skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I've had this problem also.

What you need to do is sign up for sender id here:

https://support.msn.com/eform.aspx?productKey=senderid&p...

Make sure you have SPF installed on your smtp server. And also publish an SPF record on your domain. (TXT record)

If this dosen't work you need to fill out a form here:

https://support.msn.com/eform.aspx?productKey=edfsmsbl&c...

Microsoft will e-mail you back with a generic response. If they haven't helped you, you need to reply to this e-mail with more information about your problem. It might take a few e-mails back and forth with them but eventually I received this:

"I am pleased to inform you that we have taken steps to implement a temporary mitigation to your mail delivery problem. The mitigation will take 24-48 hours to fully reflect in our system."

"During the mitigation period your emails should not experience any issues arriving in Hotmail customer's inboxes. This period will also give our filters sufficient time to learn enough about your mailing practices that after the mitigation expires your mails shouldn't any issues with arriving in our Hotmail customer's inboxes."

So Microsofts spam filters basicly mess up and block all you e-mails. This is a microsoft issue and they need to fix their "SmartScreen" technology.

This worked for me and now I can send e-mail from my domain directly into the inboxes of hotmail users.

This is a BIG problem with hotmail and their spam technology and caused me a week long headache. I hope you have better results.
Oh and one more thing. The funny things was I think what tipped MS off about my problem was that I was able to send e-mail though my smtp server on my domain to hotmail inboxes if and only if i used OUTLOOK from MS. The only difference was the e-mail headers!!

When I used outlook. 100% perfect. If I sent e-mail via thunderbird OR a php script my mail would never even reach the junk mail!! It would just black hole.

I compared the headers from outlook and thunderbird and my php script and the body was identical. Only the outlook e-mail had extra header information that MS refuses to identify or explain.
10 things every php developer should learn from Ruby on Rails
Sure - profile
Livescience.com hacked by "Body"
Researchers Use LCD Screen to Bend Light
Here's the hacked frontpage text (in case the hack's been fixed):

Hacked By Body

-[ Arabian 1337 h4x0r Ownz j00 f00! ]-

" uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10 (wheel) "

" Work Alone , Die Alone "

MSN: Body@Se7eN.Ws

Shoutz 2: Edoras, PowerDream, The_Casus, majwd, The Zero, OP, HAILAI

Find me on irc.dal.net , irc.milw0rm.com /Whois Body
"If it works, it's obsolete" and other Marshall McLuhanisms
Alison Covarrubias, Ladies Who Launch
The implementation for this is pretty simple. What this guy did is coming with a very original and interesting idea no other came before, and that was brilliant. I'm very, very impressed.
Faces of Business 2007: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
My co-founder fixed the SSL Portable Aserve problem on Ubuntu running SBCL :) (I'm going to try to talk my very technical co-founder into writing a nice blog about the whole experience if anyone is interested)
Problem fixed :) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92201
I find it incredible that a group presumably at the cutting edge of creativity is incapable of recognizing that this video reveals the extraordinary possibility of being a bird with a human brain and flying without the danger of dying. Where is your imagination, up your keyboard?
Come on using base64? isn't that a bit too old school?
What anti-design patterns meme?

I write programs with Design Patterns, I catalogue new ones from my work, I use them to teach and communicate. "A Pattern Language" is one of my favourite books.

What did I say? Well, I quoted someone else telling a story about their experience:

http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/12/newly-discovered-design-...

I thought it was a good story because it illustrated two different mind sets when it comes to writing programs and what happens when they come into contact with each other. There's no preachy conclusion, it's a human interest story.

I also talked about a particular cultural approach in this post:

http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/12/pouring-water-back-into-...

There, I expressed opposition to the idea of a fixed set of standard patterns.

So, now you know what I was saying.
Yes. I believe FSJ has pulled this very same trick before. His deadpan is improving, though. Perhaps he's been studying Andy Kaufman tapes.

The beauty of it is that Apple -- having just silenced a critic by executing a very real shady, secret backroom deal -- is in no position to claim that it doesn't pursue shady, secret backroom deals to silence its critics.
Good point. It seems there's no "free lunch"--the body will maintain equilibrium (for example, see caffeine or alcohol consumption).
I wish there was more detail on this. If that's possible, then speculatively, wouldn't it be possible to have light beams that are constructive at a specific point in space, and destructive elsewhere? Then we'd have a pixel.
For the poker player I suppose it might be worth the risk of taking these pills for a week if millions of dollars are on the line. For programmers though it's a marathon. I think it'd rarely, if ever, be worth the risk.
Will do - email in profile...
Sure, gottlos gmail com
OpenAds I think can be run on a per click basis, its free too I believe: http://www.openads.org/faq/general
What's the scientific evidence for its effectiveness? In your case, it could simply be the placebo effect.
Why not join networks? There are several around that are free/cheap to join, and you only pay for results.
Additionally google now does CPA as well as CPC, and you can target specific websites.
I think some people took this as a lisp reference.
More Exciting Time Wasters: CommandShift3 and ProductClash
Ask YC: Is there a solution better than advertising?
I need a bit of money for a web project I'm working on while I get it up and running. I have ~2k users right now, and I get enough hits to fund hosting if I put up ads. Is it "wrong" to put up ads after so many users have signed up? Is there some other way to monetize a small project?
You people sure are gullible. Oh, wait. Call the EFF!
It doesn't sound unreasonable, but they aren't providing any data. If there's really all this money changing hands they should be able to find when the companies were sold and to what entity, and possibly even try to figure out where else the purchasing entity is involved, like seeing what other properties they own and what business they conduct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle

The military uses them and they use real pilots (who have gone through full pilot training) to fly them.
"Solid makes an embedded database with in-memory database engine, which means it can store and retrieve data from main memory, giving faster performance than traditional disk-based systems."

How does that make it different from any other virtual memory DBMS?
Anyone can bootstrap a startup to riches ... how about this one?
When writing about the success and failure of startups, I talked a lot about luck being the most important contributing factor to the success of any startup, but I also talked about the importance of being a "surrogate customer". In other words, if you can identify a problem that you personally experience but currently has no solution, and if you can be passionate about it and fundamentally believe that it is an industry-wide problem that affects a sizable community, then you have identified the cornerstone you need to build a company.

The problem that I have identified is one where I want to find potential customers, customers who have never heard of us and could never find us on their own. And the only solution available to me (PR firms and conventional media) is inherently "channel-inefficient". So what do I do ... I do the only thing that entrepreneurs know how to do which is to force a paradigm shift. The new paradigm is an innovative marketing channel and it is called LoveMyTool.

LoveMyTool is all about "Advocacy Marketing".

LoveMyTool does not post press releases nor marketing collaterals. Instead we post only customer testimonials and technical reviews by third parties (i.e., advocates who "love" their tools and are passionate about our industry).
Continued Sad State of PHP Development
Since I have a really terrible memory, I would jump on a memory drug in an instant. As it stands, I'm thinking of getting a prescription for modafinil (this article mentions Provigil, which is just a brand name for modafinil).

There are already regulations in place to prevent abuse of these drugs, but they hardly work. I think that if humans want to use something, then we should be able to use it. Of course, there should be things like surgeon general's warnings on the various substances, and they should be sold with the safety sheet and proper precautions to take.

I'm surprised that more people on HN don't agree with this sentiment. I would presume that the majority of the people here are libertarians, and deregulation of drugs goes hand in hand with that political ideology. My guess is that most people here are worried that any promotion or tacit approval of drugs will lessen their chances of getting selected for funding.
For javascript, "View Source" is your friend. Find a page you like and go at it. Even if you only pick up one idea, it's worth it.
"Is there a solution better than advertising?"

With 2k users, there'd better be.

I'm no expert, but a donation link would probably be more honest, more appreciated, and more effective. Just tell your story. People may surprise you.
As I said, I wasn't totally clear on your intent, so I hope you don't take my comment personally. It seems that we agree, in most ways.

The anti-DP meme is just a trend that I have been detecting in the threads here, and in other places. I was commenting on a phenomenon that is bigger than you (but to which you /do/ seem to be responding).
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The Crunchies - Startups Ouside the Valley Need Not Apply
Am I missing something, or was one of us up too late? :)
Okay, I know it's wrong to reply to myself, and I will go to hell.

But look at the first picture in this FSJ blog post:

http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/12/breakfast-with-apple-l...

It's Andy Kaufman! I rest my case.

Though, I gotta say, the Andy Kaufman of legend would never have issued such an obvious tipoff. :)
this is such an amazing departure for FSJ. Break character but become something completely different and equally satirical. I love it.
Three Language Features You Need To Understand Before You Dismiss Common Lisp
next time we discover that one or another military or intelligence or law enforcement agency is accumulating lists of otherwise law-abiding citizens, and talking heads go on TV and say that's a totally innocuous thing to do, that nothing bad could happen -- well, the talking heads will either be stupid or lying.

Excellent sentence. One of the great things about the new startup model vs the old corporate-ladder model is that there will be a lot more people who can say this sort of thing. No manager at a big co would dare to. But when you get paid upfront you can say what you want (afterward).
The God Effect
A good book on supplements for improving memory and focus

"Mind Boosters" Ray Sahelian M.D
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312195842

It's based on published research (as of 2000) but focuses primarily on reducing "age related cognitive decline." It's less for folks in their teens and twenties and more for folks in their 30's and beyond. Dr. Sahelian also stresses the need for regular exercise, sleep, and human contact and connection to keep our brains healthy.

Probably the best advice that Sahelian offers is to try one thing at a time, start with the lowest effective dosage and understand what co-factors are needed. In general pre-cursors are safer than re-uptake inhibitors because you are making more of the raw materials available for processing rather than modifying the internal regulation. In particular, if you are trying to boost acetylcholine then CDP, PPC, and GPC have many fewer side effects than the re-uptake inhibitors like Huperzine.

I agree with the comment on "restoring" vs. "enhancing" and would also suggest that everyone has limits (e.g. in their need for sleep) that they would do well to recognize. I personally have found meditation to be something that "builds mental muscle" when it comes to stress management and getting through a crunch time with reduced sleep (note: not no sleep) and believe that it's complementary to other methods.
yes, but an unmanned plane must be more fun since you can do crazy things without fear of death:)
The "no free lunch" model is a good one. I have found that cutting out other activities like watching television and limiting the amount of on-line game playing gave me more time, focus, and energy for work. Thinking about what you can give up or defer to get what you want should be part of any calculation around stimulants to reduce your need for sleep. I still drink a lot of very strong tea (because, for me, the side effects were fewer and less burdensome than coffee) but I don't try and get less than six hours of sleep and know that if I cut it to less than four a price will be paid, if not the next day within two to three days.
For me, it's not so much regulation vs. deregulation or political ideology. I'm more pragmatic than idealistic. In fact I only briefly thought about that. It's more short term vs. long term and, basically, effectiveness.

For example, weed relaxes you and if you take it enough you can sustain a relaxed lifestyle. But then you become, to a certain extent, dependent on weed for this relaxed state and I'd rather work on something bereft of such an external dependency, like meditation as previously mentioned.

[edit] I am, of course, still assuming that this supposed drug takes over from your internal mechanisms that induce concentration, as opposed to strengthening them, meaning once you stop taking the drug you lose your enhanced concentration. If the drug does strengthen these mechanisms on a long term basis then I'm all for it.
Effective .emacs
Turning a Sphere Inside Out (interesting basic topology video)
I agree with quite a bit of what you said, but I wouldn't focus on upfront remuneration as the primary facilitator.

If you look at the civil service, there are few civil servants who want to report misconduct because of what it means for their career i.e. their place in the hierarchy. With the start-up model - i.e. a decentralised system - if you do report misconduct of any kind in any profession the drop is not so great and it's far easier to start again and make a living. You are not dependent on a few "ivory towers".
This just in: The PHP developers have an ad hoc approach to problem solving and it shows in everything about PHP, from core language features to the standard library (all 3000, or so, functions in the default namespace). I'm all astonishment.
If something like this were to happen today, how much easier would it be for the feds to gather information about you and your business especially if "the rules of evidence do not apply"?
Happy Holidays!
Fellow entrepreneurs,

To those pursuing their startups, congrats on taking the plunge and the best of luck for the coming new year. Keep at it!

To those still considering, ask yourself only one question: Are you currently following your passion?

I hope you all have a joyous and safe holiday season.
After reading his conditions, I will not bet on ANY programming language.
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PHP is still one of the best when it comes to web development.
Any serious attempt for the prize would have to include DBMS and operating system. This was, in fact, exactly what happened during Viet Nam as TRW responded to the U.S. Army's open ended requirements with GIRLS in 1965.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_operating_system

That effort survives today as IBM's U2 product line and still one of the best prototyping environments ever developed. (I've seen 20 year old "prototypes" written in Pick.)

Problem was, there was no $100,000,000 prize. That kind of money later went to Microsoft for products with (let's just say) a little less inspiration.

Leaving people like you and me to ponder the question on boards like this.
2007 In Numbers: The Year AOL Killed Netscape's Traffic
Technology in 2008
Let's get this straight. The poster wants the software running on ARM and a new 20-core Intel chip. The software has to output flash and native GUI (on what platform(s)?), parse RTF and SVG and transfer data over FTP. It has to process gigabytes of data quickly, in limited memory.

I probably wouldn't write such a project using just a single language or set of tools. It sounds like there's a data-processing component, a mobile app, a desktop app and a web interface. I wouldn't pick a language or tool set for any of those components before getting detailed requirements.
The fun part about talking about the NSA is that you don't have to exercise critical thinking; you just propose counterfactuals, citing the NSA's "huge budget". "Of course they could be monitoring Hushmail". "Of course they could be monitoring the Internet." "Of course they could be monitoring all our phones." "Of course they could have chips implanted in our brains". I mean, after all, they're the NSA!
How many $100 million contract projects have there been?

Of the ones that failed, I bet it wasn't because their programming language wasn't up to the task.
If you're using PHP you've already subscribed to the idea that using a real programming language doesn't matter, so this kind of thing is par for the course.
I doubt that spam "accounts for 90% of traffic on the internet". Maybe 90% of email traffic.
Actually, PHP 5 with all its object orientation and reflection features is quite liveable despite being filled with kludges around every corner.
let's ask the DOD.
Capital Ideas and Social Goals
Count me in. Email is in profile.
The Afterlife Is Expensive for Digital Movies
Choice of language does not affect scaling - Website architecture does... massively!

I would go for the language you know best between you too that serves your current needs. If you get successful, you will have the money to re-write the damn thing.

So just get going!

Pierre
One way to solve the problem is to encourage people to copy your data. Historically the information that survived best has been whatever got copied most.
Why I don't give fixed price. Software developer story.
Why fixed price estimates on software development contracts are ruining customer's business. Some math inside.
Or just wait for Moore's law. In 2007, internet storage is $3/GB/yr, much lower than what it was/would have been in 1997. Those prices are probably going to come down as well, so the $200k/yr estimate seems way high.

(I wonder if Pixar's costs are lower, and they can just store the bzipped rendering scripts and soundtrack.)
Fixed bid should mean fixed scope (fixed in STONE), with all change requests in writing and done on an hourly basis.
Storage is just a small part of the problem. Formats change all the time, and who knows if it's readable in 50 years?
then it makes sense to store, along with the data, two codecs that will make a array of bitmaps and an uncompressed raw audio file. (project gutenberg, for example, always has a plain text version whenever there's a more elaborate format.)
It should, but it almost never does.

The only spec that's is not subject to interpretation is the software itself. Otherwise it all boils down to relationship between the customer and the developer: personal trust, etc. And, of course, this creates immense place for psychological games, which mostly are lose-lose kind of game.
I think the author is trying to clarify how much we really trust certain languages. But the $100M just muddies the issue. $100M, appropriately spent, could get almost any language across the finish line -- as long as you're willing to fork the language itself or add custom lower-level extensions. All the large companies that use high-level languages do this; Google, Yahoo, ITA, everybody.
Where does the world get the expectation your time is free, and if they have that expectation, why should you adopt it? I feel my rent should be free, but my landlord sees things differently. Until our landlords come around, and food is also free, no, I don't think it's dishonest for me, or you, to be compensated for their work through ads or subscriptions.

To more directly answer your question, though, you could also look at doing "pro" level subscription memberships if that applies. That can work well.
It is not a question if it is wrong, but if it will work or not.
If the client's playing games, don't give them an inch. It will never end well if you do.
Design the ideal programming language for startups
Syntax Clause, that jolly old elf who has thousands of magically outsourced programmers in the far north, grants you a Christmas wish: the ideal programming language for startups.

What sort of language would you ask for?
Kathy Sierra "get back on your blogging horse" pledgebank
I'd bet the problem there was with project management.
What's it like to use those languages?
Makes you wonder about the Economist and its fact-checking department. Really, everyone who looked at that should have questioned it.

Oh, well:

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-the-one-third-of-all-inte...

...realistically, I wouldn't be surprised if the bandwidth consumed by gmail's page views (html+javascript+css+images+etc) exceeds its backend email load.
Hrm. I have to admit I don't understand two of them. I understand macros, but I wouldn't really say I understood the condition system or the Meta-Object Protocol.

It is at least a deliberate choice. I don't like the style of programming where you use a lot of conditions, and the Meta-Object Protocol just seemed like a huge unLispy hairball I was happy to skip.
Moore's Law doesn't save you when you also have computers on the other end producing the data.
> Interview question from Steve Jobs: "How many times have you taken LSD?"

http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...
Sad to see Netscape rapidly decline. Not surprising really, with AOL's direction, and their firings.

Anyone blaming comscore numbers should know that AOL/netscape make sure everything is comscore compliant.
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the answer depends entirely on what that start-up would be doing and in what context it would be operating(skills of programmers available, integration to other code etc.)
Literate Haskell
Ask YC: How should I approach Drupal?
While I've never really written code for a PC, I've always been a very technical person. My friend is in the same boat. Awhile back we had an idea for a website that really excited us, and we began to work on it.

Plan A was to find someone to do it for us. For a number of reasons that you all know, that didn't work.

Plan B is now to author the site ourselves in Drupal, a platform my good friend and partner has some experience with. We're deciding which modules we'll need in order to complete a basic, functioning version of the site.

Does anyone have any advice specific to Drupal? What should I look out for? Are there any other late-coming self taught hackers out there who are farther along in the process than I am?

Thanks!
Why is there no buzz around literate programming anymore? would all the focus on testdriven development I would think it would be a hot topic. Does anybody know of any good literate tools for Python other than the Leo editor?
It's mixed. It naturally occurs in your body in minute amounts. It was prescribed under the brand names Deaner, Deanol, Lucidryl among others.

This is a literature review
http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=e049880...

A second set of citations (some overlap with first)
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/nov2004_aas_01.htm
44 Conjectures of Stephen Wolfram Disproved by MIT errata expert Evangelos Georgiadis (PDF)