skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You might as well keep a corporation in the US, but move to a cheap country like Thailand. That gives you the best of both worlds: access to all the deals, payment platforms, of a US company, with the low cost of living. As long as it's just you to bootstrap, it's great.

You'll face scaling issues eventually: how do you hire 10 great engineers? But hopefully, once you reach that point, your business generates enough revenue or traffic that you can pay for it.
I'd add Weighty Words - fun stories that make large words like "abasement" and "ingratiate" accessible to 12-year olds
http://www.amazon.com/Weighty-Word-Book-Paul-Levitt/dp/08263...
That video was a golden retrieval.
No, I see it as unethical decision making.
This isn't a rebuttal, but Outlook 2010 has most (if not all) of those things.
I just got back from a trip to Southeast Asia in February, and the dim sum in Hong Kong and the noodles and seafood in Thailand were amazing. In October, I went to Europe, and Marseilles, France has amazing seafood, and Palermo, Sicily has amazing food on literally every corner.
As a Penn grad, I'm really glad to see a fellow Quaker hitting the top of HN. I graduated in '07, when most engineers and Whartonites went to work for large consulting/finance firms. In the past few years, I've noticed a bunch of startups come out of Penn and as someone who went to work for a startup out of school, I'm glad to see others choosing this route as well.
Didn't work on your carbon copies, though. In my high school typing class, accuracy was preternaturally stressed.
Like Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang Theory when the judge asked him to apologize, "I'm a scientist, I never apologize about the truth!"
But if you build it, more people will get to enjoy the concept.
It might be interesting to see this algorithm implemented in a photo-organizing software. Just like we have auto-levels, we can also have auto-crop.
Interesting, except for the fact that the article is about migration and not population. Very quickly skimming for a relevant data point yields this piece from the Census Bureau:

http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-8.pdf

Net migration data from 1995 to 2000 for California:

Inmigration: 1,448,964.
Outmigration: 2,202,500.
Net migration: -755,536.
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You're going to run into a world of trouble thanks to the new FATCA law [1]. You better have a good lawyer and accountant lined up.

1: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/business/global/for-americ...
Quote me: software IS the infinite frontier.
A state can have population growth and net emigration.
Don't forget the apple.com online store - I can't even have multiple credit cards on my account.
Amen. Ain’t nothing better than buckling springs.

http://www.clickykeyboards.com/
Is this the claim that you are doubting? "Nearly four million more people have left the Golden State in the last two decades than have come from other states."

Seems pretty consistent with California's population growth to me given how popular California is with immigrants from outside the U.S.
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Just like it works with vim in normal mode.
I believe bringing the concept of a fact into question will do more harm than good. A phone book is _not merely_ a set of facts, but also a set of agreements. Surely one can look inside the phone and disagree with one's own listing. If one were to dive into an API and find that it mistakenly calls an undefined function, or typos abound, in this case the API would need to be changed because it has become less functional. It may be rendered useless. A phonebook cannot be rendered useless if even all the numbers are incorrect; though I doubt such a philosophical argument need be presented (Sorite's Paradox).

My goal here is to understand the analogy that is being made. True, one could development algorithms from a phonebook such that bank robberies and pranksterism may take place. This possibility secures a conceptual machinery for viewing a phonebook and an API as conceptually similar, since such practices would likely presuppose a concept of hierarchical relationships between numbers and names in the book, assuming sophistication. However, such practice is not the intent behind the phonebook, and so further a concept of hierarchy is unnecessary essentially to the phonebook. An API depends on some basic conceptual metaphor (@see Metaphors We Live By by Lakoff and Johnson to grok the sense in which I use "conceptual metaphor") of:

A FUNCTION IS INSIDE A CLASS

(I do not count sorting or grouping concepts in a phonebook as "hierarchical.") And this concept is essential to the working of the API. So I believe the comparison is unfair, if not misleadingly true (that APIs and phonebooks are compilations of facts) when thinking of phonebooks whose institutional facts are conceptually nearer, by analysis, in proximity to their brute facts (those facts to which no other facts are necessary to ground their truth). An API and a phonebook are compilations of institutional facts, and should be compared only if the structures of those facts they assert are grounded in relevantly similar conceptual spaces (the institutions wherein those facts are true).
Housing doesn't need to disappear. If we tried to move everyone in California closer to the center of its major cities, we'd see prices increase dramatically.
Always good to hear from a Quaker! I'd love to chat some time :) my email is dshipper@gmail.com
Well not set expectations lower, but rather more realistic.

Sorry to read what happened to you, throwawayhelp. As one who's worked with similar cases in my ex-registrar life, unfortunately I'll tell you right now these things do take time.

As mentioned earlier, give it about 24 hours. While we all want things immediately or done right away, things aren't always as simple as we want to believe.

As long as you contacted NameCheap right away and gave as much information as possible, they'll at least take action. Good luck, and keep folks here posted when you can.
Pathetic because:
a. the student had a legitimate complaint
b. the recipient should have just done it instead of wasting time writing that nonsensical response(seriously, it's not even funny)
c. the university seems to find the incompetence of their employees amusing, even 13 years later
Couldn't help but notice you're one of those void main people..
Dupes are definitely possible - though rare in my case. Not only am I randomizing which photos get thumbnailed, I also randomize their order on each page load. I do screen the photos before they get deployed anyways.
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Recruiter: I have access to great CS people I can place at your company.

Company: Sorry, some dude named Dan Shipper hacked the recruiter industry 4 years ago.

Recruiter: So, do you have any jobs for me myself?

Company: We need hackers, on a scale of 1 to 10, how good of a hacker are you?

Recruiter: only a 4 but my cleaning toilets skills are a solid 10.

I would hope by 2016 someone finds a way to make recruiters obsolete. Sounds like a perfect process to Hack with way too much inefficiency.
[...] Work very hard till you achieve financial independence, after which you can do whatever you want.

This is a very interesting statement. The thing to keep in mind is that working very hard changes you, so that the thing you'll most likely do after achieving financial independence is probably more of the same (very hard work).

I'm taking a different approach, perhaps most succinctly advocated by Mr. Money Moustache (http://www.mrmoneymustache.com):

Become extremely frugal till you achieve financial independence, after which you can do whatever you want.

This is done with the same caveat: after achieving financial independence, you'll most likely continue being frugal, which is a very good thing.
It certainly is the Bay Area in California, specifically the North Bay. There do seem to be more jobs south of the Golden Gate, but that is too far for me to commute and I have not built up enough of a financial cushion to survive long if I move and still cannot find work.

Nobody hires in one narrow field anymore, at least not according to the job ads. You need to show competence with six to a dozen different technologies from the basics (languages, server software) to the specifics (frameworks). Miss one and you're out. Have you worked with a CMS but not that specific CMS? You don't qualify. Have you lots of experience with several similar languages but never used this specific language in the workplace? You don't qualify. Are you an expert in the previous version of the language but you haven't caught up with the changes in the latest version? You don't qualify. Someone else evidently does because the company closes the position.
#4 seems to explain a lot of the success that Facebook has had. FB may not be the best venue to maintain truly meaningful relationships but it serves an innate human need and does so at scale, which is why it is so valuable.
Your to-do list sucks ass as it doesn't actually meet your real life needs.

Maybe it does to him. He was just sharing his experience, not preaching everyone to do what he does.
I think he's advocating 'advancing your skill-set'.

Oh And: Self-Marketing, it isn't always evil.

But I'm being honest, sometimes you have to make yourself sound good to get the goods.
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Sorry for making the mistake, I would edit if I could.

You can metric the system however you want. It is just out of context under the FairTax to focus on labor wages. Warren Buffet only makes like 600k in "wages" and just pays the capital gains taxes on everything else he cashes out (or consumes). That's why is tax/earnings is so low. But calling the FairTax progressive by saying the rich who save/invest will be paying less is short-sighted. One can just as easily do this exact same thing with tax-deferred accounts or other complicated financial engineering today.

Yes, even if you make $10MM labor wages in a year, you will still get the prebate. Adding X,000 to your $10MM income will barely make a dent, but all citizens over 18? (I believe) will receive the prebate, similar to a social security check, and this can have significantly positive effect on the lower income bracket--especially coupled with the lack of withholding.

By the way, to say one can only spend 2,000 on taxable items is impossible. Even if you simply look at the "essentials"... food, clothes, utilities, insurance, & transportation, you will easily top $2k in taxable spending but that isn't the point.

If you spend all your discretionary income buying used homes, that is certainly your prerogative and would owe zero upfront tax on that purchase. You could just as easily put the money in a 401k type investment or any other tax-deferred account today and get the same effect. The current system uses a tax deduction and then the net income is what is used to calculate your tax. The difference though, is when you cash out that investment, you will pay the standard rate on the principle, but only 15% on the capital gains. Does that make sense? In the FairTax you will pay the standard rate on both the principle and the capital gains. The complexities would be gone. I think the bill itself is only around 100 pages. The high-priced tax accountants and lawyers won't be able to finagle P&L statements, establish irrelevant corporations to funnel money through, and lobby for special deductions.
I accidentally let one of mine lapse and it was snatched minutes later. The Whois is private so I can't see who bought it, though one thing is for sure, they left the DNS pointing to one of my main blogs (albeit a defunct blog which I deleted yet Blogger never took offline. In turn, the defunct blog has the same name as the the right/original one). I can't get too mad since it still references the right location. Even when out of my hands, I get to stick it to the Mann.
All these mainstream "tech" stories coming since middle of last year remind me so much of the last technology bubble.

That said, this article covers a rare point in American press about the boundaries of social responsibility in business.
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The only thing I'm aware of Outlook 2010 having from that list is the social networking pane.
Where do you think HN should source it's headlines from?
I just implemented 2 factor authentication for google, and so far I'm quite happy with it. It's really nice knowing what applications can access your account.
If amazing food is a requirement, then you should go to Singapore.

If you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBjKOqBxHcc

Enjoy!
Surely, it is legal and indeed a hack. But still, not morally correct!
>Android ... mainly a vehicle to get Google products to run on mobile devices.

Isn't that the whole point !!!!!!
Actually, that chart shows a very clear slowdown after about 1992 or so.
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Sure, ask away, though email might be better!
I designed the original Gmail UX and I have to admit I'd changed every pref in my accounts exactly as Jason did. Good call.
So is there any real downside to what you mentioned, just incorporating in the US and living somewhere cheap? That's something I had been wanting to ask about, since I'm surprised I haven't heard anything on here about people doing it. If you're bootstrapping a company, why not live somewhere you can survive on hundreds a month?
Most of the arguments seem sane, if a bit superficial. The core point is basically FUD though: Apple and Microsoft are more invested ("all in") in their platforms than Google, so developers should think "if I develop for Android today, what kind of guar­an­tees do I have that the OS will still be sup­ported tomorrow." Yawn.

Most tellingly, the open source and zero-license-cost angle isn't treated at all. It's as if the AOSP and the Kindle didn't exist, which seems strange.

Edit: for clarity, the point isn't that Android is free and therefore "best" -- it's that an analysis of its expected lifespan like this one that ignores the fact that the code is free for anyone is either wrong or incomplete.
Dur­ing this week’s pro­ceed­ings sur­round­ing Oracle’s law­suit against Google over use of Java code in Android, Larry Page made a very curi­ous remark: he said he wasn’t sure that Android was a crit­i­cal asset to Google and saw it as mainly a vehi­cle to get Google prod­ucts to run on mobile devices. This was an odd bit of sig­nal­ing as it seemed to imply that sup­port for Android as a plat­form is far from guar­an­teed.

no it wasn't. it's context is from a few years ago. hint: "was"

if I develop for Android today, what kind of guar­an­tees do I have that the OS will still be sup­ported tomorrow.

this kind http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/3736479/Slide_57...
What about incorporating in the US but running it from Asia?

Check out the guys at Tropical MBA: http://www.tropicalmba.com They're running a profitable startup from Bali.

For mail, a lot of traveling entrepreneurs recommend Earth Class Mail (http://www.earthclassmail.com).
If you're prudent with your lifestyles and finances, "financial independence" doesn't have to mean "enough money to last a lifetime." It just means "enough money to last until I have a reasonable certainty of making more money." I know a bunch of people on incomes far lower than a software engineer's that will intersperse work with 6 months to a year of doing something interesting like hiking the Appalachian trail, traveling around the world, or living in Thailand.
You have an awesome life, and although I'm not sure I'd enjoy the same things that you do or want your life, I suspect that many would love to have your life.

I don't see how you are refuting the main point.
What a great article
I bought a domain today, and I ended up having to come up with a bunch of synonyms for what I wanted and using a script to see if any of them were available.

I guess I support the entrepreneurial spirit, but at the same time I kind of hope that guy gets hit by a truck.
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If Android has a zero license cost then why does HTC pay for it?

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/05/27/htc-pays-5-per-andro...

I understand that most developers don't like the current patent system but that doesn't make it go away.

As well the licensing cost of the operating system is of little interest to most app developers who are looking at the ROI of app development. Windows has a $140 to $300 licensing cost yet it provides great developer ROI.

Similarly, iOS, OSX provide great ROI for consumer apps and Linux/Solaris great ROI for server apps.
I am sure that they worded their statements in a way that is supported by selected statistics, but nevertheless, the article is highly misleading.

Note that it is titled "The Great California Exodus". Sorry but you cannot say that a state that is steadily gaining in population is suffering a great exodus.

Then they imply that this great exodus is evidence of some kind of dysfunction. Sorry but it is utterly normal for a state that is getting more populous and more crowded every year to have out migration.

So perhaps if taken in a very limited interpretation the statistics they made in the article are correct, but if you use that same limited interpretation those statistics do not support any of the later conclusions or, more accurately, ravings of the article. Thus, the article is still misleading, or basically lying with statistics.
I think we should institute a Homesteading Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_principle) for domains. You can claim a domain as long as you use it for a legitimate purpose instead of just parking on it. There would be details to hash out for sure, but in the end I think we would have a much better system in place.
I would run ads on tv that wouldn't sell anything and instead teach random scientific things and debunk popular myths. After seeing the same video for the hundredth time I think it wold stick.
Def check out the TropicalMBA. They also have an awesome podcast and an online community full of expat entrepreneurs.

http://lifestylebusinesspodcast.com

http://tropicalmba.com/innercircle
I am just getting in to node.js, I will have to try this and see if it makes things any easier.
Entrepreneurs build things. Domain snatchers/ squatters are not entrepreneurs.
There are two main concerns here:

1) How the malicious party gained access to your account(s) in order to approve the transfer. This is typically caused by an email address compromise and something you will deal with directly with the email provider (be sure to request logs of recent access to your email account ASAP, this will help later). Also, change your account password on this account immediately and scan your local machine for malware.

2) The more pressing issue for you though is retrieval of your domain. Luckily ICANN has a very specific process on how to handle this, and it's mainly up to your registrar to handle for you. So contacting your registrar is in more cases all you need to do (remember, this isn't a basic support inquiry though, so you may need to wait for the fraud/abuse staff, depending on the registrar.)

You can review the specific process the registrar should be following here: http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/tdrp it's the official 'transfer dispute resolution policy'. I have handled these at the registrar level and 95% of the time it goes smoothly as long as the facts are laid out for all parties. Information such as the IP who accessed your email account at the time of the reg. transfer is one of the key pieces of evidence you can provide your registrar to make the transfer dispute go faster, however your registrar is likely (obligated under due diligence) to have their own records of the transferrers IP who approved the request.

I wish you the best of luck, I can't really help out specifically with your case but if you have any questions about the TDRP procedure feel free to ask.

P.S. "Step 3" would be to address any losses, if you want to seek this option out you will need to lawyer up as any damages claimed would have to be recovered in a civil dispute (this is presuming you are presiding under US law/courts)
My senseis and American coworkers were, but knowing the meaning of individual kanji is still two steps away from learning the actual reading and usage in compound words （熟語）, so I still had no right to show off.
Any news? We haven't heard anything yet....
I have some friends who have toured the US and enjoyed that.

Also, had some friends who have taken cruises.

Neither is really my thing, instead I much enjoyed Paris, Berlin, and London. Agadir, Morocco was also fun and not TERRIBLY expensive. Gibraltar on paper seemed to be an affordable week-long vacation though it was ~6 months last time I looked at my travel plans for there.

I haven't been to Moscow yet but I'd always love to go. Keep in mind during your planning stages there are TONS of places out there and even a 3 day vacation to somewhere like Paris is fantastic.

Wherever you go, fair travels and have much fun. And remember, be excellent to each other.
It's not amoral. I've been frustrated myself over domains I couldn't get, but I fail to understand how this is amoral. Too often we are quick to make moral judgments based on distaste (of which I share).
Vaguely related, a lot of people seem to jump to the conclusion that a domain that is registered and is not in use is automatically someone that bought it and wants to sell it to you at an extortionate rate to "steal" money from hard working "real" entrepreneurs, but how many people here have 1 or more domain that they don't use but did register with honest intentions? I bet most people do. I bet there are people who want your domains. Assuming someone is a squatter and not someone who registered a domain but never used it is silly.
The article says he claims that he sometimes buys domains via GoDaddy. Why would he use GoDaddy since he can get them from cheaper (and more-ethical) domain name registrars than GoDaddy?
it's one thing to buy good domains, but this guys main motivation is "greed" and he literally doesn't care about how anything he is doing affects anyone or anything. Makes me sick.
No downside that I can think of. If you are living below the radar in another country you are fine. If you are visible you probably need a company there for all sorts of local reasons.
After he sold to NameMedia, of which he still owns a 15 percent stake, Mann had a noncompete that kept him away from the domain game for about four years. Instead, he worked on his many other ventures, such as SEO.com and a nonprofit called Grassroots.org.

From grassroots.org:

The mission of Grassroots.org is to help charities succeed by providing them with modern technologies and best practices at no cost.

I don't know if it's morally correct or not, but Mann doesn't otherwise seem like a morally bankrupt individual.
Cheaper than GoDaddy, like who? GoDaddy give awesome discounts if you're a bulk buyer. You can pay close to verisign price. It can work out more economical than running your own registrar if you're willing to trust GoDaddy. They also have great support for high quantity customers.
Woah, cowboy.

> if a hundred people follow their dreams and fail and ruin their lives, PG never hears about it

Ruin their lives?

Hundreds of people fail in front of pg all the time. As an entrepreneur you fail in little ways constantly, and in big ways repeatedly. But that's ok. Failing is how we learn.

Can you think of anyone who ruined their life by failing at a startup?
Very creative. The playing area is obviously a little small but the idea behind this is really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Very true. I have 40 or so domains, but none were purchased as an investment. All because of some random idea I had. Always happy to sell them for totally reasonable prices.