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Nice. I can see myself using this a lot. Thanks for sharing.
""" I'll forgive my dad for using them cause he doesn't know he had options, but for something so fundamental, how does anyone trust them?"""

I hope this list is complete:

1) Cheap beats a lot of things.

2) They give you minimal trouble if you only use their registration services (I hear that their other offerings are terrible).

3) Popular and well known also attracts people -- "I need a domain name, hmm, this company sounds familiar, and almost everyone else is using it".

4) Domain registration is not something you're going to thoroughly evaluate. It's a 5 min process that doesn't cost that much anyway.

5) A hacker guy feels "clever" when he can navigate through all their extra offerings, specials, trap checkboxes etc and just order what he needs, like he somehow "beat the system".

6) Popular and hugely successful means they are going to stick around. People have been burned by web hosting/registrars/similar services that closed business after a while.
When bonuses get paid out in terms longer than quarterly, or yearly.
Can someone explain why this post was down voted? It consists of rational arguments in favor of the G+ policy.
Short-term: Maximize shareholder value.

Long-term: If you're an executive and you haven't taken your compensation and moved to greener pastures, bribe the government to crush your better serving competition before they get the customers and the money.
They do this sort of thing every year. Highly unlikely its directly related.
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I was under the impression that credit card providers basically say "you can't charge extra for paying by credit card".

What would happen if Visa or Mastercard said "you're in violation of our terms, we're cancelling your merchant account"?
In my eyes, this is yet another reason to avoid GoDaddy. I wouldn't invest alongside a known con artist, no matter how she tries to demonstrate her changed nature.
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I'm thinking something like this could be more relevant:

- html / javascript / php
- ability to read code
- ability to read poorly written code
- charisma / good communication
- personal appearance
- relationship with someone in the company
- ability to create a decent resume / cv
It's cynical, but one has to at least consider that the reason is because there isn't more money in the long game. Over time all markets become commoditized, which is sort of a "one sided contract" in the consumers favor. This kind of cheating can be seen as attempt by the service providers to fight that trend.
We're going to need to break up the telecoms again. AT&T and Verizon are too big to offer halfway decent service.
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Hi Everyone,

I've been having a problem lately where I feel like my code I feel like my code base is in disarray and I get to the point where I feel dirty.

I was wondering if there are any books out there to help me improve my coding style to a more organised structure and also how to make it easier to understand for myself and others.

Thank you :)
Actually, one of Tom's core arguments was that Google just happens to be policing content better than its competitors.

While I can't claim to know for certain exactly what content Facebook moderates, it most certainly does moderate. Is it purely a coincidence that the entire ecosystem on FB is noticeably 'cleaner' than its predecessor MySpace?
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The problem is, they don't charge for recurring credit card payments. Only one-time. And as someone who's signed a lot of merchant account agreements, there aren't different charges from Visa/MC/Amex for recurring payments vs. one-time. The fees are the same--this is just a ripoff from Verizon.
I think "Corporate America" has been in this game for at least a hundred years, possibly longer. I'm not saying I agree with it, but obviously the negatives aren't as bad as you think they are; Corporate America seems alive and well and ready to continue another hundred years. Let's hope we can regain control of our "representatives" in government soon.
I believe those terms got banned in one of the financial reform bills of the past two years. They're not allowed to prohibit discounts for other payment forms anymore.

Perhaps it's this one:

> (a) With respect to credit card which may be used for extensions of credit in sales transactions in which the seller is a person other than the card issuer, the card issuer may not, by contract or otherwise, prohibit any such seller from offering a discount to a cardholder to induce the cardholder to pay by cash, check, or similar means rather than use a credit card.

http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-500.html#fdi...
I was left with too many questions after reading this post. It's not that the info is completely useless, but a stronger analysis would have been nice.

What's the point of including the speculation about the download numbers of the top three apps? Even if the top three publishers didn't want to share, maybe the author of the post could have gotten some more data from other top 30 publishers to make a more educated guess. The stats for one app can't magically result in the number 70,000. What are the other "observations" that are mentioned?

The author specifically talks about the big spike in downloads on Christmas day, but only the screenshot of the graph at the end shows the numbers after Christmas. They're dropping fast. When are those numbers going to level off? It would have been nice if the author waited a week before posting. At least then we could make better predictions about how well apps will do when everyone returns to their normal routine in the new year.

Finally, I wish that the post had included some data about paid apps. Was the spike on Christmas as dramatic for paid apps? We know that Android users are less likely to pay for apps overall than iOS users. Do Amazon Appstore users have the same behavior? If so, did the Kindle Fire Christmas gifts bring in new type of Android user that is more willing to fork over money for apps?
Update: Namecheap hit 25,000 transfers today, set to make $50,000+ donation: http://www.elliotsblog.com/namecheap-hits-25000-transfers-to...
This article is the best advice relating to building a successful startup that I've read on HN in awhile.
Instapaper[1] is fantastic, and I love it, and it is likely to be the popular recommendation.

That said, I also like the "Send to Kindle" chrome plugin for reading things on my Kindle.

[1] - http://www.instapaper.com/
[2] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipkfnchcgalnafehpg...
Please send all your correspondence (paper, email, phone) through me, so that I can read it and then pass it on.

Now what's the difference between me and the government? In this case, nothing, because neither one of us has any legitimate interest in what you say or do, short of suspicion of a crime.

A better argument might be that you should always want to minimize contact with any government, because they have power over you and they make mistakes. The costs to you for a mistake could be huge: imprisonment, loss of time, loss of money, loss of reputation. All for a mistake.

Never touch the government unless absolutely necessary.
Bank of America, NetFlix, GoDaddy and now Verizon.

Companies in 2011 that suffered self inflicted wounds to their brand.
Wow I really love the idea of a general guide to all things related to a language like this. One of the hardest parts of learning a new language is figuring out what are the best sources of information. I can't wait to see when this is a bit more fleshed out.
Google donates to many people on both sides - it doesn't mean they support SOPA. For example, they donated more than 6x that amount to Zoe Lofgren:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Car...
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You should definitely capitalize on the time of year and get your name out right around New Years resolution time (as in, now). Maybe put together a short write-up on a few similar apps in the space (including yours) and shoot it over to TC, Mashable, etc. and see if they'll do a New Years resolution app post. I was going to suggest cutting the price in half if you had priced it anything over $1, but perhaps you could offer it for free over the next few days just to increase adoption and capture the New Years resolution crowd. I can see this app going in several different directions (leaderboards for popular commits, holding friends accountable for commits, etc) and really like the concept! Kudos and good luck!
Observe that the definition of "foreign Internet site" does not state that the site is located outside the USA, owned by a non US Citizen, or any other commonly understood meaning of the word "foreign". All "domestic" sites also meet the definition of a "foreign Internet site" "for the purpose of this section":

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c112:1:./temp/~c112dI2...:

(a) Definition- For purposes of this section, a foreign Internet site or portion thereof is a `foreign infringing site' if--

(1) the Internet site or portion thereof is a U.S.-directed site and is used by users in the United States;

(2) the owner or operator of such Internet site is committing or facilitating the commission of criminal violations punishable under section 2318, 2319, 2319A, 2319B, or 2320, or chapter 90, of title 18, United States Code; and

(3) the Internet site would, by reason of acts described in paragraph (1), be subject to seizure in the United States in an action brought by the Attorney General if such site were a domestic Internet site.
I believe any change in a cell phone contract, such as a new fee, allows you to terminate the contract without penalty. Of course 99.9% of customers won't do that, but it is an option.
Apple has been doing this for many years now. I think we all know the reason why they do it. Answer: because they can. Don't shop at Apple expecting to find a deal.
IANAL-Is it possible to set up a class-action lawsuit on this? We, Verizon customers, entered into a 2-year contract agreement. Now, in the middle of that contract, they are changing the agreement. At the least, shouldn't they be forced to wait until a customer signs a new contract to institute new fees?

Perhaps someone with more legal experience can chime in. As a Verizon customer who just signed a new 2-year agreement, I'd be willing to join the class and spread the word about it.
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Or to click the little "flash image as offensive" button and if enough people do that it will probably get taken offline automatically. Oh wait.
I think Tom is right that MySpace lost out to facebook because it is underpoliced. It became the cesspool of the internet. Policing can take many forms, for instance, Facebook doesn't allow people to add a lot of "bling" to their profiles as MySpace does/did. Reddit and Slashdot crowdsource their policing, by having a rating/karma system that discourages people from posting stuff that is bothersome to others. There are all kinds of things that can be done.

But just letting anyone do anything is not a good approach. The small minority who will get up in arms about such a thing is nothing compared to the masses that will leave when they decide that the anything goes approach has allowed G+ to become a cesspool like MySpace.
Ask HN: what's your New Year's resolution?
Mine: a 60 day challenge to get in shape and launch my startup. I'm cutting out everything other than these two things. That means no:

• Unhealthy food. Defined here as sweets, desserts, drinks other than water and tea, and grains. (Somewhat of a variation of the 4 hour body diet.)

• Movies, books, or other media (other than some workout music). I just got a kindle, too.

• Internet surfing, other than specific things for the startup. That means no HN.

• Going out at night/on the weekend. It's the gym or library all day every day.

My only exception is a 1-hour-per week philosophy discussion club.

What are you planning?
Frankly, I've grown increasingly disinterested in anything TechCrunch(ers) have to say. Siegler's pieces in particular remind me of partisan political editorials.
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I'm an LA native, and this is what I hate most about my city. There are sections of the building code that literally mandate a minimum number of parking spaces when you build a new building. When every building has plenty of parking, everyone is expected to drive everywhere. As long as this is the case, there is no incentive to improve public transportation.
Also just saw that you did OneVoice; I remember reading about that not too long ago. Keep up the good work!
Looking at Visa's current terms, they don't seem to run afoul of those regulations - but Verizon is still violating them. Visa says you're allowed to offer a discount to non-credit-card payments, but it has to be presented to the customer as a discount for cash/gift card/e-check/whatever payment, rather than as a surcharge for paying with your credit card.
From the article: "Customers can still enroll in a service that will debit their bank accounts or charge their credit cards on a recurring basis for free."
A million times this. I work in the enterprise space, and I see people asking for HTML5 for all sorts of things, even though none of the details they spew out require use of HTML5. They can all be sufficiently done in HTML4, without concern for backwards compatibility. I think people just list HTML5 because they assume it will be some big thing. They have no idea what it actually encompasses.
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What's your language of choice? I don't see any reason there shouldn't be "Hitchhiker's Guide to X" for your favorite X.
So, I just spent a few minutes trying to answer the following question: If I were uncomfortable about buying and installing my own RAM, and I went to Google to find a local store that would install RAM for me, what could I find?

I see Geek Squad trucks driving around all the time, and I happen to know (via other more extensive Google searches) that Geek Squad will install RAM for $50, if I miraculously manage to buy the RAM and bring it in to them with the computer. Awesome! Presumably they can also help me find the RAM in their Best Buy store and buy it.

But when I search "geek squad install mac memory" do I get a nice landing page? Nope, I get a generic ad leading to a generic landing page that doesn't mention memory but offers to sell me a $99/year support subscription that includes such helpful stuff as "antivirus". Given that I've just bought an Apple device and - however naive I am - probably understand that this comes with free Genius Bar support, I'm going to click away from that page and never return.

Now, I happen to live in a town with a Micro Center, so I Google up "micro center mac memory", and do I get my landing page? Nope. Top result is an ad directly from Apple for their $400 RAM. Below that is an ad from Crucial that leads to a page which requires me to read words like "DDR" and know that my machine is a "2.2 GHz early-2011" model. Then there's a similar ad from "MacMemory.com" that leads to a page that makes Crucial's look like a model of UX design. And finally there's a bunch of links to Micro Center, several of which lead to computers but not RAM, a few of which lead to catalog entries for RAM complete with the DDRs and the GHz and the scary photos of green circuit boards, but none of which suggest the known fact that Micro Center has a tech shop in house and that shop will install RAM for you.

Even typing "Boston mac memory upgrade" only gives me one local store link on the SERP:

http://www.macintoshdr.com/Mac_Doctor/Upgrades.html

... and that's not a great landing page. Nothing specific to my problem. Most particularly: No price. But they do offer to ask me lots and lots of questions as they get to know me and my very personal problems with my personal computer. Techies: as a non-techie I probably don't yearn to open a dialogue with you, partly because I know I'll be mortally embarrassed by the conversation, and partly out of fear that you will try to convince me to spend hundreds of dollars using words which I cannot understand or rebut. Whereas I know that if I pay the nice Apple guy four hundred bucks my computer will vanish for fifteen minutes, magically reappear with more memory, and that's it.

So my answer is: Apparently Apple gets to charge their prices because nobody else in the league knows how to play this game.
I can't really treat this article seriously when his second graph illustrating "real" growth of startups requires that we are able to breach time-space continuum and go back in time.
>Now, moving to a single worldwide time standard (just use UTC for everyone for everyday use) seems to make a little more sense. While I understand the desire to make the hours line up with the solar day in a reasonably uniform way around the world, timezones (and daylight savings time) are an ugly hack that add a lot of cost and give you only a very rough approximation of what you are trying to achieve.

This is the part that makes the least sense to me - I could buy the rest until then, but after that it starts to read like some sort of elaborate joke.
You can choose to filter your search results and I think it defaults to "modest" (or whatever).

Rather than removing profile images they should offer optional filtering there, too.
Coke's major competitor is not Pepsi, it's water. Coke's biggest challenge is to get people to drink more Coke and less water.

Facebook's biggest competitor will never be another network, it will be "not bothering with a social network." And eventually people will get bored with these things. It may not be the current set of users, it might instead be the next generation of people, just as today's kids supposedly don't use email.
Yes, the second one. So that from the old app's point of view, nothing has changed: it can create, read, update, delete as before. A single version of the truth etc.

SQL's "CREATE VIEW" does this already (note: not all views can support CRUD, e.g. if you changed an aggregate column, like COUNT, there is no clear meaning for the affect on the underlying tables. If you increased count, what rows should it add? If you decreased count, which ones should it delete? The problem with aggregates is that the mapping from the underlying tables to the view isn't 1:1, you can't run the mapping backwards to reconstruct the original).

1. How is SQL's solution "half-baked"?

2. What does ChronicDB add?

I mean, back-compatibility is valuable, but what is the problem you see with the existing solution?
time for everyone to start paying by paper check -- let's see how long it lasts :)
Android isn't a Linux clone, it is Linux.

If Microsoft buys Android instead of Google

I don't think that would ever happen. MS had its own mobile OS way before Android existed, and it suffers somewhat from NIH syndrome.
Plus choosing their own movies and not letting in that guy that chews popcorn really loudly.
My problem with Gearman is that the queues are completely opaque. There's no way to inspect them, except in so far as if you use a database backend you can see the opaque jobs and get a count.
Eff yeah.

This is a great outline for building out your knowledge of Python (or any tech, really). Even where there are stubs, it still points to something you should learn about (and then possibly fill in the stub).
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It has to be a material change... this might not constitute one, especially if the contract says Verizon is free to add or remove payment methods or something along those lines.
I assume they will respect any existing contracts. The class action stuff around fees has generally been because the provider misrepresents the nature of the fee. For instance, they advertise a $39 a month plan, but then throw in a pure revenue surcharge with a description that makes it look like a federal tax.
> They do because they can, and nobody will stand up for you. Nationalize. Banish the execs to Monster Island. Start over.

Right, because having one company works so much better than having several, and because governments do so much better at listening to their "customers", and because you can always stop paying if you don't like the service. Oh, wait, none of those things.
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Transferred All domains from GoDaddy today, after being with them forever! Feels great! Had been unhappy with them for awhile.
This is great advice from Chris, and it's very much field tested.

On top of this, I would add honesty -- as in direct, upfront honesty. Don't sugarcoat anything. Over-selling a company can quickly be translated as bait-and-switch once somebody joins an organization.

I've used the honesty element as a recruiting tool, though. I explain where we have holes, and why persuading the candidate to join addresses those holes and moves us forward.

That approach doesn't always fit with every candidate, but I view that as a positive. I save them time from considering a situation for which they're potentially not a good fit. And I save myself time in finding the right candidate that fits our profile.
I bet they'll claim in-person payment remaining free will render the change meaningless from a void-contract point of view.
If the contract doesn't explicitly state you get to use a credit/debit card, then they're not really under any obligation to accept it at all, much less for free. After all, you can always do it the old-fashioned way and mail in a check.
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We (ISP) switched from authorize.net to ippay because they had much better rates on recurring payments. They claim to be able to process with a telco/recurring flag that has much lower fees. All I know is our fees went down a lot: www.ippay.com/index.php?q=ippay

Might explain why vzw wants to push people to recurring payments.
Yeah, yeah, his graphs suck. His point is that good companies tend to go through one or more iterations that are just wrong on the way to something good. That is basically true.
Seeing that kind of doublespeak codified into law is downright frightening. I watched that SOPA markup hearing a while back and all the reps were talking about foreign this and foreign that and how these targets of prosecution were in other countries so most wouldn't even show up in court... yet the definition of foreign is a US-directed site?
I just moved the last three of my domains from them. All oddball things like .ws and .name that I'd just been too lazy to find an alternate for but this is just enough motivation to do the authorization code dance. I wish I could have sent them to namecheap, anyone who takes a principled stand is someone I'd like to support but they don't accept transfers of the oddball tlds so I went with Gandi.