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Ask HN: Would you pay for a shared office/startup space? What would it need?
I've got some entrepreneurial friends who have been discussing opening a shared office space–hoping to eventually expand it into a chain.

The idea would be, a small biz/soho/startup type pays a monthly fee (say $100-$300/mo) for access to a large, comfortable office/workspace with internet, printers, monitors, file server, coffee, etc. A receptionist attends the space during business hours and can answer the phone. Members can access the space 24/7 via key-card. No walk-ins/non members so that it builds a sense of community among those who share it.

They're thinking of starting in Seattle and possible Portland or SF/valley.

I'm sure things like this already exist, but:

- Would you ever use such a facility?

- What would you pay?

- What services/features would be great and set it apart?

- Could it turn a profit?
Along similar lines is Elements of Computing Systems

Info on the book:

http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/

Google Tech Talk video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7654043762021156507
$700 000/month with Socialmedia, unlikely.
But now, at least, you know that your project is something people want. Without launching, you wouldn't know.
We paid $420/mo. for shared office space at the heart of Toronto's tech centre, courtesy the great guys at Lyricfind Inc. We had more than enough amenities wise. In fact all we needed was wireless Internet, 2 desks and 2 chairs and a bathroom.

It was VERY nice to have access to a meeting room and kitchen, and great location. I didn't even think of having a communal printer or fax. I just did all the printing from home. We also used a very 1.0 key system that was fine.

With regards to this turning a profit, the same idea was tried a couple of years ago in Toronto and it was actually making a profit. I believe it was called something like 'Indoor playground' or 'Digital Playground' but I can't find a website or link. The last I heard was that it was closed down due to a problem with the landlord being a dick, not running out of money. The founder also went on to do greater things.
This post does not take into account that before launching you have no idea whether your project is something people want.
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Or, workplaces could still do drug testing. Since marijuana is non-toxic, the potential issues from marijuana use can be handled by employers and/or family and friends.
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Not to shoot your idea down, but I agree with the other comment. But, to answer your question sure I would sell my designs. Who would buy them is a different question though. Like the other comment, what stops a potential customer from just downloading my page, stylesheets, js files, etc... and making them their own?

For unique templates, companies like TemplateMonster have made a good business for themselves selling web templates though and I would see them as your primary competition in this market. With their brand recognition and affiliate program though I would find it difficult to believe you would have a chance at competing against them unless you developed a different, better, pricing model and provided better services (i.e. include template customization or css conversion at no charge for customers).
Oh, and the font rendering on Mac is so nice esp. when one has to face codes more than half of the day!!

People who like typography need to use Macs. The design for Cirqueti is a font-only design, and a long time was spent making fonts look good on various operating systems. Even at its best, there's a huge difference: Mac fonts look beautiful.
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I have to take umbrage at this style of engineering. Yes having the extra copy of notepad is easy and practical, but it ignores the fundamental principle that doing it the right way is going to have a return down the road. An opportunity cost in having the capacity for hard links in all of those software components is taken, the utility of hard links to users in other domains not related to the single scenario can never be realized, and you've established momentum for taking the easy way out the next time the problem comes up ("Ehhh, well, we just added another copy of notepad, let's just add another copy of this dll, and this config file, and this, and that, and the other thing").
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You can do the last one by right-clicking and picking "Get Info." There's an option called "remember playback position"; check it and it should work.

How often do you have to do an advances search? For ones you do often, just make a smart playlist. Otherwise, what kinds of searches don't work easily with a simple fast text search? I'm curious.

As for the other stuff: iTunes on Windows is bad. I think it's better than some other media players (though I've heard WinAmp is better), but it's not particularly good. On a Mac, though, it's very fast. In my 50GB library, it searches near-instantly, and I really can't think of any time I've had a problem with it. So I can absolutely understand your complaint with the Windows version, and I hope they fix it, but on the Mac it's really a good program. (Good enough that no competitors have seen fit to exist, anyway, not counting the ultra-experimental Songbird.)
How long have you been using OS X? I found that I liked it more the more I used it, since that's when you start noticing the pretty little touches.
Yes, it does have some nice little touches. But it misses some big things, such as being able to write to a CD in a reasonable way, being able to write to an NTFS drive, or have a proper way to uninstall software and its data.
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Just try it. At least once. Don't like the smoke? Have a cookie. Within 15-20 minutes, you'll be wondering why you can't get marijuana from a liquor store, taxed and regulated in a similar manner to the rest of the products they sell there (which happen to be far more harmful to you and society anyway).

Side effects from over-doing it are basically mental slowness and a lack of motivation (even this will go away if you just stop for a while). If you start sucking at your job, your suckiness should show up on your performance review and HR should handle you accordingly. Maybe you get fired. This is how an alcoholic would be handled, anyway.

There is way too much fear and over-analysis surrounding this topic. The tools to manage it are already here. Marijuana is already here, and will continue on just fine regardless of whether it is legal or not. Overachievers like Michael Phelps and Barack Obama will smoke marijuana and go on to do great things, just as they always have.

Just legalize it already so we can finally benefit from California's number one cash crop, out in the open, rather than letting the majority of the profits go into the pockets of people who very often do pose a credible threat to society and require insane amounts of tax dollars to manage.
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As a freelancer working at home, I would love such a space. Working at home is boring and lonely. and coffeeshops are distracting and have poor internet connectivity.
I know coworking spaces exist, but there are none currently that really fill all of my needs.

An affordable space where I could work surrounded by hackers would be very nice. Definitely interested.
Why should a marijuana consumer be logged in a central database? Stores are required to do ID checks, but there is no database for alcohol or tobacco consumers.
I know nothing about LabVIEW, but I get your excel analogy. However, whenever I have seen adequate (bug ugly) excel "systems" replaced by something, the result is far from great, and rarely justifies the effort (but I am just one data point). Not sure if that could flow back to the analogy or not though.
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I know in Melbourne, Monash University has a sort of similar service, but they call it an "incubator" though.
http://www.monashincubator.com.au/Content/Pub/ContentDetail....

I think it's making a profit, it's packed!
There's a place called WorkSpace here in Vancouver that's similar to this. Check it out: http://www.abetterplacetowork.com/
I guess it depends on your objective. If you want to create a lean, well-engineered architecture where things are always done the correct way, you take your approach. If you want to build a multi-national company worth $170 billion, you go their route.

Yes, that's a fallacy, because it's not an either/or decision, but my point is that engineering supports the business objectives, not the other way around (assuming we're talking about a business).
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That's great, thanks. I really like their pricing structure and feel.
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Nice writeup, including tips on how to avoid liquefying your jellyfish:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/how-to-avoid-liquef...
Well, having done exactly that, you really do need a rewrite or fundamental refactoring. It will touch most functions in your codebase.

Memory mapped won't help when you have a 100gb+ file, and as you say it gets slow as it's definitely not optimal.

You also need custom indexing structures and data caching strategies for most algorithms that aren't easily moved to disk. And most aren't unfortunately. The other issue is that you end up doing a lot of research, because there just aren't many people who have done this. It's a time sucker.

I must say it was awesome seeing our decision tree system running on huge dataset sizes (tested > 100gb) in similar time (~30 seconds) to an in memory database after indexing.
True. On the other hand, some claim that THC is more mind-altering than alcohol. I don't know if it's true or not. I won't go into that.

Imagine stoned drivers losing control of their SUVs and running over little children walking out of school. This doomsday scenario could be used to argue against legalization. Of course, drunk drivers are as dangerous, and drivers high on valium are not harmless either. However, there's a cultural "problem" which leads most people to consider some drugs acceptable (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, valium) and some other drugs "evil" (e.g., marijuana).

I am not a big fan of the Dutch system of having a central database, but if it would help tame people's fears of over-consumption, then it could be a good idea. Why not devise a smart system which would assign a unique identifier to each person (think authentication instead of identification) so that people's consumption could be limited without compromising their privacy. That way, if there were a privacy breach and the data leaked to the public domain, no one's privacy would be at risk because there would be no way to map one's identifier to one's ID. Do you think this would make sense?
I tried to do a similar project in Spring 2007. I ended up with a mandate to teach a 10-week tutorial in Verilog to a small group of Intro-CS students. To start with I had them implement several basic projects like calculators and 7-segment scrollers.

For a finishing project I tried to have them implement the SAP-1 from Malvino & Brown's classic book, which they were already familiar with (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0028005945) -- It has a 8-bit word/bus, 3 registers, a 4-bit address space, and 4-bit single-operand instructions.

I had the idea that it should be pedagogically ideal, hopefully implemented as a single <30 line module, and couched in the motives of Alan Kay. Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to implement JMP in a single quasi-clock-cycle with a Von Neumann architecture. I had to rewrite it a dozen times, the first half getting it to synthesize, the latter getting it to place/route. Even once I got it running on a FPGA, the JMP never worked right.

I never thought to cheat by using a Harvard architecture, mostly because it would stop being anything like Malvino's SAP.
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$100-$300 is about what I would pay, $100 being an easy pick and $300 is something I would really think about. I don't care about printers and file servers, I care about WiFi, kitchen, small locker (for my own tea etc) and a whiteboard. Not sure about monitors, these may turn out handy.

Check out http://www.seattle20.com/ for other shared work spaces in the area, this will give you an idea where you stand, e.g. here are 4: http://www.seattle20.com/blog/The-Ultimate-Guide-for-the-New...

I'm in Seattle, on the east side. There is no way I am coming over to the west side - the bridges are clogged. Also consider that other shared paces are on the west side, so there is a bit of a vacuum here.
I have happily lurked for a year and a half and finally created this account to say one thing: enough with the Marijuana news. This is not reddit. Please.

WRT to the article, people have been saying weird things since the economic crisis started. For a truly strange proposition read this[1] Times article where a Western banker wants the application of Islamic Sharia banking to the financial sector:

[1]http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article58...

I didn't post it when I saw it first, why? because the news paper took one fringe opinion to bait for viewership. If California passed prop-8 to deny some humans the right for marriage what makes you think it would grant others the right to consume a recreational drug? this is just one politician "planning an 'off the hook' public-relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party's principles to urban-suburban hip-hop settings." With apologies to Michael Steele :-)
FTR, I like Cramer ... but I disagree with your take.

CNBC bills itself as a financial news network and Cramer's show is on 2 or 3 times a day.

Yes, his show is wacky and entertaining–but half of every episode is people calling in for stock advice. How can you say there's no serious investment angle to this?

>> Heaven forbid anyone grow a brain and do their due diligence before shoving their money into a stock or company! Do you people really take financial advice from ANYONE and just invest away?

For many people, his show is part of the due diligence process. And he's not just anyone–obviously his resume, network, books, and popularity put him in a position where people trust him. You make it sound like he's a 19 year old in a basement twittering penny stock tips.

Again, I like Cramer and yes–calling him an "asshat" isn't really constructive. But I also think he has put himself in a position of responsibility/accountability.
Cool, thanks. We were discussing Seattle locations over dinner tonight.

So ... do you think Bellevue/Kirkland area could be just as desirable as west side?

Also, I'm not in Seattle, so
west side == downtown ?
Linguists study the mechanics of creating sounds that we interpret as words, writing systems that represent language, semantic analyses of languages and the language acquisition process in humans, among other things that are not the study of grammar.

However, all of these can be related to to the study and application of computer sciences.
People smoke very different amounts, so at what amount do you cap consumption?

Imagine the same scenario being carried out for alcohol. You might drink a couple beers a month, but Joe the Drinker might max out his beer quota every day and still want more. You, or someone like you with an entrepreneurial bent, might then decide to max out your own beer quota every day in order to sell the beer to Joe with a markup. Then presumably the law would need to crack down on you for selling your alcohol ration to someone else, and we're in a legal place very similar to where we started.

Doesn't that issue crop up in the Dutch system? Or is the allowed amount high enough that people can essentially get as intoxicated as they want?
SF/Valley has something like that specifically for tech startups: http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

I think they charge ~$1500 per person, and I think its a total waste of money. I rather work out of my own apartment or house at the early stages.
It should probably be noted that this article is from June 2007.
You may already be aware of this, but the current buzzword for what you are talking about is "co-working".

It is gaining quite a bit of traction here in nyc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking
http://www.nwcny.com/
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I would pay $100 / mo. I would like a desk, bathroom, and internet, but I don't need the receptionist. There should be a server closet where a member can leave a low-powered server, like an ordinary desktop, running, but pay extra for that of course. I am less interested in having a good location and conference rooms, than the basic desk with a bit of shelf space.

I might go up on the price, but not much. Office space is getting pretty cheap were I am (Austin, Texas).
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I use Cubespace http://cubespacepdx.com/ in Portland.

The amenities I use regularly: cube, printers, kitchen, coffee, snacks.

Amenities I appreciate having available: meeting rooms, private phone rooms.

The community is good to have around. Entrepreneurial, networking events, other users in interesting non-technical fields.
I don't know about you, but I always kick myself for missing the gold rush to buy hot domain names. It is so obvious in retrospect.
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This needs to be approached at the browser level.

It's not unfair for a browser to automatically redirect you if you accidently type .cm, or even to ask you if you really want to go to www.weddingshoes.com, since it's a spam site.

Of course, this benefits Google. But at least for the .cm loophole, it's a no brainer.
I haven't been to Amsterdam yet, so my description of the "Dutch system" is based on what I heard from friends who live there, not from my own personal experience. It sounds like a good system, though.

If what I have heard is accurate, then the quota is on daily consumption. I can't help thinking of algorithms that would update one's maximum allowable purchase of pot based on the exact dates and hours one last purchased. If the system allows one to buy enough each day to get "high enough" without getting "too high", no one would have an incentive to buy pot in the black market at higher prices.

The one thing I keep wondering is: what happens if I buy pot at 23:50 and go to another shop to buy pot 10 minutes later? Since, technically, it's a new day, will I be allowed to buy as much as the daily quota allows again? It's intriguing.
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coffeeshops are distracting and have poor internet connectivity

depending on what you need, you could just download all the documentation you need and have your email client and calendars sync up later on.
> Imagine stoned drivers losing control of their SUVs and running over little children walking out of school.

Or how about don't imagine that, it's ignorant. Running over children walking out of school is already illegal. It's not at all an argument against legalization, it's just a cheap emotional appeal tossing kids into the mix to get sympathy.

We do not need to imagine how things affect the children every time society brings up some issue of what adults can or can't do to their own bodies.

Secondly, in a free society, you don't argue for legalization, you argue for making something illegal, legal should be the default status. The question is not why should we legalize marijuana, it's what justifies it being illegal. The answer is nothing, it's absurd and unjustified.

It should be legal because there is no valid reason for it to be illegal. There is no justification for telling an adult what they can or can't do to their own body. The drug is not addictive, tends to only calm people down and make them hungry, and is far safer than alcohol.

That it is illegal is far more related to the politics of the cotton industry not wanting competition from hemp 60 years ago than for any reason to do with the drug itself or the safety of it.
My local example: http://www.itstheoffice.com/
There's one in Denver that I've heard good things about:

http://hivecoop.pbwiki.com/

Despite having an 8-5 job already, at $100/mo. I would be tempted to sign up just for a place to work on side projects.
Launching enables you to catch your competition by surprise so that they have to play catch up on your features. They also have to go after your customers and your momentum, so there are two aspects of launch: revealing what was once secret, and publicizing that offering as best as possible - which is what a good launch should do -- and then also harnessing feedback.

If one can't execute all those simultaneously, it's better to sit back and watch competition do it instead, and whilst doing this, it may or may not be advantageous to be public.
The Hive are doing a good thing, too...
Or use OpenDNS: http://www.opendns.com/support/article/5

They're rather vocal about this hack: http://blog.opendns.com/category/cctlds/
I know it's an extreme example (and a display of ignorance), but I am sure some "conservatives" would invoke something like that against legalization.

I wholeheartedly agree with you that adults have the right to do what they want with their bodies. I draw the line when adults consume certain mind-altering substances and might endanger others. However, moderate consumption of marijuana seems to be less dangerous than alcohol, so I believe the only obstacle there seems to be is the legacy of the cotton industry's lobbying some decades ago. Interesting how society takes so long to adjust...
Somewhat related: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04...
Here are the relevant links to specific services, instead of the umbrella organisations:

StartPad:
http://startpad.org/software-coworking-office-seattle

Office Nomads:
http://www.officenomads.com/

Thinkspace:
http://www.thinkspace.com/coworking.asp

Giraffe Labs:
http://www.giraffelabs.com/whatyouget
And here's a space in my area: http://www.bdcdevelopment.com/sbcenter.htm

We looked into it, but found it too expensive so we got together and rented a large open-plan office that now holds five desks. Each share of rent is proportionate to the amount of space we're using and we share internet and a common lounge area. Works for us, but good group dynamics are very important!
Part of the point is not that the article tells you something you didn't know, but that it describes bad situations in a heartfelt and humorous manner. e.g. Objectively, sure, most people would say "IT workers need certain tools to do their job". But obviously some managers and organizations don't get that. The list is funny, because I've seen these things happen, and I can empathize with the fight people went through while learning some of them.
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Looking for XMPP related code on GAE.

svn checkout 15.23 MBytes transferred in 4 minute(s) and 29 second(s)

==================update==================

here we go:

http://jaikuengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/common/protocol/...

from common.protocol import xmpp

from common.protocol import sms

Now I am worried about XMPP and SMS abuse.