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I think what separates Apple and Amazon from the rest of the pack is their simple but relentless pursuit of their values, and the extent to which they appeal to us customers. It's easy to understand their respective philosophies - Apple in terms of product design and quality, and Amazon in terms of prices and shopping experience. Both are now crossing into each others' territory - Apple with the future iPad mini and Tim Cook's operations knowhow, and Amazon with designing higher quality products. But both approaches are easily understandable by customers and appeal to their own values - innovatively, doggedly competing either on quality or price or both.

On the other hand, I don't think it's hard to see that most other manufacturers' philosophies go along the lines of "Let's make everything we can think of and see what sticks." Microsoft, for one, is only starting to turn around from its philosophy of "We want to be everywhere in your life" to focus on customer experience. These approaches are business-centric, and don't present anything that the consumer can trust or grab onto, especially when you think about the various music stores and other half-hearted approaches at retaining consumers who buy their products.

Intrinsically, I think customers understand the lack of focus - that these manufacturers are fundamentally focused on gaining a share of the pie rather than making customers really happy with what they just bought. With Apple, it's "Look at all these neat things I can do with all these apps"; with Amazon, it's "Look at all the stuff I can buy and read/listen to/watch." Other companies are only recently coming on board, and as long as they're not focused on giving the customer something to do with their products, they're going to miss out.
This is an old post so I don't know if anyone will see it, but I'm betting that this is used at least in part to crack down on private servers, thus the inclusion of Server IP.
As soon as it was clear that Symbian was'nt going to cut it, Android was always going the default choice was anyone who is not Apple. Android is what symbian was - ubiquitous and in every phone from dumbphones to smart phones. If Android wasn't around, Windows phone would likely have taken over that role. Apple will probably stay between 15% to 30% ( which would still be huge number and in the most profitable segment ) simply because Android will be phones from $100 ( note US style contract subsidies are not present in the biggest markets in the developing world like India ). Whether Android is buttery or is immaterial in these markets - its price that matters most. The volume is always going to be with Android.
I've seen a good number of people bringing longboards into coffee shops and places like that. I'd imagine it would be harder to bring it into a fancier establishment, though.
There is another issue that everyone missed. These things will most definitely be used on bike lanes. Any cyclist who had to share a lane with a longboarder knows that this feat is impossible. Longboard takes up the entire lane due to the salmon-like movement pattern. This forces the cyclist to go into the regular lane. Not that it is illegal, but frequent merging in and out of regular lanes is always dangerous.
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Thanks for the compliment on the website. I'm just a bit worried she might get lost inside the product - could you pass my email to her eddy [at] zenbookings.com in case she needs help/explaining.

I've worked very closely with our beta customers so far because my goal is to make sure they have a good experience so they're able to give us suggestions on how to make things easier rather than giving up.
if you reference Title 17 504(c) 1 and 2 then you will see that the damages for willful infringement are up to $150,000 per work and otherwise set between $750 - $30000 per work.

These damages are 'statutory'. This means they are unrelated to the actual profits lost but rather are essentially a deterrent for others while also giving some compensation.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#504

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_damages
"Idiots" is mostly because I'm in a bad mood. But also, yeah, referring both to the person being quoted and to the person doing the quoting.
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Dude. It's a skateboard. You don't park it, you just carry it under your arm. Pretend it's an oversize umbrella or something :)
Screen size must be 1920 wide? It's a known issue, we've had a hell of a time trying to get our CSS to be responsive to all the different screen sizes out there.

In any case, thanks for taking the time to check it out. Much appreciated
I would love this service, just wish it was available in my area. Good luck and hope you expand soon!
I had an hour-long chat with a guy from Canada's Federal Economic Development Agency who I met at a startup event and still keep in touch with. I suggested to him that they should copy the Startup Chile program to get entrepreneurs into Canada and create some buzz. He politely insisted that Canada's current programs are innovative and adequate. I know this is just one anecdotal data point, but it fits the cliche of the don't-rock-the-boat/cover-your-ass government employee and I wasn't too surprised. I wonder how Chile was able to overcome government inertia and get their program off the ground?
It's not usually even productive time. I could bust out my MacBook Air and code or read, but more often than not I'm listening to podcasts and zoning out.

It's really remarkable how connected to everything I feel the nights I stay in the city. But I'm not sure I'm willing to give up an extra grand in rent a month, nor the space I have north of Berkeley.

Maybe startups should start taking root in East Bay.
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It is unencumbered, unless there's a ton of money to be made by suing them. Same goes for Theora. When some deep-pocketed hardware manufacturer dares put one of these "unencumbered" algorithms into its hardware, then we will see. But I doubt they'll dare.
I don't know which XKCD strip you're referring to; link?
They will and you can, getting old sucks.
TempoDB (http://tempo-db.com/) is a TechStars Cloud company that is doing a hosted time-series database. Really smart guys.

I'm building an open source behavioral database (time series over objects) called Sky (https://github.com/skydb/sky). It comes with a LLVM-backed language called Qip that is a mix between procedural & declarative and provides easy integration with C libs so you could plugin a machine learning library (relatively) easily. It's fast too. It'll crunch through tens of millions of events per second on a single core.

I'm releasing the initial v0.1.0 at the end of the month. Shoot me a message on Twitter (@benbjohnson) if you want some more information.
Is there any mechanism for specifying the HTTP method or is every function mapped to POST? I'm not complaining, I'm just curious.
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Regarding the speed, the website says it's artifically limited, so I don't think you'll see these flying around at ridiculous speeds. It sounds like just included the beefy motor to power up San Francisco hills.

Here in Portland I think the laws would go unenforced for electric bicycles like in Copenhagen. I can't imagine any cop pulling someone over who isn't doing something stupid.

And laws can be changed. If these travel at roughly bicycle speeds, in bicycle right-of-ways, let's regulate them like bicycles, not cars.
I guess you'll just have to "share the road" and stay behind them until it's safe to pass ;)
Like drivebyacct2 said, you can get content from Google Play. But the really funny thing is, you can get all of that from Amazon on any Android tablet. I don't understand how people don't realize that all the Amazon apps on the Kindle can be installed on any other Android tablet. This is exactly what I did with the Nexus 7 - you can get the Amazon App Store, Kindle app, etc.
I think Gruber has been drinking a little too much Apple koolaid
I also hate how concentrated in California and New York things are, because I'd really rather not move, too. Plus moving to San Fran or NY, a huge chunk of any salary increase just goes straight to rent. Blah.
haha, amen.
Boy, would I love it if Japan would do something like this!
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Amazon wins in media content, even over Apple. They have iTunes and Netflix in one.
Another very happy customer here! My car wouldn't start one day, and after determining that it wasn't a dead battery, I was dreading the nightmare/cost of having it towed to a shop.

Fortunately, I remembered YourMechanic from when they were working out of the Hacker Dojo. I gave them a call, and a mechanic arrived within 30 minutes. He did an amazing job patiently troubleshooting different components in the engine and electrical system before determining the problem (busted ignition), implementing a temporary fix (new fuse), and helping me understand what we'd have to do for permanent fix.

One particularly awesome thing about my experience was that my mechanic (his name's Whitney, if you ever need to make an appointment) explained everything he was doing each step of the way. I learned more in about 45 minutes than in all my years referencing manuals/forums/friends.

I'd never expected to be delighted by an auto repair/maintenance experience, but these guys proved me wrong. I expect them to do very well.
Anyone know when the HelloSign API is bring released?
Interesting, how did TrapCall even work?
Can't get Amazon Video.
Where does the Instagram app use web views and/or HTML 5?
The existence of bike lanes is the number one proof that humans are incapable of peacefully sharing the road ;)
I really like the last point you made there.

I wonder what Google has planned to fight for the top? Google's Nexus line is their first step into the battle. They're obviously trying to get involved in the media game but they know they're late compared to Amazon and Apple. Surely they will be stepping up their game for the next release.

Google can compete on price though, since they make money from the services they offer, just like Amazon.
Huh? "The Art of Ass-Kicking" is a righteous name. I think your opinion regarding this is an outlier.

In fact, your strong reaction to it proves it's a potent name.
Do most people in Colorado commute from a corner of the state to the other? I would expect most people to live in or near the city where they work, just as in Europe. Having hundreds of miles of desert or farmland around a city does not make it any more difficult to build a metro system, for instance.
It still works, by forwarding unanswered calls to their number where it routes through a toll-free that they pay for the incoming call to unmask the number.
Do people judge an ebook by its cover?
"So far, Java seems like a stinker to me. I've never written a Java program, never more than glanced over reference books about it, but I have a hunch that it won't be a very successful language."

Yeah, it pretty much flopped.
How many ribbons Microsoft has?
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Not officially, but it can be sideloaded: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347745

Direct link to APK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=...

That said, I vastly prefer Netflix to Amazon Instant Video.
Or maybe you could just... open a company in the US (or Canada), release your product. If you need funds, don't have enough and can't get it from people you already know, maybe it's time to reevaluate your model. Sorry, you will never get funded by any investment funds. And I don't understand what those investors expect they will find overseas. It's just a lot more of the same.

But my point is:

I don't understand why people are so obsessed about being in the US/CAN all time. Really, if you want to go there you can get a US B1 (business) visa, that does not requires much. I have a LLC in the US and I'm there every few months. But maybe that is not what we want, am I right? Maybe we want to live the life techcrunch is selling us. We tend to be pathetic sometimes.

Believe me, being there personally and trying to talk to those guys will just make you realize how insignificant we all are to them - no matter how cool you are on twitter, no matter how cool you product is. It will drain the very energy you need to succeed.
Yes, definitely! My email is included in my profile in case you need to search for me by email. Thanks a lot for your help!
"Popular and successful are not the same thing."

look up "no true scotsman" or "begging the question"
>It’s a heads we win, tails you lose strategy. That’s the brilliance... Amazon wins so long as you consume media content from Amazon, no matter if you play it on a Kindle Fire or an iPad. Apple only wins if you buy an iPad.

It's amusing that Gruber can see the brilliance when amazon does it, but not when Google does it. This is exactly google's strategy with android, except that it doesn't involve users buying content. Google makes money when you use the internet. They win whether you use an iPad or a Nexus or a Kindle, Apple only wins if you buy an iPad.
I've been using vs2012 for awhile now...it's the best vs I've used in years. Very happy with it.
This looks interesting. I also really like the pricing, it definitely looks like it reduces risk for students. That said, what are the costs like for housing and other living expenses in S.F. for the two month period?
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> Tech writers have a natural aversion to lock-in, high prices, and dominant market leaders.

You mean the same tech writers who have been breathlessly talking about tomorrow's iPhone 5 announcement for months? A device that fits this description exactly?
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After some experience with html5 and javascript programming, I feel it is more and more like hacks, forcing natural application models into html5 with lots of hacks. Sure, there are applications fitting html5 well, but for many more others, I begins to doubt that html5 is a real good solution for future.
I used to work with a mechanic that did this and even now I own a site that collects requests in an east coast city and forwards them to some local mechanics I have an arrangement with. It's a great idea and people absolutely love it. Every tool needed is in the mechanics mobile shop, usually an outfitted van, and even fluid collection and disposal is not an issue.
The problem is permits and insurance. These expense take a nice chunk out of any margin you have set up that keeps your prices competitive. The other issue is scaling. Mechanics will not work for per-job pay, they all want hourly. Putting a crew with a mobile unit on standby and waiting for a job is very inefficient if you have to pay them while they wait.
While YM may have figured out how to make it scale as one large organization, it would be much better to build a marketplace where qualified independent mechanics compete for jobs as they come in, with work certified and backed by YM - like the Uber model.
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Ask HN: What do you use for personal finance?
I'm looking for an income / expense tracking tool, a budgeting / planning tool, and a tool to tie all my spending vectors (cards, paypal, google wallet, square) together.

Ideally, this stuff will all have an API that I can build on top of. Do such tools exist?

Also, is there a bank or credit union with an awesome API?
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For oil, lay down a tarp or a tray

Yeah, but even with a tarp, oil and coolant has a way of reaching the pavement, especially on inclines (based on direct experience). Fortunately for me, the property owner doesn't care if I spill a little, so long as I make a good-faith effort to clean it up. On the other hand, this could be bad news in a parking lot, especially if there is a stormwater drain nearby.

It's not an insurmountable hurdle, but it's an issue I could see creeping up from time to time, especially if the service becomes popular.
70k/1.3m = 5%, not 0.5% as claimed by Gruber (re: Android tablets activated as a percentage of total Android devices activated).
Intriguing. The linked article mentions linear regression but this article:

http://blog.priorknowledge.com/blog/scaling-not-your-problem...

suggests something that handels scale, heterogeneous and missing data gracefully. Maybe Random Forests?
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A war is coming :)

"There are never enough brains in a country," Version One Ventures founder Boris Wertz is quoted as saying. "Every country's going to compete for the best brains in the world."
Drinking Apple koolaid? Nah, he is Apple koolaid. He is what people drink to much of.

Still, he has his moments of clarity.
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Can't help thinking, is this a quest for a new god?

I am a huge fan of AWS, love the Amazon's "pay what you use" philosophy. However, I bought a Kindle Fire before, and since decided not to buy any more in the future. Not matter at what price. Sometimes you shouldn't be doing what you are not good at.
The key quote from Asymco's analysis of Android's revenue:

>It might be hard to see the Android section of the chart so I expanded it below at 400% the original:

http://www.asymco.com/2012/05/15/android-revenues-in-perspec...
There is no tail on this longboard, so that is impossible.
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Apple hasn't turned on Amazon yet. As soon as they do Gruber will be the first to tell us how awful Amazon's strategy is.
Let them present their patents and try to sue, then you can say something is encumbered. Until now they engaged in empty threats and demagogy. They make tons of money by dominating the market, and when some potential completion shows up they try to prevent its adoption by spreading empty FUD. So it has nothing to do with patent encumbrance, it's just about their greed and thirst for market domination.
As a fellow old man, I laughed out loud at your comment. Thank you for making my night.
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It's being worked on, you can see research papers if you google "camera sensor identification". It can also be used to detect photoshopping if you have access to the sensor noise pattern.
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The "inadvertant" breaking is still a problem--From the post you are replying to:

It might be conceivable to overlook this failing if it weren't for the fact that tiny unsuspended wheels have almost no capacity to absorb bumps and road defects. Anyone who skated as a teenager will remember being thrown to the ground by a small piece of gravel stopping the wheel.

Or a crack in tarmac/leaf/stick/drug needle, etc on a hill, etc
I've tried that, didn't work on my Galaxy Nexus. It installed but looked squashed and couldn't log-in to my account. It's obvious that it wasn't designed for multiple form factors. YMMV of course.
I'm an old programmer and I still don't trust the code I write. This attitude is useful as it reminds you that NIH can be a serious disease and that your code should be focused on your core competencies.

I'd wish you luck with your career, but you've already shown you are making your own luck ... Kudos
B = (X^TX)^(-1)X^TY anyone?
I thought you need one hand to use the remote?
Ruby is great for data prep, basic calculations, web app development, and scraping aggregating data and R for visualization. I find them to be a joyful combination. Great for small data sets, quick estimations, and various small projects.

Larger data sets and performance intensive operations are better handled in Python (or Java, C++, etc). Lots of statistical analysis is way below the threshold of Hadoop and company.
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He says nobody is buying other Android tablets, but what about the Nexus 7? I thought they were being sold faster than they could be manufactured.

The Nexus 7 is pretty cheap too, is there any good reason to buy a kindle over one?
I like Amazon and the idea behind the original Kindle (the e-ink one), but it bothers me:

- They are all over with their tablets trying to compete with iPad or Samsung ones, it doesn't seem to have the same focus of the original: simply a good device to consume digital content. They will lose if they try to compete like that, trying to release full-featured tablets at low margins.

- Their event is way too much like Apple's WWDC. I mean, even the slides look like they are done on Keynote. It doesn't give a good impression.
I wish these guys the best of luck. But, as someone who operated the same kind of business successfully for a long time, I have to say that their work is cut out for them. You think people are hard to deal with when it comes to computers? Its 100X worse with cars. Computers are cheap, and relatively easy to replace/repair. Now cars, well, good luck with that.

The biggest issue in this market are the clients trying to get money out of you for stuff you didnt break. Day in/da out. Its tiring. Reapir shops also go through the same deal, that is why most shops turn into assholes. People make mechanics lose faith in humanity.

If any of the yourmechanic.com guys is reading, shoot me an email. I ll gladly talk about what difficulties I had. maybe Ill save you some time/money.
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http://xkcd.com/927/

Keep in mind that this strip is a strong contender for the title of "Most Frequently-Posted Link in HN Comment Threads."

That would be an interesting analysis, actually.
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Satisfied customer here - the difference between YM and the old way of doing things is night and day. If you live in the area and value your time, you really owe it to yourself to try them out.
Isn't that a comparison of hardware revenues vs Google Android ad revenues? And isn't that exactly Google's play—keep the market from being dominated by a single hardware company that could cut them out from those revenues? ('Course, Amazon has forked it to do basically the same thing, in some regards, so while it might work as an anti-Apple-hegemony move, the openness may have been too much, even from a business persepective.)

"Android" revenue as a whole to be compared against Apple's hardware revenues would need to include Samsung, HTC, etc. And then I'm sure Apple's margins would still be higher due to their excellent supply chain, but it's not like they aren't spending any money making all that hardware.
What would be a cool followup post is an incremental solution that used ruby blocks.

Here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4508837
Well, i was going more for the "kitchen" definition of fruits which in general is sweet and juicy.

Basically the difference is sugar - you dont need bananas and oranges and mangoes for your vitamins.

In the context of the OP, I think that was meant by "green"
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I like Python too, the dynamic type system and performance hit are the only things that might discourage me from using it for a big project. Go might be worth checking out, it's supposed to give you things like first class functions in a compiled language.
I find Netflix and Amazon Instant complement each other nicely. I watch as much of a series as Netflix has, then I can watch the remaining seasons on Amazon Instant. Amazon Instant also gets me current shows, like the newest Doctor Who episode.