skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Others have already noted parts of this, but Broder is very clearly only naming 3 people at Tesla: the CTO, a press spokeswoman (who's since moved on), and a product planner.

These are not technical support personnel.

I doubt that the specific operational advice that Broder received when he called Tesla's 24-hour customer support line was wrong or contradictory.

I can very much believe that if he placed a reporter's call to a press spokeswoman's cell phone late at night (as he claimed in his response of today), or to a product planner, or even to a CTO who's not in the weeds of the tech support database, that he might receive contradictory information.

I think this confusion between Tesla people who aren't technical giving Broder advice, and Tesla's tech support people (who aren't named in Broder's story) giving him advice, is a large part of the source of the contradictions.
On March 15-17, in Elkhart Indiana is the Midwest Reprap Featival. Josef Prusa, of Prusa Mendel fame will be there.

The festival is free to attend, no tickets or anything. If you are a vendor, they ask a small donation.
How is having an engineer reproduce a failure condition under controlled circumstances pointless? That's how bugs are fixed.
I think you're thinking of IOS.
My car says zero miles left with three gallons in the tank. It's not all that unreasonable to assume.
I don't think computer and collider technology necessarily correlate. The ISR collider was built over 40 years ago. People aren't generating exotic subatomic particles in their backyard quite yet.
Most of this analysis is spot on in my opinion - the one area I disagree with you in is the portion where he allegedly drove in circles. The graph Tesla shows is misleading and completely blown out of proportion.

0.6 miles is not very far to travel, especially when 0.2 miles are accounted for by the offramp. A drive once around an unfamiliar parking lot in the dark, looking for a small charging station can easily account for 4 minutes and 0.4 miles. Every EV charging station I've seen hasn't had any signage or otherwise aside from what's written right on it, You can't assume he'd automatically know where it is.

Regardless of whether Tesla is right or the NYT is right (and I'm inclined to believe both sides are partially at fault), the fact that Tesla took such offense to a measly 0.6 miles I find laughable.
Heinz: The headline-friendly LBO
While Facebook wouldn't allow it on their site a social game accepting BTC for in-game purchases would be a great fit for this model, provided there's a significant overlap between people who play social games and people who use bitcoin. If that is not the case such a game could serve as a subversive tool to get people who are into social games into bitcoin or a double subversive tool to get people already into bitcoin into social games.
The iPhone name was first used by Infogear in 1998, which was acquired by Cisco. Apple and Cisco settled a trademark dispute over it in 2007 so that both companies can continue using the name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_iPhone
Ask HN: Why Settle Down?
I have been on this site for about 6 months now and been a lurker longer. I keep seeing posts about getting hired at startups and posts about freelancing for this or that.Why do people with great programming skills,design skills,etc settle down with a company? If you have great programming ability why not just create apps your whole life or just start startups and bolt? I personally don't like the idea of being tied down(I am about to 19yrs old) so maybe I am not getting something. Can someone please explain why people settle down?
Wish we could see stats on how far people ran before suspecting that's all there was, and how many ran a bit further strongly suspecting but "just in case."
Why use vials? Unpredictable dosage, charged by weight if arrested... (of course, I'm not sure how much SFPD cares about hippie drugs)

Not to mention the guys selling it for $20/sheet every 4/20 on Hippie Hill -- there's your year's supply right there.
I agree. He's willing to lie about how long he was at the Milford supercharger station by reporting 58 minutes while in reality it was 47 minutes. He's intentionally reducing range whilst reporting otherwise so it can't be a matter of time savings. He's trying to vandalize the reputation of the vehicle.
No, I don't think it was an unfortunate side effect, I think it's exactly what he wanted to happen. I know if I were a customer at that gym that I would never be back if someone was trying to screw with my industry. I'd also tell everyone I ever knew not to go there.

My guess is that this was not the method of first resort.
I am still unclear, were these diagnostics being sent to a tesla server somewhere or was this information hardlined post review? Source?

Also, how is this bad anyway? Google probably has this information already, if not google, your phone's carrier definitely does.
Heroku's response:

Hi Steve,

I've been reading through all the concerns from customers, and I want every single customer to feel that Heroku is transparent and responsive. Our job at Heroku is to make you successful. Getting to the bottom of this situation and giving you a clear and transparent understanding of what we’re going to do to make it right is our top priority. I am committing to the community to provide more information as soon as possible, including a blog post on http://blog.heroku.com.

Oren Teich
Heroku GM
unfortuantely, that might be the only kind of client you get when you start out?
> Can one user be part of two applications?

> If I am working on two apps since I am a developer can I be part of two applications with different co-founders?

1. Based on the above, I have to ask -- is your question posed as a user or as a developer?

2. Applications don't have co-founders, companies do.

If you mean companies, and if you mean as a developer, and in general, if the companies are in non-competing lines of work and both know about your association with the other, then yes. Otherwise no.
Putting up a notice on it makes it different, but if the developer simply disabled it, I don't see much difference.
Facebook Connect Experiencing Problems Again
Maybe the death of newspapers and magazines is generally well deserved?
As someone who has met the guys on the team and know them on a business and personal level that's just not the case. They have been so focused on building out a kickass product that even the small things like a pricing page have been put on the back burner for now.

I know reaching out can be a pain, but these guys will iron that part of the process out as well. For now it's definitely worth your while to reach out and have a chat with them!
For some reason this story reminds me a lot of Steve Jobs and the response to the Antennagate fiasco.
I'd agree in principle, but did the email announcement might have been a bit more toned down if that was what they were thinking. I'm pretty sure they wanted some buzz.
This is very cool. Part of my day gig (at a university) involves a commercial degree audit program. It's terrible. In desperate need of a rewrite.

Now you've got me thinking there may be some need for a smaller subset of functionality. Enough to get a new effort going.

Hmmm. Interested?
I've seen bitcoin on HN at least a couple of times in the past month, so maybe just read a bit more thoroughly. Your sources seem fine, but I would add Arstechnica to it.
Well, you should read it. :)

Anand does make a comparison to the mobile space, I presume alluding to the disruption that was the iPhone. I don't think it's a valid point of comparison. First, you have Job's shrewdly negotiating Verizon and AT&T off each other (helped by technical differences of their then choice in radio technology), and second the fact that he'd earlier, consensus being, screwed the music industry over with iTunes pricing negotiations.

This, I feel, makes TV and film executives, and corresponding cable and sattelite providers extremely weary of ending up not in control of their fates.

We'll see what happens, but Intel is clasping at straws for a strategy. Really strange to see them so fragile.
Guys, seriously. Cmd+W should close a window, not a tab. Your app is the only app on my entire system that acts like this, and it it annoying as hell.
> My reasoning is that he wants to add a big achievement to his credentials and he's using the Chrome OS fiasco as leverage. He's trying everything to get recognized, even illegitimate means (such as defacing Wikipedia).

How do you know his claims are false? Evidence?
A whitespace chipset for the Internet of things
> (How he convinced the Tesla people to "clear" him at that point is a mystery that hasn't been followed up on by either party.)

It's interesting that you choose that wording, that Broder "convinced" Tesla to clear him rather than Tesla telling him what to do and giving him the go-ahead after an hour.
Facebook is still a thing?
Seriously? Every tabbed app I have responds this way. Safari, Chrome, MacVim, TextMate, iTerm 2, all off the top of my head.
I don't disagree, but Finnish students are subject to one OECD test at age 15, as opposed to going through a system geared around very regular, standardized tests. There's a big difference. Personally I think the Finnish system sounds more fun.
Brazil is one of those very dysfunctional markets. Apple (well Foxcon on Apple's behalf) had to setup final assembly their directly to get around crazy tarrif rules, which assume most value is added during final assembly! Sure, Apple tries its hardest, but at some point it won't be worth it to them.
Releasing the call logs would easily prove whether or not he was cleared in those phone calls.
... that these EVs aren't ready for primetime.

“No new product does absolutely everything in exactly the same way as the product its replacing,” [Chelsea Sexton] says. "And yet when it comes to electric cars that’s the expectation."

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/whod-win-fight-te...

Personally, after reading these tit-for-tat spats, I'm more inclined in considering EVs. (It's worth listening to Marketplace's reporting on this.)
"It's like wrestling with a pig in mud. Pretty soon, you realize the pig is enjoying it"

- I think the pig here is the NY Times. But Musk didn't get to where he is by knowing when to take his foot off the accelerator (pardon the pun) and going less than 110% when he sees an obstacle to winning. So can't really expect him to handle this with restraint or reserve.
Your mistake was assuming that anyone could be immune to persuasion or ideology.
Quote: "I wouldn't be here without science, and without the work of people who believe in science."

I believe in the value of science.
Appears up for me, from Seattle.
We should talk i design the bi tools inside excel and would love to understand your scenarios. Twitter: doppenhe
Make your own head-mounted display for under $200
Only down for your/some account.

"We don't do site maintenance on all accounts at the same time, so it's possible that your friends will be able to access the site while your account is unavailable"
Well, I had similar thoughts to mehwoot's opinions. Doctors generally need to set expectations low. Some might not have the best bedside manner in doing so, but I feel like it's better than overpromising and underdelivering.

source: I am 42, and I had cancer when I was 16 (very similar to Lance Armstrong's prognosis, minus the brain cancer) and again when I was 37.
It's turned into a bit of a fad.
I think the OP is probably talking about the YC application.
They'll have a good chuckle at the NY Times (and even Fox would have a laugh) when they see you're accusing them of attacking alternative energy for ideological reasons.
Peter Kasting did it. Just check the G+ comments.

"I have a copy of a May 18, 2007 (not April) email from Jeff announcing his project on a wide-distribution list. It does not have the subject line "Google OS"; it's actually called "Guppy needs testers". Given that it begins, "I'd like to publish my Linux distro, called Guppy, for some testers to try out and provide feedback. Guppy is a little side project to build a Google distro of PuppyLinux for USB.", I'm inclined to believe it's the first such wide-distribution email. The phrase "Google OS" is never mentioned; neither are "browser" or "Chrome" or "Firefox" or "webapps". The closest we get is the single sentence two thirds of the way through that "I set up some desktop shortcuts to Google Apps", which is literally the only time the email mentions anything close to Jeff's claim above that "all of the functionality came from webapps; performing any operation on the desktop launched a Chrome window to one of many webapps." In fact, the email explicitly mentions that you can install OpenOffice if you want, which seems to contradict this portrayal a bit.﻿"
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Oh my, he did the right thing to call the police, though the car was not in control, he was in control.
It's a cure, if you're a beagle. This is good, but not huge news.
Strange, no mention about excretions. The author did blood tests but no urine tests.
> So Broder found his angle, thinking: I'll plug it in for an hour, then just leave, no matter what the range says. Hopefully it'll die on me this time.

This is how most "journalists" operate. They're story-tellers who know what sells to their audience, and they gravitate towards that. Not the truth, but what their audience wants to hear.
.is is good though.
Presumably the trademark is useless to Linksys now, as everyone associates the name with Apple.
I can be the TA, but can't be the teacher...
Okhil Babu's letter from 1909 that changed Indian Railways forever
If you're 19 everything's still new and exciting. After the novelty wears off, stability and predictability acquire greater value (not least since they free up your mind from day-to-day uncertainties). Same way people have a lot of casual/brief realtionships when they're younger but tend to settle down with a long-term partner later.
Holy cow, I'm from Cherokee County (Towne Lake) and went to GT as well! What a small world... I'm debating whether I want to move west after grad school. I'd really like to get involved in a start-up. Although I doubt there's many chemical engineering start-ups compared to software/tech ones.

> People are generally pretty nice, but not interested at all in getting to know you or chatting randomly.

Could you elaborate on this? I've heard things like this from other people.
I like the background color.
There are social reasons for working for a company. For some people it's nice to be part of a group. If that doesn't matter to you then don't worry about it.
I was speaking informally earlier, but if we make things more precise then I think we're pretty much on the same page.

I think you're right when you say:

>In colder ambient temperature the propensity to generate current decreases. However, the quantity does not.

Presumably, the car stops running when the battery's propensity to generate current ("voltage") falls below a certain threshold. If that propensity to generate current does decrease when it's cold, then a cold battery will hit that car-stopping threshold earlier, right? Assuming the battery stays cold.

That's all I meant when I said "a cold battery has a shorter range".

And when the battery warms up, its chemical reactions speed up, increasing the voltage and pushing the car-stop threshold into the future. That's what I meant by "As the battery warms up, the estimated range should go up as well."

The battery's "state of charge" in the plot from Musk's blog post does go down overnight. Whether that's due to self-discharge, some system in the car that used a bit of energy overnight, or some temperature-related measurement effect (or a combination of those things), I don't know. I just thought it was striking that the "estimated range" dropped so much more than the "state of charge" (at the 400 mile mark in Musk's plots).

Does that put us on the same page?
The question is not about originality, but about competition.

--The market is dense and success comes down to having a better customer acquisition strategy. Your ability to acquire customers -- meaning, generate cost-effective traffic, convert customers, retain them -- is what will make or break this as a business.

--I don't see a clear value proposition for your service over the many, many competitors. Maybe this is because of the sheer quantity of text (very hard ont he eyes), but after browsing the site nothing tells me why I should select your service rather than go Google "chat services."

--SMBs are your target market. But, the people who run these businesses do not have the time to sit and chat with customers. They are bound to look at this and feel they have no time to do it and give up.

My advice:

--Tighten up the website. Less text, more images, clearer value proposition. Why is TrackChat the best option?

--Show me numbers. If I'm a website owner, I'm craving to read about how another business made more money or improved conversion rates doing this.

--Pursue potential partnerships with a service business that can support you. If you can connect businesses to people who can operate these chats, your value to customers multiplies exponentially.

--After the above, develop and execute an acquisition plan ASAP. SEM is going to be your best option. Remember, your customers don't need technical sophistication; it's going to be hard for you not to indulge your engineering instincts but you have to realize your customers just need an application that is easy to set-up, works consistently, and does what it says it will.

This has potential if you can tighten up the site experience and are willing to make the investment in bringing in customers. They will show you quickly what you still need to build. If "word of mouth" is swirling somewhere in your thoughts, that's a huge red flag.
Genuine Advantage and related DRM philosophical issues aside, I don't see a problem with deactivating a product designed on behalf of a client who hasn't paid. Not warning them is tricky (and not sure if it even serves a purpose), but even if they sue you, just file a counter-suit for an unpaid invoice.
I every conversation I've had lately when I tell people what I do, they mention 3D printing. I have to gently tell people that I don't do 3D printing yet as products generally fall into one of two categories:
1. Inexpensive and low quality.
2. Expensive and high quality.

My current plan is to go after market #2 in a year or two when I can raise the capital to get a really good machine.

I started with, and plan to continue, waterjet and laser cutting as the limitations of these technologies are easy for most designers to understand. What you enter as a CAD file is pretty much exactly what you get out as a final piece.

As an aside, it's amazing that using a robot to blast away raw material into a finished part using an ultra high pressure stream of water and garnet or a frikken laser beam is considered "traditional" machining.
After crossing so many hurdles in his life, this is the sad part
This is from 2.5 years of web traffic to my Hacker Newsletter project (http://hackernewsletter.com), which a very large portion comes from HN so I think it could be useful:

California	21.79%

New York	10.37%

Texas	6.74%

Massachusetts	5.07%

Florida	4.37%

Illinois	4.22%

Washington	3.82%

Georgia	3.19%

Pennsylvania	2.98%

Virginia	2.60%

North Carolina	2.26%

Ohio	2.15%

Michigan	2.11%

New Jersey	2.08%

Colorado	2.05%

Maryland	1.86%

Maine	1.78%

Oregon	1.63%

Minnesota	1.63%

Missouri	1.37%

DC	1.33%

Arizona	1.31%

Tennessee	1.24%

Connecticut	1.06%

Utah	1.06%

Indiana	1.05%

Wisconsin	0.87%

Alabama	0.85%

Kentucky	0.70%

South Carolina	0.61%

Oklahoma	0.57%

Iowa	0.52%

Kansas	0.49%

Louisiana	0.46%

New Hampshire	0.43%

Nevada	0.39%

Nebraska	0.36%

Alaska	0.32%

Hawaii	0.29%

New Mexico	0.29%

Idaho	0.28%

Rhode Island	0.27%

Arkansas	0.19%

North Dakota	0.18%

Vermont	0.17%

Mississippi	0.15%

West Virginia	0.11%

Delaware	0.11%

Montana	0.11%

Wyoming	0.07%

South Dakota	0.07%
I have a question for you. Knowing that Broder definately misrepresented the facts, based on what we do see in the logs, why should we then believe his recounting of the conversations that he had with Tesla support staff?
There is: FreeCAD, based on the OpenCASCADE kernel.

SolidWorks is just so easy to pirate, that no one has much motivation. It's a massive effort to build something like this.

Also, it requires a multi-disciplinary team: math, programming, MechE / ID, UX, etc. - it'd be hard for an open source project to do this without some type of funded entity.
I don't see any facts supporting your assertion that the countries will spontaneously collapse due to the size or spending of their governments...

Soviet Union.

they are not doing it the "American" way (read: with a free market)

The US does not have a free market in health care, and hasn't since at least World War II, when employers started providing health benefits to attract workers because they were unable to offer higher wages (wages were regulated by the government during the war). A free market would mean everyone sees all of the costs of the health care they receive, and weighs the costs against the expected benefits, and only buys health care for which the expected benefits exceed the costs. Nobody that participates in employer-provided health care (which is most workers in the US) does that; the only costs they see are their portion of the premiums and their copays, so they want whatever health care has a benefit to them that exceeds those costs.

The provider side of the US health care system is not a free market either; a person can't just decide to be a provider. Doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians, etc., etc., all have to be licensed by the government. That is supposed to help guarantee that they are competent, but it also helps to keep costs higher by restricting the supply of providers. (To some extent there are now private clinics trying to end-run around this for basic services like blood pressure or cholesterol screening; but they are limited, and mostly serve people who don't have employer-provided insurance.)

In short, the US health care system is not an example of a free market system that achieves less optimal outcomes than a government system; it's an example of a bastardized part-government part-private system that achieves less optimal outcomes (by some metrics--by others, for example wait times for critical surgeries, it achieves better outcomes) than a government system.
The whole concept of VaR is an industry-wide consensus hallucination. Even if you do it right you're doing it wrong.

But to your point, if this formula had been in a single library procedure in version control rather than pasted and repasted into various dingy corners of various spreadsheets, this sort of error would have been less likely. Manual handling of formulas is at least as dangerous as manual handling of data.
Totally, if you're motivated you can get SolidWorks do give you good output in days or even hours. I've heard some are worse at 3D visualization, so maybe we're outliers, but I doubt it.
I think this is true.

I have a lot of friends that have started down the route to become a consultant oncologist but changed after a few years of training.
If the data clearly shows that he never "limped along" at 45 MPH, there's really nothing in those two paragraphs I can believe.
What are you thinking with 3DP? Don't try to be Shapeways, et al. who compete on price and make no money...