skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't have an opinion on this case, but after reading the comments, I'm wondering if this case is possible:

1 She is a legitimate victim of cyberstalking, with a legitimate beef against Kickstarter

2 She is also an opportunist, using #1 to generate publicity for her project

3 Kickstarter could/should have handled this differently/better

For me, I get the impression from the responses here that some think that #1 and #2 above are mutually exclusive, when it's possible they may not be. If #2 is true, it doesn't in my mind invalidate #1 and #3, but it could make me less sympathetic to her cause.

I'm not sure we should draw any conclusions based on a blog post from only one side of the 'dispute' (Kickstarter hasn't stated their side), but it's interesting to me how polarizing her blog entry is in this thread.
Objective-C saves you from making the choice between the high
performance C++ or the programmer-friendly Java by adding a
substantial runtime to a language that compiles to native code.

I have seen so many great Mac apps that were unusable in the end because of constant crashes. I doubt this would be the case if developers had picked some higher level language.

I know that ARC was recently added to Obj-C, but you can still accidentally harm yourself even with such simple tasks as adding items to array. If you need to deliver your app fast then sluggish (Java) is better than not working at all.
Assuming your write your own material, the rough equivalent for a comic is getting a writing gig. TV shows, for other comedians, etc. You basically write "session" material as a comic the same way a "session" musician would be a hired gun.
If a more practical use such as for implementing faceted lists or haystack navigation of a large quantity of items, that could be a cool use. Outside of that, I keep thinking a lot of the effect demos (if used straight away) are fostering more of the "condescending ui" http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/9/2616204/the-condescending-... ... Has anyone talked about transition animations being able to be turned off and on? I'm thinking about Android developer options that let you do just that.
I think GuiA gave a good response. Psychologically, I think the $1 level is a bad anchor but then you're also missing a lot between the $10-$100 range where I'd suspect most donations would come (by quantity, not $ total).

Also, you're offering a mention in the README as a bonus - which is a good idea. But IMHO you should consider also having a separate DONORS file (or similar) which will list the names of anyone who donated and still be part of the project. Even such a small gesture will help people bond to the project and feel like they're a part of it, beyond the Kickstarter. I bet there are people who would even donate $5 just to get into such a file on what might be a popular project :-) (sad but true!)

My real thinking behind this is because I might be including this in JavaScript Weekly next week. And if I do, I think it would be awesome if people felt motivated enough to throw you some money.
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I signed up (we applied for YC). Having gone through the hassle of finding a place in a few places recently it is a huge pain in the ass. This is a great idea but I'm not sure we'd be able to commit to a 6 month contract.
> In terms of casual gaming, the xbox 360's Kinect and Wii have already been wildly successful. One could argue that as an entertainment all in one hub, where the whole household buys casual games over the marketplace and watches TV shows and movies effortlessly, the xbox has failed.

Really?

http://www.everybodyplays.co.uk/feature/360/Xbox-360-now-use...

Try to think of game support in Apple's vaporware console/tv-box as less of a strategy and more of a tactic.
I agree that you can't have every product fit every person, but isn't one of the primary selling points of Google+ that "you can have private conversations with small groups of family and friends". I would personally think the features and UX should be designed keeping that in mind.

Even saying so, a lot of the points I say there are potential usability issues for everyone (at least for me they are). For example, the big banner ads for mobile apps and Hangouts.

I agree, the title is a bit misleading. By "setup", I meant creating an account and simplifying the user interface, and explaining to my mom how to start hangouts, share photos, etc.
Seems like I should post my famous 5 lines again:

1. Install XCode and homebrew

2. sudo brew install {postgresql,rbenv,ruby-build}

3. Close terminal. Open terminal.

4. mkdir proj && cd proj && rbenv install 1.9.2-p290 && rbenv local 1.9.2-p290

5. gem install rails && rbenv rehash

6. rails new foo

That should get you up and running on any OSX with a sustainable environment (i.e. one that you can actually reproduce in the future and that can mimic your live servers).
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Thanks for the response paul.

I don't believe in overnight success. A baby does not become a teen right away, it takes years, with the patience and caring of parents. I think businesses are like babies as well. When you work hard on them, when you be patient with them and if it is useful for your customers or visitors then either this way or that way you succeed, as the baby grows.

The difference between now and then is you can spread your ideas, your tools and your products faster and easier. The only thing you need is knowing how and when to do that. This is what I am trying to learn.
According to http://lab.hakim.se/scroll-effects/js/stroll.js it is the scroll event. I had worked on a Parallax project recently, and iOS Safari likes to queue DOM manipulation events until after a scroll even stops, but I'd be curious how this works on iOS. Anyone know of a method by which the same event type stuff could be simulated in CSS3?
Creator of Bidgram here. Here is our MVP of something we believe will help you sell easily to people in your networks. You can also use Bidgram to collect offers for something you own or can provide.

Bidgram is a free "auction" site where you create a listing and receive a private, unique URL. You can then share this URL to whomever you like and anybody who clicks on your URL can make a bid or offer on your listing. We dont share your URL publicly, its up to you to promote your listing. After 24 hours, you'll receive an email with all bids/offers that were made.

Sample usage cases:
Extra Tickets- Got extra tickets for a game or concert you want to sell? Create a Bidgram, share it with your friends, and pick someone to join you at the event.

Used Cars- Selling your car online? Use Bidgram to solicit offers from multiple buyers and get the most money for your car. Buying a new car? Use Bidgram to make dealers compete and save yourself money.

Ad Space- Looking to get the best ad rates for your publication? Invite advertisers to make offers on advertising space via Bidgram.

Feedback is definitely appreciated
why not work within the system you're in? At my university a bunch of grad students got together wanting to do ml/pgm/nlp-class, so we put together a small group, added a semester project plus paper presentations to make it worthy of a grad class. It's a bummer that the coursera courses started so late, but otherwise it's working out great. We help each other out and teach each other new stuff, and in the end get credit ;)

If you can't get departmental approval for something like that, then you should at least be able to swing an easily justifiable independent study out of one of the free classes.
This is a great idea. Might as well make the experience social since most YC alumni regret not getting to know the other companies during the 3 month period. Might be cool to have weekly pitch events/gatherings at the location.
Not really practical with modern surface mount SOC components but there is always the Arduino.

There is an add-on I/O board for the Raspberry that has all the usual science class sensors and a proto area and links to the GPIO header
I think that the Raspberry Pi is actually a perfect solution for developed countries. The peripherals needed to make a Pi work can usually be scrounged for free, or picked up very cheaply. 99.9% of UK households have a suitable TV. The vast majority have at least one HDTV with HDMI inputs. Mice, keyboards, wireless adapters and SD cards can be bought at computer fairs for a couple of pounds each, or scavenged as hand-me-downs.

For the first eight years of my computing career, all my hardware came out of skips (dumpsters) or was bought used at computer fairs and flea markets. IME there's a vast glut of basic peripherals in most developed countries, simply due to the turnover of computers in offices.
Be sure to turn on Youtube's CC feature for english captioning of the non-english speaking interviewees.
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If Apple had done this, this article would be front page of HN with howls of complaints from people who've never owned a single share of Apple stock.
It's been like that for some time now. It's definitely one of the main motivators and reasons for living and working in Silicon Valley. As nice as it is to work wherever, it's not quite the same as going to a local pub and running into a who's who among startups. Pretty exciting stuff.
I wouldn't say "simply" because they did it at different times and with different degrees of fidelity, and many have now copied copies.
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I suspect if they tried such a gambit, AMZN could -- justifiably -- call for a DoJ investigation into unfair restraint of trade. (Or just ignore it altogether, insofar as AMZN has still got over 60% of the US ebook market.)

Besides, the whole point of DRM is to impede portability. What's got the publishers into this mess is being more concerned about piracy (and therefore opposing portability) than about empowering a hostile monopsony. The quickest way out of the quagmire is to open up.

We saw this before, with music in the iTunes Store: 2003, everything is DRM'd up the wazoo. 2010: suddenly Warner Music are happy for Apple to sell you un-encrypted downloads. Luckily for the music cos, Apple are primarily interested in selling hardware. Amazon's priorities are different, and much more dangerous ...
Some demos have interactive components I believe, though I'm having trouble digging up a prominent example at the moment. Not as games per se, but in the sense that the graphics/audio can change procedurally in response to keystrokes.

As far as non-interactive demo-style stuff, markets pop up occasionally for procedural/generative art, which is related, though again with less focus on compactness (except when necessary). There was a market for screensavers in the 90s, for example, and some had pretty involved procedural stuff going on. Today there are a handful of mobile apps doing generative graphics, e.g. http://superfiretruck.com/iteration/. I think you could probably sell a demoscene production or demo-pack on Android.
I didn't see anything horrible being said about the development for browsers. The problems were mostly XNA functionalities that he hadn't implemented in his XNA to html5 converter.
See ... this is what happens when one is raised by wolves. One has no idea about common social conventions.

Wolves ... or raised in Oklahoma in the pre-internet era. Same thing, really.
How you post the data is a small portion of protecting a score - kids also use Cheat Engine to modify values in-memory which will be submitted properly. There's a community where they share instructions on how to modify games as well as a handful of sites where modified versions get published.

MochiDigits are really worth checking out for protecting in-memory values:

http://code.google.com/p/cunitescore/source/browse/trunk/as3...

For the submission process ... Flash is a very weak and open product, aside from browser debuggers and whatnot you can just decompile most games and see first hand what the source is. I lean towards obfuscating it just enough to not be "change this parameter in the URL", if you need more security than that you really need a user system + consequences for cheating ala Kongregate.
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You're right, I probably shouldn't have lumped them together. My question is probably more applicable to Firebase since they explicitly state that a goal is to eliminate servers (or at least make them optional).
I think a 6 month contract isn't too bad, when you consider that it's basically:

1 month for moving in before YC starts

3 months for YC

2 months for wrapping things up and finding a new place and moving
Usability is a Feature
It's the enabling technology aspect. A small cheap machine with PC class power, video, networking and Linux

Imagine if instead of spending $1Bn on an app to make photos worse - Facebook had given away one of these to every household in America and bundled an app that constantly streams your Facebook experience on your TV.

That would have wiped out the TV networks overnight.
I thought this video was pretty incredible. I was not a fan however, of the title of the article. I suppose given Forbes' readership it was appropriate, but I personally did not think it was fitting. I almost felt it shadowed the entrepreneurial spirit and the creativity of this kid.

What do you guys think?
No I'll need time for that. This is just 4 hours of work. I posted it now because I'll need help from the community as it evolves (especially testing)
we can play with semantics all you want, but what happens when you have kids to support?
The "regret not getting to know each other" is definitely something that I've heard from recent YC alumni.

As for weekly gatherings--I think that might be a bit distracting for the teams there, but I can see occasional gatherings being valuable.
This is so shockingly inappropriate, I wish I could flag it twice. There is no reason to post information this personal, and completely irrelevant to the conversation here. I believe there is more to this story than the blog post indicates, but you have obviously created this account for malicious purposes.

If anyone reading this has the ability to hellban a user, this would be an appropriate time to exercise your authority. That's all I will contribute to this conversation.
Hey munyukim, really good site and story, i have a question and an offer:
question: What is your plans for monetization? How do you plan on making money with this?
Offer: Private Message me if you need help with then programming, i'll be happy to help (been programming in php/mysql for longer than i care to remember)
Strange. Since I posted this as 'best way I've seen to teach kids programming' the title has suddenly changed to what it is now.
It's funny. I like Python better for various reasons, but I have to admit that Perl 5 always seems to have more mature and far better-documented modules available. You use the Cheeseshop for a while (Python's central package repository) and get used to it, then go back to the CPAN and it's really noticeable how much better the Perl 5 module ecosystem is.
This needs an awesome progress bar - http://swapped.cc/uploader - saw this on reddit few weeks ago
That's a damn good idea. Gonna ask my advisor about it Monday.
This is correct, but replace 1.9.2-p290 with 1.9.3-p125.
My reasoning for ranting was less directed at you and more at the idea that the article held up as you.
I never thought about it and hence never realised that my disagreement was misdirected. I regret not thinking before posting...
To every one who is participating, what language(or languages) are you using?
Java here
My MacBook EOL is also very close, I'm waiting for the new Apple hardware releas. I'll switch them both together : Christmas waaaaay before Christmas.
Never seen it, its crazy though. So far around 17 thousand people are participating and less than one thousand have submitted an answer to that problem!
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Couldn't make it past the sexist bull above the fold.
I agree largely with this--especially about removing DRM. What complicates it for me is that it's very hard for me to have any sympathy for the publishers as they brought this upon themselves. They can't play victim as long as they keep DRM.
> Thus, "build an api" is the best solution.

I think there's an asymmetry in your argument.

You are describing all of the problems with data management as though they were specific to schemas in a traditional RDBMS; but glossing over how "building an API" solves those same problems, and whether that method is better or worse.

In other words, "build an API" is the problem at hand, not the solution. A traditional DBMS provides a data definition language (DDL) to help solve the problem (schema design), which isn't a solution either, but it does offer a lot of direction. Saying "build an API" really gives me no direction at all.
I think this could do more than the OLPC

One of the initial cristicism of the OLPC was that it wasn't what a starving child in a Somalia refugee camp needed. Their response was that it was aimed at letting kids in Peru grow up to do to S Korea and India what S Korea and India had done to the USA and Japan

Yes to a kid in an African village with no electricity an OLPC is more use - but to a kid in a CS class in Peru, a class with TVs and keyboard and kids with TVs at home this is what a Commodore 64 or Apple II was to us.

What is really better about this is that it will also be used by every other geek in the - world so it will have everything the rest of the world has. The OLPC kid will end up learning the Official Ugandan education ministry OLPC curriculum which won't be changed for 20years - they will be like Soviet CS grads in the 70s
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On the other hand, I've seen so many great ideas for Mac apps coded in Java with terrible GUI's and performance.
Hey, you're right this does make sense! For people who have no lives outside of the pg cult of personality.

Luckily, it turns out that the only people who apply to YC have already bought into the pg snake-oil. So this is a good way for the minor leeches to grow off the major leech!
I prefer to use rvm :)

curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.bash_profile
rvm install 1.9.3
gem install rails
I'd be curious to see a write-up of this. What are the details? Since these are plug computers are they just at two residential locations, or are they actually in co-lo? How do your keep your desktop/laptops in sync? Remote mount? also rsync?
> Hence the need to keep the schema synchronized across multiple applications

Views are designed to avoid that problem.

What is the specific way you handle versioning in an API that is superior to versioning in the schema?
While not every product should fit every person, G+ is a social networking platform. As such, it should be accommodate a fairly broad user base.

This article and some others I've read all hint a larger issue, that if we're not celeb watchers, hangout addicts, et al, then we should be. We all want to be like the cool kids, right? Well, I don't really want to follow Felicia Day. I don't want to hang out on G+. I don't want to chat on G+. I just want to see what my friends and a few others are posting, and post a few things myself for their consumption. This would work a lot better without the persistent, distracting and annoying nagging for me to become the median user.
But how is Amazon "disintermediating" anything? It's simply taking the place of a previous intermediary (bookshops).

The next step will be that authors will sell to readers directly; that will disintermediate both publishers and Amazon, and there's no reason it should not happen.
> (See also, editing rich text.)

I've spent months on this problem. The challenge is that the behavior you want (text ranges) does not map well onto the DOM (trees). This takes some thought but isn't THAT bad. Browser bugs also play a role since the code paths aren't used that often but the main reason is the w3c Range API is the worst API I am aware of in any language and everything you could use to replace it is not cross browser.
I've been a social media programmer since 2001 and personally I think Google+ needs a paper book to explain how to use it.

I always have people trying to get me to join them in hangouts and sometimes it works, but often it takes me 10 or 15 minutes to get the invitation and actually get into the hangout.

The funniest time was when it wanted me to update the software on my mac and it gave me step-by-step instructions to open a terminal window and use the command line to do the update.

I give Google credit for developing a sharing model that's different from the Facebook and Twitter model, so that Google+ isn't just an imitation of it's competitors. On the other hand, I dont know if I like sender-controlled sharing... There are so many people that want to spam me with this or spam me with that, and I'm not just talking about Nigerian spammers, I'm talking about close friends, family members, C-level people at places I work with and so forth. I'd rather see an intelligent social media platform that helps me pick out what I want and what I need to know; Facebook comes closer to that.
$ echo https://twitter.com/#!/shitmydadsays/statuses/4811790555 | wc -c
57
$ echo '"That woman was sexy...Out of your league? Son. Let women figure out why they won't screw you, don't do it for them."' | wc -c
116
I _knew_ wearing Birth Control Goggles were a good idea. Best glasses I've ever owned - sturdy and difficult to break.

Pity that on me they made me look mildly retarded.
This is very humbling to read. I live in America, land of opportunity -- mostly taken for granted. I take for granted the freedom to jump on the internet at almost any moment I choose. I take for granted that I have constant access to a reliable power grid. I take for granted that credit companies want to extend me the ability to utilize a credit card. I take for granted that I have free access to a banking system. I take for granted that, since I work in technology, I can pick from a multitude of job offerings. I just plainly take for granted the fact that I had the fortune and advantage to be born into this land. Does America have her woes? Yes, as does everywhere. Your situation, munyukim, has created a stark contrast to what I have been afforded. I truly do respect you for what you have achieved with such environments and obstacles that you do face. Congratulations on a job well done!!
I've already said that this is NOT my petition. There are no issues with my Google accounts because I avoid all of their products except for Analytics. I don't use AdSense or AdWords because of the way they behave.

That they engage in questionable practices is probably without dispute. For specific instances, well, Google something like "google suspended my account" which returns some 12 million results. If you have the time, read through the first hundred or so and see if you agree with the general sentiment.

Also, on the being vague part. I read somewhere that the petitions severely limit the number of characters you can use(I think it is 500 or so). It might be difficult to create a really detailed petition under those conditions. I don't know if they allow links or not.
I was in no way saying that it was the victim's fault. I just don't think that Kickstarter should be on the receiving end of a lot of criticism until we get the full story from them. It may very well be that they are under the impression that that it is her fault, although I am not saying it is, it is just plausible and would account for their reaction to her ban.
group name, handles, id numbers please!

in fact, there's plenty of active demosceners here on HN. -waves!-