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Just asked one of my friends whose wife has been teaching for a while:

"yep it's true. she always has parent stories. last week she had one on the phone complaining that their kid got a C, yet they had no idea about what the kid was doing in terms of curriculum, homework etc and the fact they always messed around in class. yet, the parent went off on her"
You would have to be smarter about it than wait for local gov. Vision systems that can read street signs. etc. OCR on street signs should be pretty easy since they use High contrast simple fonts.
The main problem with AppEngine is vendor lock-in.

If you write your program to AppEngine, and Google decides one day to close down your site, you have no options.
Same thing with Boston. The Cambridge side of town is nicer, but generally dirty all around.
Obama, computerize health care records
I have heard Obama mention computerizing health care records multiple times. This seems like a potential gold mine! Has anyone looked into this or is involved in this in any way?

http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/
Java Cancels Fee for new Garbage Collector
Some of you will recall that the new G1 garbage collector introduced by Oracle/Sun required a paid license. It appears they have changed their mind:

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u14.html
Thanks for your comment.

I won't go into all the detail of the lengthy, lengthy conversations we had about pricing over the course of a year before finally implementing it, but you're right that the price is low. However, that's intentional.

There are already products serving really big projects (the ones with costs in the hundreds of millions), but those tools are all far too expensive (and complex, slow, cumbersome, etc) to be used by smaller projects. We chose to make Woobius affordable to smaller projects too.

With respect to average size of projects, many of the tinier projects (e.g. a small house) will probably just about get away with the free version (but if they need a bit more storage, £10/m - or equivalent in other currencies - won't break the bank). Small-ish commercial developments will probably use around 1-3 gigabytes. Very large or very active projects are probably looking at 5-10 gigabytes.
From the article: 'Ten percent of users create 90 percent of content, researchers find'.

Welcome to the internet, metro.us and Harvard researchers. Most sites have a lot more people reading than contributing.

Twitter is just a platform. Expectations aside, it's usefulness depends on how you use it. No single venue is going to give a good 'representative cross-section of [what] the public is thinking'. That's why we have the terms target audience and vocal minority.
The site seems a bit slow. Today is the release I think(?)

When you want to watch the full version it points here:
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject
That seems like a model that other similar services have implemented successfully. PBWorks (was pbwiki) charges a flat $ rate per additional user.

http://pbworks.com/business-pricing.wiki

I'd want a few users free to get hooked on the service first.
"The price to pay is high, but it's too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption."

now I'm curious, what happens in year eleven?
A stochastic monad in Haskell
There's something really weird going on... for example, visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/304918/Science-of-Shopping-Malcolm... and you'll see that the search box is filled in with "decompression zone Paco Underhill"

My guess is that Scribd is scraping the search keywords when people hit Scribd and after some threshold they are deciding to autofill the search box based on them. Not sure why they'd do this, but... it does open itself up to a hack if I were so inclined.

Also visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/31301/10-Traits-That-Make-You-a-Gr... and the search box is filled in with "how to fuck your girlfriend while shes asleep tips"
> This movie belongs to the "inconvenient truth" kind of call to humanity and it is free to download and watch.

Does the world need more alarmist fiction?

In other news, truth is not beauty.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/05/...

By the sound of it, they already have...

Or, at least the people have begun voting with their feet (no pun intended).
Imagine there's no Google
It seems to me that the problem isn't the lack of innovation. It isn't the lack of ideas. It seems to be that investors want instant gratification and rapid commercialise.

However, several of the largest fundamental advances in technology came out of pure research, curiosity without the attempt to commercialise. For example, when the laser was first created, the researchers saw no commercial applications for it. Now, lasers are a key component of our fiber-optic communication backbones.

What's needed isn't more innovation; Instead, more patience is needed. More exploration out of curiosity. More investment in pure knowledge. More research.

The fruits of commercial applications will grow off the tree of knowledge only if the tree of knowledge is well nourished.
Speed or Accuracy? The BETA debate
> Bash script to append a .txt extension to a filename

Why?
Joomla is a toy compared to Rails.
People have different views.

I care about the environment/sustainability/energy crisis, but not enough get involved directly. I chose the tech field with that awareness.

I realize that most people think developing the web is an afterthought compared to this issue — I don't. At the same times, I see myself as responsible for helping solve this problem in the best way I can.
Variable costs versus fixed costs - yes please.
HOWTO: Linux Media Server Using Ubuntu 8.10
Wow that's complete fucking bullshit. I thought this city was trying to clean up its homeless problem.
10 Free (or Cheap) Tools for Start-ups
Google wave.
Probably because you were quite rude :-)
Can't upvote this enough. Good find.
I know it's not the same game but I have fond memories of whiling away hours lost in Space Quest and Roger Wilco.. Thanks
But wouldn't a large (and growing) population of frustrated young men serve to change this demographic trend? Or do you see a vicious cycle here?
Yup, this can be done with some setup. This is the easy/no set-up option. Use it directly on the site, or use it in the firefox search bar. And, the best part for me is that no prefix defaults to Google, so I only go out of my normal search routine when I want to.

Good idea on allowing people to extend the functionality.
American Lawmakers: Keep ICANN oversight with US
Bears more than a passing similarity to Greasemonkey (which is awesome). Looks like it would let you do things in that gray area between stuff Greasemonkey can do and stuff you really don't want to start messing around with XUL to do.

My big gripe with Firefox extension development was that getting started there were like 20 different source files and a dozen configuration files just to get something on the screen. With that said, the extension API is pretty robust and lets you play pretty deep into the core of FF.
> It is easy to poach all of the best teachers and put them into one school, and you should get good results. But is this a solution to raising the level of education nation wide, or even in one city?

It's so much better to let the trouble-kids make sure that no one gets an education....

We can't save them all. However, we can lose them all, and that's what we're doing by keeping good kids in bad situations.

If you really think that the presence of good kids helps the bad ones, shouldn't you be paying the good ones for that help? After all, being with the bad kids costs the good kids.
Are you sure that was Monkey Island and not Grim Fandango?
Generally you'd pay a bride price rather than a dowry in China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_marriage#Six_Etiquette). Sayings like the one you quoted are not due to paying money to the groom's family, but rather because the girl becomes part of the groom's family.

There are probably a regions where the reverse is true, and dowries are common, because China is a very large and diverse place. Maybe near Mongolia? Certainly not in the major cities though.
Not to mention that many of the examples given are very inefficient ways to do what's needed. Specifically, looking for files with "5" in the name:

$ ls | grep -e .*5.*

Would be better as:

$ find . -name '*5*'

or if you insist on using a regex:

$ find . -regex '.*5.*'
That's a thoroughly unfair assessment. It assumes that all wealth is ill-gotten, and that is utterly baseless.

Microsoft created and distributed an operating system that brought affordable computing to the masses. They generated enormous wealth for all of mankind, and they did so mostly playing by the rules that were set down for how commerce should be conducted. Certainly, they did some things outside of those rules, and for those they should be and have been punished. But on the whole, the world is still a better place with Microsoft than it would have been without.

Taking Warren Buffet or Soros next, capitalism functions well because there are fiendishly clever people like those trying to figure out where to best allocate their capital to maximise their returns. This fundamental principle allows us to move wealth to wherever it's needed, whatever is the next big thing that humanity should be working on. Without them, we would be worse off too, since capital would be badly allocated - for example, to building countless overpriced houses rather than other things.

What you suggest here is dangerous, because there is a grain of truth in it. Yes, there have been centuries of everyone exploiting everyone else. But pointing that out is useless, because it doesn't help make the situation better. And ascribing that blame to a few individuals, particularly those who started from nothing and built tremendous wealth through their hard work, is completely unfair and unwarranted.

If you have some practical suggestions, rather than pointless muck-stirring, please do share them instead of quoting conspiracy theorists.
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I work for Microsoft. Before bing 80% of internal search engine traffic was to google. The reason MS employees used google instead of live search was pretty much the same across the company - live search sucks.

However, MS employees finally have a decent search engine made by Microsoft. Bing is good. There are 100,000 employees that likely just switched from whatever they were using before to Bing. That might affect the stats a bit. Plus, those employees will tell their friends and families.
By chance, do you know who the photographer was?
OCR doesn't solve the problem of blind corners. In fact, even the current preemptive braking systems depend on radar, which perform poorly around corners.
I'm doing the same. For search results, Bing works. I prefer Google's prominent ranking of Wikipedia, but I've been able to find what I need on Bing in all but one case.

However, before this week, I was completely unaware of how frequently I use Google for non-search queries. Things like "-40 F in C" or searching for "Place X to Place Y" and clicking on "Maps" to get directions. Bing doesn't even come close to matching my expectations / muscle memory in those cases.
The article focuses on the hiring process they went through to find great teachers who were already teaching. The real challenge, though, is to find the best teachers who would be teaching if it weren't for the absurdly low compensation for such taxing work. How would you do that?
I think sponsors and plugs for your subscription service make sense. Maybe dial down the free content a little and beef up the subscription content to encourage people to sign up (and pay) for your premium services.

One warning about sponsors, though: Sometimes the sponsors may expect more than a simple display ad for their money -- they'll want "rich media", special ad units, or interaction with your audience that may end up being more irritating than Google AdSense.

Another suggestion: If you haven't already done so, set up an email newsletter or alert system based on interesting stats, user-determined criteria, or sudden spikes. That could be one of your premium services.
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Technically, hasn't "voice communications via acoustic means" been around a lot longer than that?
> I'm not sure why this guy can't live in the subsidized housing until he has enough money to legally run a business and pay his own rent, though.

It's unclear how living in subsidized housing would help him with his permit problem....

He seems to think that he's better off living on the street than being in the subsidized housing that is available to him. Maybe he's wrong, but shouldn't you at least offer some specific supporting evidence? (No, "housing is good" isn't enough. Public and subsidized housing can be quite bad.)

You do have specific knowledge of subsidized housing in SF, right?
That's possible, my memories are somewhat foggy.
Lexus has this in production: http://lexusenthusiast.com/2009/01/20/lexus-2010-rx-heads-up...
"Some people argue that if we raise teacher salaries, we'll have people become teachers for the money instead of for the love of teaching."

There are way easier ways to make $125K if that's all you want.
Why Google Wave Symbolizes the Future for Online Business (by a non hacker)
"Usage in production settings without a Java SE for Business support contract is not recommended."

Sounds like they want the best of both worlds.. crowd sourced testing and a license fee.
Tinychat - free video conferencing
I think you're going to need to better explain the logic behind graf 2 before I can answer you.

But on the off chance that we can end this thread gracefully, I'll point out that SHA256(SHA(256(m), m) is SHAd256(m), and considered by Ferguson to address security concerns in straight SHA256.
seems like i've seen a few threads about good multiple user videoconferencing options on HN lately. ran across this, and it seems like it could be a good option.
You'd also expect military networks to protect against SQL injection, but apparently they don't.
Cynically, let my point out how much it would suck for Palm if Jobs makes a surprise appearance at WWDC. Poof. There goes their press.
Google Wave “is anti-Web”
Sure. However, Political Will is the deciding factor here. And, many people want sports stadiums in their cities and won't abandon their politicians for agreeing to build them. I am critical of our cultural perceptions of the role of government, not of the government as such.
You can install apt-get and dpkg on Mac OS X via MacPorts (but apt_fu looks quite a bit nicer than using the dpkg tools).
So what you're saying is you're too high to notice.
Me too. The first customer to license the source for the Blogabond engine found us through this comment:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/13/realtravel-trip-planner...

Who says snark doesn't pay?
What's the argument that resolves the common-sense problem this guy has while maintaining the city's reasonable interest in making sure that con artists, unsafe food vendors, and public nuisances can be kept off the streets? Because I don't think this is a uniquely SF problem.
What Really Drives Innovation, Anyway?
I forgot Yahoo had a search engine, so this doesn't impress me much.
How is this different from YSlow?
A comment I noticed from the follow-up article:

Nice story Chron. Do a story like this every day and you'll have peple [sic] lining up to buy your newspaper too.

Newspapers have the power to serve the local interest, if they would just accept the responsibility and effort necessary to do so.
No options other than the various App Engine clones that people are working on.
Windows 7 + Bing + Project Natal....
Microsoft is certainly garnering good vibes these days.
Alan Sugar – a business person’s politician
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pg,

This sounds similar to the behavior I emailed about on 20090528, just as FYI/reminder.
I flagged this. Surely this is a copyright violation. If Inc hasn't put the text up on their web site then it's because they don't want the text in that form, no doubt they want you to buy the magazine.
Or, if you prefer:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Atechcrunch.com+did+just
I've been using Tracks (http://getontracks.org/) now for quite a while and am pretty happy with it. The downside is that you have to host it yourself or pay a small fee for a hosted version. But it's pretty powerful, implements the general GTD stuff without being slavish, and has some nice new features like recurring tasks and a iCal link. Not sure what your needs are for nesting exactly - most to-do apps allow categories/lists/projects, but most don't let you do true hierarchies.
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This comment is not nearly as useful as one that gives examples about your reasoning (or at least a link to such.)
And perversely, if a government program under-performs it get more resources such that it's gotten to the point where some of the worst performing schools in America spend the most money per student.

Hopefully Arne Duncan will extend the precedent he set in Chicago by closing schools which consistently under-perform.
Probably more of their questionable SEO google index spamming.
AppScale is probably what you're looking for.
Exactly. If a foreman can pass a request for clarification up quickly, this can save a lot of money. If you can use GPS to determine the context/location quickly -- that could be very sexy!

Were any of you guys trying to do this in Cincinnati, OH 10 years ago?

Also, I think you already have the idea, but don't forget that you can also make money selling disk space. Those who need a lot more of it may well be willing to pay for that at premium rates!
Without a doubt, mobile applications make sense. But the amount of time you would put into this at this fledgling stage of the business would be a big mistake - one should first focus on the web based part of things, iterate till it matches the needs perfectly, then make a simple mobile app and expand from there.

Trying to make some large mobile app would bog down the business, and it will not pay.
> What's the argument that resolves the common-sense problem this guy has while maintaining the city's reasonable interest in making sure that con artists, unsafe food vendors, and public nuisances can be kept off the streets?

I hate to say it, but selective application of the law looks like the only way. (See also, teenage girls getting prosecuted under child pornography law for sending naked pictures of themselves to their boyfriends.) Bureaucrats, police officers and state's attorneys all have to make judgment calls in situations like this. There's no legislative solution that perfectly corresponds to our intuitions of right and wrong.
He makes a good point. After all, that's what the UNIX philosophy is all about - small, well-written programs that do one job well, and can work together easily. I like having a lightweight IM client, and regular email. From what I've seen of wave, I wouldn't like it. I think this articulates very well what I didn't like about it.

However, that's exactly what I don't like about a lot of Microsoft's software. Outlook for instance, tries to include every feature you need in your office, and it crashes on me all the time because it has too many pieces.

Please note that in saying this, I do recognize that the man they are talking about doesn't seem like the kind to always tow the party line at Microsoft. After all, he said their mindset was "scary" when he got there.
Peter Higgins, Dojo Toolkit, JSConf 2009 Presentation
I worked out how to do this with an invisible 0-size frame, over 10 years ago. From another frame, you put data in the invisible frame (in a form, or as an URL) and submit it; then read the data back. Of course, it was awkward, and maybe there were some cross-browser issues (I don't recall, but such issues were the norm).

But here's my point: I thought it was technically cool, but I didn't do anything with it. Not even a demo. So this is a striking example for me that it really matters how familiar you are with a concept, before you can start using it as a basis of inventing something else. Progress takes a long time, and proceeds in steps. There's a tantalizing possibility that, maybe, knowing this could give you a simple way to leapfrog a decade ahead...
It sounds like ads didn't work for you. That doesn't mean they don't work for any other startups though.

>> "Let's face it, no one likes to see ads on websites."

Let's agree to disagree instead :) I do, lots of people do. They wouldn't click if they didn't find them useful. If they don't click, you're doing it wrong.

>> "There is a sad truth to web advertising. Unless you are 1) willing to put a half dozen ad units on every page and 2) serving tens of millions of page views per month, advertising will not help that much when it comes to paying a startup's bills (even a lean startup like StatSheet)."

This is also not a "truth". It completely depends on your sector/niche, and how you arrange the ads. I run a freestuff/competition site that made 4 figures a month from advertising and doesn't even register on alexa/quantcast/compete. It's traffic is tiny - but it's the monetizable type of traffic.

I'm not trying to say you made a bad decision here, just that your experience isn't something others should take in isolation when deciding on revenue streams.

I can't remember the US stance on online betting/gambling, but that would be my choice of revenue. The affiliate commission for gambling/betting sites is really good. Like a large payment for each new customer, and often a revenue share for future losses. You'd only need a handful of referrals to pay server costs etc.

For example, Paddypower (betting site): Sale: 20.00% - 25.00% GBP, £11.00 GBP signup. 3 month EPC=£196.02
Yup, that's £196 ad revenue per hundred clicks on average. (Stats from cj.com)

>> "Here are a few recent articles and videos about how advertising is losing favor in the startup world:"

I know it's popular to go with the 'hype', but often it's better to go against it. There's more money to be made than ever from online advertising.
yes it is copyright violation.

EDIT: ah I didnt realize it was a scan PDF. Not so sure now. ;)
Just FYI, some (but not all) of the items linked from schedule.shtml are restricted content. E.g.

"Preparation: Read Simon paper"

...

"This paper requires an MIT personal certificate for access: The Architecture of Complexity"
->"Rather, it is an attempt to foist a fully-formed, complex system onto the online ecosystem, and the Web rejects such approaches."

Ozzie's arguments as presented in this condensed article seem vague to me. I'm not sure if he's trying to argue that Google Wave represents the AOL "walled garden" approach. If so, I don't think Wave is comparable.
There are multiple levels of control: 1) for each UI component you can select to send events immediately to server or alongside the next "packet" sent to server. 2) as we are building on top of GWT - you have the full GWT-based RPC also if you want to do the communication manually.