skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But how do you get the malware on the servers? Most malware spread by tricking unsophisticated users into install them. It is much harder to trick a system administrator to so. Exploiting a vulnerable public facing service is the alternative. However, that option is out of reach to all but the most dedicated attackers, assuming you keep the system updated.
see http://readthedocs.org/docs/plumbum/en/latest/#credits
A bit perspective:

Germany has around 82 million people.

Estimated 45 Million shooting weapons are in possession. Many of them illegal (for example people inherited weapons from their parents but did not register them, weapons were imported from East Europe or illegally left behind by the leaving soviet army).

The ownnership is highly regulated. If you want to buy a weapon, you need a permission a Waffenschein and/or Waffenbesitzkarte (owner registration). A 'Waffenschein' is a permission to carry a gun in public. This permission is usually only given to Police, professional bodyguards or similar. A Waffenbesitzkarte allows you to have a weapon for sports (or similar) and you are only allowed to carry the weapon in a closed and sealed transport box without ammunition. To get a Waffenbeitzkarte is not that easy - for example if you are under 25 you need a psychological check.

Thus the only shooting weapons one ever sees in public is usually from the police or a forester.

Around 20000 crimes are done with weapons. This is 0.3% of all crimes. At 4500 crimes there is some shooting.

In the statistics cited by DER SPIEGEL ( http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/polizei-schoss-2011-se... ) it is mentioned that the police shot 8812 times at animals. Almost all these cases were animals who had serious injuries due to traffic accidents.

But many Germany use weapons for sports. For entertainment see this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyq90LEZe4k
Maybe the Finns have a different idea of what makes a good society than you?
The general message I have been told is that non programmers look more attractive to programmers etc when they can show some ability of coding knowledge. This is in contrast to those that argue you should focus on your non technical strengths and outsource.

Both are important so what is the optimal balance? Is it enough to be able to communicate to technical people and focus on the sales/empire building?
Everything is pretty much a tradeoff. Sucks to be near the mine but those minerals probably improve tech so much that eventually the environment is x times better off in a global scale.
You probably overrate their connections, I think. People who are so unprofessional often aren't connected to the important people in the business. Think from the other people's point of view. If you are very productive and have an excelent track record, why should you care about some of the millions of people out there, who aren't?

So you are probably not losing a lot with going away, even if it's quite likely that they won't be happy with you breaking up with them.

That said, don't think too bad about them, because they are probably just inexperienced and don't know it better. And also don't think too high of yourself. If you are the only coder in an IT based start-up it doesn't matter who you are on paper. You have one of the most powerful positions. If you can't get it going it's also your fault and probably even more then it's their's, because you actually have the basic skill set to create software.

Another tip I want to give you on your way: Ask for a position as valuable as your leverage in the company. If you are the only coder in a software- or web-company you should definetely become a co-founder with a decent share of stock and decision making capabilities, maybe also CTO (C<x>O often is more of a management job the moment you get more employees, so it's not required that an engineer does that. Someone with a management or business background might be better suited, even if the <x> is a T).
Sure, I'd agree that US police are probably recklessly trigger happy. But when it comes to warning shots their policy is correct.
Indeed. If only cars had some sort of unique identifier attached to them somewhere easily visible so you could simply discover after the fact who owned them...
It's not uncommon to use + for groups even if they're not abelian, esp. with near-rings.

This takes all its importance with duck-typing, as syntactic sugar of binary operators will be translated to a method call, e.g in Ruby a + b becomes a.+(b) [0]. while in Python it's a.__add__(b) [1]. The result might be commutative, but the call and evaluation order certainly is not.

[0] http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Fixnum.html#method-i-2B
[1] http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__add...
i only deal and talk about why the good persons are not dominating the world inspite of that every one want to be good.it is true and we have to create logics to help in domination of good persons we should try every where.so we should talk every good person inspite of that he is not raising money.
I'm not very surprised people are leaving. The company looks like it has lost its direction, investors no longer take the company seriously, and the CEO lied about his academic credentials. I would not want to be there when Yahoo is sold for scrap.
It is possible to help people who are homeless in the USA who are neither mentally ill nor drug abusers. The mentally ill are incapable of accepting or using the help available to them. The drug addicts prefer the drugs and being homeless to being off drugs. There is more than a little help available for people who want to quit drugs and if you want to see what kind of support is available for the homeless in the USA visit San Francisco, the only first world city I am aware of where one regularly has to dodge human faeces in the street.

I'm not saying they don't deserve help. I'm saying that your money can do more good elsewhere, which is not something I'm willing to argue as being blatantly obvious. If one subscribes to the idea that there is a continuum of "deserving" to "undeserving" poor most of the drug addicts fall under undeserving and the USA is no longer willing to imprison people indefinitely for being mentally ill so they're probably beyond help. Very possibly also better off because mental hospitals are the closest I have ever seen to Hell, but beyond help.
Three founders and one engineer that creates products?

Move on as fast as you can. Is not that you can't partner with some idea guy but three of them is too unbalanced. Doing anything takes an enormous amount of work, you can't change the idea every week(well, yes you can if you can reuse what you had already done, or if changing means less work or satisfying your customers much better, but usually you should not).

Being connected is nothing today, everybody is "connected" these days with facebook and twitter if you can't get users your product is not great. I believe that by connected you mean that they spend all time in parties "networking" while you code and they tell you how useful it is (it is not if you don't have users, they are not so well "connected").

I like (and love) a lot of people in the personal level, but some of them I will never do business with(being great at parties in some cases means that they are not serious enough for real work).

You don't need to burn bridges, but you need to be a grown up man, take decisions(decide means cutting options) and stand by it. You should be as clear as possible about the real reasons you leave and let them the opportunity to do something about it, if the reasons does not change then leave.
we also want to give the proof that we are unselfish.which definatly attracts masses.
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So warning shots are reckless, but shooting people directly is not? My guess is, that there were about zero injuries because of these 49 warning shots. How many unarmed people have been shot in comparison by US police?
Pretty profitable parrots
Bullets fired into the air can and do kill people because most of the time they do not loose their spin and hit with a higher speed than terminal velocity.

Source:

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode50

Bullets fired into the air maintain their lethal capability when they eventually fall back down.

busted / plausible / confirmed

In the case of a bullet fired at a precisely vertical angle (something extremely difficult for a human being to duplicate), the bullet would tumble, lose its spin, and fall at a much slower speed due to terminal velocity and is therefore rendered less than lethal on impact. However, if a bullet is fired upward at a non-vertical angle (a far more probable possibility), it will maintain its spin and will reach a high enough speed to be lethal on impact. Because of this potentiality, firing a gun into the air is illegal in most states, and even in the states that it is legal, it is not recommended by the police. Also the MythBusters were able to identify two people who had been injured by falling bullets, one of them fatally injured. To date, this is the only myth to receive all three ratings at the same time.
> On the user side, Clang is well known for providing much better error messages. Some error messages will even suggest possible fixes (you might get something like "Can't assign a pointer to a something, did you mean pointer?").*

Here [0] is an example of Xcode leveraging clang to provide valuable feedback. The second picture speaks volumes.

[0] http://www.macfanatic.net/blog/2009/08/28/xcode-3-2-static-a...
This really isn't a good measure since roads will be denser in urban areas and less dense in rural areas, thus leading to exactly the same issues as directly using population density.

But beside that, the public road mileage for Texas is off by a factor of two. This DOT document lists 303,176 miles of public road in Texas. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs04/htm/hm10.htm
After one year you have zero active users and only $100 revenue. You have a "well connected cto" but disconnected from reality? Surely this tells you everything you need to know?

You guys need a serious evaluation of the business and make a decision to fix things or shut it down. A year suggests you have missed the obvious questions about your customers.

If you are the only one with these thoughts may be time to move on.
The subprocess mode is really not that complicated. Your example can be written as:

content = subprocess.check_output(x, shell=True)
Two things... First, as a German, we do have discussions about police violence. But they mostly relate to using water throwers and brute force. Demonstrations in Berlin are known to look like a cliché British football match sometimes.

Second, I looked up the list of countries by firearm deaths. Any Finnish folks here to explain what's going on there?! I didn't expect any European country to be so high up on the list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-re...
With $2.1m in funding, I suspect it might not be too hard to get E2 visas. (non-resident visa for the purpose of managing an investment in the US) They also recently relaxed the rules on self sponsoring H1Bs if the company has enough cash. Not that I can speak from experience.

I'd love to know what kind of requirements for the O-1 visa apply in the context of our industry, as that seems the strongest visa of them all by far. I assume nobody can talk about their experiences publicly as the whole process goes through immigration lawyers and I guess immigration aren't going to be too pleased with publicly available "instructions" on how to legally enter the country, either.
Eduardo Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship for More Cash
Interesting but unsurprising.
If there is no one around except the person that is not shot at? Why is that not safe?
PD: If someone that tells you that he likes you, suddenly hates you while you tell them you take a different path than them, then they never liked you in the first place. They were just using social engineering to get what they wanted from you.
Life is a journey. Highs and lows balance.

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20 Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.

23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

24 “But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

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Jesus is divine in the same way I am divine, but maybe He's special cause He's first.

"You will do this and more because I go before you..."

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God says...
C:\Text\PILGRIM.TXT

maimed there, and could not, to their dying day,
be their own men again.

{267} Then I saw in my dream, that a little off the road, over
against the silver mine, stood Demas (gentlemanlike) to call to
passengers to come and see; who said to Christian and his fellow,
Ho! turn aside hither, and I will show you a thing.

CHR. What thing so deserving as to turn us out of the way to see
it?

DEMAS. Here is a silver mine, and some digging in it for treasure.
If you will come, with a little pains you
Sounds more like "The Common Wisdom Link Between Sleep And Learning". Not even a little surprising.
For a more comprehensive overview of the topic, see the old "Good sleep, good learning, good life" article:

http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
This app looks great, added it to my arsenal of tools!

Though the interface could do with some work.
not this. 'this' is a shortcut to 'i concur' or any other phrase meaning agreement which would be in the comment anyway. isn't it shorter to just say 'this'?
My mother's husband is a Swedish speaking Finn and the cultures are quite the same. They are not Swedish people, they are Finns. The difference may be that they're a bit more international and also some studies say they enjoy life more than a typical Finn.

The whole country has two official languages, but Finnish-Swedish people use Sweden as their everyday language.
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You are taking my statement out of context. I just said that guns make me feel less safe, not that I feel less safe in a police station.

You also conclude that firing warning shots means that they have no backup, again, you have no idea what their rules of engagements are or what situation they were in and what the circumstances was.
It is important to be objective about your own career and not be emotional about your friendship with them. If they are good at heart, they will understand you eventually. If not, you are wasting your time anyway. You want to be loyal to folks, but this is a situation where you have to be loyal to yourself as well.

This is part of the learning curve we all go through and it seems you have learnt some important lessons already. I have a lot of senior friends that I didn't get along so well with professionally (because of our different styles of working) but on the personal level we still meet for lunch although we don't even work at the same company any longer.

It's ok... if I were you I'd go find another job and then just tell these guys that an excellent opportunity has come by. Perhaps give them a 4 week notice instead of the regular 2 weeks so they can find someone. I don't think you owe them much more than that.
For those that own their own home I think the loss of efficiency versus a professional install of your roof would negate any savings.

For those that rent and want to be able to take their panels with them, it's a winner of a product idea.
I don't know about Germany but I suppose the situation might be quite similar in Finland. A quick googling revealed that about 15 police bullets shot per year is roughly the average in Finland, and most of them are warning shots. The Finnish police shoot and kill less than a handful of people in a decade. It's always news, and the news always report that police hasn't killed anyone for X years.

The Finnish police forces are only allowed to use a gun when no other force is effective or available. So, it's the worst-of-the-worst case choice. All policemen I know haven't fired a single bullet during their entire career.

Further, generally each shot fired (or use of any weapon) in duty will require the policeman to report the case to his superior officers and the internal investigations will determine whether what happened was within the laws that limit the use of force in duty. The fact that officers who shoot are generally suspected for breaking the criminal/police law is a constant counter-force to limit the usage of firearms. Mostly they don't and investigations cease but each case will be considered.

Thus, the policeman needs to be 101% sure the situation warrants firing a gun until he will use it. In most cases where shots are fired there's a prior permission from the superior officers. There must be a case where a single policeman had to fire a gun based on his own judgement but I don't remember reading about one. The patrol calls do involve armed civilians but the clear majority of the offenders are talked down.

This creates a general atmosphere where criminals know not to shoot back to the police. They know that because of the strict laws governing gun use in force, the Finnish police mean it when they announce they're prepared to use armed force. There's an occasional nutcase with a gun and who doesn't give up and he might be surrounded for hours or even days but even those cases rarely escalate to an actual firefight with the police.
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If it were 2004 maybe this would require some thought. In 2012 it requires none at all. Start putting out some feelers for jobs. Take some interviews. When you've got an offer that looks more promising, give them an amount of notice that shows you care about them and cut your losses. Offer to help with the transition to contractors or whatever they want to do next.

You'll be able to save the relationships if you remain professional and polite and give them adequate notice.

It wont be 2012 forever. Demand for people with your skills is insane right now - don't waste your time. Get moving.

And next time you agree to be a technical co-founder (which is what you are here), be sure you team up with people who give you an equal say in the decision making process - not people who view you as an order taker.
While it bugs me, I understand that from an ISP's point of view, it makes sense to use whatever plausible-ish unit will let you post the highest number, even if that unit is way less practical for thinking in (any download large enough to be affected by connection speed is going to be thought of by the person downloading in terms of bytes, not bits). Also, if an ISP doesn't do that, everyone else will, and they'll be the loser in a prisoner's dilemma. However, what really bugs me is when third parties (e.g. the Finish government) perpetuate the inferior standard, which arose as a marketing ploy, for no apparent reason other than maybe ignorance. It's bad enough that we still don't really use the metric system outside of science in the United States, and it's cost us a fair amount of money in incorrect conversions. However, with MBps and Mbps, most laypeople and possibly some Finish government officials don't even realize that there are two systems, one of which is almost an order of magnitude larger.
A lot of commenters here have made great points and I share their sentiments. Instead of repeating their good advice ad nauseam, I'd just like to add what I think is an important point: this is business, not personal.

It's pretty clear that you're carrying the whole team on your back. That's just a terrible situation to be in, and one I would never accept for myself. A team of cofounders that doesn't face reality is pretty much as bad as it gets in terms of startups. Not only are you the sole voice of reason, you're also the only person doing real work and adding actual value to the company. That may not be 100% true, but I bet it's true to a first or second order approximation.

The truth of the matter (and the truth of life) is, you need to look out for your best interests. There is no shame in doing this. It's the right thing to do. No one else, except maybe your parents, will ever care about your welfare and success. And frankly, that responsibility shouldn't fall on anybody else but you. Everyone else on this team is looking out for their own interests, why aren't you looking out for yours? Let me say out loud what you've been thinking: this is a train to nowhere. You owe it to yourself to find better opportunities. Your time on this planet is incredibly precious, don't waste it serving others for a reality you don't believe in.

It seems that you know deep in your heart what's best for you, but you're afraid to do it because you're worried about damaging these relationships. As other commenters have pointed out, there are ways to bow out gracefully. Are these cofounders really the type of people who would do malice to you for leaving for legitimate reasons? If so, that reflects much more poorly on them than it does on you.

You sound like a nice guy, which is awesome. I've been a nice guy my entire life, but I've learned the valuable lesson of how to say no (tactfully, of course, but always with confidence and strength). I hope you can come around to doing the same, because it will only benefit your life in all ways.
High suicide rate?

Finland	6.86	0.86	5.78	0.12	1994	Krug 1998
N. Ireland	6.82	5.24	1.34	0.12	1994	Krug 1998
Switzerland	6.4	0.58	5.61	0.13	1994	Krug 1998

(Country, total firearm related death rate, homicides, suicides, accidental, date, source.)

I'm avoiding politics - here's a link about the Northern Ireland "troubles" to explain the high murder rate.

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5097948.stm)
Yeah, it's what the guy in Militarizing Your Backyard with Python[1][2] did, using OpenCV, and that could target squirrels in a natural environment.

[1]: http://pyvideo.org/video/674/militarizing-your-backyard-with...

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3710107
As a Finn, I don't like the idea that other people can vote to take away some individual's rights, in this case, ISP's.
Well, it says most of them are suicides. That's certainly true. Most of the rest are homicides: Finland as a country is filled with weapons (registered for shooting at the range or for hunting) and when you mix that with excess alcohol consumption there's always someone who gets pissed at a family member, a relative, or a drinking buddy and as things escalate someone goes to get his hunting rifle.
Ask HN: How did you evaluate your early idea or problem?
How did you evaluate your early idea or problem?

For example you thought of an idea or product - what steps did you take to determine it was worth pursuing? Through the process how did the idea change?

Or another example, you thought of a problem that needed solving - what did you do to test if the problem needing solving? How did you determine the solution to the problem?
What kind of difficulties did you encounter when you tried Haskell?
so he is just like most other CTO's :)
How appropriate is this add on a Kids Maths web site?
I think like other comments noted, it all comes down to value of human life. Considering the UC Davis pepper spray incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident), these numbers are not surprising at all.
I was curious if Rare Earths are really useful for the environment or mostly used in short-lived gadgets like MP3 players.

For anyone as clueless about the uses of Rare Earths as me, I liked the diagrams in this PDF.

http://www.oeko.de/oekodoc/1111/2011-002-en.pdf