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I remember Fleishmann and Pons announcement back in the late 80's - personally, the gross theory of bringing together Deuterium atoms close enough to create fusion using a catalytic surface still seems plausible to me,even if their experimental results were never supported at "a university without a division I football team."

Of course, I am probably biased because back in '89 I did my first presentation using computer generated materials on the subject for a Science Education course - overheads printed with my StarMicronix NX1000 from images generated with EA Deluxe Paint on the Amiga 500.
Android fragmentation? It's Amazon, not handsets, that's the problem
I can never remember if Apple is a monopolist or Android is taking over.
Is that time of the year: Jimbo is begging for money
Google TV relaunches with Android Market
Is there anything like Codify on Android? Typing doesn't exactly sound like a pleasure, but dragging parts together like in Google's App Inventor seems like it could work. Something simple and polished so you can teach non-programmers ideas without caring too much about syntax.
Its interesting the shout-outs/cajoling they give to the media groups that visit
"JavaScript was rushed" - Mozilla's Brendan Eich on scripting language
If you asked me to define 'brogrammer' prior to reading this thread and learning of the meme, I'd probably have described your typical technical cofounder of a generic 2011 startup.

It doesn't help that the linked post _is_ a YC startup too... and they're one of those "startups for startups!"
When quality of life is taken into consideration, especially against most of human history and large portions of the world today, then I'd say most of the first world is already 'rich', we just aren't billionaires.
Cool concept. Its like a digital solution to hitchiking. I can see how this service would be useful for trips into the valley.
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That does appear to be a scientific paper from 2010 with real statistics in it-- maybe it does work.
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Samsung to Sell Phones With Flexible Screens Next Year
There is kind of a weird irony gap going on here -- to me it seems unremarkably obvious that all of the over-the-top language in the posting is tongue-in-cheek. Do people think they actually plan to "get crunk"? Programmers are stereotypically un-hip; the whole "brogrammer" meme is a deliberate poke at the incongruity of someone hunched over their keyboard 14 hours a day, yet drinking Natty Lights while wearing popped collars. It is kind of hard for me to believe that so many posters here believe that their office culture literally resembles the Jersey Shore house.

That said, the instant gender reaction the word "brogrammer" provokes means it's kind of a terrible choice for a job ad. Whether they meant it to exclude women or not (I would put millions of dollars on a bet on the latter), I wouldn't want to be defending it to the finely-tuned ironists on the EEOC.
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Student loans in America: The next big credit bubble?
No that sounds like a great use of an assistant.. I guess all those litle things that just build up over time can be unloaded fairly easily.
By that logic, we could say, "it's a poor idea to hire sjwright, because some that didn't are making more money than the one that did."

In other words: correlation, causation, no.
None of the article provides an argument for their headline. It's just bait for a standard high skill immigration reform op-ed.

If "the next Steve Jobs is Asian", the reason will almost certainly be that Asia has approximately 3.9 billion people and is developing quickly. That's a lot of lottery tickets.
Having been there a bit recently, I can't really say things have changed for the better. A lot of discussion and sigs are focusing on money these days. Politics surrounding money is a more common topic than tech.
Yep, crunk was where I stopped as well. Nothing else in the ad really offended my delicate sensibilities until that.
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Once again, the example given in the post was not an actual test. I was using the idea as an example to guide the article.

The startup idea in the article isn't the focus.
Or, at the very least perhaps drop to unmanaged code?
I'm not defending bigotry/sexism/etc

You're defending the ad. By extension defending any sexism contained within it (actual sexism TBD).
So would you go with c or c++? Because otherwise I would say that the consensus is that c# is in the higher end of the performance scale.
Nokia & Microsoft’s real challenge
If there had been that large market back in the early 80's I suspect we would have never seen that massively successful open IBM PC-compatible platform and ecosystem.
So does it mean charging an electronic device makes it heavier?
DRM was never a consideration for ALAC since Apple never sold tracks in ALAC. My understanding was that Apple developed ALAC instread of using FLAC because they were concerned about possible patent problems with FLAC.
Google Says SEO Is Not Spam
So basically an in-house, impromptu trend analyzer a la Demand Media?
2011 London tech job trends
Research on London tech job salaries by Adzuna - & the pros and cons of startups vs banking.
ACTA is one more offensive against the sharing of culture on the Internet
You give them a field lableled "Name" they can type something into when they leave a comment. Now they are not anonymous.
This is great news. I've been missing my LockInfo app.
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Without any data to support this, I'm going to go ahead and file this in the illuminati-esque, conspiracy theory column.
Google fired my dad, I am switching to Duck Duck Go
Google bought Motorola, and now they fired my dad who has been with Motorola for a while. The irony is, he has a bunch of patents, which is why Google bought Motorola in the first place. I am pissed, so I am switching to Duck Duck Go :)
> The genie is out of the bottle

It has been for a long time, ever since around Mac OS 8 where the peak production of Mac malware happened. As Miller said, Mac OS X is not necessarily more secure but it's currently comfortably safer. That does not mean the area should not be watched for any evolution.

> Lecture me about my environment and my needs.

I did not wish to make it sound like a lecture, and am genuinely interested in what your environment looks like and what led you to using rsync instead of Time Machine, and how you overcame the cases I mentioned (if ever you were concerned by them in your use case).

> Thats awesome, but I'm really not interested in your pissing contest.

I'm not pissing anywhere, but you do seem pissed. If anything, your environment and needs, just like mine, are anecdotal.
I do the exact opposite. I only upvote articles if I read it and know that I will almost certainly want to read it again later. I'm not sure if this is better or worse practice...
Yes it does seem to beg the question, doesnt it.

Most of the issues with the experiment could be addressed very easily, e.g. A transparent pane to verify water level or absence thereof in the "chimney", simply showing the steam being output vs. sending it into a drain. The possibility that it's wet steam vs dry would more or less perfectly account for the 6x ratio.

Here's the thing: if this were real, Rossi wouldn't care about satisfying skeptics if it meant distracting him from meeting project goals. If it's a hoax, act like it's real.
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Printing is no picnic either, as any cursory browse through discussions.apple.com, support.apple.com, or any of the many mac-centered tech forums will attest. Here's a few examples, by no means exhaustive:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2776655?start=0&tst...
http://ask.metafilter.com/79984/Need-help-printing-to-work-p...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3137602?start=15&ts...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193803?start=0&tst...

And any search for "<<printer manufacturer>> mac not working" will produce scads of results, often taking you to discussions that are dozens of pages long with people who can't print from their macs to any number of printers. This is a real problem, not a figment.
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I tried it out the other day, and actually found a ride! Not the mention Jason from ridejoy poked me right away for feedback. They're really friendly, and seem attentive! Best of luck :)
I daresay it translated well enough for a couple of people already. The point I was trying to make is that the goal of a job ad is to attract talent. The job ad in question fails at that goal, because the cultural implications will drive away talent. To be fair, it's not a job ad that fails here, it's the culture that came up with that job ad.

All in all, you might be right in that they might have put "cultural fit" as their #1 priority, but that doesn't make it a good decision. Saying that the alternative is "a stiff and sterile ad" is a fallacy of false dichotomy.
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Please do not do this. Everyone has a tendency to write about whatever's in the news today anyway--we will spot your over-topical posts a mile off.

Have an interesting point of view, or some experience your audience lacks. Be helpful, be opinionated. If you don't care about the topic why should we?

This is the second article on the homepage to mention adcenter, which I had not heard of until today. HN reader/writers: I'd be interested in an adwords comparison that did not boil down to "less eyeballs, cheaper."
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If they used an array of structs they would've cut down on the GC's graph traversal significantly.

Another option I was surprised they didn't mention was to run GC.Collect periodically to clear out gen2.
Skype Publishes New Linux APIs w/ Video Support
This is pretty brilliant. I haven't looked at the code yet, but I wonder how hard it would be to pull the Flash out and do it all in HTML 5 and JS? Browser support for audio is improved recently.
I'd like to see the bastard child of an iPad and a Wacom pad. My computer us stronger than your tablet; give me a light-weight touchscreen wireless monitor I can carry around my house.

Make the charging dock a stand do it functions as a normal monitor as well. Bonus points if you include: mic, cameras (the more the merrier, even two in and two out,) and IR (so I can use it on my tv.)

Of course, I'm sure the bandwidth required to get the video to/from such a device would be insane.
The New Google TV: 4 Demo Videos Including Looks At The New Apps
I hope he has some bodyguards. If this would be true, there are a couple of countries with lots of oil that would not really like this idea to become reality.

But then, as the article says, chances of it being true are small, unfortunately.
Getting crunk "at least once a month" isn't all that hip or crunk.
> The web has no default client.

Every computer comes with a browser. Back in the dark days, ISPs geared towards new users were full-on content providers ala AOL.

> Email has no default client.

Again, either your ISP sets it up for you, you're using your OS's built-in (Windows Mail, Mail.app) or you're using GMail or similar.

> TV has no default client.

Sure it does, it's baked into every television set ever sold, and it's started when you turn the set on.

> SMS has no default client.

Again, buy a phone and it's got an "SMS client." Receive SMS, phone alerts you, you can respond.

However, RSS has no default client. If you see a link that says "contact us via email" and you click it, your mail client responds to the mailto: link. There should absolutely be an rss:// (or whatever) protocol link that browsers can either handle internally or ship to whatever client.
I may be biased, as I'm part of the Google Engage for Agencies program, but for all of its defects, AdWords is an incredible marketing resource with an 80% reach.

Their two main problems are:

1) Customer care for end users is admittedly lousy.

2) You really, really, really need to know what you are doing or else it's very easy to be taken to the cleaners.

Ignoring AdWords as part of your online advertising efforts is usually a bad idea. However relying solely on it is a dangerous proposition, too (case in point, you were banned).

Diversify by introducing media buys (as you suggested), other ad channels (like AdCenter, LinkedIN ads, Facebook ads, StumbleUpon ads, etc), and then prioritize based on ROI.

The question is, do you need all this to test out an idea? Probably not. I think that at this stage virtually anything targeted will help you gauge interest.

> AdCenter is a little better IMO, but niche websites are absolute killer since you're no longer screwing around and trying to filter out irrelevant traffic.

Don't forget that with AdWords you can reach niche sites, and even target them individually if you want to, so you don't need to commit to paying $xxx/mo for a media buy directly with the publisher (just to run tests).
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Yes, in exactly the same way that Intel is "making" SoC chips for consumer electronic devices. Having a part that boots and runs isn't the same thing as having a competitive product in the market.
In related news, I'd kill for an open design workstation with a powerful GPU (~iPad 2) + iPad 2-class but 64-bit ARM chip that I could run Linux and Chrome on.

Or even an open spec x64 motherboard with EFI that I can slam an x64 chip into.

There have been a lot of attempts in the past, but has anyone gotten anywhere?
Oh, something I would've like when working in an office? A tie-in to our phone system that let me type in someone's name to get their number/info, and click on a button (well, tab then tap enter) to make my phone ring, and them call that person.

Sure, I could use Google Voice or whatnot, but a single database for everyone would've been handy.
The notion that the long term will harm them is a bit out of scope. Being a startup, a YC one at that, you can assume they see no significant long term for the company anyway, and hope for an acquisition before their idealized startup culture dream is popped.
So my comment was sexist in your opinion? Well I think your comments are sexist. Whatever.
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Google up to be some sort of shining example of doing good and doing the right thing(tm) given all their history so far. Given all Apple and Google is doing, they are just the same. They are companies trying to make money.

To be honest, there are things I dislike about all corporations, but at least Google's main goal is deliver intelligent services like search and machine translation rather then dominate my computer with DRM, which fits into their "do no evil" motto. You can't expect them to be completely perfect in a capitalist society, though.

You have just decided to hate apple and hey more power to you but your "points" or "arguments" are just empty shells and poo-flinging at apple and you are actually contradicting yourself if you want control and open source and then you use google's services but shit on apple.

No I haven't because I made it clear that first and foremost I want _personal control_ over my own computer. I don't see why you don't understand this principle.

You should also understand that gaining complete access to all external information and services, including those provided by Google, is a much more long-term goal, and it would require some sort of post-capitalist economic system.

But this is the past. Music has been DRM free for quite some time on iTunes now.

Getting the tyrants at Apple to get rid of their oppressive restrictions in iTunes was a good first victory, but they still profit heavily from proprietary software and DRM. Defective by design commented on this here:

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/itunes-drm-free

Or why is OS X's BSD core not good enough for you then just the same?

It is pretty convenient for them to use (steal?) source code from BSD, because that lets them make modifications without releasing them!

Although there use of some open source products and their elimination of DRM from iTunes are good things, it won't be "good enough" until they adopt a business model that is not based upon dominating other people's computers.
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Are you going to continue to home school (I'm assuming that's what you are doing now) your child once he reaches "school age?" Just curious.

I agree that most parents believe what they do is "right," and if you don't do that, you are "wrong." To a certain degree, that's human nature (particularly with a subject like children), and if we didn't think our particular parenting method wasn't a great idea, why would we do it? Demonizing someone for a differing view, however, isn't the best way to express this.
I can't say that the Java Virtual Machine would have done much better, since it operates under pretty much the same theory (generational garbage collection).

At least Ruby has the option to mark some strings as outside of garbage collection -- to make them permanent symbols/atoms.

We need an option in these modern GC languages to select a reference counting option, or perhaps for portions of code to kick it old school and simply ask for some objects to allocated outside the GC heap on the assumption that they will be around for a while and that the programmer will manually throw that subset of objects away if they become unwanted.

TMTOWTDI. (and all ways seem to have their place at times)
So it's like eRideShare or Ridester, but a bit more Web 2.0?
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Thanks Shenlong! There's almost always someone manning the chat widget (usually me). I'm glad you found a ride!
That's pretty common. When I was in college, my parents wanted to keep tabs on the account they deposited working money in. It gives them peace of mind, especially considering the sums being discussed. The only time it ever came up was when I switched from take 15 hours to 22 and my burn rate shot through the roof.
I disagree. Your solution attempts to fix the symptom. Their solution fixes the root cause of the problem.
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You know, this kind of stuff is part of being a kid.

When I was in first grade, my next door neighbor and I went into a water-selling business (think lemonade stand without the lemons) that failed miserably.

My next venture was substantially more successful. Living in France, we had sticker albums associated to stories. A new movie would come out (for example, Star Wars) and shops would sell the album and sell sticker packs separately (each pack sold for the equivalent of about a buck and had 5-6 stickers in them). Each of the stickers were numbered and you would put them in your album to gradually uncover the story.

Thing was, there always seemed to be some stickers you were missing and couldn't find in the pack. So I first set up a marketplace where people could sell me their unused stickers for 1 cent and I would sell the sticker someone was looking for for 50 cents.

I don't remember any parent pressure in the matter (mostly, my parents looked at this as kids being kids) and I learned a lot about supply and demand in the process (including getting stuck with tons of worthless stickers at some point :) )
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Yes. But 100x better. =)
> I think most people still think of websites as "places" you "go" to

Not arguing against you -- just pointing out -- who is it to blame for making people think of websites as places? I don't think it's the people themselves, it might well be us.

When the web was popularized in the 1990s, "place" was the metaphor that was pushed onto people. It wasn't a natural metaphor nor it was a necessary one. You don't "go to" a TV channel -- you "turn on" a TV channel. For some reason, though, you "go to" a web "site". Why?
I guess I'm confused as to what you're disappointed about. My audience is mostly for newspaper/media folk, and I tend to try and bring ideas from the web development world to them. So that's what I did with this quick post.

I'm not sure how I don't care about the topic, as I did write about it and offered ideas for how newsrooms could use this.

I hadn't heard of adCenter until today, either. But I thought it worthwhile to mention a tool that isn't Google for once.
Not really.

1/You still need oil to make plastic
2/You're not going to go "all electric" any time soon
If this proposal were implemented, I might only upvote comments and articles that I think the top HN users would like, not necessarily the ones I like, turning HN into a cliché of HN. "How to bootstrap your minimum viable product using Node.js". "Scala, Clojure, or Erlang?". "LISP for Bayesian A/B testing."

I'd much prefer a system which correlated my votes with other users and preferentially showed me articles and comments which matched my own tastes. Sure, if I only upvote to match my own biases, I'll get more biased articles. But if I also upvote good but contrarian opinions (and I would) I'll also get more good and contrarian opinions. Best of all, this encourages non-strategic voting--so, later on, if you find a good use for someone's voting record, you can trust the veracity of that record.
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Mh, twistable devices, I like it!
Now you can actually own the device. A win consumers should not need to fight for.

edit: I take it back and agree wholeheartedly with cryptoz.

Now you don't need permission from Apple to run some of your own software on a device you paid for.
We've had something similar in Slovenia for many years and it's working wonderfully.

Best of luck to you guys! I'll give it a try next time I'm in the US.
Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.

- Tony Hsieh (@zappos)

http://startupquote.com/post/12033845639
Yeah, my credit union had, until recently, a single branch in my hometown. Debit cards and the CU Service Centers thing has made this a complete non-hassle. The only real problem is that when I call them, I do it across time zones.
I feel it's worth mentioning that words aren't sexist; communication is. Even really awful words (n.+, for example) can be used both in hurtful and supportive ways. One can't always evaluate the meaning of a word in isolation; the contextual relationship between the writer and reader colors the emotional impact of that use.
No, there is not, but there doesn't need to be.

There's no default oven or toaster or blender either. Because you buy the product to perform a function. If you buy a TV, you want to receive TV signals, or play content on a device that plugs into a TV.

If you have a computer, it can do damn near anything so there needs to be defaults for the things it can do, to expres to new users that it can do them. If every computer came with a default feedreader pre-populated with a set of feeds and explained "hey, click the [icon] on your favorite websites, and we'll show you new updates right here, like a customized newspaper" there'd be larger uptake.
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I learned it in my first year physics course: to a good approximation, accuracy of results = log(log($equipment_cost)).
Doubling down on GoogleTV is exactly what they should be doing and I think the device has great potential with the Market.

The Aljazeera and Netflix apps are already a good way to watch stuff on Android, so I'd imagine a small collection of good quality apps will make this a very attractive platform.