skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Your comment is angry, lashes out with extreme responses, and is generally not helpful for discussion or for governance.

I have not seen the "wasting their time" quote anywhere, where did that come from? What, precisely, were his actions before this blew up in the press? You seem to be placing a lot of faith in your reading of Pogemiller's state of mind. How did you come to your conclusions?

The internet does outrage really well, but outrage is not conducive to accuracy.
The file system doesn't do wear-levelling. Trim has nothing to do with having a finite number of write cycles. The low-level SSD internals are already part of the low-level SSD firmware like you seem to be asking for.
I don't think there's a real formula that will allow you to calculate the expected value as there's so many other variables that come into play.

A lot of it comes down to the founder(s) personality, their immediate network, and the true need in the market for their business/idea.

That said, this is exactly the way I've felt about most startups. You're making a time machine for people's Twitter? That's not a billion or even million dollar idea. If you can figure out how to generate revenue it's a small business at best.

Thanks Melanie. This article was a breath of fresh air.
It's Likely, but this is someone with a history of claims to this sort of attack and a large following. I was interested in who was running the large attacks and what their motivations might be and no sources had been suggested in the discussion at that point.
Cool idea. This is something I've wanted to do for a while. I'll have to fork this later for my own use.

Few things I noticed that could be improved. Your technical section isn't very clear on what the graphs mean. Do the bars mean the amount of time you've used that technology, the number of projects you've built with that technology, or your experience? It's creative, but it's hard for me to understand what they mean (especially relative to one another).

I also noticed that you didn't include a print CSS. Yeah, physical resumes are not great, but they won't go away for a while. It would be good to have a print CSS that replicates generally what print resumes looks like. Right now it doesn't look very good. It wouldn't be hard to fix.

On another design note, I think it would look better if the pill links didn't have a blue underline on hover.
> UPDATE: Downvoted? Larry, is that you?

You are being down voted (rightly so) because it was George Roedler who said the things you are complaining about. Larry Pogemiller is the guy higher up who stepped in to correct that.
I would think that the idea arises as a result of the need/desire and not the other way around. I couldn't agree more with the idea that value is the result of many factors including the idea, the plan, the team, the environment. Claiming that value is a result of X makes for an interesting claim/discussion, but in my experience, is hardly ever true. Value is the result of many, many different factors, including all those that you listed (need/desire, knowledge of the market, a plan for execution, resources, timing, etc). Nothing is as simple as we try to make it.
This post is based on so many false assumptions that it's meaningless. Most small business owners/bootstrappers are NOT millionaires, most are just barely scraping by. Less than 3% of small businesses make $250K or more in profit.

(http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/09/boehner_c...)

So if you consider "failure to make over $250K" as failure, 97% of small businesses are failing.
As with all things, it's not so black and white. I know it's popular to hate on venture funding here on HN, but the industry exists for a reason. There are certain business models that only work at scale, and in the meantime must be supported by VC cash. For bootstrapped revenue-generating companies, VC funding can be the difference between lifestyle business and IPO. Congratulations to the OP for building a profitable business, but let's keep in mind there are many paths to success.
Username 'eeirinberg'
"Seller: Keith Eirinberg"

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The system could take a series of pictures sans flash leading up to an infraction and then if there was an infraction store the lead up pictures as well as the infraction. Unless there is some esoteric law on the books about needing to catch the speeder/redlight evader on camera as it happens this would basically defeat the "evasion"
What do record labels bring to the table now? They provide the capital to record an album (or at least the studio that can record it), and a complex distribution channel to get albums on shelves and tracks on the airwaves.

The distribution channel is slowly being eroded by the Internet, where a band with the right mix of music and self-promotion can get their music in front of half the planet for the cost of a Wordpress template and some solid hosting.

Getting music on radio and raising the initial capital to get a studio album made are the two missing pieces of the puzzle, but I strongly suspect the Internet will fill those gaps competently in the next few years, as crowd funding reaches maturity and old media like radio realises they don't have to deal with the major labels directly any more and can find new, popular music with a few google searches.

There is such scope for a startup working in this field. You could host and sell albums on behalf of bands, offer a crowd funding model for those who need to raise the funds to record, and build relationships with radio networks to funnel new music their way once a band has reached a certain threshold of community appreciation or some other relevant metric.

The record industry is almost universally loathed, it just seems so ripe for disruption.
Crashes when I try to play the game on my 3GS with iOS6. The other two screens load.
They certainly won't go away, no, but I think there's enough to indicate that Microsoft could lose some of its presence in the personal computing space.
Mark Zuckerberg To Speak Tomorrow At YC Startup School
Because it's already there, perhaps?
I disliked the apparent banning of free online education, and think that would be wrong. But I don't think any of the so-called Constitutional guarantees are absolute. In practice they're violated all the time, strictly speaking. But they're allowed legally when the courts and legislatures feel there is some other greater concern, especialy in exceptional or edge cases. Can't yell fire in a crowded theatre, can't own a machine gun, not allowed to practice a religion that involves sacrificing animals (but farms allowed to do it, go figure), "separation of Church and State" principle but they'll cite the Judeo-Christian God in government documents and speeches and subsidize the income of state-approved religions (via income tax exemption), etc. "What the big print giveth the fine print taketh away."

But yeah they may have backed down because they sensed either a political backlash brewing or a legal challenge coming their way, either of which would be painful.
I don't think it's popular to hate on VC on HN. Sure there are a small number of people who are bitter who speak out against it but I think most people on here are totally for VC funding.
It was, but the big issue there was that sun decided to keep all the keys of the castle to themselves. Hence the desire for an open bytecode format.
Interesting thing is that even if it's the end of the line for Microsoft developing new versions of Windows(and I don't think it is), there is still an entire ecosystem that won't be going anywhere.

I'm working for a client right now writing a few apps (away from Access/Excel type apps) so that they can upgrade to Windows 7 by mid-year 2013. And they're upgrading from XP.

So even if Windows 9 never comes out, I would guess there is plenty of work for Windows developers (for better or worse.)
A friend of mine and I planned to do something similar. The city put a camera in near my house that was rather annoying. Our plan was to rig up a laser, photo receptor in a tube, and a battery, and bury them in a planter near the light. Aim the tube at the flash, aim the laser at the lens, and over expose every picture. I figured that it would be next to impossible to find and the battery would last for months, but we couldn't get around the fact the city did a great job maintaining those planters.
Also arbitrarily decline companies the ability to be merchants because their customer service rep in Nebraska doesn't know what "SaaS" means.
1) There's nothing wrong with using a phrase (like "Your life would probably ...") instead of a word. That's kind of what they're for?

2) What about "can"? It's not a drop-in replacement for "should", but it has a lot of what you're going for. "Non-programming skills every programmer _can_ have" is about aspiration not judgement, possibilities not failures.
Holy molly, I think you're correct. Guy should create another account before he begins his faux user praise campaign.

He also mentions being gasp! 14 -- that's a full year older than 13-- in his comment history.

The conspiracy runs deep, I tell you. Eeirinberg is probably mid-thirties for all we know.

Edit: It seems he has deleted his comment. It read:

>"So cool!
Can't believe you already know how to code at age 13."

Good luck, little guy. You'll probably do well if you're actually as young as you say.. just, you know, lay off the astroturfing :)
The linked article has a problem with angular momentum conservation.

"Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I'll move the world" - Archimedes

The proposed plan lacks a place to stand. Unless angular momentum is given to an extra-terrestrial object, the angular momentum of the Earth+apparatus system cannot change. While Earth's rotation rate could be slowed by turning on such a gyroscope, if you ever brought the gyroscope back to rest, Earth would be right back where it started. As Earth's moment of inertia and angular velocity would be the same as when you began, so would Earth's kinetic energy. The most energy you can get back from the gyroscope is the energy you put in to spin it up.

It is the same as the sadness that is
http://xkcd.com/162/
Only the first turn's angular acceleration makes a difference in Earth's angular velocity/momentum. After that, it's just maintenance (which, in the case of the comic, still buys you time).

It is not dissimilar from trying to permanently stop a train from inside a boxcar. You can't; not without external help.

The tides slow Earth's rotation and generate heat, but the angular momentum exchange alters the lunar and solar orbits; the Sun and Moon are places to stand. Gravity is the lever.

If I'm in error, please let me know. I'd love to correct my understanding.
License plates will have RFID tags soon, won't even need cameras.
I always wanted to have a lcd plate cover that would blank out alternate sides at a high enough frame rate that the naked eye would see nothing, but a camera would never catch all of the numbers...
then I realized that it's a lot easier to just put a bike carrier or something on the back of the car.
This is my cousin.
I think you may have missed the point here. Her point was that there are way more revenue generating businesses that have become successful without VC funding than those that have taken VC funding. Granted the successful VC funded companies will almost always be more successful due to the very nature of VC.

Furthermore, most small businesses are local service based businesses. The average for profitable web small businesses is probably quite a bit higher than those as you have access to a much much larger market.
Incident (gTar) looking for a web developer
Web Developer
Design District, San Francisco
http://www.incidentgtar.com

Incident is building a unified music platform to make music easier and more accessible for everyone. Our first product, the gTar, is a real-time fully digital guitar with a multi-touch interactive LED lit fretboard. The gTar can be connected to a host device such as an iPhone or Desktop computer via USB-MIDI. Our first iPhone app focuses on giving everyone the ability to play music regardless of previous experience through the use of the interactive fretboard display. However, the sky's the limit with what can be done with such a platform, be it music creation, collaboration, entertainment, or education.

That's where you come in. We're looking for someone passionate about changing music for the better using technology. Specifically, we're looking for someone to help support and grow the existing platform, as well as design and implement browser based music applications for the gTar and the future devices we're looking to build.

Key Responsibilities
- Implement high-end JavaScript front-end applications using modern techniques
- Maintain and build our back-end platform and API
- Design and implement new browser-based applications and platform services
- Optimize the backend of existing features for performance and stability

Required Skills
- CS degree or equivalent
- Strong engineering background
- Front-end experience in Javascript
- Back-end expereince in PHP, MySQL, or equivalent technologies
- Deep understanding of software development fundamentals

Bonus
- Experience with the HTML5 Web Audio API
- Understanding or experience of existing music production software (Ableton preferred)

To apply, please submit your resume and optional cover letter in PDF or link format to jobs@incidenttech.com. A portfolio or links to personal project or past work a plus.
Here's the paragraph immediately following the part I quoted above[1]:

But [Larry Pogemiller's] office was talking tough earlier on Friday, saying it would tell Coursera-affiliated schools that they were out of compliance with state law -- and possibly even take up the matter with the schools' accreditation bodies and the federal government.

Are you suggesting his office is out of control, that it's "gone rogue", and thus Larry Pogemiller is (somehow) not responsible? Who do you think is responsible?

[1] http://www.twincities.com/technology/ci_21813203/minnesota-e...
Best of luck with this Drew. Looks like a great simple approach for folks jus wanting to "collect some damn money" - a lot of payment platforms require a much higher bar be cleared to get started, that is what it looks like you ace here (especially with the form builder - brilliant)

Your offering will naturally grow an expand as Stripe does so - smart move.
I'm sorry but I don't get it. What's interactive about it?

It looks like a fairly regular resume to me except for the fact that it's rendered as HTML, but that's not really something new. Sure, it's actually built dynamically with a few PHP functions, but the way each element is built could be smarter (e.g. you have HTML markup in the function's arguments sometimes which seems to beat the purpose a bit).

I'm not trying to be a downer but I was expecting something different and I feel I'm missing something.

If I were to do something like that, I would probably do it in Markdown with Jekyll. Right now, your index.php mixes a lot of presentation with content and I feel that one benefit of Markdown+Jekyll is that you have a readable Markdown file that can be made into a nice looking static HTML page.
May they be doomed to get a call like I did some 20 years ago from a large software company I'd consulted for:

"Mike, remember that project you did for us last year? Yeah, we've been shipping it with our product for a while - working great, thanks! Say... I don't suppose you might happen to still have a copy of the source code anywhere? I know, you probably deleted it after the project was over, but you were always so good about making backups - do you suppose you could rummage through your old backup tapes and see if there's anything? No, it's nothing like that! Well, we seem to have lost all our copies of the source and really hope you could help us out."

True story.
> But I don't think any of the so-called Constitutional guarantees are absolute.

What's the point of having a constitution if it's NOT absolute and then consistently ignored by government at will?
I wonder how it looks when you're driving behind someone with one of these and it goes off. Would it be powerful or surprising enough to distract a driver or cause a temporary blind spot?

Also, I'm surprised there are no provisions in the legislation to make illegal any system that would render speed cameras ineffective. Why would laws be written without those provisions?
Is there anybody not profiting off of these cameras that supports them?

This type of thing is so disgusting to watch. Everybody hates these, yet they're implemented anyway.
Incident (gTar) looking for a Hardware / Firmware Engineer
Hardware / Firmware Engineer
Design District, San Francisco
http://www.incidentgtar.com

Incident is building a unified music platform to make music easier and more accessible for everyone. Our first product, the gTar, is a real-time fully digital guitar with a multi-touch interactive LED lit fretboard. The gTar can be connected to a host device such as an iPhone or Desktop computer via USB-MIDI. Our first iPhone app focuses on giving everyone the ability to play music regardless of previous experience through the use of the interactive fretboard display. However, the sky's the limit with what can be done with such a platform, be it music creation, collaboration, entertainment, or education.

The first version of the gTar is now beginning production, but it can continue to get better through future firmware and hardware upgrades. We're looking for someone to help with that as well as help design and develop the next version of the product, and also future devices we're looking to build. We work with an amazing team in China, and this position will likely require a fair amount of travel to Asia.

Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve the gTar device hardware -
- Design and develop future devices -
- Optimize stability and performance of current hardware and firmware -

Required Skills
- EE, ECE/EECS Degree or equivalent -
- Strong engineering background -
- Experience with embedded design and development (ARM and AVR preferred) -
- Experience in circuit design and development -
- Strong C/++ experience -
- Deep understanding of software/hardware development fundamentals -

Bonus
- Understanding and experience in hardware or software level DSP -
- Analog and mixed signal engineering experience -

To apply, please submit your resume and optional cover letter in PDF or link format to jobs@incidenttech.com. A portfolio or links to personal project or past work a plus.
That is a fair point. However, even if you adjust the assumptions for expected value to be 3% (vs 25%, which is what I use), it is still an expected value of $43,000, over 14x greater than that of your average "I want to be the next Instagram" app. I wanted to use 2 hypothetical examples with some reasonable assumptions just to show the staggering difference in probabilities of each scenario.
How To Turn The Data From Any A/B Test Into A Real-Time Personalization Service
Don't worry about the paranoia above, the internet made us this way!

Keep on coding. Games are a good starting point.
One of the most egregious examples of this is David Prowse not getting any residuals for Return of The Jedi, as it also apparently hasn't made any profits yet. - http://www.slashfilm.com/lucasfilm-tells-darth-vader-that-re...
I take it none of the creator's loved ones have been hit by a reckless driver. This device exists solely to let dangerous child-men go on with no accountability for their actions.

Queue reckless endangerment suit in 5... 4...
Ask PG: What is the criteria for the pre startup school dinner / reception?
I was accepted to StartupSchool but never got a email about the reception / dinner for Friday night before StartupSchool. What is the criteria or what is looked for when inviting people?
I thought of this, as well as other similarly goal-ed techniques, many many years ago. But didn't pursue it because wasn't worth the hassle of legal risk. Seemed pretty clear to me that it would be either (a) illegal, or (b) made illegal at some point. Not worth the bother. So many other great ideas out there.
Quabel - Writing made easy.
You're pointing out the obvious (that this is a 5-day one person project) in a way that's not constructive.
Going back to School / Startup Founder & Business Owner?
Two options:

1) Square, because they have no fixed fee per transaction. 2.75% means 27.5c per $10 charge. It's not really something you integrate with an app, but with talking of swiping, it's not clear what the use case is.

2) PayPal micropayments. At 5% + $0.05, it's 55c per $10 charge. PayPal has a card-swipe reader the same as Square, but people can also pay with their PayPal accounts, or you can take full control over the payment interface by implementing the PayPal Pro API in your app.

Both are less than the 2.9% + $0.30 offered by Stripe, Braintree, or most any low volume MOTO merchant account.

I don't think anyone can recommend what the best input method is without any knowledge of what your app is or who your customers will be.
This product would be handy on toll roads that use cameras to bill you. Like the 407 in Ontario.

My somewhat educated guess is that the product would very likely be illegal because the flashes intentionally obscure the license plate from being recorded and that is the part of the laws in most states, provinces and countries this falls foul of. Most of the laws are written in such a way to say that any attempt to obscure the license plate is illegal. That is usually meant to suggest mud, various coverings and so on, but can depending on the specific law, mean any attempt by you the owner or driver of the vehicle to obscure in anyway, the recording of the license plate by authorized agencies or companies.
At least in the UK this would set you up for an attempting to pervert the course of justice charge. Not very clever.
Wow, thats amazing. I've only ever had a couple space dreams but one of them was by far the scariest dream I've ever had. I was outside the shuttle doing some sort of maintenance or something when it slowly started to fly away for some reason. I was simply floating in a slow rotation there by myself, looking out on space and earth and realizing I was going to float there until I died. It was so real and so terrifying I remember I was shaken up for a few days afterward.
Ask HN:Which social network would you integrate your app with first?
Twitter ?
Facebook ?
Google+ ?<p>Is there any data on engagement differences between the different social networks?
Plenty of drones with camera are available. The problem usually is the length of time they can stay up there. Battery power has not caught up with the current demand.
I am not defending a valueless response like that, but it is a bit crazy to imply that one person could build something the size of PayPal in five days.
how can square offer a lower % AND no fixed transaction fee?
The studies I've read from the Motor Accident Commission and the Victorian police here in Australia show a clear correlation between speed cameras and reduced incidences of accidents and fatalities, so yes, I support speed cameras.

Having said that, there are some pretty suspicious placements that seem like clear revenue raising. For example, a new underpass was built here in Adelaide on a road leading into the city. It has a relatively steep incline and the road curves as you enter and exit the underpass. There's a speed camera placed in precisely the best place to catch people who happen to stray a few kph over the speed limit as they descend into the underpass, and it makes that underpass difficult to go through - you're aware of the camera so you're constantly watching your speedometer as you enter and exit, and as I mentioned before, the road curves and so you find yourself drifting over the line because you can't focus entirely on the road for fear you'll creep over the speed limit and get a $600 fine and a bunch of demerit points.

There have been a few crashes on the underpass already, although thankfully no fatalities as far as I know.