skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We've been focused from early on about figuring out a repeatable sales model and though it has been a grind, we are now at a point where we are closing sales consistently week to week. We have 25 customers, all acquired via this repeatable sales model.

In our meetings with seed stage investors, we're repeatedly compared to PORTFOLIO_COMPANY_X that may have 3-4x free users, often acquired after the funding.

The other disappointing thing is that most blog coverage regarding traction is often very misleading. You get the real story when you actually talk to the founders. For example, one of the companies that we really revere apparently over $20,000 in sales before they built a product according to the blogs. Then we found out that all of that $20,000 was commitments from the founder's existing rolodex, not via a repeatable sales model. In our eyes, that is an important detail to know; but for the blogs and the mainstream, not so much.

I've made this point before on a Suster post and I will say it again: entrepreneurs for the most part look at the market and adjust. If the VCs keep preferring 4 free users to one paid even in enterprise, they'll keep getting more of that.

That said, I really really dig Mark's example conversations in this post where he clearly admits that the VC and the entrepreneur's interest may not always align on this topic.
There were basic things (like opening, closing, and resizing windows) which seemed to take multiple steps. As a guy who was used to OSX, Windows XP, and some other linux (an older Ubuntu with Gnome, I think, I don't pay that much attention since they are all so similar) it was fucking horrible.

Maybe they fixed it in later editions (and we're just hearing from the early adopters who got burnt, and switched their UI), but there were just basic things which were hard to do in the early Unity. The only time I've been more annoyed with a UI was Windows 8.
Of course, they don't ask for a specific password.

"Encrypt synced passwords with your Google credentials" is impossible in times of app specific passwords, right?
>Real Communist

Stalinists would consider the Soviet Union to be socialist. Marxists (what I'm assuming you mean by a 'Real Communist') would disagree.
France appears that we do have a similar program. I don't know if it trawls for trade secrets as well, but I wouldn't be surprised. Ugh. Also, Sweden.
The biggest problem I have with this is that it attaches you to your friend's profile and whatever he does online. So, for example, what if a buddy of mine posts that he just smoked a joint, and then he endorses me for a job. Unfortunately most employers will likely draw certain conclusions from that, "He hangs out with those kinds of people? I'm not hiring him." It could be much subtler, like your friend posts "I love Bob Marley."
Except that issues arise when the content you produce for this site is influenced by your desire to make money.

It's also ridiculous for you to complain when someone provides an alternative to your product -- that's what capitalism is all about!
Alternative: Make your Cola from scratch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_%28drink%29
We've been trying to get major publishers interested for over 8 months. Molasses comes to mind.
Yeah, it might be a bug. I've seen this before - we are using standard Unity plugins but honestly I'm not confident that they are really reliable. Try restarting the app.
Spring cleanup for object creation in Rails
Disclaimer: I work for Infinit. Invitations will start being sent out in the next day or so. Each invitation comes with 3 invites so that you can begin sharing files with your friends. If you need more you can email support AT infinit DT io and we'll increase the number for you.
Read up on some of the literature published a decade or so ago. Industrial espionage and economic espionage (more so) were the big things in the 1990s because we had all this intelligence apparatus left over from the Cold War with no idea what to do with it. The biggest risks to developed countries actually did seem to be economic (remember the power of the Deutsch mark back in the day).

After 9/11 and the subsequent London bombings the security agencies found their new targets and funding sources, they didn't need to cast around to find justifications to still exist.

Short of actual estimates of how much economic or industrial espionage is going on outwith military equipment or massive economic indicators (EU bailout discussions) I'd be amazed if much was being done.

GCHQ, SIS and MI5 do not have unlimited budgets and massive staffs to throw at every problem.
According to http://xo-learning.org/family-oriented-xo-tablet-debuts-at-w... , this is essentially a 7" Android tablet with a separate educational UI with teaching programs. I wonder if that separate UI could be bundled as an app, eliminating the need for special XO hardware?
because eval is the real source of the problem
Russia says 'nyet' to Apple's iPhone
Well, I think marketing is the single biggest challenge that we face. People who have the power to make the decisions don't always understand the technology.
McDonald's Can't Figure Out How Its Workers Survive on Minimum Wage
So I've registered with CloudMade. That was painless.

Then ...

It appears with CloudMade that to get an API key I have to pretend I'm building an APP, and have to have a web site describing my awesome new product. Then when I try to ask a question, I get all the way through the tedious process of constructing my question in their model of how a customer should behave, only to have to login with a completely different account! Google, Facebook, GetSatisfaction, something, but not the account I just registered with them.

WTF?!?
White Coke: Made for Reds.
Google Glass Pwned By Lowly QR Code
No this trend was ongoing, with small convenient lower quality consumer cameras being introduced ever since the Brownie in 1899. The 35mm camera was worse than medium format but much cheaper and more convenient.

Black and white from the late Victorian era can be stunning as lenses have got no sharper (in fact less sharp in the centre of field just more even and better for smaller film) while wet plate and albumen were a very well matched combination.
Optimizing front-end performances for the CakeMail app
The most interesting statement to me in the ISC report is the following:

Further, in each case where GCHQ sought information from the US,
a warrant for interception, signed by a Minister, was already in
place, in accordance with the legal safeguards contained in the
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

Now, unless there's something odd in RIPA giving blanket permission then this sounds like individual warrants obtained prior to any interception.
Yeah, other companies are working on this too. I think we are in a unique position at this time with what we've developed.
I've been tempted to buy a nexus 7 for my kids for a while, but at the same time I've been reluctant for several reasons. Since the XO seems to come installed with many productivity apps I may look at it instead. Not to mention that it looks a bit more durable compared to the nexus.

All that said, I wonder how quickly it will be available outside the US. Walmart.com doesn't ship to canada on many items.
Yes. That's what I was saying. The mosquitoes can be even worse in the extreme north of Alaska than they are in southeast Alaska.
What's different in the UK case is that a senior politician has to put their name to specific actions and requests. So when a whistleblower, court case or general finding out happens there is a head ready to go on the block.

When whistleblowers have come forward with specific things (bugging the UN is a memorable one) the public response has tended to be significantly more accepting than the whistleblower expected. Bugging foreigners is generally seen as plucky secret agents at it again over here.

This report didn't just say it was legal - it explained the (rough) process for obtaining the data. Warrants for requests, with requests based on specific selectors relating to ongoing investigations sounds like exactly what the citizenry does want.
UK intelligence and security committee to review legality of PRISM
Funny how the BBC have turned off comments on this story isn't it!
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My Mac Keyboard rant: https://plus.google.com/115308028547191805295/posts/7YQfngLP...
I think it depends what these "selectors" they used to query on were. If a warrant read:
"all communications where a participant is based in the UK"
signed A Minister

Then we'd have a problem. The example given is based on email addresses - which seems perfectly sensible.
> Except that issues arise when the content you produce for this site is influenced by your desire to make money.

It isn't. I could see it being a problem for some people, hypothetically. If that problem arises, we can deal with it.

> It's also ridiculous for you to complain when someone provides an alternative to your product -- that's what capitalism is all about!

The "alternative" link means that Jeff Bezos pockets the few cents I would have made. To the actual end user, it makes no difference at all. There is no way I'd post those links if they actually ended up costing people here money.
It's almost as if Putin makes a facepalm and says "Dude, Edward, what the hell? Why would you do this?". And Putin, mind you, is very aware of the balances of power and the GAME. I think he sees very clearly how all this plays out: public at large won't give a shit over time, Snowden is forgotten, governments keep on doing what they've been doing for a long time: farming and milking their citizens.
Developer Arguments
i don't see how this is anything more than yet another lesson in why you should escape strings from external data soures unless you have a very good reason not to... interesting example though.
OK! As long as they are 'beautiful' too!
Indeed, I thought the same thing but I thought maybe I read wrong...
How Chrome for Android handles this, which supports encrypted sync, is that after logging in it will prompt you for your real password so that it can decrypt the sync data.
Views layout composition with Play
Regardless of whether making money is the objective the forum or whatever, I think the main point is that it's considered poor form by many. Is it really worth the 5 cents to be thought of as a shill?
Which accident? Have I missed news of a recent problem related to chargers?
>if it felt like it, Jews would've left

Many did.

"The United States was another destination for German Jews seeking to leave the country (in the 1930s)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany

"In February 1933 while on a visit to the United States, Einstein decided not to return to Germany due to the rise to power of the Nazis" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

"(in 1938) Interrogation of Anna Freud by the Gestapo finally convinced Freud it was time to leave Austria."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
I think you are over thinking a bit. We do many blog posts per month sharing what we find in the "wild". If you go to the blog, you will see the amount we have.

This is just another one that our team found interesting enough to share.
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Why JavaScript web applications should embrace traditional URLs
In the meantime, Snowden may be transferred to a refugee center.

These "refugee centres" are known as Temporary Accomodation Centres (TACs), about which Refugee Legal aid [1] states:

Temporary Accommodation Centres: TACs are located throughout the Russian Federation and at great distances from metropolitan areas. Transportation to and from a TAC and nearest metropolitan area is often costly and dangerous.

I can't imagine that would be a very safe secure environment from Snowden's perspective...

[1] http://www.refugeelegalaidinformation.org/russian-federation...
GlassUp: A cheaper Google Glass
Here's one link http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-07/16/content_167803...
I believe the author works for himself, how he spends his time (i.e. on R&D, consulting, or vacation) is entirely up to him.
What annoys me is keyboards that don't have a pause music button, but have a pause button that does precisely nothing.
Check the post again, it got a recent update at the top titled "Thoughts on the death of Ma Ailun".
If a passerby hears you say "cypher mode A Y R cypher mode" to unlock your computer, they might not figure out that your password is CAT, but they will figure out that "cypher mode A Y R cypher mode" unlocks the computer.
Anxious? Depressed? Try Greek philosophy
If history is any guide, the establishment of totalitarianism has so far required:

A) A government in possession of excessive repressive measures.

B) A general state of popular anxiety.

C) A highly symbolic crisis.

Historical examples include the infamous Reichstag fire in Nazi Germany [1], as well as the lesser known attempt on Lenin's life in Soviet Russia [2] and the duke of Brunswick's capture of Verdun in Revolutionary France [3]. Each of these crises enabled the respective governments to implement extraordinary measures that violently suppressed civil liberties and political opposition.

Thus I have little doubt that we've escaped a close call after 9/11. A follow-up attack, even of moderate proportions, may have enabled an honest-to-God police state by now. Judging by politicians' reactions to the Boston bombing, that danger is by no means behind us.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire#Political_conseq...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror#History

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Massacres#Reports_of_...
isnt't the balance negative? Doesnt that make him the poorest man in the world?
I wonder when the error was detected? It's hard to tell, but it sounds like the man notified PayPal himself. But I wonder if he hadn't, how long would it take to trigger some mechanism in PayPal...I mean, aside from him trying to transfer an amount in the quadrillions)? Would some kind of flag go off, triggering a human doublecheck, if he started transferring quantities in the millions every other week?

Of course, this leads to the obvious question: whatever error-detecting mechanism would be triggered...why isn't it in place at the point which the $92 quadrillion transaction is credited? A simple "customer.balance < TOTAL_KNOWN_SUM_OF_WORLDS_CURRENCY" would seem to suffice
Hey, what can one say? Amerika uber alles in the consumer product department.

In other news, McDonald's is setting up shop in Vietnam. Now we can REALLY declare victory and go home.
Even as a "fundamentalist" BBC supporter, I have to say I find the BBC's decisions about what stories have and don't have comments allowed very strange.

Although, I do think the BBC still feels under pressure from government. I imagine that at times they are walking on egg shells.
It is an old book about implementing an C compiler in C.

The intermediate code is similar to the article, a mix of macros and basic C expressions as high level assembler.

I cannot remember all the details, the last time I used the book was around 1996.

You can still get the source code, http://www.holub.com/software/compiler.design.in.c.html
Can we get more information on the privacy and encryption aspects of Infinit? I like what you guys are doing but in light of all this NSA/PRISM hullabaloo, I'm becoming really cautious about what online services I use. Are your servers in Paris as well? I don't mean to put you on the spot or anything.
Do you have any suggestions on the books?

For example, I really liked "Last Night I Dreamed of Peace" about Vietnam war (and since I'm from ex-Soviet country lot of the stuff there really resonates with me) but I'm not sure where to start about WW2.
Maybe he's still there. Or he's renting it out to the government to handle Gitmo / deportation overflow.
First, great description.

Second, he says "scarce resources," you say 'no, it doesn't deal with that," but then say that it deals with "distribution of 'goods and services.'"

Isn't that the same thing, from a practical standpoint?

Even if they aren't scarce in the sense that the society has enough to go around, their scarcity relative to the average citizen still depends on the efficiency of that distribution process.

Maybe the system or theory of socialism technically 'doesn't concern itself with scarce resources', but I don't see why it makes his point less valid.
You can turn it off if you like:
Settings > Privacy > Backup my data, backup application data, Wi-fi passwords, and other settings to Google servers.

Every few months someone rediscovers that Google also syncs Wifi credentials between devices (perhaps when logging into a new device and finding it tethers itself nicely to the network on its own).

It's a matter of convenience, Wifi passwords are only applicable at a certain range, and other restrictions could be applied even then (like hardware whitelisting etc) it's not your bank credentials.

Here's a reddit discussion (from 2 years ago!) http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/g6ctt/just_upgraded...
The thing is, this guy "transferred" the money to a different PayPal account. So there is actually a guy, who got "credited" with ~90 quadrillion.
Drop-in replacement for UINavigationController with custom animations.
Is it me or do I see a hyphen in front of the amount, making him not the richest guy in the world, but poorer than all nations of the world?
Show HN: Dagobah, dependency-based job scheduling in Python
"Removing carbs"... talk about pseudo-science...
Not really - this is normal for them if someone might actually be critical of the reporting.

The BBC have their own set of agendas and biases just like any other broadcaster or publisher.

People just seem to illogically shrug it off with the meme of "the BBC is not biased" which is the result of a marketing campaign that has been running since they were formed.

Not some tinfoil hat paranoia nutjob site btw: http://biasedbbc.org/
Seconded. From Pakistan. Fans mean nothing to these mosquitoes. The only thing that works is physically zapping them.
Show HN: Help me map all the startups in Silicon Valley
Your Software Flunked Testing. Now What?
..otherwise it wouldn't work.

You can disable backups when you setup your phone.
This looks promising https://github.com/progrium/dokku and even uses Heroku buildpacks.
FYI: Wozniak.
Rhyming with NLP and Shakespeare
Instagram filters are really going to throw them for a loop.
I guess you never heard about WW1 and WW2 then. Surely this was the corporationgs pushing for Germany to invade France and the rest of Europe, and surely this has nothing to do with political ideologies. This was all the evil corporations at work.

You live in the Matrix or something?
Same with music reproduction. Edison cylinders to 78s, to LP records, to CDs, and then quality plunges with .ra and .mp3 files.
Agree.

You might find some anti-C bias from my post history, but I am also very pragmatic and would certainly use C if required to do so.

I used the compilation to bytecode disguised as Assembler macros as part of a few toy compilers back in late 90's.

If it was today I would probably use LLVM or C(++) as being discussed in the article.
Making a better, prettier, more functional Windows Command Line
Mm what a pitty that we are only lacking 10000 paying costumers to meet the requirements...(we are about to launch in a couple of weeks, 0 tracktion by now)
Anyway here it is www.apparly.com
Do I understand your comment that somebody thought multiplying per-unit loss will actually lead to profit?
Isn't $150 a little high for the intended use of the One Laptop per Child aim?

If I had a kid, I have a feeling they would be beyond the target ages for this before I would give them a $150 device.
Yes; this could potentially be slow. If for example, you had an application that just had straight line code (no loops), and you were running it from the command line a million times you would end up hurting from this approach. Generating LuaJIT bytecode instead of source code would (I think) make this less of an issue.

In this case, the bytecode is what you start with :)

Going straight from a parse tree to Lua could work, but locks you into the possibly slow code-generation approach. Having an intermediate level (high level bytecode, or even an interpreter over the AST) would be more flexible -- you could choose when to switch over the compiled version.
It appears so. I'm struggling to understand how the account holder and the person who wrote this article missed it.
There was an extremely similar attempt at this, worml [1] that failed dismally. While pretty enough, they never quite got the NAT transversal stuff nailed, so it looks like files are just uploaded in the clear to their server. Of course that's not mentioned on their website, but it's the behaviour I've previously observed.

[1]: http://plantbasedapps.com/
Frustrating that it's really hard to make my android phone show me the saved password it's using for a wifi.
I'm from Germany and I am of course not certain of German self-innocence. However, I would still be surprised if our intelligence agencies were involved in industrial espionage against companies in other EU countries. There are two reasons for this:

If such a thing were to become public, the backlash would be enormous. The German political establishment, from the Bundestag down to village mayors, and also a large part (most likely the majority) of the population are quite invested in European unification. Having had bad experiences in the past, most people here would like to get on with their lives without having to worry about the dealings of nation-states. Such hostile acts against other EU countries would be presumed foolish and dangerous.

The second and probably more important reason is that the German intelligence agencies are not completely under German control. This is something we carry around with us since the postwar occupation. Recently declassified secret contracts specify that the German intelligence agencies have to work in close collaboration (and sometimes on the orders of) the intelligence agencies of the Western Allies. I'd be surprised if the French would let our agencies engage in industrial espionage.

EDIT: Btw, I am aware of the traffic scraping that the BND does, I just assume that industrial espionage, at this point in time , is not one of the many (probably mostly nefarious) things they do with that data.
The behavior is nuts, not the ad. The ad is perfectly in tune with the unfortunate reality. Today people engage more with gadgets and are obsessed with capturing everything on camera.

While Apple and other manufacturers are the cause of the former, it's all the startups feeding on people's narcissistic tendencies thats caused the later, and in my opinion, the worst part.

We're not going to look back at this in the future and shake our heads at the absurdity of the ad, but the absurdity of the culture.
McDonald's expects their full-time, minimum-wage employees to work a second job just to survive!

Their minimum-wage employees are expected to do physical and mental labor for 302 hours a month (75.5 hrs/wk) to earn a grand total of $2,060, while people such as Mitt Romney literally don't have to do any labor to earn $1,075,000 in carried interest (and only carried interest, that doesn't include capital gains or anything else) during the same month [1].

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/24/news/economy/Romney_tax_retu...
And then give themselves some high-fives.
I love Bob Marley. I don't smoke pot.

The same correlation (or guilt by association) could be made by the people you follow on Twitter or your Facebook friends or the people who endorse you on LinkedIn.
Scientists make new battery from wood
The SysRq key is not so useless as the article would let you believe. Under Linux, it allows one to send commands to kernel to e.g. reboot the system [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key