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The lesson from that is that customers are more likely to trust ads that come from the marketplace, not the sellers. The original point is very good and can be extended a bit: Customers don't hate ads, they hate modern advertising.

Obviously, the marketplace does have some incentive to lie, because they want you to buy something rather than nothing, but they certainly seem less biased. Especially when it comes to relatively fungible goods, they don't care which DVD you buy so long as you buy one, they don't care if product X is way better than Y or about as good as Y, so long as you buy one of them. Unless it's their own product or a very unique product, most goods are relatively fungible from the marketplace's perspective.

Now lets hope the marketplace doesn't secretly sell ad space, disguised as their own "recommendations". It would probably be completely against their best interest to do so, but if a lot of cash were on the line, well, who knows. (They risk their reputation, but if the replacement was plausible, how would they get caught?)
Well, there isn't a barrier to signing up, it's just that there isn't a compelling reason to sign up. I perused a number of topics, and none of the reasons (the name of the site) were interesting, funny or motivating. Without insightful or meaningful reasons for the existing topics, it just doesn't draw me in to be a member. Since the site it supposed to provide reasons to do something, and the current reasons don't strike me as persuasive, then it seems the site doesn't quite serve its intended purpose. Therefore I wouldn't feel like it would be useful to sign up. I don't feel like I'd be missing out on anything.

If the topics had reasons for doing things that were insightful or uncommonly interesting, such that I found them at least interesting points to consider, then I'd feel like I'd be missing out if I didn't join. But since the answers to most topics were rather trite or banal, etc, then I didn't feel I learned anything new. For something like this it would seem paramount that the reasons provided (or at least, the top reasons) were original and very likely not the commonly provided or well known reasons for doing that particular thing.

Maybe you guys should rank or measure originality (or motivational quality) of answers. Or solicit the help of bloggers or other folks who are good at thinking of "why".
According to an official interview, it does look like they are going to add a Gyro and Button API at some point to the browser: http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/internet-bro...
What he sounds like he's saying and what he is saying are very different things, and his reply sounds pretty different to me than to you, I think. The comment he's replying to is:

Looks amazing! Some real professionalism there! However replacing a hard drive is going to be a pain! Wonder if there is a way to modify the mac mini to allow a more accessible hard drive access?

So I read his reply as separate statements: a) They're all applecare covered, and non-vital so he won't need to muck around with maintaining the individual mini's, and b) They're running SSD's not HDD's.

You could have avoided the hail of downvotes if you had of included your conclusion that you read the applecare part but still understood it as he was saying the SSD's were more reliable. I don't think I've ever seen a comment of just 'lol' escape downvotes on HN, it's pretty clearly not good HN etiquette.
Looks like that got fixed by sysop gods. Thanks!
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Recently drove a 4,500 km trip in Australia, including near Mildura. We relied on two iPhones, one with Google Maps and one with Apple's newer version. For the most part, we relied on Google's maps and they never failed. Occasionally, we switched to iOS 6 and had a few different problems including roads simply not existing. After a while, we'd watch the iOS 6 directions just for a laugh.

Some of the stretches further East of Mildura run 100-200km without petrol stations and supplies. A number of the national parks in those areas are unmanned and irregularly visited, and there can be long periods even on sealed roads where you might not sight another car in an hour of driving. For one stretch (in and out of Mungo National Park), we stocked up on a lot of extra water as a precaution and notified family of our plans. Having an infant with us, I was very conscious of how quickly the temperature can rise once the air-con is off.

Can easily see how people might blindly follow maps/GPS and end up caught out. Especially when you're relying on cached phone maps data if your connection drops, as it does frequently out there.
I really, really hope this guy is joking, and doesn't seriously believe that "the internet's" revenue model should go the way of old media...
The article appears to be somewhat mistaken, judging by http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=5fc8615c-3e1a-48a..., http://www.unmuseum.org/dinobront.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatosaurus#History (the latter two which are barely more reputable). The artificial head wasn't put on the body of the Apatosaurus (the first skeleton), which apparently was never put on display as a full skeleton at all. It was the second skeleton, which he named Brontosaurus and mounted in the Yale Peabody Museum with the wrong head.

This story is also more consistent with saying the Brontosaurus "never existed", since it was the Brontosaurus that got given the wrong head. (Though one could well argue that Brontosaurus was just another name for Apatosaurus with the whole head thing just being an error in the visual representation of the dinosaur referred to by Brontosaurus.)
Issued in 1997, so if everyone just ducks low and hides from Xerox for the next 5 years...
If you're interested, Russ Roberts did a great podcast on unfunded pension liailities a few weeks ago: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/11/joshua_rauh_on.html

California is pretty deep in...
I know the rental guy, he will most likely direct you towards things that he feels are safe for you to reach. In the last two years, he has had people more familiar with the the back country and renting the jeeps for multiple days. It took a little getting used to for him -- there is a risk involved. We spent most of a week in areas where you do not see any people.

In Death Valley, with elevations below sea level, a little bit of rain can cause standing water on roads where people don't expect it. Heck, Inyo County throws up "road closed" signs just based on the amount of rain not based on road conditions. Park rangers, county road crews, etc. in remote areas need to cater to those that really don't think about what they are getting themselves into.
Har har.

Fixed.
Sometimes mapmakers add fake features deliberately: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
Frankly speaking if an astrologer were to tell me to buy a lottery ticket with a number he tells me. And I get to become a millionaire, I wouldn't give a damn how, why should or why shouldn't astrology work(And I'm sure neither would you, nor anybody for that matter).

I have those millions and that counts.
I think it's interesting that their brief doesn't provide any citations for the proposition that Mayo identified these four discrete guideposts for determining whether a claim is directed to an unpatentable abstract idea.

In fact, I'm not sure Mayo can be read as doing much at all beyond breaking the walls between the three judicially created exceptions: abstract idea, law of nature, and natural principle. After Mayo, they're sort of just one big (unworkable) exception.

Boy, I hope I don't have this wrong since I have my Patent Law final exam tomorrow morning!
> "Thomas" comes to mind, but I imagine it is a rather small club.

I think this is a very interesting observation. One possible way to find this club might be to look at tptacek's profile:

"Must-read list: 'patio11, 'gruseom, 'anigbrowl, 'mechanical_fish, 'carbocation, 'potatolicious, 'grellas, 'dctoedt, 'yummyfajitas, 'tzs, 'rayiner, 'rprasad. Yeah, yeah yeah, 'pg too."

But even more interestingly, there's a way to social engineer yourself into the in-crowd. Open their profiles in separate tabs, click on "comments" and "submissions", and bookmark the lot of them. Instead of reading the Hacker News main page, open the tab group and read their comments and submissions. Agree with them for the most part, and take their side in arguments. Not 100%, or you'll come off like a sycophant. You're not looking for karma - submissions are much better for that - you're looking for acceptance by that group. When people call you by your first name, you've won.

I'm not advocating this, but I think it's interesting that it can be done.
that's right! I'd love all the help I can get too.
Got it. So as I understand it, based on your feedback, thus far its a content issue. If the content were there the concept could possibly hold. It's a matter of finding the early adopters who are willing to see beyond what's currently there and help build out the content/community. Thanks for your feedback.
Ask HN: Crowd funding with equity, good or bad idea?
I am curious to know everyone's thoughts on equity-based crowd-funding. In traditional crowd-funding platforms (such as Kickstarter), users do not get equity from their investment (their only potential return is the product/related swag). The reason equity is not offered is because it is currently illegal to sell equity without being an accredited investor in the US, however very soon it may be legal. See:

http://www.earlyshares.com/learn/jobs-act

I know I would personally love to be able to give something more back than just a product, but I am aware of the danger/complications of selling securities with little governance. Also most VCs (perhaps rightfully) are not very interested in investing in the risky kinds of products that I would enjoy working on, but I feel if the risk were heavily distributed people might be more confident in investing.

What are your thoughts on this?
No worries, I didn't mean to come across as pretentious. Answer to your question: yes, Google has become an ISP but only in this geographic area.
It looks like this issue was caused by Apple mistakenly marking the centre of Local Government Areas as 'cities', in Australia at least. See example at http://imgur.com/qlciM for an example from Perth; Cambridge and Vincent aren't suburbs, and the others are in the wrong spot (Joondalup CBD is on the wrong side of the freeway)
James Kim died just about 6 years ago. A lot of people blamed a GPS failure for his death, but apparently he and his family were using paper maps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kim
:-) Though I have very serious doubts that would really work, at least not without having sufficient technical knowledge and intelligence to genuinely engage them in discourse. In which case you could join the in crowd on actual merit -- and probably would far prefer that method, for a variety of reasons. Some social circles you really can't fake your way into. This is probably one of them.
There's a personal balance point between customization and portability e.g. how much to customize Vim or rely on shell/git aliases. These kinds of customizations can improve your personal workstation, at the cost of incompatibility with other people's machines and the spin-up time for new machines.

For keyboards, having to sometimes use other people's machines as well as frequently switching between my desktop and laptop means that, while tempting, this level of customization is too far for me. The sweet spot for me is a high quality mechanical switch (-style) keyboard: Topre's Realforce.
Seasonal road is a legend item on paper maps. The user would be expected, given the climate, to understand the closed season to be winter. In other climates it might be that the road is not passable due to spring flooding.
I still have some good-quality Polaroid and Instamatic prints. Even some Instamatic negatives. They're pretty durable.

I wish I had more photos from those times because memories are not always as durable as one might hope.
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I've been writing a book for the past decade or so. The thing that is perhaps different is that I am not recording it anywhere but in my head - not on paper, not digitally, etc. I find this useful for a few reasons - as you write a book perhaps your ideas change as you are writing it. When the whole book is in your head, you can create a very non-linear network of characters, events, etc. I would like to make it into a book/comic/game/short film, but I doubt it will ever see the light of day. :)
Can't decide if I'm being trolled....

Instagram slapping a filter on my image and hosting it isn't equal to a WSJ writer penning an article, or ESPN producing a broadcast.
As a Wii U owner, I'm actually shocked how great the Wii U's browser is considering how half-baked other parts of the system currently are.

Sure, it doesn't have all of the newest HTML5 features, but compared to your average browser-on-a-console, the Wii U's is surprisingly functional for general purpose web browsing and way better than what I was expecting.

Also, the Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime Streaming apps are pretty cool and just beginning to show some of the potential of 'second screen' interaction using the Wii U GamePad. These were actually the killer app for the Wii U for me. I doubt the system will get much third party support, but the video streaming apps are great now and likely to get even better as the "TVii" stuff starts coming online.
>All patents, and in fact all forms of intellectual property protection, by definition apply only to abstract ideas.

A cotton gin is not an abstract idea, it's a thing you can put in your barn and separate your cotton with. The patent applies to the thing.

Even if a patent is inherently an abstraction, that doesn't mean it covers an abstraction. More to the point, if the thing the patent covers is an abstract idea then the patent is not supposed to be issued.

This is why you see all these nonsense patents that say "XYZ on a computer" because a computer is an actual non-abstract piece of physical existence, so then the patent lawyers can say "look see, it's not a patent on an abstract idea, it's a patent on a computer that implements an abstract idea." Even though it's really a patent on any computer that implements the abstract idea, i.e. a patent on the idea itself within the domain of computer software.
Why? Lest people mistakenly think that the headline is referring to the organization of all police on the globe ever?

When you see a news article about "Police say [whatever]" it is assumed that a particular organization is saying it. There isn't a global organization of police for it to be confused with.
> Frankly speaking if an astrologer were to tell me to buy a lottery ticket with a number he tells me. And I get to become a millionaire, I wouldn't give a damn how, why should or why shouldn't astrology work ...

You need to learn how science works, and recognize the value of healthy skepticism in particular. There are criminal scams that work just the way you describe, and people are sometimes dumb enough not to see through them. Here's an example of a well-known scam that works again and again among the ignorant -- it's the "Miracle Man" scam:

http://arachnoid.com/randomness/index.html#Miracle_Man

> I have those millions and that counts.

You need to learn how to think -- hopefully before you get an e-mail from Nigeria.
Thanks JacobAldridge.

Linking the how is something we want to consider for sure. I'm particularly interested in the getting traction part. Finding the early adopters who will try something new and who will contribute even if the site is still in a pretotype or MVP state. Any suggestions/comments/best practices you recommend for user seeding and adoption? Cheers.
Jobs is turning in his grave and would have had none of this. Little details collect like snowflakes and create avalanches if not put in check.
There was never a time it want about the money. The startup game in SV isn't much different than high-stakes poker in Vegas: sure, the game may be fun and certainly takes skill, but, in the end, it's about coming out on top and that is measured in dollars.
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I think this is a really good move by the Church. The Church is often viewed as out of touch with many people today, as evidenced by the debate over health care and contraceptives we saw a few months back. The reality is that while the Church may have its problems, the Pope is an extremely holy man that people of any faith can appreciate, similar to how many people hold the Dalai Lama in such high regard.

It's hard for such a singular head to communicate with all 1 billion+ of his followers, but I believe that this will be a great way to connect with people of all faiths. Bravo, Vatican.
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> And, as I have said twice already tonight on hn, I really need to go now.

> Later.

Go to wherever it is you need to go, Michele. By the way, I'm George, and I'm a hackaholic.

P.S. I'm social engineering you.
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It seems like it's mentioned in the paper already (see abstract). Probably not the best name, but it is pretty catchy.
I am unable to receive a demo key at derp@derp.derp at this time. Please re-think your demo process.
>I have a question ... if many of these patents are that obvious, why doesn't Google or another company make a point (that will take 3-4 years to make) by patenting a lot of stuff it thinks will exist in 3-4 years, and then just suing everyone in sight on the internet just to prove a point?

They all already do the first part (filing for tons of lame patents). The second part doesn't work between large organizations because of MAD -- you have patents, they have patents, if you sue them then they sue you back and there is no predicting the ultimate outcome other than that everyone will be writing enormous checks to an army of lawyers. Why start a nuclear war, even if you think you can win? (Apple has been learning this the hard way.)
I think I can explain this one - if I'm right, Apple already has the correct data, but is using it incorrectly.

One of the Apple Maps data sources is GeoNames (geonames.org), a free data source available under a Creative Commons Attribution license and also used with the search on OpenStreetMap. If you search for Mildura at OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org) you'll get the correct location of the town, but if you scroll down the GeoNames list you'll also be offered "Mildura Shire" as a search option. Click on that, and the pointer moves to a location similar to the Apple Maps screenshot, about 70km away from the actual town. It seems that's the location that Apple's search has chosen to prioritize, over the actual town.

Mildura Shire is listed in GeoNames as a "second-order administrative division", so it's probably similar to the middle of a county or council area.

This isn't a problem with datasets or incorrect data, it's a problem with how Apple is searching & prioritizing the correct data they already have. Choosing the "town" instead of the "second-order administrative division" would be appropriate here.

For what it's worth, GeoNames already prioritizes the town of Mildura correctly in their search engine.
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Are those investors advising startups individually at that stage?
Mildura isn't really going bush, depending on where you're coming from. I'd (before this article) be pretty comfortable following phone directions from say Bendigo to Mildura, which should just be a straight run down Calder Hwy. It seems pretty reasonable to use it to find a route between two cities/towns, which I've done in WA a few times with Google Maps.

Though I'll admit I've never used turn by turn for that, rather just got the broad strokes. Is this a problem with turn by turn directions, or is Mildura actually in the wrong place on ios6 maps?

EDIT: Took a look, seems like Mildura is actually marked at the wrong location, which is significantly worse imo.
Mmkay, George.

(Though check the time stamp. I left, ran my errand, and came back. Though I will probably log off again soonish to sleep.)
From a user's standpoint, I think you're focusing too much on trying to get me to register. I won't even get to the demo if it requires me to register.

I get it from your perspective, you want to get their info so you can follow up, etc. It's just risky since a lot of people won't get to the "Aha" moment and will just end up leaving.
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So, no, it's not good that apple's map data is inaccurate. But the title might be misleading.

The bottom line is if you're driving into a wilderness area like a national park, you should not be depending on your cell phone for your own safety. One of the first things they tell you if you read the pamphlet outside of a hiking area is: do not depend on you cell phone.

So sure, the map data is inaccurate. The more dangerous thing about this is that your battery has a finite lifespan. Also your signal is not guaranteed.

You need to bring water, you need to bring supplies. You need to bring warm clothing.

Seriously.
I happen to work at a company where more than 50% of our traffic comes from a daily newsletter. There are many niche newsletters that do quite well. DailyCandy, Thrillist, Groupon's newsletter all come to mind. There are also a lot of niche newsletters that do well and are not fast growing, VC funded etc. User acquisition and monetization are both very straight forward.

However, saying "I'm making a travel newsletter" is ridiculously broad. If you could elaborate a bit more on what you want to do, then I might be able to give more concrete advice than a handwaving "yes it's possible."
But he deleted his stuff which makes me sad :(
Awesome video. The little plane slowly following the mass of huge, fast planes makes me giggle.
Looks solid to me. Megaupload will be back as an even better cloud service with this. Let's hope the speed is still the same :)
I disagree somewhat. While it's not a traditional 3D printer, it may as well be. It's essentially CAD software for DNA molecules, which automatically outputs self-assembling DNA structures which combine to create the desired formation of molecules.

Also, its creators use the word "print" frequently:

“We can now ‘print,’ molecule by molecule, exactly the compound that we want,” says Steven Armentrout, the principal investigator on the NSF grants and co-developer of Parabon’s technology.

I submitted another article on this a few days ago that has more details:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/automated-drug-design-using-synthe...