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When I played Duck Duck Goose as a kid, we called the center of the circle the "mush pot"...that was where you had to sit if you got tagged. I'd consider changing the name, but trying to find good domain names that aren't being squatted on is such a pain.
sure, no one is entitled to a job. that's not my point at all. things change and jobs change. what I was trying to explain is why my dad would travel 100mi to get to work. yeah sure, he could have went to med school or something, but he had a family to support and nearing retirement that was his best option. i feel it's pretty arrogant to even make a statement, "why did he just find another job". sure he could have, but i think just as my dad did, most people make rational choices given their situation.

to clear things up also, this is past tense. my dad retired. the greatest concern to me is GM not living up to their commitment to him in retirement benefits.
Linkbait pays off.
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They just canceled the bailout vote, so it looks like Bush will make the decision now.
Oh, you can totally automate that kind of thing - it's just a lot harder than being able to predict.

Like, because Hulu deals with a comparatively small set of videos that are uploaded by staff rather than end users, they don't need to build as much. If there is a workflow that must be followed to upload the videos, that's fine. It's a lot easier to develop for internal use than for end-users.

Likewise, with 100 videos a week Hulu could have one of their programmers manually deal with a lot of stuff that YouTube couldn't since having a person sort through or run a process on their millions of videos just isn't the same.

It's just an easier task. Yeah, clearly YouTube is possible, but it's hard. You have to store a lot more data, you don't have staff entering in nice meta-data and making sure they're aren't dupes, you don't have the option of telling a user, "encode this on your computer and then SFTP it to here", you have a ton more videos, you don't know what's popular.

It's a lot more software to write. It's what I find so impressive about YouTube. Hulu is nice, but it isn't that impressive. With the little amount of data they're storing it's easy to design databases and file storage systems that will accommodate that and there are challenges pushing that much data over a pipe as it's a popular site, but nothing like YouTube's challenges.

Look at it this way, YouTube has over 65,000 videos uploaded every single day! And that's from way back in 2006! YouTube has increased its presence since then. That's huge. Everything has to just work. Hulu gets what? 10 videos a day and they have several fulltime staff? Heck, they could do most things manually. Something is a little glitchy, they can just deal with it manually.
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When I had to chose a name, I somehow came with a shortlist of three names. Then I put these three names on my desktop as a wallpaper. I wrote them in different fonts, colors and in these three variations: Google, google, GOOGLE.
On the first day I hated how one of it looked and dropped it. Then for a week I asked couple of close friends, who are not in the industry which one they liked and there was a clear winner. Of course, you have to be careful in case someone steals you .com registration before you decide.

The other thing I looked for while chosing a name is that important international names are still free: google.de, google.co.uk, etc.
Makes you wonder if there was another reason - e.g. they had an internal reason to get c/c++ running on the VM - then they figured they might as well open source it.
there are a couple ways you could value this. in terms of users, you could probably acquire users at $1 apiece, so 14,000 users = $14,000 + (new user value). not sure what their growth rate is since all we know is that they've acquired 14,000 in 18 months, but if we give them the benefit of the doubt and say they've grown by 2,000 users in the past month, we'll say we can acquire an extra 24,000 users in the next year assuming the buyer puts no effort into it, so that would be a value of about $38,000.

user acquisition doesn't seem to be the best way to value these guys, and there wouldn't be that much value for us, anyway, since we grow by 14,000 users about every 3 days.

however, since they're pulling in (a pretty astounding) $3.43/user/year (even the inactive ones), based on the $4k/month figure, they could bring in $130,286 this year. Multiply that number by 2 to be conservative, or 4 to be more ambitious, and you have a valuation anywhere from $250,000 to $500,000.

having said that, any potential buyer would need a lot more information before making that kind of decision, such as what their revenue growth looks like, what it would look like realistically projected into the future, etc.
I personally don't take his words as the gospel, but I have no problem to admit, that I will listen to him "just because he gets a big AdSense check". Because "just getting big Adsense check" isn't that easy to do, especially with a "bad site". ;-)
Seth Godin said something interesting about domain names.
Don't focus to much if the domain is free. Instead focus that the doesn't have a lot of google results. Because most peole do not use the adress bar they use google to find a webpage. I don't claim this is totally but Mr Godin got a point there.

Regards,
Marco
This is actually one of the coolest apps I've played with in a long time. Won't be surprised if it's the top ranked app by the end of the week.
Same with Chrome. The banner behaves weirdly.
I find it pretty hard to read - the text is too light on my screen (MBP).
good hack :)

I like the idea, it's nice to have the up/down arrow while reading the link I just clicked.
(Assuming the original author is either the poster, or will be reading this...)

I don't quite understand the task; "transcribe these [image] labels"? Do the image bitmaps already have textual labels inside the picture, so you essentially need OCR?
Do not buy the typical web 2.0 sounding domain name.

Why not?
Well, the pattern there is that they're all prime, so I would suggest MersenneNo46.

:-)
Ask HN: How do you do a security audit on your site?
You have (an alpha version of) your site up and running. What steps do you follow to protect yourself against malicious users? I'm referring to sites like tripadvisor.com, that doesn't have a whole lot of sensitive information, rather than turbotax.com.
Mitt Romney. I'm supposed to take anything this asshole says seriously? Why?

Next up, Sarah Palin on Russian Policy, or Bill Kristol's bedwetting?
You need to find a designer. Also, what does this do that Reddit doesn't? I'm not suggesting that your site lacks innovation, but you certainly don't make it clear what this does differently.
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There's been a ton of interest in this chart, so I turned it into a poster :-) Thanks for visiting, folks!
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I'm not so sure you'll want ultra-high res monitors for your general purpose computer until resolution independence is more prevalent, otherwise everything will be tiny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence
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damn! even the blog in 18 x 18px size?
Of what use is it except publicity? The blog entry seems to be small too. Just reads city
TC could do a coverage of some unique or good startups instead of covering yet-another-social-network. I bet there's already a facebook or opensocial app for wrestlers already which does a lot more than this whole site.
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I don't mean to derail, but the thing I dislike about javascript libraries is the deception. $ looks really cheap! So lets use it as we would to reference a variable...

for(var e=0;e<10;e++) {
$('foo').doSomething();
}

It's not obvious from that code that $ is a relatively expensive function, and you'd be far better doing.

var foo = document.getElementById("foo");
for(var e=0;e<10;e++) {
foo.doSomething();
}

I think that point alone creates poor, slow code.
> He's got the English skills of a third-grader

I thought English wasn't his native language, but maybe it actually is after all!

But then again, even in the comments in this thread, there's yet another guy who wrote "then" when he was (hopefully) aiming for "than". Too bad spell-checkers won't save you from that one. Not that I've ever used one.

Once again, I refrained from reprimanding him because this is HN and we're supposed to be a bit more understanding here.

I'll take this opportunity to point out, though, that one would have to be stone-cold retarded to pull off a grammatically equivalent mistake in my native language, Finnish.
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So, no IE support? Are you adding IE support anytime soon?
Clever idea, nicely implemented, great benefits for
nearly zero work. Good one.

And I upvoted you.
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I find this MapReduce vs RDBMS controversy so odd as the tasks for which both could be used are very few.

MapReduce is used to implement massively parallel batch pipelines. RDBMS are used either for interactive OLTP systems or for data warehouses meant to support queries that may not be known upfront.

Google uses MapReduce in a way similar to traditional ETL pipelines, not for query processing. You could fill any relational data warehouse using MapReduce. So why does this debate refer to SQL at all?.

The answer is stream processing, that is querying, filtering, analysing data without ever storing it. It's about making decisions based on data as it flows through the system. It's not stored in any index, it's thrown away as soon as possible. Google doesn't do that as far as I know, at least not in it's search engine. Algorithmic trading applications do that. Processing sensor data could conceivably work that way as well.

That blank stare from most companies is not surprising at all. There is just no sensible reason why anyone should think about using MapReduce where RDBMS are used today. That's just never going to happen because it's nonsense in 99% of all cases. MapReduce will be used more, but it will be used for new tasks, not as a replacement for anything.
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PowerShell is a pretty cool REPL, and so is IronPython. There are quite a few options.
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Exactly my thought. They should focus more on what they are good at, data-driven algos.
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netbeans has real time code editing technology built in over XMPP.

but this kind of easy access editing would be very nice to have in a intranet-hostable form, i'm guessing there are no open source products out there for this, anyone know?
I haven't used Mathematica 9.0 and its chemistry-related functions, but from the presentations, they look like practically useless toys for dabbles.

Can Mathematica do raytracing, display secondary structure, semi-transparent molecular surface and allow you to select coloring patterns? Is it easy to predict protonation states of molecules at different pH levels and electrostatic potentials? Can it do molecular dynamics?

Who cares that they have built-in access to the melting point of caffeine?!
hey axod, I'm not sure what your previous exposure to jquery is but you really should try it if you haven't. I've used prototype and dojo over the years, but they don't hold a candle to jquery.

You are right in being suspect of speed issues. However, look at a common use of jQuery and compare it to straight JS.

$('a[href^="https"]').addClass('secureLink');

This one simple line selects all of the anchor tags on a page that are SSL links, then adds a custom css class to just those anchors. To write that in straight JS you would need roughly 7 lines, which includes an element match, looping through those, retrieving the href content of each one, doing a string match against the results, and adding a new attribute for the class.

At the end of it, the classic JS code isn't any more efficient and its a lot harder to write and read.

Additionally, since we've already selected the anchors with secure SSL links, we can do a lot more things with the jquery object without having to take the cost penalty of doing a new DOM lookup with getElementsByTagName and byId for subsequent operations. Lets chain some more operations:

$('a[href^="https"]').addClass('secureLink').appendTo( $('<div id="secureLinkDiv"/>'));

Now we're not only adding a custom class to the selection, we're moving all of our matching anchor elements to a new div that's being created on the fly called secureLinkDiv. This is very efficient because you're still operating on the initial object collection elements and you don't have to re-select the group for subsequent modifications.

In the rare cases where you can write straight JS that is more efficient than existing jQuery methods, regular JS mixes quite normally with jQuery. So you could use a selector like I did for the secure links, then iterate through that object and do your straight JS. Simple example:

$('a').each(function(i){
//reference each 'a' element by $(this) or with i
});

Writing javascript in jQuery has made it SO MUCH EASIER to code now that I can't say enough how remarkable the difference is. JS used to be a fun thing to mess with, and a tiresome chore when writing code for work. Now with jQuery my code is much leaner and runs better, its also fun to write again and opens up a lot of possibilities to easily create different effects that would have been hard to do before, simply because the code would have been too lengthy to efficiently write and then debug.

Give jQuery a try. Its worth it.
Sarah Palin doesn't know anything about foreign policy. Mitt Romney on the other hand is a successful businessman. This means he knows what he is talking about here.
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You need to let the site fail gracefully if JavaScript isn't enabled.

You can't even view the about-page without JS.

From your description it isn't clear what will happen if you run out of votes. Do they regenerate over time?

What's keeping the top-voted from keeping all his votes to him self and ruining the "economy" that way?
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This is a follow up to:

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and

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> To be a web developer today, you really have to have a big bag of tricks.

Especially if there's only one of you in a small organisation. I have to do everything from troubleshooting computer hardware/software issues, support client's email, domains and & hosting, to HTML/XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript (jQuery/Prototype), etc.
I have seen the $73/hr number cited as non-executive compensation. That's total compensation, not just wages, which covers the cost of benefits and the like.

edit: This has some links:

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/should-we-really-bail-ou...
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You can null out the default headers on a XHR so they don't get sent.
I like the concept. I would have to agree with the other commenter who mentioned that finding a designer would be a good idea. I was also unable to read parts of the site.

The thing about the name 'mushpot' is that I'm not going to forget what your site is called any time soon.
Ask HN: smallest xml parser
What is the smallest DOM capable XML parser - size is important (i.e. ok if its 2,3,4th fastest).
Government cannot exist without redistributing wealth. You've been listening to too many Palin rallies.

Every time a government changes tax rates, wealth gets redistributed. Every time it builds a school or a road, wealth is redistributed. Every economic policy redistributes wealth.

I hope the I just redistributed your 2 cents :)
Why is this a jQuery plugin? This is the sort of thing that should be library agnostic.
Plugin, plugin, huge word for some code that can be accomplished by this

using the plugin: $('form.example input:text').magicpreview('mp_');

without: $('form.example input:text').change(function() { $("mp_"+this).html(this.val()); });

or something like that =)
A site that hasn't been mentioned yet... http://www.makewords.com

They'll generate "words" for you with whatever length / language you like, and I like the fact that they check the .com availability for each one.

Consider the more obscure TLDs as well. The various suffixes might inspire you. And .me still doesn't have too many squatters, if you come up with a reasonably unique spelling.

The running list of words in a Notepad file is a great idea. For added inspiration, feed it into an online translator and check out your keywords in all the available languages.

It's worth checking out the premium .com domains that are up for sale at all the big sites too. Squatters make a living off it, so it's reasonable to assume they've spent a good amount of time coming up with clever names.

Then again, I spent hours poring over possible names at these sorts of sites, and we ended up naming our (first) site after a co-founder's dog. So inspiration can come from anywhere...

Another route would be the names like Apple, Google, etc. You're better off going with something unique, short, and memorable... and not worrying too much about the meaning. Your business can give it the meaning you want.
According to the comments, the IRS grants automatic extensions to October 15th (for non-profits). It is (again, according to some commenter) normal for a non-profit to issue financial statements this late in the following year.

Do keep in mind I was unable to vet this reason within a couple minutes of searching.
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The tax on $16k per year is miniscule, if any.
The one built into the browser.
I haven't read any of Gladwell's books, so can't comment on how formulaic he is; but I wouldn't be in the least surprised if being a "formula writer" were an advantage in becoming popular.
Choose something inappropriate and obnoxious that will stick in people's head.

Or be like everyone else and pick a word that ends with 'er' that relates to your business model and remove the 'e' in that word. That seems fashionable...
I was working at Google when lively was still just a one man 20% project. It didn't start in anticipation of anything, it was just a guy having fun and he eventually got enough momentum internally to garner official interest in it. The one thing I remember though is that there seemed to be a big internal debate about the whole concept being cheesy and out of scope for Google. Generally though google will embrace just about anything internally.

As for the ad deal, I'd have loved to seen it go through but don't have anything really insightful to add.
They say they want to convert _existing_ C based libraries. Could be useful in some scenarios, but it sounds more like an academic exercise. We've seen the same for converting C code to the JVM. It never took hold.
True, but rather less work when there are a good few form fields.

I thought it was worth posting for the idea - building up a finished view alongside data entry. Could have some utility.
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The most interesting thing about this for me is that programming language implementations could possibly be ported to the flash VM.

Anyone who has tried 'try ruby' knows what I'm talking about:
http://tryruby.hobix.com/

.. being able to experiment with interpreted languages (other than javascript) in your browser could be kind of cool.
Those articles look like a rip-off of the Igor naming guide:

http://www.igorinternational.com/process/naming-guide-produc...
Can we have a more descriptive headline? Maybe something to indicate what Vocito does or that it's related to GrandCentral. I clicked on this to see what the heck it is because I've never heard of Vocito (or GrandCentral for that matter). I was disappointed to find out it's a very, very niche application of even further limited utility because it's Mac only.
They make shitty cars anyway.
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The GrandCentral site says they've been acquired by Google and they plan to support uninterrupted service for all current customers. They're only accepting new users through the typical Google-beta-invitation-only scheme. There's no information about long term plans but it doesn't look like it's going down any time soon.
Doom was compiled into flash, So its got that going for it.
Porting C/C++ video decoding libraries such as ogg theora to flash could be useful.

I imagine that being able to use libraries like that without requiring explicit support for it in the VM could open up some new possibilities. Not to mention the compatibility should be pretty good if it's a direct port.
I'm disgusted as well because this is yet another manifestation of elitist resentment against systems in place that assist the middle and lower classes.

Mythical "Welfare Queen," meet the mythical "UAW King."
Yes! That way it will be like pulling off a bandaid. It beats having to see all these dramatic headlines for the next year or so while they continue their downward spiral.
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Depending on the site, this is something I've found as well. However, this has only worked for sites where I'm not trying to get a lot of repeat visitors (so, it works well for one-off storefronts and things like that).
I agree. Microsoft seems fairly confident they can build a competitive search engine. Besides, I would imagine most of the worthwhile talent at Yahoo has jumped ship already. The problem is no one will go out of their way to try Live Search. Instead of trying to pull people in it looks like they want to move in front of the users.
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It seems like the last bullet point on a lot of the slides is truncated