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"We've always been at war with third-party clients."

Twitter needs to shit or get off the pot. Either they want a nice big ecosystem and they make money by leveraging their ridiculous amount of 3rd-party traffic, or they listen to the biz dev guys with their nice haircuts and just force all traffic through their official points. It's so wishy-washy, with the Tweetbot Alpha token pull, and this it's very clear they're saying this is the new way but through so many layers of subtext it's like reading a management presentation on blue-sky thinking.
Yea, it actually remembers me of eBay... Awfully run, but still successful.

It pains me to watch something like that though...
Or even an entrepreneur.

I am sure most people with an interest in programming that have founded a company recently have spent time doing tasks that fall under the growth hacker skill set.

In fact, you could say that if you don't carry out these marketing measures then you are an out of date marketer
I'm no one for going up that early. I have to do that from time to time because of our kids waking us up, but I would prefer to sleep until 8am, maybe 9am.

I can't start working before 10 or 11 am. I like it to work late though, I still get something done around 9-11pm.
You don't need to insert money in order to be able to get money from the flattr system.
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In the past, most of the people didn't spend time watching TV while eating junk food.

And yes, I do count calories. I'm committed to staying fit, and counting is not an option.
Thanks Adam. A bit wrong on my part to link it inappropriately. Changed !
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Ask HN: Co-Founder Issue
Throwaway account for obvious reasons.

Background: A friend & I started a company 2 years ago, we agreed that he would be passive and would invest $100k and own 40% of the business and that I would be the active partner working on the business and owning the remaining 60%.

We currently have the opportunity to sell the business for $500k. I was wondering how should the proceeds be distributed?

1. $500k split 60:40 i.e. $300 to me & $200 to him. OR 2. Repay his $100k and then 60:40 i.e. $240k to me & $260 to him ($100k + 40% of ($400k))

I feel that in exchange for his $100k I have put in time for 2 years, and so scenario 1 is the right way to go. He feels that his money should be treated like a company loan and repaid first.

What do you all think? Appreciate any thoughts.
>switch the link out for the fallback when you press your hypothetical pause button //

I think this interferes too much. An icon indicating that the site is having problems and a second link to a cache would, IMO, be preferable. Such caches in my country are almost certainly copyright infringing if used to redirect users away from the original source - with this modified solution the user chooses. TBH it's probably still strictly a copyright infringement but the situation looks more ethical.

Of course we know that HN won't implement something like this.
Thats a Founders Signature edition. It's a double whammy for limited editionness and can't be purchased by the general public. Even the straight Sig's are sold out (there were only 1200 allocated to North America).

The regular production model that this is based on is the Model S Performance. It's identical, except it has different color and interior options (because its not limited edition). That runs ~$85k after the Federal Rebate, which makes it cheaper than the BMW M5 (a similar competitor in terms of performance, if not practicality).

The standard MS85 (the big battery) clocks in at ~$69,900 and is a bit slower than the MSP, but still as fast as a 550i GT, which is basically the same price and a similar car in terms of features.

There are cheaper options, but most buyers will be paying $60k and up for the MS60 (few seem to be interested in the MS40) so I can see how that can generate some sticker shock.

But hundreds of thousands of cars in this price range get sold in the U.S. every year and the Model S is a bargain in that segment, both in terms of its MSRP and especially in terms of its 5 year total cost of ownership.

This is not the Leaf that costs twice as much as its competitors. Model S easily will save its owners $10k+ over 5 years (and likely much more). The Model S is much closer to a $40,000 car in terms of how much money you actually have to have available to pay the monthly payment, insurance, taxes, gas and maintenance.
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I get emails from a company which have as a fallback to table based images (but not pixel cells, they're block renderings), PizzaExpress IIRC.
"It's easy once you know the answer"

Well, of course it is...
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Like many students, I studied at a modest university with what I was told was a good CS programme.

It turns out that the reason it's good is because it teaches students how to become the next batch of Java and PHP developers for local businesses. The actual CS content was minimal and bizarrely a lot of classes from the "CS school" were out of bounds to my CS degree, because learning XML was more important than Discrete Math.

I spent half a year studying at a top 5 university and the difference was overwhelming. The facilities weren't much better, but the lecturers were far more helpful and the content was not watered down. Perhaps it was because it was a Masters programme, but the lecturers were happy to help, even when you were hopelessly stuck. Sadly due to money reasons I couldn't stay, but I'll definitely return to get my Masters when I finish at my current job.

It still amazes me that a lot of students don't opt to take internships during the summer. I worked for eight weeks after each academic year and everything I picked up was invaluable. The best part about it was learning what you were good at and what you sucked at. It taught me languages I'd never learn at university and it taught me exactly what is expected of a developer in the real world. Most importantly, I was employable right off the bat. My degree almost didn't matter because the skills I had gained through these groups of eight weeks were what got me my job.

I appreciate that you are constrained in what you can do, but I do feel that a practical approach to CS and general trade Computing is less than perfect in an academic setting. If possible, would you be able to highlight the exact problems you faced when trying the typical theoretical route?
I think pinch to zoom is pretty innovative and someone should get credit for coming up with that idea. Without it, I bet we'd see the classic magnifying glass in the bottom corner of every screen to zoom.

Simple does not mean obvious. UX designers need to protect their work and creativity.
Well, yeah, but where would anyone ever find something like that?!?!
So using the term "growth hacking" rather than "marketing" is marketing?
I'd be interested. @apparentsoft on Twitter or app.net.
Credit - yes. A pat on the back and maybe a nice statue somewhere.

A 25 year monopoly with legally-enforceable rent? No.
If you're the UX designer who came up with the human hand, by all means, patent away.
Compare this with the culture prevalent in web development.

People sharing every improvement or advance by blogging about it, open-sourcing code, writing tutorials etc.
I'm in :-)
So far this only applies to the USA, right? Will companies ship their products with pinch-to-zoom to the rest of the world?
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That´s great, the first jQuery based Gantt that does dependencies. Exactly what I´m looking for :)

In terms of style, this one is nice as well: http://taitems.github.com/jQuery.Gantt/

If it wouldn´t be for using Ext.js and the large code size, this one is the most polished in terms of look and function:
http://bryntum.com/products/gantt/

If you need any help with styling it a bit differnt, give me a shout :)
But pinch to zoom is not invented by Apple. Microsoft Surface implemented it before, also it was shown in some scifi movies way before then.
Both this and similar attempts in CSS (http://www.imgtocss.com/) look really bad on my iPad as I zoom in and out, there are little grey anti-alias lines all over the "image". Totally unusable.
Reminded me of this too. You're right, it was indeed Pizza Express: http://www.ohmz.net/2012/03/19/clever-email-marketing-from-p...
IMO there isn't a concrete answer to "Do you open internal links in the same window but open external links in a new tab?" just like there isn't a concrete answer to UX in general.

I know of sites with internal links that open in new tabs, and other sites with links that open in the same window. Do what feels right.

Opening all of the external links on your recruitment page in a new tab feels right to me. If I want to learn about the company that acquired you, or "Ali's PhD adviser", it's probably because I'm really interested in your company and am going to come back to your site after visiting these external sites. Therefore it'd be easier to just close the tab rather than pressing back a bunch of times.

On the other hand, in the case that you're trying to drive traffic away from your site, or you don't think they would want to come back for a given use case, I'd say open in the same page.
sounds great - @rozovr
Count me in!

I'm @adambn on twitter or adam (at) binpress (dot) com

p.s: I can help with organizing it
According to the footer:

"WAMP and the WAMP logo are trademarks of Tavendo GmbH."

Possibly the registration is either pending or registered in a non-US country as the only live WAMP trademark registration I could find was a pasta sauce: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:dv...

Regarding the name itself: WAMP is the same as the massively popular Windows LAMP stack. Unnecessary conflict.

But maybe WSAMP could be a nice alternative. AMP postfix hinting "amplifier". The risk of using WS prefix is the relevance to WebService.
In the future, if a developer wants to write and distribute software without having to ask permission from 10 different platform manufacturers, he will have to stick with web apps.
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Ask HN: Will other social networks follow Twitter's 3rd-party restrictions?
Twitter has created a precedent of a previously very developer-friendly service switching to a position where 3rd-party clients are strongly discouraged and limited.

I wonder if you think that Facebook, which might also be pressed for higher revenues given its lackluster IPO, will also follow suit and start limiting what 3rd-party apps can do?

What about other "free" social services? Instagram? Pinterest?

I believe that services like Flickr won't impose this limitation since they provide paid accounts to their customers, which is their source of income.<p>The free and popular social network services are the ones that I'm worried about.
I am interested as well. -- @kiliancs
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Any reason/proof Pinch-To-Zoom (and the other Apple patents in the Samsung case) will not be licensed under FRAND ?
All iPhones are owned by Apple. (This is a joke ... kind of).
Waking up really early makes me feel like I am getting more out of my life, the day seems to stretch out longer. I also feel more happy somehow, like I am doing the right thing.

I'm not so sure that I am more productive, however. I seem to spend those early morning hours browsing the Internet, mostly. Well, unless I have to get up and go to a job. Then I am productive. But that also negates the happiness bonus. And it would probably be the same if I had to go up and go to a job at 2pm in the afternoon.
The pinch gesture can be traced back to 1983: http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
I'm in.

@benln on twitter
That's true. Can't someone successfully contest it, then?
@yuvalo count me in
To me the real bad news is that I'm scared shitless to develop and commercialize anything now.

No invention is truely innovative, not a single product on the market today is truely original. We're all influenced by the same factors and we're all trying to push the same limits in technology.

I don't have nearly the means to go to court against a company like Apple (or any company at all for that matter). If I launch my product today, I would be afraid of being successful, because I know I'll be bullied by others.

And when patent lawsuits can win you a Billion dollars, patent bullies are happy and waiting for me.

But yeah, I agree patents are a driving force behind innovation...
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Count me in.
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One thing to keep in mind is that Canada has different packaging requirements than the US, specifically around the inclusion of French language elements. This often requires a different SKU of a product to be shipped in the two countries, and for different marketing and documentation materials to be prepared.
Although the age of open web dev may be passing.

I worry about the future of web development when I see things that used to be shared openly (logging technology, databases, languages, search indexing tools, etc) one-by-one become startups with a price tag.

Only this morning did I see the job advert for Swiftype: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442562

By default I wish startups success, but I fear for the long-term implications when each piece of the puzzle (of web development) migrates towards being a business that needs to make money. And that is before you factor in patents and proprietary knowledge and how companies tend to act aggressively when their financial back is up against the wall.

Web dev will only stay open so long as web devs fight to keep it that way.
Apple's Limited Patent On Pinch To Zoom
Because we didn't come from monkeys, we both came from a common ancestor that is no longer around.
Another good one: using social support.

Say you want to get fit. It's going to be a lot easier if you recruit your friends to go to martial arts and cook healthy meals in bulk together a few times per week.

This can be extended to all areas. Social support lets you put hard work on autopilot. It's still hard work but you have a safety net of accountability which doesn't permit you to slip up easily.
Sure, why the hell not.
@ezilman (I am not active on twitter, but since everybody posted their handles...)
I have to take issue with this. I think it's an important and useful rhetorical tool that, while sometimes can be used in a petty way to score points, can elevate the debate. If half of your counter-argument is "compiler warnings" for your competitor's argument, I think that's valuable.

I, for one, would wildly prefer a world where every debater was a nit-picking SOB when it comes to logical fallacies and the average debate "compiled cleanly without warnings". It would be like heaven compared to where we are today.
(Just to be perfectly clear: I'm not the creator, and it's not a 'Show HN' type of post - I just thought it was cool and wanted to share it. Your point is completely valid nevertheless. Actually what caught my eye in the first place was its name and it struck me as odd that they've chosen that name!)
It sounds like a computer.
Designers (UX or any other kind) should protect their work and creativity with copyright, not with patents.

Or should any new idea be protected with a patent? Comedians come out with new funny ideas every day, should they get patents on them?
Hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue and an unprecedented leap to the top of the list of most valuable companies in the world seems like pretty good compensation already, no?
I'm quite suspicious about messing around with sleep too much. If you get up early, you'll eventually have to go to bed earlier, too. (Though apparently there's no 1:1 relationship between sleep debt that you have to repay and time you spend being awake when you should be sleeping - you only have to make up a fraction of that sleep.[1])

The >only< sleep hack that seems to work (and I've tried many) is the 15-20 + coffee nap. You know how it is: you wake up, and for the next few hours tons and tons of distractions present themselves (and I don't mean trivial stuff like Twitter or emails and such). Eight hours or so pass, and you've only managed to deal with tedious administrative stuff or other non-critical work that won't count in the long run. By that time you're usually dead tired - so the trick I use is to have a normal-sized coffee really quickly, then nap for 15-20 minutes or so (not much less and certainly not much more). The effect of the coffee kicks in right when the effect of the extra sleep kicks in, and if you don't sleep too long you won't get the usual 'exhaustion' that comes from lengthy sleep.

This trick has worked for me every single time (except when I was severely sleep deprived). It may not feel productive to have a nap when you should be working - and obviously it's not possible for everyone to do this - but I've personally found the extra energy and focus that you get invaluable.

[1] "Sleepfaring" by Prof Jim Horne: http://www.amazon.com/Sleepfaring-Journey-through-Science-Sl...
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That's a good, uhhhh, point. There are many people who form their arguments so poorly that it can be hard to refute them because they'll just move the goal posts or completely change the playing field.
I'm not clear on this and haven't got around to reading the patent to try and figure it out.

This is the patent in question: http://www.google.com/patents/US7469381

This patent is more limited: http://www.google.com/patents/US7812826 as discussed here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/13/apple-awarded-limited-pat...

However - it was granted after the first patent (2010 vs 2008)
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Question about patents - is the act of pinch-to-zoom patented or the implementation(the algorithms, type of hardware needed etc.) patented?

If it is the act that is patented, then as others have mentioned, its not necessarily original. If the implementation is patented, could there be alternative implementations? Did Samsung even actually copy Apple's implementation(at an algorithm level)?
I'm waiting for the producers of Minority Report (2002) to start suing everyone since that movie clearly demonstrated swipe, pinch-to-zoom and other "innovative" UI elements. </sarcasm>

Nothing is ever truly innovative. Nearly everything, quite literally everything, is built on something else.

Apple, at its core, is actually the BEST IN THE WORLD at not innovating, but perfecting someone else's design. And that is my problem with this whole farce. Apple isn't an innovative company, at all. Apple is, however, excellent at seeing what others are doing and out doing them at their own game. They don't 'invent', they never have. They tweak, they massage and they simplify (some could argue that this is innovative, but I'm going to use the term like it is being used in court...is they are actually inventing a concept that didn't exist before).
I spend so many days wondering if I'm a terrible programmer after looking at code I wrote only days before. I've slowly succumbed to the belief that it has more to do with daily personal growth than the iniquities of my past self.
I looked at your link. There is no "steering wheel patent". Those are specific patents about specific innovations in the implementation of the steering wheel.
FRAND is not really a legal definition in the US (although that's changing somewhat as more precedent is being set).

So far it's almost always been enforcement of agreements (through actual contracts and implicit licenses) due to the patent holder participating in things like standards bodies. That's why most of the major standards bodies require patent disclosure and some sort of patent license (whether it's royalty free or otherwise) in order to participate in them.

In any case, I don't believe pinch to zoom is currently being standardized anywhere, so why would it be licensed under FRAND terms?

I like Posner's argument where many of these types of patents, if they're going to be granted at all, should be held to essentially FRAND terms (since there aren't really any damages you can show in the case of infringement), but we'll see how that goes.
To me, "growth hacking" evokes more than just marketing.

Let's say my startup hustles like crazy and carves out a deal with a major coffee chain (like Square did with Starbucks IIRC).

Suddenly we have access to a whole lot more users. We grew the user base drastically, yet it wasn't exactly a result of marketing but rather one of strategic dealmaking.

To me, that is the quintessence of growth hacking.
Iirc the groklaw point was that

1) Yes there is prior art

but Samsung lost because

2) It was shown that Samsung was willfully trying to make its products similar to Apple's.

There are some further murky corners to the verdict, one aspect which seems will be contested is the size of the damages. The Jury foreman stated that they valued the damages to be "more than a slap on the wrist".

Whereas the instructions given clearly state that the jury is not to levy punitive damages, but to recoup losses incurred by the infringed.

Edit: Going to double check just to be sure.

Update:

Iirc the groklaw point was that

1) Yes there is prior art

but Samsung lost because

2) It was shown that Samsung was willfully trying to make its products similar to Apple's.

There are some further murky corners to the verdict, one aspect which seems will be contested is the size of the damages. The Jury foreman stated that they valued the damages to be "more than a slap on the wrist".

Whereas the instructions given clearly state that the jury is not to levy punitive damages, but to recoup losses incurred by the infringed.

Edit: Going to double check just to be sure.

Update: From the verdict:

Patent invalidity, Samsung had to prove apple invalid - No, across the board for all patents brought up.

Apple contested that 3 feature related patents and 4 design patents were infringed

a) '381 - rubber band - valid / Samsung infringed
b) ’915 - pinch to zoom or scroll - valid / Samsung infringed
c) ’163 - multi-tap to zoom - valid / Samsung infringed

Samsung also was found to be willfully infringing.

d) '667 - iPhone front design - valid / infringed /willful
e) '087 - iPhone back design - valid / infringed /willful
f) '305 - iPhone home screen - valid / infringed /willful
g) '889 - iPad design - no infringement

Apple has only proven that the unregistered iPhone 3G trade dress is protectable. Negative on the iPhone / iPad combo and the iPad / iPad 2 trade dress

This is a pretty broad sweep of the verdict, a lot of the verdict breaks down onto whether Samsung Telecom America (STA), Samsung Electronics (SEC) and Samsung Engineering America (SEA). This is further broken down over each product which is found to be infringing.

Sources:

http://live.theverge.com/apple-samsung-verdict-live/

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/301948/apple-patent-bre...

http://www.bgr.in/manufacturers/samsung/samsungs-patent-tria...

yet another edit: Also to be noted is that none of Samsung's claims against Apple were found valid.
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