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{ "score": 0, "text": "The thing that's missing from this article (which is relevant to this crowd) is the incredible focus on simplicity of Keen's API. Keen's API for reporting metrics is the right one. Any Keen SDK has essentially one API call for reporting metrics: keen.add_event("collection_name", {\n "arbitrary": "dictionary properties",\n "with_any_type": -11.23\n })\n\nFor developers accustomed to instrumenting their applications with various metrics libraries, this is akin to finding the holy grail. Most APIs for metrics collection require you to decide up front what metrics you want, whether it is a time series or a count or a gauge or a ratio. And even after you've figured _that_ out, there is a combinatorial explosion of different metric collections you have to create for every combination of filters that interest you.For the developer, Keen's API is so powerful because it lets you defer almost all of your "question-asking" until later (which is when you want to think about it anyways because you can never predict up front all of the questions you want to ask about your data).When I began to evaluate options for monitoring ngrok's usage and performance, Keen struck me both for getting the abstraction right, and because I have watched company after company dump countless amounts of money and developer time into homegrown analytics systems that materialize either too late or far over budget.Disclaimers:- I am Keen customer for ngrok.com (https://ngrok.com/status)- Compelled by the power of their product, and the competence of their team, I now work for Keen." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "As inaccurate titles go, this is a exemplary one. Other than that, a nice if fluffy overview of Keen. The "data" space is getting incredibly complicated and it will be interesting to see who finds a profitable niche." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "As inaccurate titles go, this is a exemplary one. Other than that, a nice if fluffy overview of Keen. The "data" space is getting incredibly complicated and it will be interesting to see who finds a profitable niche." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Why not a more automatic approach like http://heapanalytics.com? Their js snippet starts automatically collecting all click events, then I group and analyze events on their website.How is this "big data" when I have to make backend code changes to manually add each event using keen's api library? There's no way I can get as many events adding them one-by-one." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Why not a more automatic approach like http://heapanalytics.com? Their js snippet starts automatically collecting all click events, then I group and analyze events on their website.How is this "big data" when I have to make backend code changes to manually add each event using keen's api library? There's no way I can get as many events adding them one-by-one." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Keen is one of those companies like GitHub, Heroku, or Mailchimp that makes it easier to focus on what I'm actually trying to do. Best of luck to them." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Keen is one of those companies like GitHub, Heroku, or Mailchimp that makes it easier to focus on what I'm actually trying to do. Best of luck to them." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Keen has a great team, and some great ideas + technology. They were on it back at the Techstars Cloud program, and glad to see them getting some press these days. Kyle and Ryan are both wonderful to talk to about big data problems. Keep up the good work guys!" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Frankly I am tired of all the complexity and over engineering of enterprise Java. For all the effort, I find most apps are large (1+ MLOC), monolithic, hard to understand and maintained by large groups of onshore/offshore resources who just keep the stuff running by sheer numbers and have no pride in their craft.If this is the type of thing you want to move away from, then I don't think that the problem is teams that use Java - the problem seems to be working for large enterprises.I suggest that as a first step, ignore any questions of language/platforms/tools and instead think about what type of company you would like to be working for: a small start-up, a more-established medium size business, etc. Do you want to work in a place where the primary business product is software (i.e. a software development company), a place where software is something that is done in support of the primary product being sold, or are you interested in consulting for others?Once you decide what type of environment you'd like to work in, then the rest of the decisions follow naturally from that.As a single anecdote, I work for a medium-to-large software-as-a-service company business where most of our work is in Java, but we are very far from the notion of monolithic apps with 1M LOC and offshore teams.The language/tools are not the problem, it's the people/organization." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "I switched to Groovy/Grails a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. Lots of fun to work with, and allows me to reuse my previous knowledge base.In addition to reusing my previous expertise, there are four thing I really like about it:* Convention over Configuration makes things so much simpler\n* Groovy Language has a lot of great features, allowing for much more concise code (though it does take some time to get used to dynamic typing)\n* Plugin ecosystem - over 500 plugins on various topics allow you to get things done much quicker. The plugin architecture is wonderful and allows you to compose your from reusable blocks, which could have their own UI. Best actual (as oppoed to theoretical) code reusability I've ever seen\n* GORM (object relational mapper) is a thing of beauty. It's fairly implementation-agnostic, so you can use it with Relational DBs, switch to Mongo or Reddis as the persistence backend fairly easily.Definitely recommend you check it out. In terms of jobs, it's not as big of a community as Java yet, but I definitely see many jobs advertising those skills." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "I switched to Groovy/Grails a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. Lots of fun to work with, and allows me to reuse my previous knowledge base.In addition to reusing my previous expertise, there are four thing I really like about it:* Convention over Configuration makes things so much simpler\n* Groovy Language has a lot of great features, allowing for much more concise code (though it does take some time to get used to dynamic typing)\n* Plugin ecosystem - over 500 plugins on various topics allow you to get things done much quicker. The plugin architecture is wonderful and allows you to compose your from reusable blocks, which could have their own UI. Best actual (as oppoed to theoretical) code reusability I've ever seen\n* GORM (object relational mapper) is a thing of beauty. It's fairly implementation-agnostic, so you can use it with Relational DBs, switch to Mongo or Reddis as the persistence backend fairly easily.Definitely recommend you check it out. In terms of jobs, it's not as big of a community as Java yet, but I definitely see many jobs advertising those skills." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "As others have mentioned, migrating to something else on the JVM first will allow you to reuse some of the skills/knowledge you have while you gradually focus on the 'new' aspects of something else.JRuby and Jython are both good stepping stones to ruby and python, which would give you an idea of if you want to head in those directions full time.I'm partial to Groovy myself, and I'd consider it more a superset of Java (though technically its not). You can reuse as much or as little of Java as you want - even in the same file - while picking up the new idioms.Groovy, JRuby and Jython will all help you dispense with much of the boilerplate cruft you see in traditional Java, without giving up the power/libraries you're used to. And they all have good webstacks (Grails, Rails, Django, for example).Moving off the JVM, if you're looking in to web work, PHP - as much as it has a bad rep in certain quarters - is where a lot of work is. The code quality of projects you may find tends to be hit or miss, but it's certainly possible to write clean, elegant and scalable code in PHP (and I've seen some pretty piss-poor rails in my day as well - nothing's perfect). Have you considered looking at .NET as well?As someone else said, the 'scalable' thing - don't fret about it. Anything is scalable, and each platform will have different techniques - they all have pros and cons, which may not always be apparent until you dig more deeply in to the constraints of a particular language or platform.Find a couple platforms that are of some interest, and focus on finding some communities for those platforms (Django, Rails, Zend Framework, Grails, ASP.NET, whatever). Getting a feel for how the community thinks about problems, what they focus on (features, security, etc) will give you a sense of what you're comfortable with." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "As others have mentioned, migrating to something else on the JVM first will allow you to reuse some of the skills/knowledge you have while you gradually focus on the 'new' aspects of something else.JRuby and Jython are both good stepping stones to ruby and python, which would give you an idea of if you want to head in those directions full time.I'm partial to Groovy myself, and I'd consider it more a superset of Java (though technically its not). You can reuse as much or as little of Java as you want - even in the same file - while picking up the new idioms.Groovy, JRuby and Jython will all help you dispense with much of the boilerplate cruft you see in traditional Java, without giving up the power/libraries you're used to. And they all have good webstacks (Grails, Rails, Django, for example).Moving off the JVM, if you're looking in to web work, PHP - as much as it has a bad rep in certain quarters - is where a lot of work is. The code quality of projects you may find tends to be hit or miss, but it's certainly possible to write clean, elegant and scalable code in PHP (and I've seen some pretty piss-poor rails in my day as well - nothing's perfect). Have you considered looking at .NET as well?As someone else said, the 'scalable' thing - don't fret about it. Anything is scalable, and each platform will have different techniques - they all have pros and cons, which may not always be apparent until you dig more deeply in to the constraints of a particular language or platform.Find a couple platforms that are of some interest, and focus on finding some communities for those platforms (Django, Rails, Zend Framework, Grails, ASP.NET, whatever). Getting a feel for how the community thinks about problems, what they focus on (features, security, etc) will give you a sense of what you're comfortable with." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Given your Java background, and that you want something more simple you could give a try to the Play! Framework, and you could try to learn Scala." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Given your Java background, and that you want something more simple you could give a try to the Play! Framework, and you could try to learn Scala." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Start with Scala. Then try Play! and such. Also look at GWT. And do iOS. Much better job market than Python etc. http://blog.getgush.com/I'd stay away from Groovy etc.Also, please get over that \"scaling\" stuff. PHP scales just fine. Rails scales just fine. Python scales just fine." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Hey friend,You're not alone. I want to bump suggestions for going offline - vacation to Hawaii for a week, hike, bike ride, whatever. Just don't be online for a little bit.Some other suggestions that have helped me:1) Read! Have you read Good Omens? How about Ender's Game? Sci fi is great for tuning off.2) Get a hobby involving something physical ... gardening, carpentry, flying an RC plane.3) If you want to stay techy but do something physical, consider getting an Arduino. Build blinking LEDs or something else that's cool!" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "> The problem is that I'm bordering on clinical depression (so my doctor tells me). The reason is that I'm hyper-focused on tech: I'm glued to my iPhone, read HN all day, read books on programming, hack on nights and weekends.I'm not telling you not to trust your instincts, but be aware that it's really really common for people your age to be diagnosed with clinical depression due to biological/hereditary reasons." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "> The problem is that I'm bordering on clinical depression (so my doctor tells me). The reason is that I'm hyper-focused on tech: I'm glued to my iPhone, read HN all day, read books on programming, hack on nights and weekends.I'm not telling you not to trust your instincts, but be aware that it's really really common for people your age to be diagnosed with clinical depression due to biological/hereditary reasons." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I got burned out at my second tech job at a start up when I was 20. I've been clinically depressed since 16 and it gets worse as I age, however I've been physically active which seems to help by measure of 5%. I do see myself committing suicide down the road. I just wanted to comment that I understand how you feel. I live in east bay area if you want a friend but it can be quite a distance from SF." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I got burned out at my second tech job at a start up when I was 20. I've been clinically depressed since 16 and it gets worse as I age, however I've been physically active which seems to help by measure of 5%. I do see myself committing suicide down the road. I just wanted to comment that I understand how you feel. I live in east bay area if you want a friend but it can be quite a distance from SF." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Can you find non-tech people who you gel with in SF? Maybe go somewhere welcoming to new people like a burning man party, or something sports related or whatever you're into.Do you have many non-tech acquaintances you can re-kindle a relationship with?" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Can you find non-tech people who you gel with in SF? Maybe go somewhere welcoming to new people like a burning man party, or something sports related or whatever you're into.Do you have many non-tech acquaintances you can re-kindle a relationship with?" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "News, economics and (especially) politics do not matter in your life. You have no control over those things anyway (lets be realistic)." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "And this my friends, is the fake world of democracy we live in. We are being illusioned to posses freedom that we don't really have. This is a game played by very powerful people at the top, who have the right amount of money at the right time and these people will continue to game this system. We need a change, desperately!" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "From what I just read, he didn't hack anything. He found out that AT&T didn't require a password to check if an email was valid, then just got a list of valid email addresses.How could a jury equate this with conspiracy to access a computer?" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "From what I just read, he didn't hack anything. He found out that AT&T didn't require a password to check if an email was valid, then just got a list of valid email addresses.How could a jury equate this with conspiracy to access a computer?" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "weev is a criminal. He spent many years making a living for himself by stealing from other people. He gets to re-write this past of his because most of his former crew are gone. weevs defenders are people who didn't know him when he was most active (2003-2009).This particular case is also pretty clear-cut. If you were a whitehat, why would you retrieve so much data? Why would you give the data to someone who was not with that company?Reserve your sympathy for hackers who get set up by their businesses partners, or people who aren't thieves and backstabbers. weev is just beginning to get what he has had coming to him for ten years..." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "weev is a criminal. He spent many years making a living for himself by stealing from other people. He gets to re-write this past of his because most of his former crew are gone. weevs defenders are people who didn't know him when he was most active (2003-2009).This particular case is also pretty clear-cut. If you were a whitehat, why would you retrieve so much data? Why would you give the data to someone who was not with that company?Reserve your sympathy for hackers who get set up by their businesses partners, or people who aren't thieves and backstabbers. weev is just beginning to get what he has had coming to him for ten years..." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "The title of this should be changed. Actual title is:Jury convicts NY man accused of AT&T-iPad hacking" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "The title of this should be changed. Actual title is:Jury convicts NY man accused of AT&T-iPad hacking" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "\"Provided the information to Gawker\" casts doubt on any criminal intent in my mind" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "It looks like someone has figured out a way to get an absolutely free hostile code audit of their IPSEC implementation. Hundreds of the smartest people in the field will be looking at the code with a critical eye; a process that would cost millions if they were paid for their time, and all for the chance to put their name on the discovery of the backdoor.Yay for Open Source!" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "\"... I have received a mail regarding the early development of the OpenBSD IPSEC stack. It is alleged that some ex-developers (and the company they worked for) accepted US government money to put backdoors into our network stack, ... The mail came in privately from a person I have not talked to for nearly 10 years. I refuse to become part of such a conspiracy ...\"If like some you believe there are cyber skirmishes going on, it's also possible PSYOPS are in operation ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare OBSD could be viewed as a hardened OS and therefore a problem. I can't think of a better way to counter Puffys reputation, than with unsubstantiated and difficult to verify information." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "\"... I have received a mail regarding the early development of the OpenBSD IPSEC stack. It is alleged that some ex-developers (and the company they worked for) accepted US government money to put backdoors into our network stack, ... The mail came in privately from a person I have not talked to for nearly 10 years. I refuse to become part of such a conspiracy ...\"If like some you believe there are cyber skirmishes going on, it's also possible PSYOPS are in operation ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare OBSD could be viewed as a hardened OS and therefore a problem. I can't think of a better way to counter Puffys reputation, than with unsubstantiated and difficult to verify information." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I kind of doubt this. Too much planning would be involved to: * pay people to add backdoors\n * tell DARPA\n * start a marketing arm to convince people to use it\n\nConspiracy stories very rarely turn out to be true; it's too hard to coordinate all of these efforts.If it is true, though, it will be interesting to see how much code Cisco jacked from OpenBSD. (It's allowed by the license, but is probably a hard sell when you tell your Fortune 100 clients that they are just running OpenBSD but at 10000x the cost.)Incidentally, I use OpenBSD for my VPN. But OpenVPN, not IPsec, as I could never figure it out :)" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I kind of doubt this. Too much planning would be involved to: * pay people to add backdoors\n * tell DARPA\n * start a marketing arm to convince people to use it\n\nConspiracy stories very rarely turn out to be true; it's too hard to coordinate all of these efforts.If it is true, though, it will be interesting to see how much code Cisco jacked from OpenBSD. (It's allowed by the license, but is probably a hard sell when you tell your Fortune 100 clients that they are just running OpenBSD but at 10000x the cost.)Incidentally, I use OpenBSD for my VPN. But OpenVPN, not IPsec, as I could never figure it out :)" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I have a hard time imagining the FBI putting a crypto backdoor in and securing it with an expiring NDA." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I have a hard time imagining the FBI putting a crypto backdoor in and securing it with an expiring NDA." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Holy shit:\"This is also probably the reason why you lost your DARPA funding, they\nmore than likely caught wind of the fact that those backdoors were\npresent and didn't want to create any derivative products based upon\nthe same.\"At the time (2003) this was blamed on Theo criticizing the Iraq war in the Canadian press.The impact of this if true is going to be huge." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Here's another interesting episode of the same show (I've got a secret) - it's a 17 year old Ray Kurzweil plaing the piano. His secret is that he wrote a computer program that made the music he's playing. Pretty impressive for a 17 year old in 1965...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Neivqp2K4" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Apparently Atlantic is now combing Reddit for old news? Like six months ago news?" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Apparently Atlantic is now combing Reddit for old news? Like six months ago news?" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The man's story:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Seymour" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The man's story:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Seymour" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I'm not sure why the article is saying this video is now on YouTube. The video pages says it was uploaded in 2009." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I'm not sure why the article is saying this video is now on YouTube. The video pages says it was uploaded in 2009." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "$80 and pipe tobacco! What a prize" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "As annoying as this is - and I agree that they should provide an option to charge for upgrades - the problem can be alleviated to a large extent by in-app purchases.Suppose for example you have FooApp 1.x, and you later want to release a major update, FooApp 2. You release FooApp 2 as a separate app for new customers, and provide an update to FooApp 1.x which lets existing customers update.This is admittedly awkward, and can only really work for upgrades where the main new things in the new version are additional features. For apps which have major architectural changes it would be problematic. To the best of my knowledge though this is the best we can do in the context of the current policies." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "One issue: how to move data from old app to new - and separate - app? On a Mac it's easy, because everything has access to the full file system. On iOS, apps are blocked from anything outside their "sandbox". I gave up on one desirable iOS app because I'd entered a pile of data in the free version, and couldn't move any of it to the new/paid version." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "One issue: how to move data from old app to new - and separate - app? On a Mac it's easy, because everything has access to the full file system. On iOS, apps are blocked from anything outside their "sandbox". I gave up on one desirable iOS app because I'd entered a pile of data in the free version, and couldn't move any of it to the new/paid version." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Btw, I've now dropped over $1,700+tax on Logic. From my original purchase of 4.0 from EMagic that I ran on Windows, Logic 6 post Apple acquisition, Logic Studio 9, and now Logic Pro X.I am totally fine with the $200 pricing which is less than the cost of the previous upgrades. Everyone seems to be forgetting that there was a point when Logic cost $999." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Btw, I've now dropped over $1,700+tax on Logic. From my original purchase of 4.0 from EMagic that I ran on Windows, Logic 6 post Apple acquisition, Logic Studio 9, and now Logic Pro X.I am totally fine with the $200 pricing which is less than the cost of the previous upgrades. Everyone seems to be forgetting that there was a point when Logic cost $999." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I’d say that this is the best indication of Apple’s intentions and expectations for the App Stores going forward.a lot of assumptions made for this one niche product, only on the mac app store, for a product that is receiving an update 4 years after the last version was released.maybe, it's just the fair market value price for a new version of an application?" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I’d say that this is the best indication of Apple’s intentions and expectations for the App Stores going forward.a lot of assumptions made for this one niche product, only on the mac app store, for a product that is receiving an update 4 years after the last version was released.maybe, it's just the fair market value price for a new version of an application?" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "We did the same a few months ago with one of our products. No one complained yet so I guess people seem to accept it.Though we left the old version in the app store (with a warning in the description for new would-be customers) so people can re-download their old version." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "I was enthralled until you asked me to create an account - I have so many accounts online that I really don't want to have to remember yet another password (or compromise my security by reusing one). Is forcing account creation key to the core functionality?Also, I'd be wary of signing up with Facebook for a job-search app - while I'm not actually looking for a new job, if I were that'd put me off in case you posted a notification to my wall." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Hmm, it doesn't seem to be working for me (Chrome, Windows atm.): http://i.imgur.com/Z9aojGD.pngIf I just choose randomly and click Continue the next screen is the same.> <label class=\"radio\">\n> <input value=\"342\" name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\"> \n> </label>While they do have values (e.g. 342), I have no idea what they're suppose to represent.There are no javascript errors." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Hmm, it doesn't seem to be working for me (Chrome, Windows atm.): http://i.imgur.com/Z9aojGD.pngIf I just choose randomly and click Continue the next screen is the same.> <label class=\"radio\">\n> <input value=\"342\" name=\"answer\" type=\"radio\"> \n> </label>While they do have values (e.g. 342), I have no idea what they're suppose to represent.There are no javascript errors." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Nice UI, but you lost my focus after filling out the initial questions with the:\"I have read the terms and conditions of membership and the privacy policy and agree with the content.\"I clicked on one of the embedded links, such as the terms and I lost the page I was looking at. Pressing back then reset everything. However, if I click the logo it looks like its restored. I'd say open in new window or have a dialog." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Nice UI, but you lost my focus after filling out the initial questions with the:\"I have read the terms and conditions of membership and the privacy policy and agree with the content.\"I clicked on one of the embedded links, such as the terms and I lost the page I was looking at. Pressing back then reset everything. However, if I click the logo it looks like its restored. I'd say open in new window or have a dialog." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Looks great!A couple of things:1) The blue background in the \"They are already in\" section of the website is flickering on my laptop (13\" non-retina MPB).2) Why do you need so much information from my Facebook login? I understand Email and profile information, but why photos, status updates, and friends' profile information?" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Looks great!A couple of things:1) The blue background in the \"They are already in\" section of the website is flickering on my laptop (13\" non-retina MPB).2) Why do you need so much information from my Facebook login? I understand Email and profile information, but why photos, status updates, and friends' profile information?" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "In the assessment, 'help' and 'next' should be farther apart, different colors, maybe in different places, and definitely bigger.EDIT: And I get really turned off when I have to spam my friends with requests, so thanks for giving me the option not to.EDIT2: This assessment is painfully long." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "I view this development very positively. Flash is being positioned as being the cutting edge in browser gaming. With Linux support too!It will take years for browsers to catch up and in the meanwhile we have the capability of hosting games as complex as MMOs like World of Warcraft within a browser all with one fairly universal browser plugin.It's time for browser games to move past sprites and tiles." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Unity announced they are working on Flash Player export via Molehill (and presumably Adobe Alchemy): http://blogs.unity3d.com/2011/02/27/unity-flash-3d-on-the-we..." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Unity announced they are working on Flash Player export via Molehill (and presumably Adobe Alchemy): http://blogs.unity3d.com/2011/02/27/unity-flash-3d-on-the-we..." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "If you install the Incubator release of the player, there are some live demos to try out at http://away3d.com/away3d-4-0-alpha-release-broomstick" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "If you install the Incubator release of the player, there are some live demos to try out at http://away3d.com/away3d-4-0-alpha-release-broomstick" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Advanced 3D in Flash has been an attractive idea for some time. I'm surprised Adobe didn't release this earlier in advance of WebGL as a possible competitor." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Advanced 3D in Flash has been an attractive idea for some time. I'm surprised Adobe didn't release this earlier in advance of WebGL as a possible competitor." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Zombie Tycoon: http://molehill.zombietycoon.com/" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "As noted in my analysis below (posted when the Federal Court agreed to hear this case en banc, a term explained below), this case is not about killing off software patents or other forms of business methods.That said, it is very significant in that the Federal Circuit has elected not to go wildly back in the direction of upholding loose patents and in mitigating the damage that would have been caused by a potentially pernicious approach to upholding software patents that had been adopted by the panel whose decision it reviewed. The result is basically an uncertain hodge-podge that will not in itself work to kill off software patents.To give some legal context to those who may be interested, my technical analysis from 7 months ago follows:\"1. The CLS Bank v. Alice case, though raising an issue of vital importance, is not about 'whether software is patentable.'2. Over the years, the Federal Circuit has notoriously broadened the scope of patent eligibility, most conspicuously in its 1998 State Street decision which essentially opened the floodgates to the modern rush of business method patents by holding that virtually any business method was patentable so long as 'it produces a useful, concrete and tangible result.' In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Bilski case, repudiated the State Street test for patent eligibility and, though upholding software and business method patents generally, directed courts to be much more vigilant to ensure that no one gain patent rights to what are mere 'abstract ideas,' however much they may incidentally be tied to some computer mechanism in their implementation. In a follow on decision (Prometheus), the U.S. Supreme Court similarly cut back sharply on the permissible scope of patent eligibility for claimed inventions that constituted nothing more than laws of nature.3. In this CLS Bank case, the claimed patent involves a method for eliminating certain types of risk associated with an escrow closing and used a technological process by which to mimic a phantom version of the closing as a security check before allowing the real transaction to close. In essence, the technological aspect of this 'invention' is routine and so the question is whether anything beyond that is simply another way of trying to patent nothing more than an abstract idea. If so, it should fail under Bilski; if not, it would potentially pass the test for patent eligibility.4. The lower court in CLS Bank held as a matter of law that the 'invention' was nothing more than an abstract idea and held it invalid as being ineligible for patent protection. On appeal, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit reversed and reinstated the patent. It did so, however, by setting out a brand new procedural rule whose effect would be to gut much of Bilski and reopen the floodgates to huge numbers of business method patents under a very loose standard - to wit, by holding, that, if it 'is not manifestly evident [my emphasis] that a claim is directed to a patent ineligible abstract idea,' then the court essentially treat the claim as eligible. What the Federal Circuit panel did, then, was to take the Supreme Court's directive for lower courts to be much stricter in evaluating dubious business method patents for patent eligibility and recast that directive in a form that said, if you as a court see that something is obviously nothing more than an abstract idea, then go ahead and reject it but you are otherwise to treat as being eligible for patent protection. In other words, the new strictness found in Bilski for evaluating such claims was once again to be transformed by the Federal Circuit into a loose standard that would let such claims coast by unimpeded.5. Of course, this has set off alarm bells because, in effect, it represents yet one more revolt by the Federal Circuit against attempts by the Supreme Court to rein it in by bringing patent issues back to some semi-sane state. Following the panel decision (which was rendered over a sharp and stinging dissent), the losing party petitioned for a rehearing en banc (meaning by the full panoply of Federal Circuit judges as opposed to merely a 3-judge panel) and this was granted. Thus, we shall see whether the Federal Circuit is prepared once again to stick its thumb in the eye of the Supreme Court or whether it will temper its extreme pro-patent proclivities and follow the law as it has been directed.So, this is a very important case affecting the trend of patent enforcement in a profound way but does nothing to challenge the idea of software or business methods being patentable in a general sense. For anything to change in that regard, Congress must act.\"" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "FYI There were 7 different opinions (out of 10 judges) authored for CLS Bank vs. Alice.\nIt's a bit of a mess right now to figure out what's up.The method and computer readable media claims were held ineligible by a majority of the court\nThe systems claims had an equally divided court, and the result there is to affirm the district court judgement.See http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/...This was an en banc (IE whole court) opinion, which to the degree it was a majority, is binding on not just lower courts, but all future 3 judge panels (the normal size) of the appeals court.\nTo the degree it was an equally divided court, it is not binding precedent.Also, what usually happens in patent cases this is that the future 3 judge panels that disagree with the decision twist the hell out of it to avoid it." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "FYI There were 7 different opinions (out of 10 judges) authored for CLS Bank vs. Alice.\nIt's a bit of a mess right now to figure out what's up.The method and computer readable media claims were held ineligible by a majority of the court\nThe systems claims had an equally divided court, and the result there is to affirm the district court judgement.See http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/...This was an en banc (IE whole court) opinion, which to the degree it was a majority, is binding on not just lower courts, but all future 3 judge panels (the normal size) of the appeals court.\nTo the degree it was an equally divided court, it is not binding precedent.Also, what usually happens in patent cases this is that the future 3 judge panels that disagree with the decision twist the hell out of it to avoid it." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "IMO, there's not need for a patent on an algorithm to \"allow one window to display partially occluding another\" or \"method to display multiple items on a drop-down menu\".I can understand patenting things like file formats (e.g.: PSD) but general computer operation \"controlling tones over a device connected to telephone lines to initiate a connection between a remote computer and a local one\" or the more stupid GUI patents or obvious usage patents.I have no problem if they all go away." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "IMO, there's not need for a patent on an algorithm to \"allow one window to display partially occluding another\" or \"method to display multiple items on a drop-down menu\".I can understand patenting things like file formats (e.g.: PSD) but general computer operation \"controlling tones over a device connected to telephone lines to initiate a connection between a remote computer and a local one\" or the more stupid GUI patents or obvious usage patents.I have no problem if they all go away." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "This doesn't seem to be anywhere near a conclusive ruling on software patents. But imagining a world where such a ruling were handed down, the software giants would be writing down massive losses as their patent warchests evaporated. Mostly fake money but still, Wall Street wouldn't be happy. But ultimately it would be a good thing when you consider the massive distortion of the market caused by things like Google's purchase of money-losing Motorola for $12 billion." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "This doesn't seem to be anywhere near a conclusive ruling on software patents. But imagining a world where such a ruling were handed down, the software giants would be writing down massive losses as their patent warchests evaporated. Mostly fake money but still, Wall Street wouldn't be happy. But ultimately it would be a good thing when you consider the massive distortion of the market caused by things like Google's purchase of money-losing Motorola for $12 billion." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "« I know, I'll patent \"being a trusted middleman to stop people cheating eachother... on a computer\". »Somehow I think the possibility of this stopping all software patents is a bit exaggerated. And since half the judges disagreed about why these patents were invalid, it sounds like the quoted EFF lawyer is probably right: \"No one understands what the hell is or isn't patentable, including the ... federal circuit.\"" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "> Please have people send books.How illegal is it to send printed screenshots of GNAA-style material to a prisoner?This (watch out for affiliate links) website seems to be relevant: (http://www.sendbookstoinmates.com/)He's in New York's Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC).Here's what they suggest are general rules:General Rules When Shipping Books to PrisonsBooks have to be new. Used books will be returned.Books have to be shipped from a major bookstore such as Amazon. Books sent by an individual or a small bookstore will be returned.Books should not contain no nudity.Books should not contain any inflammatory material such as gang related. racist and books promoting violenceHardcover books will often be returned so paperbacks are highly recommended.The books have to be sent by USPS only. Books delivered by courier service or private delivery will be returnedBooks should be addressed to the inmate showing their Inmate Number clearlyShip only one parcel per month and only up to 1o books per shipment.EDIT:A \"books requested by prisoners\" website would be a good idea. The prisoners ask for books. The website has an affiliate link. People buy the books and the website marks that book as bought. (Somehow.)" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "What is weev's current mailing address?I don't approve of his crimes, and don't want to feed his ego, but I'd like to send him books to pass the time and also express to him that he's virtually not a topic among the public at all anymore. This might help him spend the time on some major introspection and maybe worry less about what people are thinking about him." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "What is weev's current mailing address?I don't approve of his crimes, and don't want to feed his ego, but I'd like to send him books to pass the time and also express to him that he's virtually not a topic among the public at all anymore. This might help him spend the time on some major introspection and maybe worry less about what people are thinking about him." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "\"Has the Internet forgotten about me or am I still a hot topic?\"I'm not super-familiar with this case, but there is something unsettling about the mindset behind these words." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "\"Has the Internet forgotten about me or am I still a hot topic?\"I'm not super-familiar with this case, but there is something unsettling about the mindset behind these words." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Here is weev's info:\nhttp://freeweev.github.io/Obviously people's opinions of Weev vary, but I am fairly certain that the punishment does not fit the crime in this case." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Here is weev's info:\nhttp://freeweev.github.io/Obviously people's opinions of Weev vary, but I am fairly certain that the punishment does not fit the crime in this case." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Consequences are a real bitch, aren't they? Sucks to be that guy, but maybe you should have thought about that before stealing and release people's personal data." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Alternate headline: Textmate clone beats Textmate to version 2.This was pretty much my text editor of choice when I had to use a Windows box." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It's great to see progress being made with the TextMate model.If E was brought properly to OS X, there could quite possible be a TextMate coup." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It's great to see progress being made with the TextMate model.If E was brought properly to OS X, there could quite possible be a TextMate coup." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I'm really interested in seeing what the \"vim inspired command-mode\" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast?(Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since)." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I'm really interested in seeing what the \"vim inspired command-mode\" is all about. Anyone know where I can see a screencast?(Having said that, I seriously doubt anyone can pry me from my Sublime Text. Multiple-cursor editing is just a much better model for editing than anything I've ever seen before or since)." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I wonder how the \"open company\" thing turned out:http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2009/opencompany\nhttp://e-texteditor.com/wiki/index.php/OpenCompanysince it looks like this new version is closed again." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I wonder how the \"open company\" thing turned out:http://e-texteditor.com/blog/2009/opencompany\nhttp://e-texteditor.com/wiki/index.php/OpenCompanysince it looks like this new version is closed again." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "I just got an email about the free update today. I only boot my Windows laptop about once a week, but I am looking forward to kicking the tires of the new version. Good editor.E makes developing on Windows 7 nicer, but not as nice as OS X or Ubuntu." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "The exact same thing happened to me a little over a month ago. A few days before the launch of http://limelightapp.com/ , we saw http://app.net/ show up on the front page of HN. Initially, my heart sunk. (You've already felt this, I'm sure.) Thankfully I was sitting next to my wife on the couch, who had the good sense to say: \"Go grab a beer.\" I took her advice.In the end, I can honestly say that having http://app.net/ launch before us was a blessing in many ways. Many of the ways have already been explained by others (e.g. validation of the idea, etc.) It also seriously motivated us to stop putting it off for another weekend. I buckled down that weekend and got the service as ready to launch as I could. I knew that if we waited too long it would seem like we were just copying their idea, when in fact we had been working on it for a couple months in our nights and weekends already.We also had the benefit of seeing what features were being requested from people on HN. In many cases, these were features that we built into our initial release. In other cases, I knew that I could knock the feature out in a couple of hours. This allowed us to tune the marketing message that would accompany our release. Our service does many things, but knowing which ones people really wanted was invaluable.In the end our launch went a lot better than expected. Few people made the connection between our service and the competitor that launched a few days earlier, and when they did we received a favorable comparison. More importantly, that \"idea validation\" that their launch provided translated into real subscribers as soon as we launched. We've actually exceeded our expectations in terms of paid subscribers up until this point and we haven't even started really marketing the service." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Every good niche has competition. Being first to market doesn't mean much (remember GeoCities? Six Degrees? Friendster? MySpace? and these guys were in a space where the first mover has an even bigger advantage.) You just don't know who will win.Killer features aren't usually obvious, except in retrospect. Google didn't know that its algorithm would make it king of search, or they wouldn't have tried to sell so soon, for so little. Facebook didn't know that real names and a clean design would get your grandma to sign up. And you don't know which subtle design edge will make the difference in your niche. Neither do your competitors (those you know about, and those still working on launching), or the VCs.What you should be doing (launching and getting funding) hasn't changed one bit. I don't know the secret recipe for success, but I can tell you lots of ways you can fail. Not launching would be the easiest." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Every good niche has competition. Being first to market doesn't mean much (remember GeoCities? Six Degrees? Friendster? MySpace? and these guys were in a space where the first mover has an even bigger advantage.) You just don't know who will win.Killer features aren't usually obvious, except in retrospect. Google didn't know that its algorithm would make it king of search, or they wouldn't have tried to sell so soon, for so little. Facebook didn't know that real names and a clean design would get your grandma to sign up. And you don't know which subtle design edge will make the difference in your niche. Neither do your competitors (those you know about, and those still working on launching), or the VCs.What you should be doing (launching and getting funding) hasn't changed one bit. I don't know the secret recipe for success, but I can tell you lots of ways you can fail. Not launching would be the easiest." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Look at Duckduckgo they have a competitor who launched years earlier and has a hell lot more funding." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Look at Duckduckgo they have a competitor who launched years earlier and has a hell lot more funding." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "> What should I do?Compete.Every startup should expect a well-funded competitor to hit the space, both before and after." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "> What should I do?Compete.Every startup should expect a well-funded competitor to hit the space, both before and after." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "You should launch anyways.In 2004, I was going to do a startup with some friends that would ship a product allowing enterprises to \"firewall\" the IM protocols, ensuring that private inter-company messages stayed inside the company's 4 walls. We gave up when 3 other companies launched products to do the same thing, including AOL, all well-financed.Companies launched after we decided we were outgunned ended up doing better than the companies that were there at the beginning. AOL dropped their product entirely.Every time a friend of mine has built a product in a space that seemed spoken for, they've done well. Look at Marty Roesch with SourceFire; nobody would have predicted green fields for SourceFire when they launched, but Marty and his team IPO'd.The single toughest part about getting a company off the ground is product/market fit. It's finding the right group of people to talk to and having the right conversations to figure out what the feature/function/benefit should be, how the product should be packaged, and what it should cost. Think of it this way: someone else did the hardest part of the problem for you." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "RedHat's $1m stock is his only big payout, apparently. Rather sad, considering the number of mid-level facebook engineers who will become many times as rich in a few months." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Had the pleasure of meeting Linus last weekend while up in Portland, at a Go Kart facility no less. Super nice guy, but I was a little too star struck to form coherent words. His race nickname was Penguin, :)." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Had the pleasure of meeting Linus last weekend while up in Portland, at a Go Kart facility no less. Super nice guy, but I was a little too star struck to form coherent words. His race nickname was Penguin, :)." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I cringed with the S.Jobs comparisons. Journalists should really stop doing this. And this one was completely unwarranted" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I cringed with the S.Jobs comparisons. Journalists should really stop doing this. And this one was completely unwarranted" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "How is that license plate holder legal? You can't even see the state name, and you have to guess based on the lower loop on the \"g\".Don't drive that car into Texas (http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr03...) or any other state with similar laws..." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "How is that license plate holder legal? You can't even see the state name, and you have to guess based on the lower loop on the \"g\".Don't drive that car into Texas (http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist25/pr03...) or any other state with similar laws..." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Linus' blog entry on the pre-Oscar party mentioned in the article - http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2011/02/pearls-before-sw..." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "It's just like Amazon Prime, except all the prices on Amazon aren't inflated by a ludicrous markup when compared to other online stores. (On top of a delivery fee or annual subscription.)" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Mehta, in a call with TechCrunch, stated that simply tacking on new cities to his company’s service doesn’t, in a sense, prove much; that’s just hiring.I think the whole idea behind geographic expansion is that it proves more people are willing to pay for service X or Y than just those living in the Bay Area, who are perhaps the most amenable cross-section of the country for a service like this.(Not advocating expansion for expansion's sake -- I think Instacart is making a wise choice -- but saying "It's just hiring" is disingenuous.)" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Mehta, in a call with TechCrunch, stated that simply tacking on new cities to his company’s service doesn’t, in a sense, prove much; that’s just hiring.I think the whole idea behind geographic expansion is that it proves more people are willing to pay for service X or Y than just those living in the Bay Area, who are perhaps the most amenable cross-section of the country for a service like this.(Not advocating expansion for expansion's sake -- I think Instacart is making a wise choice -- but saying "It's just hiring" is disingenuous.)" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Instacart is a neat concept, but knowing that they charge more on items than the store charges irritates me enough that I don't use it.I'd rather pay a clear delivery fee and not feel that I'm paying extra for every item than have free delivery but a mark -up on every item. I know that financially it might come out to the same thing, but psychologically I get annoyed that they charge me $4.99 when Trader Joe's charges $3.99.I'm hoping they hit the scale where they can take some of their margin from the store (Trader Joe's specifically). Instacart Plus is a step in the right direction there." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Instacart is a neat concept, but knowing that they charge more on items than the store charges irritates me enough that I don't use it.I'd rather pay a clear delivery fee and not feel that I'm paying extra for every item than have free delivery but a mark -up on every item. I know that financially it might come out to the same thing, but psychologically I get annoyed that they charge me $4.99 when Trader Joe's charges $3.99.I'm hoping they hit the scale where they can take some of their margin from the store (Trader Joe's specifically). Instacart Plus is a step in the right direction there." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "In testing, Express members ordered from Instacart, again according to Mehta, two or three times weekly. The caveat to the Express deal is that delivery is only free on orders over $35.So Express members are spending $70-105+ per week on groceries? I guess Instacart must be a hit with families.For those kinds of users who spend $280-$420 per month on groceries, $99/year is relatively small." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "In testing, Express members ordered from Instacart, again according to Mehta, two or three times weekly. The caveat to the Express deal is that delivery is only free on orders over $35.So Express members are spending $70-105+ per week on groceries? I guess Instacart must be a hit with families.For those kinds of users who spend $280-$420 per month on groceries, $99/year is relatively small." }

{ "score": 4, "text": ""We deliver in the San Francisco Bay Area"I enter a Zipcode from downtown San Jose"Bummer! We don't deliver there... yet!"So typical. Nothing cool ever works in San Jose. :-(" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/00605..." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "There are thousands of them. They're usually called, \"the business plan.\"" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "There are thousands of them. They're usually called, \"the business plan.\"" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Non-fiction, but the best tech startup story I know of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Non-fiction, but the best tech startup story I know of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "If you want something a little different, \"The Truth\" and \"Going Postal\" by Terry Pratchett both capture a sense of startupness." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "If you want something a little different, \"The Truth\" and \"Going Postal\" by Terry Pratchett both capture a sense of startupness." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Options by Fake Steve Jobs (Dan Lyons): http://www.amazon.com/Options-Secret-Life-Steve-Parody/dp/03...Although all the parts in it that I liked were already on the blog: http://fakesteve.blogspot.com" }

{ "score": 0, "text": "You're doing it wrong. Please don't take that first sentence the wrong way. Allow me to elaborate and I hope this helps.1. Press helps but they are usually \"nice to have\" but whatever if you don't have them. Unless you're a well funded company doing something with a lot of famous names behind your product, generally speaking, getting techcrunched, etc... brings a singular traffic spike to your site and many may not even convert. Although this is not true in all cases, long story short, don't place bets on press. They're nice if you got them but place your bets in better medians.2. Be creative in how you aim to market your startup. For us, we didn't even get techcrunched until the day we were acquired and we never got coverage on any of the other press sites you listed. That didn't change anything. I believe Alexis Ohanian (founder of Reddit, Breadpig, and Hipmunk) said something similar. Their entire marketing budget they ever spent was a whooping $500 on stickers of the Reddit alien that they use to spread all over town.In our case, we were in a very niche market so we spent $400 asking for a legitimate paid review (with full disclosure and allowing the reviewer to bash us for any and all negative points if there were some) from a top blogger in our niche to reach relevant audience (was well spent) and aside from that, paying for tables and booths twice a year at a targeted conference to exhibit for our product (also well spent). Some of these things are not as expensive as they seem. That said, MAJORITY of our users and marketing channels were 100% free, especially in the early stages. We focused heavily on getting the community to help spread the world. Word of mouth is often beaten to a pulp and taken out of context. The best thing you could do is get connected to all your users and do a great job for them and let those with social influence do their thing. Find out who the top influencers are in your industry and reach out, you'll be surprise how many of them are willing to give feedback and even spread the word to their friends. Its the best way to get going in the early days.3. The earlier you are in your startup, the less you should try to blow up in explosive growth. Getting attention can also have major negative consquences too. See Color. Being a startup means you have the opportunity to roll out your product slowly and test and improve constantly before it reaches the masses. Sometimes its worth getting that explosive growth a year later, etc... Just something to think about. Right now, if I were you, I would focus 100% on the community, forget the fancy marketing tactics or press. They're not what makes your business." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "In your position I would do a few things.1. Become an authority figure in the market. Start writing blog posts about independent music, comment on music blogs, ask for permission to write some guest posts on some (small, medium, or large) music blogs.2. Reach out to independent musicians and bloggers. Send them an email, be human, start a conversation. Don't just pitch your startup to them. Define the problem which you have the solution." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "In your position I would do a few things.1. Become an authority figure in the market. Start writing blog posts about independent music, comment on music blogs, ask for permission to write some guest posts on some (small, medium, or large) music blogs.2. Reach out to independent musicians and bloggers. Send them an email, be human, start a conversation. Don't just pitch your startup to them. Define the problem which you have the solution." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Who has the audience you want? Borrow it from them. Start with your musicians fan bases." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Who has the audience you want? Borrow it from them. Start with your musicians fan bases." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I think your initial target should be people who really dig independent artists and proactively try to support them. Where do you find these people? At local shows.I'd hit up the end of local performances and pass out flyers. You may laugh but I've found flyers to be very effective if you nail the targeting.That aside, I'd personally simplify your pricing screen. I've already decided to buy and then find that you want me to make all these decisions about how much I want to pay overall, how much I want to pay the artist etc." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I think your initial target should be people who really dig independent artists and proactively try to support them. Where do you find these people? At local shows.I'd hit up the end of local performances and pass out flyers. You may laugh but I've found flyers to be very effective if you nail the targeting.That aside, I'd personally simplify your pricing screen. I've already decided to buy and then find that you want me to make all these decisions about how much I want to pay overall, how much I want to pay the artist etc." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Asking questions is a good way, but the search box here at HN is probably faster. HN has been around for years now and there's a huge number of marketing-related questions that have been asked+answered. You could spend days reading the replies and following up with each." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Very short summary:- with the iPad you can do interactive books which are basically the new \"interactive CDROM\" you had some years ago.\n- with the Kindle you cannot easily flip through the pages and write notes on them, this is why it does not improve the traditional textbook.Nothing new, you know that after 15 minutes using the devices. But I must say, to read novels, news and stuff like that, you cannot really be better than the Kindle at the moment.Disclaimer: I am an avid user of my Kindle combined with Instapaper." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It's interesting they chose to interview a professor from Reed given that the CEO of Apple dropped out of Reed and Reed has always been rather Apple centric when it comes to computing platforms for students (\nhttp://www.reed.edu/cis/about/computing_faq.html#typesused). It would have been interesting to see if the opinions given here were shared with other institutions that are participating in the iPad/Kindle trials.I can't say for sure, but this article seems awfully close to this:http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It's interesting they chose to interview a professor from Reed given that the CEO of Apple dropped out of Reed and Reed has always been rather Apple centric when it comes to computing platforms for students (\nhttp://www.reed.edu/cis/about/computing_faq.html#typesused). It would have been interesting to see if the opinions given here were shared with other institutions that are participating in the iPad/Kindle trials.I can't say for sure, but this article seems awfully close to this:http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The original title is \"The E-Textbook Experiment Turns A Page\". The editorialized title made little sense at first.A professor that had students with Kindles says it wasn't very useful because it was slow at highlighting, note-taking and turning pages.The CEO of inkling.com, who make e-textbooks for the iPad, thinks the iPad is better than the Kindle for interacting with textbooks. The professor is also hoping that the iPad will prove better than the Kindle. A couple students that already had iPads said it was pleasant to use in class but considering the cost, a laptop would also suffice." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The original title is \"The E-Textbook Experiment Turns A Page\". The editorialized title made little sense at first.A professor that had students with Kindles says it wasn't very useful because it was slow at highlighting, note-taking and turning pages.The CEO of inkling.com, who make e-textbooks for the iPad, thinks the iPad is better than the Kindle for interacting with textbooks. The professor is also hoping that the iPad will prove better than the Kindle. A couple students that already had iPads said it was pleasant to use in class but considering the cost, a laptop would also suffice." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Maybe I'm being a prude, or maybe it's just inertia, but does everyone have an easy time replacing a textbook with an electronic device? An argument can probably be made about how ever-advancing technology might make note-taking (and the like) easier, but I often have a hard time detaching myself from the (very) personal experience a book ends up being. I don't just mean the contents of it, but also the feel of having a book in your hand and it being a companion. So much so, that there are times when reflecting back to certain textbooks, I'm reminded of the how the book 'looked' and 'felt'. Almost like how face-to-face conversation differs from over-the-wire.Do most people feel otherwise?" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Maybe I'm being a prude, or maybe it's just inertia, but does everyone have an easy time replacing a textbook with an electronic device? An argument can probably be made about how ever-advancing technology might make note-taking (and the like) easier, but I often have a hard time detaching myself from the (very) personal experience a book ends up being. I don't just mean the contents of it, but also the feel of having a book in your hand and it being a companion. So much so, that there are times when reflecting back to certain textbooks, I'm reminded of the how the book 'looked' and 'felt'. Almost like how face-to-face conversation differs from over-the-wire.Do most people feel otherwise?" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Is there any evidence cited here beyond opinion? Or, strangely, does Steve Jobs' alma mater prefer a more expensive and colorful device?I think this is a difference horses for different courses. If you study English or Political Science (like I did), you'll probably find a Kindle easier to deal with. If you study biology, chemistry, or topics like that, the animations and rendering of diagrams on an iPad will be superior." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Hey,Just as @rdegges said, I work on Auth0 so I'm a a little biased as well but I can give you some insights about Auth0 and tell you why I personally like it and why I joined the team.- Pricing: I agree with you that it's not 100% ideal. To be honest, we've been fighting to make this clearer and easier. Our basic idea here is, don't charge somebody who's starting to do something. Charge them once they have enough users so that they can start getting money in, and only charge for Users that actually USE your site (Users that have entered your site in the last 30 days at least). But I'd love to get some feedback about it, if you're willing to :). Why do you think it's confusing and how would you change it?- Features: I can enumerate all the features we have and all the ones I like, but the easiest way for you to decide what's best for you is just to create an account and try it out :). Put it in one of your projects. Follow the Quick start guide on https://docs.auth0.com/ and integrate it to your app. Let me know then if this was easy and straight forward enough for you :).- Data Export: We don't have anything in the UI right now to show how you can export the data. However, our dashboard uses our API to show all of the information you see there, so you can just use our API to export all of the information in there. For example, for getting ALL of the users information to save it, just call https://docs.auth0.com/api#!#get--api-users and get it :).- Why I joined Auth0: I work in Auth0 as a Developer Evangelist. The first thing you gotta know for this position is that if you don't like the product for the company you're joining, you're screwed :). What I love about it is that we use ALL standards (JWT, Open Id Connect, SAML, OAuth, etc.) which means that even if you don't like us after all, it's really easy to replace us. Also, we have TONS of stuff Open Source. I love Open Source and Openness. It's the way to go, and that's one of the main things I like about Auth0. Just go to our Github and check it out.I don't want to make this message sound as I'm selling Auth0 to you. I haven't checked out Dailycred yet, but I do think Stormpath is also a good product. My final recommendation would be, just try all of them out, and join the one you feel more confortable with. If you have any feedback, please shoot me an email to gonto@auth0.com or martin@gon.to.Cheers :)" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Yo Paul,I'm sorta biased here -- I work at Stormpath, so I think you should use us, but I did want to mention what we do which I personally think is cool (I use Stormpath myself for all my own side projects):- You can use us for SSO (something like having login.mysite.com).- You can use us to build your own user management system directly -- you can build a registration / login page on your site, and in the backend, use our open source libraries to create / manage / edit users on Stormpath.- You can use us to for 'hosted login' -- basically when a user wants to register / login to your site you redirect them to us, and we'll display your own custom registration / login page, handle the authentication, then send the user back to you (new feature).- We have social login (although we only support two providers atm: Google / Facebook).- It's really easy to export your data out of us. I built a tool which does is really fast / well: https://github.com/rdegges/stormpath-export- Our framework integrations are top notch.I've specifically been working on our framework integrations (check these out!):- http://flask-stormpath.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ (Flask)- http://docs.stormpath.com/nodejs/express/ (Express)If you're using Flask or Express, there's no simpler way to do user authentication (and if there is, let me know, so I can fix it!).Anyhow, if you do end up rolling with Stormpath, and we don't work well, let me know why. I'm not an owner or anything, but totally 100% love working on the product here. I think it's the best solution out there. I'm r@rdegges.com (personal) if you wanna chat." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Yo Paul,I'm sorta biased here -- I work at Stormpath, so I think you should use us, but I did want to mention what we do which I personally think is cool (I use Stormpath myself for all my own side projects):- You can use us for SSO (something like having login.mysite.com).- You can use us to build your own user management system directly -- you can build a registration / login page on your site, and in the backend, use our open source libraries to create / manage / edit users on Stormpath.- You can use us to for 'hosted login' -- basically when a user wants to register / login to your site you redirect them to us, and we'll display your own custom registration / login page, handle the authentication, then send the user back to you (new feature).- We have social login (although we only support two providers atm: Google / Facebook).- It's really easy to export your data out of us. I built a tool which does is really fast / well: https://github.com/rdegges/stormpath-export- Our framework integrations are top notch.I've specifically been working on our framework integrations (check these out!):- http://flask-stormpath.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ (Flask)- http://docs.stormpath.com/nodejs/express/ (Express)If you're using Flask or Express, there's no simpler way to do user authentication (and if there is, let me know, so I can fix it!).Anyhow, if you do end up rolling with Stormpath, and we don't work well, let me know why. I'm not an owner or anything, but totally 100% love working on the product here. I think it's the best solution out there. I'm r@rdegges.com (personal) if you wanna chat." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I would recommend Userapp( https://www.userapp.io/ ). It has a lot of features and it is really easy to use. Also I have talked via email with the guys making the service and they offer great support. I only use a free version and not trying to advertise the service, but I really think it is the best solution for side projects/early stage startup MVP" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I would recommend Userapp( https://www.userapp.io/ ). It has a lot of features and it is really easy to use. Also I have talked via email with the guys making the service and they offer great support. I only use a free version and not trying to advertise the service, but I really think it is the best solution for side projects/early stage startup MVP" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I am also doing research to select one such service and I believe the decision point comes down to this: pricing based on user count vs pricing based on activity (i.e. API calls). I think developers will chose the latter since you can somehow program you code to limit API calls but you cannot determine number of users in advance. So far Stormpath is winning b/c of this reason." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I am also doing research to select one such service and I believe the decision point comes down to this: pricing based on user count vs pricing based on activity (i.e. API calls). I think developers will chose the latter since you can somehow program you code to limit API calls but you cannot determine number of users in advance. So far Stormpath is winning b/c of this reason." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "You might want to look into http://authrocket.com/ as well." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "So Antarctica has the biggest online population?http://cdn.theatlantic.com/newsroom/img/posts/population.png" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Whenever I see warped maps like this, I intuitively compare it to the standard map. Which, if you think about it, is a ridiculous comparison since one is based on population and the other is based on land mass." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Whenever I see warped maps like this, I intuitively compare it to the standard map. Which, if you think about it, is a ridiculous comparison since one is based on population and the other is based on land mass." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "In India there is huge potential , with mobile penetration increasing exponentially, its a big market waiting." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "In India there is huge potential , with mobile penetration increasing exponentially, its a big market waiting." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "South America is basically the same." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "South America is basically the same." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Wow, Canada is really tiny inspite of being huge geographically. And I don't see Africa at all. Powerful visualization." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Let's look at this with level heads. A PR manager went to a conference and decided she didn't like the content of a joke she overheard, indirectly, in a seminar room. Instead of addressing the \"offenders\", she decided to snap photos of them, without their knowledge, and shame them preemptively on Twitter.Her Twitter account is the platform from which she \"evangelizes\" for developers; that is, performs her PR duties for her employer. She consciously made the decision to (ab)use her professional platform and status to more effectively carry out a personal crusade. Then when called out on it, she explicitly stated that her employer condoned her actions. Meaning, the PR manager stated that she was speaking on behalf of her employer. About dongles, and forking repos, and public shaming.This leaves the employer vulnerable, because they are now complicit in her actions. In the extreme case, they could be sued. In the least extreme case, they've got a renegade PR manager projecting an image that doesn't actually represent the company.I don't see a possible scenario where the employer could have kept the PR manager on. She showed a complete lack of judgement and forethought, not to mention a total disregard for the best interests of the brand.And this is all _completely_exclusive_ from any of the sexism, misogyny, whatever allegations. Irrelevant for the purposes of discussing the firing. It's a chain-of-thought, judgment, and competency thing. The PR manager showed she did not have the right temperament or skillset for the job. The employer took action." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Neither her nor the other person should have been fired for this. People calling for them to be fired have been acting irresponsibly." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Neither her nor the other person should have been fired for this. People calling for them to be fired have been acting irresponsibly." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The facebook announcement was already on the front page, but then magically vanished,\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5416021" }

{ "score": 2, "text": "The facebook announcement was already on the front page, but then magically vanished,\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5416021" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Reading through some of the comments over on the facebook it appears there is a polarized view about this (as echoed generally over this episode).It is so hard to draw the line as to what is right vs wrong, but I guess the take away is, there has to be a better way to deal with reporting such instances.I am sure the horror stories that come out of def con, are mostly true, but a process for appropriate reporting is needed and should be mandatory for every conference to have in place." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Reading through some of the comments over on the facebook it appears there is a polarized view about this (as echoed generally over this episode).It is so hard to draw the line as to what is right vs wrong, but I guess the take away is, there has to be a better way to deal with reporting such instances.I am sure the horror stories that come out of def con, are mostly true, but a process for appropriate reporting is needed and should be mandatory for every conference to have in place." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "This has officially been blown entirely and utterly out of proportion, not a single soul should've been fired over this." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Ultimately it is the product you market, not the company. But consumer services can be OK with a common name if that helps a startup cut through the clutter. (and it will just be the product name anyway after you are acquired ...)Relatedly, you can use the company name as part of product name for products (Company ProductA, Company productB), this can help you with trademarks and avoiding problems with others when you want your product name to be descriptive but it would be otherwise generic w/o your company name as part it." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "I think it's better to name the company differently from the product, but using the same idea. For instance: my startup is called SimplCloud and it is about creating products for DevOps. The first product is called SimplDS (for Deplyment Service) and I can continue with this scheme." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "I think it's better to name the company differently from the product, but using the same idea. For instance: my startup is called SimplCloud and it is about creating products for DevOps. The first product is called SimplDS (for Deplyment Service) and I can continue with this scheme." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "If you don't have a viable product, it doesn't matter.If you have a viable product, you can sort it out." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "If you don't have a viable product, it doesn't matter.If you have a viable product, you can sort it out." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "no. Chock full of nuts sells lots of coffee these days and no nuts. http://www.chockfullonuts.com/ (warning: flash heavy site)" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "no. Chock full of nuts sells lots of coffee these days and no nuts. http://www.chockfullonuts.com/ (warning: flash heavy site)" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Doesn't seem to be a problem for Google." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Browsers (when hinted with <label for=\"id\">) already do this. Mousing over the label will highlight the check-box identically to mousing over the check-box. Clicking the label clicks the box. While I haven't seen the label changing more than once or twice, I see people clicking the labels frequently enough to realize it's expected when it highlights the field.Am I missing something? Or is this just about the ubiquitous lack of label-for?edit: I despise the hand-cursor on anything but an action field (like a link). If it doesn't redirect my browser or open a popup, I don't want a hand. Ever." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Disagree. Hover effects should generally be avoided, as there's no hover state in a touch-based UI.Some people suggest using select elements instead of checkboxes and two-option radios. Forget the source, but at least one study concluded that users preferred selects. As always, take with a grain of salt and test for yourself." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "Disagree. Hover effects should generally be avoided, as there's no hover state in a touch-based UI.Some people suggest using select elements instead of checkboxes and two-option radios. Forget the source, but at least one study concluded that users preferred selects. As always, take with a grain of salt and test for yourself." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I frequent Starbucks and it is always frustrating, even though it lasts for a second, that signing into their network requires me do exactly what this article talks about. Each time I login, I'm hopefully that an engineer has fixed this." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "I frequent Starbucks and it is always frustrating, even though it lasts for a second, that signing into their network requires me do exactly what this article talks about. Each time I login, I'm hopefully that an engineer has fixed this." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Unfortunately mobile phones don't support the rollover event.I assume this is why Apple went with the toggle UI. The problem with toggles is you need a very short description. (on/off, yes/no, etc)Worse, for those of us not developing only for the iPhone, there are drawbacks. There are javascript and jQuery solutions for this. But then you need to require javascript and download some images and it adds complexity, makes things more fragile, is harder to maintain, adds concerns over compatibility, and I don't even know if there are performance issues.So I guess there are some trade offs." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "Unfortunately mobile phones don't support the rollover event.I assume this is why Apple went with the toggle UI. The problem with toggles is you need a very short description. (on/off, yes/no, etc)Worse, for those of us not developing only for the iPhone, there are drawbacks. There are javascript and jQuery solutions for this. But then you need to require javascript and download some images and it adds complexity, makes things more fragile, is harder to maintain, adds concerns over compatibility, and I don't even know if there are performance issues.So I guess there are some trade offs." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Interestingly enough, their own poll along the right hand side uses radio buttons, but does not have a roll-over effect as proposed by the article." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "I seriously would like more people to explain their experience if they tried this, but unit test and integration tests are no substitute for QA. Especially for a young startup trying to get traction, I seriously can't see how this is beneficial to have possibly a buggy to low quality app with possibly several bad deployments. How do you avoid the problem of continuously putting out small fires, rather than looking at big picture type problems with this continuous deployment cycles ? Am I misunderstanding the process ?" }

{ "score": 1, "text": "They forgot: Optimize for security." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "They forgot: Optimize for security." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Like many a member here, I am building something. In my case in PHP.I have lovingly crafted ( wasted ) a system which is still in its infancy to handle a form of automated test driven development and from what I can see so far, the times I break it or discover a bug ( logic bug ) in my code later it is usually due to week tests.Clearly I am not a large site like wordpress.com, a part of me thinks its the right thing to do. It certainly makes deploying a breeze and gives a little more \"confidence\" that the system didn't just fall over.The sad part, at least in the PHP world, there are no libraries with an explanation on how best to use it with your site / application structure.The database part is the biggest hiccup.\nMy solution is a duplicate database with no data.\nFirst it confirms that the \"fake db\" matches the \"real db\" and warns if the table structure is different.Then with my blank \"fake db\" using functions in my tests to \"setup\" and \"destroy\" I purposly build data to test with.Once my site is operational, I will look to using live data in the \"fake db\" to simulate with real data. But so far it has been an interesting journey.Clearly, TDD would become a bigger issue if you have to test sphinx/couchdb/mongodb etc setups but like with all creations its starts with a blank.php. ( in my case )Not that this covers \"Optimise for security\".But my test suite, after the first \"test time\" the test has been run, will warn if the \"library\",\"model\", \"controller\" it is linked to has been altered without the \"test\" file changing, which at least warns me to the idea that maybe I need to refine my test.All very padantic, but reading from the side lines of patio11, I can't help but see logic in \"automating\" things to make your life easier, more efficent and less likely to add human error into the equation.I leave with what I consider a valid point.Once upon a time, people looked at the \"MVC\" approach as time consuming and wasteful. At least from my understanding of watching the web evolve from the earlier days." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "Like many a member here, I am building something. In my case in PHP.I have lovingly crafted ( wasted ) a system which is still in its infancy to handle a form of automated test driven development and from what I can see so far, the times I break it or discover a bug ( logic bug ) in my code later it is usually due to week tests.Clearly I am not a large site like wordpress.com, a part of me thinks its the right thing to do. It certainly makes deploying a breeze and gives a little more \"confidence\" that the system didn't just fall over.The sad part, at least in the PHP world, there are no libraries with an explanation on how best to use it with your site / application structure.The database part is the biggest hiccup.\nMy solution is a duplicate database with no data.\nFirst it confirms that the \"fake db\" matches the \"real db\" and warns if the table structure is different.Then with my blank \"fake db\" using functions in my tests to \"setup\" and \"destroy\" I purposly build data to test with.Once my site is operational, I will look to using live data in the \"fake db\" to simulate with real data. But so far it has been an interesting journey.Clearly, TDD would become a bigger issue if you have to test sphinx/couchdb/mongodb etc setups but like with all creations its starts with a blank.php. ( in my case )Not that this covers \"Optimise for security\".But my test suite, after the first \"test time\" the test has been run, will warn if the \"library\",\"model\", \"controller\" it is linked to has been altered without the \"test\" file changing, which at least warns me to the idea that maybe I need to refine my test.All very padantic, but reading from the side lines of patio11, I can't help but see logic in \"automating\" things to make your life easier, more efficent and less likely to add human error into the equation.I leave with what I consider a valid point.Once upon a time, people looked at the \"MVC\" approach as time consuming and wasteful. At least from my understanding of watching the web evolve from the earlier days." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I can't really see this working in my current line of employment, warehouse automation. Once a system is in production we're lucky if we can deploy a bug fix once a fortnight." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I can't really see this working in my current line of employment, warehouse automation. Once a system is in production we're lucky if we can deploy a bug fix once a fortnight." }

{ "score": 4, "text": "Sounds alot like what I like about App Engine. Hit the upload button and you've got a new version uploaded and live within minutes." }

{ "score": 0, "text": "Have any other investors posted similarly concrete perspectives/guidelines? I've seen some fluffy PR ones on VC sites, but never anything this clear or honest.Does anyone have links to good ones? Will any additional angels write up their own?Thanks for this, Gabriel. Very interesting/helpful." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It seems like this investment thesis(low valuation, not in the bay area, willing to give up a board seat) is aimed at investing in second-tier startups. It would be interesting to contrast this strategy with that of most other investors, who are actively trying to fund the best/category leader startups." }

{ "score": 1, "text": "It seems like this investment thesis(low valuation, not in the bay area, willing to give up a board seat) is aimed at investing in second-tier startups. It would be interesting to contrast this strategy with that of most other investors, who are actively trying to fund the best/category leader startups." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "2x liquidation preference and a board seat for someone only putting in $25k? Seems a bit heavy handed (though he says he is moving away from those terms now)." }

{ "score": 2, "text": "2x liquidation preference and a board seat for someone only putting in $25k? Seems a bit heavy handed (though he says he is moving away from those terms now)." }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I'd like some advice if you have any. I am a 23 year old living in Austin, Tx. I am writing a business plan in hopes of getting backing but im not really sure how to find interested parties. How did you go about deciding on your ventures?" }

{ "score": 3, "text": "I'd like some advice if you have any. I am a 23 year old living in Austin, Tx. I am writing a business plan in hopes of getting backing but im not really sure how to find interested parties. How did you go about deciding on your ventures?" }

{ "score": 4, "text": "I'm curious why DC isn't in the open angel forum. Is DC worse for startups than Philli or Boulder?Just curious, is there a lot of startup activity in Philli? I hadn't really thought of it before." }