skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ok, I main try to help you for usability testing, I'm not an expert on that, but I think I have some solid knowledge of Usability.I don't know how you plan to earn money from the service, (I guess from advertising or some kind of premium service), but I can take an Hour off for that against a donation to any NGO (unesco, red cross, soudan or whatever help in third world countries) whenever you want and how much you want, as it's something about God, I have no concern you won't do that by time.
I'm in the same situation like you so,it's a pleasure to help. It will definitely take more than 30 mins , if you need improvement suggestions as well, for example, when somebody click on the title bar,to jump to the next day, it count it like a completion (you should compute the average time took to read a page and compare it to the time spent on the page before loggin it as progress), you may move the create account stuff (call to action) at the top (I still have to figure out where exactly, but you can check this: http://www.bibleserver.com/index.php), The layout is excellent, and I like the color, well I really won't spend that much time for any additional design and stuff like logo (peoples who read the bible don't really care about how well the site where they read it is designed, it's just distraction and the last thing you need on that kind of sites), well don't know if I said it already but, I love the layout. The next and previous option could be done better, can't help you about the Fonts. That's my 2 cents contribution, when I have more time, will take a look again. There's still room for improvement. I will probably been using the site, love it. Good luck.
Congratulations both on your success and the offer.

The offer from PG is in the range of what they do, seed capitol. I imagine that they have x capitol allocated with y slots and they needed to squeeze in your deal.

The important part from my perspective is the guidance and connections. No you probably don't need the seed capital.

But you may benefit tremendously from the guidance and connections. You could easily give away 7% or more to board members for guidance and connections that probably is not as good as you would get from PG and YC.

If I was in your position I would ask how they think they can facilitate growing your companies position in the marketplace. If they can setup some great meetings that have the potential to grow your business. And these opportunities are beyond your reach it is most likely worth it.

If the contributions in guidance and connections only benefit you as a 5% increase in sales and a 5% in savings it is still a net win. I would expect that in the worst case it would be significantly better than that.
PHP/Zend Framework is not the easiest but you might want to consider it. Depending on what your planning it is scalable.

I understand Ruby has some scalability issues for large enterprise-class applications unless you are willing to throw a ton of computer hardware at it.
Is that why the California state government has to raise university tuition, or are you just practicing what-aboutery? (http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-har...)
I'm not even an iPhone developer (though I have been wanting to invest my time and learn). After reading this and the other articles, I'm discouraged, badly. I feel Emenuele's frustration without actually even having gone through the process.
Good idea. Send it to Steve Jobs, though I doubt he would read it.
When did I accuse anyone of socialism?
"who if anybody actually is the customer for lead generation sites?"

The customer for those sites is the company that is trying to sell a product or service. They use the whitepapers to locate potential clients for their product or service.

You build such a site and then sell the service to manufacturers and solution providers. Just prove that you can create effective prospect lists for them. The site has the appearance of offering impartial advice to someone seeking guidance in a purchasing decision:

"10 Things to Look for in Email Archive/Vault solutions"
"How Enterprise Colaboration Products Stack Up in the Real World of Fortune 1000 Businesses"
"Why You Next Tape Purchase May Not Be Your Last... Tape may not be dead yet"

Ba-da Bing 100 prospects for anything someone might need to sell.
Perhaps they're just afraid of looking like they're from 1997 when they propose a slimmed-down cheap computer that can only browse the web and run Java applications, and is heavily reliant on servers for its functionality.

(For the youngsters, this idea was called the "Network Computer", and was heavily promoted by Sun, Oracle, and Netscape.)
MyType, a psych/personality startup, is looking to hire a lead web developer. Big points if you have data mining/machine learning experience.

http://bit.ly/llU5W
Wow - that was really interesting, despite the jargon. After doing some searches for background information I'm even more impressed. Not to mention shocked by the fact that this top player who has just been knocked off his throne is only 23. I feel poor now :)
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Dogs' Intelligence On Par With Two-Year-Old Human, Canine Researcher Says
An Open Letter To iPhone Developers:

1) Apple doesn't care about you, personally. No one knows you exist. They don't need you to sell iPhones. Even if they needed third-party apps (which is debatable), if you left the platform, there would be a hundred thousand more people scrambling to take your place.

2) You are presumably developing for the iPhone instead of doing, oh, Enterprise Sales because you don't want to do Enterprise Sales or you are not good at doing Enterprise Sales. You are doing Enterprise Sales. The Enterprise doesn't care about the product you're selling enough to devote more than 5 minutes a week from a call center in India to the deal. If you have doubts as to whether this is a good sign, consult with your local Enterprise Sales engineer and ask what stage in the pipeline he thinks you are probably in.

3) If you stopped developing for the iPhone and started developing web applications or desktop applications or, indeed, almost any other type of software, you wouldn't have to ask anyone's permission to sell your software or improve your software.

4) It seems that you're spending an awful lot of engineering time trying to get permission to market your software to people who think it is worth $2, on the outside. Here's a thought: how about spending that time actually marketing software itself, and charge anywhere from 15 to 500,000 times as much.
I'm happy to help you find google jobs in Mountain View. We're hiring all kinds of people there, as well.

cdibona@google.com

http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=why-ca...
Here we go then, a very much anticipated move.

If only they could've hacked freely on the real JVM itself they could have invested that huge amount of brainpower to improving something existing rather than merely first starting from scratch with their own VM.
That's why they need educating :)

Seriously though, something is very wrong with the UC system. I was discussing this over lunch with Mrs Browl, who graduated UCLA in 2003. At that time annual tuition was $3,429. with these newest increases it's now just over $10,000. It kept shooting up about 15% or more each year even as the bull market was in full swing (and money was pouring into state coffers). Now the state is in a fiscal bind and somehow the UC system has managed to rack up $13 billion in future healthcare liabilities as well as massive pension obligations: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/21908

Edit: here's some #s on tuition fees to illustrate the point:

1999-2000 $3,429
2000-2001 $3,429
2001-2002 $3,429
2002-2003 $3,384
2003-2004 $4,984
2004-2005 $5,684
2005-2006 $6,141
2006-2007 $6,636
2007-2008 $7,126
2008-2009 $7,788
2009-2010 $8,958
2010-2011 $10,302

¯\(º_o)/¯
But if you slow down too much, I think it becomes impossible to jump some of the gaps.
I'm quite OKw ith paying some taxes to subsidize their education as long as the colleges are run with sufficient fiscal discipline. The more well-educated people we have the more California's economy is likely to grow. This is why education was so heavily subsidized in California to begin with, and part of the reason (in addition to our copious natural resources) for the state's long-time leadership in science and technology.

to turn you statement around, for a bunch of kids fresh out of high school getting their first dose of political reality, "you are going to be about $50k in debt when you graduate because your elders and betters have screwed up the economy so badly" is a pretty poor payoff for the last several years of academic effort.
I was specifically addressing the claim that any scientist not entirely forthcoming with their data clearly has something to hide. This is clearly false - in the same way that one cannot presume someone is guilty because they won't let you search them.

Think of this from their perspective: they're sick and tired of crackpots and conspiracy theorists taking their data, running ludicrous analyses on them, and misinforming the public. They don't have the time to shoot down every single terrible interpretation of the data there is, so the best action is to hide it.

Not saying this was the right move, but entirely understandable given their situation. The fact that they were not volunteering their data around is certainly not by itself damning evidence of any sort.
Some things I find interesting about Chrome OS, even if I don't end up using it myself:

1. Web apps are a plus for a secondary device, because you won't need to copy files back and forth, or install sync/VCS software (a hassle for non-expert users). HTML5/Gears storage remove some of the disadvantages by letting you continue work offline. (On the other hand, services like Dropbox have made it just about easy enough for non-expert users to do this with traditional "local" files.)

2. No user-installed native code means certain security concerns could be greatly reduced. All installed code is signed, verified on boot, mounted on a read-only partition, and can be restored to a pristine state by the firmware. Web apps are subject to browser same-origin policies and to Chrome's process isolation. Downloaded native code can run only in the NaCl sandbox. A broken app can't trash all your stuff, because data from each web site is accessible only to that site. (On the other hand, web apps are almost universally vulnerable to XSS and XSRF and to server-side exploits. NaCL has been broken before and will be broken again. The web security model is a start, but it has flaws both in design and in practice.)

3. The interface is simplified in a few key ways. Instead of windows that represent documents within apps and often have their own separate tabs or pages, everything the user interacts with is a tab within a browser. Not a big deal for savvy computer users, but for novices this is one less concept to learn. Everything is a web page; they don't need to be "installed"; they all appear in the tab strip and have addresses that can be bookmarked and emailed. (On the other hand, web apps share only the most basic UI conventions; they are often radically inconsistent from one to the next.)

4. The Chrome team's obsession with speed may prove to be one of those subtle, hard-to-explain benefits. (Like trying to explain why Apple's obsession with detail matters, to someone who hasn't used their products.) I never had a problem with Firefox until I used Chrome for a few days; now any other browser seems painfully unresponsive. Same thing with git compared to darcs/bzr/svn. When more operations move from "fast" to "instantaneous" it changes the feel of the product, and that affects usage patterns.

5. Compared to Windows, Mac OS X, or normal GNU/Linux distros, Chrome OS has less overall code, is conceptually simpler, and has few legacy/compatibility constraints. If it's managed right, this could mean that it will be faster to evolve and optimize, easier to secure, and ideal for experimenting with new technologies and user interfaces. It will also help motivate next-generation web applications and web standards.
Have you been here for over a year? If not, you might be in for some sticker shock. A year and a day of continuous residence in CA is required to qualify for in-state tuition fees.
I might dual boot Chrome OS on a netbook type portable. Honestly though, it is not meant for us geeks.

Think about people in countries where it's not common to have an iPod that you want to sync 50GB of music to. Or very casual users.
Given that both the government and the main opposition party broadly support these measures, it's probable that something along these lines will become law, unless there is widespread public opposition. There will be a general election in Britain within the next 8 months, so it may well happen after then.

Incidently, I've recently started a Facebook group where anyone can pledge that they won't vote for any MP or candidate who supports this -- http://cabalamat.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/wont-vote-for-any-...
I wish they actually did that. Some of us don't need the money.
Already the GMail mobile web app works offline with both Gears (Android 1.6 and earlier) and HTML5 (iPhone Safari, Android 2.0). The non-mobile Google Reader site has an offline mode for that works with Gears in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE.

The Chrome OS webcast made repeated references to data cached locally. I'm not sure but it sounded like it might even cover more than just apps specifically written for Gears/HTML5.
I would take this to mean the stock Android shell may end up looking more like Chrome OS's browser-centric UI in the future.
But those pirates are actually killing people and holding British citizens hostage, as opposed to reducing the profits of dinosaur vested interests, so obviously going after them isn't going to be a priority for Her Majesty's Government.
This is a great thing to do to show the world the truth. But I must say, unlike politicians and celebrities, I admire the scientists' acceptance of everything and no attempt to fight this.
first 10 years I was on windows desktop which I assembled myself.

next 3 years I had a Compaq laptop, finally now I have moved to Macbook pro.

I am not using external monitors or keyboard, but considering buying the shiny 27" imac, not sure will it become a development environment
Y'know, a hacker nation would have an awesome economy, at least its internet / high tech sector.
Indeed, both the UK and USA have serious flaws. As do all other countries, I imagine.

But on a wider scale, they are both also some of the most successful and free countries that have ever existed, and clearly have better human rights records than, for example, Northn Korea, Sudan or Zimbabwe.
More important than typing speed is the ability to use shortcuts. Programming tends to involve short statements and many movements around a file and between files, instead of writing long prose as you would when writing a book.

Being good at using keyboard shortcuts does not necessarily make one a good programmer and vice versa, but it certainly is an advantage to be able to quickly navigate your development environment.

I find that this helps me focus on higher level concepts instead of focusing positioning mouse cursor and clicking on things.
I bet they'd each buy two copies: one for themselves to see if theirs was included, and one to send to Apple.
Lazy Workers May Be Deemed Hackers
Said councillor probably wouldn't be on the internet. Or he'd only check his email once a week and wouldn't notice.
I stayed up way, way too late reading this. An astounding story, and very well told. Amazing and inspiring that someone could blend the arts, hacking, and business to such a degree.
"Best Referrer: Stumbleupon"

What's this based on? I've tried StumbleUpon ads before. The bounce rate is insane. Approx 99.5%. It's basically useless for anything other than real-world load testing.

BTW, Reddit's new self-serve ad system is awesome. Dirt cheap, quality traffic, commenting on the ads to talk with your customers directly, and general Internet Bonus Points™.
Except that he only addresses one of the many emails/quotes in question. This article author acts like this the only questionable material found.
Well, it is still better to provide people some access to search engine than none at all. If they would not agree, chinese government would close it altogether.
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I weigh 145. 700 kcals is about "tempo" effort: hard, but still fun-hard. All out, in the best shape of my life for one hour is around 900 kcals. I'm in good, but not phenomenal shape; my brief flirtations with road racing ended in utter humiliation.

I know this because of my on-bike power meter, which measures mechanical work in kJ. That "perfect hour" was around 280 W, and I've done it twice. (Cyclists have a very narrow range of biological efficiencies, so you can just multiply mechanical by a constant to reckon metabolic work.)
> here is an idea that can be easily implemented right now and that will cover the 100% of the web design community needs.
If you think that Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics
camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this,
we could go through official AGU channels to get him ousted.

Shameful. Going after your scientific opponents 'through official channels' and getting them fired?
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Arxan Technologies(www.arxan.com) is hiring in West Lafayette, IN.

We solve the really interesting problems that tptacek is alluding to here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=953722

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If you think that Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics
camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this,
we could go through official AGU channels to get him ousted.
(From Tom Wigley).

Here "one of the world's foremost experts on climate change and one of the most highly cited scientists in the discipline" is actively working to destroy his opponents' careers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wigley
Part of the problem with doing this in the US is that cardiac surgery and cardiac care is a major revenue center for US hospitals. US hospitals are law bound to treat patients who come in their Emergency Rooms, regardless of ability to pay. So, they lose money on patients who are uninsured or under-insured and need expensive care, and then they make up the difference doing expensive cardiac procedures, OB, orthopedic surgery, etc...

There is a growing move to go to specialized hospitals like Heart Hospitals, Surgery Centers or stand alone OB centers in the US, because they are big revenue generators for the owners of those specialty hospitals. But, while I'm sure quality goes up at dedicated heart hospitals, it causes problems on the macro scale, because those specialized hospitals drain patients with private insurance that would otherwise be subsidizing patients without insurance at a general hospital.

If you read between the lines of the article, what they don't say is they are charging cash up front for many of those surgeries. Families with children needing heart surgery that don't have insurance are forced to either pay cash or their child likely dies an early death. It sounds like the are actually turning patients away that don't have the money to pay for their surgery. You can't do that in the US.
Daniel, you say: "At the minimum I would support the open and free release of all unaltered data."

If i may extract quote from the message you replied to: As you know, I have refused to send McIntyre the "derived" model data he requests, since all of the primary model data necessary to replicate our results are freely available to him. I will continue to refuse such data requests in the future. Nor will I provide McIntyre with computer programs, email correspondence, etc. I feel very strongly about these issues. We should not be coerced by the scientific equivalent of a playground bully. I will be consulting LLNL's Legal Affairs Office in order to determine how the DOE and LLNL should respond to any FOI requests that we receive from McIntyre." (emphasis added by me)

I do agree with you that transparency is the litmus test of good science. At the same time, catering to that can lay you open to abuses from, well, trolls.

As an analogy, suppose I had a bee in my bonnet about Linux security and I kept demanding that Linus send me copies of his binaries every time he did a new commit. He would rightly tell me to get the sources and build it myself and leave him alone. and in turn I could post lonely rants along the lines of 'why won't Linus Torvalds come clean about Linux security'. It would be quite meaningless, but it would sucker in some people. If I was sufficiently clever I could probably get quoted by someone at Microsoft or in the BSD camp.

The parallel I am drawing here is to the public datasets and methods laid out in published, peer-reviewed papers. If McIntyre is so sure that either the methods or the datasets are flawed, why not follow the established practice of writing to the journal and challenging the paper, or even submitting his own analysis of the public data and explaining how it improves on existing analyses? Instead he posts in some minor journal which is not part of the scientific corpus, not a hard science journal, and has been widely accused of lax publication criteria.

One of the things that really bothers me about the skeptical crowd (as opposed to individual skeptics) is that they employ a lot of same kind of arguments as the proponents of 'intelligent design' do, claiming there's an ivory-tower conspiracy that silences all dissenting views and shuts them out of publication. Any time you have a bunch of people going 'OMG teh conspiracy', it's time to whip out the old bullshit detector...and all too often, comparing their claims with the published literature sends the BS detector way into the red.
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Just be sure to send a copy to Steve himself; he read all his personal email (probably answers very little), and his address is no secret.
Thanks for the kind words, always working on improving the accuracy, but we've had pretty good success so far, even on the production versions of some of the most popular sites.
You are begging the question, assuming that climate change is a fraud and that any resources allocated to dealing with it will be detrimental to life. We might equally consider that if you're incorrect, many lives could be endangered through lack of necessary action...although given your characterization of this whole episode as a religious issue, I'm not sure you are aware of the fallacy in your argument.
Dynamic Pricing: Let your prices rise or fall until you maximize revenue
I think this idea has potential.<p>Most freelancers/consultants know the prevailing advice for pricing you're work is to start your hourly rate off with an educated guess, based on the minimum income you need to maintain your standard of living, and how much value you think you can provide. Then, whenever you feel like you're not getting enough work, lower your rates, and when you start getting more work than you can handle, raise your rates until you're comfortable again.<p>This way, you can utilize the constant feedback of the market to ensure you're always maximizing you're revenue, given you're current abilities, marketing, and market/economic climate.<p>Doing the same for you're web service/digital products is simple enough it could even be automated. What do you think, would you price your services this way?
I'd say it's a sore spot on the otherwise tasteful ubuntu design.
You left out that not only are the prisons crowded but, more importantly, the incarceration rate (as a percentage of population) is absurdly high by global standards.
If I don't have 50GB of music or pictures, am I realistically going to have wireless broadband, or even wired broadband fast enough to make an OS like Chrome useful?