skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
People that don't have DrawChat yet get invited with an SMS that contains a link to a page on our server. That page redirects you to the App Store. So we know how many people see our App Store listing.

On the other side, Apple provides you daily download numbers, which you then compare to the "first app open" counts on Flurry, Localytics, or your analytics provider of choice.

We can differentiate people who came to DrawChat organically vs. through invites by seeing if they had an invite waiting after sign up.
Yeah but by October 29th I'll have an iPad mini pre-ordered :)
The comparison where they showed that webpages are bigger on the iPad mini was awfully disingenuous considering how big a deal Apple has been making of "retina" displays, which the Nexus 7 is in the ppi range of.
It's called a Samsung Note.
fail2ban is pretty great. when so many (partly very obvious) advices are included. fail2ban should as well.
I would say he is more similar to Perez Hilton than Paris Hilton.
"The Wired link adds no value for the readers of HN, apart from a tl;dr".
Luckily for them there is plenty of opportunity in our city. I've yet to find a local tech company that isn't hiring.
Based on anecdotal experiences mine were nearly the opposite. Now I was never a trades worker but I did work for a unionized company. Up to a few months ago before leaving for private sector.

Union:

- Everyone is complacent with work, majority of time is spent faking work or finding ways out of work (pay raises are not tied to performance)

- Net pay below average for industry (Below 50th percentile)

- Under-skilled workers protected by the union from being let go.

- Successes & Failures of the company are shared amongst the entire employee base. As a result there is no motivating drive to work harder to push better products out faster because there is no direct feedback resulting from it

- Training is provided on a seniority basis

Non-Union:

- Identical benefits (or at the very least negotiable) but higher base wage

- Skilled workers who are hired based off of recommendation of trusted employees exclusively

- Strong motivating factor to produce more deliverable work as it is a direct correlation to the business's success and therefore yours (profit sharing)

- Pay raise is tied to performance

- Training provided on an as needed basis -> The new guy might get training before the 10 year vet because he/she is the one going to be working with that particular skill set in the short time frame

----

Shared amongst those is equal work/life balance and safety. Labour laws have protected the workforce from shady practices you experienced (arguably an isolated incident). I'm thankful for what unions of the last few centuries have brought for us, but speaking in the majority of cases I've heard of, (anecdotal: take it as you will) they are now power hungry bodies that are corroding industry from the inside out.
Worth it? How do you use your laptop? Do any of the features provide additional/incremental value to you? As with the majority of goods, value (and therefore, worth) is highly subjective.

EDIT: For me, the 13" Retina MBP does nothing that I wish I could accomplish with my 2011 13" MBP with 8 gigs of RAM and an SSD. It doesn't make anything that I currently do faster/easier/better. Therefore, not much incremental value to me. When I look to buy my next laptop, the Retina series (if its still a different product line by then) will be at the top of my list. I'd love to buy a laptop with an SSD, RAM and that wonderful screen - they just don't provide enough value to overcome the acquisition cost for me.
Since they didn't cannibalize their market themselves, someone ate it out from under them.
This is what I would play around with before I had a computer. You could only use it with a certain remote (with coloured buttons) and my folks didn't have one so I couldn't use it at home. It infuriated me knowing it was nevertheless coming across the air. I could only use it at my grandparents' place. I think they were pretty baffled that I wanted to spend so much time clicking around on a gaudy screen, but there were games and live news streams. Also kids shows would announce Ceefax pages at the end of shows so you could get more information. So much like the internet but years before I would have access. QQ.

So long, Ceefax
Not only is it more expensive, it has a lower resolution and a larger screen - for lower pixel density. They then compare it to a Nexus 7, saying the iPad mini has more resolution and viewing area... 1064x768 is in no way more than 1280x800. Granted the different apps for tablet/phone was more apparent in iOS, but for browsing (which they touted as a major use) the iPad mini looks worse. Their Guggenheim example had more visible space on the Nexus 7.
Calling Zynga and Groupon pump-and-dump schemes is a mark of one's one's understanding of business in much the same way that believing vaccines cause autism is a mark of one's understanding of science. Mark Pincus and Andrew Mason are both still running these companies. Running a public company that's doing badly is extraordinarily painful. No one would bring that on himself.
I don't want to weigh in on the union issue, but those last two paragraphs are spot on. I worked for IBM as a contractor a number of times and you are describing exactly the differences between those of us who were hourly and the salaried regular employees.

On the other hand, I wouldn't recommend working for IBM at all; there are reasons my resume reads like a list of major software project disasters of the '90's and it has a suspicious dearth of shipping products.
Or load time/time to engagement. Sometimes I'll just dump an app if it throws up registration screens within 20 seconds of opening it.
Without money awards I suspect you will see far fewer instances of Gambler's Ruin, or other more subtle profit-generating phenomenon. As far as I can tell, there can be no sense of "recouping losses".
The value of enthusiasm should not be underestimated. Many times older, more experienced devs will have learned-helplessness issues around a technology or merely think certain things cannot be done. Or overengineer things, thinking a O(n^2) sorting routine cannot be seriously considered, but a good routine makes the problem so complicated the problem is impossible to carry out. Whereas a junior dev will not know what the fuck many of those things are, use the bad sorting routine, and actually solve the problem.
Check out The Office if you want to experience it (UK or US) or Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Could you talk a little about what the major shortcomings of the current players are?
as for [1] yes, you're just unable to use ruby's syntax.

Oniguruma (regex engine in ruby1.9) existed as an external library in the past (1.8) and you can get stuff like re2 for ruby this days[1]

[1] https://github.com/mudge/re2
As a matter of fact, nothing even comes close to the balance of stability, backwards compatibility, consistency, robustness and flexibility that Windows offers.

What do you think is better and why? Perhaps "better" should be defined. I certainly don't think that shiny is better. I prefer utilitarian and flexible interfaces. Windows fits that bill swimmingly and I think most businesses would agree because I don't see many of them using anything else outside of Google.
Pushed to the Limit
Nice breakdown. Just a critique, I'm willing to bet that people were using therubyracer to compile CoffeeScript.
> need to harrass your friends or wait 24 hours.

or pay cash and continue immediately.
"The brick walls are there for a reason...They are there to stop the other people!" - Randy Pausch
> further action on the part of Brazil's government will also be essential so it will be interesting to see just how strictly this update to the forest code is enforced

Perhaps Brazil should get foreign governments to pay for all enforcement, as it seems foreigners are the ones benefitting from Amazon forest protections.

Converting a huge river system to agriculture and farming for food is what makes other great powers rise around them, viz China around the Yellow and Yangzi, India around the Ganges, the US around the Mississippi, Russia around the Volga, and in the past Egypt and Mesopotamia. Brazil's paying a lot in forgone development by not chopping down the trees, and should at least be asking the foreigners who benefit for cash in return for enforcement.
Inability to add more disk was a huge problem when were at slicehost [now rackspace]. Glad to see that finally lifted.

I was under the impression that it wasn't wise to run a high read/write database on SSD because they have limited writes. But obviously people are finding it wise to do this. Is a 20GB postgresql going to work ?

I guess considering the number of times I've had to migrate servers it shouldn't be a problem lasting 5 years ;)
You don't have to move to click the little start menu preview, you don't even have to wait for the preview to show up, you just bring your mouse to the corner and click. There's no aiming, just "throw mouse to corner and click".
Sony PlayStation 3 hacked with custom firmware
Rats. I was rooting for Uptilt:

http://uptilt.r12.railsrumble.com/
Again, it's not about this instance, which is one data point on the side of "publicity -> resolution". And there are many more data points on the side of "publicity -> resolution". Instead, the evidence required is data points on the side of "no publicity -> no resolution". The fact that Amazon didn't solve the issue until the publicity exists doesn't count as a "no publicity -> no resolution" data point.

Somehow, this is less clear to others than it is to me. I'll break it out into some cases. If the data points are mostly

- a mix of "publicity -> resolution" and "no publicity -> resolution", then publicity is irrelevant.

- a mix of "publicity -> resolution" and "no publicity -> no resolution", then truly the moral of the story is to have publicity if you want a resolution.

- a bunch of "publicity -> resolution", then we cannot make any conclusions!

We hear about the issues with publicity because, well... they have publicity. We make up the other half because it fits our preconceived bias.
No, there's no special construction involved here; the article is required, and you're seeing an editing/transcription error.
Increasing Wireless Network Speed By 1000% By Replacing Packets With Algebra
Agreed, that feature's great.

What's annoying is when it doesn't pick up taps on links that stand alone, which is the case, on, e.g. HN. The tap "targeting" for Chrome seems particularly poor.
On a somewhat related note, my `fortune` for today was

Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students
who now smoke pot will someday become congressmen and legalize
it in order to protect themselves.
-- Lenny Bruce
I disagree mostly with the parent and see in iPad mini few minuses for Apple; (1) 7.9" is slightly big to fit in pockets, (2) the non-retina display, and low resolution is a step backwards, (3) The lower net profit per person, will drag down Apple margins.(Now having the Apple logo seeable in a cafe will cost you lower) (4) The loss of credibility in previous marketing claims of perfect size for fingers similar to the move from 3.5" to 4.0" (5) will canibalize the bigger iPad.
From what I saw on my own Kindle, there's no "central database of highlights/bookmarkings"; it's stored per book in new files Kindle create next to each book.
There are only two polished window managers on the market, windows and OS X. And of those windows come out way ahead.

A window manager that doesn't handle multiple monitors well in 2012 is just sad...
When you consider the $/GB, do you consider the cost of operating these as mechanical devices - mechanical wear and fatigue, increased electricity usage, administrative costs (tape storage, space for robot to work, robot repairs, etc), and possibility of damage (dropped tapes)?
And that's one of the biggest problems with software patents. In 15 years, we'll likely be using a different codec (or, at least I would hope we'd make some progress in that amount of time).
The parent asked why you'd need to perform a full cold boot. I'm suggesting that there are cases where you do.
>gets almost no negative press over it

They've gotten a lot of negative press—the Seattle Times ran a long, mostly negative, series of articles: http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2017901782_a... , for instance.

The publishing industry has also been harping on Amazon for a long time.

But I think part of the reason fewer people complain about Amazon is that Amazon is providing alternatives to industries that are even worse—like publishing or music. From the consumer's side, they're also insanely convenient.
Posting for the author of Bifocals:

I'm not very familiar with express, but I just looked at the template system to see what I can do.

I don't think you would get a ton of benefit out of this library with express as is.

An express website would get the most benefit out of this library if they had a system so that the route your http server picked could also manually call routes which would add additional content to the page.

For example, something like the following would allow bifocals to work its magic.

app.get(/^\/user\/(\d+)$/, function (req, res) {
res.render('user.html', {user: req.params[0]});
});

app.get(/^\/home$/, function(req, res){
app.perform_request('/user/1234', res.child('content', 'user_widget.html');
res.render('home.html');
});

If I accessed /user/1234 in my browser, I would see a user's profile page.
If I accessed /home in my browser, I would see the home page and a user widget containing user 1234's data.

Both times you see a user, they have executed the same route function, but you can change the templates and inject them into other templates asynchronously.
You can do this unlimited times within one route, and to an unlimited depth (depending on your system resources of course)

Bifocals also offers some of it's own features, multiple rendering systems, http header+status code handling, and more.
I totally agree; the swim itself is of a lot of excitement and utility too. (FWIW, life doesn't necessarily begin/end after the swim. :) )
That's a fair question. Personally, I'm impressed with how fast my machine boots up. It's certainly better than minutes/near-minutes my old machine used to.

The same could be said about a few milliseconds when loading a web page; but Google Chrome does really weird (but awesome!!) network adapter/caching hacks to get those few milliseconds, and many people are grateful for it.

And, 5 seconds on newer machines is a lot more time on older machines.

(Disclosure, since the topic is on it: Microsoft employee. The remarks are my own, not the company's, blah blah)
There's one feature that keeps windows out of the running for me that almost every X Windows manager has in some form or another. Multiple desktops (not multiple monitors). I know there was an XP powertoy that sort of did it for windows but it ran slower than dirt on any hardware I had available. Without that, I can't help but see the Windows WM as hobbled.
New 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display
I'm working on an education startup. Where can I find a good comparison between you and LearnSprout?
Thanks for taking the time to respond and thanks for the compliments. Do you mean an weekly agenda style calendar? Right now my scheduler just shows a daily agenda view. I have plans to add a weekly and monthly view as well.

Also there is no integration with Google Calendar but something I will explore. Thanks!
Forcing an inferior codec on users for political reasons is unreasonable.

Have you tried watching 720p WebM compared to 720p H264? The difference is jarring.
Successful Entrepreneurs Focus Better and Quit More Often
IPad Mini VS iPad 2 VS iPad With Retina Display [Official Comparison]
I don't get it. Is the library for progressively loading html content? So that you can use multiple threads to handle one request and therefore get higher performance? From the examples given, it is hard to see why regular template rendering wouldn't work just as well.
I work at a mobile game development company in Vancouver, and it's great here. Best environment I've ever worked in. Good people, good management, get in at 8:30 and leave at 5, etc.

Not everyone in the industry is scum, though it's certainly not uncommon.
> The layouts remain separate, but this is where Android gets it completely wrong: app makers should be taking advantage of the sizes available and stop pretending that automatic layout actually works

You've completely misunderstood my point. I'm not referring to the ability of Android apps to resize themselves. I'm referring to the ability to easily rearchitect the frontend of Android 3.0+ apps by using Fragments[0].

0: http://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html
The linkbaity title links to a neat, proprietary way to reduce wireless packet loss.
There doesn't seem to any strong evidence yet that the process described in the article actually produces net energy output.

Massive overstatement. They don't have evidence the process exists in any form.
I wonder what people who strike it rich on vaporware tell their children when asked what they did to make money?

I mean what does Mark Cuban tell his kids? "I built this website and it was shut down, but I'm bloody rich anyways, so..."

I mean I personally would feel like a horrible role model to the children after that. Does this sort of information turn your children into thinking the end justifies the means?
Just my two cents,

I don't know if I agree with the concept that there is a bubble that is just waiting to burst, but I think focusing on the core of how you will make money is totally key to any startup's success.

In my mind, you need to figure out first how your startup will not die (revenues), and once you have established this runway for yourself figure out how to go up and to the right. I know that is a horrible oversimplification and like any recipe needs to be adjusted for 'altitude'. I do think to not tackle these issues early on is just a prescription to give away more of your company then you probably needed too, and set a dangerous precedent for how your company views money.

All that being said I don't think that all companies fit into this mold, and some really need the time to figure things out instead of rushing into a market and trying to figure out the money side of the equation.

I guess the point of my rambling is that you should sweat about where your money is coming from as early as possible. To not do so is risky, and your chance of failure will be high. If you choose to focus on traction first, you really should have lots of experiments in the pike to figure out how to make money from those users. Startup's are all about discovery and growth, but in my opinion revenue and costs should always be near the top of the focuses of any search for that sustainable business model.
As someone who was a developer in Austin as of a few months ago, I can imagine other Austin area companies salivating at the fresh infusion of developers into the market. They should be okay (or at least I hope so!).
It associates Mozilla too, unfairly imho.
Reading More but Learning Less?
My GF loves her Note 2. Of course she carries it in a bag, but if you want a giant phone, that's the one to go for.
Zuckerberg: Instagram had 27M users when Facebook acquired. Now it has  100M.
Think of HSM as a more convenient alternative to a traditional tape system, rather than a cheaper alternative to a disk system. I think the benefits outweight the costs, but only if you understand the limitations. Have a guy on staff who understands tape and near-line storage and you should be in a good position.

Also, stay away from DiskXttender. I've used that product and it's terrible.
Actually, the twitter-bootstrap-rails[1] gem requires therubyracer[2] in order to compile LESS -> CSS.

[1] https://github.com/seyhunak/twitter-bootstrap-rails

[2] https://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer
A tablet that fits in your pocket... is a phone.

I honestly can't tell whether it's the 'new Apple product' shine, but I like the idea of a 7.9inch screen better than a 7inch.
Facebook stock pops as ad sales surge
That's basically all true, except it's not always just "a few cents" for delivery, especially if you have full color photos or illustrations as a part of your eBook. On other platforms there is no delivery fee and no price range required to receive the 70% royalty rate. So there is a window for certain books where the Amazon rates are competitive, and of course they have the largest marketplace for eBooks so it's usually advantageous to play within those bounds.
"I worked overtime all the time, though"

Were they doing the "unofficial" 80-hour workweeks?
I have a friend who tried a tablet with the two-screens-on-a-hinge setup you describe. She found it unusable.

I have a docking keyboard for my Samsung 10.1. I find it unusable. Worse than a netbook. The keyboard is crappy and the screen is right at my fingertips, so it's impossible to use with good posture.
iPad Mini Web Design and Development Early Best Practices
That depends on context. A often comes with an implied, "underwhelming for everybody and thus it won't sell well."
I don't really understand the point. Don't Apple now have 4 devices which do the same thing?

iPod + iPhone.. as far as I can tell are identical apart from the iPod cannot make calls.

iPad is a giant version of the iPod... which I really like to use to browse the web on the sofa.

We now have the iPad Mini which is that awkward size which is too big put in your pocket and yet you don't want to put it in your backpack as you could put your netbook / iPad / laptop in your bag.

I am sure they will sell plenty. I just don't really get it. Its like innovation has stalled at Apple. How many sizes can we make the iPhone?

Beyond this the iMac is incredibly disappointing. Its thin! Oh well. No SDD. No Retina Display. Probably has a little spec boost over last model. Its disappointing. Glad I didn't wait for it.
I think the 1024x768 screen resolution is probably a smart move: same as my old iPad 2, but smaller. Not retina display quality, but not adding a retina display allowed the iPad mini to be less than half the weight.

That said, my Samsung Galaxy S III has 1280x720 resolution which makes it really nice for watching Netflix, TED videos, etc. And the Galaxy phone is very light weight.

I have decided to not buy anymore Apple gear, but if not for that, if I was in the market for an iPad, I would rather have this smaller one that is less than half the weight.

I see the mini competing more with 'super phones' like the Samsung Galaxy S III.
What this seems to be suggesting is that tablets are not replacing PCs, they're more like a portable WebTV. :-P
All you really needed was a "Text" button on your remote. The coloured buttons were for Fastext, a later innovation found on more expensive tellies. You posh nob with your posh grandparents. :)

I'm sad it's going, but I don't think I've looked at it in over twenty years. Do you remember BBC2 announcing "And now, some pages from Ceefax," in the afternoon? My cue to go outside and play...

Oh, and you talk about frustration: our first TV was a giant old brown-cased Grundig. No text, but the remote that came with it had all the buttons! Now that was a slap in the face.
Still going strong on most Norwegian channels. It's very good for a fast news/weather/stock etc. update, the interface is much faster to use compared to what you get with the web.

Modern TVs cache all 999 possible pages, so flipping between pages is instantaneous. With old sets you could end up waiting for about a minute in the worst case.

NRK (the Norwegian equivalent to the BBC) have a web based interface:

http://nrk.no/tekst-tv/190/
This has always been (and, till now, still is) BlackBerry's forte. Even though their software is not up to snuff, their hardware is undoubtedly built for just this use case.