skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
All the text on the page suggests that's an upgrade. Where did you see it was a full version?
Senior designer here...

There is an old adage among designers, which couldn't be more appropriate for this post: "work for free or charge full price; never work for cheap."

Same goes for clients. Get it free or pay full price. Everything else is a rip-off for someone. Or everyone.

As a "we-can-barely-afford-to-keep-the-lights-on" start-up, a logo is the least of your worries. For the sake of avoiding any more "design is only worth $30" posts, follow these steps to create the Minimum Viable Product version of your brand:

1) Pick a font that is easy to read, but has a bit of character — just a bit! Type your company's name in it. That's your logo. Facebook's logo, for example, is a font called Klavika, slightly modified. www.myfonts.com is a good start.

2) Pick any color you like.

3) Pick a second version of that color (lighter, darker, richer, paler, whatever).

4) Use #2 for everything that is important.

5) Use #3 when you need to add some definition to your look & feel.

6) Get back to work. Come back when you can afford to do this properly.
Why is everybody expending so much effort to support the Obama+Romney campaign? Isn't it pretty clear that they're going to win?
Or without the referral link code:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008H3SW4I/
I did a little digging, and this question is not easy to answer. There is much material regarding atmospheric drag on satellites, but those calculations require the assumption of hypervelocity. I wonder whether a simple calculation based on particle density and momentum transfer, with the balloon essentially sweeping out a vertical column of atoms as it fell, would yield a good order-of-magnitude estimate on the drag force available.
Nice idea. couple of questions:

- Is there any "catch"? Like are going to make money off of us by selling email adresses?

- What if I already have a free plan on one of those services? Can I upgrade it?
There's not enough ladies here, and they'll be most of your customers; find a forum frequented mostly by ladies and ask this question there as well.

Myself:

- groceries;

- toiletries (If I'm out of deodorant / shaving cream / blades / toilet paper / paper towels / detergent and I need them stat, I'll pay extra).

- Printer supplies (printer ink out so I can't print while working towards a deadline? out of papers? I'll pay a premium), and maybe some other office supplies.

- Computer supplies: blank CDs, blank DVDs, USB flash drives, mice, keyboards, when these break.

- Cardboard boxes and other moving/packing supplies (I need to take things from one place to the other, and realized it's harder to carry/pack than I thought). Happened to me more than once.

- Batteries. Cheap, pre-activated, pay-as-you-go mobile phone for a guest-from-out-of-the-country or when I've lost my phone.

- Phone chargers and laptop chargers for when I've lost mine.

- Power cables, power strips, ...

- Small Ikea stuff; they charge >$100 for delivery of the simplest things; if I can get some stuff from you for $10, I'd gladly do that rather than drive to Ikea. The logistics might make this worthwhile for you.

Ladies are likely to have a very different list. I won't speculate here even though I know a few items my S/O would add.

Also, for some items, I'd pay premium if I could get them when the stores are closed - e.g., one hour delivery at 3pm, 11pm and 4am command different premiums; Similarly, rain, snow, sun and humidity would also command a different premium.

You can price such a service dynamically according to demand and your costs (read about "2nd price auctions" about a possible way to run the pricing process), which walmart can't (although ebay and amazon might)
Imagine this: identity computing
It looks like it's an upgrade pack vs. a full copy of Win 8 Pro.
One of the better "Metro" frameworks is Metro Bootstrap, simply a Metro skin over Bootstrap rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.

http://talkslab.github.com/metro-bootstrap/index.html
You put that a lot more eloquently than I did.
It's still your connection / property, so I don't see a problem with this.
Windows 8 is hard So say 14 'typical users'
That's good advice. As the saying goes: "trust, but verify".

Regarding your performance issue - most platforms (including dotCloud) enforce ram and cpu separation between nodes, but are vulnerable to IO contention at some level. This is also true for EC2 if you use EBS: your standalone instances will almost certainly, at some point, suffer from degraded and inconsistent performance because another instance is competing for IOPS [1].

You can avoid this with the new "provisioned IOPS" volumes [2], or by skipping EBS altogether for stateless components.

[1] http://blog.scalyr.com/2012/10/16/a-systematic-look-at-ec2-i...

[2] http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/07/31/announc...
Cor anglais: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais
French horn: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_(instrument)

So what the French call an English horn is very different from what the English call a French horn.
The horse and buggy worked so well in the past, why introduce automobiles?

(Note: Example with exaggerated contrast is used here for illustration purposes only, not for comparing size of change.)
Newegg is listing OEM pricing at $100[0], and Pro for $140[1]. FWIW, this matches Win7 OEM pricing.

(It appears "retail" copies have been given the axe entirely, which isn't particularly surprising.)

[0] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416...

[1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416...
Dinosaurs are real: MS, Hadoop, and Raptors
Awesome people. Good idea.
Ask HN: What do you guys think about my final year project?
I have been developing a system for about four months, where the main idea is to replace conventional attendance system. It is a Client–server system.

Manager will use website to access all the employee's data. and The employee's will use smartphone to access their own data. and as add on for that, the system will have private social network, where check-in, check-out status will automatically posted to private social network and also basic status sharing.

If requested by the manager/admin, the system will also monitor employee's location after they checked in. it also will remind employee and manager if employee's located outside office location.

Manager benefit

-The system generates monthly reports on attendance progress of a employee for particular month.

-To provide institution and organization an employees location tracking.

-To replace punch card, ID badges, and fingerprints scans attendance system.

Employee benefit
-Access to their own performance data.
-Share status to private social network. (Like facebook but limited only for organisation).

How do manager use this system ?

It is a simple five step process

1. Sign up your organisation on the website.

2. Request authentication code in one click.

3. Share authentication code with your employees.

4. Ask your employee to download client side application and register with authentication code.

5. Start monitoring your employee's performance.

What do you guys think ?, is there any prospect for this ?
Any suggestions ?

Thank you for reading.
Windows XP - success

Windows Vista - failure

Windows 7 - success

Windows 8 - potential failure

Just following a pattern.
James Bond: Cars, catchphrases and kisses (nice effect)
Freakonomics podcast: We the Sheeple (transcript)
Show HN: Send Amazing Text Messages
It's a blessing in disguise being banned from Facebook would free up a lot of time.
The Buddy Platform provides a similar service to Parse, but is more scenario focused. They too are on fire (I'm an investor and advisor).

Buddy has had a Win SDK available for months [1].

[1] http://www.buddy.com/documentation.aspx#SDKs_and_Samples
I haven't done extensive research so I can't help a whole lot. I use StartSSL for some personal stuff which is free and have heard good things about NameCheap, but I don't know how widely-installed either of their root CA certs are.

Any issuer with a widely installed root CA can basically charge whatever they want.
$20 says your wife wins. :-)
This is why I love that Siri can now open apps.

I agree that visual search of apps on an iPhone is a "pain point" especially when you have a ton of apps and are looking to open one you use less often that's buried in some folder on screen 7. Could Apple do better restructuring this? Sure. But I think they've solved the problem of opening the app you want to use splendidly with Siri.

Like you, I used to use Spotlight for this frequently, but was also slightly annoyed by the effort — however slight — needed to get a solution. With Siri, though, I find it hard to fault visual or text search on iPhone because I don't think there's any way either can compete with just asking Siri to open what you want.

I don't like talking on the phone — to say nothing of talking to it — but it doesn't get any more frictionless to open a buried app than asking Siri to do it for you.
The more I look at Titan, the more I think it's a great solution to my needs.

Thanks for the great post guys, it hits on some topics I've been wondering about lately.
There is a grey area where you can have a Genuine copy of Windows that you paid for (and that can still Windows update) but was derived from an OEM license that was transferred to another machine.

This is still desirable compared to torrenting because a pirated copy will end up failing the Genuine check, will no longer get updates, and will happily be a part of some botnet some day.
No joke, on my "ideas to hack on" list, I have: "A game of some kind based on Github pull requests"

I think this could be good.
That's a very western centric view of the world. Let's say it takes 2 hours of work to create those logos (look at my results, I think it's not an unreasonable estimate). $2.50/hr is a lot of money in some countries.

Every single one of them got paid too, it wasn't even spec work. They did work, they got paid.
This is the tackiest possible way to do this (who hasn't already seen every political ad 50 times?), not to mention the extreme inpropriety of asking for a user's router password.

Far easier, and more tasteful: rename your SSID. It's the digital equivalent of a sign on your lawn.
yep, they might have been better off with a 0$ logo if they had basic inkscape skills (since they already knew what kind of message they were trying to get across). on top of that I believe they didn't even choose the best one.
Isn't the notion of a gold backed currency considered antiquated now? My understanding is that both the US dollar and Euro are fiat currencies as well, the US dollar having abandoned the gold standard in the 70s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Shock).
Dwarf Fortress is shareware, not free. Not quite the same thing.
It may cost you more in the long run if you update/replace the logo you got for only $30 now.
The branding and visual elements for your site and company should work with your logo; so whatever branding assets you have (site, business cards, stationary, ads) will all have to be updated if you change the logo later.
I would not consider this to be a low risk experiment.
I think you make a good point, and show a good history of the rise of countries that adopted economic liberalism (and subsequent decline of many when they rejected it).

However, the stronger point that comes from your comment is that the USA needs to look at how it is drifting from a place where foreign merchants can gather safely and trade freely, and how that will certainly affect the future prosperity.
http://printavo.com
Just wanted to say that $100 gets you pretty high-end medical diagnosis here in Russia. Unlike in US, doctors and lawers are not highly-paid professionals in here (unlike, say, IT guys).
I recently bought a laptop and it's the first time I've had windows on my home machine since 2004. Since it's only $15 to upgrade: Is it possible/easy to upgrade and go back to Windows 7 if I find it detestable?
Upgrade price for Win7 was ~115, so it's much more reasonable than Win7 was, which probably means they're going to try and monetize the Windows Store or whatever it's going to be called pretty hard.
Program a Revolutionary Robot to Do Your Bidding
Yup, that'll do it. Thanks.
I happen to think that Windows 8 is a welcome refresh. At first, I was confused by the dashboard but I am finding it easier and easier to navigate around.

For instance, going to the traditional desktop is as easy as clicking the "Desktop" tile. And opening a new tab in the metro-IE was a bit confusing but after figuring out that double finger pressing the touchpad brings up the tab list and url bar it has become easier.

I also like the new native mail client and calendar apps.

For the record, I am running Windows 8 on a 2011 macbook air via bootcamp and it runs perfect. Guild Wars 2 also gets about 10 fps more than it does on the mac client for what its worth and makes it actually playable on an Air :)

Following this tangent a bit more, I feel like if the drivers were updated enough to support 3 finger left and right gestures to wipe between the different screens I wouldn't revisit OSX for a while.

Windows 8 is a fun operating system.
The simplest Cucumber project ever
There's no standard as to which certificate issuers have their trusted root CA cert installed. If your clients don't have it on their machines (desktops, phones, servers, whatever) it doesn't matter what you paid.

My point was that the more widely-trusted issuers (meaning installed by default on the most OSes) can get away with charging more because they're more compatible.

There's nothing stopping you from setting up your own root CA and self-signing, maintaining a full chain of trust if you build the certs right (I've done it; once you have the process documented well it only takes a few minutes) but unless the clients trust the lowest link in the chain (not the case for self-signed, and some cheaper issuers) you'll still get validation errors.
I believe that Apple spent more time thinking about how not to compete with themselves (i.e. segment the product and price it just right to cause the least amount of ripples for the rest of the product portfolio) than thinking about the tablet competition. In terms of short term downside risk, there's more money at stake with the former than the latter.
There are more legal restrictions on giving away cash.
Not really sure what you are ranting about. The website itself exists to provide services for $5. Surely these designers are able to place what they think is a fair value on the use of their time and resources. Why do you think its a bad thing to take advantage of that? FWIW I also hire programmers for less than $10 an hour and I get stellar work from them. Price is a signal, but there isn't always a direct correlation between price and quality (or effectiveness) . To leave you with an anecdote, I have between $5 and $1000 for App icons (iphone), my best selling app is the one with the $5 icon and no custom UI elements.
Innovation and change are not inherently good, but they are inherently risky and costly. This is especially true when it comes to the operating system on your main computer.
So thats why they spend their time suing the shit out of every company that competes with them.
"We used only one Sunday afternoon for ours on the second run when we got in and I don't see the point of wasting time except getting few rounds of feedback and spellcheck."

I think many of the posters who spent relatively little time on their second, third, fourth, etc. applications are underestimating how much time they spent preparing the application. Unless you could have written that application from scratch the first time, at least some of the time spent on your failed applications counts as "writing the application." I'm pretty sure the author didn't mean 1 month of 12 hour days sitting in front of a word processor (and I think has said as much).
But he doesn't code like a 20 year old John Carmack.
Yes, Surface presentor was really good. That's what the presentation should look like.
Based on what information?
Have you looked on the Internet?

There is a great amount of things out there for doing this:

-) Arduino (arduino.cc): produce open source electronic gadgets, often DIY and customizable (might spark his interest, as many gadgets are also fun to use: e.g. tv-b-gone (only building, but fun to use)

-) Lego (http://mindstorms.lego.com)

Very easy approach to programming especially designed for children

-) Scratch programming Language (http://scratch.mit.edu/)

Easy to learn programming language especially designed for children (Age 6 and upwards)

and btw: don't forget your own motivation

If you are willing to teach him in an interesting manner (and in my experience kids can be motivated to take a shine toward anything if it's done with a great approach), then i can even imagine that he might have fun playing around with html, setting up just4fun websites (just don't allow him to do so on the web ;).
Bitcoin's Ultraprune Branch In Plain English
Here's how they've done:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s4/sh/80502dd0-c6d7-49f2-9a8c...

Definitely not a mobile success-- but they built pretty, intuitive, usable software that didn't break.
How about Logo? MWLogo on Windows might be fun.
In a world where technology life cycles are difficult to predict even 1 year out it sees a bit arrogant to presume to know how Windows and Android will evolve over the next 4+ years and the "stats" don't even consider the possible impact of emerging technologies. Here's a prediction Worth exactly what we paid for it.
I foresee how the FPS aspect could come into play when dealing with pirates or aliens boarding the ship, for example. I hope he keeps that aspect of the game.
Actually my name literally translate to 'Big Bridge' O - hashi :)

If you're a talented guy, I am sure finding work isn't a problem. I honestly don't believe what I did is really competing with very talented designers. This is a very cheap way to get a logo and move on to other things. Early on, I definitely value getting something done and moving on versus getting something perfect and spending too much time on it. No reason you can't go back later and improve it.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Yeah, I found the phrase "we were both pretty old (27)" to be equal parts amusing and depressing. Sort of like when an intern in the office (after a few beers) told us he was dreading the day that he turned 20. That got a lot of chuckles from those of us with a few grey hairs.
Ask HN: What is required of a Product Manager?
Hello,

I'm having an 2nd interview for a junior/mid-level Product manager position on Monday in a kinda web agency / Startup. This interview will be focused on the "product management theory".

About me:

- I have a bachelor and master degree in business & marketing.
- I have worked the past 4 years in marketing
- I learned to code ( python, js, html, css & co ) on my own the last 6 months and I can hack a prototype.
- I know my way around photoshops, premiere, indesign.
- I have a deep knowledge of the web industry since It has always been my passion.
- At my previous jobs we used scrum methodology and I have a good understanding of it. I have never been the Scrum master though.

This position is the next level for me. I have been a marketing manager or in charge of something marketing related ( SEO, emailing, PPC, etc ) before but never in the "product team" but this is kinda what I would want to do for a living going forward.

So What kind of questions do you think they will ask me? How can I prepare myself to this interview?

PS: english is not my 1st language so don't just me on my spelling ;)
Even better is the System Builder 64-bit edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Professional-System-Builder-64...

They're offering it for $139.99 with an additional $30 discount if you buy by October 25th with the promotional code "WIN8SYST".

The System Builder edition is important for hobbyists (like myself) that build or upgrade their own PCs as it includes transfer rights if it's your own personal PC that you install it on:

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-pricing-for-system-builders-s...
The catch is that all those companies get new customers by being a part of the bundled startup pack. It's just a way to acquire new customers for all these companies. In exchange they give you a great deal. It's win-win.
The two things here being "finding critical vulnerabilities in the TLS protocol and its implementations, and generally being one of the most highly-regarded academic practical cryptographers" and "writing HTML". Trenchant point.
I softmoded my original XBox to turn it into a XBMC media center after I hardly played any games on it. The ability to do something similar to my PS3 after I move on from it would be fantastic, I would simply be getting more use out of a device I already own.

There can be more done with something like this than just pirating.
Sure it is a bit of an overpayment for a cheap logo. Like any bad logo though, it just sits there and waits for refinement. With all of the "X Corp got their now-famous logo" comments, what isn't mentioned is the way the logos evolve over time. The original Nike logo would be a complete embarrassment for a high-value sporting goods brand today: http://www.logoblog.org/nike_logo.php

Guess how much it's cost Nike to hire designers and agencies to refine that logo over the years? Not to mention the various forks for separate marketing projects.

When you pay a designer a lot of money up front for a logo design, you are hopefully paying for a highly-refined solution set to a problem or group of problems. Nike did this as they moved forward from their original logo. They are paying for the "hin" concept (Japanese for refinement). Product designers understand this better than any other group--you have to continuously refine as you go forward, or somebody else will eat your lunch.

Someone who knows their design principles instinctively should be able to take a bad logo and detect the sound principles behind it, filter out the other noise (non-essentials to the problem at hand) and propose appropriate changes.

As the author of the post says over and over, he is paying for something that serves a purpose. He is paying for something that he doesn't know how to create, or even use properly (see website alignment issues). So this situation isn't some grand thumbs-down at the design industry. It's just a set of circumstances that taxes one's thought process a bit too much and usually results in (hopefully temporary) sloppy work.
When I wrote "getting too loud", I meant getting louder over the years, not when the drive is new.

Consumer-grade drives that spin faster than 5400 rpm have been available since the late 1990s. That suggests to me that there's some reason other than cost why they still make 5400-rpm drives. (Maybe reliability rather than noise.)
However, (having not read the rules) I assume there's nothing stopping you from committing an obfuscated/minified/compiled version if you care that much.
Why (Special Agent) Johnny (Still) Can’t Encrypt
This is kind of like Microsoft's BizSpark, but instead of MS software you get services from other cool startups. This is a great idea. I just signed up so we'll see.

Asking for write privileges to my twitter account gave me pause though. Just let me tweet on my own.
That pattern only holds if you think that the world started at Windows XP. Going back another few years:

Windows 3.1 - Success

Windows 95 - Success

Windows 98 - Success (moderate, whatever)

Windows NT 4 - Success

Windows Me - Failure

Windows 2000 - Success