skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"There is no point in tying up your best resources with work that could be done perfectly well by more junior staff, or work that could be done faster or better by specialists[...] So what we do is keep senior generalists on staff to create the structure and core design of the game, and then we outsource the bulk asset production to specialists and managed studios that we hire on task-based contracts."

I imagine this could get time-consuming for whoever finds and hires all these temporary task-based contractors -- but as an employee it certainly sounds appealing to be able to focus on the higher level while the lower level is quickly and expertly handled elsewhere.
Regardless of how small a physical space the world's population could conceivably fit into, there's still the biodiversity cost, energy use, and other knock-on effects of increased population. I do wonder where these figures come from, and what the agenda is here.
Twitter is email with three technically trivial but socially significant differences:

- messages are public by default (every account is a mailing list)

- all messages go through a single server (Twitter can mine all the messages for interesting data)

- messages have no body, only a 140 char 'title' (no pressure on users to think of something worthwhile to say)
looks like a good first start, but how do we add the fire?
As WE are the only civilisation we know of is it not sensible to presume that we are the average. In which case there could be lots of civilisations out there.

When we actually come into contact with one then perhaps it is time to refactor the theory.

otherwise it just sounds like meaningless projections that will probably be wrong.
Isn't Carbon kind of OS9 legacy support? Does it makes sense to still have a Carbon port? Why?
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I believe that there's only one reason to start a business: because you absolutely have to do this thing no matter what it takes.

All the other reasons you hear about:

- to be my own boss
- to get free time
- to spend more time with my family
- to get rich
- to do what I want
- to be famous

usually lead to disappointment. You'd be better off just getting a good job.
Maybe not independently wealthy, but they were patronised by those who were very wealthy.

For example, Michelangelo:
http://www.geocities.com/rr17bb/PatrMich.html
It would be awesome if you or someone could make a similar version for New York City.
The plan is that they have no plan. The plan is to make a bunch of aging executives look foolish after buying the snake oil off the back of some consultant's cart of tricks. It betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the web, its culture, and its infrastructure, and is utterly doomed to fail.
I think this is a very important lesson for startups. Most medium & big companies behave this way. Fix a customers problem, don't make excuses about it not being part of your job, or someone else didn't step up.
This is old news. Why should anyone care about a star that was shrinking more than 500 years ago?
That happens all the time. Pop the hood on a Mazda 6 - there is a Ford motor inside. GM and Toyota built cars in the same factory (albeit, its shutting down now).
Hilarious. It just leaves a bitter taste as it wasn't meant to be satire?
Godin isn't writing about some call centre. He isn't writing about people working at some random company. He's writing about people working at a brand. And he provides a reason for why that brand may be failing. For anyone working to establish or consolidate a brand, this is a valuable insight: your employees are an important part of your brand. Make sure they care.

This partly holds for any company: if a colleague of mine delivers bad work, people will throw nasty glances at me when they hear I work at the same company. Now you can go all "they shouldn't do that" on me, but that's just sticking your head deeper in the sand and refusing to acknowledge this reality, in which you live with people that think and judge that way. Therefore, I will criticise any colleague whose work isn't up to par.
and fix up the permissions on ~/.ssh etc. which for me is the #1 case of key based login not working

DOH! I just spent the past 15 minutes trying to figure out why it wasn't working until I stumbled upon my .ssh directory having worldly permissions. Was just about to come here and post the same thing. chmod 700 is your friend!
Luggage today has barcodes that are used to automatically track the bag around the system. Using RFID instead of barcodes only helps with a higher read-rate (97% vs. 80% - but I'm pretty sure that's per scan, and if a bag is scanned e.g. five times the aggregate rate is close to five nines), it doesn't help you if your bag is tagged for Chicago and you're in LA, of if the label comes of the bag.

The article makes if sound like airlines throw the bag into a big black hole with closed eyes and prays that some deity will have the mercy to place the bag on the right flight. They don't. I'm pretty sure that virtually all cases of lost luggage is caused by mis-labeling or a physical breakdown somewhere, and an operations officer deciding the plane need to go, even if a few bags are no there yet.
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Indeed, and OpenSolaris covers most of the minor annoyances pretty well. A pretty gnu-friendly userland, with new package management.
Everyone in the thread so far has ignored a really important point: a business is not a piece of software. Do you want to write a piece of software, or do you want to start a business? They are two different skill sets.
This reminds me of when I was a kid I found an old but great book of kid's craft projects. I really wanted to make the cool, interesting-looking hammock that was made out of hundreds of plastic 6-pack beverage holders strung together with nylon rope.

However, my parents told me that if I built it, it would decompose (the plastic formulation had changed to prevent seagulls and the like from being ensnared by discarded 6-pack rings).
Some more SSH tips

1. Use SSH connection multiplexing

If you are connecting to same computer multiple times, this saves up quite a bit of time
http://www.revsys.com/writings/quicktips/ssh-faster-connecti...

2. Use autossh

For a persistent ssh connection (ex. for reverse tunnels)
http://www.debianadmin.com/autossh-automatically-restart-ssh...
Not sure how long it's been down, but long enough for google to cache the error message:
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=...

Rough start for an interesting project.
(with-current-buffer b
(ignore-errors (delete-file (buffer-file-name)))
(kill-buffer))
I read the thread (didn't understand most of it) but Torvalds describes Cox work as "crap" and tells him "you're full of crap". Way to stick to the technical merits there ...

That's some attitude.
It's a "pro life" agenda as I've found out on their website. Nonetheless there are really human rights abuses due to the overpopulation assumption. In China forced abortions are common. Lately they rather fear overaging of the population though.
Who is Seth addressing? Is he talking to the individuals who 'work here'?

If so, why should they care -- they have good jobs, go home at night to their friends or families, and leave work at work. They're supposed to care about the company, brand, and 'big picture'....why, exactly?
I mostly agree, but the reason most medium and big companies behave this way is that most employees are in fact wage slaves with little influence outside of their direct purview. This is one of the inherent advantages of small companies where a relatively high fraction of the work force has equity, and where the bureaucracy is not yet powerful.
I'd just search around for tutorials and stuff on what you're looking at (PHP, JavaScript, etc). You really only need a basic understanding to get started. And that's what you really need to do...just get started. Ultimately you don't become an expert by reading books, you become an expert by doing. You'd be amazed at how much you learn by figuring out why something's not working the way thought it should.
Whatever happened to logoff anyways?
You mean Paul Graham?
Very well done.

The navigation is easy to use (you can tell he focused on usability), the videos seem top notch (nice background music in the previews), and its useful to me as a developer.

One thing, and its probably nitpicky, is the color. The green and white on black is standard hackerish theme, but I can't do it for very long without it starting to bother my eyes. He might have better results w/better colors.

But yeah, very cool.
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"Do you really think someone who worked for Bernie Madoff will go far with this line? 'I'm not Bernie, I just worked with him every day and took a great salary when times were good...' Not sure what the difference is."

To answer the question I see posted in other replies to this interesting submission (what brand is this?), I think Seth Godin is saying that people who work for companies who feel that they, or their co-workers, can't work ethically have to SPEAK UP to as many layers of management as possible, to let management know that there is a problem, and that customers, suppliers, the press, and other stakeholders are noticing.
Internet marketing, web development. McIlroy to make World Cup debut
McIlroy to make World Cup debut
Rory McIlroy will make his debut for Ireland at the World Cup in China in November.
Vol Libre, an amazing CG film from 1980
"Why is China doing this? It doesn't have the kind of social safety net one sees in the developed world, so it needs to keep its economy going at any cost. Millions of people have migrated to its cities, and now they're hungry and unemployed. People without food or work tend to riot. To keep that from happening, the government is more than willing to artificially stimulate the economy, in the hopes of buying time until the global system stabilizes. It's literally forcing banks to lend -- which will create a huge pile of horrible loans on top of the ones they've originated over the last decade."

There are a lot of news reports that confirm fear of general unrest on the part of the Chinese leadership. Here is a recent New York Times article on the subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/world/asia/18xinjiang.html
I didn't realize I liked math until I worked with computers and programming. That's when I suddenly began to understand the concepts of math and its beauty. The language of computers expresses mathematical ideas much better than traditional mathematical symbols, for my particular brain.

Whenever I see a difficult math equation or proof, I look for its expression in a computer language. Maybe this is poor form (I should be trying to understand the language of math) but I save myself a lot of frustration.
I love plastic :(

I'd vastly prefer to recycle or decompose it than to never use it again.
I can't help but think while reading this that the writer is looking at bubbles from the point of view of someone without a coherent theory to explain the origin of bubbles and why busts happen. The Chinese economy has been based on saving and investment not inflation and malinvestment like the United States has been for the better part of almost 20 years now.

The Chinese economy will suffer as a result of the business cycle in the United States but they've resisted calls to borrow and spend recklessly as those in Washington would have them do. The notion that bubbles are caused by growth on its own is a terribly flawed notion. Even the Federal Reserve admits that their own loose monetary policy contributed to our present woes.

The Chinese for now are committed to the dollar but when they aren't that spells bad news for us and good news for them. When they realize that they can spend that money at home on the goods they make at home I feel like the party is going to be over for the United States. We're seeing the beginning of the end of the American empire now and the ascent of China and for now at least the ascent of China is based on sound fiscal policy just as the United States during its formative years was.

I see a good but maybe rocky future for China in the short term and a good future for China in the medium and long term.
ssh-copy-id is great, but the connection argument must be quoted, so if you need to use a different port you must use the form:

ssh-copy-id 'user@host -p1337'

Took me far too long to figure this out :\
Alternate title: "How to spend a lot of money solving a non-problem."
Wonder how much heat this process creates? Could we get rid of plastic and run a turbine? Maybe there's a hope for green energy afterall...
"e-migration" is a form of migration done over data lines, right?

Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Q&A: Broadersheet.com CEO Peter Clark
it's a mistake to think that this is "activism" or about "raising awareness". This isn't about saving the world, it's not about trying to drive apple out of business or even to force them to change their business plan. It's simply buying products that mesh well with your needs. Locked down platforms don't mesh well with my needs, so I buy open platforms. Every purchase sends a signal to the market.
A lot of mathematicians (Paul Halmos is one example) say that one way to make sure you understand your math is to see if you can re-express it in a different notation. So any time you try to rewrite a math problem to fit the notation you know best, you are aiding your understanding.
That's a neat concept. Reminds me of http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7294910
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They'll kill themselves. After a week or two they'll recant, a lot of $ poorer and some experience richer.

This is actually quite comparable to Ted Nelsons' project Xanadu (or at least parts of it).
Actually, step 1 is:

ssh-keygen
Bubbles are driven by poor investments. Which is obvious in the dot com days, but you see the same thing with other bubbles. EX: The real source of the US housing bubble was people buying up all those overvalued loans which let banks make even more of them. Which drives people to build and buy more houses than people actually need.

The problem with bubbles is the economy recovers to a more efficient system where the greatist fool is now broke, which is less comfortable than the mid bubble / pre burst days. China like Japan is going to over invest in infrastructure / housing and have the same issues.
Folks often remark to me that they'd never want to run a business themselves because it would take up all their time. To that I'll reply "Yup, 'Freedom is Slavery'."

I find it disturbing how few catch that reference, but self-direction isn't for everyone.
First Alan Cox, and now this? I think something fishy is going on...
Obscuring his public key tells me this guy doesn't quite understand what the point of public-private key encryption is.
I don't personally know any farmers in impoverished parts of rural India, where this scenario isn't hypothetical at all, no.

As to what I sound like, my uncle is a successful independent farmer in North Dakota. He's not organic, but he strongly opposes GMOs in their current form strictly because of the lock-in issue.
It would be nice to see how much 1 credit costs before having to sign up. For example, over at PeepCode (http://peepcode.com/) I can immediately see how much a screencast costs without having to click around. Good luck with your startup.
Yeah, I was wondering how one would have schools and businesses. Unless we go to school and mcdonalds can operate in your house, we need something a little bigger than texas.
Talk about a crowdsourcing smackdown.
Michael Arrington is talking about building 'an inversion', ROI, revenues & gains.

He never mentions building value or building a company where people matters: 'Ill pay you 200k, but if you dont reach 1 million hits monthly with your stories, you'll be fired'. Quality is barely mentioned and the journalist are evaluated by quantity of followers.

He also never mentions building a company with other mission than making money.

Perharps it's that i'm old fashioned, but I don't think it would be a nice place to work (unless you are for the $$$) and in the long run it wont be an interesting site to read.
Population control is a convenient agenda for those already alive.
There is an open letter up at http://www.centos.org/
Don't miss the badass cover to the original Emacs Manual for ITS:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/its-cover.png

Or rms's only cartoon (It's ... funny?):

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/self-doc-extensible-editor...
Things made in the same place aren't necessarily made to the same standards. I once packed strawberries - for the major supermarkets in the UK and for M&S in the same packing line. The M&S quality standards were higher, we removed more "uglies" and used more evenly sized strawberries.

The point: same line different production values.
While the source is dubious the overpopulation claim should not stay uncontested. Many so called "overpopulation problems" can be solved by economic solutions.
Here you go

Here you go, check out who funds them...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Research_Institute

Global warming, its a myth, its a myth.

Birth control, its a sin, its a sin.

Please...why is this even here?
There is no doubt that many claims made by chiropractors are bunk. Many chiropractic practitioners are a little "out there" in my experience.

That said, I think it is a mistake to entirely dismiss chiropractic care as not providing real benefits.

I worked with a chiropractor who was also a trained physical therapist (with many years of PT experience) and the combination of the two practices was key in resolving long-term plantar fascia problems I suffered from. Weird, but the combination of good physical therapy with actual adjustment of my problematic foot bone structure solved a chronic issue after orthopedic physicians had told me to basically give up or consider a surgical solution.

So while chiropractic care is over-promoted and over-blown by many, it can be helpful as an adjunct mode of care. Whenever people ask, I always point out that the chiropractor I worked with was also a physical therapist and that I think the physical therapy side of the treatment was more helpful than the chiropractic, but that I found both treatments helpful.
Ask HN: What do you use to send emails to all your users?
Stuff like newsletters etc.
I know the public key is supposed to be public, hence no point in obscuring. I just got carried away ;)
This reminds me.. I got to update the old.. "if a bus hits Tim" documents here at work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

The Hygiene Hypothesis is the theory that fewer infectious agents you encounter as a child will boost the chances you'll have allergenic problems. The reasoning behind this is that your immune system isn't getting the same inputs or "training sets" as they would have 200 years ago. Since it isn't getting primed with actual infectious material, your immune system starts reacting adversely to silly things like pollen, peanuts, etc.
I would also recommend using KohanaPHP. It will take a little time to learn, but will be well worth it when you start developing.
"Note that I did not claim that this is the main problem with the Segway, just one of many"

I think the title of the essay (The Trouble with the Segway) kinda does imply that this is the main problem. The title suggests that the essay will explain the Segway's lack of success. Perhaps a different title would have prepared the reader for what was actually in the essay. How about "The Segway's other problem". Personally, I'm starting to think that the real problem is this: it lacks dignity.
IMHO, if the brand you work at wants you to take responsibility for the actions of any and all other people and other departments at the brand, they should pay you accordingly. But they don't ever do that, do they?

However you look at it, the responsibility is with the board and top management. Not the people who "just work there" and are neither paid nor trusted with the kind of responsibility that Seth Godin is talking about.
absolutely! In most medium to large companies, the #1 job of most employees is to keep their job and worry about their career. Customers come a distant 2nd, if they are so lucky!
I absolutely agree. Test mini-project is probably the best way to see person in action. No tests, recommendations or anything else can assure that person will actually fit your team.
Their games don't seem to be all that good: http://www.boomzap.com/
I could picture this comment chain almost as soon as the story was posted. I'm with Ardit20, had anyone else posted the story, it would have been dismissed as a rant, but when people see sethgodin.typepad.com, it becomes a valuable insight.
Thanks for the cool explanation. I never really dug into ssh that much, just posting a helper to connect without password ;)

So basically ssh-agent should be always running and you add your key to it (via ssh-add) and you never enter your password again, but the key still is generated with a passphrase? Correct?

Thanks
Do you think that Xanadu could reasonably solve this problem?
India will become number 1 source of PHP developers soon
Looks more like a clone of Reddit for the spanish community.
nope ... still doesn't work
I think his point is more subtle than that. Informal paper math doesn't always neatly line up with formal, computer-processed math---such as numerical processing or theorem proving. This disconnect can be extremely frustrating: I want to believe paper proofs, but simply writing down the theorem statement in a rigorous way can require significant changes. It's the frustration of understanding something on the surface but then realizing that in fact it makes no sense.
It's laughable, really. To presume alien technology will in any way resemble ours is just arrogant. It's like the green DOS screens you see on "computers of the future" in 80s movies, except worse because it's trying to predict technology that's not 20 years ahead, but /millions/, and not invented by human engineers but /aliens/. Seriously?
Agreed. That story sucks.. :-(
why, exactly

Because if they take an indifferent attitude it shows through to the customers, who will take their business elsewhere, which will cause the company to fail, which will cause the workers to end up jobless.
It seems to me that they are making way too many crazy assumputions. They are assuming that a civilization that can make a probe that lasts 50 million years would only send out 8 probes? That seems to be the wrong mentality. I would rather think that the probes would last a shorter amount of time but they send out thousands. Also what kind of evidence would these probes leave behind that would last 1 million to 100 million years? More likely they would buzz by taking pictures and radio readings of a system and then just keep going.
My apologies if I offended you; I just wanted to point it out.
Remember plastic is made of oil (petroleum) so people actually die for plastic.
Do we have any reason to think we are either above or below average?

Assuming other life forms exist so we can't claim 'existance' as an exceptional characteristic, isn't it more likely that we are somewhere in the middle of any given range than that we are an outlier?
This article is quite a bit short of right. China doesn't need to dump US $ to stimulate internal demand. They do have to convert some into yuan to buy things that absolutely positively can only be traded in yuan. But a whole lot of other things can be purchased in dollars. This does depress the prices of dollars with respect to oil or steel or what ever is being bought but that's not nearly as inflationary as dumping the dollar for the yuan or some other currency.

Further more, if it weren't for the US, China would already be running a net deficit. That's how strong and big the internal demand is in China. That doesn't mean their economy can't overheat, but it does mean that even in a recession they would still be a BIG consumer.

And lastly China is successfully and very slowly reducing it's US dollar exposure.