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The BBC back in the day! It looks so...retro now!
Noscript has a surrogate that solves this; it works even if scripts are enabled on google search page.
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(just saw this). Man, I labored over that order of precedence and figured (cheek (tongue (..) tongue) cheek) would map to /tongue/cheek /g
this article really takes the fun out of funduk
It looks like Google are working on it. Here's what I see when I search for [regular expression], as I often do to double-check syntax: http://screencast.com/t/A9DoZXes6

Edit: It used to be the case that if you bookmarked the result (and had your bookmarks synced with Google), it'd star the result as well. Seems this feature has gone, though.
The estimate was manufacturing in the US would cost up to 65$ per iPhone

Versus how much in China? The conclusion I recall was that the difference was small - so small that even if the prices were flipped, Apple would still probably opt for China because of the speed. Which, again, is because of the integrated supply chain.
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Disclaimer: I consider this act a crime and think the responsible person should be punished.

That said: Can we please stop this idea of dragging people into other countries (I guess there's one particularly eager doing so)? As long as we're not all on the same page about laws around the globe and while we still don't know what 'hosted in the US' means for a business, for example, I'd rather prefer sticking to local laws. These apply without a discussion. Laws of another country by default don't and I'd have a hard time understanding why this should change (a global nation with one book of law would change my mind here).
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You're using free code off the internet. If you don't like the license terms, don't use it

That's what the OP is addressing. There should be an easy way to filter out code with licenses I'm not going to like.
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It's just human nature to put more energy into it if you are being screwed over. I think product ratings have the same problem (unhappy customers more likely to comment than happy customers).
I dont think I have EVER clicked on a web ad.

Who clicks on them? I wonder how many are accidental.
So are you saying I can copy and paste some useful functions from your GPL code into my BSD code? And then the next person can use my code (with the pasted code from your project) in their proprietary software, given they stick to the requirements from my BSD license?

As far as I understand, the viral nature of the GPL does not allow this.
> I am sorry, but a guy who stands in a production line building cars should not be making $125k per year

You should be pleased to learn then that they don't:

* http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/business/economy/10leonhar...

* http://www.factcheck.org/2008/12/auto-worker-salaries/
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>> On top of that, if you get so many non-accredited investors, you have to go public.

No, you have to release financial information like publicly-traded firms. You can keep the shares from trading publicly, you just have to share data on your financials. SAS analytics and UPS are examples of large firms that were private with lots of shareholders (UPS has since gone public). This rule isn't just to be restrictive, it's to ensure that a company with more shareholders than can sit down at a dinner table informs all of them about the company's financials. I'd guess it was designed because prior to its existence, managements could mislead investors in private firms to help raise money, to liquidate their own shares, etc. If it's not illegal to not disclose material information to retail shareholders, you can be sure that managements will use that loophole to screw their retail investors.

"But the market will route around shady firms." Yes, the global financial crash was how the market routed around shady behavior in some markets. Suboptimal.

>> A very, very expensive process so most entrepreneurs avoid small investors like the plague.

Citation needed. Since we're talking about companies bumping against the 500 shareholder limit, let's say they've received $1m in capital and are about to get one more investor. NASDAQ listing fees (https://listingcenter.nasdaqomx.com/assets/nasdaq_listing_re...) start at $35k. Other exchanges are cheaper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges#United...

Going public on one of the two flagship US exchanges, with a top-tier investment bank leading, is expensive. But if you're raising money in $1k blocks, you probably aren't on that path anyway and so an appropriate public listing would cost a fraction of what Facebook will pay.
No but Google Plus was released only a couple of months after this ordeal started. We would have loved to have been a part of the launch of their platform.
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> "However, the system will never make you rich."

Never? What about inheritance and social/family connections into lucrative jobs and investment opportunities? Those parts of 'the system' seem like they contribute the major part to some people's success and wealth. I suppose one could say something like "well, the person made the good choice to take the inheritance or opportunity on the silver platter before them". But that would seem to make the term "good choices" a bit vacuous, imho, as an account of what a person should do to become rich.
If it's supposed to take 3 clock cycles to execute an instruction, then it's "unfair/unrealistic" to really activate the laser cannon instantly, and then make the processor wait 3 clock cycles before it begins to execute the next instruction.

It'd be "more fair/realistic" if it took 3 clock cycles, and THEN the memory was overwritten.

Note: this is debating the timing of a 100 kHz simulated processor, within a game... so, the discussion is kind of inherently pedantic. =)
Me and my co-founder had a "little" adventure recently with delivering rich text to iOS, including images and video, with HTML output and both way sync. You bet it was hell.

I wanted to show you guys and hear what you think. Check out our approach and the video.

Would this library work as a standalone product for licensing? Or should we just release the code after we ship the app?

Thanks!
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Yes, however, GitHub's Terms of Service section F.1. (http://help.github.com/terms-of-service/#f_copyright_and_con...) specifies "By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and fork your repositories."

I suppose you could write a license that allows others to view and copy your code, but not make any modifications, as fork doesn't seem to be defined to include modification.
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Most of the compromised websites (if not all) are running on Wordpress...
were they hacked or was a user account just compromised?
Why?

Startssl gives you the same thing for free (as in beer), without the popup and without training users to ignore the warnings.

I'm not a fan of certificate authorities in the first place, but for now they seem to be a good compromise between playing along and not throwing your savings at some snakeoil sellers..
Neat! I would like to point out that the intro text right under the header is a bit hard to read with that blue background.
Mine has all the features (sans siri) and works fine.
61% of U.S. Households Now Have WiFi
They don't struggle. It just doesn't exist.
uh, nope.

xyz => 1 sits on seat x, 2 on seat y, 3 on seat z
So the only possibilities are:
123: 1 sits on seat 1, 2 on seat 2, 3 on seat 3
213: 1 sits on seat 2, 2 on seat 1, 3 on seat 3
231: 1 sits on seat 2, 2 on seat 3, 3 on seat 1
321: 1 sits on seat 3, 2 on seat 2, 3 on seat 1

passenger 3 is happy twice out of 4, hence 50%

In the code, the happyLast variable counts the number of times the last passenger is happy ( happy == when he gets his assigned seat)
This is just yet one more example how Fog Creek, as a company, consistently demonstrates that they are a classy bunch of guys.

They treat their customers and developers well, Joel has contributed quite a bit of knowledge to the startup community, and on top of that, open-sourcing a dead product so that its fans can keep it going should they want to.
I've also dreamt up some tests, and I have a theory:

I could be okay, since I will be downloading mostly ZIP files. These will most likely not be served through a serversided scripted proxy, but allowed to be handled as a raw file, so HEAD might work.

Now just to find the time to do these tests :) I hope to whip something up tomorrow.
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>a clear case of Google doing something "evil" //

Using $40k of a service (ad space in this instance) and then refusing to return the service providers calls and emails for over 12 months may not be "evil" per se but it's certainly on the malevolent side.

If it ruined someone’s livelihood then I'd say it's getting to be in the locus of what could well be described as "evil".

For a company to do this without apology demonstrates a pretty serious ethical deficit (assuming we have the full story before us).
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That's the smart thing to do. You can still use all of the same marketing tactics as you would an affiliate program and the profits will be much larger.
I was sad that "Top K" meant "K items occurring most frequently" rather than "K'th order statistic." This is pretty great though.
That's a good argumentation (I don't fully agree with 1, it may ruin someone's good mood anyway).

I got distracted by the way he wrote the post.

Edit: typo
I'd expect it to be higher in light of the mobile revolution (desktop -> laptop -> tablet). Maybe the rest use the neighbors' WiFi...?
Hm, I guess if we consider it to be marketing in the sense that they want to present themselves as a visionary company making life better for everyone, we could ask why they suddenly think they need such marketing. It could mean their reputation has been heading downwards lately, in which case such videos could be a symptom of problems of the company.

That "analysis" is flawed because I made it with hindsight, having seen a lot of complaints about Google on HN lately. So I am not unbiased (and I don't even know if the HN attitude towards Google is correlated with the common attitude towards Google).

What are examples of companies that failed once they started making such videos? Just because Steve Jobs didn't make such videos doesn't imply that nobody should.
I would be more inclined to take his "I'm outta here... moving to iOS" statement and the "seamless integration with Google's services" argument a little more seriously if the article had outlined even a short history of all Google services repeatedly failing to seamlessly integrate on the phone over a variety of situations. But one coupon, in one app, for one service, one time sounds more like someone just looking for any reason to say "screw Android... I'm getting an iPhone". Yes, he does say "countless other" apps have issues... that really isn't very specific nor does it show a pattern. I've had times when (for no apparent reason... other than maybe the phone trying to multitask too much) an app loads slow... when it worked fine before and after that. I'm not willing to accept that iPhones don't ever have similar hiccups... ever. I'm in a house divided so I get to see first hand the frustrating things that the iPhone and iPad can do.

But even that doesn't really matter to me. I hope he finds what he's looking for... whether it is with an iPhone, a Windows phone or even a new Android phone. I wish everyone luck in finding the phone/OS/carrier combo that works best for them. I'm just so glad that there are plenty of those combos for everyone to choose from.
The linked post is talking about a DoS vulnerability of the service. It doesn't impact other entities than the service provider (beyond the obvious potential for service outage of its users). I think telling them about it is all that's required. Either they fix it or they don't, that's between them and their users.
Same with Apple. I'm starting to get the impression that animosity towards companies actually have nothing to do with the company at all.
I'd agree, current pay rates for GM workers are higher than the industry normal and in that case they cannot keep up with the industry in terms of cost. Formal bankruptcy where they could get rid of the parts which brought them to bankruptcy would have been much better.

Yes it would have laid many workers but correction has to happen when wrong decisions are made and that is always better than to continue the path which nearly brought a company to its end.
>instead relying on metrics that are harder to game, like unique visitors and page views. //

Surely page views are as easy to imitate as clicks (possibly easier). Unique visitors would be reasonably easy to game as well I'd imagine.
Because comparing Android to iOS is different. With Apple, they only need to design an operating system for ~10 devices, most of which are essentially the same with minor differences. Apple has the ability to tweak iOS to meet their goals on their hardware where as Google is tasked with designing software for a wide variety of hardware. I'm not saying that Google should be held to lower standards, what I'm saying is, give them a break for not developing an Android version for each phone.

While an app experience is bad, it's no reason to ditch an OS. It's like blaming Microsoft because their version of Minesweeper isn't as good as 3rd party ones and ditching Windows for OSX or Linux.
Visual interface won't work for this sort of thing.

Glasses are too close to the eye and multitasking will require constant focus racking, which will tire the eyes and produce headaches. Elements displayed in stereo will require very precise calibration to the user's face geometry to prevent ghosting or eye strain. Elements displayed in one lens only will appear transparent.

Even if the tech issues are solved perfectly, humans do not multitask visually when moving; this is why heads-up displays are not common in cars despite the technology being easy. It distracts more than it helps. HUD works in planes because there is no immediate danger of collision when flying, so pilots can focus just on the HUD for extended periods of time.

Humans in motion multitask across senses, not within senses. Most people can walk and talk no problem--but walking and reading is a lot harder. So, the future of wearable computing is probably a wearable computer that listens and speaks.

And it's here now: a smartphone with an earbud is a wearable computer, and it's proven successful in the marketplace. To be truly useful, it will need to volunteer interactions the way the Google glasses do--but to do that well, it will need to be listening at all times, and understand when information is welcome and/or needed. Right now that is not possible with current levels of battery and speech recognition technology.

In the far, far future I could see visual communication multi-tasked into everyday life. It will take a lot of societal changes for that to happen though. I like the portrayal of "picting" in Greg Bear's EON series.
Agreed, but what is the next big thing in lifestyle? Maybe the urban hipster is still a relatively attractive model for living among all the choices.
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The relationship this article describes is not limited to the startup world - it is quite prevalent in big tech as well. The key to unlocking the dynamic is communication - a piece that a lot of techies think they do well, but don't. One of the biggest hurdles I've encountered is explaining to a business customer what the impact of something is in their terms - it's not shitty code, it's an approach that will prevent us from scaling in the future.
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further on in the article they explain that facebook is developing a hip hop virtual machine that allows them to run custom bytecode in their own runtime environment which would allow them to push deltas. im fairly certain that pushing deltas of compiled c++ code on this scale is impossible.
This comment got down voted, it is not mine but it is legitimate point in the discussion. Looks like there are leftist out there doing this?
Well... if seamless integration with the manufacturer (and only the manufacturer's) product stack is what he's looking for then he's definitely going to be happier with Apple.

That's Apple's modus operandi. What we sell you works very, very well; but you have to buy everything from us.
The original comment used the word "seedy". It was edited to "thin affiliate" which is less hostile.
Just for full disclosure, I did the same, in that I did research and publication as an undergrad, worked in industry briefly and then went back to do a PhD (in my case, I had gotten in before I finished undergrad and deferred my admission to work for a bit.)

Personally, I'm not bashing academia per se -- I think it's great for people with the right mix of temperament and motivation. The travesty is that so many people that start PhDs go in without a clear understanding of what the degree entails and what characteristics are necessary for success in their programs and the tenure race. I could go on for a long time about the reasons but I think a lot of it boils down to the way schools work up to undergrad -- the kinds of qualities that get you good grades up through college are not well correlated with the things that make you a great researcher. The worst is in fields where the norm is for undergrads to go straight into PhD programs.

And please note I'm not at all saying this as a comment on your situation. I suspect the fact that you've done research as an undergrad probably means you have a good handle on what you're getting yourself into =)
I think the point that launching a startup with no "followers" is difficult. I'm in the same boat. I haven't blogged in 10 years, I have 30 or so twitter followers (most of which I'm pretty sure are hookers) and nobody knows who I am. When Notch or Biz Stone says "I'm launching a startup" they immediately have traction--the author knows that the rest of us have to hustle.

I'm finding it difficult but seeing rays of light. My project (http://www.thetaboard.com) is just getting of the ground (still an MVP) and getting visitors is tough. Luckily my product is something HN readers might actually buy so I get more value than most out of HN posts. I've had a couple make the frontpage and had some (free) signups from it.

The author makes some great points and I'm defintely going to try some of their ideas for creating organic search traffic.
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A securities offering doesn't have to be registered until it crosses a threshold, which is set by law:

http://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/qasbsec.htm#eod6

Reg D, Rule 504: "Rule 504 provides an exemption for the offer and sale of up to $1,000,000 of securities in a 12-month period."

So your colleague's business can likely sell you shares now. However, unless they register, they can't market the shares for sale.

Crowdfunding will expand this and allow you to market your securities for sale.
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I can't speak to that, except what my British advisor said =)
That was how much extra the labor would cost to manufacture in the US not the total cost. They did mention a low estimate of 10$ but that's still close to a billion a year in lost profits on iPhones. Add iPod's, iPad's, and Mac's and you quickly get back around 5 billion.
alternatively, Google can be slapped with a class action lawsuit

I know their emails always say "we've refunded your money to the advertiser"...but has anyone seen proof of this? Any of you that advertise with Adwords Content...ever see a refund for any clicks?
my guess: first name of author, password or 123 as password
Your service is most definitely dependent on the whims of other people. Even Amazon relies on UPS, FedEx, and USPS.
> I also agree that one need not be pretending to drink or ashamed of not drinking. Not at all. I use my fake-drink for convenience, to stave off the Nth person asking me why I don't have a beer in my hand or whatever.

yet:

> I agree - this is largely my own curiosity (nosiness).

It seems every single person asks non-drinkers why they don't drink. For me, who doesn't really have a reason, it's just a bit boring. But I imagine if I had a real, or perhaps a painful reason, I wouldn't like to be reminded every time I went to the pub.
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So the question is "How likely is for a particle to reach 0 or 1000 depending on the starting position"? Then I got the question wrong, thinking it was about the average likelihood for many particles.
OK, i'll bite. How did the product get the name, WebPutty?

No need to answer if this question is wasting useful development time.
They were hacked because the "hacker" managed to modify the content of the web site. Using a compromised account to get into the machine.
"In academia, the end product is a publication and your code needs to work only once."

In my experience as ex-academic, the above is all too true in too many computational fields (and many sub-fields of CS). So I ask what scientific value (or any kind of value, for that matter) is being generated by grinding out publications with results that won't be repeatable?
ah, right, I read it as

xyz => seat 1 is occupied by passenger x, seat 2 by y and seat 3 by z
First thing I thought, I was quite confused.
I love problems like that. I'm going to go work that out for awhile, you have any links to the answer, or more questions like it?
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Google's Project Glass video forgot one thing: adverts
So when they are lenient with policing ads they get sued for click-fraud and when they are strict then the government should intervene?! surly there must be a third option.
> The lack of response comes down to the fact that Google would rather make sure they get all bad actors and throw out some good than be more lenient and let some bad actors stay.

If that's indeed their attitude, then they deserve to burn long and hot over this shit. And nothing excuses a shutdown in communication, period.

The lesson (to me) is "don't rely on AdSense for any make/break percentage of your revenue."
Ah, thank you. That makes sense.
The problem is, that Google's behavior creates a culture of cheating. When things become so obviously unfair, people are increasingly forced to solve the problems in "other" ways. While their actions may make sense in the short run (i.e. its just a few annoying web"masters"), the long term effects of being perceived as an unfair institution that is okay to trick seems to be more severe.
Your gripe seems to be with the restrictive Apple ecosystem, not the GPL.