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I don't know if this is the case with you, but most of the time when someone pitches me (a developer) an idea, they have not thought it through. And I'm not talking technologically or how to program it, or what computer language/framework to use. I'm talking much more basic. I mean they haven't thought through what will happen when people click various things. They haven't thought through the basics of what information will be presented and in what basic way and what might happen in various circumstances.

Such people are generally unaware of how much they haven't thought through. They are super excited about a kernel of an idea without any of the details worked out.

I highly suggest getting a pencil and bunch of paper and sketching pictures of what the main pages would look like. For every link or button you draw, you should have something somewhere physically drawn that represents what happens when it is clicked. You will likely be tempted in some cases to take a shortcut and just write a note that starts "Basically...", or "Kind of like..." Don't do that. Come up with specific (if not permanent or polished) pictures for everything.

The point is not to produce a prototype, but to uncover what you don't know about your own idea. If you are like most people (even me) you will find there are huge swaths of questions you hadn't even considered yet.
There were many shots like this in the Dark Knight Rises of Gotham (Manhattan). They were fantastic.
I work at Nebula, I'm happy to answer any questions.
It is interesting that the malware hijacks ssh as well. This make me think that RHEL's approach to confining services using SELinux is a good idea, although it is possible that this malware also exploits some weakness there.
I met these guys back in September and we talked a lot about Providence restaurants. Glad to see they're doing well enough to get sued by Brown... Sort of...
I doubt anyone purchasing a mobile Windows RT RISC machine would be inclined to install Linux on it.

In fact, the only devices I can currently think of are Windows RT tablets, which nobody is buying anyhow.
The Twilio api is so simple that this "integration" does not bring much except exposure for Twilio and $20 of Twilio credit for appengine users. We have been using Twilio to send SMS from our appengine app for months now without any issue. In any case a good news.
great selection, Drungli is in good company :) thx!
"He says, there are no easy answers! I say, he's not looking hard enough!" Bart Simpson
Lanthe, how much longer do you intend to keep this running? Because I'm timing out before even hitting the form. Would really love to get this as I've been hoping to get into .NET MVC4 but OEM Win8 pro is quite a lot of money.

EDIT: I got through. Thanks.
> "Your time is substantially less valuable than the time of those you email (no offense but probably true)"

If you expect that, you shouldn't be surprised if a lot of their applicants also consider their time worth less than yours. You get what you "pay" for.

You'd probably be surprised how many of these potential employers are a just a waste of time, unfortunately.
IIRC, couldn't you run Windows 8 without boot authentication? I believe there was a control panel option for this, and after you turn it off, GRUB should be the only thing you need.
Depends what you mean. Are you saying it's overvalued because the current economy of Bitcoin is not strong enough to make it worth $100, or are you saying a Bitcoin ever being worth $100 is already too much? Because Bitcoin has the potential to be worth millions of dollars/unit:

http://falkvinge.net/2013/03/06/the-target-value-for-bitcoin...

Whether that will ever happen, or if it will happen in the next few decades, it remains to be seen. But the point is a Bitcoin does have the potential to be worth a lot per unit. It all depends on how many people and businesses are going to use it in the future. If you look at it like that, Bitcoin hasn't even scratched the surface of its potential.
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> they thought for some reason they owned everything
> I created, at any time, ever (sorry, no)

How common is this? I have yet to encounter it, but if I did I'd consider it an enormous red flag. It sends some very strong messages:

- We lack the respect for you to even be subtle about
leveraging the asymmetry of our power relationship in
order to try to fuck you.
- None of your potential future colleagues here are likely
to be passionate about their craft, because people who enjoy
making things of their own don't sign our contract.

I'm aware that employers are often willing to compromise about things like that during negotiations, but by that point the message has surely been sent.
I'm deaf, and almost every company I've interviewed at which was going to perform a phone interview was willing to either a) skip the phone interview; or b) perform the interview over IM instead. (Even IBM was flexible enough to set up an IM interview over IRC on one occasion, and GTalk with a couple of their engineers on another.) Don't be afraid of asking to interview using over IM rather than over the phone.
Oh, right. Yeah - I live on the west-most side of Harlem, and I'm basically resigning myself to never seeing any of my friends on the Upper East Side.
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Polynom - solves math exercises by providing simple step-by-step solutions
You said the worst three letters for self-diagnosis. "DSM" generates more "Hey, that's me!" than horoscopes. Now that IV will be out of date and available at every used bookstore for $5, expect a run on them. (Or buy up every copy you can and throw them up on Amazon :-))
Given that it's supposedly also installing a trojaned version of SSH(d?), it's probably not an Apache exploit at all. It's some other sort of method which gives it root access - either an exploit or just guessing root passwords. :)
>It's about microsoft insisting that the only pre-loaded encryption key is theirs, to the exclusion of all other encryption keys.

Please, stop the FUD, it just makes people look totally ignorant. Microsoft does not insist that in any shape or form. If you have a reference, please share it. But don't go around spreading falsehood.
Yeah, that's correct, we're a computer systems company. We're making hardware, and the software that goes on it.
Judge rules digital music cannot be sold 'second hand'
You seem to misunderstand certain aspects. If economy will grow at 4% it means that people get on avarage 4% on their investment be that work, assets, capital. Its still beneficial for them. Even with deflation at this assumed 4% they will simply invest in things that have better ratio of roi/risk.

Deflation is not obviously bad. We had deflation during the whole industrial revolution and things were running smooth. If people hold on to savings rather than invest suppliers will quote higher prices in order to put the money back into system or hoard the money for themselves.

One thing for sure. You wont be robbed out of thin air and that whats inflation is for. Central bank has no money for retirment... fiiiine, let print more -> market will stabilize itself.

Plus if the value of bitcoin goes sky high. It will be lucrative to mine again. It has the mechanisms of selfhealing.
Given that this is a brand new thing, it sounds a lot like they are failing you massively on this bit of the promise - at the very least, and given you're paying for this, it's not FB and Google that failed to show up - it's Hack Reactor that failed to make them show up:

> WE’VE GOT CONNECTIONS

> Breaking into the tech industry can be hard on your own. We’ll help you craft a portfolio, guide you through practice interviews, introduce you to companies at our hiring day, and walk you through your job application process.
Kaiser Permanente’s billing system is insane.
For whatever reason, most unsolicited leads from websites or email turn out to be garbage in that business. Meaning if you pursue all of them very close to 0% will turn into real work. Most emailers are dreaming, fishing for some free work, can't afford it or are trying to get bids for a job they already plan to hire their friend for.

Somehow you need to convince these people that you're not one of those folks, assuming you aren't. I'd make the note specific to the person you're emailing (I liked portfolio piece x and would like something like the operation of y which impressed me), state clearly that if you can come to an agreement you're ready to commit to work right away without getting competitive bids, provide sketches or something concrete that shows you didn't just dream up this idea an hour ago and will have forgotten about it tomorrow, state your approximate budget and note that the money is in the bank, and make it clear some how you're not emailing the whole planet.

Lots of these people will be happy to work with you - but if they state on the web they're looking for work they've probably been burned a number of times by people who demanded a lot of attention and yet never had the actual intention of hiring them (even if they thought they did at the time). Do make sure that's not you.

EDIT: I Just saw one of your follow ups where you said "I'm not sure if what I'm asking for is $1k or $10k" - that's your problem, you probably are one of these bad leads at least at this point. I'd consider offering a day rate of $500 to have someone help you flesh out your needs and set your expectations. If $500 is too much to move the process along you probably should reconsider what you're getting into.
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This project was fully funded on kickstarter in only 5 days. http://kck.st/YQnq74
If that's your use case then have a look at ncp: http://www.fefe.de/ncp/

From the site: '"ncp" is a utility for copying files in a LAN. It has absolutely no security or integrity checking, no throttling, no features, except one: you don't have to type the coordinates of your peer.'
IMHO you probably dont have ADHD. Though we have alot in common, (Im also a musician and dropped out my jr. year of high school), reading your story gives me a feeling you may have been unfortunately misdiagnosed.

The easiest way to know is if Adderall or Ritalin made you feel normal and calm. (sometimes even sleepy. Ive taken naps while medicated on my adderall.) ADHD stimulant meds should have a very profound effect if you have ADHD. How do you feel when the medication wears off at night after having taken it for weeks? Crashed? Not that different? Wanting to take more?

And how did you feel when you stopped medicating after 3-5 days?
I'm a graduate student finishing up a PhD, I think I'm at the other end of the tunnel from you. I started meds about a decade ago and I have slowly been weaning myself off of them for the past 6 months. Once you're hooked (taking a daily dosage) on the meds it is remarkably difficult to get off of them. Mostly because you feel like crap when you're not on the them and of course the ADD/HD symptoms do return.

As someone who is actively struggling to concentrate while writing a thesis (hey look I'm on HN now...) I have a few tips that I hope can help you.

Working environment is important. If you're goofing off in your current work spot... then get out of there! Find some other place that you can work from and try working there. You will be surprised how a change in environment can affect your concentration. My experience has been Public and University Libraries are undervalued work spaces. Cafes work really well for me because some part of my brain wants me to appear productive in front of other people, so I goof off less in open working spaces where others can see my screen. I use that to help me concentrate. The point is find that spot that works for you and fight for it. Also don't be afraid to get nomadic, its OK to switch working spots when you feel like it.

Make Lists. Every time you sit down to do work, spend 30 seconds and jot down what you want to do in that particular working session. Then leave that list in front of you. The visual cue of the list in front of you will help you get back to work when your mind strays. It also helps you align your thoughts.

In terms of staying on topic I think it has more to do with personal issues. I've noticed that when work/class induces a lot of stress, that I goof off more and I do less work. So for me, getting over that stress and just simply enjoying the work has been hugely beneficial. I'm not sure if this stress induced distraction is a universal thing, maybe others can chime in.

Finally go get some exercise. Its a panacea and helps everything from ADD/HD symptoms to curing depression.
> Under the old system, artists are commissioned (by the state, or the wealthy) to create a work, which is then freely available to all (granted, a painting can't be so easily copied back then...). I say as technology improves, we need to change to that system again.

Most art created under the patronage system was not freely available to all--usually the exact opposite, actually.

The only reason you are even aware of art created under the patronage system is because copyright has since made it economically viable to distribute at low cost. You can download a performance of a Mozart composition for a few bucks on iTunes--a tiny percentage of your wealth. Under the patronage system only a few thousand wealthy people would ever hear these pieces of music, because you needed to be physically present at a performance put on by the patron.
Hey pattle - what sort of web dev do you do? Any particular programming languages you're particularly proficient with?
Or maybe there are still a lot of people out there who are running Apache as root.
Those 4 bullet points all sound a lot like Dylan (http://opendylan.org/).

I'd have said Common Lisp as well, but some might argue point #1 with respect to that.

It is nice to see others (re-)discovering the joy of full on multiple dispatch though!
Hmm, got the same error, but no confirmation email. :( indeed!
Do you mean the balance of time you spend on the projects ? Or a balance of playing with new-tech versus building something useful ?
I think PowerShell has its own idiom for doing this. You might want to look into BITS (and related PS cmdlets), too.
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use more open protocols , open standards , be in favor of inter-operability , especially regarding all your "office" and business tools and stack.
Pick what you're good at and focus on it. You can't be good at everything.
Would be nice to have classes for the 6 font sizes as well. I typically don't use H tags to control font size.
Product targeted at startups - feedback needed
We are thinking about developing a product that a startup business would use to organize their official documents: corporate documents, contracts, employment documents, tax documents, etc. It wouldn't provide these document forms to you, just help you organize them and get a basic level of guidance as to when particular documents are needed.

It would include intuitive compliance tools, such as helping a user understand when particular documents are advisable and when they are not, monitor legal compliance procedures, and contain a minute book and cap table. It would also include productivity tools, such as board and shareholder notification tools, collaboration tools such as version control and electronic signatures, and similar options.

We're looking for feedback. Is this something you would find helpful? Would you pay for it?
I am familiar with the concept of nastygrams.

You said: When your "innovation" consists of leveraging someone else's product, it's generally bad form (even if not illegal per se, unless it amounts to trademark infringement) to make it seem like you have an association with them when you don't.

And this makes little sense in the current context. Their innovation has nothing to do with Brown or how Brown delivers food. They used the shop name while they were doing business with them, and they collected information (voluntarily) that was required to conduct business.

The article is devoid of any details and written to paint Crunchbutton in a good light.

Honestly, are we reading the same article? I know that you're looking for specific details that a court would use, but most of the information is provided. Outside service tries to fill a customer demand while increasing business for a local provider, someone higher up is displeased by this and dispatches the lawyers to find something wrong. What this really says to me is that universities are deterring competition in their meal programs, which of course means there is extra room for competition.
Is that decent living in South Africa though? The salaries referred to are in SF.
The power comes from combination.
Even very small bits of information in your email, photo tags, searches can build a very precise picture of your personality if there are a lot of them. You can not control the small information bits that go to Google if you are using their tools. This is a dangerous illusion. The solution is to limit the overall amount of information leaking and diversity. Therefore not using Google or other well known data mining companies at all. And yes it is possible.
> You certainly get a huge kick out of learning new things, but becoming smarter is not a goal.

I think it's clear that you're using a different definition of smart than pg, because the way he uses it that quote is a nothing more than a contradiction.
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i'm talking to people who aren't quite adults yet, but who are beginning to craft their adult life through internships, relationships, and mentors.
It's probably apocraphyl: http://www.snopes.com/weddings/newlywed/secret.asp.
Try reading "The One World Schoolhouse" by Salman Khan.
I guess it wouldn't be too hard to gain root access once code runs on the server: There are plenty of local privilege attacks in the Linux Kernel and not everybody updates and reboots regularly
I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not sure what demographics these figures are included, but these numbers are higher than anything I've seen in the real world.
Reducing mind wandering & improving learning of online lectures
Interchange zero was such a weird move. They were losing money on every transaction and they decided to get to scale by losing even more money on even more transactions!

When SCVNGR pivoted from daily deals to this it seems they forgot to pick up a business model on the way.
Is there the possibility of programming an app or tool for stutterers? Use that as gateway to both confront the topic and demonstrate your ability to overcome problems through programming.
Women and Marriage at Princeton
This is the best thing I've read on Hacker News in a long time.
The Finkbeiner Test: for measuring gender bias in stories about women in science
I only mention the virtual machine very briefly in a list of things that come with Dart (batteries included rock) as I didn't want to loose/confuse the reader since there are no browsers that come with a Dart VM yet (except Dartium which is awesome for development).

As mraleph already mentioned the Dart VM is very useful for the instant-feedback development experience that you get from working with Dart.

It would be awesome to see it in Chrome or other platforms going forward but having it from the start is a big plus for day to day development and for the people building infrastructure on top of Dart.

There are also people who do exciting stuff with the VM in node-like scenarios.

I personally can't comment on that because we haven't looked into that use-case yet (our backend is in Python and App Engine does not support Dart yet) I'm very interested in the VM and I guess we'll see some interesting things in this area going forward.
I love the phrasing "ARM device" as opposed to Windows RT. Somehow the largest selling "ARM Devices" i.e iPads are not blamed for having locked bootloaders. But on a barely selling platform, suddenly it's a huge deal.
he also didn't spend much time as an employee, most of his life he was a founder
Can a DDoS break the Internet? Sure... just not all of it
Student builds plane only needing tens of feet to take off (2011)
I just finished my sophomore year as an undergraduate at that point.

I was a integration testing intern. I did things like find bugs, write bug reports, write testing scenarios. I also did some load testing with jMeter. Another automated too they used at the time is called BadBoy. It could record and somewhat generalize testing. They had the whole process from starting an account, to communicating, to running through lessons automated in this way.

I can't remember why I needed to access the "real deal" production sql. I wouldn't have given it to me if I were the boss of me then.

They even let me work from home for a semester after working for them in the summer.

I was able to talk to anyone I wanted to. I remember making a spreadsheet to show that the scoring metric for ordering user suggested translations take into account the percentage of thumbs up and not just the difference between up and down. I showed the designer and it was in production three weeks later.
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Seems easy enough to just edit the generated code to add your classes.

Also, shouldn't you be using headlines when headlines should be used instead of classes? Semantics and everything.
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So do you think you had/have a pathological disorder or do you think you just were suffering the consequences of bad diet?

[I know what you think about a subject isn't a scientific determination but I feel it's still relevant as an indicator.]
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There are many, many, many movies shot like this. The company who shot this, Teton Gravity Research, along with all their competitor snowboard and ski movie makers, use it. Nature documentaries like the movie Earth used it.

This is one of the first though, to do it in 4K.
I'll be the first victim...

Why is a cloud platform company pushing hardware?

Edit: Sorry you answered me on the other thread.

I was under the impression that Nebula's sole mission was to further OpenStack, but I suppose that was a misunderstanding. To clarify, is it Nebula's long-term goal to sell hardware?
I think that you can say this about Apple too. Here's my rewrite of your statement:

"The problem isn't just the relationship that Apple has with OSS, but with developers in general. As developer in their "ecosystem" for years, I've come to the conclusion that the majority of the Cupertino management is totally out of touch with the third party developers. Crap like Mac OS X, "round" interfaces, abandonment of APIs, NIH, reinventing the wheel, ignoring requests and feedback, etc, doesn't make it better."

My mindset is that any mainstream, large vendor is going to have these traits.
I use mailgun partly because of recommendations from other HNers, and partly because currently my usage puts me in their free tier, which SES doesn't have.
>It's about microsoft insisting that the only pre-loaded encryption key is theirs, to the exclusion of all other encryption keys.

Bullshit, they do no such thing. The OEMs are perfectly able and willing to preload other keys. It's the community that is unable to step up to having a signing infrastructure. Why don't you contribute to the effort of a signing mechanism for Linux instead of just spreading anti-Microsoft lies?

Edit: I see that my post is getting downvoted while the factually incorrect parent post is not. This feels like /r/Linux, where facts are not welcome and where FUD gets voted up.
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