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Oh, it's that guy. Awesome. That's perked my interest more than Stephenson joining them.
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I used to agree with this mentality, but I've seen first-hand how important a really good principal can be. Over the past three years my kids elementary school has turned around the direction of test scores, teacher attrition, and the overall mood and enthusiasm of the whole school staff.

One great example from last year was when the school was facing budget cuts after a bond failed. Rather than cut any teachers or staff, she was able get a massive PTO fundraising effort to bring in tens of thousands from the local community. She also worked with local businesses to donate thousands of dollars worth of paper, office and maintenance supplies, and even food for some of the fundraising events.
There is a case to not use JQuery: When you really don't need it. I.e. you have one call to JQuery and it can easily be done natively. Then by removing JQuery you make the page download and load faster.

If you are using just the basic JQuery features you could consider Zepto instead, so a smaller download but still giving you the abstraction you desire.
Curiosity rover finds active, ancient organic chemistry on Mars
I just used ssh and if you need a GUI then you can use chrome remote desktop, it works with Linux now too: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-remote-desk...
Right off the bat, on the first 3 examples, he shows how you need to use different APIs depending on the IE version.

That alone is enough reason to use jQuery and not having to bother.
Just to say thanks! I am 34 and and live in Brazil. The magazine was really expensive here, more than USD 30 per issue but still I got all issues. It helped me make my career path and I still cherish them a lot.

Thanks a lot for the hard work!
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If you are the one designing your applications, don't rely on SIGTERM and clean shutdowns. Design them so SIGKILL is the default way to stop them such that no data is corrupted and persistent state stays consistent. Then you don't have to rely on some rarely executed "recovery" code, or even worse take chances of what might happen if SIGTERM doesn't work.

Handle SIGTERM only if you get a blackbox-like application (a database that will break if you pull the power plug on it) and so on.
The tutorial in how to do things without JQuery is actually hugely useful to me.

I have been considering a project where for various reasons it would be much better to avoid JQuery, and I realized that I had no idea how to do some common things without JQuery. This is a well-organized guide.

It would be even better if he took out the three sentences after every section that just say, over and over again, "So why would you use JQuery, isn't this just as good?"

Who cares, sometimes I agree sometimes I don't, and the boilerplate argument repeated over and over sounds whiny and gets in the way of the actual useful information OP has to impart.

If you have your own external reasons to consider doing without JQuery (as I do), then an _honest_ assessment of where you are likely to have the most trouble would be more useful, than just repeating "Really, you're an idiot if you think you need JQuery" over and over again.

Still, useful documentation, thanks.
Forking is copying, and by making a project public on a platform where the ToS mean that includes permitting forkng, there is a good argument that there us an implied-in-fact license; the question then becomes what the bound are of that license. One of the reasons you probably want an explicit license is to avoid that issue. There are lots of things you can do without an explicit license that can give rise to implied license.
The funny thing is during the 2004-2008 bubble, you were not allowed to compare real estate to real estate.
Founder of JobBoard.io here. Job boards can be a great way to supplement monetization of a niche audience. Expect it to take a while to build traction, but when you do it can be quite valuable. I agree you should start by not charging for posting.

Once the audience is built up, by specializing and being in a niche you should be able to charge MORE for postings than a more generic job board.

We put together a pretty comprehensive blog post a while back on the topic of job board marketing and promotion, you may find it useful:

http://blog.jobboard.io/post/44541289000/how-to-promote-your...

It covers things like email marketing, social and using backfill to beef up your inventory....hope this helps!
I think that's the case. From the UK's gov.uk site[0]:

"It is illegal to pay directly for general transactions with dollars or Euros."

[0] https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/russia/money
What are your plans for an Android app, for synching/sharing contacts between gmail and GAE accounts, and for linking to or integrating with social networks?

Thanks!
During the last 18 months, vendors have come to realize that advertising on Websites doesn't work at all. You can verify this by counting the number of times you've bought anything by clicking on an ad you saw on a website. Most people I've asked say 0, 1, or 2 items, with a heavy skew towards zero.

For publications in markets with a large number of vendors, the pool of vendors who still see advantage in web ads (such as ads that don't expect purchases, say, as for an upcoming movie) will sustain them. But the software development tools market is small with fewer than 100 vendors, many of which don't advertise at all.

So, essentially, there just was not enough advertising to keep us going.
Okay that makes sense...I figured that since they were showcasing Glam.com and Brash.com on their homepage, that those sites were a major part of their business, but from those numbers it looks like they're a tiny fraction of their whole network's traffic. I'd be interested in seeing a list of all of their properties.
You used a argument grounded in a certain view of economics.

The GPL argument is that economics is the wrong starting point. The GPL is meant as a form of social good, for the people-as-users of software to be in control of what they have. Using an economics argument means you start with the premise that the GPL rejects, so of course you'll consider the GPL to be on the wrong footing.

You might consider the GPL more in line with Right to Repair bill in Massachusetts, which requires automobile manufacturers to provide the same information to independent repair shops as they do for dealer shops.

(Obviously 86% of the state who supported the initiative were idealists. :)
Here's a fun exercise in speculation: How long does HN think it will be between confirming life (e.g. bacteria), confirming life (e.g. mammals / bugs), and confirming intelligent life?

(Never is an an acceptable answer for all 3, but please state why you hold your position)
You sooooo do need jQuery if your web apps needs to run on as many browser/versions as possible.
Wow! A Xobni replacement for Gmail!
Yeah the article is kind of disjointed with this message.

I can get behind the core idea though, which is you should always pick some license. It isn't that hard to do these days, anyone using github should easily be able to understand the basics of at least the GPL, LGPL, MIT and BSD licenses if not from reading them directly then from the very many summaries of them easily available on the web.

At the very least, publicly declare your code is in the public domain. I realize there is much debate on whether public domain even legally exists as a concept anymore in many countries, but at least such a declaration acts as a strong signal you are okay with me using your code.
Even so, was that true of any of the billion dollar companies before they joined YC, though? I'm not sure it was.
Bezos doesn't give many interviews, so this was interesting to see. I also recommend the book about him and Amazon that came out earlier this year:

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2014/06/04/review-the-everything...

In some ways, Amazon is the most unusual of the big tech companies; at least it seems that way to me. Microsoft, Apple, Google, and even newer companies like Facebook seem to have a lot more in common with one another than with Amazon.
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Hiring a sci-fi author is not that odd. Lots of sci-fi authors have done proper consultancy gigs for serious organisations.
Man I am almost done Reamde and would not recommend that to anyone. I have a massive vocabulary and I was still looking up words every few pages. Every time I suspected it was a synonym for a simpler word, and every time I was right.

Writing aside I've found the plot pretty slow with not much interesting happening for most of the Zula portions (ie. middle half of the book). Maybe Stephenson's level of detail just isn't for me but it really wants for editing.
Yes, this is exactly what happened today. Many Russians were buying anything they could for their cash.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102273163
You seemed to suggest that 3D printer is never the ideal way to make something, but of course if I need the part as soon as possible 3D printing usually is.

My long rant about CNC machining was meant to highlight the huge amount of labor involved in machining things. It takes a lot of human skill to write a CNC program (I do expect that to eventually change though) and more labor to set up the machine to get the first part made. In the time it would take me to CNC something I can print a part while I eat a sandwich or run some errands.

Of course 3D prints are slow to produce, but that is counteracted by the fact that it takes less of my involvement to get the parts made. It takes less overall effort to produce a part by print than by machining.

I mentioned metal but the entire story I wrote applies to plastic machining as well - just replace "Campbell Metal" with "Professional Plastics". They're both across from the Fry's off Brokaw.

I totally don't expect most people to have "run into" a time where home 3D printing is best, but you can still do thought experiments. 3D printing is far more accessible to most people than CNC machining is. As home machines get better and we gain more critical mass of users, we will see more designers who take advantage of the stuff that can be made at home. That's what I'm doing with 3D printable robots, and luckily I have a good intersection between people who want to make robots and people who own a 3D printer.

I would say the two key differences between 3D printing and machining is that 3D printing takes zero skill to operate and zero or near-zero labor. Not all home machines have delivered on the ease of use promise of course, but that is an issue with the machines, not the process.

My point is, no other manufacturing technique is well-suited for use at home aside from perhaps laser cutting. The value in printing is of course not the quality of the parts, but the fact that it is a type of manufacturing accessible to consumers. Imagine if Dyson provided printable replacement parts for example, and you can begin to see the value.

Every manufacturing technique has trade offs. A single print takes longer than machining a single part, but with less set-up. Time to first part can often be lower on a 3D printer.
I have to hand it to you selkin, you took that in stride. Kudos! :)
The view I've seen chucked round a lot is that social ads (i.e. Facebook) are much more effective than almost anything except a Google ad that is on a Google search results page. This is especially the case if you're trying to build awareness of a product a viewer would have no reason to otherwise search for in the first place.

This point is likely to prove very contentious thanks to a critical mass of HNers with vested interest on either side.
Nice catch! I will have to make sure to listen for that the next time I watch :)
We're definitely looking at it.
Starting pay for teachers by state, averaged (varies district to district) [0]. DC (admittedly, not actually a state, but a separate entity so should be counted here) is the highest at $51,539. The rest are mostly well below that mark. Since pay for teachers is primarily time and not merit based, I searched for a few specific examples. In the state of GA you can find what an individual is paid by the state if you know their name. I found a friend with 9 or 10 years experience who's only making $41k (no masters degree). Another friend, same job and county, making some $47k with about 15 years of experience. Same county, elementary school teacher with 1 or 2 years experience made $30k. I've run out of teachers I know in that district.

This is, for this county, "good" pay. This is not, for the level of responsibility and time commitment required of them, good pay. They're expected to maintain their certifications on their own time. They're expected to remain current on the field they teach on their own time. They're expected to finish their masters degree on their own time and dime. All with less than $50k income and having families.

$82k for a professional after 30 years with a masters degree is not "good pay". It's ok pay. It's certainly enough to keep them out of debt, I'd hope, but it's not going to make up for the 12+ hour workdays they'll have spent most of their adult life dealing with. And it takes 30 years to get to that point in your state. Do they get tuition assistance for that masters degree? What's the average cost and how much of that pay raise is actually spent dealing with the debt incurred in paying for the degree?

[0] http://www.nea.org/home/2012-2013-average-starting-teacher-s...

EDIT: The teachers I looked up teach in the same district so they're getting the same locality adjustments so it's an apples-to-apples comparison. Going one county north results in boosted pay, but it's simultaneously a wealthier county and scarier (violent crime in schools) county.
Danielle seems like a great founder.
Ground breaking was in 2007. Design preceded it. That means less than $50 million a year -- tenths of a percent of their budget on the project.

Throw in the "shovel ready project" aspect and there was no political will to halt the project from the Executive or Legislative branches of the Federal Government.
I think at bigger firms ( the kind that can actually afford in house IT) they have runners, paralegals, various secretaries and assistants of sorts, etc to deal with that. Lawyers and IT types don't deal with mountains of paperwork. I do know of a solo practitioner who deals with tons and tons (literally) of paperwork. I have a feeling people are projecting their big(ish) law experiences on the profession as a whole.
This is literally a toy.
I agree with both of you. Fire some administrators... but not the good principals. :) There appears to be some room for improvement at a level higher than school principal.
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I know, what possible use could a company with game designer postings on its website have for someone who writes fiction? (science or otherwise...)
Yes, that's true. I was actually surprised that they didn't exit for more. Ask question 1 again and replace Indeed with Google.
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iOS and Mac apps are coming next, while we perfect Android compatibility. We're also working on contact sharing among accounts. It's our biggest request, and we want to make sure it's right. As for social networks, we already integrate with a number of them. What would you like to see?
You're very welcome. Thank you
Contract physics simulator would be a huge boon. I know smart contracts are supposedly to take us some small steps along that path, but the real value is in being able to visualize and perform such mappings in existing contracts.
What I find so funny is I met Mike Moore in person and he told me that the secret of success is to be entrepreneurial!
I am think that almost all people in tech would be using adblock.
I saw the screenshot utility right away. And I haven't seen or thought about anything like this. Nice idea!
When I was still a boy, I would run down to the local pharmacy nearly weekly and eagerly check the magazine rack for new copies of Dr. Dobb's Journal. It was the main pipe through which I learned about the beautiful and intricate world of programming.

I tossed all those magazines in a fit of purging when I was leaving home and heading to college. There may be a handful still in some storage box.

Thanks, Dr. Dobb's.
Re: Transmutation - yes. Helium is produced via radioactive decay of Uranium and Thorium, and can make up significant portions of natural gas fields.

http://geology.com/articles/helium/
I'm sure you're aware of this, but for others who may not know: the 2.x versions of jQuery dropped support for old browsers (IE 6, 7, 8) to reduce size (12% smaller) and complexity necessitated by being so backwards-compatible [0].

Thankfully we only support IE9+ where I work, so I grab the latest 2.x version these days.

[0] - http://blog.jquery.com/2013/04/18/jquery-2-0-released/
I'm just a layman, but I wonder if that sort of ability from a n administrator is exactly the sort of thing that would be less likely to happen with larger and larger administrative staffs?
I use https://vibeapp.co that is really good and have client for iOS and android.
Is there any comparison chart of vibe vs fullcontact features?
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What happens if the DMV makes a mistake and incorrectly changes the car registration to your name? Do I still get to keep those 4 bitcoins forever?
Admob only requires internet permissions, at least last time I used it.
>>“We can’t operate under the premise that we’re only willing to spend a certain amount of money on our children’s education.”

Love that! Instead we must operate under the assumption that we're willing and able to spend an infinite amount of money on education!

That kind of brilliant analysis is part of how governments manage to waste tons of money ineffective programs.
I believe OP shares your sentiments, and that you mistake the usage here.

'Shame' as used here is shorthand for 'that's a shame,' which used colloquially to express disappointment colored with sympathy and understanding, does not imply that any of the nominal subjects is being criticized.

Source: I'm a native English speaker.
Neat solutions. I've edited my question to include some other details. In short, everything needs to run in the browser, and I'm not sure if Chrome is an option, it may just be IE or Firefox.
Ask HN: What is your domain name purchasing experience?
The process for purchasing domain names (that are not immediately available) is generally a large black box to me. I am curious about both positive and negative personal experiences with domain name purchases – especially non-standard purchases such back-ordered names, domain drops, etc.
I agree with you, though I think it is because of the authors style. Check out some of Chris Done's ats code examples in a more appealing style:

https://gist.github.com/chrisdone/c23251e8b975dc805876
So many of the author's examples required different bits of code for different browsers. It's almost like they don't understand why people use jQuery and just chalk it up to ignorance when using a framework it's almost a necessity these days.

It's this stupid "you're not a real developer unless you're twiddling bits on your hard drive with a magnet" mentality that I absolutely despise.
I wrote the company profiles myself. I found all kinds of companies with jobs that weren't posted on any other job boards. Growing an initial audience was the easy part for me because my site was very different from other job sites. Monetizing while continuing to grow the site was what killed me. I relied too much on SEO, and one of Google's whims essentially put me out of business. Most of the startups in the space that I saw fail couldn't even get an initial user base.
You can "eat the cake and have it too" with something like this: http://microjs.com/

Basically you import everything you need and only what you need. Need extend? No prob: http://microjs.com/#extend - just pick one. And with browserify and npm literally everything you need to do to include a library in your project is a single command, so having to include "that many libraries" is not really a problem.

I'm a huge fan of having many little libraries instead of a few big ones, and JS - both on the backend and frontend - makes this possible to the bigger extent than most other environments.
Yahoo is huge outside Western countries.
This was my reaction as well.

I've had a lot more serious problems with my Lollipop-updated Nexus 5 than I have with my Windows 8.1 desktop PC over the past month.

Software quality in general is IME pretty bad these days and the problems go way beyond just Microsoft.
Wow what a bummer--it will definitely be missed. I fondly remember reading great articles about graphics programming and C++ development back in the 90's.
After the tinkering stage of software development, this magazine gave me articles about real algorithms. It filled the gap perfectly. Then I went on to university with a real head start.
I went to the wharf and Pirates took over Christmas 2014
That sounds very interesting, I'll have to give that podcast a spin. Though I do wonder if it sounds too much about the process of the media, instead of a recalibration of the stories themselves. And I also worry about already getting too much of my news from NPR sources.
That was Return of the Jedi.
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> The Kindle is trying to reduce friction for reading a whole book. It’s working.

Yes, yes it does. At least it does for me. I haven't read as much and bought as many books in decades. A considerable part of my media consumption time has shifted away from series, movies and internet back to books. Mostly because it's so damn easy to get the next book. And the next. Etc.
Another question is in which order this would happen - if there is no other life in the solar system it might very well happen that we find (signs of) intelligent life before simple life.
But over the years, teachers have been expected to supply more and more of their class materials at their own expense. I'm not saying that puts them at "fast food" level wages... but it does need to be taken into account when we talk about how much teachers make. They spend a non-trivial amount of their income to support their job.
Actually I disagree. Why should I be forced to do the footwork, taking valuable time away from my family, to dig up receipts so I can convince a vendor (who may or may not respond) to give me my money back? Or the bank?

This kind of issue almost always requires a third party reputation broken to step in, and today it is one of the reasons I like shopping on Amazon. Complain to them, or file a rating with 1 star, and you certainly get a vendor's attention. Commerce just shouldn't be this difficult. Buying products online should be as easy and as trustworthy as buying products over the counter. I see Bitcoin as that mechanism. We aren't going to all trust Amazon for ever.
I've found Dr. Dobb's hugely useful over the years. I suspect mostly as a result of search queries; as I hadn't realised what a formidable team of contributors you had until this post. Sorry to see it go, and thank you!

Edit: I guess there's a lesson to be learned here, to try to be conscious of the things I use (I wasn't, really) and do what I can to support them.
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How much would you need keep an operation like Dr. Dobb's alive, or to setup a similar type of operation? I have no experience around content generation or media management, so am curious if figures could be shared around the cost structure.
The article is pretty ironic
We don't refer to bank robbers as illegal withdrawers, but we do refer to them as felons -- a person who has committed a felony. We attach the action to the person because shouldn't a person be defined by their actions?

People can have many titles. A felon can also be a father, a loving husband, a liar, etc. But why should a person who has immigrated illegally not have the title of "illegal immigrant" among their list?