skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think Odeo was unique in this regard. I think it comes from having an engineering driven culture, rather than a management driven culture.

Also, it is very surprising but a lot of startups still think that ideas should come from the top, rather than anywhere in the organization. I could write a whole book on this.
Well, if you're looking for an introduction to the basics of mathematics (which I would recommend for anyone looking to delve deeper into any specific area), you can't really beat 'How to Prove It' by Velleman. It covers the fundamental concepts of mathematical analysis and proof-writing (and, perhaps more importantly, reading proofs) and will help give you a great grounding for further reading, especially in the areas of discrete mathematics, set theory, and probability. I can't recommend it enough as an enjoyable introduction to the field.

Also, for a good probability textbook, I would point you to 'Probability and Random Processes' by Grimmett and Stirzaker. It may be a bit hard-going at first (which is why I recommend How to Prove It to get you used to rigorous maths), but it is a very thorough text that also happens to concentrate on many areas of interest to the average programmer (Markov chains and the like). Together with the companion book of exercises, it should be fantastic for self-teaching, too.

In calculus, you have so many options that I can only really suggest you go out and find one that you like. I used 'Early Transcendentals' by Stewart in my first year Calculus lectures and it's served as a good reference ever since, particularly for basic vector / multi-dimensional calculus. But, like I say, just look around.
You could read Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra books, there are also video lectures available...

Gelman's Bayesian Data Analysis is a good statistical intro with a Bayesian bend,

maybe Freedman's Statistical models,

read some general machine learning intro book, such as Alpaydin or Bishop for a more probabilistic view.

For NLP especially, you'll need some information theory. Maybe start with MacKay's Information Theory, Inference, etc. (it is freely available online), very entertaining and accessible book and you can follow the pointers there for more details.

For general data mining and machine learning you need some basics of optimization, pick up any standard book on convex optimization to get an idea of the basic problems and methods.

that's it at a first try :)
but then you need founders who write code... :-)
As explained under 'read more', it's because 'test' will be cast to a number for comparison. Since 'test' isn't a number, it becomes 0, which is equivalent.
Maybe I shouldn't, but I find it sort of maddening that, PHP WTF would be powered by software written in PHP. I mean, if it bothers this guy to the extreme that he would go register a domain, and put up a website about it, it shouldn't be much trouble to learn a brand spanking new programming language that doesn't have all the problems he's discussing, right?

PHP has many problems. We know this. There are millions of words online that will attest to this fact. The fact is, all these words are for naught if people don't step in and do something about it.
OK, let's get this straight once and for all...

Saying things like, "All geeks..." "Every geek..." "Geeks will always..." is just wrong.

Makes no more sense than saying, "All lefthanders..." "Every woman..." or "Nebraskans will always..."

There are as many kinds of geeks as there are geeks (NbrOfGeekCategories == NbrOfGeeks). Sure, there are a lot of generalizations, but we are all unique.

I bathe regularly, socialize often, have never watched Star Trek, don't play video games, and enjoy sports.

OTOH, I plot out every trip on Google maps before leaving home, schedule my day out in half hour increments, and place my things out in the morning to be picked up in the proper order. I have to go through the supermarket counter-clockwise to optimize filling the cart. If I learn a new fact, I'm looking for the general rule about 6 seconds later, and am plotting out use cases within an hour. I'll probably have some code written, too.

Is there anyone out there just like me? I didn't think so. (Thank goodness.)
Exactly, it was poorly argued, replete with falsehoods, non-sequitors, and generally just muddled thought. It was almost juvenile.

I think the anti-copyright campaigners would be wise to distance themselves from this brand of "argumentation". It weakens the argument against copyright.
Just after a general opinion, what would people rate as a fair penalty in this case?
It seems pretty gutless of the "artists" on this list, like Gwen Stefani, to sit by and watch someone's life get ruined for downloading their music. I would love to hear their take on this. We can blame the extortionist middlemen all we want, but this is not going to change unless the artists say something.

In my mind, to stand by while folks' lives are ruined for downloading your over-marketed/overpriced music is far worse than what Lars did when he simply said he didn't like Napster.
Yet another reincarnation of thirdvoice.

Someone is going to get this right.
No problem. The reason I like it is because writing full marginalia breaks my train of thought and makes it harder for me to get through the book. If I'm reminded of something I'll still write it down on the spot, but otherwise this system is more efficient than other things I've tried.
Austria, in some ways, strikes me as being more on the 'Oregon' side of things (as per this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=664710 ) - it's a very pleasant, livable place, where things generally work pretty well, and people mostly lead quiet, happy lives. On the other hand, since things are 'pretty good', I also got a bit of a feeling of "don't rock the boat".

In any case, I always find it difficult to comment on Austria as I never learned the language or felt very connected to things the way I do in Italy.

Oh ,and if you want pictures, here's a nice (live) one of the town I used to do some work in: http://www1.tirol.gv.at/luft/downloads/KOGLMOOS.JPG
24 tracks, how about $24 dollars? I'd even give them double, or $48. For the 1700 tracks (that she allegedly downloaded but was not tried for), $3400. The extra dollar for each song goes towards the administrative costs of tracking them down.
Anyone squatting on PHPWhining.com?
Exactly, this does not strike me as helpful.

I much prefer the Bayesian stupid filter because each one of us can tune it to our personal definition of stupid. And it makes stupid disappear instead of highlighting it.
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I second "How To Prove It".
Interesting distinctions. I guess I misunderstood the term SEO when I first heard it. If optimization refers to rearranging your content so that search engines can parse it more easily, then I can see where you're coming from. I thought it referred only to the end result, i.e. improving your site's rank. Thanks for the correction.
The notion that a geek will always write a program instead of doing something manually is becoming a cliche.
I've come across quite a few sites with domain names for sale. The cheaper ones (in the $50 - $500 range) are mostly pretty lame. Why not come up with one really good business idea and memorable domain name and make that work. That way you won't be yet another squatter but a Value Producer.

BTW every business I've ever come up with, I've had no problem finding an available domain name. You just have to be good at getting to the essence of your business and it's value. It's also known as "marketing".
I think it came from the Odeo founders, Ev and Noah. When they have an idea, they can be very forceful personalities. But when they're unsure, they both were good listeners and open to all possibilities.
... not to mention that it's specifically against the Terms of Use of every single one of those sites to give away your credentials to another person.
Second the Concrete Mathematics recommendation.

It's a challenging book, but approachable. It did wonders for my understanding of maths, and for my skill as a programmer.
As a matter of fact, it looks like it is currently available. feel free to register it and collect all your favorite links to websites complaining about PHP!
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People who make heavy use of a language are in a good position to vent about its shortcomings. Sometimes a language is the best tool for the job despite its many deficiencies, and I'd much rather read these kind of rants by someone who knows the language inside out. I hate PHP more than I hate my own mother, and yet I still chose it for my most recent project. Every programming language has shortcomings, it's just a question of picking the best shortcomings for the job.
I recall someone (possibly John Gruber) saying that there's a dedicated DSP chip in the 3G S, which would explain why Voice Control is only in that model.
Hi - I was in a similar situation a year ago (starting a Master's in ML, feeling crappy at math). What worked for me was:

- Studying is doing problems. Reading is not studying. When studying, read the minimum amount necessary to complete the problem. Do all problems CLOSED-book: no notes or reading while doing problems.

- A problem is not understood until you can do it on a blank piece of paper two days after reading the relevant material (so do problems several times to check).

- Study machine learning problems that use the math. The examples in math text books are pretty useless to you - do ML problems directly. When you don't get it, look the math up quickly in a reference book (A.E.M. by Kreyszig works), as much as needed to complete the problem, and move on.

- Implement regularly. Once you've done the problems concerning an algorithm or technique, implement it. Make sure your implementation is correct, and spend some effort making it quick. Read source code for other people's implementations.

This method is effective (for me) because I like programming and machine learning, I don't like math textbooks or the problems within, and I can't remember what I haven't solved.

Book recommendation: David MacKay's (free) book: Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms (http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/)

- Enjoyable: not terse or uptight, engaging reading.

- Problem-focused: the text is really explanations between interesting problems. The problems are spread throughout the text rather than bunched at the end - this is a huge advantage.

- Deep and unifying: You don't get this perspective often. Helps you think about AI/ML from a strong theoretical perspective. Will give you lots of "Aha!" moments.

- Math: Plenty of math, but not unnecessarily difficult. The practice you'll get doing these problems will serve you in other situations.
As of late one can see a disapproval of this withing artist community. There are musicians, who are dropping major labels and opting out of traditional music distribution routes. But that only works for those who can prove their hype by their talent. For many other musicians, a label contract and a PR machine behind that is all they got to support their stardom.
I used to tether my laptop to my Sony Ericsson's GPRS connection K750i via Bluetooth - there weren't any monthly fees or other faffing about, I just paid for what I used (I think it was by the Megabyte in those days).

Why do they have to make it complicated?
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Thanks for the final nudge; I'm now a member of the Norwegian PP. :)
The point that seems to completely elude 37signals is that not every industry operates the same way as web design and development. They've taken their very narrow range of experience and told us that it applies to all projects in every industry (he cites Denver International Airport and the Big Dig in his post). This is such an outlandish notion that it becomes difficult to take them seriously at all.

As an example, I work as a design engineer in the R&D wing of an automotive supplier. If we were to just start building products on a hunch, without any market research or project planning, we could easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars or more before we knew if we were headed in the right direction.

Ultimately planning is imperfect and comes at a cost (time and resources), but that needs to be compared to the cost of no planning at all. In the web app business the cost of trying a new idea may be next to nothing, so trial and error becomes the most expedient method. In my industry, we're aware that our plans are imperfect, but if they allow us to cut a few very expensive iterations out of the development process then they're worth it.
I reckon the music industry profit margins must be plummeting like crazy since online music downloads became popular and they're just trying to recoup their losses through legal cases!
Don't forget Hastie & Tibshirani's Elements of Statistical Learning! :)
The price of the music... if she wanted to keep it, or else just let her delete the files.
A song on iTunes is a $1, so shouldn't he crime be equal to shoplifting a $24 dress from Macy's? Nobody is charging a shoplifter a million dollars because the dress' design is an intellectual property of the fashion designer.
Any ideas how they grab the location through a simple webpage?
Aye, you see so many similar postings around that I'm starting to think someone's automated it...
By using PHP, he'll never run out of material. :)
I dont know if is the same person, but a guy sells these on ebay: http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&useri...
I bought one as a Christmas present for my dad a couple years ago.
You'd have to look at the URL to know. It doesn't affect your experience in any way if there's an affiliate link -- unless you choose to look for one, and choose to care.

In fact, an affiliate link should make you feel good! At least you know that the link was posted for money, rather than for some base motive like attention or conformism.
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Nevermind, this is how you can do it with iPhone 3: http://blog.bemoko.com/2009/06/17/iphone-30-geolocation-java...
My well-kept 1980s casio watch will never fully "lose its value". Would you like to buy it for USD 100,000.00, sir?

The phrase "never fully lose its value" in this case means month-to-month value. Are you really still paying some amount every month for a watch you bought in the '80s?
You are right- we are different. I go through the interior aisles of the supermarket first before finishing with a perimeter swing (where the cold stuff is kept). The perimeter swing is, of course, counter-clockwise. I like to keep my angular momentum up.
To play a devil's advocate, I don't think RIAA is really thinking that $80,000 per song is a fair amount. They are trying to force her to finally agree to a settlement and get this over with.
I would definitely recommend that you pick someone up front to be a Project Manager. Your friend might be this, as you described his role as "finding clients" and "some admin etc", but it's really a bit more than that - you might want to bring in a third founder with experience in running projects.

I'll echo what others here are saying - don't split things 50/50 (or by any percentage, really). Everyone on the project should have a bill rate.

I'm a consultant on a few projects that are structured this way, and it seems to really work well.
Every website that has to do with politics or religion will have a large number of comments.
So:

0 == 'x'

results in

bool(true)

Does anyone know the technical reasons for this?
"Posted Every Day" ?

I could only find 2 posts in the website. Wake me up when it has at least a dozen articles.
Agree. Last week I was discussing with a friend about the significance of certain writer (wich I read in highschool and havent reread again) and I was surprised I could come up with some significant hindsigths about his work.
I guess I internalized and talking about it years later, at the ligth of many other things I have read and received, I was able to articulate about it.
wtf? it's _still_ on the front page - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=664621
> Every modern PC or Mac has Flash

Mine don't, and not through (my) choice. And neither do either of my phone handsets (Freerunner, HTC Dream). Flash is a pain in my arse.
Velleman's book with Alexander George, Philosophies of Mathematics, is a good introduction to that subject, and has a nice walkthrough of ZFC.
That's not always a good thing, the world might have been better off without some of Piers Anthony's work.
You're right in your definition. SEO (search engine friendly design, link building, etc.) is a subset of SEM. SEO is about improving your organic (non-paid) search results. SEM generally refers to a combination of SEO and PPC (pay-per-click) advertising, and other online marketing methods.

That said, I think things like the 37 signals post are too easily classified as SEO when it's really just publicity seeking with no real intent on improving the sites rankings.
Yeah, he even has some sort of disclaimer in his footer

This site is mostly written by chx, one of the core developers of the PHP-based Drupal project. It's not meant to be a bashing of PHP or its authors.
They could easily integrate real estate listings into a map like this. "Not sure you want to live within one block of three gang shootings? Call Smith Real Estate Associates today!"
I really like the book: Elementary Classical Analysis by Jerrold E. Marsden for Multivariate Calculus.

http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Classical-Analysis-Jerrold-...
Understanding a subtle recursive humor is what makes one a geek.
Spam is not only irritating, it is bad for the environment
The Palm Pre is out. So where's the SDK?
Websites that use the spoken word will empower the illiterate
I personally liked "A Logical Approach to Discrete Math" by Gries and Schneider which can be had for a good price on Amazon. As for statustics, I liked "Statistics: A Gentle Introduction" by Coolidge and "Principles of Statistics" by Bullmer which can be had for a great price even new.

Although only slightly related to your chosen topics, "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Axler is awesome.

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The 10.000 insertions per day is the real limit for now. Otherwise you could execute 24 (hours) * 3600 (s/h) * 10 (tasks/s) * 11 (queues, 1 default + 10 custom queues) = 9504000 tasks per day, which is not bad at all. But as you can only create 10k tasks per day, you cannot even approach this limit.

But note that these quotas are bound to change, they ask for feedback on precisely these issues, task throughput per day and task length, on the Overview page:
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/overv...
Their relationship was sunk, but the company survived - that's the important things taken care of at least!
There are other companies doing the same thing, however. They might not be as far along or have the same credentials as 23andMe, but one would that that Google, Inc. as an entity would want to avoid the conflict of interest, and, if it's a strategic investment in personalized DNA analytics, invest in a similar company just to avoid that conflict.
Agreed; it might have been better marketing to have at least 6 posts up before announcing the site.
My advice is to bill hourly whenever you can because the client won't express everything they want done initially. This is because they don't know everything they want until they have part of it. Just think about doing a job for yourself and how many times you realize how much more you need to do after part of it is finished.
daeken explained it quite well. From his post:

"As explained under 'read more', it's because 'test' will be cast to a number for comparison. Since 'test' isn't a number, it becomes 0, which is equivalent."
How to get rid of routine in programmer work?
I don't infer the same from the quote. It just as easily could have been her single source, Mitnick, that are the 'hacker circles'. The wording alone does not suggest multiple sources.
Steal this document, with my compliments.
Thats sounds shallow. If I have a great meal or watch a good play in a theather or any other "high" art, and im able to pay atention and find interesting stuff in the work,I engage with the sensitive side and that alone, makes me a better person.
We always worked on the idea that parent directories carry more weight, it takes longer for the crawler to go down than across and the PR was always higher for those first level directories. (I'm talking in the past tense because I don't do SEO any more, though we used to get $1000 a month from AdWords).

Seems like your reason for this is to allow the same slug for multiple entries in the category. I'd more more inclined to just add one of . _ - on the end in the event of an unlikely clash!
Seriously though: a dress can't be copied at zero cost.
Cool - I wish I had the discipline (and time, but really discipline) to do this.
I suppose that when you set up the agreement with the client, you agree a roadmap with certain milestones for the various stages of the project. These are both yours and your partners deadlines.

There IS no guarantee. Simple as that. Your guarantee is that you (and him - this also goes for the client) get paid often enough, that if its turns sour for whatever reason, and you can't get the money, you can walk away. This is also a good motivation to follow an agile methodology, where you deliver value early and often.
> The phrase "never fully lose its value" in this case means month-to-month value.

Sorry; no. It presumably refers to the fact that music, in electronic form, can be copied arbitrarily and stored indefinitely, at no loss of quality. I don't see how the mode of payment, whether one-off or monthly subscription, is relevant at all.

> Are you really still paying some amount every month for a watch you bought in the '80s?

No, and irrelevant. See above.

EDIT: It occurs to me that the poster might have meant the "value of the song seen on a month-to-month basis", in connection with the claim that this value never changes. This is of course a ridiculous claim; it is well-known that popular single in the Top 20 cost more than less popular singles. This could quite easily be factored into a calculation of damages.
Anyone have any scoop on when the public SDK will be available?

I bought a Palm Pre hoping that it will be available soon.
As start-upper in MD I can not agree more.

Any venture I start-up down the road will be customer driven. East coast VCs/investors want to see customers, revenue and growth. It's a much tougher environment then the west coast. There was a reason YC killed it's Boston location!
Couldn't disagree more.

The reason we have lawyers look over documents is that they write these types of documents everyday and they can tell if you've missed anything.

This comes in handy when a dispute arises or some other unforeseen event.

Joel talks about this on the Stackoverflow podcast when they discuss using a lawyer to review the FogCreek office rental agreement.

The gist of it is that when lawyers talk about problems( ie a tenant paying his/her rent late) then its' just lawyers talking, but if a tenant broaches this subject with the landlord then suddenly it's confrontational as the landlord is now wondering if the tenant is asking this because they plan on not paying,etc.

You should have a lawyer look at most contracts you sign.
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You need a submission form. or not... there's no way you could sort through all the submissions you'd get.

If you can keep it from devolving into thedailywtf.com then you'll have a very loyal reader in me. I work in PHP and I would love to hear a list of valid frustrations instead of the general PHP bashing.