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Fair enough and I see both sides. Execution of course matters but there is also value in being first and taking the right marketing approach. When building a product it's also important to consider the pricing, the marketing, etc since they will determine success or failure.

Definitely a good lesson and that's why one needs to view the product with a wider perspective which should dictate the right strategy to take.

It's a complicated issue without a clean or simple answer. Arguably this is why different people have different thoughts on the software patent issue. Most people have a very black and white view of it but there's a lot of nuance that makes the issue shades of gray.

I also suspect the reaction would be entirely different (I think someone mentioned it in this thread) if Nate didn't open source it. I wonder why that's the case.
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I think with code, there are a million ways to clone something (...especially when you haven't seen the source) so it's harder for developers to understand what it feels like when you see someone copy your designs (to clarify, I'm speaking generally here.) Best allusion I can think of is joke stealing. A lot of work can go into a one liner. Does it matter if it took 5 seconds (or 11 hours in this case) to copy it?

Fact is, if Dustin hadn't done anything innovative (ie, worth cloning), we wouldn't be having this conversation.
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You can't really have success without both. The execution is a lot easier to see so there is definitely a bias towards that.

Many successful have had both. You can make the case that Steve Jobs drove the Apple ideas but Tim Cook was the one who made sure the entire production chain was as efficiently run as possible.
Problem is that 'should look perfect' doesn't match reality.

The page is hard to read on Mac using unmodified Firefox.
on my screen the background color of the crown is a different red than the rest of the page
I was at that talk. Having not done much C since college 6 or 7 years ago and only really starting Python about 3 months ago, it was very approachable and I got a lot out of it. I highly recommend it.
The journal article can be found here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vnfv/ncurrent/full/natu...

It doesn't seem to claim that an individual neuron is the location of a memory, but rather that triggering a small number of specific neurons is necessary and sufficient to cause the behavior that would be consistent with the recall of a particular fearful memory in mice, when optogenetically triggered.

In other words, they labeled some neurons with an optogenetic receptor during fear conditioning. Then, thanks to the optogenetic labeling they previously did, they were able to activate this receptor (using light) in a totally different context (one that didn't normally elicit the freezing response associated with mouse fear). When they did so, the mouse exhibited the freezing response. When they ablate these neurons, there is no fear response. The conclusion is that these neurons are necessary and sufficient to encode the fear memory.

Caveat lector: my summary is based on the abstract so I am just parroting what they have concluded; I haven't read the paper's methods and results for myself. Also, this is the "near-final" version published in advance online today. It may change for final publication.
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So it is ok to clone something but with a completely new feature, that being a different platform?

Not that I see this as a clone at all, just disagree with this as a general rule.
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Wow, some of his logo design work is really amazing.
Even with a traveling salesman problem you can get "near-optimal" results with an algorithm that has a reasonable run time. It's still important to note that you have such a problem though, as the fact that you're settling for "near optimal" needs to be understood.
Being as how the poster was commissioned on the eve of WWII, that means before Churchill became PM, it is plausible, but if some bureaucrat was thinking that, he dare not speak it or leave any written record. That's a meme that will probably live on in urban myth.
He's been using that logo long before thunderbolt.
Doesn't look like Codecademy to me..
Definitely fits the 90:9:1 theory of consumption : curation : creation. I wonder to what extent the startup community or entrepreneurs in general represent an abnormal distribution of that ratio...
1. What's the difference between your Facebook tutorial and the Facebook Facebook tutorial?

2. Things that are clickable should have cursor: pointer, your login buttons do not, neither do your "learn more" when asking me to pay you.

Overall, for a site with such a limited scope I don't understand why one would pay for a course since there are so many fantastic free tutorials found easily online.

Also, no introduction or anything regarding whose doing the teaching doesn't encourage me to crete an account to actually learn what use this would be to me, neither does the lack of a privacy policy.
Is this a presentation or a video or both? I could swear the way it is presented it looks like a video. But I don't hear anything. I'm unsure what this is :[
Wow, I didn't realize this was just (re-)discovered in 2000. Another riff on the slogan: knitting store by my house has a little sign in the window that reads "Keep Calm and Carry Yarn"
Great article in a dynamic new space.
>And they are, the future just hasn't arrived yet. But microkernels see more and more adoption every day. They offer a degree of reliability that is unprecedented. But they also come with a performance penalty that is for a lot of people enough of a drawback that they would rather have 'good enough' than 'perfect'.

Correct. The future of computing is mobile and the weakness of the Linux kernel's monolithic architecture is highlighted by Android's numerous design and implementation issues as well as Android's numerous maintainability, upgrade, reliability and performance problems.

Tanenbaum was actually right.
Facebook played the Friend card in their press release, and did it really well. If you are giving up your Facebook password, you're not just giving up your information, you're also giving up your friend's information as well.

If any potential employer asks for your Facebook account information, just inform them that your social network would not appreciate giving out their information to a 3rd party, and you think it would be a violation of their trust in you.
It shouldn't be since it's not a programming language (i.e., not Turing complete).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language#Definition...
Can i get an old person version of this with big type and no distractions? My gran still has issues just making calls on a mobile phone and as much as i'd like her to be able to send and receive text messages, all attempts have failed.
I find it fascinating the disdain people have for Dustin because of his attitude (which is pretty consistent if you follow him) and how he presented Svbtle.

Clearly he was sharing some concepts and ideas that he felt were worth sharing and may be useful to colleagues in the industry. But because of (perhaps too 'arrogant') copy and the fact that Dustin didn't want people to use it for the time being, a significant portion of this 'community' felt compelled to simply rip off his work in to spite him. I don't get it.

Without getting into the merits of when stealing something is justifiable why is such maliciousness so 'justified' to some in this case?
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Knowing the boundaries of your expertise, knowing when to pass a job on to an entity that is more experienced and knowing which customers are a 'good fit' and which are not is a winning strategy.

Giving up on a game like chess before you've even properly tried is a losing strategy.

Playing with your customers as though the success or failure of what you undertake with them is a game is also a losing strategy.

I really don't see the analogy between playing games and running a business, if you approach your customers as though it is fine to learn on the job when you know in advance that you do not have the required knowledge or skills to perform the job then I really hope you will not be found wanting.

Likely you will end up in court for non-performance and likely you will lose.

You should take your business and your relationships with your customers a lot more serious than you would take a game of chess.
I think this is apples to oranges comparison due to differences in prices. Early cell phones cost much more than boom boxes or CD players and they carried a monthly fee with them.
The link goes to page 2 of the article. The correct link is this one:

http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/23/exclusive-new-york-startup...
Are you sure it isn't? http://stackoverflow.com/a/7580013
QnX (now owned by RIM iirc) is one of the most mature micro kernel based os's out there.
I don't know about conventional wisdom but I can give you my opinion.

Disclaimer: I have not taken this course, neither am I a python Wizard.

Their stated goal:

"It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems.

It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals."

The point here is that teaching python is not the primary goal so if you are already a competent programmer you may find it more efficient to pick up a more reference style book.

However, I can imagine this course explaining principles such as turing machines, possibly some data structures and computational logic.

Thus I can imagine it might be useful to people who are not going to be programmers but need an appreciation for the type of work that a programmers might do and what is possible with a computer. So maybe a business person or a designer.

It might also be useful for self taught programmers who want an introduction to the more rigorous aspects of CS and a more formal way of thinking about their programs.
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I've done some basic Python coding to create custom MIDI Remote Scripts for use with unsupported MIDI controllers in Ableton Live.

I never actually learned it in a conventional method, just jumped into programming these scripts and looking at other people's scripts for reference.

Now that I've taken a basic course on objective-based coding, I'd love to go back and learn Python for real.
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Thanks. I have heard of QNX but didnt realize it is a microkernel.
> ... algorithm ...

You're arguing for software patents, basically.

As a community, we may have differing points of view on copyrights, and patents in other fields, but "we don't take kindly to software patents 'round here", as much as I can tell.

If all it takes is two days to dream up an answer to something, you can rest assured that other experts in the same situation will likely come up with a similar solution. You shouldn't get the rights to that solution for 10 years just because you thought it up. If you shared it, you would expect people will code it up, and probably congratulate them for doing that hard work.
Such as the iPod? Or are you thinking of a different example?

Actually I might be way off with the iPod...
Looks like the British Union of Fascists logo:

http://maryportagainstracism.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/buf...
As a designer/programmer, I think it's pretty funny to get worked up about having your design "ripped off". We're not talking about intellectual property for profit, where the argument makes more sense: I need to make money, so don't steal my stuff or Don't rip off my client's web design. In art, we all build on one another. There are hardly any firsts any more. Evolution/Innovation makes up most of what someone would consider their personal works. "Forking" is a perfect example of such.

We can banter back and forth about morals and time and effort, but what this argument (or dcurtis' plight) really comes down to is ego. That's fine. Everyone likes to have their time under the spotlight, but that's what this is all about. Exclusivity? Invites? A list of high-profile people to show off on the front page (not needed at all, btw)? "You're welcome" strewn on the footer? Yep, you're in ego territory.

As far as I know, WordPress has a few clones, so this isn't really a new thing. Obtvse put the power in your hand when someone else was trying to make you beg for it. Sorry, but it's really hard to feel bad for the designer. I think if the concept was more open, had less obvious egotistical elements, I could see some reason to be legitimately upset. At this time, it feels like someone's longing desire to be a rockstar, not a legitimate strategy (exclusivity?) to make things better for users.
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In my view, feminism is about gender equality. Or, as the line goes, "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people." As as guy, I'm happy to identify as a feminist.

So when you say "heavy feminist bias", that plays in my head like "heavy anti-slavery bias". A) I think it's a viewpoint, not a bias, and B) that sounds like a complaint from a 14th century ayatollah.

I do agree that some feminists sometimes make sexist anti-male statements. Honestly, I might too had I, say been violently raped, had the police refuse to take my rape report because the rapist obviously wouldn't do such a thing, been bashed in my community as a slut, been told I deserved to get raped because I wore the wrong outfit, and then been forced to carry the rapist's baby to term. So although I see that male-bashing as unfortunate, I also generally think it's an understandable backlash that I try to forgive.

However, I didn't see any male-bashing in those links, so I don't think any downvoting on those grounds is legitimate.
@jemka oops! just noticed..
Innovative and worth cloning are completely different standards. There is nothing at all innovative about what Dustin did. Someone else thought it would be nice to play around with, and made it. I am part of this conversation because it is about "theft", not because I think that either post is in itself notable.

Let me make a better parallel: a lemonade stand. Dustin thought "wow, the weather is nice. I'd like some lemonade." He made some especially good lemonade, added a little cranberry, and wrote about how good it was. Someone else, who hadn't previously wanted lemonade thought, "hey, I would also like some lemonade. Hadn't thought of cranberry before, I wonder if that's any good..."

And now we're having a conversation about how anyone who makes cranberry lemonade is stealing from Dustin.
And so begin the Codecademy clones.
I can see the reasoning for this but I cannot see the reasoning for giving older people (who have trouble with technology) smart phones.

The best option I could possibly think of for an old person that can't grasp the concept is something like Siri for sending/receiving text messages (though I haven't used it so I have no idea what the learning curve is). Otherwise just give them a phone that acts like a phone.
Clearly what we need is a dummy password that leads to a bland profile where your "friends" all note how employable you are.
This is one of my all-time favorite anti-patterns. Whether it's Linus's "rejecting kernel patches is one of the important things I do" or Michael Porter's "strategy is about the things you choose not to do" or Miles Davis' "jazz is about the notes you leave out", no is an often overlooked but extremely powerful tool. quotes paraphrased
The idea is great.

I think the icon could do with some work to make it look a bit more professional though.
This is a really good execution.

I had a similar idea except it was for old smartphones without data service. There are millions of them floating around out there that would make perfect household mini-tablets for kids.
If an employer asks for my Facebook password (or equivalent, as I don't use Facebook), I plan to tell them that I don't appreciate being asked to give out my information. I don't want to work for a company where I need to put spin on an argument to have them not violate my privacy.
Great! Just got back from a break to see our site on the front page. Looks like one of our friends Kevin submitted it - thanks dude :).

That said, we're still very much in alpha so please excuse bugs (UI / otherwise) but we'd love your feedback.

You can also directly e-mail me at krishna@unclassroom.com or find out more at http://about.unclassroom.com/.

Also, just to be clear we have nothing to do with codecademy as zds has rightly pointed out in this thread. The title might be misleading so apologies in advance if it is. Unable to change it though.

Would love feedback!
Ah, sorry if I was unclear. If there is somebody here who would like to seem like an ass, then are most welcome to post away with no thought as to the broader context of discussions about sexism.
⍝ I'm sure that GLS knows this, but ∆ (delta) is a valid APL symbol (APL\SV) that looks like one of the primitives but may be user-defined. As I recall (it's been a while since I sat in front of a Selectric with an appropriate typeball or a real 3270 with an overflowing ashtray sitting next to it), it's unfortunately the only one, so it was understandably handwaved away.
Agreed. Can the mods change the title so its clear?
Thats a nice story. But it misses the point: what if an equally good painter sat next to picasso, came up with a similar painting in another 5 minutes and gave it to the woman for free (maybe hes angered by picasso and love free art), how would picasso react? We don't know.
True, but those things run inside the hypervisors are usually still the same old monolithic operating systems. I think that once those are also micro kernel based that there will be a real shift in perception.
I agree with your assessment (in comment I'm immediately replying to)

I'd like to add that I think Dustin wanted to share ideas in his blog post. I think his copy got in the way of what was important - the ideas that made the blog engine facilitate his writing. In this case, these ideas are somewhat analagous to the algorithm. They were nothing more than an idea; dustin recognized this and he was giving them away.

But when the whole product has been copied from a visual perspective down to the tooling and platform, you've effectively replicated the whole experience. It goes a bit further than aesthetics in this case and is wholly under-appreciated by those who do not have 'respect' design, so to speak.

Edited: missing a word.
This isn't the famous SICW class?
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Sounds like an interesting thesis. You have a link to one of these design or implementation "issues" and how it's a reflection of the lack of address space separation and/or IPC design of the linux kernel?

No? Yeah; sounded like a content-free platform flame to me too.

Actually: I'd be curious to hear some more knowledgable folks on this. My understanding of the iOS kernel is that it's a microkernel only via historical label: the PVR driver stack, network devices and filesystems live in the same address space and communicate with userspace via single context switched syscalls. Is that wrong?
Though I somewhat agree with the longevity of metro, I'm still loving it now, and I hope that developers do original things with it.

By comparison, I find iOS looks very old as well. The example about the 'new iPad' in the post likely wasn't talk about how innovative the iPad UX/UI is. It isn't. The iCons are as they have always been. The structure of the screens is the same as the original Palm devices, and I'm sure they weren't the first.

The poster talks about how he feels Microsoft is screwing up because they are targeting the 'tech crowd' rather than the average man, but seems to ignore that Apple targeted the creative crowd, which later fed their growth into a mainstream market.

I don't think this is something Microsoft considered, as they're just not great marketers, but this could be a huge boon to Microsoft in the long-term. If the tech crowd loves Microsoft products, and uses them and talks about them, and becomes snobs about anybody using Apple (doubtful), this could play into Microsofts hands. It's worth a shot at least.

After using WP7 for more for a year, I still find it to be beautiful, I think the challenge isn't as the poster explains it, but rather it is difficult for an app developer to create an icon which really stands out, which is what I thought the post would be about originally.
My grandmother (91) is still mentally sharp (though a little forgetful now, but still surprisingly unforgetful for her age) but has difficulty using the simplest of nokia phones - things like the fact that you have to press a button to dial, or to hang up, confuse her after a lifetime of non-mobile phones.

I've never seen her try a smartphone, but I imagine having a touchscreen with big buttons that say "dial now" and "end call" would be easier than dialing in a number and thinking "I know there was something else I had to do now..."
I've used it for years on a very large message switch and in my experience it was rock solid, very easy to develop on and extremely responsive. For hard real time stuff from userland you'd still have to tweak things a bit but even that is possible.
The SIM is an integral part of the GSM standard and provides a huge range of benefits. The point of their existence is to establish the identity of a subscriber independently of a handset, which has a lot of interesting, useful and important side-effects.

A very large proportion of GSM subscribers use dual-sim handsets, to take advantage of the cheapest available tariffs. This is the norm in price-sensitive markets like China, India and Africa.

Many GSM subscribers use several phones with the same SIM. Outdoor enthusiasts switch their SIM between their smartphone and a rugged dumbphone. Some ladies use a smartphone during the week when they use their normal handbag, but switch to a tiny dumbphone for parties.

The SIM makes life very easy for small carriers to connect new subscribers. In London, virtually every shopping centre and high street has someone handing out SIMs for Lyca or Lebara, two Virtual Network Operators offering cheap international calls to mainly immigrant customers. They can connect subscribers on the spot in a matter of seconds.

IMO we should be working in the opposite direction, towards a proliferation of SIM-like devices in other markets. A physical token which securely establishes a pseudonymous identity on a network is quite ingenious and facilitates all sorts of really elegant HCI.
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I am unable to see the point in showing the premium content with a div on top. We are completely able to select and copy&paste it or save the page deleting .well container.

Anyway, in spite of critics about the idea, is nice to see GWT + Bootstrap together.
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That tweet is actually him complaining about Apple ripping off his completely original and unique logo.
I do find it very useful to have my 27" iMac when coding because I like to split pane my IDE windows, so I can see other code as a reference or split my view, model and controller so they are all visible. Sure I could do that on my Air but then there is a lot more scrolling involved.
This a a sign of the coming techpocalypse.
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