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It appears Etix licenses their platform kinda like Shopify does, but also uses it to power their own marketplace. It seems Louis CK is licensing it. It kinda make sense to use the software that's already been built rather than creating a custom solution, and I imagine this is something that seemed to work for him (or whoever manages his website).

I'm not sure how you expect to pay by credit card without using a payment processing gateway. Even if you paid by cash, the post office would be a middleman as you'd have to pay postage.

I assume by "cutting out the middleman" they mean the ticketing cartel otherwise known as Ticketmaster.
It sounds mean and dismissive, but it's a point that's been proven over and over again. Thanks for saying it.
I'm surprised there isn't a column for people who are reading Hacker News.

This guy for example:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=743264506
I guess it depends on how you look at it. I think the Kickstarter has done a lot to facilitate direct-to-consumer business models. Sure, Kickstarter is a tool used by creators to reach their audience, just like Gmail is a tool I use to communicate with my clients. Kickstarter and Gmail are both middle-men in a sense, but they certainly work with the direct-to-consumer model.

Louis CK seems particularly well suited for something like this because he seems to be content with the amount of money he has. He could do a lot to improve the entertainment industry by sharing his knowledge without necessarily building a business around it.
As per the text in the link he's had to play at "smaller" and "newer" venues who aren't locked into those contracts. This means he might have to play more shows at a particular venue if it's smaller.
My problem with it is that she's managing people and (apparently) expecting them to work similar hours like it's a perfectly normal thing to work 130 hours a week.

She's giving advice like "Grant employees one must-have freedom." Really? One whole freedom away from work?

And making statements like, "You can't have everything you want. But you can have the things that really matter to you. That empowers you to work really hard for a long period of time on something that you're passionate about." Gee, bummer, I was hoping to read a book or something, but I'm already getting to eat dinner, so I guess I can skip it.

I think it's utterly foolish for somebody to work 130 hours a week. I can't think of any good reason anybody should ever have to do that. But, if that's what they want, I'm okay with it because at the end of the day it's not any of my business. But trying to force others to do it is really not cool.
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How will Substance be an improvement on TeX/LaTeX? You can write content in LaTeX and use Pandoc to convert it to just about any other markup language. And it produces beautiful print proofs.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think that the actual ticket sales are the hard part with something like this. I think that building a network of venues, and producing and promoting your own tour are probably much more difficult. I think Louis CK could probably help a lot of people out without ever building any software or even offering a product.

EDIT: I definitely agree that etix gaining traction would be a great step in the right direction.
I just went into my "Other" messages on Facebook and found a bunch of rubbish I was never notified of.
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He's just playing different venues. For example, he'll be playing Symphony Hall in Boston, where they already do all their own ticketing, instead of the TD Bank North Garden, which uses TicketMaster.
Ask HN: place to get small jobs for a developer
Is there a go to place to get small jobs that are doable in a weekend or so. I found weekendhacker, but all the jobs there are posted essentially as an exchange of services, which is not something I'm interested. Is there something similar?
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"Is that also filed under doing less?"

Compared to writing concurrent code in C++... yes, absolutely. No question.
They need to have an answer to "The Social Enterprise" that SFDC is out marketing...
or this one http://www.facebook.com/gmcbay
Isn't that what Azure is all about? I don't know for sure. That's one of MSFT's classic flaws, too many options, too many platforms, too many ephemeral products.
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We did a charity concert at one of those venues.
Between ticketmaster's cut, and their $$$ mail you a ticket charge or the $$ print your own ticket fee and the tax that somehow we don't get back because we aren't a big enough charity

It would have been better to make it free and pass a hat around
Possibly.

But I think the key difference is that Ticketmaster, et al. aren't promoting this. So no-one is likely to even realize these events are occurring unless they've gone to, or were directed to, louisck.net.

So that leaves, most likely but not by no means certainly, only people who buy scalped tickets who should've known better.

And I can't imagine they'll find any sympathetic ears, or amount to a notable contingent compared to Louis fans who grok the pseudo-honor system play he's making and will be far more angry at the jilted scalped-ticket-buyer for having purchased from scalpers in the first place.
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Sounds like the Montessori approach. Teachers are trained to encourage you to learn things, rather than order you to do them.
I wonder if the will succeed where many others have failed.
For some reason I find this sentence rather amusing:

"Starting point: C, fix some obvious flaws, remove crud, add a few missing features."

From what I've seen, they've done some good things with this language, and looking backwards from today, it's clear that C is one of its ancestors.

Yet if I was given a blank sheet of paper with the same sentence, I would end up with a completely different language. In other words, this reads to me like shorthand for "Rob, that thing that's in your head, build that" (which is a perfectly legit thing to say -- I've said it myself).

It's like giving a bunch of people the requirement to fix the "obvious flaws" of automobiles, and someone draws a convertible, and someone draws an electric car, and someone draws a motorcycle, and still someone else draws a bus. Looking backward, you can see where it came from, but looking forward, nobody can predict where fixing someone else's obvious flaws might lead.

I kind of want to hold a contest where I take some ordinary thing that everybody uses but nobody loves, and have a bunch of people all design a new one that just fixes the "obvious flaws"!
Be careful about the funding claims. Australian public schools receive their funds from both state and federal governments. Private schools receive funds only from the federal government. Generally (always?) public schools receive more government funding than private schools, but splitting of their income source may mean that they receive less from a single government source than a private school.
Ask HN:  Can a Room Be Found For Under $700 Near Mountain View?
I fly out to Mountain View for an interview on Wednesday (interview is on Thursday). I have been researching housing options in the area, and prices are all over the place. The company I am interviewing with is a startup. If I end up out in Mountain View, it's to spend the majority of my time helping to build this company. I pretty much only need a place to keep my essentials and to sleep. Would I realistically be able to find a room (not a full apartment) somewhere near Mountain View for under $700/month?
Knowing that might not be allowed in reduces the chance that you will buy a scalped ticket, which increases the risk for the scalper, which decreases their profit margin - which means they will pre-buy fewer tickets.

Otherwise it's going to be instantly sold out by scripted bots.
Yeah, but you can't take a machete to school and build a campfire on the playground, nor can you go on vacation for a few days and leave your kids to wander around downtown LA with only a machete and some matches.
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How Bank of America quietly steals your money
TL;DR. Bank of America charged me a “Monthly Maintenance Fee” of $12.00 on my checking (debit) account twice during last year, even though my monthly balance was never below the required minimum to avoid such fees. Both times they reversed the fee, after I called, explaining that it was a software error. Except after it happened the second time, I don’t believe them. If you are BoA customer with a checking account, it’s a good idea to check if you have been charged similar fees as well.

At the end of the day today I went to my BoA checking account to see the balance. Right away, I noticed “Monthly Maintenance Fee” of $12.00 charged last Friday. I have been BoA customer for many years (actually I was a Fleet bank customer since late 1990s, and then became a BoA customer when Fleet got purchased by BoA). I know the rules about what to do to avoid the maintenance service fees. Some time last year, when examining my online statement, I found a $12.00 service fee applied for no reason. I called their customer service, had them apologize for the mistake and the fee reversed. Back then I decided it was indeed some sort of a software glitch, as they explained, which BoA, being a big bank with millions of customers like me, will soon fix. I almost forgot about the case when I had exactly the same fee happening again today, over six months after the original case. They of course claim they will investigate (just like they did last time) but this time I have all reasons to believe it’s not an error which was unknown to them.

Their plan is simple: how many of us have time to examine hundreds of transactions most of us have every month listed on a statement, and notice a small $12 fee? Those few who, like me, notice a wrong fee and call, do get it reversed. The rest of us get charged the “maintenance fee” - for no reason. Nice plan, isn’t it? And they can always blame the software, and promise to investigate.

How many millions of dollars they wrongfully charged over the last year (as I explained earlier, this happened to me first over six months ago), only Bank of America knows. But it does know. They have tens of millions customers with checking accounts, and I refuse to believe I am the only one who had been charged like this and called.

So, if you happen to be their client with a checking account, maintaining your monthly balance above the required minimum (it varies state by state) it’s a good idea to search for such transactions. As far as I am concerned, I am closing all of my BoA accounts as soon as I technically can. They lost all of my trust, and I refuse to deal with a bank like this.
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His claim as I understood it is that the fundamental building blocks should not be types (what something is), but functional capabilities (what something can do). Type abstractions are fundamentally hierarchical (from an abstraction to multiple concrete versions), whereas capabilities are fundamentally about composition (I can do A, B and C).
If by entitled you mean enslaved, sure.

Americans are being boiled alive in the giant nanny state, and are treating their own children like the government treats them, no coincidence. Adults now rarely possess the virtues that are being questioned about the children, and that's where it stems from. Self reliance? Independence? Who needs it, the state or mommy & daddy will take care of whatever is wrong. It's the gimme gimme gimme generation, they want their cake and they want to eat it too.

Boomers were the worst generation of parents (so far) in American history. And so it passes down.

Fortunately, it's all burning to the ground and will be forced to change. Nature doesn't allow such absurdities to exist for long.
As kids we learned from that that resorting to violence is an instant loss of the fight, since even the adult would admit it. Not the worst lesson to teach, I believe.
It's kinda scary to see your own facebook profile being posted on HN out of nowhere... =\
And parents need to learn to deal with things like their kids complaining.
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"We have no so called black boxes to covertly monitor traffic and/or pass traffic monitoring to the authorities or anyone else. Obviously the law is such that we may have to add such black boxes, but we would resist as far as possible. We may even find we are not allowed to change this web page if ever that happens. However, I, as director, am happy to answer direct questions on this matter on irc (user RevK) or on usenet and you can get paranoid if I refuse to." -- http://aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html
Does anyone know if it's hard for venues to fill out their inventory?

Is there a market for a self-service platform the brings together performers and venues?
My thoughts on SUP after 4 months.

Start-Up Chile is great for early stage start-ups. But, if you are already receiving traction and trying to land investments, I would recommend being located closest to your domestic market.

For our company, Student Loan Hero, it made a bunch of sense, we were able to pivot our business model from the beginning without feeling rushed to pursue a bad business model, as opposed to the feeling I think I would have in a 3 month incubator.

I do recommend each member that comes to Chile have at least $5-$10k USD each. (This is excluding flights and the costs of getting to Chile) This should cover your rent deposit, and float your cash flow until the reimbursement starts to hit. (Typically in month 2 after arrival)

As for mentorship, this has been the weakest part of the program. Young entrepreneurs need experienced veterans when solving business model roadblocks. SUP is actively working to bring more investors, mentors, and support from all over the world here to help improve this situation.

Although, there are plenty of brilliant people in the program who are willing to help you as well. It is what you make it, and you need to hustle. There is little accountability and pressure to show results, hence leaving you in ultimate control of what you get done in your 6 or 7 months here.

One really positive comment about the program is it like a "family". I can't speak about YC, MassChallenge, or other incubators, but all the SUP companies are in this together versus being competitors to each other. This atmosphere fosters positive collaboration between our start-ups, and I know I can go to any other company in the program and ask for help.

As for the environment, SF and NY are much better for meet-ups and meeting like-minded people, but surprisingly a decent tech scene is also developing here.

My experience has had it's ups and downs, but overall I have learned a lot, met amazing people, and given the chance again - I would still have decided to come to Chile.

To sum it up... You get $40k at 0% equity. The rest is up to you.
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I wonder if there is a list of other sites like this?
There are several of those languages too, but they suffer from the opposite problem: not enough differentiation to overcome the inertia, tool support, and installed base of C.

The most developed attempt that comes to mind is Cyclone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_(programming_language).
It's wonderful that your anecdotes had such great parents that they spanked responsibly, but it's not the norm. Let's not kid ourselves: any physical act that sends a message more effectively than well-considered words is violent. I don't trust the average person to use violence responsibly.
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No, they hid my previously viewable external email address and replaced it with their own.

Facebook literally tried to hijack communications intended for me.
> I have not talked to anyone who has been spanked, and who thought it was traumatic or equivalent to violence in any way.

That the abused don't feel abused doesn't mean they aren't being abused. It just means they're rationalizing or denying; this is common among all kinds of abuse victims and is thus not a measure of whether something is or isn't abuse. Hitting someone at all is abuse, regardless of their age.

> From this, I suspect that most people who object to spanking have either never been spanked (and assume it would be tramatic), or have parents who thought 'discipline' was an acceptable excuse for abuse.

I think you suspect wrong. People who object to violence are objecting to violence because they've reasoned out that it's wrong rather than accept what they were taught is acceptable violence from tradition as you seem to have.

> If, by being disciplined while I am a young child, I can learn to behave as a civilized member of the human race, I think this is a very good end that does justify the means.

And that's faulty reasoning. Lots of things that aren't OK work, that doesn't make them any more acceptable. The question isn't whether it works, the question is is violence the best option, and the answer is no; there is always a better non-violent method of teaching said lesson.

> However, please do not make the mistake of assuming that smacking must be abusive or violent

Hitting someone, regardless of whether it leaves permanent marks, is violent.

> a short sharp smack is an effective tool that doesn't need to be abusive.

Whether a technique is effective or not has no relevance on whether it's wrong or not. By your reasoning, not feeding my kids for a few days (which won't do any permanent damage) is OK as a form of punishment if it works.

Hitting your child is no less wrong than hitting your spouse. You are engaging in rationalization, not logic.

> However, please do not make the mistake of assuming that smacking must be abusive or violent

Hitting someone is violent by definition. There is no assumption involved, it is violence. This is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of fact. You may be of the opinion that sometimes violence (spanking) is OK, but you are not allowed your own facts.
This is good for a lot of ignorant users who don't know they're displaying their real email to the world.
> this whole don't hit your kids movement is an epidemic

I think it is a part of the "pay attention to science" epidemic, like stopping smoking, and taking lead out of petrol.
"only people who buy scalped tickets who should've known better"

I'm under the impression that you can still resell tickets, but not for over face value. So people are still going to see tickets for sale on sites other than louisck.net. And those who check his site and see SOLD OUT will probably head out pretty quickly instead of sitting around to read the terms of sale.

A consumer seeing tickets on a third party site, checking Louie's site and seeing "sold out" then search again on third party sites seems very plausible.

Surely some transactions will get through on third party sites before his people can get it taken down. And a no-sympathy approach towards those buyers would be a terrible move.
Turing did exactly what he should have done in a fair and just society. He told the police the truth of the situation. It was the governments actions, not his, that should be condemned.
> spanked responsibly

There is no such thing. Responsible parents don't hit their children, they outsmart them.
We really have forgotten that a pile of computer paper and a box of crayons can keep kids entertained for hours.

(Are we still allowed to give kids computer paper, or do they now sell special paper with rubber edges to prevent paper cuts?)
That's because you're being redirected back to your profile since the URL the parent posted is incorrect.
I wonder how Linux users are profiled.
Very cool. Pearl Jam tried this in the 90's but didn't have the stomach for it. Let's see if Louis has better luck.
Looks like an awesome project, but I think if it had plugins for more types of code that would be much more valuable. When building websites, I don't just use HTML, JS, and CSS, there are many other languages to consider...

A lot of cool ideas here though.
Just to set any minds at ease after the initial shock:

The link I posted is just a generic bad id link that ends up redirecting to your own Facebook profile if you are currently logged into Facebook. Anyone logged into Facebook will see their own profile.

The link joering2 posted OTOH is actually to my Facebook profile. But:

A) I don't really care (anything I put on my Facebook profile is assumed to be 1000% publically available information anyway).

B) Turnabout is fair play
"inexcusable"? Your sense of entitlement is underwhelming.
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Maybe she threatened to leave if they didn't give her a seat on the board, now that she's got the billion in stock.
It's not the same argument. Worse is better is about whether it's more important to have a simple implementation (Unix/C/NJ style), or a simple interface (MIT style).

This post is arguing about whether it's important to have a lot of features in a language, or whether fewer features is more powerful.

C++ has a complicated interface and a complicated implementation. So it's neither NJ or MIT style.

My perception is that Go has a simple interface but relatively complicated implementation (relative to C). It's actually closer to MIT style, despite having the Bell Labs/NJ heritage. Examples: garbage collection, segmented stacks, and goroutine scheduling. Not saying that's good or bad, but the "guts" aren't exposed as much as in C. Unix and C let all the implementation details poke out. They have simple implementations but complicated interfaces.

I guess garbage collection should be the canonical example of an MIT style feature. The interface is much simpler, but the implementation is extremely complex. And it does poke through that abstraction boundary and bite you.
Several omissions in this article, for example compared to oil, uranium is available from more stable trading partners with huge reserves (Australia).
In theory, they can serve most of the state:
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but in practice, DSL distance limits apply.
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It's meant to be very strict about semantics (LaTeX actually isn't - it has a lot of style-related commands), and it will be extensible (so you can add your own content types). It's based based on a JSON document model that is describing a series of operations that can be used to reconstruct any document state and also enabling realtime collaboration. Authoring will take place in WYSIWYG-fashion. By having a real data-representation of the document, it can be turned into anything (e.g. LaTeX, PDF, HTML).

We use Pandoc to support a variety of output formats already.

E.g. goto: http://substance.io/michael/data-js and open the export dialogue.

However, we're working on a new architecture (https://github.com/substance/architecture) because we don't want to treat the symptoms of the current implementation and instead fix the problems we've identified at heart.
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