skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ok let's use your math.

So assume they only get 30K visitors/mo. At a 7% conversion rate (which is listed in the article), if you assume that each clean is on average $50.

That's a cool 30,000 * .07 * $50 = $105,000 in revenue from NEW customers every month. - i.e. $1.2M in new revenue per year.

If you also assume that what they have been doing in the article is true (i.e. working on keeping customers happy) then they likely have repeat business (given that people always want to keep their place clean), it's definitely possible that with a $1.2M revenue growth yet per year - based on current traffic trends - that they could be doing $4M/year.
It's just a matter of editing the theme files.
I got 39, I am 35
Pedantically speaking, it's difficult - in fact darned near impossible - for a single residential type host (ie, likely a laptop running windows) to utilize anywhere near the full 1Gb capacity offered.

That said, a botnet host running on this network would be substantially more capable of causing damage than a host on an 8Mbps upstream.

Hopefully google has plans or already has implemented some ability to mitigate that type of problem...
The dollar borders don't seem quite right. The Connected States of American seems pretty spot on to me though.

Having lived in North Jersey, Vermont, and Mississippi I can attest to cohesion of "New England", the LA/MS link, the blur of North NJ/NY and their sharp divide with South NJ/Philly.

The visualizations were interesting to look at if nothing else. I wish they had done something with the borders (maybe blurred colors) to make it a bit easier to grok the data.
I think the startup/IT focus of this site makes it very unattractive for the kind of people that usually make political discussion on pages like r/politics so annoying. That is the main reason I like talking about politics here occasionally. If we make a separate HN for politics, that advantage is gone and we will have just another r/politics.
wow, this comment made me whimper a little inside.
From the linked site:

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Native JavaScript Arrays with PubSub
And here I thought that Ambrosia just released the Escape Velocity source code.
Ranked #1 by Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2012/06/27/the-b...
> Could always opt for the scientific notation.

> "New Li+ battery design - 2,000x more powerful, recharges 1,000x faster"

In that spirit (and just for fun): "New Li+ battery design - 2k x more power, charges 1k x faster.

I originally tried scientific numeric notation, but that didn't actually shorten the title: 2x10^3 versus 2,000. :(
Introducing Ext JS 4.2
Even if Prop 8 was directly responsible for people like me killing themselves (and it's NOT, and you know it), that doesn't somehow make someone donating to a cause they believe in a murderer. This is literally the laziest argument you can possibly use to support this criticism.

I don't personally believe Prop 8 was a good thing, but maybe he had compelling reasons to donate. You won't know unless you ask him. I don't particularly care what his reasons were, because it's HIS MONEY.

I mean, if you think somehow boycotting Mozilla and trashing them in public will help advance some social cause you believe in, then go for it. I bet if you looked through the donations made by every Google employee you'd find hundreds, if not thousands of them donated to the campaign for Prop 8. Same goes for Apple, and Microsoft, and pretty much any big company - even in the valley.

Being able to ignore political disagreements - even big ones - in favor of making progress in some other field is the mark of being an adult, and it's what our civilization is built on. If we refused to have contact with people who didn't exactly conform to our worldviews, and refused to cooperate with them, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING would get done in this country. You need only look at the utter impotence of the US Senate and House to see an example of this in action.

Do you think the world would have benefited if Alan Turing had refused to work with the research establishment because some of his colleagues were homophobes? Do you think the world would have benefited if Turing had been unable to get work because the establishment considered his personal views unacceptable? That's the kind of behavior you're advocating here: Blatant, unflinching intolerance in both directions.
The user interface in browsers for client certificates is appalling.

The API support in client SSL libraries for managing multiple certificates, for applications with multiple API affiliations, is shaky.

I like TLS client authentication a lot, but it's hard to make it work.
So, would you rather have someone who can hit their targets all the time, or someone who often misses but is done in half the time? For anything non-trivial, and non-boilerplate things get complicated. People pad their estimates and work towards that deadline.
Provo, Utah has about 100k population. There are about 250 US cities with at least 100k people. If Google doubles the number of cities they serve every year, and starts with the smallest cities, that's 7 more years to reach the largest cities.

Most people assume they'll stop when AT&T + Verizon start investing in land lines again, but who can say if Google will have the desired effect.
Now finished; see http://intelligence.house.gov/bill/OMGWTF-intelligence-shari... for the full-text bill and ongoing schedule.

Noticed that there are only letters of support provided here, though. See https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq for EFF's take.
It thought I was 2 years younger, so not bad. Gamers will probably get rated much younger than they really are.
Thank you for the supportive comments Marcamillion. Mike Scharf hired me to offset his technical inefficiencies. He in turn is the type of entrepreneur and business visionary who is great to work with.
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They way I understand it, most people aren't advocating that.

"fail fast" I think embraces:

- finding if your idea works FAST. Stuff like Pretotyping.

Yes, that part suggests showing something half-baked ("B/C/D class stuff"), to see if it works - example: mocking up something the size of a Palm and seeing if you would carry it around all the time, to validate that hypothesis. Or the modern-day landing page.

http://www.pretotyping.org/

However, once you validated the first part, the MVP does not have to be half-baked... on the contrary, it has to be crafted as well as you can !!!

http://differential.io/blog/misconceptions-about-lean-startu...

But with only the minimal set of stuff the user needs. The original iPhone didn't have cut&paste - do you think it was a failure? Most succesful early-runners do one thing and do it well, and then build on it.

"Some people equate the word lean with cheap, and cheap with low quality. They are using the wrong definition of the word lean.

"Lean" in Lean Startup is derived from the Toyota Production System, which is decades old. The definition of Toyota's lean is "to design out waste and overburden.""

The point is, find out what the customer needs first and fast ("fail fast"), then deliver, but deliver something of quality. With code it's tricky because you're iterating and it might be tempting to keep in low-quality stuff, but even the iPhone iterated :)
Yes, confirmed. See my response on the thread above/below.
Hey, we still haven't heard anything. Have you guys gotten an email yet?
Well...my point was simply that there is no silver bullet other than a dogged will to get it done.

There are many brilliant programmers who will never build a sustainable business because they just don't have the will to get it done.

Likewise, there are many MBAs that will be middle management in LargeCo. all their lives for the same reason.

It has become Valley lore that u need to be a geek to build a successful business - when it is patently clear that is false. None of the AirBnB guys are geeks - they are designers!
One parameter not discussed so far is self discharge rates. Maybe a problem maybe not, either way that parameter is going to be important.

For simple regenerative braking its not so big of a deal but if you're hoping to use it as a primary energy source its a big deal.
Tech companies in Provo: http://www.siliconslopes.com/company/search-companies

Maybe the double-take says more about the our prejudices than about the strength of the tech industry in Utah county. The BYU/Mormon association makes it not a top destination for techno-hipsters, but that's not the same thing as being a tech backwater. The fact that they built iProvo in the first place is a pretty good sign.

(I lived in Utah until about 10 years ago.)
The collusion between governments and corporations becomes tied even more inexorably at their brains as well as their coffers.
Rochester, NY has a municipal fiber network running through its sewers, and Verizon is absent from the city. In the past before Kansas City, Rochester and county were vying for Google to come to town. With a favorable environment and a supportive government I'm hoping we'll be next.

http://www.monroecounty.gov/google-map
Those attacks only work from networks that don't impose egress filtering.
IMFT has a fab just north of Provo in Lehi (near Adobe's campus) http://www.imftech.com/locations/
I'm sure they do, I took a very short break (1-2 seconds) early on, but realized I did better if I just stayed in the zone.
10,000 iPhones fall like Dominoes (video)
HTTP Tutorial for Mobile Developers
Provo, UT was home to the former headquarters of Novell. There are still a number of tech companies in the area as a result of the concentration of talent there.
To answer your last question, yes. I work in Provo, and many of us here are LDS and many aren't. Most of us don't care who is and who isn't. Everyone gets along great. No one is left out and religious standing has zero affect on job status.

There may be exceptions in other companies, but this has been my experience.
You are absolutely right ThomPete, you need to either employ or contract someone technically sound to build a great software product. Mike Scharf is a great evaluator and hirer of people. This has helped our business tremendously.
It could, for example, be used to demonstrate that people are more willing to reveal some private information if you make them jump through a few hoops to gain this "privilege".
Very good point. OP, be wary of stock photos, especially if the model is wearing one of those asinine phone-headsets.
You're well off. Here in Ontario, I pay ~$75 a month (after taxes & extra fees) for 25mbit. I would kill for $60 40mbit service.
Related: Fuck You, Pay me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGra65Nob4
<sarcasm> Indeed, Unilever is one gigantic, completely homogenous organization, controlled by a single, duplicitous mastermind. </sarcasm>

Back when I first became involved in pitching major brands, I learned very quickly that different groups within any sufficiently large organization can have vastly different values, principles, and priorities. And, most importantly for me at that time, different budgets.

Also: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/composition-division
As a member of the Church that attended BYU (in Provo), I'm always a bit surprised to hear people outside the church express these kinds of questions.

In Utah due to the large percentage of the population belonging to the Church, there is a somewhat unique culture (it's a Utah Mormon culture, not a Mormon culture in general, if than makes sense).

Us Mormons believe in respect and love towards all, regardless of belief system. We're taught to be accepting of all people and to not judge others (since we're all imperfect).

The parent post suggests an anecdotal evidence that this is not the case, but I would discourage you from associating that behavior with the religion as opposed to those individual people.

To answer your question, I don't see any reason that religion should affect the way a company operates or hires (other than, hopefully, trying to be more moral and honest in business dealings).
Hey Reddit, Enough Boston Bombing Vigilantism
I can't wait to cancel my TWC internet. I'm paying $58/mth for a 20mbps plan but the max speed I can get is ~11-12 mbps. Can't wait for google fiber to come so I can dump TWC.
No. Wrong. Privilege implies no such thing. Privilege is not a moral judgment: it is a description of a condition. You are privileged when you have advantages due to your religion, birth class, sexual orientation, or other socially relevant criteria.

You are a dick when you refuse to recognize when you are privileged and act to reinforce your privileged position.
A Legal Analysis of the Lisp LGPL
Excellent surface area to volume ratio for cooling.

If you want to shove tens of amps into something tiny its gotta be nearly perfectly efficient and/or excellent cooling and/or be tiny to get a great surface area/volume ratio.

I bet this would rock for bluetooth earpieces.

Also people expect some apps like cars to last for 15 years, but if you're "nervous" about long life, your stereotypical disposable cellphone is a great app.
Here's to hoping this goes through and that google can turn iProvo around!
Its on the BBC New site as well which is actually much less clear in explaining that this research is applicable to the supercapacitor space as opposed to 'normal' Li* batteries.
Orbital’s Antares Debut Launch  5:00 PM EDT (Cubesats and Phonesats aboard)
Does social media recruiting even work?
The ideal: Design, build, sell.

The real: Sell, build, design.

:)
Luckily, if a node becomes compromised, it can be disconnected under the "you can't run servers" provision of the ToS. :)
New Orleans is an area with a growing tech community that could REALLY use some infrastructure improvements. nudgenudge
I'm sure he was not forced to be on SNL, but was offered the opportunity and accepted it. Some people would like to be on TV.
Says i'm 37, but really i'm 906. That's weird.
It's Google Fiber Beta™.
I have a Hickok 580-A Tube Tester that I've been having a hell of a time trying to get calibrated correctly. Someday I'll figure it out (it doesn't help they used factory tubes for a lot of the calibration)

I love my Tektronix 2430A. I have some of the Tek 160 modules for the modular oscilloscope from the 50s, although I haven't really tried that. If you saw the guts, it's a point-to-point wiring masterpiece.
Sure but then the DNS server is the one to many multiplexer. You can shove things around all you want, you'll still end up with either a single point of failure or weak consistency.
Yes! I totally forgot that. Burning CDs did rip on BeOS.
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There is no link from myclean.com/blog to the myclean.com home page. To read more about the company's services, I had to manually enter "myclean.com" in my address bar. Even the "© Copyright 2013 - MyClean.com" footer links the text "MyClean.com" to myclean.com/blog!
You can iterate on the other tests over time. Many A/B tests start with a larger change that may include multiple variables but with that baseline increase, now they can go ahead and test Dog vs Cat vs Human as the image. Or can test a variety of different text sizes and lengths. This seems like a fantastic start, with plenty of room for further iteration and improvement.
I am extremely interested in this kind of technology. And to be honest this one sound very interesting. I am trying to night in the lab.
Been waiting for this comment for forever.
I was really hoping that when AT&T and TW complained that Google was getting a better deal than them that the cities would simply reply "Sorry, but that offer is for new customers only. Thanks for being a valued customer."
Oh, I didn't mean "You should use $_ instead", just "$_ is also useful."

As I tried to indicate, you should ideally use whichever will make more sense in your history later. If the command you're typing should always be applied to that file, which happened to be the last argument of the previous command this time, then use !$; if the command you're typing should always be applied to the last argument of the previous command, and it just happened to be that file this time, use $_.
The Internet is Crowdsourcing the Identity of the Boston Bomber
Invoking Reddit is the Godwin's Law of Hacker News.
Seriously! These people don't know how bad it can be.
> Effectively you can't post an article with a title > 80 characters and not break the rules.

I never knew that. Thanks for the heads-up. I find it annoying that people rewrite headlines, but I didn't realize there was an actual reason.
Show HN: Finally opening signup on my education for business startup, Learndot
HN,

I've been mostly lurking, semi-active on HN for over 4 years. For most of that time, I've been working on my startup, Learndot. I have always wanted to do a "Show HN" post, but I never thought it was ready.

We've now finally launched web signup and using a freemium business model. I feel I can now post and offer something to the community (a new app to try out) and hopefully get good quality feedback.

Here's the site: http://www.learndot.com

Would appreciate any or all thoughts: From pricing/positioning, to design/performance.

The app is written in Sproutcore and backed by an API written in Scala.

Thanks so much,

Paul
I was going to say the ability to Pipe commands but I guess that'd be a bit useless without the ability to type them.
In non-Fiber cities, has anyone seen a change in price from the big providers like Time Warner Cable? Anecdotally, I haven't seen one.
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The Bitcoin Bubble and a Bad Hypothesis
I also used MS TBO but in my case it guessed few years too much. I'd say it's interesting if there was a single person here who didn't get answer between 25 and 35.

And TBO definitively is a handicap, try playing Quake with it if in doubt.
Acq-hire is the socially acceptable way to fail. If you actually fail in the everyone-gets-fired sense, then you have the double stigma of (a) failing and (b) not having built something deserving even of the consolation prize.

Oh, and if your investors fire you "for performance" (if the thing in a tail spin, getting fired almost doesn't matter and might make your life better) you might as well kill self. No one is going to touch a fired founder with a 10-foot pole. Even regular jobs are out of the question, much less the EIR sinecures and executive injections that acqui-failed founders usually get.
EDIT: For anyone confused with these replies to the deleted post, it was saying that throwaway accounts are not welcome on HN.

I disagree. This is a discussion forum, and what is important is the content and quality of the comments. If someone has something significant to say, but does not want it associated with their normal account, then it is much better for them to post that comment as an anonymous account than not post it.
It seems like your complaint is that he is being upfront about the fact that he is using an anonymous account. This has the benefit of not polluting the username pool, and making it clear that he is using a secondary account.

Having said that, I don't get why you were downvoted.
My 2mbps internet connection and I envy all of you.
Don't see that on the linked page; you might be looking at the info for Topeka, where they don't already have the fiber laid. Your parent is talking about the provo specific page that the article actually links to, where it very clearly says that it's a $30 activation fee for homes already on iProvo.
> around 80 to 110 mg/dL (4.4 to 6.1 mmol/L for those of you not in the US)

uhm, aren't both metric? mg/dL looks like "milligrams per deciliter" to me
For the curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares_(rocket)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/17/177618507/cou...

This is a test flight. An actual flight to the ISS will come later this year.
No, I'm not going to accept oppression, and that doesn't make me the bigot who imposes their beliefs on others. Jesus.
Why not come to Bay Area? I feel this is a suitable place for high speed internet.
Oh good, I can play Angry Birds longer.
Early Adopter? Early invites and Discounts
www.starterize.com

To make it short, our dream is to sell startup products in Europe and Asia, which are left behind. Help us spread the news to make it happen.
I wonder how much of the cash is movement is drug trafficking.
Low internal resistance can make life very exciting in case of short circuit.

Maybe a decade ago there was a fad of sticking a bare, unbiased LED across a button cell and relying on the internal resistance of the cell to current limit the LED. Then you superglue a magnet on it and toss it and you've got a LED throwie. If you tried that with a super low internal resistance battery like this, the effect would be vaguely similar to sticking the LED across a power outlet (boom).
T-20m to Antares rocket launch (5pm EST / 2pm PST)
I wonder how much directionality the data shows. Can we get a vector field?
The launch was scheduled for 2 p.m PST/ 5 p.m EST.

If it blasts off (weather is an issue), the 40-meter-tall Antares rocket will be the biggest thing ever launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. It will be visible up and down the Eastern Seaboard, from Charleston, South Carolina to Portland, Maine.
Have renewables plateaued?
Does it run bash scripts or does it have its own scripting language?
Does he realize you don't feel comfortable with those jokes? That sort of over-the-top overtly racist comment is hard for me to imagine being said genuinely, but my friends and I will make similarly appalling jokes directed at each other, where the humor derives directly from the absurdity and wrongness.

Racism towards arabic, persian and 'middle eastern' people certainly exists in America and is a serious problem, I don't in any way doubt you have experienced discrimination. But calling a coworker "Car-bomb" as a nickname is so egregious that I just can't imagine it being said with malice, it seems like a "look how politically incorrect I can be" joke among friends. I don't know, I could be wrong, maybe my experiences and the people I've met aren't representative of other parts of the country.
Intel also has a meaningful stake in Joyent which is sort of in the same solar system.
You can't blame "the media" for a man's kidney problems.
After just reading through the bill for the first time, I agree with most of the criticism that the broadness of the bill creates significant opportunity for misuse.

Unfortunately, if you read the bill with an optimistic view of government, most of the items in the bill are written to seem like common sense and good ideas. If the bill is read with a skeptical eye, one can see how vast the breaches of privacy and abuses of CISPA could reach.
You can also get the same functionality with ZSH using https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search
I would say that the best programming language for a simple game is TI-83 Plus BASIC. Unlike pretty much any programming language on a modern PC, the barrier to getting text on the screen is extremely low. The functions `GETKEY`, `OUTPUT`, and `CLRHOME`, with some loops and variables will get you 90% of the way to a the game your daughter wants to make.

There are some great simple tutorials available too:

http://www.ticalc.org/programming/columns/83plus-bas/cherny/...

Plus, there are _tons_ of example games to download and read the code for. Here are a ton of arcade games:

http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83plus/basic/games/arcade/

The other great thing about TI-Basic is that your daughter will be able to show off her work to friends at school. This is how I started to learn programming at about age 12, without any need for outside guidance.
Good job. As make more videos, will you be using ember-data or pure ajax like discourse did.
My point was the effort required 10-15 years ago to install Linux and BSD distributions into any off-the-self computer.