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i too thought 80's and 90's hacker culture might have subsided. and not to be a fanboy or anything, but then i actually read the arc source yesterday.

http://www.arclanguage.org/item?id=10254

loaded it up like the 'how-to-run-news' file mentions. and it worked. and when you start reading the actual arc and scheme source, you may notice there is like an entire language in one file. it's crazy. it's like how your average non technical person might imagine it: there's this 'programming language file'. the whole source is like a dozen files (forget line count, the fact that you can even conceptually organize it that well is crazy). and then you start to re-read 'on lisp' -- and it's like holy crap, why was i not paying attention, and then maybe you're rewriting your code from whatever other project you were working on and basically you're happy and hacking again....

true story. i only mention it here because obviously this is hacker news and so people might be interested in hacker news.
I think that without the OLPC project and the fact that it identified that market these would not exist.

Even now there are plenty of people that would like sub $100 netbooks to disappear as soon as possible because there is very little room for bundle deals at that pricepoint.

If you strip out the windows license on this thing it costs about $65.
I agree with the cumin sentiment. I'm also a big fan of cutting up any leftover meats: sausage, bacon, cooked ham/steak; and throwing it in a pan with some onions and leftover veggies. Then, after they're all heated up and the onions are soft, I throw in a bunch of scrambled eggs and cheese and serve it on a tortilla with salsa. It's not necessarily the healthiest meal ever but you can do the same with tofu instead of meat to make it a little less caloric. In that case you'll probably need a little oil or butter though.
> When over the years processors get faster, the code can execute faster, but in the above case it cannot.

Sure it can. You can drop the limit whenever you change processors. In fact, you can tune the limit for a given call to be the max time taken by that call. As the implementation or resources change, the limit changes.
Costs as much as the iPhone, weaker, and it won't even fit in your pocket!
But you can be root.
You don't buy an iPhone for $100, you get a plan that you will pay a premium on that will pay for 'your' iPhone.

I'm putting the 'your' in quotes here because it seems that Apple thinks it still owns it as well, even though they give you the thing and give you a bill of sale.
This a shameful plug, but for those who are associated with the RIT community--or have a desire to be--the RIT Student Maker Club is starting up again this fall: http://www.makeclub.org/ . Make Club is a young group, but it is trying to mix aspects of Make magazine, dorkbot, barcamp, and a hackerspace workshop.

This upcoming quarter we will have meetings in the "Center for Student Innovation," at the RIT campus on Fridays from 7-9PM. Members of the RIT community and respectful outsiders are welcome.

Beginning this quarter, we will align ourselves to support the Rochester-area bicycling and lightweight vehicle ecology. (See a clickable mindmap from RIT professor Jon Schull here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/602488/RochesterBikeEcology.pdf#t... ) Plans are in motion for radical new vehicle designs, electronic instrumentation to track efficiency, and good ol' DIY projects (LED headlights, etc.).
You can still hack today like they did in the 90's. You just need to smile and wear a suit. Adapt, don't die. ;-)
I think there are more people interested in it now. I wouldn't go so far as to agree with the older folks that seem to think that "all those young kids know everything about technology", but at the same time, there are classes now devoted to introducing kids to some pretty high-tech stuff.

When I was in school -- in the East Bay -- about the most advanced tech class around was the a/v class in junior high.

I would also point out the meteoric rise in popularity of programming forums and the like.

(I am the author of the rebuttal post, in case it wasn't clear.)
http://groups.google.com/group/nyyc
So basically an app oriented browser like chrome but without a windows or mac version yet?

I just can't picture people choosing this browser simply because it integrates with facebook.
This would work with three rows, with the home row being the middle one.
Resolution means jack squat if you will be using the thing as an Emacs station at 25x80 ;-)
This has been going on for a long time, long before Bing became Bing. They are actually usefully large discounts in some cases (10-20% is not uncommon), though.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, though, I rarely do my actual searching there because it returns dramatically fewer and less effective results than Google shopping. So, I search with Google for a good price from a good vendor, and then see if Bing wants to give me some cashback on that specific purchase.

I've always wondered how this plays out for vendors. I'm guessing their paying at least some of the kickbacks.
Advances in Distributed Security (2003)
Save the bones and skin for making stock.
David Weekly and much of the Dojo crew are also the forces behind SuperHappyDevHouse (http://shdh.org).
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Yea I know. I'm just saying when get one of these china made and designed computers you'll realize they're probably worth far less than $100.
I'm pretty sure this is about more than the money.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll choose a better license! I agree that scraping is bad, but there was no other easy way to do what I wanted (the english improvement program that I talk about in the article), so I had to write this code.
A friend of mine travelled through Europe while he did gsoc, staying at friends' places mainly.
What exactly are 'crumbles'. Googled it and no easy joy there. Are they the same as what goes in apple crumble?

Actually it seems to be a feature of american recipes to list branded ingredients, they don't translate easily (and its kinda wrong anyway).

Sorry, english (and a bit anti-capitilist).
I live in New York, I heard that he used to play here every week, as recently as a year ago. I regret that I never saw him play. I regret even more that I never took my fater to see him play.
Especially when now cafes are now kicking out laptop owners even if they do buy.
It's not about the money. It's about protecting consumers.
>California-style rolling blackouts would be history.

"Enron-style" might be more accurate.
Thanks, will watch that one!
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I wonder if this affects the integrity of the searches (in other words is whether or not you find cashback articles tied to the serps and whether they are marked as such or not).

Google shopping has partitioned out for exactly that reason, even though google 'shopping' results still appear in unlikely high positions in their results (where I think they ought to be removed entirely, their relevance is doubtful) they are marked as such.

this sample has a bunch of shopping links in it:

http://www.google.com/search?q=pocket+protector&hl=en

Btw, I just noticed 'sponsored links' appearing above bing results.
Surprised no one has posted this link yet:
http://hackingisnotcracking.com/

It's only 100 days old on HN. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=577224

I found the link memorable, anyway. I've been sharing it with my "liberal arts friends" when they talk about hacking as if the sum of its parts resulted in the OP's third paragraph.
Great idea, would love to see something like this in the LA area.
Does anyone else think the logo looks like Firefox exploding OmniWeb from the inside like the end of The Matrix?
Certainly a nice stat to see, but what I think would be significantly more interesting is data on bulk buyers of domains. After all, a drop in deletions says nothing about the purchasing of said domains; what would be great to see is a drop in bulk domain purchases.
This is actually a pretty cool little machine, it looks to be a total knock-off of the low end asus eee pc, except that they stuck an ARM in it.

Can anybody make out what that thing is to the top left of the right hand hinge on the screen portion ?

Feature list:

7" 800x480 TFT

2G nand flash

266 MHz ARM cpu (AK7802Q216)

64 MB DDR RAM

mic jack

earphone jack

WIFI

SD slot

3x USB

RJ 45 Ethernet port

7.4V 1800 mAh battery

charger

Software:

win CE
ms word viewer

ms excel viewer

physical dimensions:
213.5mm x 141.8mm x 30.8mm

I wonder that the battery life is, ARM chips are pretty frugal.
You're wrong about the resolution, it's 800x480, the quoted price is for the 2G flash version.
Yeah real hacking is still around, just take a look at any torrent tracker to find pretty much any app/game hacked. Or better yet how about all those security breaches at Pentagon and NASA.

The reason you don't see "real" hackers hacking, is because they aren't eager to have public identities, since they don't feel like getting arrested/sued into oblivion.
Ask HN: what's your favorite web regression test software?
Mrs Browl needs some suggestions for QA testing / validation / web regression software at the firm where she works (a moderately complex b2b webapp - mostly C#/.net, some legacy VB, ruby, python stuff). Sciptable or macro recording would be good, FOSS would be better, but recommendations for commercial software up to a few thousand would be feasible.

!Reward? One (1) free beer at the next SF HN meetup (details coming soon)!

Thank you kindly!
Thank you. They're made with love.
here is a good starting point:

http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2007/11/18/camkeys-is-a-s...
Ask HN: Case studies of equity splits between cofounders 
I've seen the "dividing the pie" calculator, but I'm more curious as to actual examples of equity splits between cofounders. Below's one link. Any more out htere?

http://www.startup-book.com/2008/10/30/equity-split-in-start-ups/

On a related note, has the initial equity split between Zuckerberg and his cofounders ever been revealed? I know that he had assembled a team of 5, just wondering what the other guys (all of whom I believe have since departed FB) ended up with.
Do you own one or have experience with it ?
Since the site is getting popular I think we might need a karma barrier to upvote. Meaning, the newbies would not be able to vote up a story or if they were able to the vote would not count. It would just be saved without pushing it onto the front page.

This policy would help attenuate the effects of the people that do not know the rules to the front page. Worth a thought experiment at the very least.
If solar panels become cheaper they become cheaper for centralized facilities as well. So how does that change the equation?
You're better off just using a constant-time algorithm which uses the same number of operations for all inputs. Few systems, if any, have sub-nanosecond-resolution timers, let alone thread schedulers which have quanta of that size.
Music doesn't get heard unless you tell people about it. At it's most basic level, that's what marketing is. Of course it can and often is much more sophisticated or manipulative, but that's the core of it.

So if you have music you want people to hear, you need to get it on the radio, get it played in clubs, have it reviewed etc. Most people don't _hunt_ for music, they find what they like passively. So if you want more ears, you have to work to get the music in front of them.

That takes expertise and time. Artists don't necessarily have either -- not if they're giving the music the time it deserves.

Hence labels. They understand marketing, have money to pay for studio time, handle the technical details -- engineering, mastering -- and have the distribution channels.
It's $100 man lighten up. I'll bet you can do some cool hacking on it.
It bothers me that I can't sarcastically deride meta-glop without being a hypocrite.
wow that track pad looks small. I am reluctant to say that this laptop is usable at all for day to day usage. Probably wont be able to run youtube on 64mb ram and 266mhz cpu.
Ask HN: Emulation for a wide variety of cell phones?
Can anyone point to an emulator which I can use to test my mobile web app on a broad spectrum of devices?
I know there are many manufacturer-specific emulators, but I was hoping to find a "holy grail".
"a cowboy on the electronic frontier typing silently the night away to a CRT monitor but the internals (of man and machine) is intense full of drama"

Life in a startup company is similar to this sometimes :-)

Conceiving and executing a successful technology startup, is quite a rare ability and to me, is like the "ultimate hack". Twitter and Facebook don't quite count because I don't understand how they are making money or what their product even is.

But there are also plenty of posers who talk the talk and have pretty blogs and like to talk business ideas.
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You'll be able to type on it faster than iPhone. Not to mention attach USB peripherals. Although I'm into tablets too, very often what I need from a portable doesn't demand much in the way of processing power, just the basics.

As a bonus, the cheaper products like this, being made with generic parts, are often more hackable/upgradeable than the more expensive branded models where features are locked down to ensure market segmentation.
Some more details would make this post informative rather than simply an arcane inside reference.
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Cambridge isn't far from London - so you should just come here. :)
I've used the eee pc (same form factor) on trips to keep an eye on things and read email, the trackpad is small but usable, for longer uses add a very small travellers mouse.

It explicitly states it can do H.264 in the docs (for skype), not sure if it will even do flash.

It is definitely not meant for all day usage, but if you're a kid then it's doable (small keyboards work better with small fingers :) ).
you mean vi?
Here's one of my carefully developed hacker easy dinners, refined over a number of years, optimized for minimal prep and cleanup time, cost, and healthiness:

* Family-size package of bone-in chicken thighs with skin
* 4 cups white rice
* Bag of frozen vegetables

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Salt and pepper chicken.
3. Place chicken on half sheet pan.
4. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, until the juices run completely clear, with
no trace of pink, when a fork is inserted.

While the chicken's cooking:

1. Place rice in saucepan.
2. Add 2 cups water (or as much as the package instructions say).
3. Bring to boil.
4. Turn heat down as low as it goes, stir, and cover pot.
5. Cook for approximately 15 minutes, or until all the water has been absorbed. Do
not lift the lid until the end, to check whether the water's been absorbed.

5 minutes before the chicken and rice are done:

1. Place frozen vegetables in a microwave-safe container.
2. Add a few tablespoons of water.
3. Microwave for 5 minutes.
4. Salt and pepper.

Upsides: It takes 20 minutes, it will all be ready at the same time, there are only two pieces of cookware to clean, it makes enough for dinner for a week, and it costs about $10 total.

Downsides: It doesn't taste very phenomenal. But, hey — cooking food that tastes good is what makes cooking time-consuming.

The chicken will taste better if you brown both sides in some butter and vegetable oil in a frying pan first, but that takes more time. If you don't want the carbs in the rice, you can switch in some black beans.
Linux NULL pointer dereference due to incorrect proto_ops initializations
Oh, awesome. I just applied to join.
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Smart move on the SD slot - that and a USB flash drive would do the job for a lot of amateur photographers. There's a pretty good selection of software for ARM linux too.
I just use twitter to post status updates, I don't know nor care what tweetrank is, and I don't try to game the system or get a million people following me. I follow friends and friends follow me.

I never retweet stuff. To me that is the equivalent of mass email forwards and god I hate those.

Is it time for me to feel weird now or is it just the world that has gone crazy over some new emperor's clothes?
Let's raise the level of abstraction a bit.

1. Heat oil in pan (until oil is hot; should flow like water)

2. Add vegetables (almost always including onion); cook, while stirring, until soft.

3. Add seasonings (salt, pepper, spices, garlic, etc.)

4. Add in a protein; continue stirring, until everything is cooked through.

5. Optionally, add a liquid and simmer.

This process is the basis for cooking a lot of foods, and it pays to get it down really well. Consider:

- Protein is ground meat; liquid is a can of tomatoes. This is pasta bolognese sauce.

- Lots of vegetables; liquid is soy sauce and optionally a slurry of cold water and cornstarch. This is a basic Chinese stir fry.

- Protein is ground meat; liquid is mixture of beef stock, crushed tomatoes, and a can of beans. This is chili.

- Vegetables are bell peppers and onions; meat is andouille sausage; season heavily with Cajun spices; liquid is chicken stock and long-grain rice. This is jambalaya.

Sure, these aren't real recipes, but once you have the above procedure down, it's just a matter of developing an intuition for taste and some knowledge of how ingredients work (e.g., 2.5 cups liquid per cup rice), and most basic cooking is pretty simple.
Is zoho hiring?
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Fonzie jumped the shark because the show was running out of ideas. We won't ever be out of ideas for software.

Sure, at work I dig around lots of legacy stuff and stitch it together. But it never feels assembly line to me even when I'm not thrilled about a specific task. I'm always solving the most important problem of the moment and trying to think about the best way to do it (in terms of balancing time, knowledge, clarity, efficiency, etc...).

Only in the last few years I've seen some of the best software I've ever encountered. Ableton Live is unbelievably insanely great. Max/Msp/Jitter is an inspiring playground I could stay in forever. There is some great hacking out there and plenty of culture to support it.
Just guessing, but I'm sure they can't wait to get away from AT&T themselves.

When they first introduced the iPhone, they didn't have the leverage the do now.
It's not about the effects, it's about the drive and the feel. A new place, alien and exciting, and you knew, you suspected, you had no idea what could happen there. The things you did, the community you found, all very pure, like thinking code for three days straight. You'd cut your identity down to six characters or so. You could earn your stay, picking off a national company, with the cheapest of your tools. It's not about the effects, yet now you look back and see a petty thief.

Now, the land is settled, everyone and their grandchildren are here, skyscrapers everywhere. You talk to everyone here, you talk business. You use your name - why wouldn't you? Once almost everywhere had the feel. Now, we look for its analogue in dead musicians, business, pleasure - dressed in not-suits, slurping whole-grain ramen, in our exclusive club, HN, no memes allowed.

Like noname123, I'm not sure if I'm doing justice. I think my point is that it's not about what people accomplish. Great and not-so-great people have been doing amazing things for a while now. Once, though, there was a place that seemed to force you to drop that extra crap - your name, your latest grab for cash, your ego. Usenet before the Eternal September, programming before dot-com, the internet before social networking. Now everyone's here, no effort, no stigma, business as usual.

It's not our fault, we didn't mess this up. It's just what happens, after a while. That frontier feel isn't dead though - it's just waiting for us to start going up into space, filtering reality through wearables, hooking circuits into our heads.
In C++, the problem becomes so bad that the language designers capitulated in some instances, and you have to tell the compiler if something is a type or an identifier. Haven't tested this example, but you get the point:

struct test
{
typedef int bar;
};

template <class T> struct foo
{
typename T::bar x; // if you leave off 'typename', it won't compile
};

foo<test> y;
y.x = 5;

What I don't quite understand is why, if it won't compile in the first place (i.e. there is no ambiguity, just correct or incorrect), you need to specify it in the first place. I suspect it somehow makes compiler implementation easier.
I don't know their reasoning for this awesome offer, but I do know that the company's founders are regularly invited as speakers because the company is an exemplar for recruiting and retaining good people. This seems like another innovative way for them to do this - not so much from the founders that participate as from the goodwill and publicity this effort generates.
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Urgh, I can't stand coding on those tiny keyboards.
They're a ground beef substitute that manages to be even more inedible than even the shittiest ground beef. It's mostly chewy filler, not even soy -- the offal of agri-business faux-meat.

Instead throw thinly sliced onion and firm tofu into a hot dry skillet and toss regularly. After it starts to brown, add butter and sliced fresh hot peppers. After that's integrated add ground spices: cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, coriander, black pepper. While this is happening you can be frying eggs in the pan at the same time. When it's getting ready to leave the pan, you can add things like fresh garlic (it's better lightly cooked) and cheese (if it browns well). You can clear the flavor residue out of the hot pan by adding a splash of sherry, vinegar, or tamari.

Try to avoid the tofu that comes waterlogged in a little failure tub. Most large grocery stores have a brand that comes in a vacuum-sealed bag, usually costing 3x as much, and it's worth it (like 'Wildwood' at Safeway). You can usually also get decent fresh tofu at local coops and asian immigrant groceries. You can also make it yourself, which usually results in a nice crumbly texture: make extra-strength soy milk, add dash of vinegar to coagulate, squeeze through cheesecloth.
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> There are "shell" laptops that look and function like any other laptop, but they're just shells.

Can you elaborate on that ? If the look like and function like any other laptops aren't they simply laptops ?
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