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Well, I am Maltese myself, so it was a surprise to see another Maltese on hackernews. Props!
I think it's really strange that Amazon isn't on this list. The title should be changed to "60% of New Relic customer web transactions are Paypal".
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"Can you give some numbers for some of the "vast" cost difference we're talking about (even if they're ballpark figures)?"

"Q. How much does it cost to launch a Space Shuttle? A. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission." [1]

[1] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/shuttl...

"The average price of a full-up NASA Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station is $133 million including inflation, or roughly $115m in today's dollars, and we have a firm, fixed price contract with NASA for 12 missions. This price includes the costs of the Falcon 9 launch, the Dragon spacecraft, all operations, maintenance and overhead, and all of the work required to integrate with the Space Station. If there are cost overruns, SpaceX will cover the difference. (This concept may be foreign to some traditional government space contractors that seem to believe that cost overruns should be the responsibility of the taxpayer.)

The total company expenditures since being founded in 2002 through the 2010 fiscal year were less than $800 million, which includes all the development costs for the Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon. Included in this $800 million are the costs of building launch sites at Vandenberg, Cape Canaveral and Kwajalein, as well as the corporate manufacturing facility that can support up to 12 Falcon 9 and Dragon missions per year. This total also includes the cost of five flights of Falcon 1, two flights of Falcon 9, and one up and back flight of Dragon." [2]

[2] http://www.spacex.com/usa.php
Makes me wonder if each of us are in such environment already.
Not sure why it didn't continue, it was one of those things that just got put to one side and never really picked up again.

The relationships thing never made it to the second prototype.. The first prototype did have it in, in fact here is a crazy picture which shows what happens if you were to turn the detail up to full in that version:

http://continuum.a-dot.co.uk/continuum.png

Not sure if that level of detail was very useful, but the idea was to try and explore the various relationships in the data. The detail sliders changed what information is shown based on domain experts prioritizing the data in each facet. We also did a bit of work into auto generating this priority rating, but that never made it into the prototype.
"You can't put enough of it close enough to the CPU because the muxes needed to select the data you need have too many FO4s[1] of fanning"

So it's like in Minecraft when you can't make a redstone design any more compact because of limitations in the rules of redstone adjacency.
Is typing 'dir' or 'ls' at a command prompt programming? Am I programming if I double-click on a folder or enter a web page URL?
It does indeed mean that the shares were priced appropriately.

I would expect some movement up and down over the quarter until they deliver results. That is when we'll see the movement either way.
When you need to read or write something, do you call somebody else to do it for you?
My point is that programming in the broader sense (giving instructions to computers, which they can repeat many times with accuracy later) is a far more general and usefull ability, than for example the ability to do plumbing.
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Of course. And that's why no one is saying people must learn to program - only that they should. And it makes sense if you spend ~8 hours a day using something that you have some idea of how it works.
That wouldn't get quite as much press coverage though, would it?
I was about to complain that the code is a bit too concise, but then I read this:

"Another principle that Objectivist-C software engineers have little use for is Don’t Repeat Yourself."

But is printHelloWorld a proper function? It neither accepts something, and it returns "void". As the proper means of interaction with others is trade, this function seems rather aberrant. Functions like this probably listen to Beethoven, too.

Can a function that produces output, yet doesn't accept any parameters in return pass the compiler?
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Are they just clapping for 3 minutes straight or am I missing something here?
TextMate 2 came out a while ago. It changed its name to "Sublime Text 2" and it is awesome.
Exactly my first thought when reading the first paragraph.

I find it almost laughable to cite Apple as an example of "making a computer
smarter". Apple has done the exact opposite: dumbing it down to fit the lowest common
denominator, then putting it into shiny aluminum cases to sell to the unwashed
masses.

A smart computer is one that empowers the user, that teaches them, and expands
their knowledge. Not lock them into a walled garden with some highly limited
tools which give them the dangerous illusion of empowerment. This is fundamentally
incompatible with how Apple makes their products. In the perfect world of Apple,
users are idiots who unquestioningly buy the newest iWhatever, and never do anything
remotely clever with their devices.
If you want to understand just Godel's theorem, you probably want to focus on Logic more than Math or CS. Godel's proof involves qualifying over first-order logic statements and logical properties of numbers much more than it involves computation or numerics. The most nitty-gritty part is Godel encodings, but it's not that computationally intensive, and the details actually aren't that relevant.

If you want to understand the ramifications of Godel's theory, it impacts math more directly than CS. The most directly impacted branches of math are the more "fundamental" ones like Set Theory. Limitations of CS has a lot more to do with Turing's theorems than Godel's.
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True but this launch and then build is common practice these days. In fact, many product launches on tech crunch, et al do this also.

When launching a company/service/product the most difficult part for me has been creating something that people actually want to pay for and reaching those people. Launching barebones and selling the vision proves that the product is worthy first.
I often find that the bigger problem with getting into an unfamiliar dev environment isn't syntax, rather it's getting to know the libraries. And if you're writing iOS apps, you'll need to know the libraries anyway. And yes Xcode is horrible, but fortunately AppCode is now out and quite usable, so that's another hurdle out of the way. But to me, the biggest advantage of developing for iOS over Android is the potential revenue. I'd rather sell software and features than try to make revenue with ads, so I stick with iOS.
I've always liked GW Flake's writing on the topic.

http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnhtml/excerpts1.html
I would argue that, if there wasn't penalty reversion to a flagged item, there wouldn't be an option to unflag submissions...
The principal level takes a long time nowadays at MBB, and most also take a 1 or 2 year break for an MBA. So I would estimate their net worth at age 30 more at mid to high 6 figures.
As the 37signals guys put it: "What happened to building million dollar companies? It's all about making a billion dollar companies these days". So, seriously. If my company made a million a year I'd be the happiest bloke in the world!
I'm pretty sure eBay rules forbid sellers from requiring buyers to use escrow - they require all sellers to accept Paypal directly as a form of payment - so that's no use as protection against fraudulent buyers.
Not really. Most people put forth a minimal effort into learning how to ride. Most people can ride a bike, but far fewer are able to regularly put five miles on a bike. That requires a much higher level of training and conditioning that most people are just not willing to undertake.

Most people can use a computer. My 70 year old grandmother has no problem using her Mac to write documents, send email and browse the internet. Far fewer are willing to undertake the training and mental conditioning required to program.

Fundamentally, programming is about problem modelling. While I agree that the interface to programming can be improved, I disagree that computers and the tools surrounding programming are the main reason people are not willing to invest the time to learn to program. At any level beyond the most trivial programming is hard.
Not really. Microsoft wants to make significant money on it's investment in developing operating system software. Samsung wants to make money on it's manufacturing operations.

You have an extra layer of overhead with a Microsoft device vs. an iPad. Plus, because Samsung, HTC, etc are all making the devices, they cannot come close to the economies of scale that Apple does.

Apple's model is very clever. As a niche player until recently, they had to be more clever to survive. Look at their product lines -- they all share lots of components.
This is a great and much-needed article. Before I moved to SF, I lived in Seattle and had to make an effort to get more involved in tech. In SF, things are reversed: with a roommate in YC, another at Getaround, and a startup of my own, it takes work to escape it.

As a community, I think we should discuss this (mental health in the echo chamber) a lot more.
It doesn't hurt to do that. Be frank about it. If done right they might even see this as a positive.
I think this is really it, especially in the HN space. Lots of entrepreneurs are looking at Facebook's SEC filings and going "How the hell are they worth that much?".
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THIS IS THE MOST USELESS SERVICE I HAVE EVER SEEN. it is the equivilent of the dicks gem for serivices (http://bit.ly/bfQji6) but wait no... dicks is funny and this is just sad. like a clown dying. with cancer. of the ass.
In some ways, this post really hits a nerve for me. In other ways, I cannot relate at all.

On the one hand, the crap in my head is literally worth billions (annual medical care costs for the 30,000 people with cystic fibrosis is roughly $3 billion a year by my best guestimate or about $1.5 billion a year if you accept the low ball estimate of some article I read). Yet I am currently deeply in debt and homeless.

Am I depressed? Not really, because I and my sons are healthy when that is not supposed to be possible. And that alone is worth millions, even if no one else benefits. But I am frothing at the mouth frustrated that a) I can't resolve my financial problems even though they are a drop in the bucket compared to what the medical expenses alone "should" be and b) I cannot seem to make much headway towards spreading the word.

Yet, I also wrestle with valid concerns about self protection. Revealing myself tends to get strong reactions from people, both positive and negative. Those strong reactions can be potentially dangerous.

Still trying to work it all out, in my head and in practical terms.
Huh? I'm not sure where you're getting the conspiracy thing from. It's no conspiracy, it's just stupid. The "follow the money chain" part of the article is completely factual and straight forward. It's not like he's alleging that MS wants the crapware on machines. Quite the opposite, MS tried this at one point, but parts of the DOJ anti-trust ruling prevent them from controlling what OEMs do with their OS installs.

If you can't see the ridiculousness of the scenario, then I'm not sure what to tell you. OEMs install all this crap to the detriment of their customers, who then have to go back to the company who originally sold the OEM the operating system, just to get a decent experience. If that's not ridiculous, then I don't know what is.
>the underwriters of the IPO stepped in at $38 to support that level

What leads you to believe that, if you don't mind me asking?
I would assume that such method calls are actually descriptive reports by lesser objects of things the superior objects have already decided they are going to do. Otherwise those superior objects wouldn't have listed them in their public interface.
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Hm, there are builds of CM9, so I'll try that.

edit:

ICS (CM9) has much nicer looks and also feels snappier. The install was also pretty simple, to my surprise.
And arguing semantics is just as pointless.
I would love to work there but they only recruit U.S. citizens and although I was contacted by them last year, it ended up going nowhere when I mentioned this "small" detail.

Can you elaborate on your phone interview?
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It comes down to the grey area between complete creativity and rigidity. The creativity and comfort associated with a complete free will is desired because it can produce some of the best material while at the possible expense of unprofessionalism. While he other end completely squishes creativity and is a crappy work environment.

In this example it was obviously a worker being over-rebellious just because he can, so obviously brogrammer culture is negative.

The trick is having the creative freedom, but also understanding that you don't have to be a dick/rude to have creative freedom.

I am a guy, and I wish I had the opportunity to have complete freedom over my work area, but it is dicks like that who keep companies worried about HR issues
nginx 1.3.0 isn't actually out, and they weren't actually targeting 1.3.0 for SPDY support according to this: http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/roadmap
I just got this on Fidelity:

Attention:
FB order execution slowness
Certain marketplaces are experiencing slowness resulting in delays in execution for Facebook orders. Industry technology teams outside of Fidelity are working to correct the problem. This slowness is being experienced by other online brokers as well, not just Fidelity. This has been reported as a market-wide issue. We do not yet know when the problem will be resolved. We appreciate your patience.
I'll go further, and say that this is a better example of the original meaning of hacking than most.
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I learned a long time ago that you should never be jealous of anyone else's life and was reminded of this again (in a sad way) with the passing of Steve Jobs last year.
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"Apple understand that the responsibility lies with their software to adapt to humans, not with humans to learn the ins and outs of unintuitive software."

This isn't how Apple does things.

Apple computers do not adapt to users. They do things in the "Apple Way". Users must learn that way or suffer.

The good thing about this complete refusal to adapt to users is that everyone has exactly the same Apple experience. You don't have to ask Apple users what shell or window manager they're using. This makes finding help easier and, in theory at least, should make it easier to eliminate bugs (Lion is actually very buggy). Arguably, small bugs and inconsistent behavior do more to confuse neophyte users than large interface flaws.

Apple's motto, "think different", should really be, "think like us". Is that good for the computer illiterate? Perhaps. Still, I'm a bit amazed that some power users put up with the rigidity of OSX and apparently seem to like it. I've used it off and on a few times over the last decade (I most recently used Lion for about a year) and it's always a relief to go back to an OS that is designed to adapt.
It's currently free to celebrate the launch

We got an article in Mashable too, which was really exciting: http://mashable.com/2012/05/17/myfacewhen-iphone-app/
i had that happen in SF, sent an email, got a phone call about 7 mins later, they said they were downtown, i said i was at Van Ness, 10 mins later i found their subletted unlabeled space. we chatted a bit, then they said "hey a RedHat upgrade messed our custom perl install, wanna try fixing it? so about an hour of deciding i wanted a job i was getting paid doing something i'm decent at.
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Glassdoor has some info on SpaceX interviews: http://www.glassdoor.com/Interview/Space-Exploration-Technol...
Did you watch the stock? It was dropping like a stone, then all of a sudden halted at $38, the IPO price. A WSJ article said that this was because the underwriters stepped in to support the $38 price level:

"The weak start came after high expectations for the Internet giant. The company's shares were recently changing hands up $1.58, at $39.62, after touching the $38 IPO price about a half hour after it started trading. The stock had opened at $42.05.

Underwriters stepped in to support the company's shares at the IPO price, according to a person familiar with the matter. There were more than 30 banks involved in the deal."

This, combined with the effect on other social media stock like ZYNGA (which has halted trading twice today due to large volatility), is a sign of things to come.
"Any ideas what effect the particular state I'm planning on moving to will have on the chances of obtaining a visa?"

Not really. State of residence has nothing to do the ability of obtaining a visa. But you got far bigger things to worry about.
You have to consider many factors before you can get an answer. For example, do you have at least a Bachelors degree ? Guessing by your age, I would assume not yet ? Without the degree, you probably cannot get the H1B visa (work visa)
You can try to work for a company in the UK first who have offices in the US. They might be able to send you on L1 visa but then again, not having a degree might restrict you.
There are other visas tied to extraordinary ability but I have always wondered who qualifies for those other than inventors, researchers etc. If you create a startup in the UK and that a very successful one, may be you will qualify for those.
Another option is to get married to a US Citizen (fastest way btw) and apply for permanent residency. I am not suggesting doing it in any way but just letting you know the option. If you happen to find true love who happens to be a US citizen, good for you. Dont fall for any immigration scams though.
last option which may not be applicable in your case again is through investments in the US. If you have like a million dollars and you can create 10 jobs for US citizens, you might be eligible for a conditional permanent residency.
It it difficult to 'cost out' the current Soyuz infrastructure because so much of it can be accounted to zero with basic accounting. (The cost of design and development was paid off over 15 years of launches according to an old press release but that was also at a time when the then Soviets had even less of an independent press than they do today)

For me however, this in itself is a pretty amazing thing, because SpaceX is a 'company' rather than a 'nation-state' the cost accounting is actually grounded in an independent currency and without hidden funding sources (like much of both the US and Soviet space programs benefited hugely from the investment in inter-continental ballistic missile technology which was 'defense' spending rather than 'space' spending. Such games are not possible at SpaceX.

So it would be accurate to say that the Falcon9 launch system is the first system for which we know the true cost of the system. And that is pretty amazing to my way of thinking.

When you combine that with a fixed price to get various tonnage in LEO or a into a Geo/Lunar transfer orbit, you can make statements like "Getting this into orbit costs $X" with overruns/delays/randomness priced out.

With some newer work being developed for on orbit vehicles, things like Lunar exploitation and Lagrange point stations become an exercise in money rather than politics and money. And that is also a huge shift.
"Although the article insinuates that Microsoft is somehow responsible for crapware"

You're not the only person to get this from the article, but I didn't read it that way at all. Maybe that's a sign that the article wasn't clear about the author's feelings, maybe it's a sign of defensiveness from MS fans, but I read it more as a critique on the absurdity of the situation.

Is the service "beneficial" to consumers? Sure. After the $99 service, they have a better OS install.

Is it Microsoft's "fault"? Of course not. They're not the ones installing the crapware, and they're powerless to do anything about it (thanks DOJ!).

The absurdity comes in the simple fact that MS finds themselves in a position where their best choice is to offer a service to de-crapify operating systems that are made crappy by their own customers (OEMs). It's not Microsoft's fault. They're not doing anything malicious here, but it doesn't make it any less ridiculous.
So, I'd like to give a helpful response, so don't get mad when I say this but it seems to me that Apple's response isn't canned here. It looks like they've identified that you've declared the use of certain features, such as UIBackgroundModes, but when they tested it, the app did not work. What seems likely is that although you probably thoroughly tested your app, whatever configuration it is being tested in has exhibited a bug where the audio is not playing correctly. I have had many bugs before where only a certain tester was able to reproduce the problem. I'm also aware that Apple doesn't like it when problems like this are taken public so be careful. Good luck and I hope you get your updates approved soon.
It's less about the billion dollars and more about continuing to work without submitting to the temptation of comparison.
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Objectivist C is an expressive language, but it's not built for reliability. I tried using a hypervisor written in Objectivist C one time to manage some VM instances, but once it realized it was critical to my business, it stopped responding to requests and removed itself from my network drive.
How much is a Windows license these days? It seems to me it would be cheaper, or at least equal in price, to install a clean copy of Windows rather than go to the trouble of "decrapifying" your computer. I realize a lot of Windows users don't have this ability, but I don't see why MS couldn't do it themselves and save time.

Also, what's the legal status of using a clean install disk with my crapified computer's registration key? If I want to reinstall Windows, am I obliged to reinstall the crapware too?

If I could reinstall a clean OS for free, $99 is a racket. Someone with a Windows disk could make a pretty penny undercutting MS here. Of course, one of the reasons I use Linux is because dealing with Windows like this is a legal minefield.
This got me wondering how many people have built successful products and businesses with the sole intent of making it big? In other words, if your end game is cashing out 1 billion, are you crippling your full potential? Are the real successes born out of greater passions? Happenstance plays its part for sure, but that’s part of my point. Not barring ones drive to hack and tinker, what might you be doing if money wasn’t the goal? What would you build and what road would that take you down?