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Iceland is "Island" in Icelandic and most other Scandinavian languages, and the OP appears to be Norwegian.
Exceptions are shared secrets
The magnetic highway begs to differ. There is value in both kinds of missions.
"How is the shim binary signed?"

I paid Symantec $99, sent them a notarised copy of my ID, created a Microsoft sysdev account, uploaded the binary to Microsoft, waited a couple of days and got a signed one back.

"Why can the shim's author sign his own binary, but Debian can't sign theirs?"

Debian could do the same, but could all their users? Will Microsoft sign binaries for someone in Syria? That kind of thing is important to Debian, and it's one of the things that distinguishes them from the vast majority of other Linux distributions.
It was a mistake to try to make one OS for both desktops and tablets. The form factors and usage styles are too different for a single OS to tackle well.

What you end up with is an unholy chimera of an OS that does neither well and the irony here is that everybody in the industry knew this.

Truth happens. Microsoft needed to listen but didn't.
Collecting any amount of money changes the entire situation.

If you're making money off their stuff, they care a whole lot more. Also, making money from it leaves a trail. Just follow the money.
You disabled secure boot, or you enabled legacy boot (which requires you to disable secure boot)? Windows 8 machines typically won't boot off USB by default (not initing USB at firmware time saves a noticeable amount of time), but you can do it via the bootloader options menu without having to change any firmware settings
So how would you frame the discussion? How would you convince people that the security they think they are getting isn't as good as they are being told and the price they are paying is higher than (I think) we should be paying?
If we keep building for behind the firewall, then software for firewalls will continue to live. The only way to kill behind the firewall software is to stop building shrink-wrapped software.

Why kill shrink-wrap you ask? Because building and then promptly forgetting about software is a thing of the past. Now we have amazing tools that allow us to build even better solutions. Things like analytics, a/b testing and the cloud are the future for software. Why continue to build in the past?
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Apple will have a unified OS for their notebooks, phones, and tablets in the near future. We'll all say how ingenious it was, and wonder why nobody ever tried it before.
Can't tell which is a bigger time sink - the emerging IP debate here, or the hours I lost playing the original C&C back in the '90s.
Well guys, here's a first pass:

http://gist.io/4199804

Is this something I should be submitting to HN directly?

Also, let me know if there's any particular pieces of information you want expanded/shared. I haven't yet had an opportunity for photos or video of use this evening.
I saw a TED talk a few days ago (sorry I can't find it now) that said that there has never been a person in the history of mankind who could build a product, manage the company and manage the money. Most people can do one thing very good, some people can do all three things poorly, but no one can do all three well. You need to find a co-founder if you want to seriously attempt a startup. This is all coming from a solo-founder.
This is already possible through the public folder function on Dropbox.

You can still turn it on in Dropbox if you don't have it.
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Going Solo
"La' Intensity - A Talk with Silvia Vidal"

A beautiful and inspiring 13 minute video on the experience of making solo expeditions in the mountains.
If the Surface is basically the same as a MBA 11", why not just get the MBA 11" with a proper keyboard and bigger screen?

OT: Just today on Metro North I had occasion to open up my 13.3" MBP and do a bit of work in one of the cramped jumper seats. Even balancing on one knee, it worked reasonably. Would have been a cinch on an 11" MBA. Would have been impossible on the Surface Pro.
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Have been using the Lumia 920 for 2 weeks now. It's the first phone since the original iPhone that I can't stop playing with -- details are just right across the board. It's light on apps but I don't use anything other than email, twitter, and RSS reader anyway. Video/Photos and screen are awesome. Scrolling is awesome. You should give one a try before declaring MS dead in mobile.
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I should also point out that, if the assumption you start with is "the drag on the economy (relative to potential) from credit card fees is equal to the amount of those fees", you should quickly notice that the directionality is wrong.

In my example example, cutting fees to 1.5% (from any level at all, interestingly) requires the economy to expand by 1.5%. That's not a coincidence -- cutting fees to 0.1% would require the economy to expand by 0.1%, except that that's completely implausible; cutting fees further should cause the economy to expand more, not less.

With that in mind, it might make sense to measure against the hypothetical where credit card companies offer their services for free, but even then there is no obvious relationship to the current level of their fees. I have to stand by my assessment that saying Visa/MC are skimming 2.5% of the economy doesn't make sense. How'd we get that number?
I wonder how hard it would be to do purely private (or maybe university-consortium) deep space probes. I assume almost any of the standard rockets could accommodate an extra stage to do escape, especially if you just need earth escape and can steal mv from other bodies to escape the solar system.

The expensive part would be operating it indefinitely, right? I assume you could outsource to a satellite TT&C facility.
The DMCA works wonderfully to protect online services from "user uploaded" content, but I'm not aware of a means to enjoy similar protection in the physical world. There must be some measure if liability, because, just an example, instant photo places frequently refuse to print things like wedding photos without a copyright release. The photos don't even have to be marked with a copyright. Just the fact that most wedding photos are taken by a professional is enough for them to require a release. I can't imagine they do this just to be annoying.
Looks nice, seems to be some good tracks.

Hypem's downfall (in my opinion) was the point where the frontpage started being bombarded with Kanye West songs. Songs like that don't need to be 'discovered', as they're already jammed into our ears at every opportunity mainstream media has. Hopefully 2U can keep a good balance.

Well done nwienert, great launch.
That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. If turning off UEFI is hard, how will the user even manage to change the boot order to DVD first in the BIOS? Or not nuke the Windows partition unintentionally while partitioning(this happened to some of my friends way back)?

The OEMs approached RedHat offering to add their keys but they and the Linux foundation did not form a mechanism responsible for signing open source kernels. If someone steps up to the plate, the OEMs are willing to add keys.
Fundrise, crowdfunding for real estate, off to nice start
I have mixed feeling every time I read this kind of news. I envy those people who made it happen 35 years ago, they produced stuff that's still sophisticated by today's standard, while I'm here writing crappy websites. Man, I feel small.
With hindsight, anything short of prophetic genius looks like a misstep.
Did this actually translate to people using your product or service?

You can pay people in india and china to click your link 1,000,000 times, but that means nothing if you have 0 conversions at the end of the day.

While I DO think the ad was clever, and people would have looked into you due to curiosity, I doubt the general populace is interested in an analytics as a backend platform.

While you've made a compelling argument that twitter ads can generate hype, you have not really shown whether that hype amounts to anything of value.
The 1970s essentially carried on from the 1950s and 1960s. The Vietnam war, resource shocks, etc. seem to have killed any real innovation during the 70s (in government/aerospace -- obviously it was better in other fields like microcomputers), and then the shift toward military in the 80s went even farther.

(there was a shift right overall, but it was mostly just a shift down in space funding, I think)
I second this. We really enjoyed the one fork per user model. Each fork's owner was responsible for their own branches, which was much more manageable.
Well the fossil record shows that asteroid strikes and gross changes in climate are strongly correlated with mass extinction events.
These guys did a killer demo at NYTM. Very cool demo of turning a plant into an instrument (they played an orchid on stage). There was a good question about detection of differing touches of the doorknob, this could totally replace the key some day!
The keyboard isn't glued on, it's held by magnets and flops off, provides no structural support. You can't prop it up in your lap like you can a MacBook Air or any notebook for that matter. It's a tablet with a keyboard that's only useful if you have a desk.

It runs Windows 8 and only Windows 8, so unlike a MacBook or even a small Dell notebook, Linux isn't an option. It's locked down in the worst possible way, more like an iPad than an Air.

I'm not even sure what the market for this is. People who want a computer with a relatively terrible keyboard? People who want a bulky alternative to the iPad?

My only hope is the pen is actually useful as this would be less expensive than the equivalent Wacom Cintiq.
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Surface Pro may yet be an unlikely hit - the reason - the Windows ecosystem is still king in business. Some classes of existing applications will be improved by just running them on a tablet, without any modifications required.
Donations does not automatically mean a for-profit venture, nor does it has any affect on the legality of the use of the work in regard to fair use.

Donations do not mean a for-profit venture, but collecting cash for distributing someone else's IP does change the (1) how the IP holder will respond and (2) how the courts weight the fair use factors.

The fair use factors are not determinative; it is a balancing test that looks at all the facts and circumstances surrounding the use of someone else's IP.

Fair use in the US, as any legal interpenetration can only be made in a local sense, the fair use in the US has some prior cases where the affect on the market is used to determine if a fair use case is valid or not, but that doesn't require money to change hand.

IP law is not as local as you think it is. All parties to the Berne Convention must honor the IP rights of an IP holder belonging to any other Berne signatory. In other words, the law of American copyright belongs to works created by American citizens, in any other nation which signed the Berne Convention (which is every nation that matters).

Effect on the market is not a factor of the fair use test; that is a factor for determining the amount of damages to award for a violation of IP rights. But attempting to commercialize or otherwise monetize the distribution of someone else's IP is a factor that courts look at.
I understand the spirit of your post, none the less, failure shouldn't be looked at in an overly positive light, cause it becomes an excuse for not getting right.
Ask HN: Advice for writing a book
I am thinking of writing a book. I'm been pondering the ideas that will make up the book for the past few months. I already have a 150 line outline with 5 chapters. I think I have enough already for a whole book, but I'm not sure.

The book is about how software companies do such a terrible job of hiring developers, and how they can do a better job. My thesis is that what makes a good team is a balance between nerdy introverted, non-communicative geniuses and extroverted well-networked less intelligent blogger-coders. Both types are important for a well balanced, well-oiled team, but many companies often end up only hiring one stereotype or the other.

A few questions:

1. I want this to be published in a paper book. Which publisher will best suit the subject matter?

2. I have never written a book before. Will this make it hard for me to get the attention of publishers? If I already have the book written before I approach publishers, will this help me?

3. I want to interview lead interviewers for various tech companies. Will such interviews be difficult as a first-time writer? What are some tips on how to get in touch with these people. I live in Ohio, so I will have to do everything over the phone.

4. If I have to end up self-publishing, how should I go about finding an editor? How much should I pay them?

5. How long should my book be before I can call it a book? How many words?
Programmer here (well, in a past career...) I have never really understood the appeal of hacking the machine you develop on. It's fun to develop for a PPC embedded board, or a fat multi-CPU multi-core machine, but I want my actual development machine as locked down and hard to break as possible, because that's what runs my Emacs, etc.
I would like to know the name of the politician that thinks that many elections ahead.
"when douglas crockford went to paypal, they churned out their normal thin tosh, but topping it off: thinking java and javascript are the same thing (since been corrected)." - from Chris, one of the commenters.

Damn. That's pretty inexcusable!
Uber triumphant
Perhaps they didn't predict it at this particular point of the solar cycle?
Anyone interested in McAfee's story should listen to his recent (within the past few days) interview on Joe Rogan's podcast http://itun.es/i6Dv3dH
You forgot one: Better cut and paste..
I don't really see them as competing with each other that directly... The Pro has more powerful hardware (and compatibility with legacy x86 applications), but is way pricier, heavier, and with less battery life. It seems pretty clearly aimed at businesses (as the name itself implies), whereas the RT is aimed at consumers. Certainly some people will choose one over the other, but there seems to me to be room for both in the marketplace.
I completely disagree.
I use Allegro.pl(which is like Ebay,but actually was first to the market in Poland and is absolutely HUGE there, Ebay tries to establish itself in there but is without any chances), and both parties can leave feedback - and I have over 7500 reputation, both for selling and buying, and I have left more than a few negative feedbacks for a seller, only one of which resulted in a counter-negative feedback - and it was removed within a few days after I complained to customer service. Oh,and for the payment methods - they work with every single bank in Poland, accepting quick, instantaneous bank transfers directly from your account, no credit card needed,no need for shitty PayPal - but if you want to they will happily accept any credit card. Or as a seller they keep your money in your Allegro account, and pay it out to your bank account daily - without any additional fees. I have personally had so many problems with PayPal that I hate that company wholeheartedly.
Surface Pro can run classic Windows apps in desktop mode remember - hardly locked down.
I been using windows 8 for a while and it is definitely how the future will look like. It is really good on desktop and it is perfect on tablets. I don't have surface as I already have two ipads and kindle and it would be too much.

FYI I use OSX more then win and then it comes ubuntu, which is unfortunate for ubuntu. I am developer so I think I need to know all of them well to be effective.

I think Apple is making sure people voice their displeasure with win8 as it is genuinely ahead of OSX in both functionality and design. I can't tell for sure what will happen but I definitely would like to use something like win8 in the future. Also, by saying it is ahead, that doesn't mean it is flawless :), there is a ton of room for improvement.
something seems off here:

http://d.pr/i/WPer (screenshot of app with javascript errors on page)
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It's a Javascript worm, your OS doesn't matter. (I think)
Sorry, but the original poster made a huge mistake. The only part of his reasoning that makes sense is the part about the guy only wanting to work on one thing. That is definitely unacceptable, but it is unacceptable at any programming job (except the crappiest ones).

Someone who is an expert and highly valued is exactly who you want at your early stage startup.

It sounds like this guy actually knew what he was talking about with regards to equity.

Equity is crap. It's a lottery ticket, like someone said. it's fun to think about what might happen if you win, but don't bank on it.

I've been in 4 startups, two of which were bought out "successfully". My equity payout? Zero. Sorry, your common stock is worthless while the founders' preferred stock makes them millionaires. Luckily, I didn't lose out financially, since I didn't take a pay cut to work at these startups.

I agree, job security is a non-issue. We're programmers, and if we're any good at all, we're in demand.

However, no one with half a brain is going to take a 60k pay cut on $150k. Do you think we don't have bills? Someone who has been living on $150k probably owns a half million dollar house. Are we supposed to sell our house to work for your startup? If I'm a founder, I might be willing to do that. Otherwise, no.

Talk to me about the expected return on investment for this $60,000 in stock I buy every year. Since 95% of startups fail... I better be getting enough founder stock (yes, not common stock) that if we have a mildly successful IPO (I'm talking like $10 a share) that I make more than 20 times my ~240k investment.... that's over 5 million dollars - 500,000 shares of founder stock, at least.

Let's talk reality, though. Stock is what lets you compete with Google. Google gives you nearly infinite resources, a fantastic stamp of approval on your resume, the chance to work with tons of really smart people, and crazy good benefits. In order to compete with that, you need to pay equal or nearly equal, and use the stock to make up for the stuff you can't actually afford.

This is why so many startups fail. They only hire the people dumb enough to think equity is really worth something.
Go CMU! We might not start as many startups as MIT but our research is some of the best in the world. #proud
The only negative tweet (which was't even negative) was:

"@keen_io Don't worry, I don't click on link bait. Tell me what you do if you want your product and not just name get my attention."

He was friendly. We tweeted back an forth and turns out even though he didn't like the ad style, he still went to our site!! :)

"@keen_io I typed it. Curiosity got the best of me. Good luck converting, you're on my shortlist. I was just thinking of analytics today.
Hence "Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price" :)
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I don't really see the value in your site - personally wouldn't use it.

But if you guys are stuck on the idea, I'd take out the big block of text that reads:
"What if on December 21st 2012
the world really came to an end?"

and replace it with something a bit more to the point about what you guys are doing.
I would start a blog and start posting some of your initial thoughts, the kind of stuff that would make up your introduction or analysis. If you don't have any other books under your belt, it'll be useful to have a site put up to convince interviewees of your interest and angle on the topic.
Tweetro hits back at Twitter API restrictions with $9.99 Windows Store relaunch
Hasn't the OS X app store been a bit of a flop so far?
I think it's more about the path in which they have taken. Microsoft is trying to do it all at once in a last ditch effort. Apple on the other hand has evolved into this, planned or unplanned.
unetbootin is in the repositories.
Both AAPL and MSFT pay dividends with the yield being around 3.5% for MSFT and 2% for AAPL. Dividends seem to be a new post-Jobs thing for AAPL and may not continue into the future.
Yes I care very much!

Proprietary equipment and exclusive repair rights is terrible for consumers we need choices and alternatives.

At least now, staying with the car example, even if I can't fix it or don't know how at least I can take it to any garage instead of only Ford or only GM.

If I could only take it to Ford they could charge whatever they wanted for service and parts.

Microwave ovens even printers have become so cheap they are practically disposable they have no parts, or unserviceable parts (surface mount components) or cost so little repairing it is a waste of time. If they could be repaired it would be better for the consumer to spend say 10% of its value instead of buying a new unit.
This is confusing. Are you concerned that blacks aren't doing what you think they should be doing or upset that you are not getting coverage for your site?

Since this is HN and you're clearly looking for feedback...

Don't sell $10 stickers with no clear value. Your value vs the perceived value of the consumer appears to be very different. Be professional and get a separate PayPal acct that doesn't say gamerholic.com. No wonder your aren't getting press. The site is littered with misspellings, bad grammar (it's addict" not "attict") and a checkout which seems scammy.

The example search is clearly staged. "Officer Jason White" reviewed by an American Black?

Is the site a tool to track racial profiling or a yelp for the "down and out" homeless? Seems to two completely separate social issues.

Finally it's important to know who you are dealing with as a consumer. I wouldn't give money to a company called Ehustla, LLC.
> People will go back to being happy just for being employed

Those who actually know how to do things never face this scenario. It's true for the incompetent though.

In the OP's scenario, we have a real treat. He testifies that this engineer is extremely skilled and a nice guy that is easy to get along with. The only issue of dispute is whether he will agree to be paid vastly below his market rate. The engineer, obviously well employed, acting rationally, is unwilling to do so, and the incompetent start up so-called "entrepreneur" is unwilling to pay market rate for the talent his enterprise needs more than anything else to succeed.

I agree with you a storm is coming. In my view, it is these "entrepreneurs" with nothing to offer who will be happy after the shakeout to be employed at all - making $8 an hour at McDonalds, if they can even manage to hold that down.

The exceptionally talented engineers don't ever have a problem finding employment.
Some people want to write novels, but others prefer to read them.

Some people love to cook, but most prefer to have dinner.

Some people live to fix their car, but most would rather use a garage.

I'm sure you're not as much an enthusiast about every aspect of your life as you are for programming.

Somewhere there's a chef expressing disgust that people use microwaves to cook their food rather than a proper gas range, but then again, it's not like they're going to learn how to cook properly with it anyway.
We can give feedback directly to PyCon proposers who weren't selected. We have logs of the discussions that have happened at each stage of review that a proposal goes through.

For future editions of PyCon, the SpeakUp! list would be a great place to get feedback on pre-deadline proposals.
Just... wow.

100 internets to you, sir.