skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The streamer may or may not be incompetent, but the copyright bot issue is real. I am not a lawyer, but my reading of http://images.chillingeffects.org/512.html section g.2.C is that they are legally NOT ALLOWED to put the material up until 10 days after receipt of a counter notice if they wish to maintain their DMCA safe harbor.

If my reading of that statute is right (I'd give that about even odds - but feel free to read it for yourself), even a competent streamer would have had to do the takedown. The statute does not say how quickly the takedown has to be, it merely says "acts expeditiously". So any competent provider will have an automated procedure, and once that procedure is triggered, that's it unless the copyright holder takes it back, or 10 days passes.

I just love the irony that it is Neil Gaiman who it happened to. He has long been a vocal proponent of copyright maximalism, and his positions on this are sufficiently extreme that I refuse to ever again buy anything that he has written.

Update: I've left the last paragraph untouched, but I decided to look for Neil Gaiman in his own words on copyright. And I ran across http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qkyt1wXNlI which demonstrates that I'm remembering his "grumpy" period but he's since been educated that "online piracy" is not so bad.

I'm glad I found this out. I'll have to start buying his books again. (Yet another example of how I can form an opinion, and hold it for years after the facts behind that opinion stopped being true. If I didn't do this kind of follow-up research, I would have never known.)
Learning Android Development - Day 3
Re your PS3: it's labor day here in America, which means (nearly) every American with a normal job is off for the day and is outside barbecuing.
Maybe they just removed some company's logo? Bad public image and stuff..

Instead of covering it with a black rectangle, they stamped it with a similar color, some people went all conspiracy.
Word of mouth is the absolute best way to get clients bar none. That's how we get 90% of our work for http://consultutah.com

Of the rest, 9% is from ads places in local newspapers and 1% from random web traffic.

Getting started is the hardest part to getting good word of mouth referrals. You need to talk to everyone about your business. Tell your friends about your freelance work. Go to job fairs and talk with prospective employers (look for the smaller places where the owner rather than an hr rep is there). Find where business people congregate and talk to them.

I had to learn the hard way that the only way to get work was to step completely out of my comfort zone and start talking to people.

Good luck!
Except that he said that he can't relocate. So that would be like rubbing salt in the wound, and kind of a waste of time for Valve/Mojang/Fog Creek/etc.

Maybe he should try 37signals or some other company that meets the criteria without requiring relocation.
The Indian government shamelessly squanders tax money on both Ayurveda and homeopathy. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-extra-fund-for-ayurvedi... check this link. Some quacks in the Indian state of gujrat were denied additional funding.
On a side note, gujrat is also the state where state sponsored ethnic cleansing happened not so long ago! To be fair, I'd rather they use tax payer money to fund quackery than kill some of the tax payers!
nmon is another favorite of mine.

Of course, nothing beats tools like Munin. I even put business metrics there.
DailyJS: WebSpecter, cerebral.js, Mobify.js
Ahh, forgot about that completely!
OTF isn't mentioned often but is extremely useful if you have to work with log files on a regular basis.

It allows you to define up to 10 search terms and highlights them in different colors, making it easy to see patterns of output in logs.

It doesn't sound that amazing at first but is worth trying if you herd log files for a living.

http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=634
It will be a exciting and scary day when you are free to do anything.

I will be at his position soon, although i started sharpening my skills a year back and trying out some part-time freelancing right now. I am actually thrilled that i will be able decide what to do 24/7.

For me freedom is the ability to win/fail, without the need to explain anybody once u do so.

All i can say is best of luck and keep us updated on your journey.
Make all the information accessible but restrict access based on User privileges. If some piece of information like endangered species location is to be known, user must identify himself/herself and then proceed to use the data. Anything happens to the endangered species, you know who all got access to that information. Similarly for other data.
3d (2.5d) collaborative drawing site.
Powered by CouchDB and hosted by iriscouch.com.
Source code: https://github.com/clehner/dimensional-drawing

Inspired by webcanvas.com and my earlier site, theinfinitemaze.com.

Some features I am considering adding:
- more drawing tools, such as line and curve
- a button to jump to areas of recent drawing activity
- more explanatory info

Feedback is much appreciated. Enjoy.
P2P WebRTC can't come soon enough.
It's one of my own pet peeves to rightly use its spelling, having been a GrammarNazi myself for a long time.

But I seem to have grown out of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
Startup Chile Selects 101 Startups For It’s 5th Generation Batch
What do startups, scalability and POTUS have in common?
Is it interesting? Is it worth reading and sharing with other hackers? Then my understanding from reading the guidelines is that it is worth submitting. I personally found it pretty interesting.

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
I know it feels scary, i resigned from a management position in a company i spent my entire career to that date (had some side projects, sometimes successful, but that job was still making most of my living). That was in 2007. Despite being emotional, it proved to be very easy to reinvent myself, and while it never became a real startup, i am much more happy now than then. So good luck, it never harms to change things and it's much easier than it looks.

Maybe, this fact is what makes founding startups, and (as a smaller form of the same), freelancing more profitable than jobs: most people think it is much harder/scarier than it really is, so supply/demand shifts. Everyone wants a job, and there are only so many jobs around, so you have to compete in price. Fewer people want to freelance, and everyone wants to get a specific job done without long term commitments, so it's much easier to breathe in freelance field. When you create startup i.e. innovate, you are in the blue water.
Not as easy to update/manage remotely without a GUI. With a Linux distro, all you need is an ssh client.
The difference between medical & car insurance is certainity of small expenses. If your insurance covered regular maintenance of the car, it would be substantially more expensive.
I was referring to Linux's superior network stack, memory management, multi-core CPU handling, etc. The user-experience of Dalvik on a Linux kernel would be superior to a Dalvik instance running on a WIN CE kernel.
More information always helps - especially in a democracy. This data is not for developers to make use of. It's just data available for everyone to use.
If Bluetooth isn't working for some reason, then cables would not work either, so it makes sense to remove the option to use them.

Bluetooth always works flawlessly, unlike cables.

It's also proprietary and far more secure than cables.

It's a good thing that Apple iPad can't use cables.

In fact any device that is smaller than iPad and can accept both cables _and_ Bluetooth is less useful and just plain bad.
A more interesting question is why they did their photoshopping in MS Paint.
soften up that brush TEPCO damn
...and in the process opens the floodgates of possibilities for Drizzle, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and everyone else. Oracle has already shown fairly conclusively it can do little else but mismanage its acquired Sun assets.
Whoops it seems like site is down just at the time it is #1 on HN.
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Congratulations and good luck - now get off HN and get to work! ;-)

The biggest difference between doers and dreamers is simply that: The doers do and the dreamers dream. You've taken a bigger step than 99% of people are willing to take for themselves, so you are already in the doer group. Just keep it up and you'll be successful.
Actually, yeah:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda#Strategy
Automated copyright enforcement like what Ustream has and Youtube's ContentID are horrible. Imagine what would happen if the rightholders cartel manage to pass a treaty like ACTA, where ISP's are responsible for user's watching behavior. It doesn't seem too far off to think that they will implement an automated system like this, too, and then you'll find yourself banned from visiting a large portion of the Internet.
> from a single dev(me) to a team of over 6 devs(+ a designer) in various countries

Good going, Sid. How long did it take you to reach this stage? I have recently started looking out for freelance work, and since I don't much else to show apart from my startup, it has been fairly tough to get high paying clients.

I still haven't signed up on the sites like Elance etc, but looks like might have to bite the bullet soon.
Venkat Rao: Entrepreneurs are the New Labor - Part II
The physical object is real (but non functional), and relatively cheaply obtained apparently.[1] The fake part is placing the image on the screen making it look like it works.

Why? People love posting fake apple stuff to fool
people.

1. http://micgadget.com/29451/fully-assembled-iphone-5-mockups-...
The burden of proof is on you if you are making the outrageous claim that ayurveda works.
I prefer the builtin vim facilities. I use two features already built into vim. (1) "&#42;" and "&#42;&#42;" (ugh stars are italics markers in this editor, how do you escape them?) works in tab completion for both :ts & :e and (2) the --file-tags argument to exhuberant ctags. Oh and one more, :ts supports regexes.

:ts *Something*xml<tab> (or /Something.*xml<tab>)

will do what you expect. As will

:e **/somewhere/*myfile*.

That said, I'm going to check ctrlp out to see if I'm missing something good. :-)
New copyright rules for the digital age
yep sorry. trying to figure things out ...
Text-only version of article:

https://raw.github.com/gist/3612652/132c74fbbfc50212f4f93d8e...
I was able to find a video [1] of the building, with that area visible to some extent. You can see it at various points, like at 3:43. I'm not sure of its significance though.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX59-ZBO3mo
This might interest you. I remember the TV ads that were all over: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Clearly_Method
Don't be scared, you'll probably end up working more :)
FYI: C9.io, they have an office there. Just in case. Just happened to me the same, best of luck.
HP Delivers On Open webOS Commitment, Beta Launched
I'm trying to figure out when I fell out of love with SmartPhones. They were really exciting back in 2007-2009 when things were progressing so quickly but now almost any of them are 'good enough' and basically do all the same things more or less the same way. The hype around these products doesn't quite match their actual important anymore in my opinion.
Ironically, "circumlocution" is borrowed nearly exactly from its Romantic roots in Latin: circa (around) locum (place)
So you're driving around on a public road (presumably) on tires that have been damaged and repaired 12 or more times.

Oooooookay. Thanks for the heads-up.
I'm very interested about it too.

A non-hosted web app can be easily copied, and the solution that I've found to this issue was to bet on crowdfunding to develop and make profit with services.

Now I'm preparing the ideas to launch and as soon as I get some usefull information I'll update it.
It would be interesting to know by how much Reddit's AWS bill increased compared to the previous month, to gauge the impact of the extra instances and the additional traffic.
As I said in the "recurring income" thread recently, I'm mainly working on http://www.improvely.com , http://www.w3counter.com and http://www.dialshield.com

This is my full-time business, and I've been building it since half-way into my freshman year of college 8 years ago. I don't generally outsource anything -- I really enjoy all aspects of the work, from design and development to helping onboard new customers to managing marketing efforts.

Being the only employee does mean everything needs to be automated. I use Pingdom to check that every site and API is responding with proper content. Monit and custom scripts make sure various services/daemons are always running on the right servers, and restart them if something fails. Everything is set to SMS me, and I'm never far from a computer, even on vacation.

When you're the sole employee, you're the one responsible for disaster recovery. Data center on fire, hard drive corrupt, billing mistake, etc. -- your problem, at 3AM when you get that SMS that your service is down.

So prepare for that. Keep all code in a ready-to-deploy state in a hosted repository, with local copies in case the repo host is down too. Keep all your service configuration files backed up too, or have scripts that can deploy them automatically. Have all your databases backed up, automatically, to at least two different data centers. Don't hard-code IP addresses in your code. Test all these things. These days, every server I have could be hit by a nuke, and I could have my customers back online as fast as new servers provision and DNS caches refresh.

The only issue is keeping support requests manageable. I have almost 100k users across all the sites. Requests come in through SnapEngage, ZenDesk tickets, feedback forms in the app and e-mails. I try to treat every support request as an opportunity to make something easier to find or easier to do so that the next person in the same position doesn't need to contact me -- fix the bug, fix the process, create a FAQ entry, make the documentation easier to find, etc.
I prefer Linux myself, but lets get real, if you can ssh, you can RDP into a mac too.
I don't know about making my sight better, but I have found that if I take a moment a few times per day to exercise my eyes by shifting focus quickly from near to far for a minute or two, I've been able to prevent the headaches I used to frequently get.
The solution is already available at https://rublon.com
I think you're suggesting to choose a streamer that not only has bots identifying infringing content, but also is then reviewed by a pool of copyright-law-savvy humans for validation to prevent false positives. Not sure if that will scale.
If you are concerned about speed, it might be worth adding this line to your vimrc as well. This way, ctrlp will keep its cache (stored by directory), and you only need to rebuild it when you create new files.

"Keep caches between sessions - f5 to refresh
let g:ctrlp_clear_cache_on_exit = 0
Sure, but I'd love if Linux could provide stronger competition to Windows on the desktop. Getting popular games on Linux will certainly help, but I think Linux still needs to fix its UX/UI issues. They need to make it more of a "point-and-click" easy to use environment. I think Canonical is trying to do that with Ubuntu, but personally I don't like their specific Mac-ish direction they are taking. I prefer Linux Mint's direction.

I also very much dislike Windows 8's direction, and this could be Linux's big break in trying to capture as much market share as possible from Windows, but they need to beat the iron while it's hot, and not let the opportunity escape them.
Canada too, and it is an issue. Most people don't have suitable limits set up, nor are they desensitized to it. They just do what they can to avoid unsolicited texts. Not to mention SMS-as-authentication blows for a number of other reasons, not the least of which is you have to be connected to a cell network to receive them. Not WiFi, but the actual cell network.

You have a deactivated phone or phone out of the network you would like to use to authenticate? Too bad, not only do you need a phone that can receive an SMS, you also need an active phone plan.

Unfortunately the only way to do this well is to cover all your bases. A great example is Blizzard, who offers an authenticator app for your phone, an SMS program for those who don't have smartphones, and a custom built authenticator device for everyone else.

It's expensive, but anything less will cut out a large portion of potential users. Hence why we still just use a username and password. Much like democracy is to politics, user/pass is the worst form of authentication except for all the others.
I used these for about 10 mins and I went back to my old prescription lenses.

http://www.rawganique.com/Organic-Bodycare/natural-vision-ey...

I think there are a few brands of these pinhole glasses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_glasses

I should really wear them more often as I want to rid myself of glasses. I think it's possible.
tnx, my VPS is kind of crashing ...
It's great to see my school doing this, but looking at it doesn't seem very different from the senior design/capstone projects that many of the technical majors have already. I assume the big difference is not taking other classes along with this program and you don't have a customer lined up before starting?

For perspective my senior design project was a semester long "class" that met once every week or two for milestone updates from the groups, and occasional lectures/instruction from industry folks. My groups project was 4 of us designing and implementing a group management system for social orgs. Basic stuff like shared calendars, sub groups, email<->forum integration, permissions/views for officers and such. Obviously not the most ambitious project, but the kind of thing that a few college kids could feasibly do in a semester on top of a full course load.
This looks like the work of Microsoft Paint to me.
Ah, is that how RIM's "give us your Android app and it will automagically work on the PlayBook" works?
The good news: If you think you've done the right thing, then you have. Congratulations!

The other news:

- Your runway is probably 50% of what you think it is.
- Your task is probably 200% of what you think it is.
- It will take 200% of what you expect to get your first customer.
- Your wife will get scared before you do.
- Some customers will take forever to pay.
- You'll probably have to backtrack on your design / architecture.
- When you need to sell, you'll want to code.
- When you need to code, you'll want to sell.
- Your MVP will be missing something critical.
- At some point, you'll question your decision.
- At some point, someone will discourage you.
- You may need to pivot your entire business.
- In a year, you won't be who you are now.

I don't mean to discourage you. I just want you to bottle that enthusiasm for later use. You'll probably need it.

Best wishes!

[EDIT: Changed "less than good news" to "other news". Thanks grannyg00se and untog for pointing out my "less than best choice of words". wasigh, it's all good news.]
Until the FEC comes down on him, at least.
What are you doing to generate a profit? Your e-book only sells for $0.99; I imagine you're not selling 6K+ books per month. I imagine the links on the sidebar are some sort of affiliate program, so you probably earn some money there.

Also, I'm curious about the platform your site is built on, the affiliate links are cool because they seem to all be related to the recipe; I'm curious how you handle the organization.

Thanks for the feedback.
Perfectionism: An Asset and a Liability
This is nothing compared to the number of py spent writing crapware. Think of how much effort has been spent writing lousy software. It is enormous. (But then most consumers of software don't know any better, so from a sales perspective, maybe writing crapware makes perfect sense.)

IMHO, these guys are heros merely for undertaking the task, let alone completing it.
Which company did you work for?

The first company that comes to mind in the Netherlands for me is Booking.com. If you're looking for contract work to get started, could be worth talking to them?

I would also strongly suggest contacting http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm. He lives in the Netherlands, has started multiple startups, and is a generally wonderful person. If you can prove yourself to him, his network could be an incredibly valuable resource for you.
Since the article and the linked nVidia marketing page both fail to adequately explain what Optimus is, I'm going to attempt to do so.

nVidia's GPU technology focuses on maximum performance. Their GPU's are power-hungry, are capable of rendering billions of triangles per second, and have an interesting programming interface to support operations such as custom shading. (Within the last few years nVidia and AMD have improved support for use of their GPU's by computation-intensive non-graphical applications. For example, people use GPU's for Bitcoin mining, for the good and simple reason that their computational throughput on SHA-256 hashes blows CPU's out of the water [1].)

Intel's GPU technology focuses on low power and low cost; as long as their GPU's can run the Windows Aero GUI and are capable of playing streaming video, it seems Intel doesn't feel a need to push their performance. The combination of low power and low cost means Intel GPU's are ubiquitous in non-gaming laptops.

nVidia has observed that Intel GPU's have become cheap enough that it's viable to put both a weak, low-power Intel GPU and a strong, high-power nVidia GPU in the same laptop. nVidia calls this combination Optimus.

Under Optimus, the Intel GPU is used by default for graphically light usage, meaning Web browsing, spreadsheets, homework, taxes, programming (other than 3D applications), watching video, etc. -- since it's low-power, you get good battery life.

When it's time to play games, of course, the driver can switch on the nVidia GPU -- hopefully near a power outlet.

I think Optimus technology has been available for over two years. However, nVidia's Linux drivers do not yet support it, leading to much gnashing of teeth, and the third-party Bumblebee solution which I discuss in another comment [2].

[1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4471411
The University of Texas at Austin has had a similar class for a few semesters now. Glad to see the idea spreading.

http://www.1semesterstartup.com/
Mike Hanson's article, "LIFDing the web" [0] outlines a really interesting way to prototype and introduce new browser features. Highly recommended.

[0]: http://www.open-mike.org/entry/lifding-the-web
That's only true if it was a DMCA takedown notice. If it were their only copyright detection systems - which I think it's more likely - it doesn't apply.