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I've integrated enterprise and mid-size accounting systems over the past 15 years. I also have had to run a small consulting shop answering this issue. I think I have something that really works well, but I didn't think anyone else needed it.

I'd like to talk to you more about what you think a solution should look like (I've built, torn down and rebuilt solutions for this space). Mind getting in touch by email?
I started with Ubuntu in 2006 and I don't remember a time when they were ever "solid" or didn't break things up upgrades. Rule of thumb has always been to partition a separate /home and do a clean install every time. Maybe back when they were closer to Debian, but then that's just Debian's stability (not Ubuntu's).
The parent comment is perhaps a bit too thin on content and too much on the conspiracy theory side (edit: it was grayed out when I wrote this reply), but it does touch on an interesting question: is our progress limited more by technology, or is it limited more by socio-economic factors?

Consider that a toy steam engine was built by Heron of Alexandria around 2000 years ago, and yet nobody got the idea of harnessing it to replace human labor. Perhaps this can be explained in part by not-quite advanced metallurgy, but what about the fact that society back then relied on very cheap slave labor? What role did that play?

Think about what the business model for making 3d printers pervasive could be. If you manage to do that, you might become the next generation's Bill Gates. Too bad I don't have an answer there...
Check out kongregate.com. The fact of the matter is that Flash is an amazing tool if you are small team making video games. I don't see HTML5 as being on the same level yet. The only reason Flash is falling out of favor is because it sucks on mobile devices. Well, there are still millions of desktops with mice out there that are not going away any time soon.
Amazon boosting game teams in Seattle, CA with social & mobile focus
Are any 3d printer companies public?
Ask HN: What are your 2012 goals?
And how are you going to achieve them?

One idea is to keep the how specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and time-based such that it is crystal clear in your mind what you are going to do.

(PS: keep voting this up so we can get a nice collection going)

Let 'em rip!
Someone needs to figure out how much it takes to get one of these made. I think I'm probably going to order one.

I'll do it later tonight if I remember, if someone else doesn't do the heavy lifting first.
Botnet creator worked for antivirus company
Yes, indeed. The marketing point appears to be lower self-discharge rate, but that's going to be pretty boring for a home experimenter to measure (like, 10 year shelf life - what's the shortest meaningful experiment time you can extrapolate from?)
No More Résumés, Say Some Firms
25,000 signatures exceeded.  Chris Dodd will be investigated.
Leno prints his own car parts (to replace hard-to-find parts, not to save $$$): http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/jay-leno/technology/432...
Hrithik Roshan’s fans can wear his dress from Agneepath
From the article: "although the old menu system will still be available for those who don’t want to use HUD or want to explore the available commands"

In addition, users upgrading from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS are already getting Unity (which is already in itself a breaking change). I see no reason to delay the introduction of this menu system.

As a user jumping between LTS versions I welcome both the introduction of Unity and the addition of keyboard-driven, menu searches.

I see your point though: maybe a better solution would be to have it in the LTS but disabled by default?
As Workers Go Mobile, IT Must Follow
Good job. It is kind of addicting.
I think a point system that depends upon the degree of color match along with time taken, will make it even more interesting.
I think copyright apply's to sculpture.
Actually, some of the most popular laptops (eg: every macbook ever sold and every laptop on display at my local best-buy) do not have this type of built-in pointer. Trackpads are very common. Index finger pointing sticks are not. And they are much more effective than trackpads.

Given the choice between keyboard with trackpad vs keyboard and mouse, I too would choose keyboard and mouse.
I believe that I'm in a small minority of the general population simply because most people haven't been exposed to the less common alternative.

Of course I may be wrong, and perhaps most people have tried this type of keyboard and just don't like it. In any case, it's not about productivity for me. It's about annoyance reduction, comfort, and convenience.
awesome company, def. buying my next pair from them.
I knew I'd seen it somewhere. Thanks for the link.
Actually, you need a human to assemble and wire up all of them, not just the first one.
If you need hard data here it is

http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Germany/Price-Hist... - Average existing home price is 238k euros ($310k)

http://www.census.gov/const/uspriceann.pdf - Average US new home price is $272k

Remember we are comparing apples to oranges (Existing small german average home vs new big US home)

BTB, if you watch the show "International house hunters" you would realize how cheap US real estate really is. It will be amazing to see how houses in europe or brazil or even Nigeria costs much much more than the typical american homes!
So... the future of the menu is... Zork?
Oh, it's all well under way - including multiple projects "printing" gun magazines (and I don't mean periodicals). There is nothing "postponed consciously" about it; some of us think such new technologies are a great way to preserve & restore old Constitutional rights which legislative busybodies are he11-bent on trampling.
Do you have a link to this story/essay? I'd love to read it but I'm having a hard time finding anything authoritative about it.
Probably too many people flagged it.
The most likely explanation is that it was getting flagged by people who didn't like it.
Microsoft tells story of Antivirus programmer turned Kelihos botnet hacker
Open source hydrogen fuel cells car
Designers are more valuable than programmers
Toyota asked me 1500 eurs for a little piece of plastic that held the front bumper.

Now I know how to make it myself on my printrbot.
The article compares two name-brand alkaline batteries to a zinc-chloride ("heavy-duty") battery. The results were as expected.

You can get cheap alkaline batteries. They're $1.99/10 at IKEA, for example. And they perform as well as name-brand alkalines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery#The...
The idea is that you'd use this via the python shell (and soon, from your R code or Javascript code), and not through the website. Looks like we need to make that clearer. The website stack is Postgres+Django+Python.
-snip, can't read, need coffee-

Is it a valid service to provide server space and linking of files for sharing with other people? Yes it is. That's what would be called a significant non-infringing use (and it's the reason that Rapidshare isn't shut down).

The fact that some people use it to break the law (much with guns, or computers, or any other tool) doesn't really change anything.

>If you think for one second that those people comprised more than 5% of the userbase

Prove it. The onus of proof is on you. Presumption of innocence and all that.
yes:
3D Systems Corp.
NYSE: DDD

Stratasys, Inc.
NASDAQ:SSYS
And this: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
Well, it's mostly that I'm uneducated and inexperienced with this, and am looking to a more experienced group (HN community) to provide their thoughts and experiences.

I think your conscience is a great guide if it's something you have prior experiences with, or it's something that's pretty clear. But in cases where you don't have a clue, it's best to seek and draw from the experience of those more experienced.
Extracting vs Creating Value
Kodak's plans for the future
laser printers can already print metal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_laser_sintering
Already wondering what the 2012 report will look like.
You should probably email directly rather than post. At least that's been the recommendation in the past.
Looking on the site I see:
"Build an E commerce website for multifunctional women\’s clothing line..."

The budget is given at $300-$500. Is this even close to realistic? We pay offshore developers $30/hr. I know their agency takes a chunk of that, but a credibly completed e-commerce site for a few hundred bucks?
The same way people organize to make an OS like Linux, people will organize to make cars.
Facebook Founder to Donate $100 Million to Help Remake Newark’s Schools: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/education/23newark.html
Microsoft Names Reputed Head of Kelihos Botnet
Seems like there have been mostly negative comments here, admittedly I haven't used this yet but I think it's a great idea. Ultimately this is not supposed to replace key-bindings but rather allow me to quickly access features that I normally don't access without hunting for it in the toolbar menu. Sounds especially useful in applications where you heavily use keyboard (like text editors for example).

I believe/hope that experience will be similar to the 'command palette' of Sublime Text 2 where you can execute a feature that you don't use very often (e.g. convert to lower case <ctrl+shit+p> low<enter>) without hunting for it in the menu.

For me theory sounds good, I need to test it myself to decide whether I like it in practice or not.
I know that GM (and probably others, but I know GM for sure) has large, accurate, and very expensive 3D laser printers. It focuses lasers into a vat of resin and creates a heat-tolerant and reasonably strong car part, that can be added to an actual car and test-driven for a while before disintegrating.
SOPA-like bill under proposal in Finland
He's leaving because he has the option to use a different comparable provider.

Some of us are not so lucky. I have only two options available in my apartment. 3mbit/s cable service which disconnects frequently and is wholly unreliable, or ATT DSL 6mbit/1mbit which while its reliable costs $40/month. 4G wireless solutions do not penetrate my building enough to be useable.

What we really need are more comparable options for internet access.
Probably the government flagged it.
Easy Way To Install Windows 7
That globally would be amazing.
I did this for a science fair project literally over 30 years ago. The result was that the Radio Shack batteries that you got for free (they used to give 1 free battery a month) was better than Duracell.
The Web's Growing Muscle
Promoted anything would cause me to avoid your service. It is very rare, for example, a promoted Youtube video to be relevant for my interests.

Figure out a way to efficiently crowd-source your content and place unobtrusive ads on the pages. Google is good at not annoying me with their search page ads.
The oldest use of programming was in ancient times. They even had automated plays that were "programmed" with ropes and spindles.

Sadly, the records of much of which were probably lost with the library of alexandria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria
One big downside to cmd+shift+/ is that it doesn't work with full screen apps.
"Can't" is rather absolute. So you are saying there are no successful businesses that work this way?
I like it too. I'm just worried about what I would do when I open a new application for the first time. How do I scan what it can do? How do I learn the functions of the application?
Is the Paper Résumé Dead?
Building trello.com for multiple devices
School Without Walls Fosters A Free-Wheeling Theory Of Learning
Measuring Facebook's economic impact in Europe [pdf]
How interconnected is your data? Did you consider a graph db?
Your Résumé vs. Oblivion
Sounds like ClojureQL ;) one of my favorite projects. Looks like Korma is winning with a "worse is better" approach.
Do you intend to curate the listings? That seems like alot of work for a single person. Have you considered reaching out to regional music bloggers to give them a 'seat'? They could in-turn promote you with a embeddable widget for their blog.

Nice work. I like where its going.
Well if the warranty is only 2 years, I guess they can say it lasts 1000 years. When you complain that it only lasted 3 years, the warranty will already be up :)
What happens to your Facebook profile if you die?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Recycling
Toward a Basic Profile for Linked Data
I wouldn't mind an entry about the metastasis of Javascript beyond the confines of the browser. The awfulness of JS refuses to go away!
Maybe because it got flagged because this isn't anything really new
If it's anything like what it seems, you shouldn't need to type more than a few characters. Easily done with one hand, then you can hit enter or click the option.

Say you type "d". It brings up "delete", "documents", and "return to desktop" (with the fuzzing). Type one more character and you get the one you want, or click it. That's how it works in Windows 7, and it might be the best thing Microsoft has ever done.
Oh, and a plug for a friend that has a regional blog - i know http://nocountryfornewnashville.com/. I'd venture to say he'd be happy to have one of those 'seats'.
Demonstration various types of 64-bit issues in C/C++
Political JavaScript: progress.js
Free Wikipedia in Africa and Middle East (first step against net neutrality?)
Print mold. Use actual material you want. (win?)
The guys at open source ecology might not have the business model, per se, but I think they're headed in the right direction.

Rather than selling the 3d printers (and related technologies), 'sell' a community which requires of you only 4 hours a week of work to participate and all it takes to join is whatever it takes to transport your body there. Maybe its not 4 hours a week, but 8 or 2 - either way its not going to be much and it will only get smaller.
That would make sense.

I would bet there is some kind of functional vs. ornamental test. Yes you can copyright a sculpture, but no you can't copyright the bolt pattern of a fuel pump to prevent others from making a replacement part.

If that is true, then I would think a figurine is more ornamental than functional.
I wouldn't be surprised if people were flagging it based on the tedious discussion in the comments, tbh.
Actually, many barrel jacks have an actual switch (springy metal) that disconnects something when you have a headphone jack plugged in. I don't know about modern ones, but it's not about impedance.
Actually there is a demand for high skilled trades. The problem is most of the not so academically gifted kids want to do useless college degrees instead of learning a trade.

I think what US need is a german style vocational education system
> I usually learn faster than a computer, so the way I see it is not computer "learning", but computer arbitrarily "changing" its behaviour. So, instead of memorizing "to call Jack, I have to press J and Down and Down", I have to always pay attention when the interface changes...

Thanks for putting this in words. This is an example of an innovation that reduces the learning curve to a device, but almost certainly makes it slower for the experienced user. One of the reasons that I use GNU/Linux on my personal computers is precisely because FOSS interfaces tend to not make this trade-off (as evidenced by Emacs, Vim, Blender, Inkscape, and many more). So, I am a bit luke warm towards this new HUD interface (then again, I haven't forced myself to swallow the Unity pill yet, either).

My keyboard doesn't randomly swap around the keys on my keyboard, and I appreciate that because I spent the time learning to touch type. Arguably, adaptively moving keys could be faster for 'hunt and peck' typists, but not for people who have spent some time learning how to type.
SourceYourCity Makes it Easier for Start-Ups to Secure Local News Coverage
KLM showing us how they are automating their Twitter account
Wouldn't that kill the submission, not bury it?
The technology of 3d printing is in its infancy, and it has nothing to do with Conspiracy theories but with real problems people will have to find a way to solve(they will but it will take time and effort).

A gun is not dangerous per se, it is the man or woman that carry it who is, you could kill other people with knives or invite people to eat poison, or use a DIY bow and arrow, or trow stones or make a bomb with fertilizer or fire a house.
They plan to make the HUD capable of gesture and speech recognition.
Can you elaborate a bit further on the data you have? Is it a flexible architecture where you plugin data from multiple sources? How do you solve ETL for that? Or is it a fixed data set? If so, what is it?
I'm also in San Francisco, and looking to move away from Comcast. Mostly due to cost, than anything (yeah, the idea that Internet costs me more than TV + Internet pisses me off in an irrational way).

I must admit, it's tough, their Internet service is quite good.

I assume you got the 'two lines' package? I wouldn't mind comparing what you are paying to my other options. What's your upload speed, and did you go with 'Annex M' or 'Annex A'?

Monkeybrains is still an option for me, but I'm hesitant about going wireless. The information you provided is great, thanks for the post!
I wholeheartedly agree. I'm thankful that I turned out to actually have a decent 2nd option.

My main reason for writing this was to encourage others, especially in the bay area, to make sure they've really looked at all their options. Some might find a nice surprise like I did.
Fair ball on "promoted" content, though I wonder if there isn't a balance point that could be reached - i.e.: Reddit Ads. But that's a ways down the road anyhow.

I regards to crowd sourcing: part of the value proposition of stagetrip was always intended to be "curation" - i.e.: as soon as its opened up to the internet firehose, I'd be worried about the quality of what's posted. In that sense, the music selection is really my voice as opposed to an impartial location-map of independent bands, which isn't a good thing - so I hear what you're saying. That being said, my intent is that every song on the site display some sort of instantly recognizable merit.

Perhaps fowkswe has the right idea - open it up to a select group, or require a "membership application" or something.
Hmm, they are recommended for use in smoke detectors, think they might be slightly more careful about that if there is actually no benefit... Unless the conspiracy theory runs deeper than suspected :-)
This is really impressive and well made. Love the design and UI in addition to the game just being fun. You can see how much thought went into it when you see how the scores are presented after you completed the game.
Lithium iron (the 1.5v) and other primary lithium cells (the 3v) are very important and most definitely a real battery, not just marketing. Stable voltage output over ther life (alkalines life is rated to 0.8 v), high capacity, wider temperature range (doen to -40), high peak current, and great shelf life.
It's funny how the answer to not getting enough interest from qualified candidates is to make it more troublesome and time consuming to apply so that only unemployed people will bother.

It's often heard that 3 page CVs are an abomination since no one has time to trawl through all that. But now, doing a video interview just to apply is OK to require, at least according to this article.

Where I work, CVs with cover letters are fine, links to web presences are fine, if someone wants to send a DVD or link to a private youtube exhortation that's also fine. Whatever works for the candidate we'll look at it.

It can be tedious to sort through all these CVs, assuming your company is able to get any relevant applications at all. But that's the price of acquiring talented people. Hiring someone for a creative job like development is as tricky as selecting a spouse to get married. It's a long term commitment that will affect both of you profoundly. It's not the same as buying a pound of hamburger.
Ask HN: Can anyone explain how the new scoring system on Foursquare works?
I am a new user of foursquare and one thing I absolutely love about the new scoring system is how it changes user points based on the interaction with the system.

Does anyone know how to design such a system. I kinda figured out it should be a function of checkin time and points scored like
score = (total_points/((time_last_checkin)^some_constant).

Does anyone has a better explanation or a better score function?
I think the consensus is that everyone wants Ubuntu to be the "mainstream" Linux, which is most like the other mainstream desktop OSes and can be put up on a pedistal for its stability. All the recent changes like Unity and now this shake up a paradigm that has been in place for 2 decades.

I know for a fact that things like Unity keep me from installing Ubuntu on every family members PC as a general purpose OS. They are too different from Windows (nobody on my side really got on the OSX bandwagon) and then because of these constant huge UI changes things break that they can't fix and it would frustrate them to no end.

I don't want to speak for everyone, but I want to see experimental projects like this in some kind of Ubuntu test bad like Firefox has Aurora / Nightly to test new features. Things that work and are widely popular could be pushed into mainline releases, and things that aren't can be scrapped, maybe revisited later.

But throwing these paradigm shifts into release products makes everyone lean away from Ubuntu as a general purpose OS, which is what it was becoming best at. I think everyone just mourns the loss of potential.
Why are the only options non-rechargeables?

Aside from a few kid's toys (which require 1.5v not 1.25 that rechargeables give) in our house all batteries are low-discharge NiMH AA or AAA (with adapters for the C and D variants) - there are 1-2 9-volts, but for smoke alarms and they last forever.
The way they talk about spare parts, sneakers, etc. makes me wonder how we would ever be able to store all of that material. Maybe there will be ways in the future, but with that much variety in things they think we'll be able to print, literally how will we be able to keep it all stocked? Printer ink is hard enough for some people. Of course, this entire thing is about how stuff we take for granted now seemed absolutely ridiculous in the past, so I won't dismiss it.
Cloud9 IDE supports deploying to Azure
Coincidentally enough, I judged a science fair on Saturday, and one enterprising 6th grader did the same. The results were that alkaline batteries were significantly better than other types (by about a factor of 2), and that the generic versions were slightly better than the name-brand (by about 10%).
Why Apple Makes iPhones In China
Yes. Flash on Windows isn't half bad, but Flash on Android is the eighth plague.
Thanks for the kind words and the great suggestion. As I noted in reply to fredsanford, curation = quality -- your idea of enlisting "qualified" people might be just the thing to drive some volume.

Cheers!
Much less than 10 years. Temperature has a major influence on self discharge and useful discharge; the lithium batteries win for this. They also have more energy per cell. Lithium batteries are also lighter, and more shock resistant/leak resistant/durable.

I try to use CR123 lithium batteries wherever possible; they're pretty cheap at BatteryStation.
Anatomy of a Rebranding
Is branding necessary? In the consumer products world, that question is so obvious that you wouldn’t dare to ask it. (If you did, you might have to put your resume back up on Monster, and quickly update your LinkedIn profile.) Now, even in the Internet world, the need for smart branding is becoming indisputable.
Yet when some techies hear the word “branding,” they immediately associate it with less-than-positive terms like “spin” or “sizzle.” A lot of PowerPoint slides, maybe. A layer of bullsh*t that isn’t necessary if you’ve got the right product and user experience, and virality.....