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Sales Hacking for Igniters,Stanford Entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley Founders
Sales Hacking: Sales, Drugs and Remote Teams - by Paul DeJoe

Igniters(Stanford Entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley Founders) Meetup at Hackerdojo 9th august<p>Learn how to get your 1st 1000 paying customers and run a remote SALES team.<p>As a startup founder, there's no bigger challenge than how to acquire customers. Paul DeJoe shares his detailed, step-by-step process on how to get customers for your business.<p>This interactive, step-by-step guide isn’t some high level courseware or general sales tips; but a comprehensive, real-world process for implementing a successful customer acquisition strategy.
I'm wondering if Manning's failure was going to Assange at WikiLeaks instead of Glen Greenwald at The Guardian?

If there was a single thing that Snowden did better, it was showing good judgement in who he turned over his evidence to.
Also valuable to the surfing community.. nice work. I've been playing with NOAA data for personal forecasting for a while.. great to see it used in a commercial product other than surfline..
This is exciting, but I think I may have tricked you on a couple of details. The actual distance to the next 'key' is 'sum + 5': 00 represents a 1 byte encoding, not zero, so the minimum offset to the next 'key' is 5. Thus the maximum offset is actually 17, which means one can't depend on having two keys within a single 16 byte vector. I'm trying to figure out if there is some way to compensate for this without halving the performance.
NSA No FEAR act notice.  Oh, the irony.
That's not the BlackHat audience that I've seen for many years now. It's basically RSA these days. I think that demographic exists at BH as a vocal minority. When you're actually on the floor, it's difficult to actually find anybody you're thinking of. Don't forget that attendance is over 8,000 lately, IIRC.
Oh shit, you could be right. I had an Amazon store with some partners about six years ago that was shutdown because we had a shipping screw-up and got some packages to a handful of customers a couple of weeks late.

We still had close to a five star rating though, so it seemed kind of capricious at the time.

Why wouldn't they give that as the reason though? It honesty never occurred to me. Why would they give this detailed answer (copied in my comment above) citing their Acceptable Use Policy?
Oh, I could be wrong. I worked for an Adult Friend Finder type site and we had a very tough time finding a place to host the site.

Did you guys use any of the crazy file systems, like MogileFS?
I'm sorry if this is trivial, but “what’s holding you back from the big penis you deserve" has to be one of the greatest phrases ever written.
Don't feel too bad about the other posters complaining about your choice of capitalization; at my shop we spell it "ruby".
Thanks for that. This looks like it could be perfect.
Wow, I never thought I'd see a software optimization be talked about in such breathless amazement.
I find that I dismiss pretty nearly anyone who refers to a programming language in all caps. Outside of FORTRAN, COBOL, and C.*, it just looks ridiculous -- SCHEME, ERLANG, LISP, JAVA...
do you know of any languages that have a sort of inverted switch statement to clean up a list of if statements like this?

something like:

invswitch err !=nil {
case 'err := binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, int32(len(g.Name)))': return err
case _, err = w.Write([]byte(g.Name)): return err
case err = binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, g.Age): return err
default: return binary.Write(w, binary.LittleEndian, g.FurColor)
}
Another "weird trick" sites use is to include numbers in headlines. The sidebar of this very Slate article lists headlines for "7 of John Adams' greatest insults" and "'A Different World': 12 Things We Learned". There must some psychological lure that makes readers think "oh, that is such a specific number that it must be a very important and definitive list!" :\
There is a reason an entire branch of electrical engineering is devoted to it. A branch I am considering going back to.
Yeah, I'm kinda skeptical of the "science" here.

Edit: A new algorithm counts as science, but the TechCrunch article really gave no justification for the claim.
I assume you never went to a apple conference.
If you let works get out of copyright, people may start consuming them, and give less money to Disney et al. Somebody may even use them to create a comptetitor, like Disney did.
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This is basically the entire premise of cracked.com.
I've given a bit more background to the fast JPEG codec on my engineering blog: http://www.snappylabs.com/blog/snappycam/2013/07/31/iphone-k...

If you like signal processing, fixed point arithmetic, SIMD cores, and assembly, then this is for you. :-)
Most of the leaked information didn't concern that though. The most damning leak was the Collateral Murder video, and at most, it's more an example of negligence or confusion over the rules of engagement than indiscriminate killing of civilians.
How to Decode the True Meaning of What NSA Officials Say
No, he specifically said that not everyone can perform every function. He's also as far as I know not claimed the searches aren't auditable - I believe he even claimed that audits do happen, but that they're mostly along the line of "that excuse is flimsy, let's figure out how to make it sound less flimsy" rather than any real oversight.
Also, finishing a post-doc from a top lab does not mean you will get a professor job at a decent school.
That's one of Manning's failures, yes. Assange used him and then hung him out to dry. Manning realized that for himself, but too late to make any difference.

It was for that reason I got worried (and remain worried) for Snowden once WikiLeaks swooped in to plant their flag. I'd trust HRW, EFF, ACLU, FSFE, or even just flying his father over there before I would trust WikiLeaks to always think in Snowden's best interests, and on not just their own. WikiLeaks already screwed up the asylum process with Ecuador (via Assange's ego) long enough to possibly maroon him in Moscow.

Glenn has his own issues IMO but I certainly get a better vibe from him regarding concern for the safety of his sources, and even concern for public safety compared to WikiLeaks.
Any chance of this coming to Android soonish? This is seriously cool!
"Scams aside", your scam would work as well as theirs.
> Would you rip out the guts of a modern browser and replace them with brand-new code that you claim is 25% faster?

We do it all the time.
Eww, that is pretty shitty. Thanks for the heads up.
A regular business could ban these people from their property, then get the police to enforce the ban. Ticketing seems, if anything, more gentle.
Craigslist also uses perl:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/craigslist_is_hiring#pd
Laziness and irresponsibility aside, why would you be writing code without even a minimal level of error checking?
It's good security practice to simply have addons disabled by default anyway. I like to keep them all click-to-play on firefox. Helps performance, too.
One interesting thing I found was mint and coca tea. It's readily available in grocery stores in Peru, and it's an incredible cure for a hangover.
Science vs engineering distinctions aside, it is pretty cool to see the attention to detail + effort put into solving this problem.
There are not really any hackers at BlackHat. Some go to give a talk for their own interests, some go to see their friends talk, but the "hackers" largely skip the conference and go hang out on their company dime and go to the private after-parties. It's a running joke that the real conference is at the Galleria Bar.
"discrete cosine transform JPG science"

Here's a more interesting link directly from the app developers: http://www.snappylabs.com/blog/snappycam/2013/07/31/iphone-k...
Remember also that the NSA has several programs split up to hide and deny what they do:

Bruce Schneier: "The agency has been playing all sorts of games with names, dividing their efforts up and using many different code names in an attempt to disguise what they’re doing. It allows them to deny that a specific program is doing something, while conveniently omitting the fact that another program is doing the thing and the two programs are talking to each other."

http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/17/security-experts-on-the-nsas-...

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/07/more_nsa_coden...
cloudflare-nginx can be moved to "nginx-all versions" i think.
The fast JPEG codec was written for the ARM NEON SIMD coprocessor found in the iPhone. Most Android devices also sport the same architecture, so it is indeed possible.

The code for the codec is written in mixed C and assembly, so it can be "easily" ported to Android by making use the JNI.

While the R&D for the fast JPEG codec took about a year to perfect, the iOS app took just about the same time to get polished (including the NodeJS backend work, the HTML5 website and embeddable widgets in AngularJS).

Writing the rest of the app would take a few months of full time work, and it's not yet clear if that might pay off at this stage.

We'll see... and glad to hear there's interest! :D
One bubble which could use piercing is the hard science one (please, humor me).

Why do you think "improving the efficiency of photosynthesis" will have a greater impact on global food security than improving the efficiency of social and commercial networking? If I'm not mistaken, economists (eg Amartya Sen) agree that food insecurity is caused by dysfunction in the distribution mechanism, not by a lack of supply (so growing more food won't necessarily help).

IMHO, the important problems in the world are much more social and political, than technological. The work twitter does may easily have greater beneficial impact, direct or indirect (Arab spring and all that), on global food security than working for Monsanto on GE crops. I wouldn't be so self-righteous for choosing to work on "hard" science problems. Are you really doing it for the benefit of the world, or just for the deep satisfaction of your own curiosity?
I can't believe that comments like this get upvoted by the same people who decry the practice of viewing programmers as monkeys or typists.

Good luck starting your own country with a legal system that doesn't require interpretation, or heaven forbid, lawyers.
Bah, humblebrag.
NSA scandal shakes Americans’ trust in government
I think you'll find that most people in the USA still do not have any real concern about the NSA/Snowden/XKEYSCORE/etc. situation, other than perhaps amusement that a "traitor" who leaked classified information and is agitating for more freedom is now holed up in Moscow of all places.

Perhaps some parts of the NSA's programs will eventually be forbidden by the courts, but even then the vast majority of Americans won't care one way or the other. They want cat videos. They don't care if the NSA is monitoring their facebook chats. They think they're innocent of anything and everything. They don't understand the potential consequences, under this government or under some future government that gets to enforce even more laws even more aggressively.
Snowden wasn't an 'analyst'. And there may only be 13 analysts with FULL access. However, there are literally thousands of IT admins with ADMIN access. Which, most of us around here know, is actually a step above full access.
I once thought it was at hackers' core to look behind the appearances. Core values and myths are long gone, buried into memory traces of hidden places that never met the instant share button.
I stumbled into some weird data as to how startups may be able to use this kind of technique without exploiting people. Yeah, it sounds hard to believe. But you have to understand that every technique out there can be used for good. Anyhow, turns out that there are some tricks that these type of advertisers use to increase their response. One just needs to carefully read the source of their pages (specially the Javascript), and you will find lots of interesting stuff in it. Just beware. Once you dig into this type of advertising your view on the subject might change dramatically. You can learn more about it here: http://bit.ly/13wOrj2

Edit:

16 clicks on 2 minutes. This sort of technique works on everybody, including smart hackers. Its mostly about talking about what you want. Some people want to lose weight, others control their diabetes. Apparently, lots of people want to learn of a little known advertising secrets for startups. I should make a Copy as a Service startup. (:

See how many are suckered into clicking: http://bit.ly/13wOrj2+
Market is good, pay is signicantly less than in the States
Good markets would be Toronto,Calgary
Waterloo, Ottawa

Its cold in winter, learn to ski or snowboard, take advantage of the cheaper tuition here even if your done with school
Something along the lines of those who remain silent when powers that be discuss Freedom and Security deserve neither?
I'm going to use same stack (and driver) for side-projects ;) really attractive DB and language.
Honestly dude, except for young children, mmos have passed their prime, anyone whos been playing mmos for 15+ years has been there and done that, I don't mean that in an elitist sense, I mean that except for skin/model changes, mmos are really very cookie-cutter, it was really exciting to see it for the first couple of times, just as doom, half-life, and any other shooters were, but it is a real weakness when you're playing the same mechanics for years. Yes, I can use my imagination, but I am aware of the limits of technology and I'd like to do more than play the same time sinks over and over.
You're making yet another extraordinary claim without any proof.
A lot of statistics. It's core.
War is supposed to be fun.

Navy games... something about Navy games.

If you had a perfectly real space war game...

cyber stuff

Are you sure you can't just make uncrackable codes pretty easy. No! They might have flaws. Use a good one.

God says...
C:\TAD\Text\QUIX.TXT

be it to strive to become a king, and make me a count."

"So it shall be," answered Don Quixote, and raising his eyes he saw what
will be told in the following chapter.

CHAPTER XXII.

OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL UNFORTUNATES WHO AGAINST
THEIR WILL WERE BEING CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO

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This has certainly been my experience as a recent PhD in computational biology. I pretty much have my pick of Post Doc positions - I was getting offers before I even graduated. I was also able to negotiate 50k without much trouble, but I'm definitely worried about the opportunity cost. Giving up 100+ k for more than a year or two seems like a poor decision.

Also a Post Doc from a top lab directly correlates with how much $$ you can make in industry.
What are you smoking? You cannot get anything even remotely similar for $100.

> one could easily use a regular USB 3.0 hub and attach a USB NIC, sound card, etc. Perhaps not as clean but a hell of a lot cheaper

Great, go and string together your tangle of bargain basement crap all over your desk. The whole point of these docks is to not do that.

You guys are not in the target market. I'm surprised you even have macs.
> My writing is bad. Do you have any recommendations for how I could improve?

Write often. Solicit critique from colleagues who write well. Academic papers with peer review helps. Critique others' writings. Find good role models and analyze their style. Most importantly, have an interesting story to write about, and focus on developing the story.

Story is king, not metaphor. Perhaps try to be more cinematic in your story telling. Build up to a climax, then unwind from there. Try the fork in the road approach where you can contrast your ideas to other ideas, putting them into better context. Also, it helps to be angry at the status quo and be a bit provocative.

You can always make your message better by making it shorter and more concise. Delete anything that is redundant, superfluous, and gratuitous. Prioritize your messages and delete the lowest priorities ones that are not essential.

Finally, dot your eys, cross your tees, and kill your orphans (if using latex).

> Better question: Would you mind describing what your own path was like going from "I'm a bad writer" to "Hey, I'm fairly good"?

My adviser (when I was a PhD student) first beat good writing habits into me. However, I didn't get good at it until I found good role models and was able to become very self critical about my own writing. Even now, I only seem to write well when writing papers that will undergo peer review; format is important. Find the format that you prefer, and optimize your style for it.
Certainly, but only for applications in active development. Many are closed-source and not being worked on anymore.
Are they all dumb and stupid? If so then everyone who's been claiming that terrorists are already encrypting all their communications and using proper COMSEC are incorrect.

If they're not all dumb and stupid then simply sitting on our hands waiting for the next massive attack is folly, and more importantly it's something the American public won't long stand for.

The nation has a long history of action where their sensibilities are offended, even where it doesn't maximize the cost/benefit analysis. Guess when this was said: "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute!".

A President or Congressman who tells the public that their counterterrorism plan consists of simply relying on the fact that it's not like lots of people will die will be the first ones out of office. Even Rand Paul agrees with counterterroism for crying out loud, he argues that you should have specific targets and then collect instead of collect first and wait for targets as the NSA is doing now.
It is a trend. The question is rather, is it a trend that is likely to persist? And that depends on whether you believe that organizations are likely to capture and store more data or less. If you believe the answer is 'more' then the problem becomes deriving insights from it. And that process - is data science.
Al-Qaeda Backers Found With U.S. Contracts in Afghanistan
'Explain'?
The reason the NSA hasn't gone after anyone else is that it would probably be illegal to -- not that the program in general is legal, but it would be more blatantly illegal than simply focusing on groups affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The AUMF and constitutional case law give the executive branch a fair amount of discretion when it comes to national security. It's pretty hard to shoehorn drug cartels, bankers, and your run-of-the-mill murderers under national security. As such, prosecuting those folks using NSA-gathered evidence would force the NSA to reveal more about the program than it's comfortable doing.
How I develop things -- and why
I'm going to file these paragraphs away, so the next time I need to bullshit someone, I'll have some great examples. Not only do they hire the best mathematicians and scientists, but I'm sure there's an English major or two.
>all of our analytic tools are aimed at information we collect pursuant to lawful authority

The use of the word "lawful" is slick and misleading. They "own" a rubber stamp court that never says no and re-interprets laws to their liking.

So, virtually whatever they want to do is "lawful" by definition.
Because sometimes you don't have the luxury of choosing which programming language jobs are available for.
Anyway timestamps are better. First reason is difference in implementations of "date"-formats in almost each database, and second reason - integers will always faster than strings or structures.
For posterity's sake, it does work fine here on a system with actual Unicode fonts. So I was wrong to blame the file itself.
reminds me of Arthur Ganson, artist who sometimes makes homemade gears. Has fun with gear ratios too (I think the machine with concrete will spin 1 revolution in 10000yrs if I remember correctly).

http://www.arthurganson.com/pages/Sculptures.html

I was a museum gaurd at an art museum that had his work last century. He now has a permanent home at the MIT Museum.
Edit to my comment from yesterday: Still funded by the DoD…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6125361
Banning Bitcoin is stupid
I'm certain that people have, but (as the article mentions) part of the point of these is to lure a certain kind of unsophisticated consumer while filtering out the others, which is not exactly a strategy you want to pursue for SaaS.
I'm pretty sure you e missed my point. I also think you fail to understand what is really going on here.
Ask HN: How many companies have started from a Show HN?
EasyPost (YC S13) was
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Your argument only works if the cost and the benefit are to the same entity.

In this case of a trillion dollar war, the cost is to the US taxpayer, and the soldiers who fight the war.

The economic benefits go to military contractors, the various war departments of the USG who need reasons to keep their budgets intact, and holders of the US Government's debt (http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/politicalcalculations...)
It's unfortunate that biological statisticians have hijacked the term 'computational biology'. There's still a lot of computer science to be done in the area, particularly in genome assembly what with new sequencing technologies appearing every few years.
I don't disagree at all that the problem is very serious. "Talk and convince people" is a much more serious response than ranting about revolution or bitching on HN, and defeatism gets us nowhere. If you have further things to suggest, I'm all ears. I was out protesting on the 4th; I will be out again this 4th; "talk and convince people" isn't an argument for doing nothing, or for being lackadaisical about it. Get off your ass, engage with people, talk to them, and convince them first of the issue, and then that they need to do the same.

And nothing Carter said - I assume you are referring to Carter's statements - were in absolutes. The system can be broken, it can be much harder to fix things than it should be, and yet it still might be our best means of fixing things.

What is the alternative?
As of 2008: "For example, as of 2008, there were over 300 terrorists captured using intelligence generated from XKEYSCORE."

Anyone have an idea why they'd give a 5-year-old figure? One would hope that the figure as of 2013 should be more impressive?