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I should have been more clear, so let me correct that for you, of 99.9% of those that owned IOS and that downloaded his app - they did not pay for it. For the record it got 4.5 stars with over 800 reviews so it not by all means crap. That is the figure I was given. Given we were talking about mobile, I was using that as my guide for a platform not yet on the market.

China has some of the highest piracy rates in the world—with a piracy rate of 96% in PC software, 93% in motion pictures, and 85% in records and music.
[“China Fever” F. Fang 2007, International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) report, Feb. 18. 2010 ]

http://www.china-mike.com/facts-about-china/economy-investme...
I sometimes get the feeling that the movie studios could be outsmarted by a box of rocks. This example doesn't really do much to change my mind.
Yes. I find this particularly annoying when using an immersive/chrome-less browser. In my case I'm using IE10 on a Surface and the header acts like chrome and is distrcting

bleh

edit: just noticed that in this particular site you can hide it with the arrow on the right
Well, what's AMD's stance on this? Hopefully they - at least - will continue to make CPUs that the "modder" community can take advantage of. If not, that would be a real shame. I've been an AMD fan since my 386DX/40, and would love another reason to continue supporting them.

Otherwise, one has to feel that this is just another battle in the "War on General Purpose Computing". Sure, PCs will - for now - remain "general purpose" computing devices, but you have to consider this one more step down the path of locking them down, and making them less accessible and hackable.
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Though as far as I'm aware there's no inherent reason for this - apart from cost.

One of the things which has made PC so awesome since the early 90's has been the vast array of hardware available - you can just plug something out, plug something else in and boom, it runs faster, better and it's easy. You don't have to wait 12 months for a "new version of The PC". It's an open platform, we all love open platforms, don't we?
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Or the really hot dudes.
Finding a co-founder is tough. Someone summed it up for me by saying most nerds didn't play sports, so they have no clue how to gel, play their position and just get things done.

Most co-founders don't have or don't believe in the project enough to vest in with money and others just want to captain their own ship.

To solve the money problem I put up an auction on Dreamybids.com, the auction winner will get 5% for the $25 they used to join the auction. Still it seems self motivation is a quality only founders have.
This is such an important topic, you'd hope a thread with discussion and suggestions would get pegged to the top of the site. If this was a PHPBB, you'd want this to be one of the "sticky" threads.

Key questions (some overlap) from my experience:

* Are we the founders allowed to work with or advise any other startups or projects before XXX milestone in the company?

* What is the decision mechanism we will use to resolve intractable disputes, and why do we believe it will work?

* What is the mechanism by which a founder will be released from the team, and how will we engage it?

* How are we vesting?

* Can we make a list of every acquaintance we could ever possibly foresee hiring? How will we voir dire those people, so we aren't fighting over whose friends we're willing to hire?

* How many months of salary per employee will we need to add a headcount?

* At what point will we pull the trigger and start pitching our offering to customers? Are we waiting for a rev1 or beta release? Can we start selling now?

* Who apart from the dev lead will decide when it's time to "ship" or "sell"?

* How will we decide to "pivot" or give up on our original offering?

* If our idea fails, are we continuing as this team, or reevaluating? If we're not sure, how will we decide? How do we know we're giving each other honest answers?

* As we willing to add part-timers, juniors, or indefinite interns, and if so, how will we account for them?

* What level of agreement among the founders is required to fire an employee?

* Under what circumstances would we consider adding an employee to our "management team" or "cofounder pool"?

* Once we have a management team, will we continue managing it and the rest of the company as a group of cofounders, or will that conversation be vested in the management team?

* What resources will we spend on promotion and appearance marketing? Do we require a high-end website? Do we require a professional logo? Do we require business cards? Will we be attending conferences?

For me, I'd want a theme of my cofounder questions to be, "how do I know we're being honest with each other and really engaging the question"? Most important cofounder questions are easy to B.S., and B.S. answers buy you nothing; they may actually make things worse, either by needlessly committing people to positions or providing ways to hang people in arguments later. "Why do we think this answer is right?" "When would we reconsider it?" "How sure are we about this?"

I could make a list of answers I thought I was sure of last time I started a company (this one) that it turned out I was dead wrong about.
Ask HN: What's the best practice for organizing your code?
I'm learning to code, and currently I have my code/sites in folders in my home directory. For example, Ruby goes into a "Ruby" folder, HTML/CSS would go into a "Sites" folder, and the two are equal, hierarchically, to the default Documents and Desktop folders.

Is my method the "right" method? I'm aware this could be a method of procrastination, but I don't want to start any habits that could be detrimental to any future work.
Can you clarify, with sources or more information?
If recording what happens matters then cheap recording devices in the hands of locals or volunteers should suffice. I'm not seeing how live satellite broadcasts of a talking head from the roof of a 5 star hotel in a warzone or a suburban street as bodies are dug up adds anything but verisimilitude to whatever soundbites theyre spouting.
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Gas mileage and average life of transmission, etc. are benchmarks that do matter to the average consumer. The max horsepower isn't used at all by people purchasing cars for travel on the main roads, but max processor power is probably used at least from time to time on people purchasing computers, maybe because of running badly-written software or just trying to open a million tabs in Chrome.

Build quality/durability is quite a tough pickle to nail statstics on. Used Apple sales may still carry a higher price tag because people paid more for them in the first place, or because of the brand name. % of devices still running to their consumer's satisfaction is a statistic I haven't seen before, and might be skewed by the type of respondents. Some of the tests done here that I put stock into are actually some of the most interesting: like dropping Nintendo cartridges from 3 story buildings, or leaving a laptop in your freezer or out on the hot pavement for an hour to see what happens when you try to use them again. There are a lot of stories here about what kind of abuse their laptops take, but I would go on over to Youtube and actually look at some people who went out of their way to record this. Word of mouth and anecdotes really do dominate this area, so I can't say much about this outside of personal experience, which really comes down to "Wait at least a year, do at least an hour's research, and hope you're lucky". Even within a brand, some products are very durable while others are flimsy.

ASUS falls off that list when it comes to vendor support, but Sony, Dell and Lenovo all offer support, though I have never come across useful vendor support, so I'll have to keep quiet about that. Generally I try to buy equipment that is durable enough not to fail within that warranty period, and after that I'll move on.
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That deck was done by a research group and yes I think it is intended to imply that the network costs increase as volume over the network increases.

While this is implicitly true, I agree that there isn't an explicit relationship, BUT it was interesting how dramatic the growth of video has been and how much of the network is video.

You do agree that carriers are moving more data than they ever have before, a fact which repeats itself daily. I'm not necessarily arguing that ISPs should be able to charge more for video, only that there is more usage on there network which may or may not impact their backbone costs.

You are correct that the implied linkage is misleading, but I wouldn't call the deck "awful". It's just a viewpoint, and it does provide some useful context/information.
Wow, this is a very nice demo. I was quite surprised at how simple the demo script is - no offence :), that shows some maturity for cannon.js and three.js that I wasn't aware of.

Great job BTW!
> A switch to BGA would mean that the processor could no longer be fitted into socket where it could be removed or replaced, and instead would be soldered to the motherboard much like processors for notebooks and tablets are nowadays.

This is completely incorrect. They could solder all the CPUs, but you can absolutely socket BGA chips. Are there any indications that they're going non-upgradable outside of the switch to BGA?
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Historically, big issues with computers are related to the supply chain... poor vendor management for power supplies, defective batches of hard disks, etc.

Apple has a great supply chain, so they get dibs on the highest quality parts, etc. But, they are pushing the state of the art for manufacturing much more than they have in the past. End result: they are building difficult to repair computers. The $700 replacement of a previous gen MBP is now handing out a new, $2,500 computer from inventory at an Apple Store.

Warranty replacements reduce overall store margin, which is a key KPI for retail managers. So you're creating a situation where the local store management has an incentive to provide you with poor service. When people become victims of arbitrary and capricious behavior by a company they trust, they get angry.
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One can believe that, but it's different saying that "sometimes spam and dupes slip through" and saying "I disagree with everyone else, they're wrong, I'm right", which is what he's doing in this case.

It's as if he visited a user page for someone he didn't like, saw 5000 karma and said "yeah, but his posts are mostly fluff. I'm making that 3500".
note: typing on a smart.phone sucks balls.

ha ha! I knew you would have commented on this article and tried to debase it even before I opened the comment section! it seems to me that the entire business of YC relies on there being a market for the exact type of start ups that this article describes as a waste of human talent. It is in your (pg's) best interest to kill this article because if there is a bubble, and it pops, YC will be a major loser. Your credibility would be destroyed because YC would be seen as a primary finder of companies.that.have no long term.value. . YC needs a liquid market of shitty start ups to get vc funding in order to function. I'm sure you are aware that even the tinyest hint of.trouble.can pop bubbles, which is.why you purged this.article.

I laughed at your decision to kill the article for a couple of reasons. first, this means that you are aware of the bubble and also aware that in order to prevent new companies from being discouraged from applying to YC you need a zero tolerance policy on even the hint of it showing its ugly head. by banning this article you have confirmed to me that there is a bubble and it is about ready to pop. second, this says a lot about your character and your priorities as a person. you are ok with draconian anti free flow of information banning if an idea goes against your personal interests. for.someone who funds tech start ups, you seem.to.have forgotten.how.the internet works. the Truth will get out. supposedly the voting system.of.hackernews should have prevented a false idea from.getting.to.the front page. if this idea was truly as false as you say it is in your reasons to ban it, it never would have been upvoted. and yet you had to ban it. third, this means that you truly don't give a shit about the.companies or the people that you fund. you know that it the.bubble.is.close.to.popping and.that.it may not be in their best long term interests to apply to YC, but you want their talent anyways so you can profit, so you continue.to cultivate the idea that their stupid business idea is not a problem as.long.as.they pivot.enough.times to.find a similiar, slightly less stupid idea to try to sell to Google or.whoever.

I've been thinking about it for a while, but your response to this.article has confirmed.to.me that I will.never apply to YC. You are not a person who I would want to take advice.from, let alone have any say over.my.life. or how I run my business. I wish you luck, though, and I hope.you can continue to find enough chumps.to.apply to.YC so you can continue.to.fund hackernews.and I can read interesting articles.for.free... so thanks.for.that, anyways.

edit: I know you (pg) won't respond, and I know you will probably shadow ban my account, and I know this comment will be downvoted into oblivion. I also know that you, pg, will read.it and know that I see through your bullshit. and if I can see it, so can others.
Don't. You are much better off hiring people than having a cofounder. Because it's great when things are going well. But when they aren't you aren't going to be motivated AT ALL to work on YOUR idea.

Cofounders work better when you both come up with the idea at the same time.
If you want to make it so that any changes stick, you have to make it so the old way doesn't work anymore. I remapped my Caps Lock to several things over the years, but it isn't until I learned to unmap the original key that any of them stuck.

If you turn out not to like it, switch back.

It's a bit of a challenge to wrap something like 'git' with a shell script that spanks you for doing the wrong thing, but that's a good shell learning exercise.

A point scheme is still too diffuse and the feedback still too slow vs. It Didn't Work occurring instantly. You'd be amazed at how quickly you learn new keystrokes this way.
Besides their money, VCs bring little value to your company. They rarely understand the scope of your problem or why your plan on solving it that way, they don't know your customers, and it can sometimes be distracting to prepare for board meetings with your investors.

Its unfortunate that TC can only validate companies based on how much money they've raised..
I like the Verge, and what I like about the Verge is what Ben Brooks doesn't, I think. The reviews don't hit you like an opinionated ton of bricks; the style of the Verge recognizes that there are nuances in reviewing any product that are ultimately subjective. I don't want to read "buy the iPhone 4S and nothing else", I want to read what the reviewer thought the pros and cons are, regardless of how much he weights those pros and cons. Because I'll probably think some things are more important than he does.

The Sphero got a pretty harsh review, including the summary wrap-up of 'THERE ARE PLENTY OF BETTER WAYS TO SPEND $129.99' and a 5.0/10, which as anyone who reads reviews on any site knows is below average. I honestly don't see the problem, it's not The Verge is hiding its opinion that they wouldn't buy the product.
I once slipped on ice and dropped my T60p from about chest height onto a steel manhole cover. It was perfectly fine. Worrying about the structural strength of a T-series Thinkpad is entirely unjustified as far as I can tell.
Being forced to buy a new motherboard every three years could wind up being very costly.

First, after a few years, a new motherboard will probably require a new type of RAM, which can be quite expensive to fully populate.

It's also possible that the new motherboard will not have the same type of peripheral slots as the old motherboard did, requiring you to buy all new peripherals when you upgrade.

Finally, buying a new motherboard will force you to "upgrade" to a new BIOS, like UEFI -- which can bring in a whole host of problems that the old BIOS did not have (such as not easily being able to boot your existing operating system).
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This is probably by accident. If you use CFNetwork and dont explicitly enable proxies, it ignores the system settings.
Here's another hackish way to do this, probably a bad idea, insert in your profile

git() { if [[ $@ == "status" ]]; then echo "NOT TODAY BUB (hint, use gs)"; else command git "$@"; fi; }
alias gs='git status -'

edit: removed ' | more'
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You know where the industry is heading tomorrow, but are aware of limitations we live with today.
You deliver efficient and clean wireframes and mockups fast.
You strive in an iterative agile environment and love brainstorming creative concepts with engineers, designers, and product managers.
You are well versed in UX and Interaction Design tools.
You live and breathe user feedback: from metrics and analytics to focus groups and usability studies.
You have formal training in HCI, solid UX portfolio, and a proven track record of industry success.
Programming and/or graphics design background is a strong plus.
I've upgraded CPUs a number of times. However, it gets a bit problematic when they changed the socket every other year, but it's still nice to be able to spend $50 to upgrade an old computer with a better CPU rather than buying a whole machine.

Another circumstance I had was that I had a motherboard fail. So I replaced the motherboard but kept all the other components including the CPU.
I'm curious: do you use Linux on your Z-series? If so, how is it? Can you get the power dock thing to work?
Why is this site not perma-banned? Every article is just anti-Microsoft, hate-filled drivel.
... or, at one point, they say "fuck it" and go invest in the tax-friendly haven of the day in some burgeoning Asian market.
Disappointment! Was hoping this headline referred to the demise of PanderDaily instead.
Interesting i'm in a very similar boat to you. Although with me; i think i need to reconcile with the fact that the failures are accomplishments. I still need to get to that point - Do you have any advice for me?
This isn't an HTML5 game, but OpenRA is an open source clone of Command & Conquer: Red Alert which also supports the original Command & Conquer and Dune2000.

http://open-ra.org

If you get tired of playing in a browser, check OpenRA out!
Nice. When I saw the headline this song immediately started playing in my head.
Edison bulb and it's associated patents freed the public from combustion light or otherwise dark evenings...
My product management team is looking for a product that sort of has some of the functionality you have in this app. What we would like is a way to keep track of feature requests and then have a way to keep track of votes for/against the feature request so we can use it to inform prioritization. So not an exact fit, but that was the first use case that I thought of when I saw your app. We won't be using it but this looks like good stuff. I wonder what % of customers will go to the length of making suggestions.
Just saw it. Good concept
Maybe Google indeed should make these companies stand in the corner for a while, but wouldn't that conflict with its interests? It's a quick way to make enemies with lots of money to spend in court.
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Good article, after reading this article I #1 know why google is against it, and #2 am against the proposal as well. IMO the google site http://www.google.com/intl/en/takeaction/whats-at-stake/
could have benefited from some of this kind of detailed information with references.
Excellent... I've been manually sweeping for these about once a month on Enyo, but it will be nice to have it part of our merge flow.
It's like knowing how the engine works in a car. Most drivers would do well to have a basic understanding and know where the main things are under the hood. So this goes for Rubyists in general and Ruby related posts are on HN every day.
This was pretty thoroughly debunked as an issue on Slashdot last week.
I'll just point out here that nobody holds a gun to people's head and says "Read TechCrunch, or else!" Think about that.

Complaining about the content of Techcrunch is akin to complaining about how pornography portrays women. In both cases they are low barrier to entry markets, with a group think driven customer base. TechCrunch is the way it is, because it gets the most page views that way. If it starts deviating off that path into the kind of content 'you' (and by you I mean the critical thoughtful reader) might like, well it is quickly corrected by the connoisseurs of startup porn. TechCrunch has no more control over the editorial direction of the web site than the Government accounting office has over the budget.

Phil Lemmons used to run Byte magazine, waaaay back, and it was the 'cool' computer magazine that was above it all. Except it was slipping into becoming a magazine about the IBM PC and its compatibles. I complained, others complained, there was a unity of concern. I got to talk with Phil at the Byte Magazine booth at the Comdex show in Las Vegas and he explained that editorial control was a slippery thing. You could push against the 'bulk' of what people wanted to read but you couldn't push so hard that you left that audience behind, to do so was certain death, so he spent his time putting in enough PC articles to keep the 'bulk' and the other articles to keep the 'faithful'. It was an interesting balancing act.

A web site like TechCrunch is in an even more precarious position, people don't even pay to subscribe. So they are very much at risk of losing their readership if they stray too far from what they want. They can try to lead them, but ultimately they are at the mercy of their readers.

What this means is that complaining about Techcrunch's Editorial direction is not as powerful as starting your own web site (or patronizing one you like) which is more to your liking.
No, it would not be that simple. Verisign does not have the private key, they only have the public and their role here is to confirm that it is the public key.

For the NSA to spy, they need to get Verisign to issue a second certificate, and then to use it to construct a mirror of your site using a man-in-the-middle attack. Then they'd have to route your traffic through their server in one of various ways (the simplest being to confuse your machine about the DNS entry).

It is still doable, and no doubt they do it already. But they can't do it on a wide scale without being caught at it. And they haven't been.
Red hat started out selling their software. Their transition to a services company was facilitated by Linux software being integrated into enterprise in a mission critical manner.

Most software is less critical to an IT department than an OS, and few things justify the scale of support within enterprise.
"the TrackPoint is accessible with your index finger from the keyboard's home row"

This really, is the end of the discussion for me. After using the trackpoint for years and becoming spoiled by being able to maintain proper posture at all times, not having a trackpoint on all of my other keyboards has lead me to slowly abandon mouse use wherever possible. For me, it is a choice between either a trackpoint or nothing at all. If I had a MBP, I would disable the trackpad entirely; it would only get in my way.
I'm not a coder, but when I was last looking for a job (actually almost two years ago) - and I got several (3) great leads from one monthly posting.