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Mobile Hacker? Want to make a big impact? Join SendHub (YC W12)
SendHub (YC W12) is looking for a Mobile Hacker.

We're looking for a talented and determined dev to lead our mobile client efforts.

Skills:
Objective C and the iOS SDK |
OO Javascript, we use Backbone |
HTML & CSS |
Git

Nice to have:
Experience building hybrid native/js app |
Python, or a desire to learn quickly (we use Django) |
Heroku experience

About us:
We're building simple tools for business to communicate with their customers. We have thousands of users, we’re sending hundreds of thousands of messages a month and we’re growing fast - 60%/month across users, usage and monetization.

What you’ll be doing:
Working closely, and at speed, with our small team to make game-changing mobile communication apps. Due to our small size, you’ll be involved in almost every part of the software life cycle from specs discussion to implementation to testing and pushing to production. We push multiple times a day and you’ll likely push to production within 24 hours of starting.

Our Philosophy:
We believe in building a wonderful product and taking care of our people. We uphold autonomy, mastery, recognition and purpose as core values to our team’s ability to execute effectively. We expect a lot of each other but we wouldn't want it any other way. We're hungry and we need you to be too.

We're based in downtown Menlo Park, CA (very close to the caltrain station) and while we're flexible on remote working, you'll need to be around the office.

If you're interested in being more than a cog in the machine, please drop us a line: jobs [at] sendhub [dot] com
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The app store is full of scams right now, and Apple doesn't seem to care, they just want their cut. Apple is more interested in banning whoever competes with their own offerings (BitTorrent clients, Music stores, etc.) than actually reviewing apps.
I think that some of the best hardware+OS right now is actually a Netgear WNDR3800 running OpenWRT.

It has some of the best hardware around (gigabit,wifi N, multiple radios,128MB of RAM) and it is using 100% open source software. Anything Broadcom is using binary blobs for the wireless drivers which end up being very buggy and unreliable. It also holds back the kernel version too which makes some software uninstallable. So we've seen a lot of support and updates for Atheros based hardware.

You also can't install as many packages on Tomato as you can on OpenWRT. Though that need may only arise in time when realize you need said features. There is much more of a learning curve with OpenWRT though.
Not adequate? Perhaps not on its own, but there are libraries.

Or am I missing something?
All the code or problem-solutions in the world aren't worth anything if nobody uses them.

Business is about taking those problem-solutions and getting them into the hands of customers, and getting feedback from customers that lets you improve those solutions. Even if you're just a coder for BigCo, you'll be a lot better at your job if you can work with your customer (boss) to understand their requirements and their goals, and deliver well-targeted solutions.
360iDev: How to make money from a free app
Tactics like this are used to sanction and limit the West, whilst the proposing parties will go around and violate the rule without regard to reprimand. They'll be quick to point it out when someone else violates it, though.
10-year-long video game creates 'hellish nightmare' world
I'm comfortable downvoting people who appeal to emotion even if they're not setting out with the intent of doing it, simply because I think it leads to a worse discussion.

And I'm comfortable making a "corrective upvote" because I think downvotes should be reserved for obvious spam, completely OT comments and comments that add nothing to the discussion at hand.
Yes, now that you mention it, that sounds right.
You can change the name, but to do so requires you to change the app metadata in XCode, rebuild a new binary, and upload it back to iTunes Connect like you would any other update.

That would trigger another round of reviewing, so in theory you shouldn't be able to "sneak" a name change past Apple.
In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com)
In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com)
For him it's a company, for others it's a project. If you're 'playground' is the business world then you're going to need a company to play. If you're 'sandbox' is a literal sandbox then you're going to need either someone to hire you to build it or somewhere to pawn you goods. Either way, this is cross-applicable to many things besides the author's specific example.
In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com)
That's easily solved

Have a slider. When you move it have a window that lists what applications can be served with the selected allotment.

Hell... that'd be pretty damn cool looking
Netflix recently changed the data available. It no longer provides true expiration dates until 15 days before the actual expiration date.

http://feedflix.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/expiring-dates-for-...
Facebook Exchange distracts the Facebook product team
In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125840 (bbc.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com)
In case anyone missed it, here are a few more reports of the same story:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4125450 (bbc.co.uk)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4126713 (washingtonpost.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127060 (eweek.com)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4127543 (patexia.com)
That's fairly obvious to us. The problem is that Apple have created an environment where people are encouraged not to use their faculties. Apple insist on acting the way they do with the store, so it falls to them to make sure crap like this never sees the light of day. I mean really, which member of the Apple team allowed Word 2012 through?
So that's where those starcraft posts reaching the reddit frontpage are coming from... they do seem to have gotten into something big.

I'm surprised that YouTube isn't already the "instagram of social video". I guess it just shows there's opportunity everywhere.
Ask HN: Do you like any of these hackathon ideas? 
Leading a small team of 2-3 people this coming weekend at AngelHack in SF. We're wrestling with a few different ideas so I thought I'd throw some out there for feedback. Here's some of our ideas:

1. DIY DAILY DEALS

Small businesses can create their own daily deals and accept payment via Stripe or Dwolla. Deals are published to their Facebook page and website, plus an API lets aggregators (like Yipit) pick them up. Integration with Passbook in iOS6 as well. I like this one but fear the daily deal space might be too saturated.

2. MOBILE VIDEO COACH

User uploads a video of themselves performing a sport. A professional coach then provides feedback and offers drills for improvement. Coaches set their own price for services. We have a golf coach, pro baseball player and martial arts/MMA instructor already on board to help with this if we do it. I like it but it seems a little niche.

3. BRICK-AND-MORTAR SALE APP

Every brick-and-mortar retailer from Best Buy to Gap has a sale/clearance rack. We would build a mobile app that lets retailers snap a picture of sale items and upload (with description). Some limits (say, only 5 items per week) would keep someone from flooding it and we could expand into "what's new" inventory. Consumers could then browse sale items nearby on the app.

4. ENDLESS TRIVIA

This one is still a little rough, but we were thinking of scraping Wikipedia and creating a never-ending source of multiple-choice trivia questions (things like "Who won Super Bowl XX in 1986?") ... the questions would then be used in some sort of mobile app.

Thanks!
The first thing I noticed was that the font of the editor is not monospaced... too bad.
There's a school right behind our home in India. It's pretty big and it's someone's birthday everyday.

School starts at seven in the morning. After prayers in three different religions and the singing of the national anthem, at least one class wishes someone a happy birthday by screaming out the birthday song.

I woke up with a smile everyday =).
Why we don’t sell ads
MG Siegler's take on the retina Macbook Pro
i'm pretty sure the previous one already covered all of that.
I also agree that Apple has a right to curate their store. But I disagree that the only store I should be allowed to buy from is Apple's.
Excellent talk! For me it was the talk, where I could take home the most from.
Ariens Zero Turn Lawn Mower Seat Cover - 715110
I was diagnosed in college. My adviser suspected something was wrong and suggested I see a specialist. It's been more than 20 years, so I'm a little hazy on the details - but from what I remember, the tests mostly involved reasoning and abstraction.
Show HN: The Ultimate iOS Crash Reporter
Oddly enough, Carreon is not suing over the picture itself--he is not suing for libel (i.e., a published defamation) or intentional infliction of emotional distress. He is merely claiming that the picture is a motivating factor in suing the Oatmeal guy.

Of course, Carreon is representing himself in the matter, and we all know what they say about a lawyer who has himself for a client...
The wii app is the worst piece of software i've ever seen.

totally lack of understanding of system. dumb choices all around. the most limiting search ever conceived by mankind. absolutely no way to see related content from one movie like you can even on the official netflix site.
I don't know what they're doing. But I think it must be something really complex as my last application needed 13 days to get "in review" status and then 18 days more to get approved.

Feels good paying those $100 every year ...
Turn your kindle into an Octocat loving machine
I'm not trying to construct a straw man, I'm trying to talk about the lay of the land. If I have a beef it is with the irrational, undisciplined, non-illuminating, petty dullness of the whole argument.

Because in the many times I have seen this argument, it always seems to go the same way. There is a Philistine sneering at some boring or obscure objects, and there is an angry Defender of Art who treads a fine line between (on one hand) a bland modern schoolteacher's orthodoxy which says nothing can be excluded and (on the other hand) a haughty attitude that the boring object is really better than some other boring objects - you know, to those with REAL discernment - and that the Philistine probably loves airbrush art and Thomas Kinkade and the pre-Raphaelites (hee hee hee). There is a huge dogpile of smug people on the Philistine, whose populist persecution complex is encouraged. The Defender (who often enough is just an undergraduate with a little art history or a 35mm camera), is just fueling the Philistine, and the Philistine is fueling the Defender, and so on forever.

If I am bothered by any specific art, it is the pieces which use yet another random object to draw out this same discussion we have been having for over 50 years.

I don't really object to a totally stoned view of the world where everything is interesting period, and maybe it really is useless to talk about art. That seems to me at least consistent, and not a perpetuation of the same crummy drama used to endlessly propagate the modern orthodoxy. On the other hand, if someone wants to actually try excluding something from art then that also provides a starting point for an actual discussion of some kind.
"How quickly can you page numbering?"

A question for the ages, indeed.
In our case, the lawyer smoked up a "civil conspiracy" charge, which is a popular method of breaking through corporations. But yeah, same result, different plot.
Ask HN: Could we please replace "IANAL" with "INL"?  (as in "I'm no lawyer")
I realize how stupid this is, but every time somebody wishes to disclaim their opinion on a law-related HN post I have to look over my shoulder to see whether some passer-by is at risk for misinterpreting what I'm reading.

For those of you with pre-teenage kids, help me out here and validate this ridiculous problem. I am more than slightly embarrassed about the conversation I just had with my 12-year old nephew...

s/IANAL/INL, PLEASE.
Of course, this is why I said it seems they're confused about their target. Their website and learning method seems designed for kids with zero technical knowledge. But the content material seems designed for manufacturers of microcontrollers. Who is this for? Something doesn't match.
Why Java's Object.hashCode() is unsafe for use in distributed systems
My understanding was that the GPL and Apple's app store terms were fundamentally incompatible, but I suppose that might only be true of iOS (because of the development tool issues and such).
I'm tempted to downvote this, but maybe you know something I don't. The kernel module allows you to chmod +x a class, jar, or applet and execute it from the command line. Or run it from a script, or exec() it, or whatever. It essentially makes it a real executable alongside ELF. Is there some other way to accomplish this? What file association do you mean?
I can't really say, because I lack sufficient knowledge of legal systems outside the US. I really only know what I know about our current system because of this lawsuit. I'd prefer not to know any of it! I just want to build great products.
> inside connection

The app store feels like some corrupt east european kleptocracy. Your only chance to get featured is if you have some inside connections. And if you need "special" functionality in your app - no problem! Inside connections help again.
Lawyers and consultants bill by the hour.

More hours == more money.

While their value to the customer may be lower, their value to the firm is likely right on target.
HTC Confirms Wi-Fi Issues In HTC One X
Thx. That's true. Will do. Do you think that this is important for the minimum viable product? We're just trying to get it out ASAP and we've been pretty sloppy with the text this time. Sorry for that.
oDesk could definitely use some improvement in their tracking software, it can be a pain to use and does not give enough details...
Like everyone else, I couldn't find what it did, but the tour https://secure.stairwayapp.com/tour albeit brief, it fully explanatory. I think the concept is great and that this has the potential to be actually very useful.

From a product point of view, I think it should integrate with a corporate LDAP otherwise you have the catch-22 problem of any social network like system.

I really like the idea of decision based (rather than talk based) meeting goals. Rather than "let's have a meeting to talk about it" it becomes "let's have a meeting to decide X", then it becomes possible to draw time-lines of the decision making process and those involved, which hopefully leads to accountability and improved engagement.

My only criticism is that companies would want to host this. The security concerns and longevity of the data would be beyond any IT depts stress threshold. I could imagine the privacy policy causing my companies IT dept to start having panic attacks. Then again, everything's going cloud, so maybe other IT departments will be fine with it.
everything is context.

banks used to that to gain customers. Some time ago, every developer working at banks knew that customers were measured in cost per customer. You'd had the cost to please them, and then you'd make money investing their money.

then, fast forward a measly decade, and banks are seen as obligatory. nobody things about NOT having their money in a bank. So banks drop all of the benefits, and we start to measure clients as profit per account. banks now are profiting from investing your money AND holding that money for you just because you never though about not paying the bank.

So, that's the time when we started to have some regulations and minimal service the bank's supposed to provide.
One thing that always motivates me is thinking about the amount of time the audience is investing in you. If you're speaking to 100 people, that's a solid 100 hour investment. This helps me put the time I need for preparation in perspective. It may seem crazy to spent hours and days to prepare a one hour talk, but it's not really not if you think about it like this.

Some more thoughts I've written on preparing a technical talk, I think complementary to the advice of OP: http://branchandbound.net/blog/conferences/2012/06/preparing...
SSL certificate crawler and some CA statistics
We have included settings_local.py for development purposes, which gets imported by settings.py if it can be found. The main purpose for this is for the settings_local.py to be using sqlite3 rather than postgres, which is the default in settings.py.

Another thing which is kind of hidden is the ptm1.4 branch. This is a branch that includes a lot more, and will be growing quickly. We wanted the master branch to be generic as possible, and have it so people can easily switch out our defaults for their own, i.e. changing any of the files in django-files/ for their specific needs.

In regards to supporting other 'preferred practices', we welcome people to fork this repo and contribute stuff back. The master branch will be staying more generic, but we are all for best practices no matter if they are the "Django way".
The Quitting Zone
Then don't buy an iOS device.
It´s better to test your idea if you have the optimal (or at least necessary) structure for that. I call it "company".
Wow is that highly deceiving.

You need to put stock charts on a log scale otherwise normal growing stocks (5% per year, say) always look like they are just about to peak.

Here is how it should look for the same time period:

http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&...
Facebook acquires largest facial recognition company
Google seems to be worst with this. In addition to having confusing icons, they're not even consistent with themselves. The Gmail archive icon on my Android phone is a picture of a filing cabinet. The archive icon on their main web app is a box with an arrow pointing down. They're two completely different icons for the exact same action.
Ride the DOer Express to Montreal with Twilio and SendGrid
I'd pick a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, or -AG300N rather than either ASUS he picked. Both ship with DD-WRT preinstalled, and full source of the firmware is available.

The older ASUS routers are stuck on Linux 2.4.x permanently in OpenWRT (which DD-WRT and Tomato are derived from) because of proprietary Wifi or Ethernet drivers or firmware blobs and poor CPU support.
As far as I know MonoTouch uses Ahead Of Compilation [1] on iOS. So there is no JIT in compiled binaries.

[1] http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/about/limitations
I couldn't agree more with what this guy is saying.

But, mobile applications aren't actually the worst offenders here. At the very least, both platforms have their guidelines for developers to follow if they want to make their apps consistent with the rest of system. And I wouldn't be so sure this is not important: snazzy looks might gain you more installs, but UX that silently and subtly uses established patterns fits more firmly into users' minds and may noticeably increase retention (and thus number of positive reviews).

The bigger culprits in terms of violating UI consistency are, I think, web applications. As far as I know, you don't even _have_ any definite guidelines there to begin with, which is of course due to decentralized nature of the web ecosystem. There are some effort that encourage consistency as a side effect (Twitter Bootstrap comes to mind) but the decade-old habits of designing every website completely from scratch do not seem to be dying anytime soon.
As I commented here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4082351

The part of Tomato I like best is its simple DNS interface that lets you have one hosts file that is shared across all the machines connected to it. This is where I define my local dev domains so that I can test across devices that don't allow local host file changes (namely non-jailbroken iOS devices).
I guess you'll like that Windows 8's Metro has labels underneath its icons, then.
I don't doubt that this outcome was in the list of possible outcomes Microsoft has considered. Nokia tanks, their CEO gives early notice to Microsoft, which buys the 'good bits' and lets the rest of the body sink into the ocean carrying unfavorable pension plans and other obligations with it. Turning Microsoft into the third vertically integrated smartphone company after Apple and Google. They might even get to keep the brand name.
Nope. When I first submitted SharePics the logo had a white space at the bottom. They rejected it because they said it looked like a Polaroid. Apple needs to be more consistent, either curate the hell out of it, or don't. Inconsistent application of the rules make it more confusing for naive users.
Not according to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_App_Store
and people familiar with the issue...
Maybe this is a reasonable place to ask for some advice: I have 2 broadband connections, one via my phone line (ADSL) (76/17) and one cable (50/4) does anyone have any experience with using 1 piece of hardware to manage them both, possibly load balancing (not important, but would be cool)? I currently have 1 modem and 2 routers... it's not a very power efficient set up, it's also a bad experience because they're all ISP provided and don't allow me to control DNS.
No Monday Deadlines
How importing a word for positive envy affected Israeli culture
Can't you make the argument that the web killed consistency in UI design a long time ago?

The web has always been a completely blank slate from a UI perspective and what happened was that defacto UI/UX "standards" continue to grow and evolve. Someone will always try to do something completely different. But thats okay it pushes the boundaries a bit. You'll still have a lot of apps that use the consistent tried and true UX methods but some will flaunt these and push where UI can go. Path and the Band Of The Day apps both do this beautifully. Both are non-standard but very easy to navigate.
it just doesn't make sense for mobile to have keyboard-shortcuts, the analog would be you touch the button, rather than bringing up a keyboard and typing shift-zz
Today I conversed with - "Visum: The Guardians of the Gates" creators
Want to know how I know that you don't know what constitutes slander in the U.S.?

Because you think that a picture is slander. A picture is libel, which is a related but separate concept. Both slander and libel involve defamatory statements, but slander is restricted to transitory (i.e., spoken) statements whereas libel refers to published (i.e, written or drawn) statements. Video is either libel or slander depending on how the defamatory statements are presented .
Rainbow tables are a very specific form of attack that allows you to do a single brute force attack against multiple accounts simultaneously. Against a single salted hash, you would not bother to generate a rainbow table; instead you would just stop once you found a match.
Yes, see Jack Thompson, the now-disbarred infamous Florida attorney.