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You're right. This is some serious hack-ass stuff. I had no idea a firm that huge could consistently crank out such sub-standard junk.

Very few of these show any sort of polish. Maybe it's an ironic thing to look less refined.
> If you are going to get ridiculously drunk, and especially if you are considering using substances that the United States considers illegal, PLEASE DON’T WEAR YOUR COMPANY TSHIRT. It is every PR person’s nightmare. Please just no.

These are really great tips for keeping it both casual and professional. Finding that balance is important at events like SXSW. I wish I was going this year.
I was a volunteer at SXSW and watched your talk a couple of years ago (used to live in Austin). Loved it.

Personally, my favorite part of SXSW is after the Interactive portion is over -- just kicking back and enjoying the concerts at the music festival.
I've made the exact same transition. I find that Google Hangouts have a much better quality for the same data connection.
Rumor is, that it's coming. Maybe they'll announce it on the launch day of the iPad3.
That's kind of the point. Modularity allows all these complicated parts to work together as a unified whole, without the creator of any one part needing to know exactly how the other part works. It's how high school kids are able to write their own computer programs instead of having to go to college for 12 years. It's what allowed cars to be assembled en masse. It's not a problem, and if it ever is, at least you have a 11,000 pages of text from the creators giving you a complete explanation.
My guess would be the sheer volume of commits would be unmanageable unless the process was somehow automated
Is there a compelling reason to not use google's own LevelDB?

LevelDB is a key-value storage library. MySQL is a relational database server. They are about as different as data stores can get.
I think this belongs here: http://xkcd.com/865/
Wait, posting factual info gets you downmodded? Go HN, I guess.
Intriguing, now we just need more seeders.
Scott Adams imagines a future in which the end-user is reaping all the benefits of modern technology. But the end-user is the weakest link the chain. That world could only come about with heavy government regulation. The technological surplus is far more likely to be skimmed off at another point in the chain.

More likely is a world where your smartphone broadcasts your location and identity at any given moment... and Verizon gets paid a great deal of money by marketers for access to that information, and you can't turn it off (sorry sir, it's standard on all Verizon phones, and after they bought AT&T, there's not too many other carriers left). Your phone dings fairly often as you walk around with coupons for 25 cents off at the nearest Starbucks - unfortunately the "silent" setting doesn't silence these dings. The NSA is rumored to store everyone's location, forever, and be cross-indexing terrorists, liberals and other enemies of the state to see if they have EVER been in the same location as each other.

The new Verizon Wing of the Capitol building is renowned throughout the world for its excellent design and tasteful branding. After all, Verizon knows where legislators go in their time off, too.
Don't really see what parts of mySQL you are stripping away by using this library. It's just extending/improving some weak spots of mySQL- you literally don't lose any features.
yup...nothing wrong with moving from reader to commenter...is there?
The real issue is verifying that the person has a CA at all. You don't want to scan a list for a person's name on every merge.

In JIRA, it's easier for the committer, because only contributors have the correct permissions to submit a patch at all. GitHub currently has no analogue.
What happened to the Liveprofile team?
Does any one know what happened to Liveprofile? They had many millions of users and all of a sudden just disappeared from the social media radar last August. No twitter/fb updates. No media mentions. Last blog post is dated June.

Does anyone know what happened?
Yeah, Windows is completely irrelevant. They might as well take the 4+ billion in revenue it brings in per quarter and light it on fire for warmth.
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At the time I wrote my comment, the original post hadn't actually mentioned Android; that appeared in a later edit.

> True, I should have said the vast majority of popular digital services, not ones targeted towards the kind of people that would use an N900 to make a point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman ? :)

I don't think services offering the not-quite-purchase of data represent "the vast majority of popular digital services". Also, services like Netflix don't have this problem, since they very clearly position themselves as analogous to a rental, not a purchase. iTunes, the Android Market, Xbox Live, and Steam all very much position themselves as purchasing mechanisms, which makes the ability to retroactively revoke purchases unacceptable.

(And I don't use an N900 to make a point; I use it because it does the things I want it to do better than anything else I've tried, and that includes Android devices. I only mentioned it because you seemed to assume that since I didn't use iTunes or Android I must not use mobile apps at all.)
wait...so an opinion that conflicts with your pov is branded as "jaded"? how mature of you...
I'm working on a CoffeeScript learning environment:

http://fleetinbeing.net/beans/

Still needs a decent JSON viewer before I start on the tutorials. It's a problem that once code is evaluated, it turns into Javascript. JS2Coffee isn't a satisfactory solution. I suspect teaching some Javascript, especially stuff from Crockford's The Good Parts, will be necessary.

The advantage of course is it can be compiled and run natively in a browser. The syntax is simpler, but there are corner cases. Though plain javascript also has corner cases CoffeeScript doesn't have, and js syntax is more intimidating.
I find that a weak excuse. If you were to dine in an expensive restaurant, where one of their guests talked really loudly on his cell phone all night, disturbing the other guests, you wouldn't expect the waiter to tell you to "just ignore it" or "just don't be disturbed". At least I wouldn't.
Hmm... Not sure what could be wrong there. The links are both working for me. I wonder if anyone else is getting the 404 errors?
I'm nearing completion of an EE at UT Austin, and this MIT class seems to condense 2 or 3 different semesters of material. I can't decide if this is a good approach or not.

On one hand, you take one broad class that introduces you to many different topics. Then you delve into whatever is necessary for your degree.

On the other, you do deeper (but still introductory-level) examinations of each topic, still with the option to go deeper if you desire.

Ultimately, I don't think either is a clear winner. I don't remember enough out of my intro circuits class to do a thing with a second-order circuit without reviewing theory for a bit first.
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This sounds like a workable solution. Github adds a feature, apache opens to github. Compromise?
I'm so glad someone else noticed this. I started out watching a few essential projects I used on a daily basis, and added the feed to my Google Reader. Eventually I started using the "watch" button as a "like" button and my feed became unmanageable. I just stopped watching the feed. I wish there was some way to have only some of those items show up in my feed.
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My personal pref would be:

Amazon > Google = Stripe (I haven't used Stripe before and would be interested in the opportunity to try it out)
Microsoft has been pushing metro throughout its ecosystem. Microsoft Kinect looks like the real game changer. It will change the Windows experience. A new way to interact with our PCs.
Why is it implausible that either of those systems has a unique fingerprint among all those that have run the Panopticlick tool?
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I'm in the same boat with one crutch: Netflix.

While I enjoy the fantastic gestures of OS X, I could survive without them. Netflix on the other hand, is irreplaceable. If (or hopefully when) Netflix runs on Linux, I'd consider it if the hardware were on par.
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I like this! Trends like this suggest that the hacker mentality may become a standard part of business. For many,
it is already expected.
Windows has 89% desktop market share. I guess if you can ignore facts like that then you can make all kinds of audacious claims.

With any luck, the Post PC era will see a lot more diversity (eg Android netbooks/PCs, docked tablets, etc), but I think it'll be a long time before Windows isn't used on the majority of desktop computers.
Agree with this. I started out using the watch button as a "watch" button, and ended up using it as a "Fav" button. Having two separate buttons would let me have a list of favorite projects, and a news feed at the same time.
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Windows is far more riddled with malware and spyware than Linux distros, their users are far more ignorant than the Linux crowd, so having %ProgramFiles% default to a system directory is substantially worse and damaging than letting apt-get (that can't even be run without root privileges) default to /usr. Take a look at a list of predefined paths available on Windows [1]. It doesn't have anything even approximating ~/bin. At the very least they could've said - "here, use %UserProgramFiles% if need be", but they just don't care. And if you try and install into C:\Users\...\Program Files, you will quickly be mis-detected as malware or spyware. Unless you are Chrome, which you are probably not. So, yeah, Windows is really hopeless.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb76...
This is my problem exactly.
I think that //avoiding// could be considered by the authority as a disruptive disorder.

Authority want you to follow instructions, to do the things in their way. "They are the guardias of the truth" but if you found a way to do your best where authority isn't an obstacle, it also show new ways to improve the world you live in.

Open new ways of doing the things to others.
Part of the iPad's experience, and part of its success, is that it shares a common language with the iPhone. Removing the home button removes part of the easy transition from one device to the other. If an iPhone owner is thinking of buying a home-button-less iPad, they'll launch an app, and then stare in confusion trying to figure out how to leave it again. Eventually someone will come and explain to them that if you pinch your fingers this certain way, it will take you back to the home screen. And the experience is lessened.

I love the system Apple is building. The gestures built into iOS 5 make it faster and easier for me to use everyday. But gestures are like keyboard shortcuts - they require instruction and they're not discoverable. I think having a so-called "Panic" button exist on the device is important for the way it functions for consumers (not to mention integral to Siri's interface if that makes its way to the iPad). Will it be a physical button? Maybe, maybe not. Removing the only physical button on the device requires a more fundamental change than "three gestures replace all you need the home button for" though.
This is how you get traffic by the way. News website use this trick all the time.
Wait, this is a checkbox on jira, is it not?
How would you back the claim that Windows has not been relevant for a long time? Windows still has around 85-90% marketshare. And that has been the case for a long time.

They have a huge business built around Windows and Office (which is available for Mac and Windows). If you really believe they are irrelevant how will adding one more platform (iPad) to the office suite make them relevant 'again'? Especially considering most people will not do major document creation on a touchscreen device.
No, a jaded opinion is branded jaded. Obviously I don't agree with your opinion, or I wouldn't have spent an hour writing an email to the 500 startups mentors and founders. This is what HN was for, helping startups with contributions to the community. This is what I have to offer, take it or leave it - but clearly the votes indicate there is some value here.
Tell HN: A new coworking place for software entrepreneurs in Seattle downtown
The guys behind SURF incubator have rented a 15,000 sq ft office in downtown Seattle, and are inviting in all kinds of startups and entrepreneurs to share the place and help each other.

I have toured the office on Monday and it's looking pretty good, so I think I'll be renting a desk or a corner there, for whatever that's worth to you. While there, I am open to help with SQL Server or iOS programming, in exchange for a heap of "not having to sit at home all day all by myself, dammit". :)

There are still tours going on over here, so please come take a look. The way I see it, the more hackers there are in one place, the better for all of us.

http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-iPhone-iPad-Android-SURF-Incubator/

Cheers.
This Dr. Strangelove reference has been waaaaay overused lately, it's just starting to be annoying now.

As far as using index cards for wireframing, seems like a decent enough idea if you have a really small team. Doesn't really scale that well for larger teams/projects.
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If there's internet I'll move there.
Ok, maybe Java on some cases worse choice over JS. But Java has one preeminence over JS. With Java we can teach more advantage level of software construction. It's construction of medium/large systems. Programming in big. Using classical OOP, interfaces and specification in achieving modularity and decoupling.

JS was built for small scripts on web pages.

I think Python is a worse choice because it's also more complicated and less elegant than JavaScript (and it has its own share of pitfalls), but that seems to be a minority opinion around here.

You wrong, Python is much elegant than JS. Starting from syntax which was derived from C/C++ like languages. With a lot of bugs and confusing behaviors (some of was mentioned by Resig itself).

Code in Python is very clear and looks like pseudo-code. It's very easy to read and very easy to start writing in it.

JS - specialized language for Web. Python - general purpose language.

Prototypal inheritance is much simpler than classical inheritance--you don't even have to introduce the idea of a class. I think it would be easier to teach prototypal inheritance rather than classical inheritance to people with no programming experience.

There should be no inheritance for beginners. It's not even core CS concept. No classes, no OOP in any kind of it (prototypal, classical).

I think with this approach we will get not CS professionals. We will get JS script kiddies.
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I too got my current job from a HN post. I posted about Bay Area salaries as I was flying out here for an interview. I included some of my background information and got a reply saying if I wasn't gonna be making X, they would love to meet and talk while I was in town. Later that night I had an offer. I love Hacker News.
Beautiful writing, almost too beautiful. But please, take it as a compliment. Its perhaps a little too specific of a topic, may I suggest you team up with a someone more technical than yourself? I'm trying to do the same with my design because I think remote collaboration is brilliant. Cheers~
So for those of us who would like to take this course eventually but don't necessarily have the appropriate math experience in, oh, the last decade or so, are there resources online (or even by book) which would give adequate preparation in a reasonable timeframe?
OK. you mean result might overflow. Can't we handle it somehow? like a flag or something.. what solution(different function signature) do you propose?
Maybe his hand does things he doesn't want it to do.
If I had the money...
> MS Office for iPad

Try this?

http://desktop.onlive.com/

(Disclaimer: I have friends who work there...)
It would be interesting to see a Kickstarter project devoted to this. It would need to get big fast (Friday deadline to submit an offer), and would need both the $440,000 minimum to purchase the village and ample money on top of that for renovation. It might be a hard sell for people who have no desire or ability to relocate to the village, but I am sure smarter folk than I could think of some sort of angle to generate attention to the project. Perhaps?
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Don't forget that Windows also plays in the server space. A solid server version of Windows 8 could spearhead intense adoption of Windows Phones and tablets in the enterprise (IT departments are crazy about security, maintainability and standardization).
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This reminds me of what I saw recently about Detroit in the US. A number of houses there are up for sale at ridiculously low prices such as 500 dollars or less. When people leave, the land and property basically loses all value.
I'd use a language that at least got the very basics right (ex: ===, ==, etc..) to lessen the confusion for new comers.
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Wait, what? 128-bit architecture? I'm not sure what the utility of this would be, as 64-bit ints are huge and floating point is already a special case.

With 16-byte pointers, your application would be SUV-sized no matter what you do.

What kind of things need 128-bits to represent? Is this a case of representing 4-up 32-bit ints or something of the sort, that a 128-bit CPU would be basically a 4-way vector one inherently?
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Was a grammar test involved, perhaps?
And what would you offer to Kickstarter supporters? A week for free in a dead village? A brick from the 13th century church ?

If people left the place there's a clear reason for that. Money is not going to bring back interest in a long-dead location. Unless you make it like a new Las Vegas.
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Indeed - he talks about the First Google Maps War (and later the possibility of a Second), yet the first line of the article admits it was "almost" a war. Sensationalist headline IMO.
Some people just want to watch the world burn, but worse yet, some
people want to watch the world burn while they merrily sing campfire
songs and gleefully roast marshmallows.

The toughest thing to admit is the seemingly insane desires of both
of these groups of people exist in everyone.

The reason why link-bait works -- even here on HN -- is simply the human
propensity for an emotional response involving pitchforks and torches,
either metaphorical or entirely real.

If you think back to the last time you were fired up about something,
can you admit to being one of those people in the first paragraph above?

Whether you can admit it or not, you were one those "Burn it," folks.
Sure, maybe you were slightly more diplomatic in your choice of words,
such as saying "Stop it," or "Please stop," or even "Please consider the
alternatives," or "Please be reasonable," but mincing words is just
masking your opposition with pleasantries.

At one time or another, and to some degree absolutely everyone is one of
the "burn it" folks. The world is full of annoying "flaws" to wear down
your patience and tolerance until you oppose them in more actively.

Rather than derailing the conversation by picking an technical
flame-bait example of a well contested hotspot known to evoke nerd-rage
of the highest order, I'm going to play it safe, and reference the Dr.
Seuss story, "Horton Heads a Who." Absolutely everyone has been one of
the folks chanting "Boil That Dust Spec!"

Every programmer here can think of a "Spec" that they want to boil. ;)

Since everyone is guilty of being the opposition of something and
wanting to tear down, disrupt, or change the status quo or situation in
some way, you should be able to see how everyone is vying for the same
prize, control. To put it more succinctly, everyone wants to be the
authority in control.

In other words, many authorities are anti-authoritarians. Their refusals
to cede control is their method to gain and retain control. Similarly,
those who abide by existing authorities are merely employing a more
deceptive method to gain and retain control. The hoop-jumpers and
ladder-climbers are no different than their rebellious
"anti-authoritarian" counterparts, save for the fact that the two groups
are in constant competition due to the fact that the success of one
is always detrimental to the goals of the other.

The most interesting exercise is to think about what things would be
like if the situation was reversed; "Since you got a four year degree
from a university, you obviously need to be chemically lobotomized with
medications to treat your hoop-jumping disorder." Additionally, your
diagnosis and prescription were written by a self-educated rebel, and
ironically, being cured occurs when you refuse to take your meds.
"I love breakfast burritos"

Just a tip: we call them breakfast tacos.
Agreed, that's annoying. I couldn't find an easy way to separate horizontal scroll event from vertical. But it's something I really want to fix...
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3606380

Their site is down right now, so the 10 day old comments might be able to satisfy some amount of curiosity.