skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Worse, there's no more real mapping between number and location within the US anyway.

My cell phone account has five numbers from three different area codes in two different (non-adjacent, even) states. Only two of the numbers are from the "right" area code, and even those are "from" a city >150 miles away from where we live.
Because of the nature of IAP-based game design, I don't believe this is really about the revealed preferences of gamers. There's widespread hate for IAP among gamers. Zynga or whoever was first discovered a way to exploit players. There's a level of deliberate manipulation in the design of these games that just can't be paralleled with charging up front. Companies even update the game in response to the telemetry they're collecting, trying to find ways get players to spend more. The dynamics can't really be compared to the honest exchange of a product for money. I think that's why it engenders such hate. I realize people weren't too happy with $60 games, but as far as I could see, great games always did very well.
It was down-voted because it's nonsensical. Nobody is making cell-phone calls on an airplane.
Sketch is flat out better for almost everything. (In a web and interface workflow)
Just checked, and it has permission to read your contacts. That's nasty!
I've had a theory that TSA workers will start reporting higher than average cancer rates soon.
That's the point. It's not any better. Everyone saying the Win-Search thing works just fine in Win8 is missing the boat: It ALREADY works fine in Win7 while MetroUI is infinitely worse.
Well, the article is positing the opposite effect is true, that cocooned children don't grow up with an appropriate respect for things that will hurt you, like driving your car safely. My devil's advocate argument is that the opposite is demonstrably true, that children who weren't cocooned did in fact grow up to not appreciate things that would hurt them. A 1950s car, for example, was basically a passenger mulching machine, yet people who grew up uncocooned (as was common at the time) drove them with quite a bit of abandon, flying all over the inside of the passenger area without even basic safety harnesses.

I don't remember the statistic off the top of my head, but Ralph Nader brought to light one particularly brutal group of years where a large number of passengers were decapitated on the glove box door during accidents that were occurring at speeds under 35 mph.
The article linked from this HN discussion (in the main page at the moment) answers your question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7161901. After reading that, I totally get why you'd call these games "honest".
I did reach out to them, but they wiped only my current usage- I still had to pay the old bill in full. I contacted some people in Amazon who had helped others I know with free credits, but no one came forward to help me when I needed them the most. I had no choice.
Ask HN: Advice on vesting equity for new partners needed
A bit of background - I couldn't find a technical co-founder so I set about building my product myself and now have it in a really good stage for on-boarding customers. I don't have the time to do both building the product and selling so have met another party who are keen to get involved

To sum them up, they have connections, potentially funding and a moderate amount of influence in the industry which is exponentially more than I have and they also want to build something similar but don't have the technical capability to build something as good.

I think they are the right fit and we need to discuss terms - any advice on where to start and how to negotiate? My current thoughts on the matter are:

- not giving them more than 49%
- vesting equity based on performance
- happy to split all profits equally

Any advice on making this mutually beneficial but protecting myself in the short and long term would be appreciated.

Cheers
For all those stating in the comments they only need to use Adobe products for an hour a month and can't justify CC.

You can download Adobe CS2 for free.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?pid=4485...
Another thing. BizSpark gives me a small instance- with two cores and 3.5 GB memory. And I can start another instance with half of that capability under the $150 per month I get. That is given to every small startup which enrolls in BizSpark. For 3 years!

Can Amazon beat that?
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Isn't using a keyboard an alternative navigation? Basically you're bypassing the UI presented on the screen with shortcuts. It's not a very strong argument for Windows 8 working well, but maybe the opposite.
I experienced this myself recently. The Netflix metro app decided that something was wrong with the DRM path on my two-day old install of Windows 8.1. After much googling, I ended up having to re-install the OS. It was a very similar experience to when something breaks on a Linux install, except that I had less ability to go digging into the internals (not that that would be helpful for someone who doesn't know a lot about computers).

I think the primary difference with Linux is that developers are fairly content mucking about with things, so breakage that would be a showstopper for someone who is not intimately familiar with computers goes somewhat unnoticed. It's hard to step back and say "what would I do if I didn't know about <x,y,z>?" in daily life.
Actually, I would say the best cloud support comes from Rackspace. You actually get a phone call welcoming you and walking through the product, they have Cloud Advisors who will talk you through optimizing performance and if you pay 100$/month extra, someone who will configure and maintain nginx/mysql/haproxy/rails/django/etc.
This is pathetic. I can't read the article at all on mobile.
>As a programmer I find the concept of simply automatically updating libfoo 2.1.x to libfoo 2.1.y because "the developers say it does not break compatibility" scary. Software is written by people, developers accidentally break compatibility all the time, or write software which depends on buggy behavior, behavior which later gets fixed by other developers, thus breaking said software. Thus all common Linux package managers are themselves broken by design. They are only acceptable if you accept that occasionally some things will just stop working after a system update.

Sounds like you'd be interested in NixOS.
Concord, NH (January 30, 2014) - Consumers around the country report an increasing number of what is known as the "One-Ring Phone Scam." Perpetrators of this scam program their computers to blast out thousands of calls to random cell phone numbers, ring once, and then disconnect.

This scam relies on consumers calling back missed calls, which then connect them to a paid international adult entertainment service, 'chat' line, or other premium service located outside the country.

Victims who return the call are billed a $19.95 international call fee, along with per minute charges for the unwanted "premium service," which can be $9 per minute or more. In some cases, the scammers may only put through a small charge of several dollars, so it won't arouse suspicion.

Calls typically originate from outside the United States. One woman told BBB her caller ID indicated the call originated in Antigua or Barbuda (area code 268). Other consumers across the country report calls from the Dominican Republic (809), Jamaica (876), British Virgin Islands (284) and Grenada (473).

The practice of third parties placing unauthorized charges on wireless accounts is called "cramming." The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have reviewed thousands of complaints about the practice, and expect the problem to grow.

Better Business Bureau recommends if you don't recognize an out-of-state telephone number on your caller ID, ignore it and if you do answer, do not call back. Also you should check your cell phone bills carefully and inform your carrier if you spot any unauthorized charges. The earlier you document the fraud, the better your chances of having some or all of the charges removed.
Last week I experienced Windows 8.1 for the first time to see what's the fuss about. I just couldn't believe anybody though this is a good idea and somebody got paid to deliver it. As I was installing drivers and work on problems, I had to restart a lot. I couldn't figure it out, had to google how to do it. Skype is fullscreen-only now, are you kidding me? I can't do my work and chat on my 4K screen. And there is no easy way to switch between desktops like on Mac with trackpad gestures.
"The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work."
Missing my personal favorite: Waking Mars. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigerstyle...
No as long as you 301 to one of them.
Have your office in the second floor, with a trap door (at the entrance) that opens into a slide that delivers the child (or spouse) back to the first floor.
Chasing their star, on YouTube
I really lived this. True font nerdism. I hope he does Alien next.
Bitcoins before they were cool – T-shirt
I don't know that much about Jeopardy strategy, but it sounds like he's following Ken Jennings' suggestions.
What do you think "consensual and non-coercive" means in the context of addictive behavior?
Emulate a demo as much as possible without breaking the guidelines of the Play or App Store. I feel that once I put money into a game once, I should be done. With that being said, it can be hard to make a $10 investment based off of 4 screenshots and a description.
Texas Government Website Compromised and Database Information Leaked
Continue to work on it if your approach differs. There are not unique ideas but it depends on who executes it better.
I understand your concern for "dependency hell", but to be frank, your arguments come off uninformed to me.

Thus all common Linux package managers are themselves broken by
design.

I can't really see how you'd debate your way out of that. If you mean package management is inherently broken because different software may depend on different versions of libraries then that sounds like an issue you'd have with the software developer. I know that in itself could be a gripe with Linux software, but show me one regular computer user who has ever experienced broken package dependencies. The vast, VAST majority of regular Ubuntu user software is installed through the Software Center and the only times I've ever gotten broken dependencies were when I was specifically trying to install an older version of something.

I do not use anything Apple but if I recall correctly OS X uses
self-contained .app bundles i.e. the apps usually include all
their dependencies except those present on a particular OS X version
by default.

OSX has .dmg files for installing applications. Debian's .deb packages are the exact same thing. Bundling all dependencies can be done in Linux the same way -- again the app developer can statically link to libraries.

The fact of the matter is that Linux is NOT a usability nightmare and it's dishonest to say that. Experiencing some arcane error with an old version of Ubuntu on a six year old computer doesn't afford anyone the right to claim that the modern linux OS is a usability nightmare.
Bangladesh's National Academy for Primary Education (NAPE) Database Compromised
Really... fixating on the risk of cancer at all is a mistake. As other commenters have said, it's about balancing the risk with the value. Instead, we should find

a) How much radiation one might on average incur due to medical reasons
b) How many years of life that causes us to lose on average (or per capita)
c) How many years of life the average person gains due to the use of this technology.

As long as c - b > 0 (in a real way) we don't really have a problem here. We have an optimization to make. I don't see any evidence here that c - b <= 0. I also don't see any evidence that c - b > 0. Any other point seems moot.
What I found most interesting is being able to see how much GitHub has changed. The progress is amazing, keep iterating!
And not only the start menu. Win7 had a few quirks of its own, like the new search function, which I find it far less usable than XP's.
Eh. Cloud66 + Digital Ocean is cheap enough. I'd rather go with someone that doesn't need marketing tricks to get me onto their servers.
Just some meta-commentary:

The first section seems like it's mostly just him repeating himself quite a lot without really saying anything new at all. Very difficult to get through it.

He also warns his readers: "Yes there will be a lot of spelling mistakes, unfortunately you will have to leave with it. The goal was to put out the information of my research, not to write a perfectly checked novel."

That's like giving the recycling plant a bag mixed with recyclables and rotten garbage, and saying "you sort it out, it's your problem now" when it really isn't their job.

So it's hard to take this article seriously. Someone who takes his own idea seriously wouldn't settle for presenting it so poorly. I'm disappoint.
Doing Something First Versus Doing Something Right
I think it's obvious that mobile & desktop OSes need to essentially merge to a substantial degree.

But the idea that you should use one and only one control scheme / UI in every use case is just dumb. There's not going to be one universal way for humans to interact with a computer, period. Sometimes touch will be used, sometimes keyboards & mice, sometimes voice, sometimes other methods of control. It's vastly more valuable to figure out how to seamlessly transition between different modes of use/control and to maximize the utility of each mode than to try to engineer some grand compromise design that can be used in all modes but takes advantage of none of them very well.

Moreover, Microsoft needs to learn a very hard lesson here. If you want to change things you need to transition. UI reboots are like system rewrites, they carry a lot of the same risks, if you commit to the new system before it's mature without giving people the option of using the old system you'll often times end up with rejection instead of acceptance. Microsoft has developed a bad habit lately of ramming new ways of doing things down users throats without any time to get used to the changes. The only people who can get away with bullshit like that are Apple, and Microsoft is very definitely not Apple.
Actually, CS5 and CS6 both had updates that broke the cracked versions, now when "hackers" release the cracked version they recommend disabling auto-update.
Or just don't call them back in the first place. The onus should never be on you.

As a rule, I just don't pick up my phone anymore (it's always in Do Not Disturb mode, the best thing Apple ever implemented).

People I work with know that email is the fastest and best way to get ahold of me. If I really need to have a live talk with someone, we can schedule a time to meet for coffee or talk over Skype.
If it's really important (i.e. taxes or something), I figure they'll leave a voicemail (I still listen to those) or that it'll get to me by the mail in some form.

The phone is a completely obsolete communication medium. It's the technological equivalent of jumping behind someone and screaming "Hey I need your attention now, drop everything that you are doing and talk to me". 30 years ago, when only your close friends and family called, the compromise was worth it. In 2014, when most calls are telemarketing BS, it's just outdated.
> I forgot who mentioned it (one of Erlang Factory talks probably), but for example if you access the Internet via your smart phone, there is like a 30% change that it goes through Erlang at some point (due to going through Ericsson's servers).

yes there is probably > 30% chance of that. the space that you are looking for is mobile-packet-core, and is dominated by ericsson, csco (via starent acquisition), and to a lesser degree by alu, nsn etc.
That story is anecdote. Not surprising or a problem from a general news source. But as a few commenters have pointed out, it ignores the fact of high risk/low probability events, and our general inability to properly assess those.

I'm surprised this crowd isn't more data-driven in its assessment. Surely studies of child safety trends exist, and could be correlated to levels of regulation?

The closest thing a quick Google turned up is a study of mandatory cycle helmet legislation and its effect on injury rates. Those rates declined 45% after the introduction of helmet laws. Perhaps not a perfect analogy, but chalk one up for regulation.
http://cyclehelmets.org/1106.html
I love BizSpark because it makes setting up new Windows VMs for testing (browsers, code deployment, etc.) pretty painless - you get at least 2 valid serial numbers for virtually every Microsoft product ever through the MSDN subscription, and you get to keep them after the MSDN expires.

I'm also looking at doing some stuff with Windows Phone hardware (not with the OS, just the hardware...), so there's value in that.

I haven't even touched Azure yet.
what kind of clearance is required for #2?
It also wanted location access when viewing it on an iPad the first couple times I loaded it.
HUGE number of companies looking for entry level talent / interns. See http://collegefeed.com
Do you mean your company doesn't let you do open-source side-projects? Because if you mean repo hosting for the company, I would hope they could afford the very cheap Github subscription fee for private repos.
Normally when I receive scam-sounding calls especially from foreign country unknown number, I'll just tell them I'm a casket shop and ask them how many coffins he/she wants to order. And then hear their screaming/scolding at the other end.
Well I would say that as far as Chu is concerned, any long term consequences his actions may have on the game are likely to be mere externalities to him since these will probably not happen until he's already extracted the value he wanted out of the game.

You could also argue that the additional publicity he's enjoying thanks to his unusual strategy (eg. this article) far outweigh the costs of any such potential negative externality.
I agree, this thing reads like a gigantic marketing add.
No, it doesn't, because moonwalking isn't what gets you through those 18-hour hacking sessions.
Computing Pioneers Fun Facts: Grace Murray Hopper (1906 – 1992)
Twitter planning to move into e-commerce
I'll admit, sometimes I don't want to spend more than $10 on a game especially without knowing what it's like. But that's why there's in-app purchases or rather, a single purchase. Like the golden era of PC games where you got a free demo with your PC Magazine. Play it, love it, wait a few months, buy it.
CS Disco Inc. - csdisco.com/jobs - Houston, Texas

Disco is a VC-backed startup that makes ediscovery software for lawyers. 5 of the top 50 law firms and 2 of the top 5 insurance companies in the world use Disco to find evidence faster in major cases and investigations.

We are hiring engineers (C# .NET, Lucene, RavenDB, HTML5), lawyers (commercial litigators, for customer-facing and product roles), and salespeople (with experience selling into the legal vertical).

The team (csdisco.com/about) includes a YC W11 alum, the former CTO of Sonic Foundry, and alumni of Vinson & Elkins, Hogan Lovells, Pillsbury Winthrop, Camara & Sibley, Fulbright & Jaworski, and Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Yep that's pretty much mu experience with Linux. By the way I really like Linux (I used to use Ubuntu before they added Unity), however the constant fiddling with drivers and all kinds of stuff is just annoying.
What is the tl;dr movement?
Maybe provide a free download and allow users to play through tutorials or the first 2 levels then opt for a single in-app purchase to unlock the full game. One single in-app purchase that would have been the cost of the game anyway. No different than all those free demos we got to play on PC.
Hah, I used to ask this all the time when I interviewed folks. Although I worded it as "most proud of", rather than significant.

The best part about it is that it cuts so deeply. It gets to whether or not people are capable of getting things done. And it gets down to what a person thinks is important. It's amazing how common it is for devs to not care about the right things, and how easy it is for others not to notice such misaligned priorities.
Why would you need to pay SQL licensing costs? Couldn't you use their SQL storage platform (or Amazon's, or anybody else's)?
I was thinking about Amazon affiliate referrals for charity just the other days after a friend posted his charity's Amazon Smile referral link. Of course the Smile payout is a fraction of what the affiliate percentage pays. I was thinking about just having a page of with maybe the current top 50 items (five rows of ten) for the week in Amazon's sales rank - as cards with thumbnail and name/price/rating. Then I'd rotate through charities each week based on visitor input, verify the week's haul for them and cut a check to the charity. An alternative to the top 50 items would be to incorporate items related to LifeHacker's "best times to buy" lists. I figured I should just double check the TOS first and haven't had the chance. It's interesting to see others thinking about this.
Regarding his actual idea:

Years ago, I was drawn by Apple's attention to detail, UI, and UX, so I migrated from Windows to Mac OS X. Last week, I was drawn by Microsoft's attention to detail, UI, and UX, and have already started migrating from OS X 10.9 to Windows 8.1. (I'm typing this in IE11 right now on my rMBP actually, and I think I prefer it to Chrome.) The ideas and presentations in his article don't settle well with me. They feel like a huge step backwards in usability and design. I admit Windows 8.1 isn't perfect, but I don't think his changes fix any real problems that I have with it, and they certainly create some new ones.

That said, I am excited to see how MS is going to make the desktop environment more unified and consistent in the future, which I'm sure they're working on.
Maybe that's because the creators don't see their work as a "franchise" and are happy to have a vibrant community around their game without needing to milk it dry for money.
>It seems like a simple solution to me would be to make the game free, but with most features blocked behind a SINGLE in-app purchase.

This is the strategy of the Ouya - games on the market have to have a free, playable demo of some type in order to be included. I think it's great, and I'd like it even more on a mobile device since my phone isn't brand new and this would let me quickly find out whether the game will even be playable.
What happens if you're on a prepaid mobile plan and you try to call one of these numbers? Does it fail to connect?