake deeply integrated cut-and-paste into the OS (big advantage for the vertical implementations). For file sync, there's not a huge need for vertical integration (OK, Erik Sink's written about how different platforms can be a PITA - http://www.ericsink.com/entries/quirky.html, but it's still possible if you have the resources and smarts); and you have a huge advantage over horizontal players, because people want their data safe on different devices.

There's a little company called Microsoft, which sold OSes. The OS is just a feature of computers. They had the chops to smooth over the vertical issues (drivers, etc), and got boosted by the horizontal advantages (your programs work on any computer with Windows). So the OS became a product, not a feature, because it carved out a large horizontal niche, blowing away the vertically integrated "features".
Oh, no! We need to get that sorted out.

I don't want you to lose out on the discount! I don't want anyone to.

So please, if you're ordering, do not click the 'checkout' option but rather be sure to start your 'funnel' process at the page marked "CART".

(I had a pro QA person do the QA on the site, and he didn't notice this glitch either... so we're both quite unhappy about it.)
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If it's lame, then someone who wants to count must instead throw up his hands in exasperation as they obey the law and don't count.

Until a few years ago it was illegal to sell liquor on Sunday in Colorado. That was lame, but I never saw a liquor store open on Sunday. If any did, they'd probably get fairly good public support and letters to the editor in favor, but they would still lose their liquor license.
Apple always lowballs guidance (note Apple beat its own guidance by about 2B I believe) so its up to the street to set their own view of what Apple should be making (on top of Apple's estimations). Of course they're just guessing based on past results so its way less accurate.

Its a bit of Apple's fault however. They're noted for low balling revenue guidance which is why the street likes to tack a few billion on whatever Apple says.