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The critical point is cognitive friction. The UI of the iPhone means that it integrates with your brain much easier then a cell phone. There is a critical point between UI, mind extension, and cognitive friction. The 21st century potentials come from the way the exponentially better UI reduce cognitive friction and let your mind interact with your phone more naturally.

It's like a primitive MMI. A cell phone isn't. That's the difference. This isn't the last cell phone. It's the first MMI that follows you everywhere.

I think your view that apps are what is important is superficial, and what's important is cognitive function. Getting human brains to work better with a phone is what makes apple responsible for this part of the 21st century, not the abilities of the phone per se.
..having just one obvious way to do things..

obvious is mandatory here.
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HTC S630 is a great phone that comes with a number of improvements when compared with its predecessor. It has 3G support and dynamic processor.
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Before you make the decision (or even do marketing) you should know that you're able to build the product. That being said, I highly doubt (given the fact these people don't even mention anything about their idea) that they did any market research.
As a hacker friend put it: "Programmers are paid to think, and occasionally type". Not the other way 'round.
Would you agree that jobs gets to decide how the iPhone works? Because that's what this comes down to.

flash has always been a terrible experience on the mac. It sucks up ridiculous amounts of CPU, far worse than on Windows. Given the iPhones limited CPU, it would like be even worse there.

By not giving in to adobe now, jobs is holding out for faster, better alternatives to emerge.
I thought the discussion was about the app store. Usability of the iPhone - maybe. Maybe a bigger factor is mobile internet becoming cheaper. I haven't been a user of mobile internet so far, but perhaps those Blackberry guys have been using mobile internet long before the iPhone?

What exactly can be done with the iPhone now that wasn't possible before (possibly with a slightly less pleasing UI)? Maybe it only adds one ingredient: mass audience, which of course accounts for a lot.
I meant two things:

1) Worship of icons and behaviors instead of the things which they represent; that is, cargo cult entrepreneurship. This is my own vague and probably incorrect usage.

2) If someone exclaims "Let's change the world," I would ask "Which part? Why?"

Iconoclasm has a secondary meaning "A person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions." Changing the world does; to do so vaguely, or at random, or without actually mentioning the target, is not always such a sane thing to do.
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It starts out really basic, but "Snake Wrangling for Kids" is a great resource for introductory programming and python especially. You might be able to take some of the more advanced idea's and explinations out of the book and elaborate on them.

http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kid...

Good Luck, Sounds like a cool opportunity.
This sounds cool, but the page linked to is only a standard press release and the link to the interesting stuff is buried in the marketing-speak. The fun stuff is here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/personal_computing.html
I really didn't have anything negative to say about the Craigslist post - we've all seen this sort of naivety before. Most of us have even been there.

But what really bothered me personally is that this was posted in the Boca Raton Craigslist area. If you can afford to live in Boca (median home price: 420k, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bpretire/2006/snapsh...), you can afford to at least provide some form of compensation (beer? pizza? caffeine? hell, just take me out to dinner and I'll help draw up some cost estimates.)

Maybe I'm generalizing based on an area (and who has spare cash around nowadays anyway), but I'm so tired of people with plenty in the bank asking me to develop an idea for free.

If you have a "considerable history in marketing," you should know better.
I think it's cool too. And I'd give them encouragement. And I'd try to resist the urge to pat them on the head.

But as for why it's getting voted up, that's my assessment.

Honestly, I really dislike the self-consciously self-focused articles we've been getting like our "10 Ways to Get Motivated..." articles. It's so... contentless. I come here for "Hacker News," not "'Hacker News,' News."
I took a look at the Tesla after viewing an Nvidia demo with the Mythbusters Adam & Jamie doing a simple demo of CPU v's GPU which you can see here ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKK933KK6Gg

Firstly you can run the thing as either a card (cheaper, slower) or standalone machine (expensive, nobody lists the price). The CUDA toolkit which is C based is Win/Lin 32/64 bit compatible and available for most mainstream disto's ~ http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn.html

"... The Tesla architecture is built around a scalable array of multithreaded Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs) ..."

If you think this is a similar to mainstream development think again. Programming with this machine is right down to the metal and reminds me of programming the PS2 and other specialised consoles. You need to spend some time reading the Hardware manuals, understand the architecture to use the machine to it's capability.
But it's a binary choice for a company to select one method of accounting or the other. I know you can get both views from within QB but for tax filing purposes you're either cash or accrual.

If we've elected to use accrual-basis accounting then when we sign the contract for a deal we book that revenue immediately (whereas if we're cash basis it's not on the books until it's in our bank acct). But by using a P&L report that shows us as having made all that money which can be dangerous if you're using those numbers to plan.

I'm just wondering what the conditions are under which it's desirable for a startup to elect to use accrual-basis accounting for their books? You can get the cash-basis view in QB while being an accrual-basis company but what's the advantage of introducing that complexity?
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I guess I am a little skeptical about the market. First, I have to believe it is rare that an individual would need a super computer. Besides, any individual that actually needs one is probably going to build his/her own. Businesses might want these on a large scale, but then why market it as a personal computer?
It seems to me that ranking apps by net sales would reinforce the incentive to make as much money as possible. Profit would provide the resources for the producer to create a quality product, and competition would keep prices low and encourage innovation. </capitalism>
The app store is a seed. I'm talking about the tree it's going to grow into. That's topical.

I can interact with it and have 100% of my brain available for the kinds of thinking my brain is good at. Because interacting with it does not require much of my brain (that good UI), it solves a bottleneck. If I use my iPhone to manage information, it multiplies the efficiency of my thinking. A cell phone doesn't do that.

There is a tipping point from UI and getting your mind into your phone where you can get more of your mind free to think while you use your device. UI represents the bottleneck between your brain and your device, so breaking that bottleneck is as important a technological revolution as breaking a bottleneck between different parts of your computer.

maybe you didn't do enough acid in college and don't consider every possible description should include an observer, but how your brain interacts with your machine (and environment) is as important a technological factor as anything technological. Apple, and the other people that realize that get to invent the 21st century. There is a reason neuron valley will be the next silicon valley over the next 20 years.
The author doesn't paint the complete picture.

The iPhone application they wrote, "Classics" was released after "Stanza" (http://www.lexcycle.com/). Stanza is free, I believe they plan on charging for their desktop software in the future. The main difference between stanza and classics is that classics has fancier animations.
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for tax filing purposes you're either cash or accrual.

Being in Canada, I never had that choice -- Canadian income taxes require the use of accrual accounting. But I'd use accrual accounting even if I had the option of cash accounting: Tarsnap users pre-pay, so I've got lots of cash which doesn't count as "income" yet under accrual accounting.
Maybe-- I have sites with the same pageviews and not too far from an order of magnitude less in ad revenue. Keep up the good work!
I like this one. In the immediate JFK aftermath in Dealey Plaza with what appears to be someone filming ... Zapruder? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapruder_film ) ~ http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=63197f2608eaa0...
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Lots of scientists, engineers, and finance people could use these. It's personal in the sense that it's used by one person, not that people would buy it for personal use.

Also, it doesn't really matter whether you build or buy; either way all the cost is in the Tesla card and NVidia gets their money.
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$10 (or $40) isn't enough for me to take you serious. Would you make a move on $10 stock advice?
To be fair, have you read the poetry in it? Most of it is on the better side of mediocre, which isn't saying much.

There aren't many good poets anymore. Of contemporary poets, I love Richard Siken and like a few other ones, but a few isn't enough to sustain anything like a dedicated effort. Meanwhile, we have quite a few very good short fiction writers: that's where the focus is moving.

It's sad, and I continue writing poetry in an attempt to become one of the great ones, but the trend right now is that most people who want to write poetry write lyrics instead. There are several brilliant lyricists out there - Tom Waits and Stephin Merritt come quickly to mind.
Just curious, what are some IT founder or comeback stories that you do find stirring/inspirational? I'm always interested in these.
960 cores. Wow. I thought that I was in over my head trying to program 2 at a time!
Question: do any of you know any iPhone users who want Flash on their iPhones?
Why don't you give it away for free to people who sign up using your affiliate link for a poker room?
How did you get to that point? Are there programming-specific typing practice tools or exercises?
I developed C++ software for a launch vehicle. It flew fine. The toughest thing was convincing the old timers to change. They were much more comfortable with assembly a lot more time in their schedules.
It probably wasn't a single working stiff, or a working stiff in general. Sure, people lost money on the other side... and if he did what the SEC alleged, then he should go to jail.

But there are much bigger fish to fry here, but the SEC and CTFC have neither the means nor the competency to do something of value. Instead they go after this petty bullshit which seems to be politically motivated.
Yes that is interesting without being shocking. True we can't conclude anything from one spin so if you have time please run it again and share. If it was an anomaly then I think it's: a) merely verification that the pipes downstream are unreliable and/or b) your edge location didn't have the file cached so fetched from S3 before serving to you. But if you continue to see unexpected results do tell.
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Sounds pretty angry to me. I don't know what the tone of his site was like in general, but maybe he needs to take some time off and cool down a little bit.

Life's too short to be constantly bitter toward people.
That's so very true. I can and do type quickly, but I usually find myself typing in small bursts of words and single lines of code (discrete thoughts), not bursts of sentences or methods. An involved one-paragraph email for me entails composition, proofreading, revision, proofreading, revision, and so on...typing doesn't take the majority of my time by any means. The same goes for the majority of my comments on websites such as this one.

It's not a matter of habit, I just always find ways to better express myself when I take my time and correct those "problem spots," be they in code, email, or other correspondence. It's not that I doubt my skill as a writer, but rather, I owe it to my reader to be thoughtful and patient, just as I hope they will upon receipt.

The only thing I need to prevent is overuse of "etc." It's a tempting habit and lazy, imprecise, etc. When one uses "etc," they leave it to the reader to complete their thought, which is weak and clumsy.
All you need is an oscilloscope. (My 1979 HP 300Mhz scope would do fine, had I more free time.)
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Him and anyone who seriously responds to the ad.

They will all get a rude awakening, I mean.

I've had a few of those in my life. They're pretty valuable, actually.
I've heard that in many areas of the country children gain weight every fall and spring and lose weight in the summer and over Christmas break. The reason being that the only way the kids get enough to eat is when school is in session because of the free and reduced price lunch program (FRPL).

I'm not really an expert on the subject, but I did find this telling stat:

"In his research, children taking the recommended daily allowance of vitamin and mineral supplements for three months learned 14 different academic subjects at twice the rate of children given a placebo. In more than 1 million children given a good breakfast and lunch at school, academic performance improved by 16%, and 76,000 suddenly were no longer 'learning disabled.'"[1]

Maybe someone else here knows more about the truthfulness of this than I do...

[1] http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51...
I agree with what you're saying, but it's good to be reminded of the reason why out-and-out insider trading is illegal; I'd obviously forgotten about the counterparty.
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Regardless of whether Cuban knew the upcoming PIPE was confidential, nothing about his sale of the stock was `fraudulent.' The investors who bought the shares from him were going to buy the stock anyway; Cuban did not make any false representations or inducements to convince them to buy his stock. In fact, it is pretty hard to argue that his trade created any victims at all, since the buyers would have been paying a higher price for the shares, and hence lost more money, if Cuban _hadn't_ been selling, since his quick exit pushed down the price.

Cuban's sale of stock added correct information to the markets. As an outside investor, Cuban had no duty of trust to the other investors, unlike the CEO, who violated his fiduciary duty by disclosing confidential information to an outside investor without a written non-disclosure agreement.
I had some friends who tried to port the Linpack benchmark to a small cluster of computers each with 8 NVIDIA GPUs using CUDA, and they found that the biggest bottleneck was the bandwidth to and from the GPUs. It's just hard to keep the GPUs fed with enough data. They confirmed that they are both hard to program and incredibly powerful.
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It's a ridiculous characterization of inventors: it sounds like the definition of a dilettante not an inventor.

For the most part it's difficult for inventors to appreciate where their inventions will find their first market. Peter Drucker details this in an interview in Inc. magazine http://www.inc.com/magazine/19960515/2083_Printer_Friendly.h... which builds on his work in "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Entrepreneurship-Peter-F-Dr...

Drucker: The first entrepreneurial pitfall comes when the entrepreneur has to face the fact that the new product or service is not successful where he or she thought it would be but is successful in a totally different market. Many businesses disappear because the founder-entrepreneur insists that he or she knows better than the market.

Inc.: So, often the entrepreneur is actually succeeding but doesn’t realize it?

Drucker: No, it’s worse than that. He or she rejects success. You want examples? There are thousands of them, but one of the best is over 100 years old.

A man by the name of John Wesley Hyatt had invented the roller bearing. He made up his mind that it was just right for the axles of railroad freight cars. Railroads traditionally stuffed the wheels of their cars with rags soaked in oil to handle the friction. The railroads, however, were not ready for radical change; they liked their rags. And Mr. Hyatt went bankrupt trying to persuade them otherwise.

When Alfred Sloan, the man who later built GM, graduated from MIT at the head of his class in the mid-1890s, he asked his father to buy him Hyatt’s small bankrupt business. Unlike Hyatt, Sloan was willing to broaden his vision of the product. It turned out that the roller bearing was ideal for the automobile, which was just coming to market. In two years Sloan had a flourishing business; for 20 years Henry Ford was his biggest customer.
Poker players are pretty used to installing GUIs, so I don't think web-based would help. Every poker client is a GUI (and for good reason), as is Poker Tracker, Poker Stove, SNGWizard, etc.

I don't know if you're doing ICM calcs or what, but anything beyond a simple odds calculator should be a native app.
Was it just for cash games, or did you offer ICM calcs too?
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1) Wrong. Complex odds can't be calculated in your head. Even the math PhDs who do well at poker calculate EVs against a range of holdings with a computer.

For instance, if you can calculate your equity with T9s against a range of (AA-22, Ak-AT, A9s, KQ-KT, K9s, QJ-QTs)in your head, consider yourself a genius.

The type of software he built is very popular among people who are good at poker or trying to become so.
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How true. Realize that, and you'll be a much happier person overall...
Is it just me, or every time I see a story like this in the mainstream media, I think of O'Reilly's comments at the Web 2.0 Summit about getting serious. I mean, it's great for iPhone and Facebook application developers. Hats off to them for producing a great product, but how much real world impact does it have? I feel like students are more likely to spend their time trying to make the next big Facebook app, as opposed to solving the next big problem. Still, obviously give credit where credit is due, and clearly this guy did a good job.
Estimating your opponent's hands I assume means guessing what range of holdings he would play that way. For instance, if I tight player raises under the gun, you can narrow down his hands to just a few.

It has immense value, in fact, it's the hardest part of the game. Figuring out what to do once you've estimated someone's hand is (with a little practice and the help of a good computer program) pretty easy.

The entire game is one big war to see who can estimate his opponents' hands the best, while preventing his opponents from doing the same to him.
That's not fair. Sometimes companies let go of good people because they have no other choice.
Hard to make any money that way. Most people who want this type of program already have accounts at the one or two sites worth playing at.
I would buy a $10 program that aided me in making stock picks if it were simply doing mathematical computations for me. This is more the equivalent of a program that computes PE and dividend ratios than one that says "Buy AAPL at $95". Except that dividend ratios can be computed trivially in your head, while equity against a range of holdings given certain chip stacks cannot.
The article is a bit naïve in that most popular sites will get slammed by exploit-seeking bots. At my previous employer I had a setup to silently log known exploit URLs that reached the 404 handler, and blacklist the IP if more than a few showed up from any one IP address.

Also, a 301 redirect from the old location of a page to a new one goes a long way towards fixing stale SERs and bookmarks.
You have no idea how wrong you are. There's a tremendous market for poker-related apps. It's an industry that rakes in at least hundreds of millions annually.

If I told you what I made off of this sort of thing in the pre-UIGEA days (and especially before Party spun off its skins sites) you'd shit your pants.

Top rakeback providers made 6 or maybe even low 7 figures per month at the pinnacle. The Poker Tracker guys have sold many thousands of copies at $50 a pop.

Games in general are the only thing monetizing well right now on Facebook and MySpace platforms too, and the #1 most profitable is almost certainly Zynga's Texas Hold'em.
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Slate.com, The Atlantic, and The New Republic all publish poetry and poetry criticism. Also Asimov's, but I'm not sure the sci-fi stuff counts :)
$cEV = $EV; no ICM calcs.
I have a small software business, and I always say that 95% of the business value is not produced in the compiler. Its marketing, support, marketing, SEO, marketing, advertising, marketing, documentation, marketing, etc.

Oh, and there is some software involved, too. But product quality only goes so far if your strategy for marketing is "I put it up on the Internet and eventually people find me". (That _can_ work but you have to have God's own luck AND an amazing product.)

Here's another lesson for you: if people are not buying your software, the answer is NOT to charge less. You can't convince people who aren't at your site to buy by offering them a discount -- they can't see the discount. On the other hand, folks who then see the discounted price as the "normal" price mentally value it to match. And software which only costs $10 is worthless. You are selling me a tool to _make money_ and can't justify a price higher than $10?

(I leave it to your imagination what I think of the "Make it free and try monetizing with ads!" advice you'll find elsewhere in this discussion.)

I sell software which is so trivial that technical types have difficulty believing it sells at all. My customers love me, and are happy to part with $25. And I should really get around to raising that one of these days. Should sell about $20k this year, which isn't quite quit-the-day-job money but on an hourly basis works out to "pretty freaking sweet". Not to crimp the startup style here but, erm, charging people money for value remains a decent business model.
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