skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The interactive boards for team collaboration seems interesting but I've read about it before.

The full SDLC modeling tool is worth looking at. I hope it's not another attempt at splitting software developers into separate camps of designers and coders.

Solar everything....fine if it gets us away from oil dependency.

"Forgetting will become a distant memory" sounds creepy and like it will open up a large revenue stream for attorneys.
Twitter vs. Email.  Fight!
Thanks Anti, thats the quote alright, it seems I incorrectly remembered the "dent" line came from that discussion, I was wrong. (So many books, so many quotes, so many people, so much information!)

Carry on then...
HP's Original Business Plan from 1937
Nonsense, economic growth did that. Economic growth is also the reason why most adults don't work in coal mines for 14 hours/day.

Do you seriously believe that if child labor laws were abolished, children would return to the coal mines?
HP founding minutes: erm, let's just do some stuff
I'd look at both git and mercurial. I have a similar situation, and I've pretty much settled on mercurial, but that's because I do a little bit of Windows stuff.
There is a large amount of study currently on virtual markets in things like MMOs. What I haven't seen much in virtual economies is the ability to loan or speculate, which drastically reduces some of the possibilities for economics simulation. The one counterexample there was the Eve Online player who ran one of the largest banks in the game, then absconded with everyone's money. The lack of any sort of enforceable contract law made any sort of repercussions difficult. Though, I wonder if his ship got blown up after that...

Personally I found it interesting when a game I play went through a large deflationary period when the game developers cut down the currency in circulation by aggressively banning exploiters and bots. It gave me a feel for what the economic commentators are talking about now with the possibility of impending deflation in the US.
Do your seriously believe childhood education would have been as pervasive without child labor laws? Only the richest could afford to send their child to school if you have the opportunity cost of giving up their paychecks. After child labor laws, what else are you kids going to do before they become old enough to work?
It sort of reminds me of VIPS which I used 6 or 7 years ago.
http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php?title=VIPS

But in the end using Python with the PIL module served my needs better.
I spent 3 weeks in Cameroon this year.

It's not as bad as this article says, but almost. Some roads in Douala have been fixed, some new roads have been paved. I didn't see a working telephone line, but several competing mobile phone companies are doing a good job of connecting almost everybody.

The corruption is still there. My stepmother lives in a new house without running water. My wife has paid all the fees to have water months ago, but no one from the water company ever came to do the work. Obviously,a bribe has to be paid to someone, but we don't know whom. A distant cousin claims he knows someone at the water company, but the close family doesn't know the cousin well enough to trust him. The hope that the privatisation of the water company would lead to a rooting out of corruption by its new american owners has faded long ago.

However the railroad seems to have taken steps to root out corruption by making every employee wear a uniform with his name on it, and putting posters in the train station to ask people do denounce bribery. This was a good surprise. Before that I couldn't even imagine anything that could be done to fight corruption. I don't know how well this works, but we had no trouble when taking the train.

The north of the country, which is mainly muslim, seems to be less corrupt. A christian told me he wished the president was a muslim because it would reduce corruption.

Several unconnected people also told me about something else than corruption that slows down private initiative. They speak of jealousy. Apparently when someone succeeds, many of those around him get so jealous they try to make him fail. I don't know what to make of this. I also heard a lot about sorcery.
Anybody have any recommends for PCAnywhere-type services?
I thought there was a YC company that did that sort of thing, but at any rate, anybody have any preferred services? VNC might also be acceptable (I've used TightVNC elsewhere before). Assume Windows on both ends.

*Edit: Oh...and on the cheap, preferably, but not to the extreme that it's at the expense of quality / security.
Augmented Reality Pop-Up Books for the Kids
Some state governors do not want bailout.
Crossing the street during a morning commute in a busy city is not trivial. There probably is some cannibalization of sales, but they may make up for it with the people who don't want to take the extra minute or two it costs to cross the street during rush-hour.

I'd be interested to see data on this.
Michelin reinvents the wheel, electric motors help to retire the combustion engine
We're really getting nowhere, but I'm curious to know one last thing. Since you seem to be speaking as an ambassador for the scientific community, which one of these processes would have a more solid foundation in fact and truth?

1. An empirically observable process that, by its very nature, is known to exist.

2. An unobservable process, where the very condition of existence is unknown.

There's a huge difference in the science of deconstructing what is known to exist (the empirical) versus trying to construct the unknown. One is based in solid fact and the extremely powerful truth of existence, the other is just a pitiful shot in the dark and based on faith that (1) man has the intelligence and capability to put things together properly (2) it even exists.
http://www.copilot.com from Fog Creek Software works well.
Why do you need a service? Just asking, but it seems like if you're mildly technically oriented and have control of the endpoint machines, then VLC or RDP is going to be cheap (free) and as good or better than any hosted application.
I might not disown the guy before finding another job, but I'd certainly be ashamed of it. It's not something I'd ever drop in casual conversation.

Incidentally, her family was middle class by US standards. She got her first computer 2 years after I did.

The point I'm making is that I don't think you can just change the government, you really need to make corruption a source of shame.
how many years to get to v.1? and reviews of bad implementations and buggy.
What problem are these guys trying to solve? what market are they after?

Though I don't deny there is a market for alternative players (foobar2000, MusicIP Mixer), i've never understood what songbird was really offering that made them standout and get all the press they do.
trying to prove someone on the internet wrong is something I'd rather not spend my time on.

obligatory link...

http://xkcd.com/386/
Not sure you know what you are talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church

By "they were" you are implying the people of Russia. While some in government heavily persecuted the Church, a lot of people obviously still wanted to keep going or else after the first such purge it would have been over. People went despite the best efforts of the Communists to dissuade them.
Getting OpenID Into the Browser
(I am the CEO of Zoho) Let me provide some context on this. What we are doing is to separate the two layers in a database that have traditionally been so welded together that you don't even think of them as two layers: the SQL processing "logical" layer and the storage "physical" layer.

Our real technology here is a multi-dialect SQL processing engine, which can handle a wide variety of SQL dialects with ease (ANSI, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, Postgres being the major variants). At AdventNet, we have offered a product called SwisSQL to companies, for SQL migration, conversion etc. for a while (4+ years now). We couple that technology with physical storage or other APIs underneath.

Once you decouple the two layers, a lot of possibilities open up. The "slow, risky, inefficient" part is really a function of how efficient the middleware is in processing a variety of SQL dialects and translating it to what the physical layer needs.

SQL is the mainstay of business information processing. We are using the standard everyone loves (or loves to hate in some cases!) and bring it to the cloud computing era. Our goal is to preserve compatibility for existing applications - hence our JDBC driver etc. - while drastically lowering the cost. Today's announcement is only the first step on a long road ahead.

To add a hacker news dimension, I have long been fascinated with relational data modeling. I have always believed that welding together storage with relational models was a disservice to Codd's brilliant work. There are a lot more ways in which relational modeling power can be exploited without tying it so closely to a specific storage context.
sry, the ps3 is for juveniles who spend more time bragging about how many parallel cores are in their console than actually playing games.
Price and Popularity: The iPhone App Store’s Data Show Who’s Making The Most Money
We're really getting nowhere..

You're right.
TextMate-like features for Emacs
Are you not going to answer my question then? Or do you genuinely not know the answer?

Your position is intellectually bankrupt, your arguments presented thus far are literally over 5 years old and well-debunked, the scientific community rejects your hypothesis, and your pathological avoidance of the fundamental inconsistencies you're proposing in being an anti-evolutionist are plain as day to anyone without a religious axe to grind.

If you're going to be summarily and swiftly dismissive under the premises that I'm just another "anti-evolutionist" religious type, then proceed to insult me and try to question the validity of my argument by saying I'm someone with an "axe to grind", then you will at least acknowledge that the very science we are debating certainly deserves its massive dose of skepticism from even science itself, not just religious individuals.
The page doesn't work very well without Javascript. In my opinion/experience it's better to create a page in a fully usable form without javascript first. Then write a nicer/flashier/*er interface in non-intrusive javascript ( i.e. not inline javscript on elements but in a seperate .js file )

Don't forget to include a friendly reminder "This page has features that require javascript" for the paranoid freakjobs who have javascript off ).

I see that you're pulling in:
Prototype - from GoogleAPIs,
YUI - from YahooAPIs,
Tab.js - from Uservoice ( Who I've never heard of )

As a Tinfoil hat wearing NoScript user that's alot for me click allow on and seems very messy.

Surely all the functionality you use/need/want could be provided by Prototype OR YUI ( or my favourites Mootools or jQuery )

On the design front. Please, please, please get rid of those Image Headings that look like they're from cooltext.com in favour of a Text Header and a Text Link. The Black Border around the whole site probably isn't winning you any friends and the text layout needs some fixing.

For the section about installing the bookmarklet I would:
Put a heading on it like "Get Started Now!".
Change the tense of "Help me" to "Need help installing?".
use a border/background-color/different font to separate it better, although a heading could do this.
Align the top of it with the top of something else.
I completely disagree. People should strive to smooth the universe out.
Can you tell us which ones you tried? I apologize for this opening day glitch.
I wish he would release his framework already. I know I do the same thing with my open source projects though so I don't blame him. I would just like to see what makes Recess! more clever/effective than cake (other than the obvious ground up support of REST as mentioned in the post)/rails etc.
I feel sorry for you. I think somebody needs a hug.
You could be right; I'm just asking for people's personal, specific preferences (e.g., exactly which VNC?). There's far too many different options out there to try them all, so I was hoping to get some names that people have found they like.
Life is Unfair applied to globalization
Thank you. I thought the episode was pretty funny, but I couldn't think of how to explain that to someone so determined to dislike the episode that he had to explain joke-by-joke why he didn't think it was funny.

I'll just add that I particularly enjoyed the 1984 parody. There is a fundamental difference between merely referencing the commercial (as Futurama did) and the irony of recasting Steve Jobs as the giant talking head.
:hugs:
My understanding was that essentially the entire "Getting Real" book was compiled from posts off their blog. This was no secret, and an easy to find out fact before deciding to buy the book or not.
Did you simply just ignore Jason's point about reaching a broader audience? That seems like quite a legitimate reason to use an established publisher.
For convenience, the JDBC client API is available at:

http://zohoreportsapi.wiki.zoho.com/Java-Client-Library.html

The Google AppEngine version of Python library is at:
http://zohoreportsapi.wiki.zoho.com/Google-App-Client-Librar...

Stand-alone Python library is at:
http://zohoreportsapi.wiki.zoho.com/Python-Client-Library.ht...
The Business of Being Disruptive
Also testified to in Jessica's book.

The biggest lesson I got from it is that oftentimes all it takes to start something big is deciding that you actually want to start it. Don't let uncertainty about how you'll become a profitable business stop you from pursuing ideas you have.
And why are they measuring themselves against Photoshop then ?
Better solution: Install the Stylish extension and add a white-space: pre-wrap rule for this site.
Before I looked at the system, I thought: "Yep, they all start off simple". But then I noticed you were offering it as a service.

It's a unique model and I can see a place for it in the market. G'luck.
Nice point about the page not working without Javascript - making it friendlier to those with it turned off.

UserVoice is a customer service site. I'm seeing it used more often and I really like the features. The JS for UserVoice on this page is for the Feedback tab on the right.

I use YUI for layout, buttons and tab controls. I don't think Prototype would help here - however perhaps YUI may have features that could cover the Prototype I use.

Ha! The logo was from cooltext.com Perhaps I need a disclaimer on the page saying that this page was designed by a programming hacker with no sense of style :)

You don't like the black border? That was one of the pieces I actually thought looked nice :(

I definitely got the hint though about the page being ugly. I agree. Please try the bookmarklet though. Of the 5 or so months of part-time effort, 99.9% went into the back-end and .1% on the front page. Yeah - guess I need a homepage facelift ...

Why so much time on the back-end? Catalyst had a big learning curve for me, and I was trying to design a flexible platform.
I believe Twitter is a solution to the too much email issue, especially when they allow for groups. It forces people to get their point across in 140 characters. Why go on and on?
Microsoft thinks it's still in the era of CD-based software.
i think this is a case of reading too much into something in search for "lessons". investors are right to be looking for the things they look for, because HP is an exceptional exception. tens of thousands of smart guys that "just wanted to work together" didn't get far.
Yes. http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX
"It will just need to get some traction."

Oh, that's all.
Return of John Maynard Keynes
I've been excited by the possibility of in wheel motors ever since I first heard of them because of the combination of simplicity of the motor, and the massive simplification of mechanical systems of a car. You no longer need all the bits which connect your inefficient internal combustion engine to the wheels, and those bits lose a lot of energy, somewhere around 50% according to what I've read. There is one company that makes buses with wheel motors which quadruple the fuel efficiency of the current best diesel bus, and of course there is the electric mini prototype which got a lot of hype a few years ago.

My biggest problem assessing the technology is my complete ignorance of the mechanical/electrical engineering issues involved. One engineering grad student argued that wheel motors were no good because they destroyed the control of the car by putting all the weight at the very bottom, and that the motors were going to be subject to a lot of shocks in real world use. I don't know enough to evaluate if that is true or not, but I'm hopeful. Anyone here know more?
Kpss Tercih Formu
There is a long running concept of honor and chivalry in Anglo-American culture which intertwines with and mutually reinforces Christianity but the two are not one and the same.

It traces back to at least the Normans; the word "chivalry" itself comes to English from Norman French and means, "the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, esp. courage, honor, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak."

The culture of America is borne in significant part of the culture of England. And the culture of England is borne in significant part of the culture of the Normans. And while all of those cultures are hugely different there is still this thread of courage, justice and honor that runs through them all.

I don't know if this cultural legacy explains the lower rate of corruption found in America relative to other countries (a low rate even when America was a poor country).

It could be interesting to identify other cultures that have deep concepts of honor/chivalry and see how the governments derived by those cultures fare corruption-wise today.
Always wondered what the '???????' between 'Create service' and 'Profit' was. Now I know!
I'm on a quest for the same solution. I'm writing my own Twitter client and as it is web based, I develop it from my two computers and run it on my server.

Right now I'm using FileHamster which is quite basic on Windows. I'm probably going to bite the bullet and do SVN or Mercurial. I might do git but I don't want to put my code on github yet.

I'll be eager to hear other people's thoughts as well.
I think they are right: there is potential for digg to become big. Too bad the IPO market is so screwed at the moment.

We need more independent companies and less of the ones that are selling at the first opportunity. I don't want to live in a world where the only chance of success is selling to one of five big companies.
in.tel ?
Great concept, but the article lacks any teeth. And the links don't work. Anyone have better links -- is Michelin really developing this seriously?
What Every European Startup Should Know: 10 Keys to Presenting Your Startup in the US
Yes, it bugs me a lot; they are writing about their experiences of creating successful products, even though they became popular because of Rails, and they have kept themselves in the limelight by writing about why they are successful.

Don't get me wrong, some of their products are great — but without rails, they'd just be another startup.
Interesting. I thought more about the line of using online services like eBay's reputation system to build a private at least semi-enforcable judical system. (The anarcho-capitalists dream come true via the internet. eBay is a bad example, but I hope you see what I mean.)
I really like the idea of a hosted CMS. Best of luck to you. One suggestion: remove (or at least de-emphasize) the X's from the design; I kept trying to "close" the items on the left menu bar. :-)
"The question of what to manufacture was postponed until later in the discussion."

So in 1937, a couple of college friends thought it would be cool to start a business for the sake of starting a business. They probably had a couple great ideas rolling around in their minds, but they didn't have a clear revenue path.

My how things have changed in Silicon Valley.
I'm no expert on DNS, but this struck me:

Individuals can also choose to display their location, allowing their contacts to see where they are at any given time and opening the door for location-based services.

As far as I know DNS takes up to 24 hours to update all nameservers, rendering this service completely useless.

Am I wrong on this?
Sneakerplay, Social Network For Sneaker Heads, Shuts Down
I thought that was you :) Just from reading the blog. /wave
Jay Adelson's Six Step Plan To Make Digg Profitable
Open-source developers set out software road map for 2020
Look at heavy equipment LeTourneau loved electric wheel motors. He built huge scrapers, tractors, and offroad trucks with them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.G._LeTourneau

One big disadvantage of wheel motors is greater unsprung weight. This will make for poorer ride quality, or more expensive/complicated suspension systems. Because the wheel needs to move over bumps, if it has less mass, it can accelerate with less energy input.
I like the idea of CMS as service - good luck with it!

I'm not sure who you are targeting with this service though. Is it the average Joe that needs to update his site? If so then the video and text on your site focus too much on the technology. FTP client asp php - the average user doesn't know or care what these are.

If you're targeting web developers are you going to let them brand up your service as their own?

I think you need to be clearer about who you're marketing to and make sure that your video and web site reflect this.

Great idea though. All the best!
Which do you want, a paid service, or a screen/keyboard protocol/program ala VNC?

They're kind of 2 different approaches. If you own and control both endpoints, then VNC or RDP is likely the better way to go. If you're trying to connect to various end-point PCs that move around a lot and don't want to deal with firewall issues, then things like Go To My PC or copilot are going to be better, but the two approaches aren't really competitive, they solve different problems.
Man, this never gets old. Every time I see it work on a different dataset, it's as surprising as the first time I saw it. Recently I plotted supermodel incomes. It was an amazingly good fit. http://arvindn.livejournal.com/98510.html
There's always space for email. My private phone conversations might be useful and/or interesting to random people and somebody out there might have some helpful insight, but seriously... They're my private phone conversations.

Maybe I'm old school, but for me, there actually is something appealing about expressing a thought in more than 140 characters and specifically to a person of my choosing. I'm Web 1.0 like that.
Former AOL Chief Seeks Funds for Yahoo Deal
That's really nice, but now that this story is killed? I don't know the name of his app to look it up/
The Dark Knight outsells every other iTunes movie in 2008 before it's released
Maybe they will recommend the Microsoft Anti-Virus software when it's released next year ;)
Will you be making a free online version available, as with Getting Real?
I was about to say the same thing re: unsprung weight. Wouldn't it wear the tires more quickly? That would be good for Michelin...
competition to chi.mp ?
Holy Moly YouTube in pure 720p HD
Not sure if this was already covered, but I'd thought I'd share, as Im blown away by the quality.

Pardon Hilary Duff song.
Shaun: Working on Recess! as rapidly as I can.

Trying to polish up some rough edges and hope to have a public preview available on GitHub next week.

Glad to hear your interest and I hope you'll enjoy it. The project is a couple of months old so there is still a long path ahead but I'm excited about how it has shaped up thus far.

Stay tuned!
Are they like not allowed to test the addons, cause most of them don't work at all...
As long as advertising is based on pageviews, Digg's important because it can create a lot of pageviews for you.