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b) If you have physical layer access, you can override any security settings. Gatekeeper et al cannot change this fact. You will be able to write/run code, just not necessarily distribute it.

That is not necessarily true. It is a "simple"[1] matter to have non-overridable security programming arbitrarily close to core hardware, from a chip on the motherboard to etched directly into the same silicon as the processor or BIOS. This isn't just a theoretical concern: plans to do this are already underway, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI#Secure_Boot

[1]: By "simple" I mean the concept is simple, the implementation is plenty complicated.
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I'm running 12.04/amd64 perfectly on i3 and i5 machines.

Considering the bewildering variety of hardware out there and all the testing manufacturers during the beta phase (no, just kidding - they do absolutely nothing to help) not that many people got hit by the bugs mentioned. It depends on a carefully aligned stack of bugs that's easily removed by changing one component.

Obviously, Ubuntu is not for some people. For all others, it works.
Possible option of course. Will consider this after I exhaust all other options.
>What do others on HN think?

Every day I wake up this is staring me in the face. On the one hand I feel a sense of inevitability about the whole thing. On the other hand I really really want to stop it but I'm not sure how. I look up from what I'm doing, ponder it for some minutes, then go back to work.

And then I do it again a few hours later. It's driving me crazy.
I'm going to put my speculation hat on here. Others here have mentioned that the chip in question is an Actel FPGA.

First, we must understand what these are used in: embedded systems. Typically, at the heart of most embedded systems you have two possibilities: a microcontroller or microprocessor, or an FPGA. The microcomputers run some kind of firmware (instruction set fed to a processor architecture) which is completely different then an FPGA which are actually re-configurable transistor arrays to implement fixed digital logic. This transistor configuration is typically loaded from EEPROM on power up - so it is stored/uploaded by a user somewhere after they've done some work in their CAD tool.

In either case, whether it be firmware written for a microprocessor based system, or the "firmware" for an FPGA (I forget what that logic routing configuration format is called - technically not firmware since it's not instructions) it is likely that whoever wrote it would want to protect it from being read or protect their device from having another firmware loaded on. There are many schemes to do so, it is possible that this is what has been compromised.
You can boot off a USB drive and play with it. If it works, keep it.
RIM rumored to lay off 2,000 more workers soon
If we're going about reinventing the wheel see this excellent post from your forebearers: http://www.earslap.com/instruction/recreating-the-thx-deep-n...

And discussion from a few years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=725564

Don't miss their Deep Note SuperCollider one-liner at the end: "play{Mix({|k|k=k+1/2;2/kMix({|i|i=i+1;Blip.ar(iXLine.kr(rand(2e2,4e2),87+LFNoise2.k"
1. I think you should consider dropping your first product. If it isn't bringing in good revenue and it's eating up your development time, you might be better off with just your mobile options. This would also handle #3.

You should pick a stable mobile framework to use (since I assume you don't want to go native). Make your backend code as modular as possible (for accommodating changes to their API).

If you're able to do a significant rewrite, I would decouple your data from your logic as much as possible. Write it with the option of offering it to your competitors as a mobile platform.

2. No, if you can reach profitability.

3. Focus your marketing on your mobile product. Devote your time to marketing and sales. Set a profit goal for the near future (well before your cash runs out). If you don't make it, write an API for your app's backend and offer it to your old competitors.

4. If you aren't 100% committed, then you should quit.

5. How much money do you need right now to stay afloat?
>Who are these people who can't butcher a hog but can plan an invasion?

Me. I don't have the know-how or the fortitude to butcher a hog, but I play Starcraft regularly and often invade enemy bases successfully. Yes, that was my thought process.
Why couldn't they fork Android in exactly the same way Amazon has done with the Kindle Fire?
I'd have preferred to read a post that discussed why it's silly to measure your own self-worth by the number of Twitter followers you have and how quickly you can amass them.

If you liked this comment, you should follow me on... oh never mind.
I took a history of mathematics course at the University of Virginia. One of the I interesting things I learned was that people used to write out equations as sentences before symbolic notation was invented. And so you would realize that a single moderately large equation (such as the quadratic equation) might be equivalent to a full paragraph or more of text. So if you ever get discouraged at how long it takes you to read mathematics, remember that equations can be as information-dense as entire paragraphs, or even more so, and just because it is presented in a spatially compact format doesn't necessarily mean that it shouldn't take you at least as long as a text paragraph to read and comprehend.
Right. You can cause a good deal of power loss and property damage. It would be costly.
Over the last year or so, after gradually changing my lifestyle to include some exercise and giving some attention to what I eat, I can personally attest to the fact that productivity and efficiency has greatly increased. There is also a marked improvement psychologically in terms of the will and desire to do things. There really seems to be an increase in energy levels as compared to before, and I seem to have a clearer dialogue with my body now. Post-workout metabolism has done wonders for my previously irregular and haphazard appetite.

I also agree with the bit about protein consumption in the morning. It can be a simple smoothie, along with scrambled eggs & some almonds, or it could be one of those whey-enhanced protein shakes - either way, it'll keep you going in full steam till lunch time.
>"Public companies can't admit these things to the public."

The OP's article is based off of a faulty premise, disproven with a simple Google search. Yes. They can and do admit they were wrong, and apologize publicly. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-05/05/c_1315692...

http://blog.netflix.com/2010/09/apologies.html

http://blog.games.com/2011/08/03/nintendo-president-apology-...

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/51329.php

etc, etc...
For item 5, just the 2 of us, we need less than $8k per month.

Edit: we didn't go native because we need to cater to other platforms. Also, my co-founder is not confident with going native

Thank you for the feedback!
'- At the moment we are doing at least $20k per month since we launched our mobile app.'

You're making money now which is way more than where many other start ups are at.

I think you would benefit from rallying around an established approach to business and development which is well documented and outlines some key principals and a philosophy for getting things done. 'The lean startup' and 'getting real' etc by 37 Signals come to mind and reading either of those books will help you progress.

Further it sounds like you collectively are at the classic trap outlined in the book 'the e-myth' where you are both working hard in-the-business but not taking time to work on-the-business. Have a strategic weekend away at a beach house or such like.

Sounds like you also are needing more assistance generally attend done more local tech events and startup events find other you can bounce these sort of issues off in person. Working a few days a week at a tech orientated co-working space can work well.

Finally let what the customers want inform you, get closer to your best customers, visit them if you can, focus on the features and tech approach that will help you best customers the most. The lean startup is great for helping you get this focus clear. Finally it sounds like you and your co-founder need to have a serious talk, might need to grab a beer together and just have an honest duscussion of where you are at and whats not working right now and what you could imagine it could be if you guys got a few things sorted, seems like ur not on the same page right now IMHO. Good luck
I think that would entail them building their own hardware...
People need to start viewing their body as a whole. Your body is a system and when one part of the system starts to decline it affects all other parts of your body, especially your mind.

Going for a jog every day doesn't cut it though, people need to change their diet as well. It's not about eating less but about eating right. Ramen every day for dinner is not good for you eat chicken with salad. Oreos for breakfast isn't good for you eat eggs or greek yogurt. Drinking soda isn't good for you drink water or milk.

You need to get rid of the instant pleasures to get the more lasting ones such as increased confidence, intelligence, and energy. Making the change is definitely worth it.

edit: You should also get a healthy amount of sleep (6-8 hours). Too many people think they can function on 5 hours when only a small percentage can work effectively with that much rest.
Perhaps http://feedhint.com/
Don't be. Unless you use one of the hardware combinations that seem to be designed to be Linux proof (Sony Vaios, Nvidia GPUs), 12.04 works great.

I'm running 12.04 on a cheap Dell v131 and I'm very happy with it.
Core values, mission statements, slogans - these are just different sides of the bad dice most companies play with. Companies that create these expressions of business communication - almost all of them? - as a result of going through the motions of running a business without any evidence for the creation of these expressions. Seriously, when was the last time you read a company's mission statement? When was the last time you thought a mission statement was anything but a bland and generic sound bite disconnected from reality?

I would love to see a company with enough integrity, honesty and confidence that they wouldn't even bother with any of these things.
Running a microISV
How do you become head tech news guy at the New York Times when you think Facebook is an operating system and that the company could "easily scoop up" RIM?
Why not just target Linux? That's what I'm doing.

1) Linux is going to be around for a long time. However nefarious the intentions of large corporations might be, there is now too much written on top of it for it for it vanish and too many distinct users for any one to control it.

2) Making portable that runs on both walled gardens and open system still helps the wall gardens by adding to their codebase.
I haven't looked at HMOs, and I'm really skittish about the idea of going without. I'm currently thinking catastrophic + HSA. Though I'm in my mid-20s and generally in great shape, I've had a couple friends who had really serious medical problems, so I've got some availability bias working against me.
> Total data transferred to unique IPs / size of the video

can you expand on this? Do you mean that if the video is 1MB and 200 UNIQUE IPs download 500kb each it will count as 100 views?
how cool!
If you break a bone it needs setting so you dont have problems with it later.
I know its not perfect, and has some little loved features. But for me a language is a tool. And tools are meant for specific jobs. Like I wouldn't use a phillips head screwdriver where a set of pliers is needed.

If php is to advance we should welcome all tools that evolve it.
One thing that has amazed me since the story first broke a few weeks ago is how little attention has been paid to the actions of 38 Studio's CEO Jennifer MacLean, the CFO, and board of directors. This was an all-star team (see http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/lamont/2012/05/18/38-studios-bo... ). The media attention has been on Schilling, but the senior management and board of directors have some responsibility for this debacle as well.
Phew, thanks. I'm normally not a tl;drer, but that page seemed to go on and on... and at a glance I didn't see great visual clues on where I could skim and learn the answer.

Truth be told, I only clicked on the link in the first place because the domain name is "howtospotapsychopath.com".
Can you give an example of a website using automatic video tagging first?
I call this my hot-plate-theory. You can't teach a kid not to touch a hot plate, it has to feel the pain to understand.
Can someone explain what these fields are?
- notifo
- showdead
- noprocrast
- maxvisit
- minaway
- delay
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Agreed.

Now Zynga, well, they are a bunch of good intentioned developers being led by people with a focus on short term money and not long term value.
This is definitely an interesting point of view on the recent Wall Street interest on social media. I am glad someone brought it up, I do see the use and how social media and related innovations are convenient, but is a company that adds a vintage filter to a photo really progress in the long term? This is the question the author is suggesting. Personally I just roll my eyes over the next cutesy named "start up" that uses Bootstrap for their website. It seems like most of it is just an extension of social media or it's something that just causes more fragmentation in coding. Personally, VC investment should be focused on scientific and technological progress, personally I see that investment in Facebook is just misallocation of resources when it could be invested in scientific research into microprocessors or circuits or other real innovations. We need to promote the ideals and innovations of the next Steve Jobs, not the next Zuckerberg.
Yup, would be very interested to hear what other neat stuff other than emperor mode you can do with uWSGI.
"Currently there is no economical or timely way of ascertaining if a manufacturer's specifications have been altered during the manufacturing process (99% of chips are manufactured in China),"

That claim about 99% of chips being manufactured in China is very easy to verify as being utterly false. I have to wonder about the trustworthiness of the rest.

- kryptiskt, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4030818

It has actually not been "very easy" for me to verify this, but I did find something saying that in 2009, China had 9% of the world's production capacity, which makes me strongly doubt that they are now 99% of the actual manufacturing amount: http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/10/0212/semiconductors...

@tptacek: Care to provide references for why Cambridge Security Lab is as big a deal as you're making them out to be, and why we should overlook this blatantly exaggerated fact they cited?
Definitely a cool idea but it needs some work.

* Upon installing the plugin, I tried to "hide read" thinking it would hide the posts that I had already viewed, but they were not hidden. It should be possible to hide these with a css selector.

* After installing and clicking a post to read it, then clicking hide read, this post was not hidden (must not be considered read, again, css selector)

Finally I have a feature request: I would like a "mark read" link to appear next to each link, so that I can mark an individual link read without reading it.

Great idea and I hope that my feedback can help you to improve the app.

Thanks.
One of the best reads ever. I've faced this issue so many times. Even the gym example has happened to me and i've failed for over 2 years. Slowly I learned it on my own as I was learning programming and understanding that I am over optimizing at start. And this post hits the nail for me. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
I'm curious, how did you justify the return on investment of developing this? In most business situations, "Use Zoom to make the font bigger" would have been the boss reply.

I almost always have to seed Version 1 as a stealth project or weekend project. Version 2 is more likely to be approved once it has been shown useful.
Just fixed sorry bout that. MySQL crashed overnight and just got to fix it.
Yeah 1 or 2 values make sense, 9 do not. Twilio appears to have more values than Apple has products.
Several months ago there was a report of similar nature that mainstream Intel CPUs include a concealed (hyper-)hypervisor that appears to exist in China-produced chips, but absent from pre-production samples made by Intel themselves. I don't know where this all went, but it was some Russian guy who found it by accident, and he was largely dismissed as a loon and generally laughed at (though from I could tell he did know a thing or two about hypervisors, system programming and what not).
Ask HN: Seeking hackers' opinion on these 2 software ideas
I've posted a couple of ideas I have for software projects to FOSS Factory, and in hopes that I might find a technical person to talk them over with, I'm asking here at HN about what people's thoughts are on them. So far I've taken people up on their 'OfferHN' offers to engage with HN readers and offer feedback on whatever, but these interactions don't fare well likely due to the flood of responses that these people get.

I talked over the lossless webradio project with some engineers at the local Technology incubator, and they wanted to focus on the fact that I'd have to obtain licensing for the music it plays. Not quite the feedback I was after, but useful to a degree. I have more hope with HN readers.

There are 2 projects:

http://www.fossfactory.org/project/p296

http://www.fossfactory.org/project/p305

Thanks in advance.
Ah yes, you are correct.
That could happen with any language, as Oracle's (mostly failed, I might add) suit against Google over Java proves. Even for languages that were completely and fully OSS-developed, there's a near certainty their implementations are violating some patent or other that someone could come out of the woodwork and start suing over.

The Mono situation is actually pretty ideal practically, because much of what would be patented is known and not submarine patents, and it would be far harder than you suggest for Microsoft to start suing over that stuff after issuing their legally binding patent promise.
Clickable:

http://www.fossfactory.org/project/p296

http://www.fossfactory.org/project/p305
Wanted to try out 12.04 (64bit) also. Downloaded Windows installer for Ubuntu (wubi or what it's called).
Everything seemed to work well but after every 15 minutes or so the computer freezes totally for few minutes... when trying to install something new even longer.
It wont let me. The edit link does not show. sorry for the poor editing.

This comment will appear as a full article in my soon to be released MVP called !session magazine. Keep posted for the launch to be announced on these very pages.

Also, thank you for the nice words.
True, that's why the nuclear waste for wind power plants is stored in a 6 miles lake ..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1350811/In-C...
I do that by pushing, popping and reordering patches.

For example right now in my queue I have a patch to disable http throttling on our main app which will never be checked in, a patch for a major refactoring of the data layer that might not fly, but the work is more significant than a couple days work, an upgrade to a new version of the sdk in another patch, a re-working of the docs patch etc.... I qpush whatever I want to work on between bug fixes which go directly to the development branch.

so something like....

hg qpush --move nothrottle.patch
hg qrfresh # repeat etc...
hg qpop # unapply patch from working directory
hg qpush --move membership_schema_refactor.patch
hg qrefresh # repeat etc....
hg qpop #unapply I haz bug to fix
hg commit -m "fix this bug"
hg push && hg pull && hg update development # do the sync dance
hg qpush --move membership_schema_refactor.patch
hg qfinish -a # change applied patches to changeset

Between the popping in pushing, I can switch to whichever branch revision I want assuming whichever patch applies cleanly.

Not saying it's the same as the hypothetical workflow in git, but it is how I handle multiple seemingly unrelated lines of development for better or worse. Hell of a lot more flexible than what I would have to do in perforce before they added shelving etc.... :)
Yes, that's the consolation and driving force for us to continue what we are doing.

Of course, the big question remains "What's next after this?" and how do we go about building a business instead of being stuck at the startup stage.

We are pretty focus on customer development. However, we are also worried that our customers are not sure of what they really want, that's why we have been thinking what other innovations can be done for the industry.

Guess I am really burned out. Have stopped attending tech events quite a while now to avoid distractions. It's time to go back.

Thanks for the advice.
I owe you a million dollars, is it my problem? Yes, it is, you can sue me, you can take my home, my car, etc. I can go bankrupt, I will never see the light of the credit card again in 7 years, etc.

Who can sue US of A and send it to bankruptcy? Make it sell the 5th fleet to Iran to cover the portion of the debt? I'm not saying that 15 trillion debt is good or bad, I'm just saying that dividing it by population and coming up with a $50k figure is a propaganda. If I'm a US citizen and have $5k in credit card debt it doesn't mean that my debt is now $55K. These are two different debts.
6. You may want to beg, borrow, or steal the funding to get a professional accounts receivable presence going (someone who patiently and persistently reminds those delinquent customers that they're behind on their bills). Reading between the lines leads me to believe that you'd be far happier with your situation (and in a far stronger financial position) if you didn't have your late payments problem.

You're making a comfortable pile of revenue each month, but unless you see an explosive growth curve ahead, you're not likely to ever get much further than ramen profitable. There's got to be a better way, and doing what you can to get acqui-hired by one of the bigs is probably worth thinking about; as long as they don't slap on the golden handcuffs for too long you can come out financially ahead, while you work out your next big startup that has a bigger exit strategy.

Go big or go home, they say. I'd try to go home first, then try to go big with something new.
VisualAge for Java is another example of a Smalltalk-inspired visual programming evnrionment that never quite caught on. It had a lot of cool advanced IDE features, particularly for its time. It was also slow and kind of crashy, a complex program in its own.
Interesting. I just listened to the Security Now guy (Steve Gibson) who has been going super low carb and has done a couple of geek specials on the subject. Very good information in the two podcasts he did. Here's the link to the first one:

http://twit.tv/show/twit-live-specials/124

If you have a lot of energy problems during the day -- besides exercising, going completely very low carb is a good way to even out the post-carb crashes that plague lots of people like myself.
If you load the sound into Audacity and view the spectrum (i.e. the FFT), you can get a moderately clear view of what's happening. For the first 14 seconds, pitches wander around randomly. Then they start sliding up in several jumps (interesting not a smooth progression), and end up at the final pitches (both lower and higher than the beginning) at around 19 seconds. You could probably extract the pitch tracks from the FFT if you want to re-create this sound. (I'd like to write up a detailed blog post on this, but don't have time, so I'll just leave a comment.)