skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think you nailed it. Their market was / is enterprise, which is a place where they certainly could have competed. I wouldn't want to be in the consumer space squeezed between Android and the iPhone, but RIM had a helluva position in enterprise.

I do wonder though, if this isn't simply an inevitable case of software eating unnecessary hardware options. That is, whether RIM's only good option was to become a software-only company that builds enterprise software on top of Android and iOS. It would mean the mass contraction of their scale that way as well.
My idea would be to find a mentor of some sort.

Someone you can sync with weekly about your progress, preferably on something with a clear goal. Start small ("What is the simplest thing that could possibly work?") to be able to demo to your mentor each week.
I got a nice little notification in the notification bar when an update was available.

My point was more that most phones aren't receiving updates at all. No update means no notification.
"They could still have the plaintext password in memory during the registration process"

This is even worse IMO. so they are sending me a cleartext password that may or may not have been stored in db yet ? what if the db write process aborts while the user still gets the email ? bad bad bad
App Store on Chrome
yeah, that's so far the best feature this app comes with.
What kind of startup is willing to move to Chile for $40K? Two answers: startups that will benefit from being located in South America, and bad startups that have a really hard time raising a few thousand dollars and/or haven't thought through how moving several thousand miles increases their execution risk.
How are these guys still in business? It's out of this world.

It's also out of this world how this company can't figure out left from right - they haven't released a single product since the failure that was the "new" Blackberry Bold 9900 - which was a miserable device that crashed 5x a day.

And now they're not releasing anything until 2013. Makes you wonder if they're just buying time in the form of bullshit product roadmaps in the hope of an acquisition.

It should not take this long to release a new device, a new OS or whatever the hell they are doing over there.

It's a shame, BIS and BBM are two great services, but their OS is just such dated trash.
andreasvc: AFAIK, there is no program in existence today that can successfully model "human agency" (as you put it). Wouldn't that require major breakthroughs in AI?

And my understanding from chatting with friends in the fraud-detection space is that, while current state-of-the-art machine-learning systems can successfully adapt to the data they obtain from users, they cannot adapt to users learning to game or 'route around' the system -- at least not without programmer intervention 'from above.'

The link to Gödel and Turing I saw is that solving this problem without intervention 'from above' would require a computer program that can successfully model itself as it interacts with humans, but then we run into those two guys, no?
Like Nokia until a couple of years ago, they've been very dismissive about the tech press calling out their imminent decline, and about switching to another OS.
Vico is heading somewhere in that general direction. What do you have to say about that editor?
At this point, it's probably too late to adopt Android. It'd probably take as long or longer to come out with an Android OS (with all their apps) as it would to just finish BB10 now.
Is this satire? I think it's satire.

http://www.tineye.com/search/50f79f0ea3bb24bbe2217c14e27e7b7...
Was actually discussing with someone I know in Oracle - they are exploring more mobile visibility aggressively. And I guess it wouldn't hurt if they own a popular enterprise mobile platform.
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You have a point, the service should come with an API.
Is this true? (Do you have a source?) I have never heard such a thing before, and it sounds incredibly stupid.
Isn't the point of data-binding that you don't store stuff in the UI, but instead store it in a model that you bind to the UI?
What is Obamacare? A full outline
Not going to sign up without finding out what it is first, sorry.
They lived off inertia from international growth in emergent countries where Android was just getting started and Blackberry was a lot more recognized as a brand. That's how they fooled themselves into thinking that their business and revenues are perfectly fine, and there's nothing threatening them. Complete lack of foresight.
I see patent troll.

Sadly, it's the last gasp of fallen tech firms.
Probably for roughly the same reason Nokia's old chief was putting down Apple on the cover story of Forbes when it came to who was going to dominate smart phones (November 2007 sounds right?). Like a deer in headlights that has never encountered a car before, and whose instincts were completely unprepared for it.
Let me preface this with IANAL, just a very interested person.

It may very well be, but having a monopoly alone isn't not a crime. A crime in this case would be abusive practices of the monopoly.

What makes United States v. Microsoft different is a number of factors but the main factor was its restrictive licensing agreements with other OEMs. You could buy a computer from a variety of makers, but no matter what, this IE/Microsoft abusive relationship allegedly existed.

What this means is if you were an OEM, not only did you carry Windows as the operating system but that agreement forced you, the OEM, to package and include Internet Explorer. As others have pointed out at this time, downloading and installing alternative web-browsers was also a slow proposition or required someone visiting a store.

In particular it was ruled that Microsoft violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act

Apple does not have a monopoly over the dominant operating system for all tablets, only its own. Yes right now it is the dominant product in the space, but alternatives readily exist with the same availability as the iPad. You may argue that the Samsung case is an abuse of monopoly, I don't believe it is, abuse of IP law, perhaps - but that's a different discussion.

The way the situation would be analogous is if the majority of all tablet makers, all used iOS, and were forced by Apple to configure their installations in a way that benefited Apple products while hampering others. And even then it might not be the same, depending on how courts view the iPad as a device.
There's usually a few hours delay before new apps show up in the search index.
Note that Chrome on iOS does use the Chrome networking stack, which has a lot of enhancements - including SPDY.
Holy hell did they ever boil the ocean on that one.

Looks more like a project management suite mislabeled as a to-do list.
Adobe recommends uninstalling flash player (on android 4.1)
> Tau is clearer in some domains and pi is better in others.

I always thought Tau was better because it was easier to understand when teaching it. For using it, it doesn't much matter.

But when you are a kid learning about it, having a clear picture of why specifically that number is very important, and Tau is much more obvious.
It's a typing game where you type as many words as fast and as accurately as you can.
Or a number of isolated, small state objects with well-defined interfaces.
Also keep in mind it's using the Chrome networking stack, just not the rendering and JS engine.
Months away. And I don’t think that’s really an argument against Chrome on iOS. Different people like to use different browsers on the desktop. If you use Chrome you don’t get tab syncing with mobile Safari. Also, some people might for example have an iPad and an Android phone. With mobile Safari, there is no way to sync tabs between the two. With Chrome there is.
Thank you! It's the second advice here to find a mentor. I think it's not easy to find a smart guy who will mentor you but I ll try.
Yes, NZ govt. Some of it has been returned to cover living expenses. Although I understand he also had/has some money in Hong Kong.
I think he's referring to the violin case.
You can find it over at regretsy:

http://www.regretsy.com/2012/01/03/from-the-mailbag-27/
Twitter boss pledges to tackle abuse on its site
That made no sense. How you can have a space elevator if it's not geo-stationary?

You didn't actually say what materials are strong enough for this (that we can actually produce without bankrupting whole countries).
Completely unrelated to that project, but .IO seems to be the extension of the moment?

Would love to see some stats on that, for example some script that identifies domain extensions in the hn headlines and traces their in/decreasing popularity.
Then the question should have been resolved to your satisfaction upthread: Mega was a service, run by a criminal, that conspired overtly to profit from infringement of music, TV, software, and motion picture copyright.
But wait! They're going to license BB10! I just want to know if it's that they just accept that that will make them look desperate, or if they acknowledge the company perception is so bad that any glimmer of hope is a positive thing for them at this point?
You trust your fucking Country to a bunch of them.. Get real!
If the 150 TB's slowed down local law enforcement enough to make them mishandle the warrant, any bets on how many petabytes he'll have waiting for them next time? : )
Seriously though, I can't get Chrome on my Android phone because it's stuck on Gingerbread but I can if I buy an iPhone. That makes loads of sense Google.
Breaking Open: The CyanogenMod Project w/ Chris Soyars from the CM Team
Huh? Apple never paid anyone a dime to put an infringing music file on their own or anyone else's service. Mega can't say the same thing.
Wow, that's pretty cool! I didn't realize people were already working on this.
This brought me back to Khan where I previous did every math exercise, and I was a bit disappointed to see that not too much has changed with the instruction they offer. I keep wanting math exercises beyond elementary calc, but they just gave the same stuff a face lift.

I'm guessing they're heads down getting the Khan platform that we've heard about, but does anyone have any updates?
Google Chrome vs Safari speed test on iPhone
If that was already the convention, I'd be on board.
What do you mean under "problem"? It's say "building web sites using RoR" or it should be something more or less specific?
Ask HN: Is it worth using an email client or the web-interface?
I'm currently using gmail's web client but I'm wondering if I would be better suited or have more options if I used native client on my macbook.<p>Any downsides to this?
They are differentiated by processing power, RAM, etc.

To, continue the RAM analogy Honda created the Acura brand to have higher levels of customer service so their 30,000$ TSX could better compete with BMW's 30,000$ M3. Thus, Google by only offering relatively expensive instances can better target the Amazon's most valuable customers.
Are you using [application authorization](https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/IssuedAuthSubTokens?hl=e...)?
They don't have to be software-only, the large majority of Android phones aren't made by, or in partnership with, Google. In fact, their hardware division might be the least affected by switching to android. Their core OS people would be the ones taking the biggest hit in terms of job cuts or transfers, and all their apps people would have to start porting over to a new platform.
Which is surprising. I mean 2 CEOs should give you twice as much foresight, right?
I'm Canadian too. I don't know if it is terrible management or just lack of crazy new ideas. I remember just over a decade ago ... Nortel was doing quite well. I remember being at a meeting when I heard Apple was taking an investment from MSFT. I thought ... wow .. that's it for Apple. They're done for. And look what happened.

I worked in smart phones since the early J2ME phones hit North America. I too completely missed the iPhone. And I'm no suit. You can argue that I lack vision (you'd probably be right) just like the execs running the big telcos. Then again, I think the entire mobile computing establishment missed it. I know people in academia, at Microsoft, at Motorola, at Nokia, etc ... EVERYONE I KNOW MISSED IT! I don't know when people realized that everything had changed. This isn't a statement about just Apple btw. Google was also a new player in this space and look at their market share vs. the established players (circa 2000).

Honestly ... I'm a bit dazed. I can't believe I missed it. I'm sure neither can a lot of people and companies. I get a bit sad sometimes because it feels like it is too late to catch up.
I know there's a ton of todo apps out there, I've tried Remember the Milk, Evernote, Wunderlist, Reminders.app, and probably a couple other iOS todo apps.

I picked Wunderlist and have used that for a long time because it's on every platform I care about (iPhone, iPad, and Mac) BUT it's absolutely horrible about syncing content and I get duplicates and missing todos all the time. I just tried out cheddar's "push" feature and it's actually enough for me to leave Wunderlist.

Also the Markdown feature is awesome
>Facebook news feed is like a giant scrolling billboard of "announcements"

Agreed, but that is not Facebook's only function.
Probably in protest of iOS icon guidelines :P
After too many years typing I can barely write, so it's Notepad or Wordpad for me.
8-Bit indie game evokes David Lynch & 'Choose Your Own Adventure'
C++ is C with libraries to hide some stuff and add others.
Removing C++ OSes from your list, I'd say that you're down to a vanishingly small percent of deployed systems. So yes, knowing C is important.

And I have never met a single person who knows any of your remaining languages who isn't at last passably familiar with C. I've never asked, but I don't think any of them would call their C knowledge unimportant or not useful.
Try the pomodoro technique (its just a 25-minute timer). I only tried it quite recently, but its working great and quickly becoming a habit. I really appreciate the no-nonsense approach which prevents any yak-shaving[1]. Its simple on the most basic level so its compatibile with more the complex systems like GTD, or task management / team collab apps.

1. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving
APOSTROPHE MEANS DERIVATIVE!!!!1!!!11!!!

The tau deal breaker for me is EE sinewaves, where the equation naturally uses pi, and tau is conventionally used to parameterize the function.
That seems like a bad comparison, writing out multiple digits in place of a single digit should ALWAYS be less efficient.
And not cross platform.

Open Source would be nice, too, but I would not consider it a strict requirement.
Articles? mostly from RSS feeds I've accumulated and skim in the mornings like one used to read the paper.

This article is right up HN's alley so too bad it mostly hasn't been noticed. Someone should try reposting it (maybe via the print url) in a day or two.

The more talent and creativity matter, the important recruiting gets, so I agree with you there. On the other hand, corporate recruiting feels so generally horrid that that industry needs disrupting as well. But maybe moving more to in-house recruiters will help. After all, they say "don't outsource your core" and they also say "it's all about the people", and those add up to "don't outsource recruiting".
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"but the real acceleration will usually be found by networking with your customers and users instead".

Amen. Regardless of whether or not your startup is participating in an accelerator/incubator, you need to be networking constantly and always have a pulse on your customers.
It's cute, but isn't it just showing the same text over and over again?
Right now we're focusing more on middle school–level math -- we're adding literally hundreds of new exercises in the topics that we are working on but haven't yet had time to work on calculus and beyond.
Actually, most woodworking books are made from wood.
The 100 hours really surprised me. The rules are different for each round, but least for my team in the second round we have not had to spent that much time on it. We probably spent no more than 30 hours and that is generous. However I guess it depends on the type of company and the kind of expenses.

Overall I have found people's perspective on the program depend entirely on assumptions and expectations before they arrive. If you expect a suitcase of cash when you land, if you expect all the processes to be pre-arranged, if you expect to never have to deal with any bureaucracy, you will be in for a surprise. If you expect lots of opportunities to network and get connections, if you expect that the government will throw the odd curve-ball now and then, then SUP will be what you expect.
Never happened here either. And I frequently use vim to edit Geonames data sets.

I just opened allCountries.txt[1] in ~36 seconds on my MBA and vim scrolls through the file smoothly. 8 256 007 lines taking up 960MB.

[1] http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/allCountries.zip
See I don't know about that.

There seems to be this massive appetite right now for stock Android devices because of the pretty woeful update policies of the OEMs.

It just seems like RIM would have a lot of success having a stock Android + the fancy BB10 keyboard. And then gradually drip feeding new BB only apps.
Would also be interested in knowing this. Currently have the 8GB ordered instead.
The benefit of using email client is that you get to keep copies of your emails and delete them from servers, so that when your Gmail account is hacked, you don't lose anything important.
The worst case scenario seemed to include that, it was $9B if they simply flushed the remainder. But it does remain to be seen where they will end up.

I'm curious though where is the story here? Is it that some bank made a trade they lost money on? Is it the ratio of income to trades? Is it just that 2, 6, 10 billion dollars still seems like a lot?

I understand that JPMorgan can lose credibility, and that credibility gap will lose it customers, but from an economic stand point they are simply meters on the money flow rather than the money itself. So I don't get how their poor planning actualizes in the economy itself.
You have to search, "Google Chrome" and it's the last result (of 25).

At least when searching through App Store on the iPhone.
I invested when they were around $11, thinking the patent, bbm, enterprise management crossplatform, M&A, and residual sales in third world markets would be worth something, and that the market had overreacted.

IMO there's a difference between good companies and good stocks in the public market. A cheap price on an ok company can be a good investment; a high price on a good or great company can be a mediocre investment. Kind of the opposite of startups or other illiquid private investments (which largely have a binary outcome).

I'm starting to think they'll go out at $8-12 though.
Feynman: The pleasure of finding things out (video of the entire session)
Google Compute Engine, MapR run TeraSort in fastest and cheapest deployment ever
Git's first class objects are objects, which you can see on disk: `find .git/objects -type f | head`. These objects represent one of three things: blobs, trees, and commits, wherein a commit is one or more trees, and a tree is one or more blobs and trees.

The statement I quoted when I mentioned changesets was talking about copying files between the working directory and the index, which is certainly not the case. What gets added to the index is the collection of trees and blobs that will make up the next commit when it is created. I mean changeset to be the collection of trees and blobs that will make up the commit. There is no "copying" of files here.
The Android hardware business is a horrible business for all but a few of the manufacturers.

I don't see what the benefit for them would to compete in the hardware business when they can deliver their software on top of 95% of all smart phones instead.
Two questions:

1. Is it scriptable?
2. Does it have macros?

These are honest questions. The website did not mention anything at first glance. But without those, I would not consider it a serious text editor.

On the other hand, it not being cross platform makes it pretty much unusable for me.
very nice game! smooth ui.
Agreed, I worked at RIM in 2007 and the writing was on the wall even then. I don't know what it is, but it just seems like no Canadian company is able to sustain itself at the next level.
This is not MapReduce though, rather an execution engine specialized for data analysis: http://research.google.com/pubs/pub36632.html
I think those proprietary, enterprise features are massively overstated. Push email isn't so new now, and iOS and Android are quickly closing the gap on enterprise features, including device management, remote wipe, VPN etc.

Just like Microsoft, BlackBerry has and will continue to have lots of loyal customers. That's not enough to grow a company, though, and having started out in the consumer market, Android and iOS now have a huge advantage in the enterprise since employees are asking to bring their own device to work.
just tried to install and it looks like the app has been removed? anyone that could confirm?
everything2 is weird like that. Ignore the links. They are a semantic graph pointer, not hypertext.
It's a long life in the small Valley
I agree with the author, but not for the same reason they mentioned. Currently, the biggest problem in mobile is discovery. If you're not in the top 25 for your category, its difficult to gain enough organic traffic to build a sustainable business on. Companies much larger than you are buying out all the paid inventory. As a startup, you'll be doubly hurt because no one will know who you are. So you have all the problems of sustaining as a brand on the web plus the added disadvantage of surviving on a platform where discovery is inherently broken.

So unless you think long and hard about how to solve distribution and come up with some interesting hacks, you're at a large disadvantage from day 0.
I've not been surprised that they have been on a downward slope, but this just seems to be the financial equivalent to a vertical nose dive.

Its the speed and acceleration of the decline that just seems to boggle; between RIM and Nokia, its hard to fathom how either former juggernaut could implode with almost Shakespearean-scale tragedy.
Thanks for your interest.
- Free account is for anyone who wants a simple but quick validation. With no ads, it still works better than Launchrock. With a time limit, I hope people will start paying once they see the value of the product.
- Paid account is for people who want a more customized look and are little more serious about their ideas. It is still 5-6 times cheaper than Unbounce.
- When I feel it makes sense, I will have premium accounts for people who just want to get the complete setup done for them (sort of consulting service element to it)

Do you have any feedback on the price points?
Don't take it personally, I love Smalltalk.

I've only used Smalltalk/V during university, back in 1995, if memory serves me right.

I've seen integration problems migrating code between implementations, lack of proper support for source control specially in distributed teams, lack of integration with the operating system for desktop applications.

I know that many of these problems have been solved in newer implementations, but maybe now it is too late.
Even during the co-CEO period.
It depends on the round, but I'd say overall the US sends the most number of people in absolute terms, but they are not the majority by any stretch. There is a good number of Canadians, Europeans and Indians too. In my round there was a strong contingent from Brazil. Also there are a fair number of 'internationals' - people who have spent years living outside of their home country. Its a broad mix of people with all sorts of backgrounds.