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It's amazing how exciting this is. It's not as if it's the first time humans have sent an automated delivery capsule into space, yet it feels like a game changing event.

Co-incidentally I read a post on HN this morning arguing that the iPhone wasn't special. We already had phones, and palm computers, and downloadable apps. It was no big deal.

In the case of both SpaceX and Apple thy've taken something that's existed already, but made it accessible. With SaceX the massively reduced costs has made dreams possible that we all thought were dead. With the iPhone they made a hand computer that my wife's sister, who's hardly ever used a computer in her life, could pick up and understand and fall in love with in minutes.

When you take an existing technology, but cut the barriers to entry radically lower (barriers in terms of cost, or usability, whatever) then you have something special. Amazon did this with online shopping, facebook did it with social networks (orkut was a clunky piece of junk - been there). Instagram did it with photo sharing, dropbox did it with file sharing.

Identify barriers, in whatever form you find them, and knock them flat. That's where the opportunities are.
have you heard of affiliate links? you can make a good deal of money from them
unfortunately many judges have "bugs" in them too!
So does emacs, vim, BSD, Microsoft Windows, etc.! Just because some started a long time ago doesn't mean it hasn't been updated and should be ignored.
David, thanks for the glimpse into what it's like to be deaf. I've wondered what it would be like, but it's pretty hard to imagine the near total isolation.

I've met several deaf people, but I guess I haven't taken the time to think about how I would involve a deaf person in a conversation. I think that part really threw me for a loop. That would be challenging.

I know that if you ever felt left out, or that you missed something, in a conversation with me, or in a group, then don't hesitate to bump me. I'll be plenty happy to give anyone who's deaf either what was said or a summary of the conversation thus far.
>Have a crack at your Internet connected TV, WII and any other device that has an IP Address

Definitely do this. I can especially recommend it if you're a bored teenager. I learned a lot back in the day from abusing cheap gear like printers, routers and stuff.
"How is GitHub worth less than Pintrest?"

Markets aren't rational.
Don't show us a register box, show us the product right away.
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> Allowing smoking on planes was and is a terrible idea. The fire risk alone should immediately discount it.

Yet, people still smoke around pumps at gas stations and even throw the butt to the ground.
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I'll probably be there as well.
That's why investing in stocks is more like playing a game of poker. As the saying goes, you don't play your hand (company performance), you play the other players' hands (investor sentiment). So the raw performance of a company is not as important a metric for deciding to buy or sell as the opinion of other investors.
Hi david, though I have not encountered a deaf person in my work life and chances are very slim. your article has indeed educated me about a thing or two. it certainly encourages me to be more patient and more communicative.
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"It's that IE is not only IE9. It's IE7,8,9 and 10"

That's ridiculous. There are about the same number of people using Firefox 3.6 as there are using IE6 and 7. So how come you aren't bitching out Firefox? So don't test on IE 6-8 if you don't care, but does the existence of old browsers mean that you write off every product they've made since then?
ST2 is actually way faster when you have to work with long lines and syntax highlighting.

The one thing ST2 REALLY NEEDS is :set rnu.
I want to know more about why they chose to share absolutely nothing in the build-up, launch a gorgeous video today, and then aren't ready to take purchases for 48 more hours?

That just seems like a huge mistake to me. Surely the point of being silent in development was to have this big unveiling. Shouldn't the sale then kick off right now while we're still (in theory) amazed at it?

(Especially with MAS not offering refunds...)
True, but many libraries still do not know how to deal with negative timestamps. For instance PHP on Windows, prior to 5.1.0. MySQL's FROM_UNIXTIME was also not working last time I tried it.

And many applications and scripts can break, like those that store and manipulate timestamps assuming a certain format (e.g. positive integers).

The Unix timestamp was created to deal with timestamps, not with date representations. Therefore this requirement (dates prior to 1970) was not an issue that had to be dealt with explicitly.
I think that the biggest complication in this is the fact that the people who want to police others are usually the same people who want to abuse others.
... unless you're paying for them using stolen credit cards.
After a couple of years of trying out most of the cool new NoSQL databases that have shown up as of late, I keep finding myself coming back to Postgres. The only new 'database' that I still use (and love) is Redis.
This is incorrect. It's a crime to withhold passwords when a court order has been obtained requiring you to reveal encryption passwords/keys.

Without a court order there is no specific power to force you to reveal your passwords.
Interesting. Landing page looks clean and professional. However hesitant that there is much of a market for this. Do people actually want to learn shortcuts like this? Most learn directly in the application and/or refer to a cheat sheet reference?
>Perhaps well-funded scientific groups should start buying all these hobbyist GPU farms while they're being sold cheap and put them to use folding proteins or modelling whatever?

This seems likely. I don't imagine that FPGA clusters depreciate much over periods of a few years. I bet you could make most of the investment back by selling them off to some research firm once the return from the mining dropped. There must be plenty of hi-tech research based startups that need to do serious number crunching on a budget.
It's indeed a tangent, but an awesome one, thanks!

And they link to RHoK, which is also great.
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Thing is that facebook provides something of immediate utility. As exciting as this is there is not a lot we can do with it beyond go "ah! cool!"
You do know that Groupon and Zynga have been making profits right ?
In Romania movies on TV and at the movie theaters are also aired in English with Romanian subtitles. English is also learned from school, sometimes from the second grade.

When I was 11, I was watching Cartoon Network in English (yeah, I still love cartoons) and I could understand everything. My spoken English is still not so great, but it's nothing that couldn't be fixed with a month living in the US or UK.
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There are plenty.
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People leave empty handed all the time. I've tried to pick up a package from the depot near me twice, queued for ages and not once been able to actually collect my package. I've had to arrange for my flat mate who get's friday off work to pick it up for me on a quiet day.

I'd say the right way to do it would be to have full day opening hours on a saturday. The variable length of the queue on different days provides some great insight that's currently being ignored.
Tried it out for a bit. It's a little confusing and not a great way to learn shortcuts IMO. The first time I tried it I had no idea what was going on and got every one wrong despite knowing the shortcuts. These results were then saved and I'm not sure how to delete them after I figured out how it worked. Interface looks nice though and you obviously spent a lot of time on this.
Noise and feedback are big pain points. There are already products on the market that do this, but most leverage existing phone infrastructure rather than internet (eg voip).
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'69 looks more futuristic somehow.
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Ask HN: Downvoting threshold
From the FAQ:

Why don't I see down arrows?
There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold.

Does anyone know what this threshold is?
Yes, a caching plugin would definitely help out there! Your site was featured in the last webdesigner depot newsletter (which has around 150K subsribers I think) and when I clicked the link I could not reach your site for 5 minutes...

Have you had a look at the W3 Total Cache plugin already? This drastically speeds up sites when configured correctly.
That review is helpful. I'm going to keep BackboneJS + RequireJS for my project. Technically BackboneJS + almond.js since I build require for production. It seems BackboneJS is the most abstract implemented framework. I always prefer unobtrusive framework.
Honestly a lot of gestures based controls of the floating in mid air kind are prone to tiring you out.

I suspect that unless there is some form of support, this may be like drinking Pepsi: Sweet on the first sip, but after a while, not as great.
Unfortunately, still no where near as good-looking as the Win 8 concept posted on The Verge.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822891/windows-desktop-ui...

IMO, it's Metro done right. Microsoft's version of Metro seems to be blindly designed according to a spec, instead of with a natural and intuitive understanding of visual design. For example, when I see a screenshot of Metro, text just seem to be all over the place with no rhyme or reason. Like most modern designs, I'm sure they're using a grid, but I'm just not sure it's the correct grid. Also, solid colors are harsh, which is why designers only use it to evoke a very specific reaction. That's fine for a "Swiss" typographic poster, but as a foundation for a user interface, it's simply wrong.
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People and talent are the most location independent resource. If it weren't so then space endeavours would be more proportionally distributed. But what really happens is that all the talent is continuously immigrating to the US.

Besides the economic factor the major hurdle is bureaucracy. If you are a small country you can be sure that all the big guys will want to know what you are going to do, how, when and they would probably even request a means to overhaul the operation if they deem it necessary. And that's just international bureaucracy. Most nation governments will probably never support you in such an endeavour anyway.
I wish we could stop with all the sissy stuff and get on with our lives. YES assholes exist, put them in their place when you can. nuff said.
Great teardown.

Could you (or anyone else) elaborate on how would you refactor storing references to model id's in DOM?

How do I get the proper model instance in my event handler without using attributes? If I have collection view that renders a list, for example. What are the other options I even have then?

Thanks!
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it's a self regulating system. the moment you put too many constraints on it, it will become like any other system. suppressed until it explodes.
the whole troll, smartass, jerk concept we have is not the only one in the internet, but it's the most obvious. you may call it abusive, but I say it has created some of the most beautiful open source code/projects there is.

the moment you start strangulating it, it will lose it's value.

this is from a person who's wished for a remote electroshocker.
Tell HN: Please help Japanese Sculptor After His Guerrilla-Art Sparks Bomb Panic
Many of you might have read the New York Times article already about artist and designer Takeshi Miyakawa, who was arrested and charged this weekend for installing a piece of spontaneous public art in Williamsburg. Although it involved wires and electricity, it was completely harmless, he was charged for class D felony of reckless endangerment,
the placing of false bombs, and criminal nuisance. He is being held at Riker's Island for 30 days and psych evaluation.

If you haven't read it, here is the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/nyregion/police-arrest-artist-takeshi-miyakawa-thinking-tribute-was-fake-bomb.html

Here is a slightly more sympathetic article on Art Info

http://artinfo.com/news/story/805277/friends-rally-behind-japanese-sculptor-after-his-guerrilla-art-love-letter-to-nyc-sparks-bomb-panic

The lighting fixtures he was installing was designed to coincide with his commission for Designboom's booth at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. You can read more about that here.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/21274/brooklyn-artist-takeshi-miyakawa-arrested-for-planting-false-bombs.html

The last article points to a few ways you can help. (If you have any experience or expertise with something like this, please also contact Louis Lim atlouis051@gmail.com)

* sign the official designboom petition to free takeshi miyakawa
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/525/661/531/demand-justice-for-artist-takeshi-miyakawa/

* spread the word via e-mail, facebook, and twitter

* join the 'free takeshi miyakawa' facebook group

* keep updated at the takeshi wiki
http://takeshi-miyakawa.wikispaces.com/

* e-mail NY mayor michael bloomberg
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

* e-mail or call district 33 city council representative stephen levin at slevin@council.nyc.gov / 718-875-5200
There's actually an expo in Japan for Food Machinery and Technology:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNSKMGurrPI
I'll kick things off with some of my projects (in chronological order of launch)

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it increases over time: http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+Unofficial+HN+FAQ#cantdownvot...

I think it's around 500 - 1000 at the moment, I recall getting the downvote option around 500.
like the idea but I was hoping to be able to use it for eclipse.
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If you haven't read Freakonomics, I believe he's referring to the case of a nursery school that decided to fine parents if they were late in picking up their children. Instead of starting to be on time, the parents actually came later, as they were willing to pay to be late.
Exactly. I was hoping to try it out to see if it worked, but when I got the 'please give me your e-mail' I just tuned out.

Edit: Just wanted to say that besides that, the landing page looks really nice, and it can be a useful product, albeit with a small market.
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it's a common misconception to think that the greatest things come from people that tolerate or like each other. a lot actually come from really "harsh" rivalries, which are everything but nice. equally so in the offline world.
I happen to be the author. That may not be obvious but it is also not a secret. I submitted a similarly themed piece a couple of days ago as my contribution to the ongoing HN discussion of issues like gender equality. I thought a few folks might find this piece of interest as well.

Thanks.
Would you care to elaborate on how you think Pintrest will make a suitable amount of profit to fit its evaluation?
There's now an option in every user's General Account Settings:

Allow friends to include my email address in Download Your Information.

I'm not sure what the default is, but mine is currently set to "no" (and I don't recall changing it).
Been running a little through all the vids of it around.

I'm still undecided. Perspective on each supposedly "fake" screenshot could explain the mismatch. In your example, you actually don't see how far his fingers are apart. Also, it might be attributed to that particular finger going to the borders of the 3D interaction space of Leap.
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Do I understand right that id_rsa is an equivalent of password.txt in that you have big broblems if someone gets it? In this case I really worry about its being stored in the open in some /users/AppData and not on some TrueCrypt drive that is not mounted by default.
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I've heard of flights saying they're not allowed for various reasons, encouraging people without them to have a normal cigarette being the most unsurprising.
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The app seems to have lost my data, all my streaks reset to zero. Now that's a bit of motivational catastrophe - something I don't think you EVER want to have happen. Anybody else experience something similar?
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Nor does it mean gorging on McDonalds and KFC every day of the week.

It might cost a tiny little bit more to get the fresh ingredients instead of the usual stacks of shitty ready meals and frozen foods, but the variety and the balance (if you shop well) is hard to beat.

I love being able to cook good food, and as a result, the food is enjoyable, and I'm encouraged to learn more recipes so I can enjoy more.
Similar to you - though been doing it just over a year now - dropped about 12 kg (down to 72kg) and feel so much better. I carried a heavy parcel (10kg) up a long escalator the other day, and was pretty worn out at the top - then I remembered that I used to carry more than that all over my body, every day, and it made me so glad I started watching what I ate.

Being rid of the afternoon slump is a HUGE boost for me - I used to flag every day at about 3pm (after a sandwich for lunch) and would always have a chocolate bar and a coke to wake myself up - only then then crash again a couple of hours later.

Now eating too much sugar gives me a headache, and I am happy to steer clear of it. I still have the occasional bar of something, but I don't feel like it's something I need any more, and I am much much happier this way!

So if anyone is considering similar - give it a shot, I follow the 'slow carb' diet from the 4 Hour Body - but basically it's just the post above, except with no dairy and loads of beans.
Last I heard, it had been raised to 500. However, I am not the most active member so that may not be current info.
I was afraid the two scenes were going to look basically the same...thank goodness they don't!
Haha, I was in the node.js IRC the other day and found people there to be pretty civil actually. If anything, I was being the snarky one. Not really snarky to people though, more a technical snarkyness.
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Look, let's take an example.

The microprocessor was invented in the 60s to be the
wing controller for the F14. The F14 was rolled out
in the 70s and deployed in the 80s, and in service
till a few years ago.

So the government was funding integrated circuits for
multi-decade deployment, decades before it intended
them to be used and between 5-10 years before silicon
valley got in on the action.

Last time I checked, VC funds are 10 years, and
most VCs want an investment to return within 3 years.
(As Steve Blank is complaining about).

By my understanding, even if somebody got seed
funding for a project with an F14 level of
ambition, the money would be peanuts compared to
what it would take to make meaningful progress,
and then the VCs would think it too far from a
liquidity event to invest in anyway.

How could YC invest profitably in such a venture?
What am I not understanding?

I think you'd need to find a source of follow-on
financing that would be much longer term than either
Wall Street or Sand Hill Road (again what Steve Blank
is complaining about).
Yes, their total storage consumption is bigger, but the MP3-part of the library is in that ballpark.
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The concept is really good! And lots of things can be explored from here.

1. Bring all the cheat sheets, Best Practices and Gamify them.

2. Bring Linux command line Drills, Best practices and Command line shortcuts(I will pay $$ for this!)

3. I miss typing tests and drills. Something better than typeracer competitions?

4. Show the product right away in your landing page, and not asking for registrations.

5. Finally build a platform and Crowdsourced community around. Let others decide what Practice they want and also challenge others.

Thanks, I will be your customer and definitely pay for such a service!
I don't really agree with this. A "Data Scientist" (as the term is "properly" used [1]) generally needs to be a very good computer scientist in addition to understanding the data.

Ordinary data analysis generally lives in a world where the computer is fast enough, and you need domain knowledge + basic stats. The term "Data Scientist", when properly used, deals with cases where domain knowledge + basic stats isn't sufficient, and computer science knowledge is also required.

[1] Many people who advertise for a "data scientist" really just need a BA or a DBA. I recently turned down a job as a "data scientist" after telling them that Hadoop is massive overkill. `SELECT SUM(x) FROM table WHERE condition` took about 4 seconds to run. Admittedly, the ruby script they were using to do it row by row was a lot slower, particularly since they were loading the entire row rather than just field `x`.
All of the theories on the death of Facebook are all based on the premise that Facebook won't pivot. That the only way out is to monetize mobile. If you asked me 10 years ago, I could've never predicted AWS or the Kindle, but look at Amazon today.
> The GUI clients on Windows last I looked (a year ago) were pretty terrible, especially compared to TortoiseSVN, which isn't bad

There is TortoiseGit, which is basically TortoiseSVN over git. It looks much the same.

You can regard it as a good place to start with git, or as something that stops you learning what makes git special.
Jira has had the card view for a while, it's more likely to be inspired by that.
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