skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Try and use your knowledge of GWT to learn DART as that might have more traction than GWT down the line.
My complaint is not as a developer, but as a user.
Short version: I decided to finally take advice I'll give to clients (and anyone else): if you have an audience, you want to get their email addresses so that you can contact them about things that are mutually interesting. After writing approximately four full-length novels worth of blog posts about software businesses, some people seem to be interested in hearing from me about them, but I have no way of knowing who they are or how to get in touch with them unless they contact me directly.

So, I thought I'd start an email list. Just asking for email addresses seemed kind of boring, though, so I recorded a 45 minute video on improving the first run experience of software. (Something crazy like 40 ~ 60% of users will abandon an application after their first use of it. Track that stat and work on it and it will go down, which will make users happier and improve business results. For the topic treated at length, see the video.)

Feel free to ask questions.
A Functional Programming Influence Graph
I apologize for it being misleading and frustrating. Thank you for your comments.

I'm updating the home page to more clearly reflect the pricing now.

I'll welcome any other thoughts you have to make it clearer as well. I'm considering plans to have the payment form and Connect to Dropbox button as one sign up form.

(I should not that connecting via Dropbox is NOT giving me access to your entire Dropbox. It only grants me access to your Apps/Boxysign folder - which you can simply delete from your machine to disconnect from my app. A lot like Twitter and Facebook Connect.)
Well, all else being equal, you're going to get more out of a hire who knows how to work with the technology you're using. If I have a choice between someone who can learn quickly and someone who can learn quickly and already knows what I need him to know, I'm going to pick the latter.
It's back: Amazon's $139 refurbished Kindle Fire deal returns for one more day
They're trying to ride the Dan Shipper bandwagon. I thought that would have been clear; there's no other reason to write this post.
Steve Jobs' Plan for a Willy Wonka-Style Celebration of the Millionth iMac
I agree completely. Frontend optimizations can probably give a lot more in the short term than these kinds of backend optimizations.

Unfortunately, even if it's paying down technical debt, if you're trying to squeeze out more cycles with your low-level code, a lot of the time it's issues on the algorithm level. When refactoring there, these kinds of optimizations should always be at the back of your head, even if it's just to explain why moving the for loop up 5 lines gave the function a 2% performance boost.
http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/league-gothic

there's also fontsquirrel and fontspring($) for fonts. the typekit monthly cost turns me off. i prefer free or one-time fees.
I can't find it in the iPad app, so if it does have a radio feature it's not very accessible one.
Sorry, my mistake. I see now that when quoting a famous poem about Nazi purges, you were actually talking about raising tulips and not the Holocaust. Of course, I was not in any way comparing you to the sort of naive moron who would draw parallels between the murder of 6 million people, and a hiccup encountered while installing an iPhone app. That you would think so says volumes about your self-opinion, though.
Actually, I think you made the right call to reject him during your initial interview (based on your telling), and you second-guessing it simply because another company is publicly kissing his ass is worrying. Your reasoning is sound to turn him down, and you don't have to hire everybody; the rest of your comment basically reinforces that point.

I, personally, know three people in college who have turned out Web apps, iPad games, and even Linux drivers for underrepresented hardware. I think their accomplishments are great, and for every Dan Shipper I bet there's six or seven people not getting the same milk and honey publicly. This hero worship on HN is tiring, and that you're buying into it (and second-guessing your hiring decision!) is just wrong. It's bad for your company to admit it publicly, too, because you're too easily bandwagoned.

You made a decision. Own it, and don't give in to the flavor of the week that HN is lauding.
Steve Jobs portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt - '1984' Macintosh TV commercial
I would argue that the focus on certificates, degrees, and grades are a competitive disadvantage. Rather than providing useful analytics, they introduce friction in the learning process and a reduced user experience.

An educational system that finds alternatives to these artifacts will have an advantage over those that rely on them.
How YC rejection opens more doors for you & your startup
I. Want. More Of These.

Where can I find similar resources?

Getting to know typography a bit makes surfaces way deeper and I'd like to dig.
The claim appears to be that they are intercepting queries to 3rd-party DNS servers, yes.
Instagram for video?
VCs in Angels’ Clothing: The Sneaky New Trend of “Deal Scouts” in Silicon Valley
I felt the same way until I started watching videos at double speed. With a really good teacher and a well-edited video, I find it pretty compelling.
Not being an ios dev, I didn't understand the tech they actually are using. Is the article saying that the linked in app is basically some sort of web container (webkit?) and everything on the screen is actually html/javascript being interpreted by the web container?

Didn't google put out a "gmail app" recently, which was basically a web container with all content in html? I remember there being a backlash because it wasn't a true native app. Did that app have a different problem?

Is it feasible to create nice, usable iphone/ipad apps using mostly html/js (but have them look like native apps)/
Crowdstar Raises $11.5M, Has Layoffs As It Leaves FB Behind
Couldn't think of a better analogy myself
I was very impressed by these guys during YC. They already knew so much about video from working on it at Justin.TV (plus Michael already knew so much about being a CEO) that it was like watching an experienced pilot.
To the best of my knowledge, stuff like PEX is new outside of academic environments. Moreover, it's highly non-trivial. Here is a collection of other interesting projects from their research department:

http://rise4fun.com/
> like the "push to walk" button at the street corner.

Thanks for using that comparison - oddly enough it provided some nice entertainment for me :D

Since I wasn't aware if "push to walk" was a cultural reference that I might not know I started some quick research that lead me to a couple of interesting articles.

I started off with a search that resulted in the Placebo Button (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_button) article on wikipedia.

From the references section in that article I found a nice column from NY times about the street crossing buttons in NY (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/nyregion/27BUTT.html).

From which I picked up an interesting pattern in traffic control solutions - called the 'Barnes Dance'.

Which lead me to this video (http://www.streetfilms.org/barnes-dance/) from which I learned that it's also known as Pedestrian scramble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_scramble).

It's funny how a couple of well picked words on your side has lead me to an entertaining research.

I just wanted to say thanks and share this experience :)
Is HTC purposefully handicapping its bootloader unlock tool on HTC One devices?
I just won a bet with three people on the contents of the first HN comment about this. Whee!

Seriously, though: as an empirical prediction of human behavior, you're just wrong with regards to the last sentence. With regards to your desire to just get the video, I politely decline. If you don't want to give me your email address, cool. There's plenty of stuff you could watch on Youtube instead. My understanding is it typically features more kittens and less make-you-money.
Weebly is hiring talented hackers and ping-pong masters
Which would be relevant if the cost of bare servers wasn't just a minor part of the cost of maintaining the infrastructure for most organizations.
So they used HTML5/JavaScript in a UIWebView with Node.js on the backend? Pretty sweet, I was just remarking to a co-worker how much I enjoyed the Updates section.
It’s 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, not 2012
It might not replace all DNS traffic. Maybe it just replaces NXDOMAIN records with its own responses.
Run your own nameserver(s)?
Yahoo Survey Reveals Tablet Habits of the Average U.S. Home
Why Harvard and MIT's edX is a huge deal.
LinkedIn's iOS apps
No, my point was that if you're running into problems with page faulting, there is less a programmer can do than if they were running into problems with cache misses. Specifically, what can be done is to use less memory, which would be an equally effective strategy for cache misses. The difference is the cache misses can also be avoided by modifying memory access patterns. Such a strategy is far less effective at controlling page faults and as such, the primary strategy a programmer has is to program in a manner that occupies less space in memory. Doing so does not require a detailed and fundamental understanding of the memory hierarchy and only really requires an understanding of the fact that "the disk is incredibly freaking slower than memory."
I always suspected that.
Duke Nukem Forever goes back to being unreleased
Threatening to leave because you want something on a service to be left unchaged is not equivalent to leaving a service because there's a newer, better service available. If site designers listened to everyone who gripes when a feature changes, they'd never change anything much, and inevitably would end up losing out to someone who comes along with a better product. That's much closer to what happened with MySpace - they failed to innovate, and got overtaken by FB.
Looks like "Instagram for video" is a two-horse race between Socialcam and Viddy (blurred out, but ranked #3 in that photo with 2800+ reviews and 4.5 stars).

I'm curious, what is Socialcam's strategy for winning this dogfight? It's going to be very interesting considering how it's a similar, winner-take-all market dynamic as Instagram, but with two legitimate contenders this late in the game.
It could be 100% accurate but I still don't think it does anything to help the argument that a degree/credits shouldn't matter. I've gotten used to people requiring an explanation for a degree from TXCC, but frankly some of those top-school grads could probably do some explaining too after seeing some of the portfolios that come in...

I wish I could compare to MIT but since I have no acquaintances there, I can only draw comparisons between a few programs in art and design (philosophy might be another story). --This is the fourth time I've tried to rewrite what I want to say before hitting reply and it just isn't working out. It's a long topic, and abbreviating it simply turns it into a rant. If you really believe that degrees/credits don't matter, then you should be careful when and where you stray from that principle. If the choice is between two people with no experience, no portfolio, but a degree and maybe an interview, then it's virtually unavoidable. But, if they have work to back themselves up then why even look at their degree? Even if you have certain feelings about certain places (like UPhoenix), you're better off getting what you need to know from an interview since you never know the circumstances that led people there anyway (and there are many... visa requirements, money combined with being ill-informed about other options, etc).
Not just Reddit, HN derives tremendous value from quality commenting.

Commenting with zero accountability (authenticated accounts, voting, flagging, whatever) is basically doomed to be awful and a net negative to the service.
Satirical iPad Magazine Makes Amazing Use of HTML5
Actually you can have separate accounts right now. And you can link all the account right now, if your want too. This also works with Google Apps too.

BUt I don't have a Google + account. Though not for Google not trying. And frankly I don't want one. FB is enough for me.
Ok, I have this as a start ready to go - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/190299/new-home-page.png

I'm just waiting for https://registry.npmjs.org/ to come back online so I can push to heroku.
A Ulam (Prime Number Spiral) Quilt
Competition is good. Entering totally unrelated markets you're unsuited for is stupid.
I am experimenting with a web app to publish more textbook like knowledge here:

http://www.bookvoid.com/

Not many takers up to now though. Any feedback (especially harsh and constructive one) would be appreciated.
I count at least three poignant lessons related to entrepreneurship, concerning the value of persistence, chance encounters, and courtesy.
still less benign then sites that only have facebook's like.

at least g+ is the same 'account' as your youtube one. they already have your data.

PITA still.
For topical searches like this, I find that pinboard is a great place to start.

http://pinboard.in/t:typography/

Tag queries can be limited to popularity as well.

http://pinboard.in/popular/t:typography/

Off the top of my head, you'll want to check out:

- Google Web Fonts: http://www.google.com/webfonts
- Smashing Magazine: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/tag/typography/
Err, it most likely is also a Google account, even a basic one, or at least linked to one. Unless you know a trick that I don't.

As far as I know, the migration from Youtube accounts to Google accounts has been forced some time ago (I tried to avoid it as long as I could).
Clearly in a small town with good bus service, a taxi would rarely be needed for things you need a car for.

But there are plenty of large towns and cities that have terrible bus service.
That's fine, but if you publish the modified binaries of OS X's libraries with hacks to make them work in Linux along with the description, you will be in legal hot water.
> Oh, go fuck yourself, Google. This is just as bad as companies forcing me to “like” something on Facebook before I can view whatever it is they want me to “like.”

Wow... can you say overreacting? Is this really that bad? Is it even bad at all? Wow.
"Yeah, but he misses the next step in logical thinking which is that the changes will apply to everyone."

no he doesn't, not at all. he "misses" this step because while it might be logical over the long term for the world on average, it's irrelevant to his business.

if you've got a deal in place, based on existing expectations of the number of upvotes, and Google changes how upvotes happen, your existing deal is threatened. it's like if you agree to work for an hourly rate right before your government devalues their currency.

I believe what's happening here is he has a certain number of upvotes which he needs to obtain if his show is going to continue. for instance he might have a deal with investors, or he might just want to compete with pre-existing vidoes whose upvotes (achieved under the previous system) are already secure. Google made it harder for him to get upvotes, thus disrupting his business.

it's cool to disrupt businesses but if you set yourself up as a platform and then you disrupt businesses built on your platform, that's less cool. that's an unstable platform and a dangerous place to do business.
Impressive growth, albeit through less than amazing means. Instagram grew, but didn't require viewers to have any account or attachment to the platform / application. Socialcam / Viddy both grow _truly_ virally through Facebook in that it posts to your wall when a video is viewed. What _is_ interesting is the sociological side of things, which highlights what most people are actually interested in vs what they claim in reality.
Your comment is wrong in so many levels it isn't worth refuting. And you sound like a brainwashed individual who won't listen to reason, anyway.
Go to slide two and you will see a massive amount of text content. Those instances are perfect examples of when a UIWebView is a perfect vehicle for organizing information that HTML and CSS do best. Several apps like this one do similar stuff when presented with marking up text blocks.
A "bone to pick" implies a preexisting grudge, which is different from simply being displeased with one decision or other.
Best Practices Exist For A Reason
Great to see your endeavour along these. Definitely like to talk.
Viddy also raise a lot of money recently: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/27/...
How about "Skype: The Missing Technical Manual"?

MS will contribute nothing to the state of the art of free voice and video calls over the internet. As is so often the case, what they purchased with the Skype deal was a user base. One that they could never obtain with the own products.

There is a way to do this without violating copyright.

Do not waste time duplicating the P2P element of Skype (the P2P protocol). P2P protocols have been done, several ways, some of them are easily good enough, maybe even smarter than Skype's (e.g., avoiding the exposure of your IP to the entire internet) and enough of the code is GPL'd or BSD licensed to keep things open. We have ample solutions for P2P. View that as the "open platform".

Now you need "apps" to run on it. First one is a softphone, but with Skype's codecs.

Focus on creating a standalone softphone using Skype's codecs.

Does MS have exclusive rights (patent rights) on Skype's codecs? Not even close. They did not develop them. The patent license could fit on a single page; it's as simple as they come: build stuff, pay nothing.

http://developer.skype.com/silk
Valve's handbook for new employees
One other thing that should be discussed in the post that I forgot about is the amount it costs to properly test a paid acquisition channel. Many underestimate this cost. But getting statistically significant results on just a few variations or targeting segments can be.
INAppStoreWindow - A Mac App Store style Cocoa NSWindow subclass
just do like apple does with taxes.

create a subsidiary.

dropbox.com, charges $x for 5GB

idropbox.com, a dropbox company, optionally in the caymans, charges $(1.3 * x) for 5GB and has an app.
Eh, I'm not sure I'd blame HN, someone was trying to insert various porn-related sub-reddit links when I was looking this morning.
I know. Train has left. Inspiration for a new startup perhaps?
This is why I dropped the MITx course. I'm responsible and motivated, but I also work full-time and have a family that includes a 2-year old. This is the 21st Century for Pete's sake. I should be able to level-up on my own time frame and not Prof. Agarwal's.
Great rundown. Out of interest did you offer remuneration to those that helped?
You have to find them first. Most sociopaths take abuse as a full time job and usually are very good at hiding or excusing themselves. Sometimes they just say they're sorry, stop doing it for a while, but later resuming their original behaviour with some adaptation.
USDA's Wildlife Services program kills 50,000 harmless animals
I just booked an interview with him for Mixergy.

Anything I should know about Weebly? Or that I should ask about?
Because God forbid someone start a business to make a living rather than to burn up their life savings on a monetarily pointless passion.

I could probably make more money by literally selling tickets to have people come see me set my life savings in cash on fire.
>Note that it supposes that the first team has access to the specification, source code, or any IP-encumbered indication about how the software in question works. In the case of Skype, the only public information we have is the binary.

So what? That's not a valid excuse to distribute modified binaries to the public. If the "first" team wants to look at binaries to do their documentation, they can download the official Skype client from skype.com. Why do they need to download a hacked binary from Github?
I think the issue you are experiencing might be related to http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=66073, a bug in Chromium on Linux which causes text to overlap.
I can see that. It isn't explicit, but it is there.
Amazon wants original comedy, children's television ideas for Instant streaming
Manipulating light at the single-photon level has previously been outside the realm of modern electronic technology, presenting a significant barrier to more widespread research and development of quantum computing technology. http://bit.ly/IESbdZ
If they're an accomplished spammer they won't hesitate to experiment. After which it's yet another hoop which obstructs only the bona fide users.
If so, they're breaking so much functionality, protocol and ethics in the process. I don't think it's adequate just to bypass it, ISPs need to be confronted when they are sniffing/modifying traffic.
Sure you can - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#All_Things_Must... for example - George Harrison lost a copyright infringement case because he was deemed to have subconsciously plagiarized, no less. Care to claim that when you design a new API, it isn't influenced by APIs you're familiar with?
Ask HN: What type of insurance do you have for your startup? (not health)
I've been talking to lawyers and friends about this and was curious what type of insurance you guys get for your startups? If possible, would like to hear about specific provider(s) too.
I think www.classes.cs.uchicago.edu/current/22300-1/lectures/FP_history.pdf is a better graph because it focuses more on functional languages and the layout is easier to navigate.
Are you joking? It brought up all the religious fanatics.
What is an "A Player"?
This is one of the startups that applied to YC at the last moment. IIRC David applied about half an hour before the deadline and didn't even have time to tell his cofounders he was doing it.
I love how you are doing this literally the day after your microconf talk on collecting emails. On a side note you have an unhealthy obsession with red sweatshirts.
Good news everyone! Chrome now supports multiple profiles. So you can have one to log into Google services, and one for the rest of the web.
You're being downvoted but you're exactly right. As long as Instagram hung out there floating in the breeze, anyone could become a major photo-sharing player, just as Google did by acquiring YouTube.

By purchasing Instagram, Facebook prevented themselves from being edged out in photos the way Google is shouldering them out in video sharing.
Do your product manager interview questions get the real story?
Obama: Focus on Climate Change to Bolster the Economy
They might agree on vague general statements of things like mutual respect and the golden rule, but when it comes down to implementation, they don't seem to agree very much at all.
I don't get what's so unbelievable, this is exactly what I'd have expected. At least Ars Technica have done this before, Facebook too.

Using node on the server side is irrelevant.
Funding Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
Sometimes you should just learn to let go.
If you step outside of the startup bubble, you'll find that the bulk of .NET stuff is boring line-of-business apps developed by large corporations using the MS stack from top to bottom because MS is "safer" than open source.

I actually work at a .NET startup doing non-traditional things with .NET and we have the hardest time hiring new developers because of the "enterprisey" nature of .NET and the type of developer that generates.
Agreed, but without the additional language you added, I did read it differently.
> A's work is exactly what this DMCA notification tries to shut down.

What part of A's work involves distributing deobfuscated binaries to the general public?

Team B should only have access to the specifications developed by Team A and nothing else from them. That's the whole point of isolating them.