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Mate, this was a fantastic comment and clarified quite a lot and pointed an error on my part. But then you go and drop this:

> (3) Frankly, you sound a bit paranoid and confrontational from your frequent posts (and edits of them) challenging downvoters. I don't think this is a good practice ...

That runs a risk of halting discussion in a somewhat unfriendly way. See, it puts the person you're speaking to in a sort of a bind - respond and come across paranoid/confrontational, or do not respond at all (after being said to be "sounding paranoid and confrontational"). A similar tack in a real life argument would be someone saying, "Why are you getting so worked up and making such a big deal out of this?"

It makes responding a delicate thing - about the only choices are to directly point it out, or high ground/bow out. It tends to halt discussion.

This is obviously polarizing to people, and originally no one was writing in as to why. Now, many people have done so, and I have learned. I'll refine my thoughts and lines of explaining to paint with less broad brushes going forwards, and keep context in mind more. I'm retiring from the discussion now, but thanks for taking a moment and sharing your perspective.
There are plenty of things that mn has been working on for millions of years and we still manage to build things that do the same job - is it just a matter of time before we build something to go between the ears?
That's a funny rant considering that Opera is closed source and WebKit is opensource.
This is not a "put food on the table tomorrow" strategy, but it does work: start blogging how you solve the problems of the people whose problems you want to solve. Continue blogging for a few years, gradually building up a reputation for yourself as a topical expert in the community.

You'll have to beat off offers with a stick.
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> Re: lack of quality, it is a classic "early days" problem. 1950s Japan had a reputation much like made-in-China has today. It is amazing Japan is synonymous with quality today.

Same with German products in the 19th century.
Ahh, you're right. I didn't spend enough time looking. Thanks!
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Do we really need to give carsonified the oxygen of publicity? This article is on par with "websites are dead. use channels like twitter, facebook for self promotion" (I think they are too serious to get the irony) which was a real gem in self-gratifying internet detritus.
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Clients are sometimes amused that I actually majored in English and philosophy, but I've never gotten any grief about it. Raise your rates because after 40 sites you're better than you were 3 years ago.
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So with enough liberalizing (and perhaps more Indian customers) the American HQ might move to India?
On a related note: get speaking gigs at conferences or support events that your target customers attend. It will take some work to establish yourself as a domain expert, but once done it's likely to bring you a steady stream of prospects.
And if you do not need millions of dollars.
The new way to find clients is by following the below principles ...........

1.Start a blog

2a.Write the content which showcases your expertise

2b.Identify pain points and share your expertise in those
areas

2c.publish the interviews of various persons who are (experts / kind of popular ) in the area in which you are doing consulting.(or) any good content which will of interest to target audience.

2d.in above way you will be building the audience and trust.and people will referring you to their friends if any need arises.

3.Make sure your content is very good/remarkable so that people can share..........

4.As your content spreads you will be known to many people and inturn they will ask you /your company to help on their project.

5.And also develop tools which will be helpfull to target audience.( A good tool spreads like any thing which inturns spreads your company name)

6.Participate actively in various online groups (related to the area in which you are doing consulting) .

you will be suprised when people are contacting you...........

7.Keep an eye on SEO as search engines are driving huge traffic to sites.(good landing page, blog will help in improving the SEO)

8.Adwords (spend some amount on adwords for good targeted keywords to attract diverse audience)

The above is popular referred to as inbound marketing (i.e you will not shout/beg at your prospects for getting leads inturn prospects are coming to.........:))

Important blogs to follow:

1.http://blog.hubspot.com/

2.http://www.webinknow.com/

3.http://www.chrisbrogan.com/

Important book to read
The New Rules of Marketing and PR (awesome and excellent)
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I have an unlimited text plan so there's no big issue for me

That sounds backwards... your paying $20/month on top of the data plan is precisely the issue here. Unless it's your parents' money :-P
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The iPhone gives apps push functionality starting with version 3, so on a native app text messages would be instantaneous.
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Especially worth reading, for motivation, is the first two events in his life (of the four that are mentioned) that spurred the creation of the book (pp 13-15).
I complained to a friend of mine who works at the Times - they're fixing it.
That's why I started saucelabs.com. We use Selenium to support businesses running their own web tests on 11 different browser/version/os combinations.
Running tests more than once at the same time by default is a very good idea.
If you're looking at the higher end of the market, perhaps 10-20k per project or more, referals and relationships is where it's at.

Think about how you would select someone for a project if you had £50k to spend on a project. Would you search the web and pick the company with the nicest website or most blog articles?

Or would you reach out to your contacts, see what other companies have done, seeking referals. When you're spending a lot of money, nothing soothes a buyer more than sound recommendations from people who have used you before.

I'm not saying the website isn't important. It is, as your 'shop front' and public image, very important. But it's a small part of the whole package.

So networking might the most important activity you can do, as you never know who you might meet.
Here's a crazy idea. Let's teach Ruby in intro programming classes instead of C, so as not to frighten away 90% of the population with pointer dereferencing and segfaults. You should teach C eventually to make them appreciate high level languages, but just not right away.
A lot of the above seem quite passive to me.
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Thank you. Personally, I appreciate it when friends let me know if I sound different than I intend. Merely replying or not does not come across as paranoid/confrontational -- it's the content that counts.
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Your program is much larger due to 64-bit pointers.

The big speed drops will occur with cache misses. Your L1 and L2 cache are only so big, and every cache miss will set you speed back about an order of magnitude.
He already has autism, what makes you think he'll be better off doing... well... what do you suggest he do instead?
Totally awesome. It's so cool to hear such great success stories about teaching programming, especially to those who are unlikely to take it up otherwise. I wish I could upvote this 100 times.
It's one of the books that I'm currently reading :)

It's from 1944 so it may be a little bit outdated, but there are plenty of physic laws that has not changed that much since then.

I've yet to finish the book, but I like the ideas that life is self-organizing agents that make order taking it from the disordered environment (negative entropy inside the agent but surely greater entropy in the outside). And that we need new laws to explain that behaviour.

Stephen Wolfram NKS may be right about some of this things.
Same here, there is no stable version of 1Password yet for Snow Leopard.

It's the first time I don't feel in a hurry to upgrade, I mean snapiness is great but if it's in the same range as the 10.5.x upgrades, it can wait.

I havn't heard anyone saying he was really really impressed by how faster Snow Leopard is.
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Absolutely. While some of the other introductions to Prolog cover the language quite well (_Programming in Prolog_ by Clocksin & Mellish is good), _The Art of Prolog_ unapologetically dives headfirst into the deep ideas in logic programming, then comes back to the surface and shows how standard Prolog captures them. Its focus on the big ideas ties it less to Prolog, and it sits very comfortably next to books such as SICP and CTM.

It's out of print and a bit expensive ($80-130ish), but the first edition goes for much cheaper. Prolog standardized between the two editions, and the second edition has 100+ pages of new material (including projects), but the former (closer to $6) will give you a pretty good taste.
damn, 500 euros...
"The menu bar can now show the date, not just the day of the week."

Oh joy, oh joy!!!! Maybe I am going to upgrade after all (this really bothered me).
From: http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Lisp/comp.lang.lisp/2004...

"" Here it helps that a Lisp-2 seperates variables and functions by default. Variables are usually not important parts of an application's ontology. If they are, the convention in Common Lisp is to use proper naming schemes, like asterisks for special variables. Effectively, this creates a new namespace."

Mmm, asterisks. This, to me, is why the whole Lisp-1/2 debate is moot. The
solution is simply Lisp-N, where you can define namespaces, modules, etc.
and control how they're used. See PLT Scheme etc."
A legal system which orders fines so vastly disproportionate to the "crime" is no longer a real legal system, but a joke. If you want to make a point, write a damn essay. Your job is to uphold the law, not screw with people to try to scare them into obedience. This is ridiculous. It's time for these judges to get axed and to get some competency back (assuming it was ever there in the first place) into the U.S. legal system.
Another day, another new idea for a browser which may or may not ever actually exist. Not impressed. If you want to make a better browser, stop talking about it and do it.
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I think GP was saying roughly "IM provides a means for encrypted communication, including the transfer of files. By HIPAA, we have to prevent the transfer of files containing patient medical information. The firewall can't distinguish among that encrypted traffic in order to PERMIT text chat but PREVENT all file transfers, thus the ability to transfer files securely via IM is an exploit as far as HIPAA is concerned."
If this appeals to you, then RescueTime (http://www.rescuetime.com/) might be right up your street.
Learn Prolog Now (http://learnprolognow.org/) is covers the basics better, IMHO, as does _Programming in Prolog_ by Clocksin & Mellish.
The result I'm looking for is clean, intuitive code. The Java hack for lambdas does not accomplish that at all.
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I agree with the comment saying that for the type of work you do, it's all about word of mouth & referrals. From what you're saying about getting leads through your professional contacts, it seems like you've already figured this out.

You should probably be quite open about giving anybody who brings you a paying client a hefty commission of 10% or more.

The only problem is that getting the word out there can be pretty hard work which involves periodically calling up everybody you know and reminding them of the fact that you're looking for projects.

To plug a venture I'm involved with: I believe a lot of these referrals and recommendations can be made much easier using online tools & that's what we've been trying do at http://www.venzen.co.uk - the visitors of the site are mostly London based SME owners looking for service providers such as yourself.
They are also a fairly common thing to find in cells

Interesting. You mean totally unfolded or not folded correctly (i.e. proteins that haven't started the process or proteins that went through it and got to the wrong state)?

Also, does this mean that "nature has solved this problem" aren't true? I.e. "nature" doesn't get it right all the time, just often enough that we're generally okay?
Ask HN: Cross-platform runtime for my project?
Web developer trying to do something (still web related) on the desktop.

I'm building an app in which I need to implement a desktop server portion (not http). It also needs a pretty GUI, mostly for providing tray/dock notifications and viewing web-type content, so probably something with a lightly-wrapped webkit reading local files or talking to an embedded HTTP server. It's important that my source code for the server portion not be utterly trivial to extract. It needs to run at least on OS X and Windows. I use Linux day-to-day myself, so I'd like to not leave myself out, but it seems very likely that paying customers will be more concentrated on the other two OSes.

I know PHP and JavaScript deeply. I have experience with Ruby and Python. I have experience with Java but I don't especially like it nor think my clients will appreciate the heavy runtime.

I was thinking of writing the server in PHP and using phc to compile it. Any better ideas or alternatives? There's py2exe, and I believe it would be possible to bundle all the necessary runtime with precompiled python files in a mac .app, but I expect python bytecodes are not very difficult to decompile.

For the GUI, there's AIR (ick: proprietary), XULRunner, and Titanium (crashes when trying to do much on my system) in the JavaScript-y space. What else should I look at? Remember that I need high-quality HTML/CSS/JavaScript rendering embedded. (Sort of? In a pinch, I could do notifications, config, and a list view in native-ish chrome and call the default browser to actually view the content. In this case the browser chrome would be no benefit, though, so I'd rather have this all together.)
Remember, this is what you pay without a contract. I don't think it's much for a phone (or rather, a full handheld Linux computer) with these specs (32 GB storage, 800x480 display, 5MP camera...). If you prefer to pay it monthly in your contract with a network operator, let's hope there'll be good deals.
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Perhaps with the corollary: Yes, it can be built in LEGO.
I've taken a shine to TaskWarrior, http://taskwarrior.org/projects/show/taskwarrior/

Here's a 30-second intro: http://taskwarrior.org/wiki/taskwarrior/30-second_Tutorial

And a more comprehensive display of abilities:
http://taskwarrior.org/wiki/taskwarrior/Simple

And combined with GeekTool, I've got a list on my desktop at all times.
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Reddit gives up core principle
Rumors and FCC documents suggest that the N900 will be available in USA with T-Mobile's 3G frequencies. Nokia probably wouldn't go through the effort of building a special version for T-Mobile US unless they have a deal in place that the device will be subsidised by the carrier.

So there's a fair chance that this will be available in the US for considerably less than 500 euros (my guess for the T-M price would be $199, but who knows?).
For the company I work for we build websites in the 100k - 500k range. Our first clients came from a professional relationship my boss had before he started the company. Then gradually as the company did work we gained a reputation for the sector, and in the products of our core compentencies. Now we have more leads then developers to finish them. They come from referrals of other clients (everyone in the sector seems to talk to each other) and a large part comes from our business partners (the companies that built our web platforms) referring us.
Instead of just having the program files on USB memory stick could you have a had a custom bootable linux environment instead - then getting the environment set up would just be a case of plugging in to a PC and booting up. Sometimes getting to the point where you start programming can be hard.

Just a thought.
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Second on Coding the Wheel.
IMHO 500 euros is reasonable considering that this is almost a computer in your pocket with real control for the user. It is my guess that an iphone 3GS would cost more than this without a contract and the device looks good as the iphone.
A common strategy is to engage a salesperson who has worked for similar companies, get them to use their book of contacts to sell your services. If you advertise for the salesperson, you should be able to find someone who will work on a freelance/commission-only basis.
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I think you are right - we need our website for potential leads to check out our work/testimonials but the sales will only come from initial 'real-world' interaction. To get referrals we need previous work, which is the problem really. The question is for this type of project (~£50k), how do we assure clients we can deliver a high quality solution, without a long list of previous clients. I think we need to find a couple of projects that we can undercut the competition on and deliver a superior solution. From there, we can build a reputation. It’s finding these initial clients that is the problem.

Thanks to everyone that's posted so far - every single point has been useful. We actually have a brand for lower budget websites that already uses some of the points here successfully. We can’t use these sites as ‘previous clients’ for the other service since they tend to be for small creative businesses rather than medium/large companies.
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Conferences are great - we've had a lot of success nailing clients in tech/industry conferences. Of course, you should be selective on the ones you choose to attend (avoid the high price/high BS ration ones).

Also, cold e-mails can work surprisingly well if you can lead with a warm-ish intro. Follow them on twitter, read their blog posts, quote their CEO, whatever.. Just something so that the recipient appreciates that this is not a generic email and understands that you've put effort into it.
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That's like saying that before writing a blog post, one should consult a psychologist to research every word's implications on human readers.

If you have a multi-billion dollar budget to test every pixel of the user interface then fine, but what if you're an indie developer and have to do with a budget of $100?
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What do you think is the best place to find iPhone development projects ? Also, what is currently the standard hourly rate for iPhone development?
Why is saying that "I don't think giving away ideas to massive corporations for free is a good idea because it ensures that startups will not be able to implement/grow those ideas" the worst response ever? This is a public forum that is monitored by who knows who - anyone looking for R&D could monitor this board for ideas. Who is the OP? His profile says, "student @ Hunter College" but his account was created 16 days ago. How do you know he/she doesn't work for MSFT/Apple and is just trying to get the HN community to do his/her work for them?

I think you are off on this one and, if there was an award for "Best overreaction of the day", I'd nominate your post.
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MacPorts Snow Leopard compatibility list: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/snc/snowleopard

I'm pleasantly surprised that, of all the things I care about, only ghc is broken.
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A few institutions teach e.g. Python, Scheme or Haskell as a first language. I agree C is a horrible first language.
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That's like saying extending a road from 4 miles to 4 million miles makes your car go faster.
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While this is certainly handy. I forsee lot's of problems for users typing their gmail password to autenthicate for other sites. Phishing has been around for a long time, and by using these authentication mechanisms it will only get easier.

For users it's not clear which site is legit.

This is legit:
hxxps://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=lso&domain=Socialauth.uswaretech.net&anonSign=1&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Faccounts%2Fo8%2Fud%3Fst%3DBDKB7DbZLrOEjmE3c2kS

This is not:
hxxps://www.google.com.evilsite.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=lso&domain=Socialauth.uswaretech.net&anonSign=1&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Faccounts%2Fo8%2Fud%3Fst%3DBDKB7DbZLrOEjmE3c2kS

For the avarage user, logging in means, click on the bookmark, see if a loginform pops up, log in.
Now it's go to random site, get asked for your gmail password, and type it or else 'no cookie for you'.

That being said, I have no solution for the problem.
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I'd say it's one of the biggest barriers to entry out there. Getting a dev environment set up for anything other than hacking a Wordpress template is non-trivial for most.

I use the stuff at PortableApps.com quite often with consulting clients who need Firefox/Audacity/Gimp in a hurry. Could there be a portable Ruby/Python/Django dev setup that could get a novice going quickly without having to install a bunch of files?
> Too bad the purpose it was written for (the so called expert systems) never really became popular

My impression is that expert systems became too popular (for a while, they were an overworked subject in CS academia and industrial hype literature alike) and died from an excess of broken promises.
Yes, I understand the business side. But I studied Computer Science in school. I take pride in my work, and I regard an expertly-forged piece of code as a work of art. It's not simply a means to an end, and, even if sometimes I complain a lot, I hope even my employer sees the benefit in my taking what I do so seriously.