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Review my startup
My startup is closing in on its launch, and we've decided to do a front end redesign while certain issues on the back end get wrapped up (let's just say our original designer was admittedly not a front-end expert by any stretch). We have a designer lined up, and we're leaning towards adopting a responsive web design as part of the redesign process. This is probably our best opportunity to make any major changes before things really ramp up, so getting a fresh perspective on what we should consider changing, adding, subtracting, etc at this point would be immensely beneficial. So what say you HN, what glaring issues are we missing because we look at this site everyday?
They might be hinting at victimless crimes.
I'm suggesting that historical warrant service rates are used in calculating budgets, and making staffing and other decisions that will be hard to address in such a compressed period of time. One would assume this will result in a 57% increase in caseloads, which means 57% more time that cases take to make their way through court since more judges can't just magically appear. Most jails operate at or above capacity; a sudden 57% increase in inmates will result in all kinds of lawsuits and other expenses both for the inmates and for the counties that operate them.

Finally, yes, seeing minor crimes all the way through the court system is of questionable social value relative to the economic expense.
it's empty. Did they mean it to be this way?
See
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/codemirr... for the actual announcement.
Thank you, that's what I have been doing, but it doesn't work unfortunately. I get an automated response each time I try that, and when I called them, they said there is nothing they could do, even though the unit has not shipped yet.

"Thanks for contacting Google Play regarding cancellation of your order. All orders are processed directly after your purchase is complete. As a result, this means that there is a very short window of time to cancel an order prior to shipping.

Although we attempted to honor your request, we were unable to cancel your order in this window. "

Whatever that "window" is, it seems longer than 10 days!
By way of explanation, my startup is closing in on its launch, and we've decided to do a front end redesign while certain issues on the back end get wrapped up (let's just say our original designer was admittedly not a front-end expert by any stretch). We have a designer lined up, and we're leaning towards adopting a responsive web design as part of the redesign process. This is probably our best opportunity to make any major changes before things really ramp up, so getting a fresh perspective on what we should consider changing, adding, subtracting, etc at this point would be immensely beneficial. So what say you HN, what glaring issues are we missing because we look at this site everyday?
"But doesn't that speak to the exact issue you're responding to? I'd more than happily pay for Game of Thrones season 2 if it were available for me to pay for on its own or with other things I want. The problem is that in order to get it I have to subscribe to cable, which is a hefty tax to pay for a single show."

The only feature I wanted in my washing machine was regular wash cotton. I should've stolen it I suppose.
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If that's so, make it happen and I look forward to seeing your Show HN post!
That doesn't negate my point in any way.
> QR codes are really popular in the UK,

I don't think that's accurate, at least for values of "really popular" that I understand.
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Yes, but do hackers find this interesting, or are non-hackers voting this to the top? There was a time when you didn't see stuff like this on HN.
Fun to see this pop up again.

Original: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1190974 (almost 3 years ago)
Well maybe your specific condition is more complex, but I have a pollen allergy and antihistamine alleviates the symptoms. You didn't address the general mechanism at all.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/49701-subprime-mortgages-cro...

It doesn’t have exact numbers, but the tl;dr is that people from every income bracket were taking out subprime mortgages, including middle- and upper-class people who could qualify for prime mortgages but wanted to borrow even more.
U.S. Forecast as No. 2 Economy but Energy Independent
On a national level, yes. But on a district level, what proportion of the children who were educated in a given school district end up working there and paying taxes after they grow up?
I wonder how many times programmers are even aware that they're using syntax not available in other compilers. I remember the first time I used a non-gcc C compiler and was greatly surprised that things I'd taken for granted and simply assumed was 'C' didn't work.
Determining what is a good, useful definition that all rational participants can agree to, and clearing all other conceptual baggage before the discussion can even get off the ground...

That's a lot of new qualifiers; in other words, a "No True Scotsman" fallacy.

It sounds like you're talking about the equivalent of a "Python language development mailing list", whereas I'm saying "it's all just assembly anyway". Technically, such a higher-level discussion as found in the former can be useful, but I don't expect anyone on there to claim that there's some essential "Python nature" separate from the ones and zeroes (and the electrical configurations of the developer brains, other physical components, etc.).

Someone can talk about what Python "should" do all day long, and try to determine the "nature of Python", but I really only care about the programmers when it comes to writing or debugging my actual code, especially when the code behind the mailing list breaks.
It's an important question, but I don't know why we need to bunch together childrens purchasing habits, and adults. They are after all quite different markets.

I don't think we can ever get back where childrens money, saved over months and months of having a paper route, goes back to pay for culture, art and useful information (programs). There is also a question if its morally right to deny children of culture, art and useful information, on the basis if they can pay for it. Currently, schools are the primary actor in bridging the gap between rich children, and poor ones, but its not a long term solution.

For adults, its a complete different question, one which usually ends up on the question of convenience, price and opportunity. Afterall, Wallmart will always sell DVD's and games, even if copyright would go away. They also sell bottled water, and in some places, air.

Torrenting and wallmart dvd's do not directly compete for the same market group. In same way, streaming provide a convenience that torrenting do not. Add channels with preselected entertainment, and we are talking about quite different experience between streaming and torrenting.

If you are a person who careful select what you want to view before hand, and got time to prepare downloads, and do not impulsive buy DVD's at stands, then yes you might be a person who would rather torrent than buy (and thus get a superior product without drm). On other hand, that kind of person is much more likely to spend money on independent movies, on cinemas and expensive collector boxes with additional items like props and books.
Distrowatch is probably the least accurate measurement of usage numbers that exists. The fact that Mint is beating Ubuntu on Distrowatch is a result of a lot of Mint users saying "Hey, let's keep hitting Distrowatch so we make sure we beat Ubuntu on Distrowatch" and has nothing to do with actual use of the OS.
And to some extent I would think Canonical is okay with that. A cull of their core users expecting an unencumbered free tool is probably in their best interests. People who are willing to trade something of monetary value arguably should be the focus of any business.

Also, don't leave here thinking that DistroWatch is a good metric of mindshare among Linux users...

"The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics...show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch.com was accessed each day, nothing more."

http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
Every so often, when you kick the can down the road, you have to face the possibility that the road will end.
Music Industry Threatens to Sue UK Pirate Party over Pirate Bay Proxy
This is one issue in which RMS is completely right. I don't know why Ubuntu thinks it can cynically sell it's users searches to amazon but I want nothing to do with it. Think of the dangers posed by this to human rights activists who chose linux as the safer OS.

For instance:

1. Consider a journalist who doing an investigative story on amazon's warehouse working conditions. The journalist has been given some internal documents used by amazon and happens to search for one of these documents. Amazon could detect that someone has this file and learn of the investigation.

2. Or someone has pirate a movie and searches for the file on their harddrive. Given certain search strings it should be possible for amazon to detect that this purpose engages in piracy. What is to prevent amazon from reporting this information to "The Authorities".

I hope someone develops an Ubuntu fork that doesn't have spyware (spyfree-ubuntu?).
That's not what I said. I said that pursuing relatively minor cases (which I would not include in your example) more aggressively than we already do will serve only to tie up the justice system and make it more difficult to prosecute more serious offenses because all of the resources will be expended on a massive influx of first time DUI's and minor drug possession cases.
> These statements simply generate fear, uncertainty,
> and doubt about Ubuntu;

> This just seems a bit childish to me.

I once read an article that said you should be very careful of anybody who can disagree vehemently and convincingly with another person's point without ever categorically accusing them of being wrong.

I think it applies here, because RMS is right about this one.
I've been a Ubuntu fanboy for years. When my old desktop running XP completely failed, my older brother installed Ubuntu on it and I fell in love with it.

A few months ago I did a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook that had previously been running Windows 7. Unity didn't bother me. What bothered me was how much unnecessary software was installed. I felt like I had no control. After only a few weeks of using Ubuntu I decided to install Arch Linux for the first time. I haven't looked back since.

I think people underestimate just how good it feels to be in complete and utter control of your system. I know exactly what is installed on my system, how to fix it if something goes wrong and exactly what I'm getting myself into when I upgrade. I felt like I had that power back when I was running Ubuntu 8.04, but I was slowly losing it with each new release, and that's why I stopped using Ubuntu.
Denonciations are a bad thing when society can't seem to let criminals serve their time and then be done with it.
This is a good post and I'm glad the author has an outlook on life that makes her happy.

But as a counterexample, I can point to Warren Buffet, who gained success through a lifetime of calculated and very realistic decisions. Instead of the Will Smith quote, I can devise a mantra with a similarly wise-sounding turn of phrase (e.g. "A head in the clouds cannot build empires on Earth").

With anecdotal evidence and well-phrased quotes, any reasonable point of view can sound correct. And ostensibly both views ARE right. Both Will Smith and Warren Buffet are among the best at what they do.

When it comes to Big Questions™ (perfectionism vs. just good enough, grand visions vs. spontaneity, etc), there is ample evidence on both sides. Pick one and move on because the real secret to success lies elsewhere.
Not even a little accurate. I live in the great white north. Most Canadians live within 300km of the 49th parallel. Once we take out this southern belt, it means you have a country the size of the United States with about 10 million people, so the distance between towns is much more than it used to be. Now with -40 winters, between temporary roads used for oil rigs, frozen lakes in which we use as roads, derelict towns that are now ghost towns due to everyone migrating to the city, defunct reserves, etc... A paper map made 10 years ago can get you killed just as easy as an iOS, Google, or Tom Tom one can. We frequently lose people to the cold all the time. My Dad lost one of his best friends and his wife last year, and they weren't using a GPS.
In California, under Proposition 13, it takes a two-thirds majority vote to raise either local or state taxes.
I have followed China's handphone scene quite closely and want to chip in: XiaoMi no doubt has garnered a respectful number of fans early this year with its first generation of phone, XiaoMi 1. However, XiaoMi (the company, as well as its phones) are not as glamourous as it used to be because of two reasons: First, its lack of supply of XiaoMi 1S, and now XiaoMi 2, coupled with various hardware/software issues, has caused a lot of bad publicity. On the other hand, companies like HuaWei are showing their manufacturing and logistics prowess. Huawei's Ascend P1 is well-received ever since it is in the market. Second reason is nowadays a lot of China companies jump into phone-making business. In fact, beside the traditional phone makers like Huawei and ZTE, the top China Internet companies: Baidu, Tencent, Shengda, and Ali all have shown interest some point to jump in. However all these phones are Android-based running on ARM (usually Qualcomm). This leaves very little room for the phone makers to differentiate themselves apart. The fact a lot of phones allow users to install third-party ROMs actually worsens the effort to lock-in users. What I foresee ahead is a cut-throat price war which happened to the ShanZai (Clone) phones these smart phones replaced. History does repeat itself =)
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During my talk with HR I should have politely presented the following three options.

They fire me. I go home. I notify the state and collect unemployment benefits until my new job starts.
I sit at home for two weeks doing nothing, collect my regular paycheck, and avoid all distractions.
I work for another two weeks and have my last day like normal.

This ultimatum constitutes constructive resignation, which is disqualifying for unemployment insurance benefits. I wouldn't take any advice from someone who believes this to be a reasonable position. The correct response to an employer who severs you early in your 2-weeks notice is to thank them. The 2 weeks notice is an obligation on you, not them.
I accept that, and deserved to be called out on it.
My apologies.
Level design, with the possibility of adding scripted features, seems like a good start.
My 6 year old daughter loves them - we went through a phase of scanning pretty much every one we saw.

Excluding those, I've occasionally done things like scanning ones at museums that give more info about an exhibit and I've also scanned a couple of ones on menus etc at restaurants that have links to special offers. I realise I'm very much in the minority though.
Does S stand for Spring?
You said "dangerous fugitives". I suppose it depends on your definition (and obviously we vary), but I wouldn't consider a burglar to be a dangerous fugitive.
So the state decides which art is to be supported. What could possible go wrong?
Japanese Web Design: Why You So 2003?
"The tip line has been ringing off the hook. In fact, Drumheller says some people even called in to say they had seen their own mugshot online and have asked to turn themselves in to authorities."

What the fuck?
HN should have a "down vote" available. Perhaps it does, but I couldn't find it.
We're all living in a village
I think I've written this before, but: this feature would go nowhere if it was disabled by default. If you want to know whether mainstream users will or will not like it, you can't stick it in some obscure alpha (they'll never test it), and you can't make it optional (only a few percent will ever come across the tick box at all).

So yeah, I don't like this feature either (for all the reasons RMS pointed out), but I don't see how otherwise they could have tested it. Maybe not a failure of judgement then, but rather choosing innovation over privacy?

(Note the 12.10 betas also had all these queries going over the network in plain text... so I kind of see the whole experiment as taking the "move fast and break things" mantra taken to the extreme)
If 'compiled' doesn't belong to any of these categories: get Red Hat EL. ;)
You're right. It's disappointing to see that people have a short memory about this just because his state has done well economically.
There's also a third option, people who can't (at the time) afford a lawyer to represent them.

Even in minor court cases, to plead not guilty and take a case to trial costs thousands of dollars. In jail-able offenses, some municipal courts don't have public defenders. And if you are innocent and unwilling to take a plea deal, your only option can be spending $3000+ to defend yourself against a minor misdemeanor charge.

(I realize these people are mostly charged with felonies it seems.)
That's how the Swedish court system works, he has been accused (with the higher level of confidence if I remember correctly) and won't get formally charged until it is taken up in court. The system is a bit different compared to for example USA.

He was taken into custody while the investigation was being finished up.
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True, mobile is a tough distribution channel. Fred Wilson has a good post about this and how it's harder to close viral loops on mobile: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/12/rethinking-mobile-first.html
Be careful. I got banned from Google for scraping. I did a few hundred thousand searches one day, and that night, they banned my office IP address for a week. This was in 2001, so I estimate I cost them a few hundred dollars, which is now impossible to repay. :(
There are lots of theft on there.

It's probably true that just catching thieves does little to stop them from committing crime. Giving people treatment for addiction; giving them support for MH problems ('treatment' is a difficult concept for the problematic diagnosis of one of the personality disorders); and properly run restorative justice would be cheaper and do more to prevent repeated crime.

Unfortunately some people are not interested in that, and just want to punish offenders.
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About SCS
Thank you for that.

The Pinterest page is here (http://pinterest.com/themercury/wanted-by-police/)

I'd be interested to see if Google (or anyone) tried their face recognition on these photos and provide information to the police.
Harvard’s 3D-Printing Archaeologists Fix Ancient Artifacts
Wow, just wow.

Remember Will's voxel editors?

There's a smaller scene today still around, e.g. MegaGlest.

And Ludum Dare 25 is next week.

Ping if you want to join in or playtest something by some really old C&C modder hands ;)
Merry Christmas to HN community (jingle bells elektro)
The only one that I heard of which "worked" is this one in South Korea. Pretty innovative really!

http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/10/29/koreas-e...
Create enough loans like that and there's an incentive for the loan industry to lobby Congress to make it so that children and descendents are liable. Trans-generational debt slavery.
I didn't read any of the comments in the original thread, but I can imagine why many of them were negative. Here is the question:

'	I want to build a cable company that centers around viewer types. Basically, it is my understanding that the majority of my cable costs centers around channels (like fox) that I just dont watch, if I wanted to build a system that let customers limit this, where would I get started?'

This, to me, reeks of laziness. The OP would have done better to say 'this is what I've done, research, and/or these are the ideas I have. Am I right, wrong, or close?'

So problem #1 is that, from the looks of it, the OP didn't do any research before asking the question.

Problem #2 is that the question is a lazy one.

I can guarantee you that Elon didn't ask these type of questions, but instead presented lists of assertions and hypothesis which he was prepared to test and/or validate.
The manager of Apple Maps almost certainly got this clipping on their desk this morning with a memo of FIX THIS NOW. Seems pretty effective to me.
Interesting adaptation of a non-native species.
Addressed: https://github.com/rwdaigle/adj/pull/5

Thanks for raising the issue.
I have the Washington Post from Jan 1, 2000. Below the fold is an article on what the future would hold tech-wise for a child born that day. By 2010, we were all supposed to be wearing wristbands with all of our medical information on it, so doctors would simply have to scan them to gain our history. We also wouldn't have cheap (meaning not thousands upon thousands of dollars) mobile computers with the ability to access the internet from anywhere until 2020.

I can't remember any of the others, but all of the predictions for around now (other then the smartphone one) are completely and totally off. All of these prediction things are bullshit, as most futurist ideas generally are. There's no accountability, because no one will remember the reports. It's ridiculous that the government pays people to write these things, and just as ridiculous that Wired publishes them.

I think SMBC put it best:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=1968#comic
>Had this been a religious idea, I'm afraid the new evidence would have been buried and we'd still have the old, wrong idea.

Historically, religions have been found to be very adapting, incorporating new and existing ideas, and even elements from other religions. Christianity, for one, has incorporated many foreign elements and have changed over the years adapting to every era.

Sure, people have also been burned as a consequence of religion. Then again, people have been killed as a consequence of science too. 240.000 men, women, children and elderly died in Hiroshima and Nagashaki from the direct results of several years of work by the top physicists of the time. Or the people had followed psychiatric treatments such as lobotomy we now consider BS. Or the tens of thousands sterilised (in Western Europe) by eugenics programs that run until the '70s. Those are consequences of science too -- one cannot separate it from politics arbitrarily, else we can say the same about religion "oh, but a TRUE believer would never harm anyone", etc. Well, many very true scientists are working on biological weapons and other scary things, and a lot of true scientists amongst them hate other people or nations with a passion.
Its how medical research money is handled today. Billions of dollars, and it hasn't gone horrible horrible wrong yet has it?

There has been several suggested methods on how to measure things like popularity with music, methods that remove any judgment call by some bureaucratic agent by the state. One is to measure a small sample (like with pre-voting polls), an other is to measure repositories, while a third is to only measure current places like radios.

All this method need to do is to be better than a state supported monopoly that has managed to give less than 1% of the revenue of copyrighted works. How hard can it possible be to beat that?
There is a problem with "A cull of core users"

Before this point, Canonical sold support as their approach to monetizing their investment in creating a distribution. Data collection, applying analytic, and selling user data is incompatible with both the free-to-use Ubuntu community, and the enterprise customers.

Canonical has fundamentally changed what the Ubuntu brand means, and that is reflected in people finding that good alternatives exist.
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Google Revenues Sheltered in No-Tax Bermuda Soar to $10 Billion