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I remember that -- but I never knew any details. Do you?
Did it have a fixed-size buffer for instruction trace? Did
it perform well on reverse step into/over functions? How was the speed performance?
I think more to the point for many people would be: what percentage of the time you've spent in school has actually contributed to your repertoire of knowledge?

I think a lot of people might answer something like 20% for that, too.
even tiny startups need some kind of plan for promoting and improving compensation

I would think that a plan for something like this at the "tiny" stage is premature optimization.

Even at a dozen employees, that this plan would include some kind of formal review process at a defined interval is, I agree (with the OP), contrary to startup culture.

Edit: I've only ever been an employee, never a hiring manager or founder. From this perspective, I can't imagine asking such a question if interviewing at a startup.
I'm pretty much the same way: fiction is just not usually interesting to me. That doesn't mean I'm reading tech manuals; it means I'd usually rather read history, essays, or something discursive on science than a story. And Shakespeare? Milton? Seriously?

There's fiction I do read (I took on Infinite Jest this summer, and I'm slowly reading Blood Meridian), but it takes effort to engage with it; nonfiction never does.

Just another perspective.
No, I don't mean to run your site on a web hosting. The thread topic was a monitoring service that pings a website and alerts you charging a ridiculous amount, in my opinion, for an extremely simple service to deploy SEPARATELY on a web hosting plan.
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How is it "odd" that he watches House but doesn't read fiction? How many millions of people does that describe?
What's with all the Yoda language here lately, is it a Reddit thing that's spreading?
I started out with a very talented designer and I'd say a designer is key to decide what features are essential and cut ot all the clutter. I'd also involve him not only in the design of the website, but the actual design of the company and the product. There are so many processes in startup that can benefit from a designer mindset.

And there is always something to actually design as every new feature should be carefully integrated into the the most intuitive way. So, our designer was actually the one who had to work the most hours, because once the design was done implementation was fairly straightforward - but it took always a lot of creative work to get there.
I think you are certainly right that design is less of a success factor in the enterprise, though 37 Signal shows that a bit of design can get people excited about a fairly underfeatured (intentionally or not) product.

I think of something like World of Warcraft that wouldn't work as a tech only company with no design/narrative. Same thing with a lot of iPhone apps
Exactly. Setting up a cronjob to monitor and test your web application (be it Cloud, VPS, or dedicated) should be something everybody here can do with eyes closed or at least ask. Paying a pinger service sounds idiotic unless I'm missing something from that service. I'm surprised it even exists.
How do you "disagree" with how someone else chooses to live their life? He's not clubbing baby seals.

Sorry; I'm really not "sticking up for Jason Fried" guy, it's just funny how we all get into this rut where everything that's posted here is a subject for critique. I'm as bad as anyone else. But, seriously? How he chooses to spend his spare time?
Right here: http://devworld.apple.com/profiles/#demiforce-large
The good people contribute to Darwin and the other core Apple projects and their code ends up in mainline os x.

Could you link to some commits on Macosforge that were based on patches by people from osx86? This is the first I'm hearing of this.

Hackintosh users are some of the most prolific driver writers and help get tons of USB drivers written that are useful to macs and osx86 machines alike.

Last time I looked at osx86 (admittedly, years ago, long before Leopard was released), there weren't any custom kexts written by the community, just plists from Apple that were edited. Can you link to some custom kext's that have risen from osx86?
So calorie counting sounds great. Well not really. See I cook at home. By cook I dont mean "take out of box and put in microwave for specified time", I mean "chop, sautee, bake, stir, etc". If you have ever tried to figure calories from that, you understand why calorie counting sounds like 50-100x more trouble than it's worth.
A $147 million friends and family round...

Words fail me.
Are you assuming that talkingtiki agrees with tjpick?
Well at this point I think you're just getting -'d for whining about being -'d ...

Be that as it may - I'm not certain what the mortality statistics are on cars vs bikes. I would prefer to avoid accidents in either modality.

I found it uncharitable of you to attack Fried after he admitted what is a personal (and yes, perhaps irrational) reason for avoiding cycling to work. Rather than lambasting the man, you could have proposed alternative solutions that would accommodate his instinct for personal survival and your concern for the larger biosphere.

For example, filling up an efficient car with co-workers and/or using public transportation are ways in which to travel on four or more wheels while minimizing emissions, no?
I have also written a ton of code, and the times I have made this error have been sufficiently annoying that I've forced myself to reverse the comparisons.
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Programmer for a large corporation - interesting work, steady hours, reasonable job security. My place of employment is a ten minute bike ride from home, so my commute is short and pleasant. I also don't have TV cable or satellite. Because I don't spend a lot of time commuting or staring at a one-way communications channel, I have more time to spend on the things I enjoy.
If you make it a habit to always reverse comparisons, then the assignments stick out that much more, and remind you that it is, in fact, intentional.
+1 on this comment -- I'm the market for this site (kids, 3 and 5 yrs) didn't understand how the site helped me on first view. That paragraph would've made a difference.
It feels premature to you, because you aren't seeing things from an employee's perspective. But whether you're 2 people or 100, people who aren't founders are employees, and what they're thinking about is "how will I be compensated for my work".

And I don't care, I'm just saying, asking how performance reviews work is not a hiring red flag. Just be honest with them, and if they flip out, make that your red flag.
But I think the exception to Apple's behavior is that there are large numbers of customers who would be more than happy to fork over another wad of cash for an Apple branded netbook (in addition to their existing systems) and Apple has (yet again) failed to listen to their consumer.

So, companies are free to make their own products up, but only as long as there isn't another product that may be in demand, in which case, they should be forced to spend time developing said product based on a hunch of someone who isn't familiar with intimate details of Apple's business?

The problem is that not only is Apple saying "we can't be bothered with this netbook thing right now" but they are saying it with a middle finger, fully extended, at their customers. They've gone and put themselves out, expended effort, to ensure their users can't operate as they want to.

Apple is a company who's goal is to make lots of money. If they want to shun one area and focus on other areas instead — perhaps because one area isn't as profitable as another area — why shouldn't they be able to? To Apple, their users are the people who buy their hardware. If you buy a Dell netbook, download an osx86 image off of the Internet and then install it, you're not an Apple users.

So really it's "give us your money for our overpriced commodity hardware and we don't care what you think or actually want, you'll think and want what we tell you to, how dare you try and step outside of our carefully crafted ecosystem"

So its a business. Whats wrong with that? If you disagree with their policies, dont use their products. Pirating it and using it isn't "sticking it to the man" somehow.
>Mr. Pellegrini added a "trend line" that clearly illustrated how much prices had surged lately. He then performed a "regression analysis" to smooth the ups and downs.

Interesting use of "quotation marks".
@cedsav - we're glad to hear you'll give it a spin. Good feedback on pricing. If you hover over the books on the bookshelf, you get more info on the book. Currently, all books recordings are $6.99 and you can watch it/share it as many times as you like.
(+1) But the problem isn't the discussion of the risks, rewards, success stories, or how all of it was navigated.

The problem is the sheer emphasis on iPhone apps over seemingly everything else. We all would be better off (developers and consumers) if there was more discussion around cross-platform mobile development. I know there is some of this, but not at the enthusiasm level you see with App Store discussions.
A strong work ethic may make a lot of sense if you're primarily working for yourself and your family. The author of the How To Drop Out document seems to be more concerned with the great majority of the public who slaves away to make ends meet while the boss gets richer (often, obscenely richer) -- which is of course inherent in the capitalist system. I would argue that a work ethic under these conditions is not decent at all, and looking at the big picture may even be immoral because the worker is not rewarded proportionally to their work.
How many people that install osx86 actually buy a copy of OS X and then modify everything as necessary themselves? It seems like its far more common to find it online and then complain when it breaks.
Big fan of Silver Needle too. And thanks for the kind words.
Actually, no, the area where your red marker is, is 'Aughton Park', Argleton is listed as being between Aughton and Aughton Park, as seen here:

http://imgur.com/1a12H.png

And thus google satellite view confirms it's just empty fields...

Edit: a slightly zoomed out google maps view will show the area with the labels a little better, like this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

2nd Edit:

It's possible that this is all a misunderstanding, and not a 'fake entry', there is a farm directly under the area called 'Argleton', and it wouldn't be a first time for a farm to have it's own postal code, and then the name of the farm being assigned to the postcode. Thus that farm MAY be 'Argleton Farm' or such, and google picked up on it thinking it was a town name.

I've known of 3 cases of this happening in my (limited) wandering around the UK during my life, although those cases were on OS maps, not google maps.
Does this use Flex, or straight up flash programming?
I found something about her that meritted mention in an article.

I'm mentioned in the Timing_Attack, Key_derivation_function, and Hyper-threading articles, and the PiHex and Portsnap articles are about my work; but I'm not sure that having done notable work necessarily implies being notable.
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I didn't read the whole thing, so correct this if it's wrong but...

He hasn't dropped out at all - he's just found a way to live within the system such that he can take from it without giving back. He benefits enormously from the very system he denigrates. If anything that's a statement of how amazing our society is, that it's successful enough that people can live largely off its freebies and its waste products.

I'm sure for some peope society is awful and living away from it really is the very best option. But society wasn't foisted on us without our consent. At one point we were ALL living off the land - and we didn't like it. So we built civilization.
I don't think he's taking "weaker" forms of escapism as he's taking shorter ones.

I still find his stance different as a lover of fiction, but I can't argue that a good book isn't also very time consuming, and if you allow that your time is precious, there are probably better uses for it.
Yes. You got it exactly. And for the folks who were confused by the opening sentence on our site, we've updated it in an attempt to reduce confusion. Check it out now and see what you think. :) (clear your cache when you reload the page to make sure you get the latest ;)
Whoops, you're right, I missed the username change while monitoring via the 'threads' link.
And I'd add: make the text "choose a story..." be the same link that the images above link to. Links are cheap.
I've done it for cryptography code and cryptanalysis code. Specifically, optimizing code to take advantage of specific instructions available in certain processors or to make use of vector registers and instructions. I wrote my programs in C and then went back and wrote assembly for parts of the code that could deliver a significant overall speedup with hand optimization.

One place I did this was various RSA Challenge attack clients.
Its enough to use some of G's server farms power when their normal load is lower.
I didn't downvote it. I don't hit downvote very often.

You provided no evidence that it was interesting, and such evidence would be offtopic anyhow.
Echo you here. That's the funniest thing I read in this whole thread.

It's as if Jason's reading habits have caused the OP to take a different view of whether Basecamp is the right/wrong solution to their own needs.
my team is half dev and half other, where designer and outreach are primary other skills.

sometimes i get frustrated that my plate is almost always overflowing, while my partners, who is no slacker, essentially works part-time.

the important thing is that together we nail the right tasks in the right order. having a designer on the team is critical for that, both in web design and other paraphernalia relating to outreach, presentations and mailings.

the ideal team has all the necessary skills and 100% commitment. i think some people are saying no because they're considering money and hiring options...or something...

the "do you have a designer on your team" could mean an existing team member acquires that skill, in which case, win, right?
Ask HN: What are "correct development & programming practices" for a web app?
I am learning Ruby and Rails now, and this thread - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=909048 - made me start thinking about what 'correct development & programming practices' are for a startup.<p>Can someone provide some details about specific things that you would implement, if you were creating a startup from scratch (i.e. building a web app).<p>E.g. I know obviously having and using some VCS, and implementing unit tests, but other than that....what else would I want to make sure to know/do?<p>Thanks.
For example: to find early promising startup, which will be more costly to buy down the road.
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It uses Flex for UI layout in the book reader. The book itself is plain Flash using PaperVision3D. (The rest of the site is HTML.)
maybe - but I imagine it's not something you can entirely computer process :) somewhere along the line you have to interpret the searches (unless it's along the lines of "how do I make super-secret-foo project" :))
Neep http://www.jmknoble.net/fonts/ Unfortunately, its a bitmapped (non-scalable) font...
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I am a software developer and just received coupons for ACM as well as IEEE. I'm just wondering which one should I apply for and is there anybody out there have a real experience with one of them. Thanks a bunch!!
You do realize that if he only lives 2 miles from work, he's still driving a hell of a lot less than the average American?

So, how long is your commute?
I remember when they won a province wide business plan contest in Vancouver, BC, and it was noted that a key reason they won (the 100k prize) was that they had an engineering review indicating their process was feasible.
"As long as you're not doing anything drastic and your basal metabolism stays fairly constant, reducing your caloric intake works fine. "

But that's the entire point. Reducing your caloric intake causes your metabolism to drop, for reasons that ought to be fairly obvious if you think about it. If you think about it, it also should become obvious why that's the only possible direction of causality, too.
"By the summer of 2006, Mr. Paulson had managed to raise $147 million, mostly from friends and family, to launch a fund. "

Wow are some people's lives far different than mine.
There's some sad game theory (?) at work here that leads people to 1) drive cars because cyclists get maimed by car drivers 2) then bigger cars because smaller cars get wrecked and 3) finally humvees. Ultimately, it's probably a bit of a loss for everyone.
Did anyone else think that article/excerpt ended a little strangely? First, this investor is set up as an authority figure in bear markets, then it reports where his current trajectory is headed, at which point the article abruptly ends.

Gold bugs have been ramping up their rhetoric during the last decade, and during that time period, the data have shown that gold is strong against the USD. However, the way the article reads, and particularly the way it ends, verges on scaremongering of the sort that can only reinforce the very investments described in the article.
I think this is super-interesting, not because I have any real desire to couch surf (or squat in an abandoned building), but because it gives more perspective on the scope of what's possible. Personally, I'm working 60hrs/week at a job that pays very well but the commute and hours suck up all of my energy and is filled with people that suck even more. I don't see myself becoming a dumpster-diver, but what I really want is employment that occupies a limited space in my life -- and still pays the bills. So this piece is inspiring in that it shows that you can create the life you want, if you're willing to do things differently and take risks.
It's funny the biases you grow up with that you're oblivious to. My family is Danish by background and in my household it was always understood that you had a job. Not paying your way or pulling your weight is the worst thing you can do in my family and I inherited it. I mean, even when I'm on company time I feel guilty spending their money on business expenses. Needless to say, I'm working hard to get over that feeling. :)
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There is undoubtedly some genetic evolution going on, but cultural evolution is much faster than genetic evolution, and will have a bigger impact much sooner.

Reclusive groups, such as the Amish, that avoid modern society and maintain high birthrates and cultural integrity, are increasing their numbers very quickly. There's no reason to suppose that this will suddenly stop, though due to the nature of exponential growth it may be a while before this begins to have much effect on average birth rates.
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It's a demonstration of how backwards-sounding can sometimes be right.
I don't see the emphasis as a problem. The iPhone is a market leader and market leaders tend to get a lot of attention. Why should developers waste their time on other platforms if they aren't interested in them or don't feel there is enough market to make a profit? I only knew C before I got an iPhone, but I was excited to learn to develop for it. I think a lot of others share that same excitement, thus the amount of stories and enthusiasm surrounding the device.
How about e), don't have a designer, but good enough without one.
Extremely interesting article. I would hope maybe one day, true communication could happen with another creature on this earth.

Its interesting to see that we try to use our language to communicate. Have we tried to understand their language or hear their sounds compared to what our words are? I could only imagine a dolphin language could/might be made....
My point is; is a family with 10 kids more likely to foster a Miles Davis, Ernest Hemingway, Obama, Reagan, whatever floats your boat, than a family with one or two?

Unless the ten kids are near starvation or are very restricted in how they are allowed to spend their time, the answer is that the family with ten kids is more likely to foster a notable person. Each child in the ten-kid family may have a somewhat reduced chance of being notable, but that family gets ten rolls of the dice instead of only one or two.
While true (and that last bit is indeed exactly what I do), I would observe that viewpoint narrowing is not an RSS or forum thing. You can choose to read a wide array of viewpoints and visit diverse forums, or you can read a narrow array of RSS feeds and visit forums that basically consist of people who all agree and occasionally fend off forays from someone who disagrees. It's not an RSS or forum issue, it's a personal choice issue. Monolithic forums exist everywhere, not least of which is comment sections on some blogs.
"he's just found a way to live within the system such that he can take from it without giving back" is a very poor summary of a complex article rich with ideas and insight.

You should read the whole thing.

Also see his page of criticism and response:

http://ranprieur.com/essays/dropoutcrit.html
Those are not strictly equivalent, in that b.equals(a) could evaluate to true when both are null which would fail in the first form you gave.

I'm sort of reaching here, because I don't know off-hand which language you are using, but I would assume that NULL.equals() would throw an exception. That exception would not be thrown/need to be caught in the first example.
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Whatever works best for you (this applies, IMO, for any programming).
Concentrate on finding users and making them happy. Everything else has to work in support of that.
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I think the disagreement is with the notion that fiction is a "waste of time", not with how Jason chooses to spend his spare time.
Look around and see which is more active. Where I currently live the ACM seems dead and the IEEE seems pretty lively by comparison. I have been other places where it was the other way around. It more depends on who and how your local branch is being run than anything.
I think it's great that Twitter is focused on only one thing: being the first social network to reach 1Bn users.

I mean, honestly, who gives a shit whether Twitter is making money now or not? Twitter doesn't, their users don't, and their investors don't.

Who else matters in this equation?

The only reason people talk about it is because other people say "Yes, Twitter is big, but how will they make money?" People said the same thing about Google and (some) still say the same thing about Facebook.
Im not sure which is best: the fact this is Arrington back to his original best again and doing good journalism/editorial.

Or that Zygna have sat up and taken notice to fix this.

Score 2 I think!