skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You can live like a king in India for a few thousand dollars a month. In San Francisco, you'll be lucky to pay your rent. As a result, those developers in India are happy to ask for less if that results in them getting the work since $2K/month in India buys them the same (or better) lifestyle as $2K/week in San Francisco.

Besides which, they're competing against all the other workers in their country. If someone charges $50/hour and gets a lot of work for a similar skill set as you, wouldn't you try charging $45/hour to get the business? If the supply of workers is high and the demand for those workers is low, it does become a race to the bottom. Additionally, they must charge less than their American counterparts because of the inconvenience of being in a timezone where the start of the day in India comes after the end of the day in the US, the language/culture barrier, legal considerations (if someone rips you off, you have better legal options available if they're not half a world away with a foreign court system), and so on.

I'm sure if they could still get the work and charge more they would. However, consider an American-based company wanting development work done. If they have a choice between a $100/hour American worker and a $100/hour Indian worker, odds are very good the American will get the work for all the above reasons.
Apps that create Apps

Could have said the same thing about "apps that create blogs" or "apps that do financial calculation in tabular format"
That is an exception - US interns just can't be "productive". FTA: "50 percent of graduating students had held internships". Face it, most of them will be doing unpaid clerical work. It will be "educational", in that they will gain valuable office skills, but it won't really be legal.
Not sure what is lost with "unsetopt correct_all", but it fixes this annoyance.

"run-help" doesn't seem to do the trick. As an example, in Bash, "help for" will describe the for loop construct. "run-help" seems to just be an alias for "man" and on my system calls up the Tcl for man page.

Thanks for the article and your response here.
It has an optional fluid grid:

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/examples/fluid.html

In any case, fixed width layouts which adapt to screen sizes are also considered a form of responsive design.
I've incorporated Bootstrap 1.4 to use its styling (fonts, buttons, etc) but I'd like to get into the responsive features of 2.0. How exactly does the grid layout work, how should I layout my content? Which columns should I use and how would they adapt to changes in device max width? Thanks in advance!
So what you're saying is it doesn't matter if the HTML validates as long as you test well.
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Online marketplaces

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Even if it's cash you have sitting in your checking account, there's an opportunity cost associated with using it. Lots of people have no choice but to use financing in any case. And, if there's some special 0 percent financing or whatever deal, it may make sense to use dealer financing rather than pay cash even if you have it available. You just have to look at the numbers for the specific transaction.
I use http://attachments.me/ for a similar purpose.

Really nice gmail integration.

EDIT: It allows dropbox uploads.
The custom module building I was surprised to find, even though I've been using the 2.0-wip branch for a few weeks:

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/download.html

(Bonus: note the use of ScrollSpy to pin the sub-menu on that page!)
Got these all loaded onto the Kindle Fire. They work beautifully. I was meaning to post this about an hour ago but Osmos absorbed my attention.
Jailbreak Only: Tribute Calendar - A Steve Jobs Tribute Hits The Cydia Store
An nginx-statsd module
I'm a big fan of the js widgets- jquery-ui is starting to look a bit old-fashioned and the design on the bootstrap widgets looks very clean. If you end up doing anything very complicated you'll end up fighting the css more than it helps you but I like that I can pick and choose modules.
Can't you both be right?
I don't think Pinterest is an example of the curated web. It's 4chan for the scrapbooking crowd. None of the content seems intended to last as some sort of resource, it is essentially Facebook without anything but the photo-sharing. Like 4chan, it's a stream of experience where any meaning the content may have is transient.
not often mentioned: tcl's slave interpreter, and command redirections from a slave interpreter to its master. a master interpreter can hold many slaves interps, and any slave can be a safe interpreter not execing anything that might be dangerous. redirecting, by renaming, a slave/safe interps commands the master will know. tcl's threading model (if needed): sending messages, one thread per interpreter, and one thread can have multiple interpreters. tcl-8.6 has a killer object model. tcl's vfs, and starkit/metakit makes distribution simpler.

what i do not use tcl for is: web. unfortunate lack of a framework.

it has good support for downloading stuff, ftp, http, bignums and algorithms if needed.
Nice! I'll need to upgrade to this ASAP.

Anyone that's already done it - how easy is it to upgrade from 1.4?
Meaning that Hollywood isn't bleeding because of the Internet, the Internet has no negative impact on Hollywood, or you going further, that the Internet actually helps Hollywood information get distributed even better? I'd say the latter. It's so much easier for me to find movie trailers, reviews, and learn about movies I didn't even know existed.
Have done this before, am still doing it now :) E-mail is on my profile, shoot me an e-mail and I can tell you how we did it - only 1 data point, but hopefully will be helpful.
Many languages support creating image maps and then writing strings to text to it. Not that hard a process.
If you can't consider cutting back, then consider going cold turkey for a week-long media fast. Just cut all of it out of your life: radio news, online news, everything. I found it both surprisingly difficult and remarkably productive.

Seriously.

When you let the news back into your life, I suggest you make an effort to only allow items that are actionable in some way and relevant to your current project [1]. It's no use reading yet another posting about node.js if you're not actually working with that tech right now... besides, that info will likely be stale by the time you really do start using it for something.

[1] http://www.behaviorgap.com/sketch/things-you-can-control/
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I'm convinced this has nothing to do with the actual costs of the product. They're charging $7 per month for 1 project/1 user and 5 days of storage. I don't think you can spin what they do in any way to arrive at this price.

I'd love to hear someone from ThoughtBot explain this change since there's no announcement either through email or on their blog.

Edit: Fixing mistake regarding Exceptional (http://www.getexceptional.com/) plans.
Some reality check about getting rich through a startup
Science decodes 'internal voices'
How many one man dev shops (which is what we're talking about here) test well, or even in in multiple browsers? So yes, if you get a web site from a one man web design shop, then you should make sure it validates.

If it doesn't, it's probably rendering in quirks mode, and you'll have all sorts of problems with the layout if you need to change it.
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Today the large number of people living California is facing with one of the common problem of the debt. The debt has made the life of the people poor. Moreover with this debt one could not be able to maintain their financial condition and could enjoy their life.
Should you feel guilty for buying your iPhone?
Yeah, I saw it just a day or two ago as well and it was still there. I wonder if they're removing effects that aren't compatible across all browsers?
I agree with Kyle in the observation that this is not the main reason for the App Store to be successful, but I think it contributes a lot. I'm only speaking from experience though so maybe other people can chime in and give us their opinions.
Hardwood Floors
Discount Flooring offers a great variety of hardwood floors to flooring contractors and home owners who wants to upgrade their current floors to hardwood floors.
RSVP For Hayden's Bar Mitzvah (don't underestimate the power of the web)
Yes, and I wouldn't trust a story of the provenance of a car/reason for it being sold if it were NOT being sold by a friend.

Also, my friends maintain vehicles well, which is a major factor in their survival past 100-125k miles with minimal ongoing maintenance. I like cars with turbos, high compression, etc., so it's a bigger deal.
I like quoting pg here:

So if you want to invest two years in something that will help you succeed
in business, the evidence suggests you'd do better to learn how to hack
than get an MBA.

-- http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html
Would Marco make more money giving away his app for free and charging $1.99/month for the service? It's always seemed odd to me that you pay for the web service upfront with a one-time fee, though that seems to be working well for Pinboard.

It may be the case that a one-time upfront cost is the best way to attract paying customers.
Using Twitter Bootstrap for your Local Web Application
I think its a good way for novice hackers to improve their skills; they aren't likely to be good enough to get consulting gigs

edit: Not implying that more experienced ones shouldn't participate
Interesting choice of color on the age graph. It almost looks like it implies those older than 41 are not somehow as important those younger. They almost blend into the background.
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I hear a lot of people with new startup ideas, and although it is great to hear them – I start hearing the same one’s over and over again.

Find people around you app – Nobody wants to find people around them and meet them. Trust me. It’s weird, and it’s been done. I don’t know why people think that this is a need.

Coupon / Daily deals – If you are coming up with this idea now, trust me when I say millions of people have the same idea and are executing on them. It’s a saturated market, do something else with your time.

Online Dating Sites. Unless you are building a hack on top of an existing dating site, it’s next to impossible to jump into the dating market.

Book Exchanges for colleges – We have craiglist for a reason, and it works very well. Yes, I know books are expensive and people aren’t getting their money back but it will always be an issue. A book exchange site is not going to solve that problem. It’s saturated, so please avoid it.

Apps that create Apps – This might be the techie in me talking, but for some reason I can’t stand these types of solutions. yes, they are good for non techies, but i’m not sure how much value they are creating in the end.
If you want fast Lua I'd recommend checking out Havok Script (http://havok.com/products/script). Technically it's not Lua, but rather an extremely fast virtual machine that is compatible with Lua. I worked with it when it was Kore prior to Havok's acquisition, but it was substantially faster than the base Lua. It has some excellent debugging functionality as well.

No idea what it costs these days, but if you're writing Lua code and it's need to be fast I'd recommend checking it out.
Yeah, the reason is they can afford it. Because developed nations have a safety net that puts food on the table while those kids are at school instead of work.

The whole equation is different for developing countries.
Any marketplace needs demand, ease of transaction, and trust. Arguing about which one is more important is like arguing about which leg of a tripod is more important.
How to write a resume
I really hate stealing page views from the owner, so when the site comes back up, I'll take this down. (just reply here if it does)
In the mean time here's the full text:

[begin]

I hear a lot of people with new startup ideas, and although it is great to hear them – I start hearing the same one’s over and over again.

> Find people around you app – Nobody wants to find people around them and meet them. Trust me. It’s weird, and it’s been done. I don’t know why people think that this is a need.
Coupon / Daily deals – If you are coming up with this idea now, trust me when I say millions of people have the same idea and are executing on them. It’s a saturated market, do something else with your time.

>Online Dating Sites. Unless you are building a hack on top of an existing dating site, it’s next to impossible to jump into the dating market.

>Book Exchanges for colleges – We have craiglist for a reason, and it works very well. Yes, I know books are expensive and people aren’t getting their money back but it will always be an issue. A book exchange site is not going to solve that problem. It’s saturated, so please avoid it.

>Apps that create Apps – This might be the techie in me talking, but for some reason I can’t stand these types of solutions. yes, they are good for non techies, but i’m not sure how much value they are creating in the end.

[end]
Concerning your first statement, that the curation history is crippled:
Obviously, you can get your hands on the artwork of the game if you want to, you just have to pay for it. Same as you have to pay for that picasso if you want to "curate" it. I don't see many people complaining that entry to a gallery should be free (although I would agree that it would be a very good thing and happened already in the UK) and that you are entitled a free copy of the artworks (by free I mean that you only have to cover the reproduction cost) to play around with.

So, please, you may get the full artwork for $2 on Amazon/Steam/Whereever.
To defend myself here (a day later), I was not assigning the causality in that direction. The "Because I took care of them" clause goes with the "I get to keep them", as in "I made sure to clean them and not let them get cavities, so there aren't any problems with them staying around". I thought the English was clear enough as I wrote it, but I guess parse errors are more common than I thought.
'Investors Fallacy' at Twitter
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What even constitutes as a "small" or "large" application?

My current Padrino project is around 2000 LOC, excluding tests. As it has grown more complex, I've broken off larger parts of its functionality into smaller apps within the same project. These apps share some resources -- particularly models -- but in terms of controllers and helpers, they are very much distinct in their roles in the overarching project.

Padrino has changed my mindset on how I approach large projects. Instead of trying to create something massive in itself, I logically separate key parts of the overarching app into smaller apps mounted within the same project.

I question the entire concept of a "large app". When classes are too large, methods are too long, it's generally considered to be sub-optimal code, or poor design, and there's a point where one is expected to break these things down into smaller pieces. Why does this concept not apply to our web apps?
Oh! Awesome.
Developer.Twitter.com goes to adscrimmage.Twitter.com
I have no idea why, but http://developer.twitter.com/ goes to https://adscrimmage.twitter.com/ -- try it out, it could be just me.
I had to giggle, looking at the quite large interface
of 'Entity.h'. Also Carmack has to do it in this "ugly"
way. In a way that's relieving.
Because you are keeping 13 months of phone call data and want to easily drop the oldest month every 1st.

Because your queries need to be fast, and you can chop up your data into 1000 pieces (by some column or combination) without adding complexity.
Despite the pessimistic view on start-ups and how it is not all peaches and roses for founders I still will take my chances anytime!
Warner Bros. Just Keeps Pushing People To Piracy; New Deal Also Delays Queuing
This article is hyperbole in the extreme. Lots of questions without any insightful answers.

For example this sweeping summary of what's causing the 'death' of file sharing: "And who is doing this? The U.S. government. Government in league with old-line corporate elites."

It's media company lobbyists pushing for things like SOPA.
I definitely think that the seamless buying experience is one of the key, not the only one.

Yes, the device is begging for the software but let's imagine that you have to go through a regular 'checkout' experience. I really don't think I would have bought any of those 1$ games which I buy on a whim. In fact, if there is any app which is less than 5$ and looks even slightly interesting, I click on the 'Buy Now' button. [These days, I actually hate entering my iTunes password. I wish there was a setting for it to not prompt me password at all. I am the exclusive user of my phone.]

To relate to my retail experience, let me bring up my favorite Amazon Prime service. If I am interested in any particular item and it's available on Prime, I generally order it even if I am not 100% sure. If it was on some other website, I will think 5 times before decided to purchase it. I can't count how many times I have abandoned check out when the site does not let me do 'Guest Checkout'. I simply do not have the patience to create yet another account just to buy one item. It is actually surprising to me that so many websites still don't offer guest checkout. They are leaving some serious money on the table.
I am a new dropbox user, so forgive me if this can be done a better way, but there are times where I want to upload something to dropbox from a computer that is not my own. This would be great for that
Formation flying nano-quadcopters ready to take over your living room
Do you think the Whitehouse should start investigating people on the basis of a petition?

Should the Whitehouse have anything to do with any investigation at all?

You imply that it should by this thread. As if the Whitehouse should be manipulating the justice system to whatever your ends du jour are. It's a conflict of interest that the Whitehouse should be involved in any investigation.

Maybe you don't realize that. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt although this thread smacks of half-baked bomb throwing and an implied guilt-by-association more appropriate for redstate or dailykos.
>Also, the JRE became Free Software under the GPL several years ago. :)

No it didn't. The official JRE and JDK are both still proprietary software. That's the whole point of OpenJDK.

People can distribute modified and unmodified versions within a pool of licensees under my suggested license. That's the primary difference: instead of allowing wide and clear redistribution by any recipient to anyone else, you may only redistribute to persons with licenses.

Dual-licensing under the GPL is not really relevant here. There are good reasons not to dual-license. While it may work for id's case, it doesn't work in every case, and it's not the same thing: under my proposal no one would be entitled to a copy of the software until they satisfied conditions sufficient to obtain a license from the vendor. Under the dual-license scheme anyone content with GPL can use GPL without obtaining a specific license from the vendor.
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You'd want to split your front and back ends anyway, assuming you have a large TV somewhere else in the house.

Running MythTV or similar on a ZFS-enabled box that serves as a media archive, then a media optimized ARM or x86 box on the TV would be ideal.
Cool, we're actually redesigning that entire site and hoping to have it up by Friday. Please drop back then and give an suggestions or advice! Thanks man :)
so don't raise so much money? i think it's preposterous to raise that much money when it is definitely not required to build a great business.. 40 million for fab? what the hell are they gonna spend it on?
If lack of a monthly fee made some sense in the early days of Instapaper, it makes plenty of sense now that Apple has "Reading List" installed on millions of Macs and iOS devices.
Ask HN: Worth pursuing a startup with troll on the loose?
Long time HN reader, asking using throwaway account.

Do you think it's worth it to pursue a startup in a space where a patent troll in on a rampage? (Case in point - http://www.ameranth.com/news.html)

Would hate to put something together, get traction, and then have these NPE trolls knocking on my door – even worse, waste money fighting their frivolous suits.

What's everyones thought?
Damian Conway presents - Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming
For other HN folks, why the interest from Etsy - I know of at least 2 ex-Flickr folks who've gone to Etsy (including Kellan, Flickr's architect).
Check out the author's previous articles: http://lfb.org/today/author/jeffreytuckerwng/

Just about every one of them is angled to attack the federal government.
Entrepreneurship is still a minor in the MBA program but can be majored in by undergraduates. The Business Plan Competition <bpc.byu.edu> and Business Model Competition <bmc.byu.edu> are pretty cool from an entrepreneurial perspective as well.
I know this wasn't clear from the post... We include a "fake" image (with a unique has for that specific message) in all html email so we know if it's "really been delivered" (ie it was actually opened).
What could you possibly do with 2 lighters that you could not do with one
Yes I agree with you in regard to Bilzzard.

To be more precise, my questions is: You have an OpenGL based game running smoothly on OSX, you decide not to port it to Linux. Why?

1. ROI

2. "Have to" offer support for Linux to maintain brand image - very hard

3. hurts game image "game for geeks"

Obviously, it is hugely dependent on the piece of software you have.
This isn't too surprising to me. An MBA doesn't teach you how to build anything, an Engineering degree does. The things that are important early on in most startups are the engineering things, not the business things.
You comment reminds me that we left out a biggie: We include a "stop sending me these messages" link in almost every email we send. The link actually works too.
Having using Blueprint extensively, it's great if you're trying to get a basic grid going and not much more. It's super lightweight but doesn't offer the features of Bootstrap.
NoOps means "No Operations" in the same way that NoSQL means "No SQL". As in, it doesn't.
Yes, but in Python, you set them on every object. In Lua, you can set them once (in a prototype) and have each table share them (and possibly other methods, or a reference to another when lookup fails there). This makes certain behaviors (e.g. implementing your on object system) cheap and straightforward that would be impractical in Python.

Imagine if each Python object had one field that stored all the __blah hooks, and objects could share those. It's actually more powerful than that, but it's a good start.
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is it just me that can't find them, or is the documentation on form fields not included on v2 docs? I know they were there on previous docs.
The Trouble With Popularity
Responsive Design. I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
That obnoxious popup can't possibly have a good success rate. Tacky as hell.
Chrome, annoyingly, has never implemented hard reload.
Researches reconstruct words from brain waves
While Bootstrap probably lets you bootstrap (hoho) faster, I still would choose (very subjectively) choose foundation. For one, you would wanna distinguish yourself from all those bootstrap-themed MVPs out there.
Pac-Man Hacked Onto a Touch-Screen Voting Machine
http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/base-css.html#forms