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I have looked to see what existing research there is on doing that but found very little. Obviously the error image is compressible, it has patterns in it that are visible, and it is predominantly greyish. Those are aspects that can be exploited.

Of course the error image will be much larger than the compressed image, but you have moved to the field of lossless compression so the bar is at a different level.

Algorithms designed to compress error maps should work on a different set of assumptions to plain lossless image compression. Error images are noisy but have an overall low magnitude.

I do wonder if there could be a entire field in collaborative image compression where multiple techniques can layer to try and achieve a better result. Algorithms would take an existing image and try and move it closer to the target while using as few bits as possible.
> "It's just a joke". (Hint, this response has already
> been offered up more than once in this thread).

It could be likened to comments about a male hair dresser or nurse about whether or not he's sexy/single/gay/etc at a professional conference.
Not arguing that it does or does not. However, if the author is going to make an argument and discredit whomever made the comments and skip the part where they do exactly what the author says they should have done, the author starts to lose credibility.
My understanding is that the person holding the patents in question came up with the "invention" while employed by UCSF.

Amusingly, ViolaWWW, one of the pieces of prior art used by the defendants, was written by a Berkeley student.
This is a quote from the Q&A at 2011's yearly Berkshire Hathaway annual investor's meeting. Definitely worth going if you can spare the time (and are a BRKA or BRKB investor...)
Great job. Stripe is one of the few valuations that doesn't seem out-of-this-world insane.

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That is great for Cocoafish, but I am still happy that I moved over to Parse.
>It says, I like you because you're attractive, not because you deserve it.

I don't think so. What if, instead of commenting about her physical appearance, the introducer commented about her sense of humor. Is that saying "I like you because you're funny, not because you deserve it"? Equally, no. It is simply a noticeable quality about the person.

To me, it's more like saying "I like this person, and just one of the things that make this person unique and remarkable is his/her appearance/humor/whatever." There is no "...not because you deserve it" part to that.

That said, it does seem out of place in a professional setting to remark on someone's appearance when there are more relevant things to comment on. That is, unless you don't know that parson particularly well; in that case, appearance may be the only thing you know how to comment on.
Interesting that the Wiki entry continually calls out a commercial failure and goes on to say:

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A curious pharma patent outcome - USPTO backlog driven.
From the full text:

Amgen has received another 17 years of patent protection on its blockbuster autoimmune drug Enbrel (etanercept)—which could mean that it will be on the market for 30 years before it faces competition from biosimilars. The patent (US8,063,182) came in November 2011 and was a surprise to many in industry; Merck, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, had already announced plans to develop and commercialize a biosimilar version of the drug, plans that are now likely to be shelved.

Amgen was granted this unexpected stretch in patent protection because its '182 patent was filed in May 1995 under old rules that applied to patents filed before mid-1995. Those rules, which have now lapsed, awarded patents 17 years from the date of issue. This means the new patent will expire in November 2028. Current standards give patents 20 years from the date of filing.

The 16-year delay between the filing of the '182 patent and its issuance is probably due to a combination of a heavy workload and the backlog at the Alexandria, Virginia–based US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to Leslie Meyer-Leon, a patent attorney at IP Legal Strategies Group in Boston, who specializes in biotech patents, Amgen itself is unlikely to be culpable for the delay. “I don't think Amgen acted in a way that unfairly manipulated the system; if anyone is at fault in having this patent issued so late, it is the USPTO. Because of inadequate funding, they have a huge backlog of pending applications, especially for those applications whose initial rejection is appealed [which happened with the '182 patent] and so it can take a very long time for a patent to issue.” Meyer-Leon notes that the slow pace of patent prosecution can still occur under the current system.
She gave her thoughts in a comment:
http://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2012/02/startup-dudes-cut-sex...
I'd say that there are fewer women that are both bold and well-liked than men. Admittedly this is just my opinion, and I don't have any numbers to back it up.
Notch pulled it off with Minecraft.
From the full text:

Amgen has received another 17 years of patent protection on its blockbuster autoimmune drug Enbrel (etanercept)—which could mean that it will be on the market for 30 years before it faces competition from biosimilars. The patent (US8,063,182) came in November 2011 and was a surprise to many in industry; Merck, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, had already announced plans to develop and commercialize a biosimilar version of the drug, plans that are now likely to be shelved.

Amgen was granted this unexpected stretch in patent protection because its '182 patent was filed in May 1995 under old rules that applied to patents filed before mid-1995. Those rules, which have now lapsed, awarded patents 17 years from the date of issue. This means the new patent will expire in November 2028. Current standards give patents 20 years from the date of filing.

The 16-year delay between the filing of the '182 patent and its issuance is probably due to a combination of a heavy workload and the backlog at the Alexandria, Virginia–based US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to Leslie Meyer-Leon, a patent attorney at IP Legal Strategies Group in Boston, who specializes in biotech patents, Amgen itself is unlikely to be culpable for the delay. “I don't think Amgen acted in a way that unfairly manipulated the system; if anyone is at fault in having this patent issued so late, it is the USPTO. Because of inadequate funding, they have a huge backlog of pending applications, especially for those applications whose initial rejection is appealed [which happened with the '182 patent] and so it can take a very long time for a patent to issue.” Meyer-Leon notes that the slow pace of patent prosecution can still occur under the current system.
I hate being in the "other" slice. Look at it.
Remember also that the respondant pool is biased.
I've used multiple laptops with Linux and they've invariably run much better than on Windows. If you've not used Linux before, you'll be surprised how much faster your laptop will run on any flavor of Linux. If you want to really fly, try any distro that runs on xfce or lxde, like certain versions of Linux Mint, or Peppermint Linux.

I'm running a sub-200 USD Acer Aspire One laptop right now on the latest version of Ubuntu. This laptop has a single-core Atom 450 -- not a fast processor. In spite of this, it runs Ubuntu very fast. I did put in an extra GB of RAM (it came with 1 GB), but I think that it would have even run well with 1 GB of RAM. The only time I even notice the operating a delay is when I load up a bloated web site, like AT&T. This computer runs faster on Linux than my other computer, a multicore machine with much faster processors and 8 GB of RAM, runs on Windows 7 (I have to dual-boot that one for work-related reasons).

Honestly, you can't go wrong. Even the cheapest modern laptops run well on Linux. But I've been very happy with my Acer Aspire One. If you're OK with netbooks, you can get the Acer Aspire One with the dual-core Atom n550, or else the new AMD C-50 with a nice on-die GPU, for around $300 direct from Acer, I think. A comparable Asus would be another good choice. Otherwise, Dell makes some "full-size" Inspiron laptops that run well on Linux in the $400-500 range.
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The part that was tasteless was tasteless and wrong.

Agreed.

I didn't care what he said before or after, because it didn't matter

Of course it matters, the whole truth always matters. The speaker's comments were absolutely inappropriate, but he did not make them to the exclusion of her notable accomplishments. Yes, the sexist remarks were wrong, but his opening remarks mitigate the notion that he is only capable of viewing women as sex objects.

a guy trying to be funny with some sexist remarks

Agreed once again, but I think it's important to draw a distinction between this type of sexism and genuine misogyny (e.g. women are too emotional/less capable/worse at math/deserve to make less money etc).
Startups need to "Woo" the incomer, not the other way around. Sheesh.
I guess I was looking to see if there could be a more direct approach to it. Your pension fund invests in multiple assets classes and in multiple industries because of diversification. With a mutual fund that strictly invests in startups individuals with small amounts of money could gain access to the startup market in a direct way but still with professional money management. It essentially would be a VC fund composed of retail investors where traditional VC funds are composed of institutional (pension funds, etc) and high net worth individuals.
FAQ and press release from the settlement with Microsoft

http://www.ucop.edu/news/archives/2003/aug11art1qanda.htm

http://www.ucop.edu/news/archives/2003/aug11art1.htm

Looks like the UC is not really so directly involved anymore; just taking it's cut from a patent it owns part of by virtue of the fact it owns part of its employees' inventions.
I've used this. It's a nice set of libraries.
Or, even better, if you know the person personally and know that's how they present themselves, or at least you know they're OK with you calling them "sexy" in front of their spouse. Personal relationships trump general rules.
It depends on whether the muckraking is exposing or reframing. Most of the supermarket tabloids do more of the latter kind of muckraking.
The moral of the story here is that the author is not a great server admin. WordPress.com was working fine and fast for him because of their engineers.

I love how people blame WordPress for their troubles when it's not.
True, this is something you should know.

Although they primarly bust foreigners that work and do business with Thai people, aka take their jobs away.

99% nothing will happen and you have a good time but pray not to be the 1%.
What would a realistic cost be for a game like the one they are proposing?

Their $300,000 estimate doesn't seem very high. After taxes, that's probably enough for 2-4 full time dev-years (and they'll need programmers, artists, musicians, et al.). Not to mention infrastructure costs, lawyers, advertising, etc.
The point is relevance to the situation and context.

If someone is about to give a talk, then (depending on the venue) it may be appropriate to say "Stacy is very funny," because it has a clear implication for the situation at hand.

But imagine this. A woman walks by - your colleague Bob knows her and waves. You say, "Bob, who was that?" He says, "That's Stacy from Accounting. She has a great sense of humor." Do we think Stacy is great at her job? Probably not.

The point is that in a professional context (certain professions excluded), it is never relevant to comment on someone's appearance or sexualize them. Like many things related to sexual harassment, the waters can be murky, and many people don't realize they are undermining their colleagues (often people they do in fact greatly respect) by their words and behaviors.

And there is just no excuse for commenting on someone's appearance or sexualizing them in a professional context. Even if you don't know them well.
Will this eventually reorder based on my habits? HNers will probably still bitch if the items moved around. DAMN YOU GOOGLES!
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I think it's just as fascinating that the blog author left out the full text. Must imply some various qualities about their character, eh.
Agreed. Australia!
I think the stories about social and communication apps uploading your address book are a little overblown. I basically assumed all of them do it and am surprised to find that some don't. The real issue in my opinion is that any application could be uploading it and just mining and/or selling the data without being obvious about it.
Data is wildly incomplete in some areas, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.
I'm from San Francisco, and I like your idea.
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Love the URL for the story :)
yes, if it had x feature.
Not quite true, lesser known developers have been successful on Kickstarter in the past. An example off the top of my head is the game "No Time To Explain" from relatively unknown developer tinyBuild[1]. The key here seems to be producing a cool looking prototype to show off to Kickstarter, then gathering funds to polish the game, add content and finish development.

It seems like Kickstarter is more than capable of helping unknown developers generate funds to support development.

[1]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296948465/no-time-to-ex...
Doesn't matter. I'm assuming a professional setting here, where it's not relevant if I'm handsome.
It's not apparent these days with rose-coloured hindsight glasses, but when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s, there was a very palpable fear that there would be a nuclear war, regardless of actual risk. Certainly there was in the west, a fear that 'those crazy russians' would start something because of ideology.

A russian friend of mine says the same was not true in Russia. They were aware of the cold war, obviously, but 'knew' that their leaders, no matter how incompetant or corrupt, would never initiate the exchange.
:)

I didn't have time to expand on the ideas.
You can also pick up a small, 64GB-ish SSD. These can be had on Newegg for around $100 right now. The overall improvement in responsiveness and boot time is impressive.
A lot of the comments here compare this to saying a man is sexy and conclude "it sounds a little weird, it's out of place in a professional setting."

This completely misses the point that in our culture women are frequently (practically _always_) objectified sexually in some way. There's a gulf between what it means to call a man sexy and what it means to call a woman sexy.

I think this is what men so often completely miss. The male equivalent of this is not
"John’s one of the smartest guy I know, and I thought that he was a perfect pick for the role of moderator. When we selected John and he said yes, he was a handsome single man. And since that time, he’s become a handsome married man, and so I wanted his lucky new spouse to stand up"

it's something closer to:
John’s one of the smartest guy I know, and I thought that he was a perfect pick for the role of moderator. When we selected John and he said yes, he's a single man with just has a gigantic penis. And since that time, he’s become a married man with a gigantic penis, and so I wanted his lucky new spouse, who gets all that in bed, to stand up"

It's not 'out of place' it's appalling that something like this is acceptable _anywhere_.
I agree that the author's argument was inconsistent there. They should have stuck to the point that the comments were inappropriate - which is the main issue.
Yeah, it sounds to me like this person isn't the right fit for you. My initial reaction to the fact that you've already gotten the project rolling is that you'll want more than a 50% share in the resulting company, but you should find someone who you want to share the other 30-40% with who will actually help bring the product to market.

If you create something people love it won't be difficult to market when the time comes.
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I was told by the holder of a Secret clearance here in Aus that the interviews about background were largely about exposing potential blackmail levers and less about moral transgressions.

He also mentioned three general levels of clearance - classified, secret negative, secret positive. Negative is closer to a background check in style. Positive is the exhaustive fine-toothed comb.
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One of my favorite comments in this:

>"A setback, however minor, can have a greater negative impact on inner work life than progress can have in the positive direction."

While I'm not necessarily a fan of the terminology like "servant-led", that's probably due to some specific connotations I personally have associated with it. But non-hierarchical organizations intuitively seem more useful and efficient than old-style, top-down organizations. Perhaps the best example of such a thing would be an adhocracy[1], and the description in the article could represent a step along that transition.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy
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I found the UI to be extremely complex and non-intuitive. You need to engage me with something fun before you ask me to build a spell with runes I don't understand - using a UI that's completely foreign.
Haven't looked into it, but supposedly with BB6+ you can make apps with HTML5/JS. I switched back from iPhone for the bold 9900. It's come a long way.
it doesn't matter what someone said before or after they sexualized someone in a professional context.

Why is the offensive part the only part that matters? It doesn't matter to you because you're not the one being denounced as sexist, but when it comes time to convict someone in the court of public opinion, it is important to give a comprehensive account of the events in question. This guy made some stupid and sexist comments, but the first half of his introduction mitigates the idea that he is blind to Lovell's accomplishments and only sees her as a sex object. No two ways about it - the comments were sexist and wrong - but the full context speaks to this guy's general regard for women (poor, but not vindictive, predatory or misogynistic).
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Wikipedian here.

Your source's analysis reflects the years 2000-2010, while the citation given for Wikipedia's article is based upon numbers provided to the New York Times for the years 1991-2006 (which included a nine-fold increase in the number of cases filed during the years 2002-2006).

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/24ward.html
Honestly, if it had a beautiful design, I would pay for it
You should allow this technology to be deployed on a local server. Many companies consider their design to be confidential information, and they do not allow storage on an external server, especially in U.S. where their data can be subject to warrantless interception (Patriot Act and all).
Don't forget to spend some of the money to lower your costs and then lower the fees. This field needs competition to make the old players uncompetitive and run them out of business.
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Can I ask since you've given the name of your app: why does it "work with a great many [text editors]..." instead of all text editors?
Might have something to do with profits. Take a look at this calculation:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%24299+as+percent+of+%2...
Square seems to do ok ($2Bn valuation) not owning square.com (their domain is http://squareup.com)
You need to consider what you want out of that money -- if you really want a fiscal return on your investment then you should stay away from startups. But if you serious...

First you should probably not consider being a simple angel investor unless you really know what you're doing. Unless you fully expect to lose all that money, with little to show other than a business card. The experience of being an angel investor will only really benefit you if you expect to have another infusion of cash in 6 months that you can blow through.

A more prudent course is to find a partner who might have an idea and an advisor who has been through the world of startups and stock before (they could be the same person, but just make sure the partner is not taking you for a ride). Then build it! Know that you can go for sometime without raising money, paying your bills out of the savings. Odds are you will still lose your money, but you will have learned a lot in the process -- including some learning that will really help you to be an angel investor in the future.
I happily paid for Pulse and The Early Edition. Both have great user interfaces and features.
> jQuery mobile and HTML5 have the potential to significantly disrupt the mobile app industry.

Maybe in the future. The PlayBook supports HTML5 apps and we pulled a jQM app from RIM's store because it was so unbearably slow.
Another client just wanted a quote on "fully portable" app, I downloaded some that were built with PhoneGap+jQM and they were terribly slow, on an iPhone 4S.

Just two anecdotes, but what seemed reasonable in desktop Chrome has not worked out for us yet on mobile.
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What about if you only describe presenters of any sort by how they look if there is something distinctive about it?

I've been to a math talk where the speaker was introduced as the "most buff mathematical physicist in the US". It was probably true - he was also an amateur bodybuilder. Most speakers don't get such an introduction, only the ones with a distinctive (and good) appearance do.

(Similarly, in a CS talk, a speaker was introduced as having "the greatest shirts in all of computing." It was probably true - I've never seen a more blinged out shirt outside of a Filipino nightclub.)
I found the "would you take a 10% paycut" matched my experience precisely. Back when I worked at Microsoft on developer tools, I would sometimes get contacted by people who were in the finance industry with salaries 2-4x what we could offer, and often transitioning from some nice CTO/Chief Head Architect title to Software Design Engineer.

But, universally, they were _excited_ for the opportunity to work on real compilers, tools, etc. and especially to be surrounded by people they could learn from. I'm would expect the lurking Google hiring managers have experienced the same thing.
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