skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
First of all, fantastic post. This really highlights an increasing problem in which product developers are focused more on product usage analytics than they are each user's personal experience with the product.

I think there is another way of looking at your Phase 2 though. Your goal is to make your product so good that you can't imagine using anything else. If your product is really that good, I'm not sure that consistent reinforcement is actually necessary. Rather, your product should be so good that users stop using it consciously.

I think one of the best examples of this is Google's search engine. The product itself is so good, and has proved itself so consistently over the years, that most people don't think of using anything else for search. In fact, most people don't think of "searching" at all. I can't count the number of times that I end up on a Google search results page, not realizing that I had gone through the mental thought process of "I need to search for something. I'm going to go to Google, execute a search query, and find what I'm looking for in the results."

Going from thought to results without any significant reinforcements from the product (other than it simply being a great product) is in my opinion, the true sign of a user experience done right.
If you want to see tractor-beauty, also check out the Panasonic Let's Note (some of which are sold in the U.S. as "business-rugged" Toughbooks) line.
Traditional Enterprise IT doesn’t understand the future of work.
I like his conclusions, but I find it is easier to learn those little details that make up the bigger whole and "learn the idea" by that very diving in. See: http://deliberate-software.com/learn-that-new-programming-la...
Google's failed ideas: timeline of axed projects
Great study! As someone who's studied the subject of affecting mass behavior quite heavily (http://massbehavior.weebly.com/), I completely agree with your analysis. This is also in line with the advice of great marketers from throughout history!

For people who are interested in more of the details for his Phase 1, I highly recommend Why Headlines Fail from Psychotactics: http://www.psychotactics.com/psychoheadlines.pdf

For those of you who think this is morally sketchy: don't. The ends can certainly be immoral (if you're persuading someone to do something that will hurt them), but the methods are neutral. I could write an essay on this (and am working on one), but this answer basically stems from modern neuroscience and the history of persuasion.
Lost me at "The UI is very well designed..."
I've started writing Clojure code for production at Chartboost, and I'm absolutely loving the language. However, its basis on the JVM is a major downer. I decided to go with it over other lisps due to the practicality of the massive standard library, plus some neat language features.

How does Racket compare?

- Specifically, is the standard library + the stuff available through the PlaneT package manager enough to get by with? How's the community? IRC channel, documentations, etc.?

- How does the language compare when it comes to Clojure's neat features? Atoms, keywords, native syntax for vectors or hashes…

Edit: I also forgot to ask: how's performance? It's a compiled language, right?
That's a lot like my own experience: http://manuel.kiessling.net/2012/08/04/a-year-of-go/
So what's the percentage where it's acceptable to be truly annoyed at Visa?
Meh, I doubt it. Vendors can complain all they want but the average consumer is sure as hell not going to switch to linux. And if they wanted to switch to OSX then they probably have already bought a Mac.

Everyone else wants Windows because they are used to it and it runs all their programs.
>I have been wondering for years if Microsoft is ever going to drop the hammer and get some control on their software distribution by designing hardware with the intention of allowing the software to run as intended.

But they did not have to decide to make their own hardware: they could have imposed controls on bloatware as a condition of OEM's licensing Windows.
WebRTC will probably make many hosted video-chat systems obsolete. Why would would I need to pay TokBox's fees when I could just whip up my own WebRTC video server and host it from my own website or directly off my cable modem?
Fraud Ring In Hacking Attack On 60 Banks
Two chatbots having a conversation
Original: http://9to5mac.com/2012/08/07/upcoming-ios-6-is-scalable-to-...
> I find the prospect of Apple or Microsoft having veto power over how I use "my" computer extremely worrying.

This is because we expect "computers" to do so many things. When their area of responsibility shrinks to more trivial tasks, like only browsing or running simple apps, the limitations become less of an issue.

There will always be a need for a "development" caliber platform where you can do whatever, install anything, build whatever you want.

It's just that for 90% of the people out there, they don't need or want this. While I find it amusing that grandma's new MacBook Air comes with a C compiler, bash, and Perl, this really isn't something she's ever going to find a use for and would hardly notice if it was absent. For the 10% of the market that does care, perhaps they need a different sort of product. The two markets are destined to split.
IIRC seamonkey is a rewrite of the netscape communicator codebase. The seamonkey code was what firefox grew out of (firefox itself was not a rewrite, just a refactoring).
It's talked about in the post - that's the domain of growth hacking and there is plenty of resources for that out there (see patio11 to start). The area of retention (which is one way you could look at this 'behaviour hacking') is one that is often ignored and one could say it's even more important than acquisition.

Great post.
Doesn't someone who can do 10x-20x the work of an average employee deserve a bit of an ego boost from time to time?

And that's if the "average" employee can do the work at all.

I've pulled so many "average" developers' nether regions out of the fire when they've gotten stuck that I've lost count. I don't care what term is used, but it's nice when the term actually describes the discrepancy between my performance and most developers.

Ninja-rockstar will do nicely, thank you. ;p

Seriously, though, MANY high-end developers in the start-up space are probably on the 10x-20x end of the spectrum. At least at the successful start-ups.

I'm sure there are exceptions for when the start-up is more about pushing data around in a mundane but novel way, and where the primary business value is NOT technically challenging. But even in those cases when the company scales it often has a problem, because the developers haven't done things optimally, and once you're already having scaling issues it's really hard to rearchitect everything to work better without messing up the existing site. YMMV.
There is a picture from the MAHLI:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=4282
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Not really, though there is a natural relationship between partitioning functions and space-filling curves.
that, and the fact that since June 11th 2012, the next batch of visas do not entitle you to work in the US until October 2013.
Looking for marketing guru / designer to help repair the world. (YC W12)
We're out to repair the world, one iOS device at a time.

We started on a college campus repairing iPhones 2 years ago and now have over 270 locations in 8 countries. We are all Apple enthusiasts and love their products and are out to help repair people's worlds. We have an incredible team of 10 people in Redwood City and are looking to add a talented and equally awesome designer / marketing guru to our ranks (that is fun to be with). We have two full time designers shredding it in InDesign and Illustrator and we can't get enough. We would love another full time designer! Our (incredible) office is on the bay in Redwood Shores (next to our 30' sailboat of course) and our we would love to meet someone who could grow with us as a company and do the best work in their lives while having the best time of their lives.

We're looking for someone with consumer marketing experience that can thrive both online and offline with their marketing material they create. If you have a designer's eye and impeccable UI and UX talents, we would love to talk to you. Retail packaging design is a +, Web Development work or coding a huge ++. We're really looking forward to adding another member to our core team and family. We take care of all employees and provide the full stack of amenities to make your life better. Catered food, resort gym membership, retreats, bonuses, unlimited energy drinks/coffee, benefits- Heck, we will even give you a sweet bedroom in our house down the street from the office if you want it.

If you're interested in getting on board with a company growing like crazy and changing the face of the repair industry, send us your portfolio and resume. We would love to talk and meet with you ASAP.

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-The iCracked Team
Well one difference is that patents only have a lifespan of what 20 years or so? Most of the basic tech in a car that was patented in the 1900's is free to be used and improved upon. Is new stuff patented and licensed? Yes, absolutely it is.

Notice how Toyota partnered with Tesla motors to build an EV SUV? Or what about how Ford licensed Toyota's hybrid technology back in 2004? Patents and licensing.

Given that the automotive industry is much older than the computer industry, they've likely learned the value in licensing technology where it makes sense. Nobody would claim or confuse a Ford Fusion Hybrid with a Toyota Prius.

Also, Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, etc. all by now have fairly distinct branding and styles, so you don't see as much where the new Ford sedan looks just like the new Chevy sedan in hopes of selling more vehicles.

Samsung seems to have made a real effort to look and sell as if they're selling iPhones and iPads. That is why they're in trouble. Notice that Apple didn't sue Blackberry for the the Storm or the Torch looking the same as the iPhone.
We're talking about software. If what you're doing is easy, you're doing it wrong; automate it and shatter the earth under the competition that's still doing it by hand. There are always opportunities for earth-shattering engineering in software.
Seems like you're based in the US? can you elaborate on how you got this off the ground and how you overcame the problems of managing it remotely?
Also, where is the capital coming from?

And a well deserved congratulations to you!
Only reason I can see for this vertical stretch is to add more battery to power a 4G device. Yes, it's more pixels, and a lot people want more pixels, but aspect ratio was a deep design choice made many moons ago by Jobs.

In the background, I see engineering getting a bit more clout under the industrial engineer CEO. And I wonder if culturally the institution is asking itself if perhaps nature truly cannot be pitched, bullied, or cajoled into what cannot be done. Cancer will do that to a family.

http://www.zdnet.com/iphone-5-rumor-roundup-7000002138/
Well, if you have AWS linked to your amazon account I would imagine this could be disastrous...
Understatement. A good fraction of the pl dudes there work on racket, and they have One of the largest active pl groups in the us if not the planet
At work I'm always "learning" things so that I can build something. I too was learning Ruby at one point, and it started off as an exercise in learning a new programming language. Trying new things little by little, by the time I got around to working on something real I found out I had a pretty good grasp on the language. This is a different experience than what I'm going through right now. There is more of a rush to learn something new so I can accomplish a task, to complete a project not to gain understanding.
Cara Mengobati Diabetes Mellitus
Cara Mengobati Diabetes Mellitus,– Ace maxs adalah minuman kesehatan produk terbaru kami yang memadukan antara kulit manggis dan daun sirsak. Diolah dengan teknologi terkini dan dikendalikan oleh tangan-tangan terampil dari disiplin ilmu, seperti ilmu gizi, kesehatan dan teknologi makanan-minuman, sangat tepat menjadi produk herbal pilihan untuk kesehatan Anda dan keluarga.
Khasiat ekstrak daun sirsak di dalam pengobatan diabetes mellitus secara alami ACE MAXS mengandung senyawa penting, seperti fruktosa, lemak, protein, kalsium, fosfor, besi, vitamin A, dan Vitamin B, kemudian senyawa golongan tanin, fitosterol, dan alkaloida, serta asetogenin yang sangat berperan aktif dalam mengatasi diabetes.
Mulyadi menjelaskan, beberapa penelitian medis memang mulai berhasil mengungkapkan mekanisme kerja antidiabetes dari ekstrak daun sirsak tersebut. Lewat percobaan pada tikus, terungkap bahwa ekstrak daun sirsak dapat memperbaiki fungsi sel beta pankreas yang berfungsi memproduksi insulin.
Selain itu khasiat ekstrak kulit manggis sebagai pengobatan diabetes mellitus secara alami dibuktikan dengan penelitian terkini yang di ungkapkan Dr Templeman, dia yakin dengan hasil klinis bahwa xanthones (antioksidan ampuh yang ditemukan di pericarp dari manggis) bertindak untuk mengurangi resistensi insulin, yang rusak dalam diabetes tipe 2. Selain itu, Jerman memperlakukan neuropati perifer dengan antioksidan, dan semua menuju untuk komplikasi penderita diabetes akibat kerusakan radikal bebas. Oleh karena itu, masuk akal untuk menyimpulkan bahwa kekuatan antioksidan manggis juga terlihat dalam hasil yang telah dilaporkan sebagai penumpas diabetes melitus.
Am I the only one who sees most of my Friends on Facebook filling out junk information. I have two kids, a wife, and no sibling on Facebook, but in reality those are just acquaintances, I have lots of siblings, but no wife, nor kids. Most of the people I interact with on Facebook do something similar. Fake occupations, etc. etc.
How would they be any better than current "effective security" badges? People see "Verified by VeriSign" and "TRUSTe" all the time, I don't think they'd treat a new one any better.
This change is only slightly better than the previous implementation. What we (and most I know) need is per-repo settings. Our organization has nearly 20 repos.
SO would not need a password generated. It would only require that you be authenticated with your Google account.

Two-factor is a pain on iOS devices where every Google app needs it's own unique password and frequently need a new one for every update. Android is a completely different story though and adds almost zero overhead.
I don't think it's fair to compare DirectX and optimized OpenGL. After they optimized OpenGL implementation on Windows they got: 315/303 = 1.04. That is 4%.
Go out, talk to your users
There is a mandatory amount of self-derision to be used with that kind of term, I agree.

Stars can really boost a team morale if they have the right amount of ego.
And the death of the word 'hacker' continues...
A reminder to my fellow Australians that E-3 visas are relatively easy to get:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-3_visa
The Touch-point Collective: Crowd Contouring on the Casino Floor
Is not joining Facebook a sign you're a psychopath?
Relevent to this link is a line from PG's "Acceleration of Addictiveness" (http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html)

"We'll increasingly be defined by what we say no to."
The beginning of a startup is as uncertain as the moment that precedes the war
FParsec's OperatorPrecedenceParser component[1] does support adding (and removing) operators to the expression grammar at runtime.

[1] http://www.quanttec.com/fparsec/reference/operatorprecedence...
An open solution for transit directions in iOS 6 - OpenTripPlanner
First mover advantage is pretty huge. Net effects are significant.
The security questions business is hard, too.

Many sites use things which are public information (mother's maiden name) but even question's like "Where were you on this important date?" or "what was your first car?" start to look pretty silly in the age of Facebook. Worse, a dropbox-loving facebooker who's checking his gmail account from his iPhone probably has enough information in many of those places to compromise the other accounts.
I have been thinking about doing something similar for quite sometime now. Specifically I wanted to build a browser extension that highlights only the important parts of agreement. And the important points will in turn be decided by the community of users with the system keeping track of different versions of agreements and data of interest in it.
How is it not feasible? Anything less would be underselling him/herself, which can also devalue others' work.
Riak 1.2 Officially Released
"[2] It’s not true for designers. I don’t know why, but the odds of finding a good one here is much higher than India."

Design is more about culture than engineering.

Design is a more hands on skill that requires contextual learning.

Design requires creativity better fostered by a Western education system than an Eastern one.

Design draws on a legacy of history and the history of the East is different from the history of the West.

Design requires a sense of humor and humor is different in every country.
The promise of the web was the democratization of publishing... anyone could do it, cutting out the middle-men. Now you tell us a "professional" has to be involved, no thanks.

As long as its readable I'm happy. I look at a lot of these professionally designed sites in the way you do this one, too much. I'd prefer the traditional black Times on a grey background.
Lessons from a successful Kickstarter campaign
if you have skills and work hard - you should be in a really great spot to find a cool job, start or join a cool startup.
Designer here. Good point about mobile styles! I got frustrated with the media queries and stopped short of fixing em, but as soon as Calvin pulls now he should have a more lenient header on small screens.

And you're right, he is a hat connoisseur.
If you are okay with an entry level role and wage for the first 1-2 years then you are on the right track. In fact that is one of the best ways to learn best practices is working alongside experienced developers. You'd be getting paid to learn! You're in the market with the highest demand for workers right now so fret not, keep on learning and you'll be fine.
What about the JVM is such a downer?
So it's basically the same security as adaptive authentication (aka challenge questions) but with the added annoyance and security flaws of using either SMS or an app.

With adaptive authentication, you basically add a series of heuristics based on the browser's request to calculate a number. A ratio applied to that number determines the likelihood that a user is the same as the one who has logged in before. If the ratio is not close enough, challenge questions are asked of the user to verify they are the real user.

The number is cached both on the server side and in the browser. As long as the number stays the same, and the heuristics of the browser's request stay the same, no additional challenge questions are asked upon logging in again. This also times out after a period of time, so eventually the user must be challenged again.

The difference between that and Google's method is the idea that the SMS and/or App are "something you have" instead of an additional "something you know". But since the challenge questions can be anything (including made-up information that is fake and nobody would ever guess - like a second password), there isn't the same risk as with losing a traditional password, and it isn't something an attacker can find out by social engineering or research.

As we've seen before, you can intercept SMS/voice two-factor auth, and Android malware is rampant. But the only way to get a challenge answer is to use lead pipe cryptography or intercept it at the computer - and once they have your computer it's game over. How secure your authentication is comes down to how you implement it.

I will stick with my trusty dumb physical token and challenge questions as that is the most difficult method to attack.
FYI the link to interviewstreet.com is not working.
I think that in particular it shows that they don't have their own internal security team trying to find a way in.

If you run a system on the scale of iCloud, and you don't crack it yourself, you can bet someone else will save you the trouble.
I bet a lot of people would use the same key to open all those places if it were actually a plausible option.

That said, physical keys are different enough that an analogy breaks down. They're much easier to circumvent (break a window), while their use by a thief is much more impractical (finding the lock and avoiding detection at the location). Criminals in possession of your physical keys will be local (or irrelevant) and limited in numbers. It's easy to get back in your house after a criminal has entered.
Chrome is experimenting with an OAuth flow but last I checked it isn't in stable yet.
But the actual thread they mention appears to be August 6: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt.hypertext/eCTkkOoW...
Why Dribbble is ruining art
Relevent to this link is the final line from PG's Essay "Acceleration of Addictiveness" (http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html):

"We'll increasingly be defined by what we say no to."
No; I know dozens of people, including myself, who do not have cell phones, and have no intention of getting one. I find this an extremely obnoxious assumption by Google (and others) -- it's not like we're luddites; it's frequently the programmers I know who are least willing to carry a cell phone.
In my experience if a candidate is willing to accept the pay level of a younger colleague (just because they have similar number of years of experience) then employers don't care much. However, if it's a strategic job opening to be filled by someone expected to build a full career, it'll be harder to sell yourself knowing that your first 15 years are already gone.
Two-factor authentication is by definition more annoying than regular authentication. The solution to security is not to add annoyance for users, who will simply hate your product, or disable two-factor.

The solution to security is to come up with better and innovative security solutions.

Imagine that you had a "log in with iPhone" button, like the common "log in with Facebook" buttons. It would send down a push notification to your iPhone that shows a dialog "Log in to hn.com? Yes | No." Pressing Yes uses fingerprint-sensing capability under the touchscreen to send anonymized[^1] biometric information to provider to authorize the login with.

You'd also get a smartphone app to generate temporary login keys for when you need to give a friend access to your account, and get a 32-byte "master" key that can be used to unlock the account without biometric access.

[^1]: simply a HMAC / hash value using both the biometric data + the domain being authorized would deal with privacy concerns.
I think a good team has a balance of rock stars and junior devs. I don't find it usually the case that a rock star will do 10x the work of a junior dev. In fact they will often do less work - however the work they do is easily 10x or 100x smarter and better for the company long-term. Junior devs tend to work very hard but also can cause a lot of havoc if a someone is not helping to guide them. Many times in fact the work that junior devs do winds up being a mess that the senior has to fix or re-do entirely. Junior devs can also suck up a lot of time from the senior devs, so in fact they may at times be reducing productivity. On the positive side the junior guys tend to bring a lot of enthusiasm and fresh ideas. They keep the senior guys on their toes. And they will grow into senior devs, hopefully giving you a few years of solid work when they reach that point.

"rock star" status to me is somewhat based on age and experience. But in fact some rock stars are young and some mediocre devs are older. I think it has to do more with personality and motivation on the part of each individual.
There's an issue for that. https://github.com/unhosted/ToS-DR/issues/11