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A company I worked at actually did use services like MegaUpload (not MU specifically, but something pretty similar) to exchange files with clients.

Email: Can't send 60 MB files

Skype: Neither my designer nor clients know how to use it

MSN: Ditto

Dropbox: Can be kinda slow and clients don't know how to use it

Yahoo: Not sure what you're talking about with this one

$X hosting: My designer and clients don't know what this even means — the only way to make it usable for them would be to write a MegaUpload clone
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I agree, it's twine & ifttt combined into one. It's almost the next iteration of twine in its UI and functionality.
Is it just me, or does the interviewer seem like he just stepped off the set of CSI: Miami?

Regardless, I love hearing Gates speak candidly.
Out of curiosity, how far downrange did each of your balloons end up coming down after reaching such high altitudes? How far was this distance from what you anticipated?
One guy made an easy to use computer, some cool movies, and then some expensive first-world gadgets while hanging on to his massive fortune and reputation as a jerk. The other made "PC" a household word, now runs the largest charity in history, and is working to eradicate malaria, among other things. Both were around the same age at the time of Jobs' death. I don't understand why people look up to Jobs so much when Gates seems to be the better human being by far.
Unity is a small thing on top of gnome, replacing the gnome-shell.

Even arguing like this the comparison is crap. KDE vs. Gnome makes sense. Unity vs. Gnome-shell. Fedora vs. Ubuntu. The one used by engadget is like comparing apples to hazelnuts.
Thanks for the link. I found some interesting controls.
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Oh, it was entirely fair. Microsoft only stopped being evil once Gates left. Its predatory and monopolistic behaviour was driven primarily by him, personally.

Bill Gates is, I suspect, a much better person now than he was in the 90s, and the world is a better place because of it. His current laudable campaigns do nothing to detract from his past misdeeds, however. He was evil, now he's good. I'm glad that he's devoting the same energy and passion to stamping out Malaria and AIDS as he did stamping out Netscape and Linux. Hopefully he'll be more successful, as well.
This would be an extension of our right to self-defense, and such agreements are quite clearly an act of aggression.
I can't believe Apple is the source of evil stuffs.
Fine for me in Canada.
Well, .join(x) joins an array into a string, with x as the separator. First of all what does Array(16) make? Effectively it should make an array with null 16 times. Now, JavaScript seems to think null is a blank string, a string with the text 'null', or a zero depending on the context.

The first thing it should do is TypeError that null is not a string. Or don't join null fields because there is nothing there.

If is does convert null to '', then it should TypeError on string - int. If it is not going to TypeError it should do something sensible, like slice the string

> Array(16).join("wat".slice(0,-1)) + " Batman!"
'wawawawawawawawawawawawawawawa Batman!'

I think the correct thing would be to TypeError in two different places. Or change the language so things that don't error actually work. Returning a string with NaNs in it will just lead to uncaught errors. If it actually returns something it should probably be ' Batman!'.

JavaScript nuttiness:

Now it's zero:

> null + 1
1

Now it's "null":

> null + "text"
'nulltext'

Now it's a blank string:

> [null, null, null].join()
',,'

Python errors when things don't make sense, and forces you to make them make sense:

If it doesn't work, error:

>>> "wat" - 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'str' and 'int'

Can't join None into a string:

>>> ','.join([None, None, None])
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, NoneType found

Convert None to a string if you want:

>>> ','.join([str(i) for i in [None, None, None]])
'None,None,None'

But it makes more sense to drop the None:

>>> ','.join([str(i) for i in [None, None, None] if i])
''
The article doesn't mention an important fact: All of the defendants named in the suit are based in California, a state that does not enforce non-compete agreements (with some minor exceptions).

Assuming that these companies agreed not to hire each other's employees, we have a make-shift non-compete agreement, in effect (though not as efficient or encompassing).

The biggest issue I have with this case is that these types of antitrust laws exist in the first place. In the absence of fraud, this is a victimless crime. To pay damages implies that the offender took something away from the victim, that they need to be "made whole" again.

These employees freely agreed to their compensation packages and received those. They weren't hired elsewhere because those employers freely chose not to after balancing the benefits of recruiting them against the risk of losing current employees.

If these companies are really screwing over their employees it seems like a great opportunity for other companies to tell them no thanks to their no-hire agreement and start poaching.
I love the blg post. It's very inspirational and I emailed it to a couple of friends that might benefit from it.

Question: What about buying on Craigslist and selling on eBay or other listings? I use both at times and noticed that each tailors certain genres better. Do you do that or have an opinion on that?
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* ... captured photographs of the figurine posing with a Canadian flag at 78,000 feet
For one of my customers, I have set up an ETL using ActiveWarehouse-ETL [1] in Ruby, which transforms the production data into a MySQL dimensional structure (facts joined with dimensions).

From there their non-technical users use plain Excel (their tool of choice) and an ODBC bridge to create reports as they wish.

See http://blog.logeek.fr/2008/1/19/a-beginner-s-guide-to-datawa... for interesting links I kept around, too.

[1] https://github.com/activewarehouse/activewarehouse-etl
I consider this noteworthy as OVH is a hosting service largely used here in Europe, but this time the service will provide closer servers for north-american users.
What's wrong with admiring one for taste, and the other for (post-Microsoft) ethics? Why should we compare people to pick the 'best human'?
I think it's an old scam http://blog.reverseaustralia.com/indian-microsoft-telemarket...
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thanks, this looks promising
I think it's just that Jobs was much more interesting. I'm in the middle of the biography, and I hope to someday read one on Gates as well, but from what I've seen and read to date there was just more to talk about with Steve. He was charismatic and intense, yet somewhat tortured and insane. When people consider Bill Gates they definitely respect him and look up to him, but he's so laid back and humble that there's not much to talk about. He has a ton of money, he's sane, and he's pumping his cash into philanthropic goals that we won't see the effects of for years. I think people just prefer to talk about Steve because he was so vibrant (as Gates put it) and so you hear more about him, which you convert to people "looking up to him."

However this video bothered me, why was the interviewer picking at Jobs' time left to live?
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No, going DRM would be against everything that apple is. If it is going to be an apple product then they will shove DRM on it. They want to lock customers in wherever and whenever possible.
You have to give Jobs credit for be a successful serial entrepreneur: Apple, Pixar, NeXT (debatable, but it sold for $429 million), and again Apple.
This is some of the most ridiculously biased shit I've ever read on HN. Please explain his past misdeeds that are so unforgivable that his $30 odd billion in charitable donations can't even erase.
as the article says, the concept of actually buying hollywood is a little ridiculous and a little pointless, but they don't need to.

putting up billions to license first-run shows is a terrible idea though. it validates all hollywood's reluctance to change any of their old business practices, and encourages then to keep being stick-in-the-muds. Hollywood needs to be disrupted, and a huge pile of cash is exactly what is needed for that to happen. If apple wants access to high-quality content for their TVs, they need to do something drastically different to scare hollywood into playing with them.
Maybe Bill Gates was never truly "evil". Maybe he just did what he had to do to amass the wealth that is required to do truly great things like stamping out Malaria and AIDS. Who is to say he wasn't planning his philanthropy all along? I certainly am. It's one of the main driving factors behind the business goals I work towards every day. I think Bill Gates has always been kind of misunderstood.
>It looks like the guy's name is Anton, a Swedish name

This Anton is Russian clearly. http://ru.linkedin.com/pub/anton-k/32/253/695

And Алёнка (Alyonka) is a diminutive form of Russian name Алёна (Alyona)
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Алёнка
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I got what I expected: an article about why $75k in paper profits wasn't actually worth pursuing. Did you expect the article to say: "We don't want money on philosophic grounds"? Of course it's an article about why $revenue - $cost is the wrong metric. It's less linkbait than can be said for a lot of other articles.
I don't think anything erases the past. On the whole, the world is a lot better off for having Bill Gates in it. But just because he's doing a lot of good now doesn't mean the bad he did doesn't count.
Very, very inspiring!
Gates also mentions working with Wozniak. I'd like to hear some Wozniak stories.
That's entirely possible, but it was never the impression that I got at the time. True, I could be grossly misjudging his motivations in the 90s, but I don't think so. I think he was driven to be successful for its own sake. I'm certainly glad that he's turned to philanthropy, but I think applying his current actions as the motivation for his actions 15 years ago smacks of revisionism.
One wall garden to buy another walled garden? Whats the point? We need to disrupt the movie, tv and music business. We need to tear down the wall.
You might be interested in https://github.com/paperlesspost/graphiti

It's somewhat based on some of the stuff Github uses internall for graph generation (so the README says).
So, if I understand your logic, Fedex, which often ends up transporting illegal drugs in around the US, profits from illegal packages, they should have their entire company shutdown and all packages impounded? I'm sure there is plenty of other example which illustrates what I mean (banks).

You could say that Fedex is unethical for not checking every packages content etc... But should the peoples packages be forfeited to the government just like that?

The argument is that MU willfully knew that there were infringing files on their system yet they didn't take them down properly (simply removing links etc..) Other than that I've never seen anyone suggest that they promoted it actively as a way to share unlicensed copyrighted materials. It could be reasonably assume by a user that the site was a generic way to share any file.
Horrible interviewer
"That's the hidden problem with HN: with a few notable exceptions, everybody here is an Monday morning quarterback."

If you're unwilling to receive feedback (be it right or wrong), why write the article in the first place?
When cities are walkable, grocery stores are nearby too.

I live in a small town in the American midwest, considered very walkable, lots of bike lanes, etc.

We don't have smaller retail stores within walking distance. Instead we have big-box grocery stores like everywhere else.

We _used_ to have those but in the late 50s they were zoned out of existence.
As an engineer, the "Wozniak" stories are my favorites. He's an extremely interesting guy, and has very interesting views on many thing (including education). He's probably the "tech" personality I most wish I could meet.
Seems to me that Apple has already locked down a distribution and promotion model that is significantly less expensive than Hollywood. The only thing left is to replace Hollywood's role as "VC for TV/music/movie ideas".

I would imagine with their huge cost advantages, Apple could offer much more attractive deals to the creative people in the industries. Why not just start funding productions?

Hell, content is just Apple's carrot to get people to buy hardware. They don't even need to make a profit from it.
Hi-rise buildings are prohibited in Washington D.C.

The traffic there is as bad as any big city I've been in.
>he's so laid back and humble that there's not much to talk about.

He certainly is now, but that's not the impression you get from reading the various and sundry Microsoft apocrypha. Check out Spolsky's recollection:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html
"The US government has sovereign immunity [...] unless those acts violate the law..."

That's what the trial is about.

"...how would the FBI establish that the files were non-infringing...?"

Exactly like Megaupolad.
No, that claim is from his current standing on all-time leaderboards.

Not saying it is legitimately held, nor do I care, but ars wasn't being false or sensational.
I'd appreciate it if the downvote-abusing coward(s) would explain their objection to that comment. It's quite factual, and relevant, and IMO importantf for people to consider. Do you seriously believe that revenue for all employees divided by salary for some tells you anything meaningful? Do you believe that availability of a better ratio by hiring someone else doesn't mean you're overpaid? Come on, let's have some actual debate instead of bullying.
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Assuming that the online store makes up 10% of total sales, Apple is losing approximately $35,000 per second that their website is down.
Have you read the ones on folklore.org?

http://www.folklore.org/ProjectView.py?project=Macintosh&...
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Nah. Apple should turbocharge education.
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Jobs sold a much better product in most cases; Gates used unfair and monopolistic business tactics to extract wealth and power above and beyond the actual value of his contribution.
I actually prefer Jason's point: why fight them at all if we can conquer them? Focusing too much on the competition is counter-productive -- the focus should be on the end-users' needs.
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very true...its "ifttt" in terms of hardware(sensor) triggers.
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> Well, so much for "don't be evil".

Evil? Explain.

Holy cow, are you guys as tired of this meme as I am?
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Or maybe his current philanthropy is his way of assuaging the guilt over his prior evil, and not a planned "the ends justify the means" rationalization for his evil from the outset.
Oh yes but we can never have too many Woz stories.
Imagine any show or movie on demand on your TV, way beyond what is available in iTunes now. There is no program guide, no schedule. Everything is there, organized according to your taste...

This is what I want. Despite paying for Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime, and being willing to pay for other such services I still can't get it. I have the Plex client installed on my Google TV, streaming shows that I torrent (even when they are on Hulu) and I rip Netflix movies. Not because I'm cheap and won't pay -- I would if they sold all this to me.

I can watch any content, on any device, anywhere but only because I'm a thief.
Evil will be passing your personal information to governments which want to put your life in danger. Or destroying the environment. Or willfully having inadequate safeguards for profit.

And bundling a web browser with the OS.
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You may be too much of an engineer, then :) Some people react that way, some don't. Emotions aren't always rational.
He had aggressive business practices? That's what makes him evil? He wanted IE and Windows to win out over Netscape and Linux? Give me a break. That is as mundanely not-evil in the business world as you could get.
Apple should buy a telco?
Does that mean that as long ends are noble you are not worried about the means ?
I'm afraid I'm having a hard time connecting the dots in such a way to see how an agreement to not do something counts as an act of aggression.
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It's interesting to think that this attack vector is more effective against people. They won't trust "sites" on the internet because they have been conditioned not to but will gladly follow the instructions of a "expert" over the phone.
What could someone do to stop this type of behavior? Repeated conditioning might take too long.

Aside: I love the ending near minute 25.

> ~I'm the senior most technician here.

> "Could you help me out? What does the Event Log do?"

> "Uh... Event Log .... click"
One guy inspired MILLIONS to make a difference.

Another guy is making a difference to MILLIONS.

I admire both of them, but I think in the long run (20+ years) the first guy will have a bigger impact.
A major car manufacturer, BMW or Toyota I believe, was showing their new factory and touting how it only required 50 people to run operations for the entire factory. You underestimate the amount of labor a robot can replace. It's not 3 people but 10. Now some of that labor will be pushed up to control and maintenance but most will simply be phased out.

As well, new factories are being built around robots and their limited degrees of freedom.
very well said. No one is Perfect in everything. From those kind of poeple, we need to pick good things that really stand out in them and for which they became iCons now.
There have been quotes from people who lost their files in the stories about this.

Why go to all that trouble to fight the FBI if you still have your files? Doubly so if these folks were some kind of pirates, because that's sort of like painting a giant target on their back.
It is a bad idea to use anything entered by a user as the primary key.

It is ok to use data entered by users to assure the uniqueness of a record (unique indexes/constraints).
It's a treat to hear them talk about each other.
I think Bill Gates is generally misunderstood because we don't fully appreciate just how intelligent he is. He's not routinely creating or providing answers (in the way that a scientist like Einstein was constantly offering up new ideas), so it's hard to really measure. He's inherently private, which only hinders our understanding of him even more.

But I think historically, we will look back on him as having some of the most influential and profound ideas (and decisions) of the 21st century.

No one person has done as much for humanity as Bill Gates has, perhaps in the history of the world. The only comparisons are perhaps to someone like Jonas Salk.
Well, I'd suggest you apply and see what happens, I mean would you not consider dropping out of CEGEP for a while to see if your idea pans out? I believe that you could still get into an American University without finishing CEGEP(it's probably not the easiest way). Don't take my word for it bu they usually have a few path to get in and they have mature student options, and you do have a high school degree but with just a year less than US students.
You should still be able to get in with that. As for McGill (great place ;p, I work there ;p) you can always finish CEGEP later and get in.

If you are convinced that you are ready to start a company I'd say apply now. You loose nothing.

Good luck.
off-topic: if you like the slide pictured in the article, check out the one at University of Technology, Munich [GER]:

http://www.buzzhunt.co.uk/2010/11/28/giant-slide-in-technica...
Even a very strict libertarian should agree to the obvious harm here: the compensation package with Google that the employee negotiated in good faith has a covenant which was not disclosed to them and is materially against their interests, namely, that signing on the dotted line forecloses future avenues which you might want to pursue. Not only were employees unaware of that, they would have active reasons to believe it would be impossible, because the laws under which that contract was negotiated say in big bold letters that provisions like that are repugnant to the state's sense of justice and will be voided even if spelled out.

There's a credible case for allowing people to sign away future opportunities in return for compensation in the present day, even if their counterparty has excessive leverage in that negotiation. I don't believe it, but I wouldn't think less of you if you do. There's no credible case for the moral righteousness of secret conspiracy against one's own employees' interests which acts to implement a term that you cannot ask for and expressly deny having sought.

It's structurally similar to abuse of overtime. I happen to think you should be allowed to trade more than 40 hours a week in return of an amount of money you find motivational, if that floats your boat. In some jurisdictions, that is illegal. Even if you disagree with that policy, if you're negotiating a contract in those jurisdictions, you're going to assume as part of your offer that you're only agreeing to 40 hours a week for the same reason you assume that negotiating a contract will not secretly obligate you to give them your kidney. If they then stick you with more than 40 hours a week, that's an abuse, even if you don't agree with the law: if you had been aware of the work routinely requiring more than 40 hours, you would have priced that in, but instead you priced it on the assumption of 40 hours in the mistaken belief that that was an externally imposed maximum.