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Ask HN: Is Lean Startup Hurting Technology Development?
We rarely see funding announcements for anything interesting anymore. And I blame Lean Startup.

The Lean Startup methodology, as we all know, suggests that technology startups must validate a market for their product before developing it. Build your MVP and push it out the door as fast as you can and see how the market responds. Better yet, just put up a landing page and throw a hundred dollars of AdWords at it. If people click on your page you’ve found yourself a market! Now throw a dev and a designer at it for a month and find an angel investor and you’re off to the races. Wait.. people didn’t click on your ad or didn’t do anything when they got to your landing page? Well there must be no market. Try something else.

I exaggerate a bit, but the internet is awash in companies who have followed essentially this model and whose contributions to society are essentially pretty interfaces to databases. Because that’s all you can really do in the few weeks or months the Lean Startup methodology gives you to test your market.

The problem of course is some new ideas can’t be explained in a landing page. Some products people don’t know they need until they see them. And of course, real technological development can’t be thrown together in a couple months.

And so we’ve entered the era of the UX startup. We aren’t developing technology anymore, we’re developing interfaces. Actual technology takes too long and costs too much. It’s not lean. There’s too much risk.

Worse yet, Lean Startup has conditioned investors to think if a company can’t produce a functional product in a few months and show traction before approaching them they’re not worth looking at. I’m certain this mindset has dissuaded startups from trying really ambitious projects.

In the last bubble individual companies might have blown through a lot of money, but at least many of them developed really cutting edge stuff in the process. This time around we get 200 companies doing local coupon apps and photo filters. It's pretty disappointing.

So I put it to HN: Is Lean Startup Hurting Technology Development?
Most people don't have the problem because it's related to a specific piece of hardware in your machine. Search Launchpad and see if you can add any new details to the bug report, or file a new issue if one doesn't exist.
Nice work! What is your mobile approach going to be? HTML5 or native apps? Or both? The mood slider is awesome!
wow got down voted on someone's little holy war. How does that "dock" or whatever you want to call it not look like windows 7? Who cares where you put it.
It's odd how we all agree that Apple's relentless focus on quality - from the very first day when Woz spent all those hours creating beautiful internal hardware that no one every saw to today's Apple that frets about creating hi-fi prototypes with actual data and not lorem ipsum - is key to their success and yet we seldom invest resources in achieving that level of quality.

On the other hand, things work different in startup land. You need to make sure that they work you put in has actual value and doesn't steal time from other, high priority work. This sometimes means creating stuff that might not reflect our level of expertise or be align with our ideals.

Ultimately, you need to find a balance between these two extremes. A balance that you personally can live with because each end of the spectrum is equally valid. If you find that your core beliefs clash with the rest of your startup, maybe you should start looking for a startup that prioritizes design and user experience much more.
Thanks for the comments and your blog post! Our idea came from a whiteboard we used at work to track our coworkers moods. We thought it be neat to see fluctuations with weather, days of the week, etc.

3 of us decided to build this idea into an app. I think it has potential to be used as an embeddable widget within blog posts, news stories, moview reviews.
This doesn't make any sense at all. The question at stake is "how does Ubuntu get the new users that it does?"

Try the same line of argument in a different context:
"Our television ad campaign is responsible for almost the entirety of our increase in market share."

"Impossible! If that were true, we would have 100% market share!"
It's actually in the neighborhood of $2.8 billion in revenue. (2000000 * 649)+(2000000 * 749) = 2,796,000,000
The only function of RVM that requires overriding `cd` is the autoloading of .rvmrc, which is easily turned off with a single line of configuration. The topic is so beaten to death that we've even been through one iteration where RVM turned it off by default.

Here's the rub. No one ever has a problem with the overridden `cd` command. Community outcry resulted in a reversion of the default returning to it's original configuration.

What bugs the shit out of me is the band-wagoning from people who, frankly, haven't got a clue. They hear that "there be dragons" in RVM, and all of the sudden everyone is running around flailing their hands over their head like RVM installs a custom kernel or something. It's unwarranted, and it all stems from the original hit job pulled by Sam Stephenson when he released rbenv. Meanwhile, all the same people who are screaming about the "magic" in RVM were cluelessly using it for god knows how long before rbenv came along.

Sam has since apologized and will tell you that RVM is a fine tool, but everyone seems to have forgotten that. If you don't want to use RVM, fine, don't use it, but the "reasons" everyone cites for avoiding it are pretty weak in practice. Wayne is one of the strongest bash programmers I've ever seen. I trust him, and every time I've needed him, he's been available in #rvm for help. Go forth and use rbenv, but you don't have to kick dirt on RVM along the way.
To which I would have asked "compete against who?" And you would have said "china etc" and I would have said, "Who the fuck do you think let these cheap chinese goods in here in the first place"?

You would have then started talking about how economists have proved that international trade is good for jobs.

To which I would have replied that americans leading economist said that in 2005 we should all be using ARMs to buy houses.

You believe the bullshit. I don't.

You get upset when people type characters like 'f' 'u' 'c' and 'k' in sequence.

I get upset when people justify a government-economic-hierarchy that kills fucking children with bombs because of oil and tell us "we're better off for it".

Yes it is pointless trying to argue with me. Enjoy your flat earth. I must be the crazy one.
Can you not follow civil and criminal routes? Find an attorney to take the civil cases (and file for patent infringement, the ownership issue & the extortion), and at the same time report them for extortion.

Assuming everything is well timed you could have 4 guns blazing at once, which will certainly help them notice you. :)
In the latest build of Chrome, this is very nice, a step above the current crop of web-based code editors. Love the Bundle support - Textmate for the web!. Is the source available?
As most others here have said, find a lawyer who will do this on contingency.

Google ip attorney contingency and go from there.

I am in a similar situation, but probably around 1/10 of the amount.

As you already know, it is fairly easy to send a letter.

I am surprised they did not also accuse you of libel. That is my favorite.

Do you happen to know the federal law regarding the accusation of crime unless given consideration. Is it simply extortion or is there some other statute?

Best of luck, you have justice on your side!

Try to get some lump sum cash AND a yearly/quarterly/monthly licensing fee out of this.
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I too wonder the same thing. Especially with the pre-order record for a phone that seemed to initially miss expectations upon announcement. The articles I've found on the topic are just speculative[1][2].

[1]http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/228095/20111010/iphone-4s-fo...
[2]http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/228902/20111011/iph...
Say it this way then: why that particular equation? Something must have prompted the formulation of the question - what was it?
Since everyone is an expert on Detroit, I guess we might just as well put a fence up around the place, turn off the lights, and stick a fork in it.

In reality, Detroit (proper) has lots of work to be done, there is no denying it. There are lots of rough neighborhoods, and places that need hard work. And yes, there are areas that you just dont travel at night, but thats a reality common with MANY big cities like Boston, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Funny thing is, each of the aforementioned has either a strong startup community, or one that is rapidly up and coming. Facts are, there are many substantial efforts and investments currently in play that are making dramatic improvements in the overall quality of the city. Of all places, I'd think that the population that makes up HN would understand resurgence, potential, and free-market capitalism, but that's obviously not the case, as each is alive and well in the city of Detroit and the greater Detroit Region.

Sure, you can argue that the political climate remains sullied. But it's better, and those who've done wrong have such a target on their head, they dare not push the limits.

Here is the biggest take away that others have hit on... Detroit is a region, and Detroit is a big part of Michigan. It's our center of commerce and it was once the most innovation rich region in the world.

To make a geographic comparison... When we think of Massachusetts, most just assume a person or company is from Boston. When someone says they are from the "Valley" they could be from San Jose, San Francisco, Palo Alto, or Mountain View... etc. Each represent geographic areas much larger than the actual town or city they are from. And the same goes for "Detroit, as you can be from Ann Arbor, Rochester, Downtown Detroit, Birmingham, Royal Oak, or wherever. For a very long time, each community within Michigan has become siloed with a provincial mentality, its a waste, and we've got no place for it any more. Silo us all you want from the outside looking in, but we'll do and make reference as we please from the inside out.

I believe that the entire Detroit region is ripe with potential, and I'll continue to take advantage of that potential to the fullest extent that I can. And I'll say to those of you who doubt Detroit, go ahead and keep at it. Leave the great and growing resources to those of us who care to make a difference.
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> At some point after I left, during one of the financing rounds, it became a corporation. The corporation was sold.

At what happened to your shares at that point?

If I'm reading between the lines of your lawyer, your shares were wiped out at the time of sale? I've heard of this happening often (dilution of the common happens frequently before an IPO, for example. You can see it in the S-1s.)
> If you make a killing off the stock market, someone else necessarily loses.

Suppose I hold $100 of XYZ stock. Then the value jumps to $500. I've effectively made $400. Who has lost?
One reason might be because e17, like Gnome 3, uses binary configuration files.
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I'm reminded of two other "embarrassing" open problems.

A perfect number is a number whose divisors sum to return the original number. Thus, 6 is a perfect number since 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. 28 is also a perfect number since 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28. But 8 is not a perfect number since 1 + 2 + 4 = 7.

1. Are there an infinite number of perfect numbers?

2. Are there any odd perfect numbers?
I'm trying to go through the longer book (on Qi, which has been updated for the most part for Shen) but I'm having a difficult time reading it because every page is saved as a JPG! Magnifying the text just makes it more unreadable... is this 1990?

Edit: The book is quite excellent, including a neat history on why imperative languages are the norm. It's just that my eyes are in pain. :(
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There are tens of thousands of students taking these courses. There's probably a business opportunity here. How could a startup make money by hiring, say, one hundred of the best Machine Learning graduates?
That's a great site. I was going to say that I wish the OP had patterns for article text, and pattrns does, so thanks :)
You're the bad guy in this story, and it isn't even close.

At the point you and your partner had a falling out you had put in less than a year of work for the company. The other partner had invested, I can only assume, a substantial amount of money. If at that point he too had quit the company (and the shares) would have been worth absolutely nothing. I repeat: when you quit your shares were worth nothing. You could easily walk away because it wasn't your money on the line. You left the other guy in a terrible spot where he invested a bunch of money and his (technical?) partner left.

Now, the other guy spends an additional 6 years on the business and turns it into a success and now you believe you're entitled to that even though you screwed him over 6 years ago? Even though the ONLY reason that the shares are worth something now is because your partner put the effort in! That you're entitled to the same equity you would have gotten had you stayed for all 7 years? Are you kidding me? And you're publicly accusing the ex-CEO of Anakam of screwing you out of $12.8 million? It's clearly the other way around. You're trying to screw the other guy out of his money AGAIN, based on some dodgy legal footing.
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Step 1a: DON'T talk about the specifics of the case in public. You're giving opposing counsel a free head start in building their case against your arguments.
I just used the subsidized US prices of $199, $299, and $399, it's a lower number but it's also a definite lower bound.
I guess I'll have to write a follow-up on my blog mentioning your site ;)

An embeddable widget would be nice - back then when we implemented it we simply created dynamic gif images you could easily embed anywhere you wanted.

If you have any further questions or want to bounce ideas off with me feel free to contact me - You'll find my email address in my profile or my blog.
The problem is that there's not a central hub or gate through which all concepts and submissions must pass. It's not like a website, where you simply post a disclaimer or agreement that everyone must encounter before submitting something. People can theoretically try to submit to TV networks in any number of normal to bizarre ways: email, snail mail, stalking a development exec and accosting him at Starbucks, throwing a package over his fence at home, etc. You name it, and it's happened.

It's nearly impossible to retroactively disclaim things submitted through such varied means. So the safest course of action is just to send things back, or disregard them altogether. If someone's really written a brilliant masterpiece, then he should get an agent and go in through that door.

It's an imperfect system, but it's a system born of necessity. Even big networks typically have scripted development staffs of no more than 10 to 15 people (sometimes considerably fewer), all of whom are spending 100% of their time working on existing projects, or hearing pitches from agencies and producers. These people don't have time to read everything that comes their way through the mail, even if they wanted to, and even assuming that more than 1% of what comes in unsolicited is actually worth reading. And none of them wants to bear any legal liability. (Imagine greenlighting a show about superheroes, then opening a random envelope and finding a pitch that's very similar; talk about a potential "Awww, fuck" headache moment).
I missed the specific suggestions on how the pypy guys could improve things - other than "do a lot of work on numpy itself as well so that it better supports multiple implementations" (paraphrase obviously). That really needs to be the side of the equation that the numpy team take hold of.
I don't think there are many people who are going to spend $200+ and a two-year contract on a device just because of Jobs.

iOS devices have continually seen 100% year-over-year growth so it's not really a surprise, especially when they're available on more carriers.
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Nice to see someone who looks into this in better detail.

Another thing I think we should consider is that as innovation drives up the productivity per person, inequality will always rise, significantly.

The value of a mostly unproductive person will remain very low, while the highly productive will go even higher, so the gap will grow. This is normal, but the problem is that people also now have the ability to destroy value in even greater amounts than before, in the way that lottery winners and subprime borrowers can destroy value. I think this is even more important to address than just taxing progressively on earnings. It doesn't even have to be a tax, it could simply be a throttle on the ability for some to move money around in a bad way.
Probably could have made that in a month selling shopify themes.

I kid, congrats!
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We have discussed a mobile HTML5 optimized site. We'd probably only go native mobile if this idea really catches on. We hope it does!
I use Bundler for all my application projects. Fortunately, nothing about RVM forces you to use gemsets. I use gemsets for scenarios where I'm writing code that will not run within an 'application'.

Ruby is my go to language for damn near everything. I use it for working with log files, parsing Excel documents & performing analysis, system administration, you name it. Many of these scripts are one-offs that reside in '~/bin'. RVM allows you to do something like this in your shebang:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby-1.9.2-p290@vqm-analysis

That's the first line in a shell script that I wrote to collect examples of bad calls in a csv file output from an AdTran 900-series VoIP gateway. The CSV file contains about 30 columns of data related to the quality of VoIP calls. I have a collection of five or six scripts that use that gemset, but they're not really an application. They just run from '~/bin', so using bundler isn't really practical. I could wrap them up in a gem and make them a proper application, but this is scripting. Simply using RVM + gemsets saves me a lot of time.

My point is that gemsets may or may not have any utility for you, but it's narrow minded to assume that they have no utility for everyone.
Subdomains are not a must. However, your titles will kill you. "101" - it doesn't mean anything to a search engine. "tips", "information" -> those mean something. If you have products, make sure to add "buy" or "purchase" or any such keyword which screams "transactions". You don't have it right now.
tl;dr: Help the search engines to categorize your silos properly. Same goes for subcategories.

Good luck.
The last time I submitted this I got a lot of good feedback and saw some great LOLs created. This time we've made it much easier for people to join each others games by default. We have a bunch of analytics set up as well so it will be interesting to see how the changes will affect our numbers.

Thanks for trying it out!
There is some work related to that going on in http://webodf.org/
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This article sums up with StackMob does nicely: http://www.androidguys.com/2011/10/14/stackmob-offering-andr...
I believe they are already exploiting this, see their 2011 advert that was shown on TV in the UK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbib-A6NpW8

Also, their 25th anniversary one (2009) takes a similar track.
I don't really know what you mean by supporting numpy on pypy "excludes" scipy (other than in the short term). If you mean you assumed that the pypy team would port all of scipy as well as numpy, that seems like an unrealistic expectation for an initial port!

An initial port seems like the only way forward from the point of view of the pypy team. I think it is unrealistic to expect the pypy team to take on the work of changing numpy so that it is more friendly to alternative implementations. I would certainly expect them to be involved in the discussion though.

The article also seems to miss that there is work ongoing to bring pypy support to Cython.
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It seems that there is a digital divide between universities that "get it", and universities that don't. I applaud universities like MIT and Stanford for opening up education for everyone.

Other universities, like NC State and Georgia Tech, give platitudes about equal access to education for all but then fail to deliver. At the end of the day, this is because online education for them is not about equality, but rather, it is about creating a revenue stream for the institution. These institutions will charge thousands of dollars for what is effectively access to pre-recorded videos, with a Teaching Assistant that grades your work to provide that key "certification". If you just want to learn for
the sake or learning, and aren't concerned with having an official credential, you're simply out of luck.

For example, I find NC State's policy simply draconian:
http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/forms/EOL%20Course%20Downl...

"Accordingly, this policy also relates to the downloading of video lectures for Engineering Online classes. You are allowed to download a lecture and to keep it on your machine until the end of the semester you are enrolled in the class. After this time period, you must delete the downloaded files."

That's the type of contract I expect from the MPAA, not an educational institution. Contrast this with MIT OpenCourseware, which provides lecture notes, exam, and videos without any registration:

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

So, good job MIT and Stanford. Hopefully other institutions will follow your path.
Sounds like they haven't really communicated anything to him about what happened after he left, which means that that would be the place where HN leaves off and a lawyer takes over.
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Thanks for the response, I will block my /search URL once more via robots.txt and will ignore the warnings in the Webmaster Tools.
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The missed expectations were held by fanboy contributors to MacRumors and the equally witless anti-fanboys (fandroids for the most part) who chimed in with "Ha! No new case after 18 months? Lame! Fail!"

Perhaps the buyers were at the end of a contract, or looking to upgrade, or simply saw the best phone on the market.
As someone who is not a lawyer, I feel like investigating what happened to that original company is the best angle to work.

Your legal rights stem from the LLC; whatever you are entitled to will depend on the exact fate of that company.