Paradoxes of Material Implication (1997) - <AUTHOR> https://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/mat-imp.htm <comment><USER3> Material implication has its advantages, but it does sometimes lead to errors. That said, there are ways to reduce the problem.

One error is that sometimes people use material implication inside of for-all, and forget that if the antecedent is always false than the entire expression is always true. I specifically created a quantifier called allsome that counters that problem: [https://dwheeler.com/essays/allsome.html](https://dwheeler.com/essays/allsome.html)

Another problem is using material implication inside there is quantifier. That is almost always a mistake, as usually and is meant instead. However, that is pretty easy to detect automatically. Both Why3 and SPARK already attack that.

</comment><comment><USER4> There's another "solution" to this paradox: if we assert something we are guided by a set of "conversational principles". For example, asserting "X implies Y" if we _know_ that X is false is inappropriate. If X is false, "not-X" would be the appropriate assertion.

According to this theory, there's nothing wrong with the truth-functional meaning of "X implies Y". We just need to take into account what is implied by asserting "X implies Y", rather than e.g. "not-X", or "X and Y".

Same with disjunction: "X or Y" is true if we know that X is true. However, if we assert "X or Y", it is implied that we're not certain that X is true, otherwise we would have used "X", which is the simplest way to convey what that fact.

This is known as Grice's Pragmatic Defence of Truth-Functionality.

<comment><USER5> Thanks, I didn't know about that. Here's the relevant article on the Stanford encyclopedia of Philosophy, which your comment prompted me to read; others might also find it useful:

[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conditionals/#GriPraDefTr...](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conditionals/#GriPraDefTru)

</comment></comment><comment><USER5> _Entailment: The Logic of Relevance and Necessity_ suggested in the article as further reading on relevance logics is on the expensive side. If you can't get hold of it, the Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy goes on at some length into the subject of relevance (or relevant) logics:

[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic- relevance/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-relevance/)

And also the related subject of necessity and sufficiency:

[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/necessary- sufficient/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/necessary-sufficient/)

Btw, all these are issues with material implication in propositional logics. I'm not sure, but I think, in first-order (and, I guess, higher order) logics you can determine the relevance of premises to conclusions more easily, thanks to quantifiers.

For example, if I say that ∀x,y P(x) → Q(y), or even P(x) → P(y), it's easy to see that the premises are irrelevant to the conclusions (and if not, I can always add that x ≠ y and, in higher order logics, that P ≠ Q).

But, I don't know, there may be something I'm missing. Am I wrong about this?

</comment><comment><USER6> This was one of my headaches while studying any type of logic - <USER2> implication properties just sound weird and don't model what I call implication in my brain. IMO the only case when we can say anything about two unrelated propositions in general, is when T -> F yields F; the rest should be either undefined or defined based on their relationship/context (something like what relevance logic tries to do).

<comment><USER7> > one of my headaches while studying any type of logic

Non-classical logics don't typically feature a material conditional.

</comment></comment><comment><USER8> Classical logic is optimized for the verification that no contradiction is made and convenient mathematical manipulation: Boolean algebras are very nice. Unfortunately intuition goes out the window.

On the other hand I found intuitionistic implication more... intuitive :)</comment>


Growth startup v/s lifestyle startup: why should there be a difference at all? - <AUTHOR> http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/growth-lifestyle-startup.htm

<comment><USER2> I hate to trot this out, but isn't this a bit of a strawman argument?

"Lifestyle: Slow growth or no growth at all"

It's not black & white. Self-funded lifestyle businesses don't typically grow as quickly because they can't sustain the high burn-rate on a self-funded basis, not because they don't want to grow. At least not in all cases.

The focus on profitability is dictated by the fact that lifestyle founders often have their own money on the line, which they're anxious to get back.

I know from personal experience. I didn't have millions of dollars in a bank account, begging to be put to work. I had a small chest of savings that I stored up by busting my ass and living in a 500 sq ft apartment for 7 years. I wanted that money back quickly because I faced a much higher level of personal risk if things went south.

</comment><comment><USER3> I think the key difference is whether or not it's a big, winner take all market. If it is, then you pretty much have to get all the funding you possibly can and grow as fast as you can as Amazon and Ebay did. Jeff Bezos has written about how he was aware of the damage such rapid growth inflicted on company culture and how difficult it made managing the company. But, in that sort of market, it was the only way to go.

For a small niche or for a market such as fast food that isn't winner take all, the lifestyle business is possible and probably preferable. VWO is a medium sized "winner take most" market, so it's reasonable that they're following a hybrid path.

</comment><comment><USER4> Joel Spolski had an article on the speed of growth a while ago: [http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091101/does-slow-growth- equal-...](http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091101/does-slow-growth-equal-slow- death.html)</comment>


Lisp's mysterious tuple problem - <AUTHOR> https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1186940/Lisps-Mysterious-Tuple-Problem <comment><USER2> Lisp's problem is rather that so many people play around with it, but not long enough to develop /good taste/ in it, and finally loudly complain about the language when their real problem is their lack of imagination.

You discovered structs, but you should not have stopped there. Structs can be configured. You can declare boa constructors (yes, really, By Order of Arguments). You can configure the names of the accessors. You might even create a little reader macro for creating them. You might want to write a little with-3dvecs macro for quick destructuring. When structs do not have everything you need, maybe go to CLOS classes.

In Python, "there is only one way to do it". In Perl, "there is more than one way to do it". In Lisp, there are thousands of ways to do it. If you haven't found a good one for your problem yet, keep looking. I promise, there is at least one.

By the way, you also have no idea of Clojure, but I have only been using it for a few years, so I feel not confident to give meaningful hints.

<comment><USER3> Lisp's problem is that almost nobody plays with it, but they know that it's that language that relies a lot on parentheses. When they do rarely come across the odd example it is full of unfamiliar symbols: _car_ , _labels_ , _mapcan_ , _assoc_ , _setf_ and so on. Depending on the code, it's possible that not a single thing means anything to even be able to guess.

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> Hmm, not sure I agree with "[W]hile Clojure does have some nice syntax for handling maps, which can be used to represent records, it's unfortunately still pretty idiomatic to store tuples in lists in Clojure code."

It's way more common to use key/value maps, precisely because Clojure has a simple, universal reader macro for representing it. Likewise, his Clojure example at the end:

(def point ['vec3d 3 4 -3])

(match [point] ['vec3d x y z] (printf "(%s,%s,%s)" x y z))

is absurd. I can't imagine anyone familiar with Clojure choosing that over a simple map or record. E.g.:

{:x 3 :y 4 :z -3}

</comment><comment><USER5> TLDR: Items in lists don't have labels, and hence the code is hard to read. Use maps instead.

</comment><comment><USER6> There is no other words to qualify this article:

This article is shit, and it amazes me that a website called "the code project" could greenlight it.

There is so much wrong with the article, but it can be summarized on: People who don't know lisp shouldn't attempt to criticize it.

Exhibit A of ignorance:

"Of course Lisp has alternative ways to store tuples. It has structs; it has objects; it has multiple types of structs and objects. However, most Lisp programmers and programs don't use them very much, and later we'll talk about why."

Which is patently untrue; in fact there is a legion of lispers that were attracted to it due to its object system.

Exhibit B:

Author makes a really poor attempt to work with vectors, by just defining a simple struct, and then complains about the verbose syntax.

If he was a person who really used lisp for writing an actual working, useful program, he would already know that if he needs brief syntax for his own custom vector, has many options:

1\. use array notation: #(1 2 3) 2\. write a macro 3\. write a macro to define his own custom vector delimiters. 4\. create an object, add necesary methods. 5\. a combination of anything above.

There is so much wrong with the article, the author seems to even doesn't know about association lists and plists; etc.

</comment><comment><USER7> I don't think it's as easy as that. In fact there's probably no single reason accountable for Lisp's lack of popularity. Here's my own personal pet peeve: Declaring local variables creates a level of nesting. Local variables are a great tool for improving code clarity. Having to wrap your logic with `(let [value (...)] ...)` in order make a new local variable is unnecessarily painful.

<comment><USER8> The deal breaker for me is the unwillingness to rename outdated identifiers: `car` instead of `first` or `head` and `cdr` instead of `rest` or `tail`; the use of asterisks to show that a function differs in semantics (`let` versus `let*`); and the verbosity of using anything other than a pure list.

If I had to use a Lisp-like language, I'd choose Clojure so I can interoperate with the JVM. (I use Scala already, so I could interoperate with that, too.)

<comment><USER2> Common Lisp has "first" and "rest" as aliases for "car" and "cdr" where it makes sense.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER9> I think that the author needs to learn about association lists. The constructor (define point '((x 1) (y 2) (z 3))) is as clear as any other language. Granted, (assoc 'x point) is a bit more verbose than point.x, but you could extend Lisp with the syntax ('x point) if it matters. Does Arc do that?

<comment><USER10> > I think that the author needs to learn about association lists. The > constructor (define point '((x 1) (y 2) (z 3))) is as clear as any other > language. Granted, (assoc 'x point) is a bit more verbose than point.x, but > you could extend Lisp with the syntax ('x point) if it matters. Does Arc do > that?

As a minor point, the values in an alist are just the cdrs of each pair, so your point alist would be written '((x . 1) (y . 2) (z . 3)); yours has each value being a one-element list. But anyway, if that level of verbosity doesn't bother you, you could just use a struct like the article mentions and write:

        (defstruct point x y z)
        (defvar *point* (make-point :x 1 :y 2 :z 3))
        (format t "~&x is ~a" (point-x *point*))

The author claims that this is too verbose and therefore no one uses structs or classes, which is not at all true in my experience, and it doesn't look that verbose to me either. If the point- prefix really bothers you, you can say (defstruct (point (:conc-name)) x y z) and then the accessors will be defined without it.

</comment></comment><comment> m-j-fox One idea that I think gives the best of both worlds is to use lisp to generate your C++ (or whatever) boilerplate instead of dealing with the maddening vaugeries of template metaprogramming, boost, STL, etc to achieve genericity.

<comment><USER11> Something relevant: refactoring C++ using Common Lisp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31pURzgYX8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31pURzgYX8)

</comment></comment><comment><USER12> The author makes the claim that structures and CLOS classes are not widely used. The opposite is true.

      CL-USER 202 > (gp:make-graphics-state :thickness 2 :dashed t)

#S(GRAPHICS-PORTS:GRAPHICS-STATE :TRANSFORM (1 0 0 1 0 0) ...)

Oh, wow, a graphics state for drawing is not a list, but a structure object.

      CL-USER 204 > (make-random-state)
      #S(RANDOM-STATE :J 44 :K 20 :SEED ...)

Oh, wow, a random state is not a list, but a structure object.

      CL-USER 205 > (pathname "/foo/bar/baz.lisp")
      #P"/foo/bar/baz.lisp"

      CL-USER 206 > (describe *)

      #P"/foo/bar/baz.lisp" is a PATHNAME
      HOST           NIL
      DEVICE         NIL
      DIRECTORY      (:ABSOLUTE "foo" "bar")
      NAME           "baz"
      TYPE           "lisp"
      VERSION        NIL

Oh, wow, a pathname is not a list or string, but a pathname object.

The Lisp I'm using has literally thousands of structure classes and CLOS classes defined. A Lisp Machine of the mid 80s had around 6000 classes defined.

      CL-USER 158 > (defclass vec3d ()
                      ((x :initarg :x) (y :initarg :y) (z :initarg :z)))
      #<STANDARD-CLASS VEC3D 40201F4F8B>

      CL-USER 159 > (with-slots (x y z) (make-instance 'vec3d :x 3 :y 4 :z -3)
                      (format t "(~S,~S,~S)" x y z))
      (3,4,-3)

The only thing to understand is that Lisp code is usually not optimized for shortest code on the token level.

Though more compact versions of the DEFCLASS macro are being used sometimes. If an application needs a shorter notation, the programmer can always use macros and read-macros to introduce that.

The advantage of CLOS instances and structures over hashtables/vectors/lists is that they carry their class and that they use features like inheritance and method dispatch. The usual OO stuff.

Structures can have by-order-arguments and already print themselves readable:

      CL-USER 162 > (defstruct (svec3d (:constructor svec3d (x y z))) x y z)
      SVEC3D

      CL-USER 163 > (svec3d 1 2 3)
      #S(SVEC3D :X 1 :Y 2 :Z 3)

A structure can also have accessor functions without the structure name prefix:

      CL-USER 168 > (defstruct (svec3d
                                (:constructor svec3d (x y z))
                                (:conc-name))
                               x y z)
      SVEC3D

      CL-USER 169 > (let ((p (svec3d 1 2 3)))
                      (format t "(~S,~S,~S)" (x p) (y p) (z p)))
      (1,2,3)
      NIL

One can also provide multiple constructors and embed literal objects in code:

      CL-USER 187 > (defstruct (svec3d (:constructor svec3d (x y z))
                                       (:constructor make-svec3d)
                                       (:conc-name)) x y z)
      SVEC3D

      CL-USER 188 > #S(SVEC3D :X 1 :Y 2 :Z 3)
      #S(SVEC3D :X 1 :Y 2 :Z 3)

      CL-USER 189 > (let ((p #S(SVEC3D :X 1 :Y 2 :Z 3)))
                      (format t "(~S,~S,~S)" (x p) (y p) (z p)))
      (1,2,3)
      NIL

Some implemetations also support the use of WITH-SLOTS with structures:

      CL-USER 190 > (with-slots (x y z) #S(SVEC3D :X 1 :Y 2 :Z 3)
                      (format t "(~S,~S,~S)" x y z))
      (1,2,3)
      NIL

The tradition of Lisp usually is to give the programmer the choice of representation: adhoc lists/vectors/multiple values or structures (efficient records) or CLOS classes (flexible objects) or any kind of user defined stuff...

For any larger code and CLOS classes are usually the default choice for tuple data structures which don't need the last bit of efficiency.

<comment><USER6> Excellent post. Sometimes i get to think that CL is fully object oriented beneath the surface.

</comment></comment><comment><USER3> TXR Lisp, working with native Win32/Win64 "tuples" like WNDCLASS, POINT, MSG, RECT and PAINTSTRUCT.

This is an almost line for line translation of the MSDN "Your First Windows Program" C demo:

      (typedef LRESULT int-ptr-t)
      (typedef LPARAM int-ptr-t)
      (typedef WPARAM uint-ptr-t)

      (typedef UINT uint32)
      (typedef LONG int32)
      (typedef WORD uint16)
      (typedef DWORD uint32)
      (typedef LPVOID cptr)
      (typedef BOOL (bool int32))
      (typedef BYTE uint8)

      (typedef HWND (cptr HWND))
      (typedef HINSTANCE (cptr HINSTANCE))
      (typedef HICON (cptr HICON))
      (typedef HCURSOR (cptr HCURSOR))
      (typedef HBRUSH (cptr HBRUSH))
      (typedef HMENU (cptr HMENU))
      (typedef HDC (cptr HDC))

      (typedef ATOM WORD)
      (typedef LPCTSTR wstr)

      (defvarl NULL cptr-null)

      (typedef WNDCLASS (struct WNDCLASS
                          (style UINT)
                          (lpfnWndProc closure)
                          (cbClsExtra int)
                          (cbWndExtra int)
                          (hInstance HINSTANCE)
                          (hIcon HICON)
                          (hCursor HCURSOR)
                          (hbrBackground HBRUSH)
                          (lpszMenuName LPCTSTR)
                          (lpszClassName LPCTSTR)))

      (defmeth WNDCLASS :init (me)
        (zero-fill (ffi WNDCLASS) me))

      (typedef POINT (struct POINT
                       (x LONG)
                       (y LONG)))

      (typedef MSG (struct MSG
                     (hwnd HWND)
                     (message UINT)
                     (wParam WPARAM)
                     (lParam LPARAM)
                     (time DWORD)
                     (pt POINT)))

      (typedef RECT (struct RECT
                      (left LONG)
                      (top LONG)
                      (right LONG)
                      (bottom LONG)))

      (typedef PAINTSTRUCT (struct PAINTSTRUCT
                             (hdc HDC)
                             (fErase BOOL)
                             (rcPaint RECT)
                             (fRestore BOOL)
                             (fIncUpdate BOOL)
                             (rgbReserved (array 32 BYTE))))

      (defvarl CW_USEDEFAULT #x-80000000)
      (defvarl WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW #x00cf0000)

      (defvarl SW_SHOWDEFAULT 5)

      (defvarl WM_DESTROY 2)
      (defvarl WM_PAINT 15)

      (defvarl COLOR_WINDOW 5)

      (deffi-cb wndproc-fn LRESULT (HWND UINT LPARAM WPARAM))

      (with-dyn-lib "kernel32.dll"
        (deffi GetModuleHandle "GetModuleHandleW" HINSTANCE (wstr)))

      (with-dyn-lib "user32.dll"
        (deffi RegisterClass "RegisterClassW" ATOM ((ptr-in WNDCLASS)))
        (deffi CreateWindowEx "CreateWindowExW" HWND (DWORD
                                                      LPCTSTR LPCTSTR
                                                      DWORD
                                                      int int int int
                                                      HWND HMENU HINSTANCE
                                                      LPVOID))
        (deffi ShowWindow "ShowWindow" BOOL (HWND int))
        (deffi GetMessage "GetMessageW"  BOOL ((ptr-out MSG) HWND UINT UINT))
        (deffi TranslateMessage "TranslateMessage"  BOOL ((ptr-in MSG)))
        (deffi DispatchMessage "DispatchMessageW"  LRESULT ((ptr-in MSG)))
        (deffi PostQuitMessage "PostQuitMessage" void (int))
        (deffi DefWindowProc "DefWindowProcW" LRESULT (HWND UINT LPARAM WPARAM))
        (deffi BeginPaint "BeginPaint" HDC (HWND (ptr-out PAINTSTRUCT)))
        (deffi EndPaint "EndPaint" BOOL (HWND (ptr-in PAINTSTRUCT)))
        (deffi FillRect "FillRect" int (HDC (ptr-in RECT) HBRUSH)))

      (defun WindowProc (hwnd uMsg wParam lParam)
        (caseql* uMsg
          (WM_DESTROY
            (PostQuitMessage 0)
            0)
          (WM_PAINT
            (let* ((ps (new PAINTSTRUCT))
                   (hdc (BeginPaint hwnd ps)))
              (FillRect hdc ps.rcPaint (cptr-int (succ COLOR_WINDOW) 'HBRUSH))
              (EndPaint hwnd ps)
              0))
          (t (DefWindowProc hwnd uMsg wParam lParam))))

      (let* ((hInstance (GetModuleHandle nil))
             (wc (new WNDCLASS
                      lpfnWndProc [wndproc-fn WindowProc]
                      hInstance hInstance
                      lpszClassName "Sample Window Class")))
        (RegisterClass wc)
        (let ((hwnd (CreateWindowEx 0 wc.lpszClassName "Learn to Program Windows"
                                    WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
                                    CW_USEDEFAULT CW_USEDEFAULT
                                    CW_USEDEFAULT CW_USEDEFAULT
                                    NULL NULL hInstance NULL)))
          (unless (equal hwnd NULL)
            (ShowWindow hwnd SW_SHOWDEFAULT)

            (let ((msg (new MSG)))
              (while (GetMessage msg NULL 0 0)
                (TranslateMessage msg)
                (DispatchMessage msg))))))

Lisp doesn't have a tuple problem; it has a "clueless programmers blogging about it" problem.

An ounce of lie does damage that a pound of truth is needed to repair.

<comment><USER6> >Lisp doesn't have a tuple problem; it has a "clueless programmers blogging about it" problem.

Sad but true.

</comment></comment><comment><USER13> Tuples are also used in Python to express an immutable list (sorry for imprecise wording there) of values.

I haven't worked enough in a Lisp to encounter this problem. Rather, my issue is just that I really dislike the syntax and find Lisp code difficult to read.</comment>


Brick Nintendo before they brick you - <AUTHOR> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/nintendo

<comment><USER4> Until the reviewing of service clauses become a normal part of product reviews (which it clearly should, in light of the PS3 OtherOS saga and current class action), most consumers simply aren't going to be properly exposed to this info until they've spent their money and things have gone pearshaped, and their only avenues of action are speculative class actions, pointless consumer complaints, and longlasting, potentially harmful boycotts.

Please, if you're ever going to review a device that has internet connectivity and is capable of remote bricking and feature removal, please also review the T&Cs and express your opinion in light of what you find. You wouldn't hold your tongue over substandard hardware, and you'd probably hold back your dollars until a better performing, more reliable machine came out. Be consistent, and consider the device's lexware too; in time, it'll be a feature for the manufacturer to improve, just like all the others.

<comment><USER5> While I do agree with you that T&C should be included in product reviews, there's one thing that worries me: T&C can change easily. Picture a scenario where a manufacturer comes out with a good product and acceptable T&C, gets great reviews and subsequently -- when the consumers are hooked -- starts introducing changes to T&C.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like this can only be mitigated, not solved. I'm getting more and more worried by the ever-increasing degree to which the manufacturers dictate how we can use the products we buy from them.

<comment><USER6> Let's take it a step further and write a T&C that is written by the consumers. Like GPL, but for T&C and privacy policies. Something like:

* All content generated by the user with the help of the product belongs to the user

* The user is free to take apart, modify, reverse-engineer, etc., the product

* No data is to be sent to any outside network without the user's explicit permission.

* No sensitive data, including but not limited to location data, communications, usage patterns, identifying addresses, personal information is to be stored without the user's explicit permission.

* These terms may not be changed without the user's explicit consent. If the product producer wants to change the terms, and the user does not consent, the old terms stay in effect.

<comment><USER7> You're basically saying "down with capitalism". There's no way to work within the current system because everything that goes through it is bent towards profit and power. Do you really think companies would adopt such a T&C? Which would take precedence, the T&C or local/state/federal law?

<comment><USER8> No, GP is not saying 'down with capitalism.' They're saying 'down with restrictive terms of service similar in scope to the prevention of the Hush-A- Phone from being used on the Bell System in the 1950s.' Which, well, is pretty much the opposite of 'down with capitalism:'

The restriction from connecting your own devices to the Bell System forestalled the production, sale, and invention of devices such as the answering machine (Bell invented one in 1930, along with magnetic storage - but scrapped the project because they thought it would cause people to use the phone less), fax machine, and so on and so forth. The 1956 ruling against Bell in favor of Hush-A-Phone effectively allowed the invention, sale, and use of foreign attachments to the Bell System.

The restriction of doing what you want with your own console/computer is essentially the same damn thing. We've already fought this war against monopolists in technology; it's sad that we have to do it all over again.

Further reading:

Hush-A-Phone vs. United States (Hush-A-Phone appeal to an FCC ruling): <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hush-A-Phone_v._United_States>

The Master Switch (Tim Wu): [http://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Information- Empires-Borz...](http://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Information-Empires- Borzoi/dp/0307269930)

<comment><USER9> OT, but: As I recall, it was the breakup of the Bell monopoly which ushered in the new devices. Until then, I don't think you could even _own_ a phone. You had to lease.

I was pretty young then, but I do remember that after the breakup the market saw a rush of new phone devices.

<comment><USER8> Not really. The breakup of the Bell monopoly helped, but Hush-a-Phone vs. US helped set the stage for competing long distance carriers like MCI. It set the stage for devices like the Carterfone ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carterfone> ). Things really didn't take off much until the breakup, because of the monopolistic practices of Ma Bell; even though interconnect was legal, they brought insane market pressure to bear.

<comment><USER9> I agree with your last sentence.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> _By accepting this Agreement or using a Nintendo 3DS System or the Nintendo 3DS Service, you also grant to Nintendo a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display your User Content in whole or in part and to incorporate your User Content in other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. (Chapter 1, Nintendo 3DS End User License Agreement)_

Just playing devil's advocate, isn't this a fairly standard clause so that the company involved can release, e.g., statistics on the most popular games, or show what games are most popular with which age groups and genders?

<comment><USER11> Usage isn't user content. There's no reason they couldn't track anonymized usage data. But they've meaningfully conflated usage data with other Personally Identifiable Information. Which means, no, it's not just boilerplate to cover the collection of broad demographic and usage data.

<comment><USER12> _We also may share such information and any User Content you create with third parties. We may share your PII, Non-PII, and Aggregate Information with third parties to complete your transactions and provide you with advertising and other promotional materials on your Nintendo 3DS System._

In government & medical work, they hammer into you that PII must be protected. Nintendo specifically saying they can share it is a big deal. Agreed, PII != usage data.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER13> When I started reading the article's comments about children, it got me thinking about children and contracts.

I found this: <http://www.ehow.com/about_5030458_legal-contract-age.html>

Not sure how accurate it is but makes sense. I wonder if an appropriately nasty legal response could be brought against companies trying to engage underage minors into legal contracts.

This would have broad implications (good, imho)

<comment><USER14> It's probably worth pointing out that EULAs are typically prosecuted in the US as contracts where "clicking agree" is equivalent to "signing" the "contract."

<comment><USER13> Sure, but from here: <http://www.ehow.com/about_5030458_legal-contract- age.html>

Minor children are not of legal contract age, that is to say, with few exceptions, they cannot consent to or enter into a binding contract until they reach the age of majority.

To me, this means their clicked "consent" is non-binding. For any normal written contract, parents co-sign consent. Not so with click-through agreements.

Then comes my personal nitpick with clicked "consent". What's the legal proof of identity of the clicker? The crap filled in the "User Info" screen? Could be fake. So what's really bound to whom?

<comment><USER15> Unless they make it so that you buying your child is you consenting for them

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER16> _Please note just how absurd this claim is when you consider something like the photos taken with the 3DS camera._

I don't think that the photos you take with a 3DS are what Nintendo means by User Content. First, aren't the photos stored locally on the 3DS? They are on the DSi. Nintendo would have no access to them. I think User Content means all of the stuff you tell Nintendo that's not explicitly personal information (PI).

From the EULA, _After the Nintendo 3DS menu is updated, any existing or future unauthorized technical modification of the hardware or software of your Nintendo 3DS System, or the use of an unauthorized device in connection with your system, will render the system permanently unplayable. Content deriving from the unauthorized modification of the hardware or software of your Nintendo 3DS system will be removed. Failure to accept the update may render games and new features unplayable. (Chapter 3, Nintendo 3DS End User License Agreement)_

Is this different from what the iPhone, PS3, XBox and other consumer devices that connect to corporate networks do? That doesn't necessarily get Nintendo off the hook, but if we're going to having genuine discourse about this - <USER3> not just knee-jerk responses - then we need to know the full context.

Piracy, of course, is Nintendo's motivation here, and as I understand it, piracy on the DS was rampant.

Finally, regarding children's personal information, I suspect they're required by law to have certain policies regarding children's personal information. Of course, they can't actually _prevent_ children from sharing such information, so they have to state what _should_ happen, and probably have silly age-gates.

I find the site's comment on this disingenuous: _If children shouldn't use the device for what it is made for, then why is Nintendo marketing it toward children?_ There's more to the 3DS and its online play than sharing personal information.

<comment><USER5> _I don't think that the photos you take with a 3DS are what Nintendo means by User Content. First, aren't the photos stored locally on the 3DS? They are on the DSi. Nintendo would have no access to them. I think User Content means all of the stuff you tell Nintendo that's not explicitly personal information (PI)._

This is the definition taken directly from Nintendo 3DS End User License Agreement (Chapter VI, Article 13):

 _"User Content" means comments, messages, images, photos, movies, information, data and other content (which include the Nintendo 3DS user names, Mii, Mii nicknames, names of creators, and other names) which are created by, or licensed to Nintendo 3DS users including you, which will be used by Nintendo 3DS users including you in connection with the Nintendo 3DS Service._

The only wriggle room here is "in connection with the Nintendo 3DS Service". I'd rather err on the side of caution and interpret the whole thing to include "photos taken with the 3DS camera".

 _Is this different from what the iPhone, PS3, XBox and other consumer devices that connect to corporate networks do? That doesn't necessarily get Nintendo off the hook, but if we're going to having genuine discourse about this - <USER3> not just knee-jerk responses - then we need to know the full context.

Piracy, of course, is Nintendo's motivation here, and as I understand it, piracy on the DS was rampant._

Piracy or not, bricking the system should be unacceptable. Furthermore, I'm not convinced piracy was the primary motivator for EULA changes. A lot of this stuff looks like a "holy shit, look at what happened to Sony" kind of reaction.

 _I find the site's comment on this disingenuous: If children shouldn't use the device for what it is made for, then why is Nintendo marketing it toward children? There's more to the 3DS and its online play than sharing personal information._

Please be consistent. If you say that we "need to know the full context", then don't take things out of context yourself. Here's the relevant part of the EULA:

 _Children must not include any PII in their Nintendo 3DS System user name, Mii name, Mii profile information, in-game nicknames or other User Content. Children also must not disclose PII when communicating with other Nintendo 3DS System users or Nintendo through the Nintendo 3DS System wireless communication features. (Nintendo 3DS System Privacy Policy)_

This means that if I want to give my kid a 3DS as a gift, I have to explain to him that he can't even use his real name when playing with other kids online. The sharing and the social aspect is obviously an integral part of the 3DS online play. Yes, it might not be the most important or most popular part, but it's integral. In that context, I fail to see how the site's comment you quoted is disingenuous.

<comment><USER16> I don't think that your photos are uploaded to Nintendo - I may be wrong, of course, but it doesn't make sense why that would happen. I assume they're thinking more of avatars that users may create themselves.

I also think it's unacceptable for a company to automatically disable a system. I'm not excusing their policies, but trying to understand them. But I think that clause was clearly because of piracy, as it was rampant on the DS. I don't see how anything they said could have prevented what happened to Sony.

I'm sorry if it seemed like I was taking the article out of context, that was not my intention at all. I assumed that whoever read my comment would have read the article, and I quoted the exact part just so it was clear what I was responding to.

With that said, I assumed that parents would, as a matter of course, tell their children not to share personal information online.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER17> I thought intentional remote bricking is illegal ("self help"), regardless of contract or terms.

<comment><USER18> They may be able to get around that by making the bricking "accidental" (e.g. "we didn't test the firmware upgrade on hacked consoles" _wink wink_ ). But in general Nintendo shouldn't threaten bricking even if they're not planning to do it.

</comment></comment><comment><USER19> I'm very disappointed in Nintendo. My childhood friend just lost quite a bit of respect I maintained in him.

</comment><comment><USER5> Maybe I'm cynical, but to me it seems that Nintendo is reacting to what happened to Sony in a typical "large corporation" way: "Let's make sure our asses are covered legally, because it's sure as hell easier than making sure our technology is up to par."

<comment><USER20> s/easier/less costly/

</comment></comment><comment><USER21> Some of those terms of service clauses are pretty ridiculous. They share PI with anyone? Is that even legal?

<comment><USER22> It's legal in the US, but not in Europe (don't know about Japan).

</comment></comment><comment><USER23> Facebook really opened a can of worms by showing other large corporations how much information and rights users are willing to give up (knowingly or unknowingly) for "the privilege" of using products that make their life more convenient/entertaining. I can see many more corporations doing things like this in the near future. Coming soon! Fridge that sends advertisers your personal diet information and is allowed to broadcast its contents to the world whenever GE sees fit!

</comment><comment><USER24> One thing I'm confused about here is the costs on their donation page. They say that $10 will get you one brick delivered to Nintendo - these are cardboard bricks people. They do not cost $10/piece, even with shipping. Hell you can find them on Amazon for ~1.50/piece ([http://www.amazon.com/16-pc- Large-Red-Blocks/dp/B001J8FEB2/r...](http://www.amazon.com/16-pc-Large-Red- Blocks/dp/B001J8FEB2/ref=pd_sim_t_2)), surely a bulk order would be less than that. Anyone want to garner some insight into this?

<comment><USER25> Maybe the rest is a donation.

<comment><USER26> It is. It's not even called an order page, it asks you to select a contribution amount. There is a separate bulk order page where you can get 100 bricks for $159

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> Brick-through-window, a new DRM scheme by DefectiveByDesign.

</comment><comment><USER27> it isn't surprising that Nintendo would try to aggressively control their device when you considering the amount of pirating that took place with the DS with the help of products like R4, acekard, CycloDS, etc.

downloading GBs of games and putting them on a single SD type card was trivially easy and didn't require hardware modification of the device.

<comment><USER14> It's understandable, yes, but only under the condition that the executives are blissfully unaware of the backlash this can cause or that excessive control does nothing to stop "piracy" on the platform. (It sure didn't help Sony.)

<comment><USER27> If you are saying that anti-piracy measures don't improve profitability, I'd be interested in seeing sources.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER28> This might get me voted down, but honestly, people who obsess over game console TOS really need to get a life and find something worth worrying about.

</comment><comment><USER29> Simply put, they don't want the DS hackers hacking the 3DS.

<comment><USER14> They will anyway. This isn't how you stop them.

</comment></comment><comment><USER30> I'm sick with this free software ethics bullshit. I would sue them if I were Nintendo.

<comment><USER15> For what?</comment></comment>


Review CV Creator Websited - <AUTHOR> I decided to change my job last month from a software development agency to an in-house team, and in almost 2 weeks I tried and tried so many web app to create my resume. And this is a review for you. Share your experience here if you want.
1. Canva.com Upsides: - They offer you many types of templates (direct, infographic, or clean and simple, etc.) to start with. - You can download it in PDF and PNG files. - It's mostly free (there will be a watermark on your CV if you use not-free resources). Downside: - Some of the templates are not practical due to too much color, elements for a professional resume. - The web is kinda slow and difficult to navigate.
> 3.5/5
2. CVMarvel.vn Upsides: - The web is fast. - Its template is clean, simple and professional. - Easy to use. - Focus on content. - Free. Downsides: - They have just designed only 1 template. - Lack of choices in design.
> 3.25/5
3. ConnectCV.com Upsides: - Free. - A good platform to manage your career history. - Offer many sessions to add in the CV. - Give us a lot of tips to write a good CV. Downsides: - There is a watermark. - You cannot design or customize your CV.
> 3/5
4. ResumeGenius.com Upsides: - There are several forms of CV to choose from. - They have a questionnaire to collect your information, and tips to help you write a good resume. - Automatically generate content based on your answers. Downsides: - It is not automatically saved. - You don't need an account to create a CV but they won't allow you to download it without an account. - CV templates are not really various.
> 4/5
5. cvmaker.com Upsides: - Support many types of languages. - Their template is simple and professional. - It can be saved as a PDF file. Downsides: - Some sessions/features need a premium account to be able to use. - You cannot customize it.
> 3/5 <comment><USER2> Thank you very much for sharing this.

My experience with Canva has been good. Just that learning curve was steep for me.

Edit: For anyone seeing this post resumegenius.com (highest rated here) is NOT free.

</comment><comment><USER3> I've been using [https://ceev.io/](https://ceev.io/) \- creates nicely formatted resumes from your Linkedin profile.</comment>


"Kony 2012" - A Social Media Experiment Worth Sharing - <AUTHOR> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

<comment><AUTHOR> I know some people will say this isn't related to HN at all, but it's social media. It's an experiment to see if we can share something at an incredible scale, and this is the tangible result, the real-world benefit, of the technology that all of us strive to develop.

Our solutions make the world better in a slightly better way; Kony 2012 integrates all of our technology to make it better in a grand way. So yes, this is related to HN - as technologists, but also as humans.</comment>


New Y Combinator Website - <AUTHOR> http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-y-combinator-website <comment><USER2> If you've ever wondered what Hacker News looks like to a moderator, now's your chance.

[http://www.ycombinator.com/images/home/HackerNews.png](http://www.ycombinator.com/images/home/HackerNews.png)

<comment><USER3> Are all YC founders' usernames orange?

Wouldn't that have the same effect as a voting ring?

<comment><USER4> I don't know if it's all YC founders or all YC employees, but at least at one point it was public knowledge (as in, Paul Graham repeatedly posted about it) that everyone in YC had an orange username.

<comment><USER5> It was at least leaked 1 year ago by Techcrunch[1,2]. The search string is: _" If you are a YC founder, your username will show up in orange to other YC"_[3]

[1] [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5730720](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5730720)

[2] [http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker- new...](http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-news/)

[3] [https://hn.algolia.com/?q=If+you+are+a+YC+founder%2C+your+us...](https://hn.algolia.com/?q=If+you+are+a+YC+founder%2C+your+username+will+show+up+in+orange+to+other+YC#!/comment/forever/0/If%20you%20are%20a%20YC%20founder%2C%20your%20username%20will%20show%20up%20in%20orange%20to%20other%20YC)

<comment><USER6> I don't think you can call that "leaked"—it was an interview with PG!

Also, the orange name thing had been discussed on HN long before then. More than once, IIRC. (Sorry, I don't have citations—too tired to dig them up.)

<comment><USER5> Thanks for the clarification! I agree, _leaked_ was not a proper way of describing it.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER7> Do I get to be as brutal as Kevin giving design feedback on the new site? :)

The JS affix doesn't trigger off at the bottom so the sticky nav stays fixed [http://i.imgur.com/YAqGVoL.png](http://i.imgur.com/YAqGVoL.png)

Mixpanel's logo is forced display:none; on the homepage so it offsets the grid [http://i.imgur.com/SV2dLq8.png](http://i.imgur.com/SV2dLq8.png)

Overall this redesign is absolutely fantastic.

PS. Did the valuation required to get on the homepage go up a bit?

<comment><USER8> Also, Dropbox's image is using the old logo. Not sure if that was intentional or not.

<comment><USER9> same with the PagerDuty one

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> Am I really the only one who noticed that there are now women in some of the photos, as well as someone who is non-white/Asian? The design changes are great, too, but this seems a little more significant in terms of messaging. YC has been making more of an effort recently but it was always difficult for me to get past the fact that, according to their own photos, JL is the only woman there, or the only one worth showing in a photo. (This is coming from someone who was wanting to be able to like YC whole-heartedly, not someone looking for controversy.)

I do actually think it's something that gets noticed, just maybe not always on a conscious level, so this is a great and welcomed (and more welcoming) change. Well done, y'all.

</comment><comment><USER11> "If what you see makes you worried for Hacker News, I want you to know that I have very different design goals for HN ([https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7960105)"](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7960105\)")

<comment><USER12> I am worried for Hacker News.

      One of my mottoes is that if you want to get unusual
      results, work fast and work cheap, because there's more
      of a chance that you'll get somewhere that nobody else
      did.

      Nearly always, the effect of spending a lot of money is
      to make things more normal.

      - Brian Eno

</comment></comment><comment><USER13> kevin is basically just unbelievably good at everything.

<comment><USER14> The "partners" page doesn't mention the founders of YC or differentiate them from the other partners. Obviously there was a reason for this. Can you elaborate?

[http://www.ycombinator.com/partners/](http://www.ycombinator.com/partners/)

<comment><USER15> Probably because it shouldn't matter. Labelling some of the Partners as 'Founders' would be akin to saying they're 'more equal' than the others. Besides that, everyone here probably knows who they are anyway (or can trivially find out).

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER16> Love it! So much awesome design thinking packed into this.

This feels odd: [http://monosnap.com/image/koDS9m3j3pz43AQVb2nHpuWwp4CGaq](http://monosnap.com/image/koDS9m3j3pz43AQVb2nHpuWwp4CGaq)

Seems odd to say "application period is over! Here's an APPLY button!"

Also, S14 seems like an abbreviation that wouldn't be meaningful to non-YC- faithful. Curse of knowledge?

Suggest something like: "Applications open for Winter '15 soon. <link>Get notified</link>" (allowing people to get an email ping when it opens up?) You could have a link to the (non-useful but still educational) "apply" link in the FAQ? Or better yet, if they choose to get notified, say "great, we'll let you know. In the meantime, check out <link>last session's application</link>."

<comment><AUTHOR> Right now, it doesn't make sense. You're right. Hover over the S14 text and you should get a tooltip.

<comment><USER17> no tool tip for me in chrome.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER18> Minor nitpick. I didn't like the alignment of the YC logos on the top and bottom. They look a little misaligned. Maybe something like this is better ?: [http://i.imgur.com/J1mzwJk.png](http://i.imgur.com/J1mzwJk.png) (Removed all content except top and bottom)

<comment><AUTHOR> The site is designed on a 9 column grid. The YC logo gets its own column. I also use that column for side notes on the left side.

<comment><USER19> But the logo at the top of the page looks left-aligned in the column, while the logo at the bottom of the page looks right-aligned (honestly, I wouldn't have noticed if my GP hadn't brought it up :).

The one thing I did notice, though, is there are no titles on the anchor tags for the YC funded companies' icons. Some of them don't have their company names in the icons, and needing to enable the status bar to look at the URLs to get the names via the URLs is more work than a lazy person like myself likes to do.

Seriously, though, great work. Looks really good!

<comment><AUTHOR> The alignment I should fix. Thanks for catching that.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER20> Looks like the images only get loaded as you scroll down, which is a good feature that more sites should do. Seems like there's a fair amount of JavaScript being loaded here, I wonder what non-obvious stuff is happening?

<comment><USER21> Yeah, I've started using the 'load on demand' approach by default, unless the images are important. It can drastically improve load speed in a very simple way.

<comment><USER17> Do you have any resources you'd recommend to get started learning this? It's a nice feature and I noticed it when the new YC page first loaded but have never investigated it myself.

<comment><USER21> There are probably jQuery plugins for 'lazy loading' images, but if you're familiar with javascript, and especially if you're using jQuery too, it's not too difficult to write a bit of code that takes care of this.

The nice thing is that you can then combine this with responsive image loading (i.e. big images for desktop, small for mobile). I've agonized over the different solutions and concluded that, in most cases, a js-based solution to the image loading problem is the best (although I'm open to other opinions!).

What it boils down to is this: \- use markup that are either just divs with data-attributes, or image tags with the low-res images (if images are important for SEO or whatnot). \- detect the device type or screen size \- use javascript to calculate if the element is in view (usually calculating the image's offset from the top of the page is enough, since most sites are, uh, vertically-inclined) \- load the appropriate image from the data-attribute with javascript if the image is visible.

If you use placeholder images initially, I've noticed that the effect can actually look better than just showing the images right away. There's something about the images popping into view that makes the page feel more alive.

For specific resources, I'd search 'check if image is visible' (with or without jQuery). You'll probably find some plugins _or_ some code that might show how to do this. Feel free to approach me if you can't work it out.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER22> Where can I view a list of all of the past and current startups, their funding, their performance, their current status/worth, current employees, and links to their website in a nice sortable table?

Also, what would it take to get a page of old articles that I didn't view that might be interesting to me based on my previous article upvotes? That would be valuable.

The admin screenshot had several articles from a few months ago that I never saw and the only way for me to see them would be to manually search.

</comment><comment><USER23> Nice, in my opinion,Sans is better for Titles,and a serif font is better for the body of an article.

Also either push the header to the left,or align the left column with the top of the header,because right now the layout looks unbalanced.

EDIT :

In my opinion the left column is unnecessary.The site could work with 1 column,and the content of the left column could either be push in the header or a footer.

Just my 2 cents ;) Nice Job again,it's responsive !

<comment><AUTHOR> Are you seeing Serifs for Titles? Should be all san-serif. If so, can you send me a screenshot and browser you're using?

<comment><USER24> Here's how it looks for me: [http://cl.ly/image/1M04253f2w2n](http://cl.ly/image/1M04253f2w2n)

<comment><AUTHOR> Oh, you're referring to Posthaven's styles.

<comment><USER25> The fonts spacing on posthaven (eg 'facelift') seems a bit unique/interesting. Its not the serifs itself, IMHO.

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER26> Looks good. I was half expecting to see the hipster design that everyone and their cousin seems to be using! I'm glad they chose better!

<comment><USER27> I was fully expecting the infinitely annoying background-photo-that-changes- when-you-scroll gimmick. Such a pleasant surprise.

</comment></comment><comment><USER28> What's the tech stack for the new website?

<comment><AUTHOR> I use [http://middlemanapp.com](http://middlemanapp.com) to generate the static site.

<comment><USER29> And it's hosted from an S3 bucket with CloudFront.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER30> Looks great. Meanwhile I'd sell my first born for a few media queries and a max-width over here at Hacker News.

</comment><comment><USER31> I love the new site design (on a macbook), but on windows, the font is not as crisp. I love that font on mac though. Which font should developers use if they want crispness in both mac and windows?

</comment><comment><USER32> Looks great!

HTTPS giving me troubles, e.g. clicking through on footer links from HN: [http://imgur.com/59cQ7G3](http://imgur.com/59cQ7G3)

On an unrelated note (careful, Inception-style sentence coming up, and apologies if this has been mentioned before/isn't helpful), most of the footer links in the footer of the pages linked to in the footer of news.ycombinator.com lead to 404. Id est, click on a link in the footer, then click on a link in the footer of the page you just clicked to, 404 hey presto.

</comment><comment><USER33> Solid redesign. Can't wait for a responsive version on hacker news. I use ihackernews.com now but I occasionally have trouble upvoting or commenting due to api rate limits.

</comment><comment><USER34> The new design is good, but thanks for keeping the old one up too.

The old design gave YC an identity in my mind, and differentiated it from the rest of the web.

It conveyed to me that YC didn't have to follow web trends to get people on their website. I visited the website for its superb content.

Rather than making text harder to "digest", the simple display of useful information appealed to me, and was a refresher.

Perhaps, this may not be the preference of many other users.

</comment><comment><USER35> That big "Apply" button screams Wufoo. :-)

</comment><comment><USER36> Am I the only one who sat there and watched the entire slideshow thinking: "I wish there were captions to all these pictures"?

<comment><AUTHOR> No. Kat and I working to add captions to them. We'll probably add them to the gallery page: [http://www.ycombinator.com/gallery/](http://www.ycombinator.com/gallery/)

</comment></comment><comment><USER37> The choice of a geometric Futura-like font as primary face for body text always surprises me. Seems like it's just me, though.

</comment><comment><USER38> How about a mobile friendly version of HN? :)

<comment><AUTHOR> We're working on it. [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7960105](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7960105)

<comment><USER39> Is there a reason, why you didn't start with mobile first?

<comment><USER29> Hacker News predates reasonable web browsers on phones by a few years.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER40> The white on the left side is a bug right?

[http://inft.ly/WZPr4sk](http://inft.ly/WZPr4sk)

<comment><USER22> That's a feature!

Probably so that there can be a 13px right border when there is no scrollbar and the left border makes it not look weird. The right border would be to prevent the page from "jumping" when the scrollbar goes from visible to not visible.

<comment><USER41> Its actually a deliberate 13px border, I initially thought it was a margin caused by a chrome extension. I guess it makes it feel a bit more like the news page

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER42> Looks really nice and clean. The only issue I have is - the margin on the image which makes it look not in line with a set of images from the block above: [http://bit.ly/1qh58NC](http://bit.ly/1qh58NC)

</comment><comment><USER43> Why have the "Apply" button link to the expired "Apply to Y Combinator" page? Maybe show it only during the application period, or have the applications submitted after the deadline go to the next funding cycle?

</comment><comment><USER44> Great refresh - clean and crisp. The 'Blog' section looks a bit out of place on the home page with the white background and blue text, but other than that I think the new design suits YC well.

</comment><comment><USER45> > Since 2005, we've funded over 700 startups

I sometimes wonder how many of these startups made it, and if the success rate inside YC is larger than outside of it (i.e. self funding, crowdfunding etc).

<comment><USER46> This helps shed some light on some of that information: [http://yclist.com/](http://yclist.com/)

<comment><USER25> Useful website, but only 6.57% of YC companies have "died" according to that data. Even for a (beyond) successful fund, that number/dataset seems a bit contrived, and it should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER47> I love the new look! A much better, refreshed design that was needed.

</comment><comment><USER48> Really does look great, very clean well done. Is there any plan to update hacker news? While it's minimal design has some appeal I think the UI really is in need of a makeover.

</comment><comment><USER49> Looks great! Good work.

<comment><USER50> Very nice! It has a modern feel and stands out from the average.

</comment></comment><comment><USER51> who wrote the copy for the new site? (it's great!)

</comment><comment><USER52> Am I the only one who feels lost without proper navigation options above the fold? The nav menu is right at the bottom. Feels very odd to me.

</comment><comment><USER53> Looks really clean and nice. And ... It's responsive!! Awesome!

</comment><comment><USER54> Photo gallery, near the bottom, first YC Class.

Sam standing next to Paul.

</comment><comment><USER55> Looks great Kevin!

</comment><comment><USER56> That 1px dark border around the photo slider...

</comment><comment><USER57> Damn it now xycombinator.com is out of date.

</comment><comment><USER58> Looks great, well done to your team!

</comment><comment><USER59> Looks great, super clean and crisp.

</comment><comment><USER60> connection is timing out for me.

</comment><comment><USER61> Super clean, Super cool, super intuitive.

Thanks!

</comment><comment><USER62> Great.

</comment><comment><USER63> Finally

</comment><comment><USER64> Cue patio11 bitching about the call to action and tptacek explaining how the site fails crypto commandments x, y, and z, followed by grellas writing a 750 word essay on the intricacies of the design from an impassioned and impartial point of view.

It matters in high performance Python.

</comment><comment><USER65> So Y Combinator has gone from 1995 to 2007, wow so amazing guiz. Maybe try again and we might get to 2012. Does HN even use CSS? Probably try that next.</comment>


Some New Art From 'Calvin and Hobbes' Creator - <AUTHOR> http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/some-new-art-from-calvin-hobbes-creator/

<comment><AUTHOR> I have read, re-read, and re-re-read Calving and Hobbes for the last 20 years. Now my 12 year old son is re-reading the complete anthology collection I own.

Not bad for a comic that's decades old.</comment>


Show HN: Learn how to build profitable SaaS startups together - <AUTHOR> https://classroomies.com/?s802Uow <comment><USER2> maybe until you have more people it would be cool to just have one episode a day? So everyone can come at the same time and maybe decide (via chat) what to watch.

It's a little disappointing to be alone there</comment>


Stackoverflow alternative? - <AUTHOR>

I'm getting so sick of stackoverflow and related sites and how they close more and more questions for spurious reasons like "not constructive." No fun writing up a detailed answer or good question if the likelihood of it getting closed is >50%. Any alternative sites with knowledgable users and traction? Are there mailing lists that can be used instead? <comment><USER2> Maybe you should check out Reasonwell. It just popped up on HN: [http://www.reasonwell.com/about/Reasonwell+vs+Github+and+Sta...](http://www.reasonwell.com/about/Reasonwell+vs+Github+and+Stack+Overflow)

</comment><comment><USER3> Perhaps they should move those questions to another section of the site instead. That way you can keep responding and they can get answers without hindering anyone that is looking for things stackoverflow wants to represent.

</comment><comment><USER4> I hate when they close informative questions by saying "not constructive"

<comment><USER5> Plus 1000

</comment></comment><comment><USER6> I agree with that. Great, helpful, relevant questions about books are closed by dumbass moderators.

</comment><comment><USER7> Couldn't agree more... but I noticed that it depends on the timezone.

If you post questions in the US daytime you get comments which then prompt you to improve your question, but do it in European daytime and the moderators are "little Hitlers".

<comment><USER8> Not just comments, but actual responses. It seems that most users of Stackoverflow are in the US. I posted a question at 7am EST today and got zero responses and just a handful views.

<comment><USER9> Can you provide a link? I'd be interested in seeing the quality of your question. Most good questions get good answers.

<comment><USER8> It's pretty good quality I think (learned that the hard way). Now that I checked, I got 3 responses now. I guess I shouldn't have complained having to wait 12 hours for a good response. Posting questions at 3pm EST spoils us, expecting responses in 30 minutes haha.

</comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> <http://slant.co> is good and from an HN'er

</comment><comment><USER11> You can find forums for recommendations and such. Stackexange is doing exactly what it is designed to do. Try to post on a forum and hopefully you can get an answer in page 38 of 68</comment>


Books on STEM subjects you recommend, 2019 - <AUTHOR> Books recommendations - one of my favourite topics on HN, both useful and fun. It has a drawback: unread titles are accumulating on my shelves - I still have a hope that I'll read them eventually, or my children.<p>This time it is about STEM subjects. Can you please share your favourite books / textbook, you read recently, some hidden gems you want to share? Thanks! <comment><AUTHOR> A gem of the year for me: "A Course in Algebra", by Vinberg [https://bookstore.ams.org/gsm-56](https://bookstore.ams.org/gsm-56) A gentle introduction into Abstract Algebra. It is very well written, with a lot of examples. Recently, I opened for myself Soviet mathematical books, with no- nonsense terse language, without entertaining pictures, but with good examples of applications.

Another math title that someone recommended on HN, I am digging into now: "Foundations of Applied Mathematics" [https://foundations-of-applied- mathematics.github.io/](https://foundations-of-applied-mathematics.github.io/) It is going to be 4 volumes, Volume 1 is available, Volume 2 arrives soon. It is a useful book (soon books) on maths for specialists in AI and computational areas.

Last title, not released yet: "Topology through Inquiry" [https://bookstore.ams.org/text-58/](https://bookstore.ams.org/text-58/) Sure, there is the famous Munkres book as a great intro into Topology, but this one may be interesting to learn maths using inquiry-based learning approach.</comment>


Unlocking LinkedIn's hidden back door - <AUTHOR> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/job-seekers-can-improve-their/story.aspx?guid=%7BF780CE25%2D8136%2D4408%2D888D%2D168DB37FAC89%7D

<comment><USER2> Unless I was hiring a telemarketer, using this technique would get an instant "wow, this person is a looney" from me.

You're so desperate for connections that you google people in your area and cold-call them? Sorry, that's just anti-social.

<comment><USER3> I'd say it's super-social. Anti-social is where you actively avoid meeting new people, not go out of your way to meet them. :)

</comment></comment><comment><USER4> LinkedIn lets you decide whether or not to have a public-facing profile. That profile is fully indexable by search engines. You can choose to turn it off.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

</comment><comment><USER5> I wrote a script a while back to scrape people's public profiles based on Google searches like this. Two things I would add to the article:

1) You get a lot of false positives, even with very well constructed Google queries. Especially, for some reason, international users.

2) You don't actually get the person's phone number this way so you'll have to call the company's main number to reach them. This may be a problem if they don't pick up their office phone a lot -- and few people do.

</comment><comment><USER6> I've gotten everything from recruiters to people asking for angel capital through LinkedIn. I haven't personally found any real value from it.</comment>


Being a boss vs. a leader - <AUTHOR> http://www.businessinsider.in/know-what-separates-a-leader-from-a-boss/knows-we-not-i-build-a-successful-team/slideshow/48020983.cms?from=mdr <comment><AUTHOR> View all images on one page as a gallery as well: [http://imgur.com/a/Wbu9c?gallery](http://imgur.com/a/Wbu9c?gallery)</comment>


European court has ruled that time spent traveling to and from work is "work" - <AUTHOR> http://qz.com/500186/a-court-has-ruled-that-time-spent-traveling-to-and-from-work-is-work/?smid=fb-nytupshot&smtyp=cur <comment><USER2> Not one but two important omissions (from the title):

This is a ruling by the European Court of Justice.

It applies to workers with no fixed office. Commuting to work is still not work.

<comment><USER3> True, but then again titles are limited to 80 characters.

<comment><USER2> But this headline is untrue as to the great majority of "work", and certainly untrue as to the only reasonable way to interpret it before reading the article. Traveling home-to-customer counts as work. Traveling home-to-work _doesn 't_, but there's the headline saying "time spent traveling to work is work".

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER4> I like this from a class equality standpoint. Downside is it removes market incentives to living closer to your work which is a key facet of sustainable living. Maybe less of an issue in Europe where efficiency per transit mile is generally higher than the U.S.?

<comment><USER2> If your work has a fixed location, this ruling doesn't apply to you. So I don't see all that much impact on the market incentives to live closer to your work.

<comment><USER4> You can choose to work or live elsewhere.

<comment><USER2> What are you responding to?</comment></comment></comment></comment>


Of Types and Men - <AUTHOR> http://www.wilfred.me.uk/blog/2014/02/15/of-types-and-men/

<comment><USER2> Re Invalid types as warnings:

Ghc since 7.6 has had a -fdefer-type-errors flag --- [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.2/html/users_guide/defer...](http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.2/html/users_guide/defer- type-errors.html) \--- which produces warnings at compile-time and exceptions at runtime.</comment>


Traps in Data Journalism - <AUTHOR> http://www.badscience.net/2011/12/this-guardian-story-is-dodgy-traps-in-data-journalism/

<comment><USER2> test

<comment><USER2> test</comment></comment>


Show HN: Lightweight format for small configuration files. (C) - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/bindh3x/off <comment><USER2> why use {} for arrays instead of [] like nearly every other language

looks good though i would use

<comment><USER3> C uses {} for arrays and this is written in C.</comment></comment>


Why I moved my startup from San Francisco to San Diego - <AUTHOR> http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/why-i-moved-my-startup-from-san-francisco-to-san-diego/ <comment><USER2> I wish he would talk a bit more about why San Diego vs other places. Other than that makes perfect sense.</comment>


Show HN: JQuery Cards - <AUTHOR> http://jquerycards.com <comment><USER2> Beautiful use of colors. Nice design. Each card could have an image of the plugin to give more insight on the plugin. A search on the homepage will be nice as well.

<comment><AUTHOR> Yes I plan to add cover images for each card. There's already a search on the homepage (top right). Maybe it needs to be more prominent :-)

<comment><USER2> Aah now I see the search. Yes,it is hidden. More prominent wil l be nice. You could even have it in your cover, similar to [https://www.pexels.com/](https://www.pexels.com/).

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER3> very nice and tidy! i really dislike the jquery repository

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks :-)</comment></comment>


Show HN: React-socket - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/mesteche/react-socket <comment><USER2> It looks like this is your own project. It would likely be better posted as a "Show HN" if it meets the guidelines:

[https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html)

<comment><AUTHOR> Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.

</comment></comment><comment><AUTHOR> Hi, I created a helper for those who want to use websocket with react. The goal was to facilitate usage of websockets with react and redux, but redux is not required. Tell me what you think.

</comment><comment><USER3> It's "redux inspired" but doesn't actually integerate with redux?

<comment><AUTHOR> Yes...and no. It should work well with redux and react-redux, there is an example in the README to use react-redux's connect to dispatch an action when a message is received from the server. On the other hand, I didn't want redux or react-redux to be dependencies. So it can also be used without redux.</comment></comment>


Longitude Prize – £10 million fund to help solve the greatest issues of our time - <AUTHOR> http://www.longitudeprize.org/?hn <comment><USER2> As someone who works in dementia research (...), I can't help but notice the total absence of any well defined target for the challenge, which makes it, for a goal-oriented objective process, a poor choice.

 _" If Dementia wins the vote, the challenge for Longitude Prize 2014 will be to develop intelligent, yet affordable technologies that revolutionise care for people with dementia enabling them to live truly independent lives."_

This reflects the fact that there's not an obvious solution to the dementia problem - yes, there are good big picture targets like this, I'm not sure how well this translates into day-to-day operations.

Beyond this, should we be focussing resources/time/money on conditions which, fundamentally, are a byproduct of a high quality of life for a minority of the worlds population, or should we, perhaps, be focussing on ensuring clean drinking water for everyone, or developing antibiotics. I feel like dementia is somewhat incongruous with the other problems presented, but I suspect it might do well because it's so prevalent in the lives of the specific population voting for this.

</comment><comment><USER3> The same old blind spot in place with respect to aging I see. The cause of two thirds of all deaths worldwide, more than 90% of all deaths in the first world, and the largest share of suffering and medical expensive, all of which falls most heavily on the poor of course.

But actually do something about it in this age of biotechnology and rapid progress in medicine? No, never.

The organizers point to age-related dementia as one of the potential items, but strangely not to attempt or incentivize any work to fix the problem at all through medical research. They treat dementia as a result of aging as a given, something set in stone, a thing to be made marginally better with palliative treatments and accommodations, not fought with medical science in search of cures.

Craziness.

The world drowns and dies in this blind spot related to aging and age-related conditions.

</comment><comment><USER4> I was expecting trite problems, but only one of them (flight) was, the others are real, and difficult.

Although two of them (water, food) are not problems in discovery but in execution. Enough money or attention? Problem solved. This means there will be no one to award the prize to. Plus food is actually just a subset of water.

That leaves 3, and all of them are medical, which is interesting if you are thinking about what to learn in school.

(Flight is silly to include because if you want to stop pollution (of all types) stop China from burning coal, you can eliminate flight completely and it wouldn't make a dent.)

<comment><USER5> The importance of the Flight challenge is debatable, I suppose but it _is_ defined well. That's important.

 _" If Flight wins the vote, the challenge for Longitude Prize 2014 will be set to design and build a zero or close-to-zero-carbon aeroplane that is capable of flying from London to Edinburgh, at comparable speed to today's aircraft."_

If you don't think its environmentally valuable, at least it's valuable as an engineering challenge.

The definition of the Food challenge is much poorer:

 _" If Food wins the vote, the challenge for Longitude Prize 2014 will be set to invent the next big food innovation, helping ensure a future where everyone has enough nutritious, affordable and environmentally sustainable food that people want to eat. A successful solution will demonstrate benefit at a small scale now and show projections of the potential environmental and social impact of scaling up to provide for millions of people."_

If no one had seen a potato before, growing a field of them could presumably win this challenge. It would be easy to demonstrate on a small scale and make the case for scaling up. The whole problem is scaling up with all the political & economic hair that goes with it. We're pretty good at cheap calories.

I disagree about Water:

 _" creating a cheap, environmentally sustainable desalination technology."_

Clearly defined and would have many high value implementations including many humanitarian ones. The only knock on it is that I think there is sufficient economic incentive that a £10m prize won't make much difference. I could be wrong though.

</comment></comment><comment><USER6> I guess the name comes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_prize](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_prize) , btw the little book "Longitude" [http://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Dava-Sobel- ebook/dp/B003WUYE...](http://www.amazon.com/Longitude-Dava-Sobel- ebook/dp/B003WUYE66/) is a fantastic read about that topic

</comment><comment><USER7> One I would like to see is cheap/clean energy in a system that transports well. Arguably this would solve both food and water issues. IMO an affordable and acessable energy breakthrough could have more impact on the world than anything else on that list.

Also I suspect a challenge like this is more open the the amateur hacker (like those gravity lamps) than most of these. This seems important if trying to crowd source solutions.

<comment><USER8> Energy definitely solves water (thanks to desalination). Food is a (wealth) distribution problem. Very different.

Clean energy would also obviously solve the polluting airplane problem...

<comment><USER9> Part of the food problem is the lack of water for agriculture in many population-dense areas (but poor) areas. Providing extremely cheap water would enable livestock and crop growth in a significantly larger portion of the world.

</comment></comment></comment><comment><USER10> Just some thoughts...

Dementia - Not a real solution but we force people to move often thereby erasing their associative memories. Houses could stay in the family so that one can grow up and grow old there, surrounded by objects triggering memories. (think of them like checksums)[0]

Water - Use offshore wind turbines to throw water up in the air. Some vaporises into clouds, the rest goes back with the salt. [1][2] (there is some academic work on this that I cant find, it used a vertical axle turbine shaped like an egg beater, the water was carried up the arms by the centrifugal force)

Flight - Use air evacuated maglev tubes.[3]

Antibiotics - vibrate the body on the resonant frequency of the disease. If something has a fixed shape it has a resonant frequency. When matched it makes life unbearable for any single cell creature or virus. It cant dampen it's vibrations anymore.[4][5] (10 cents per patient kind of profits)

Paralysis - I'm clueless about this one.

Food - Permaculture includes A self-maintained agricultural systems modeled like natural ecosystems.[6][7]

[0] - [http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2005/02/suzuki.aspx](http://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2005/02/suzuki.aspx)

[1] - [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/12/every-silver-lining- ha...](http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/12/every-silver-lining-has-a-cloud/)

[2] - [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251721/Pictured- The...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251721/Pictured-The-stunning- micro-climate-sea-fog-created-Britains-windfarms.html)

[3] - [http://www.et3.com/](http://www.et3.com/)

[4] - [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1658030/](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1658030/)

[5] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXqXIG_WVM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXqXIG_WVM)

[6] - [http://www.cultureofpermaculture.org/blog/](http://www.cultureofpermaculture.org/blog/)

[7] - [http://vimeo.com/19661805](http://vimeo.com/19661805)

<comment><USER11> Viruses don't have a fixed shape, so can't have a single resonant frequency. Take a look at x-ray crystallography of virus structures - even for non- eveloped capsid structures, there are many regions which can not be resolved. Also, any resonant frequency will change depending on the local environment; pH level, salt concentration, etc..

In any case, viruses are basically thermally coupled to a water bath, so while a virus "can't dampen its vibrations", the water it's sitting in certainly can.

Your [4] has nothing to do with the topic, that I can tell. I looked at your video [5]. It doesn't have enough information to be meaningful. I didn't see a control as the reference, and I didn't see what happens at other frequencies. The presenter had to set an alarm because the amp was getting too hot and a 25 MHz radio source is basically a microwave oven - how hot was the water in the slide? Simple heat would explain all of the observations.

In any case, many things can kill microorganisms in vitro. The problem is killing them in the body, without worse side effects - eg, how many human body cells will be disrupted by the same process?

<comment><USER10> My interest in the topic is mere curiosity. So far, while it doesn't prove anything, the skeptical side of the argument is mostly nonsense. While yours isn't an exception I do have to say I've never seen a skeptic raise such elegant issues. For completely uninformed conjecture yours is most admirable. It reads as if you know what you are talking about (at least the medical part)

(I cant think of a nice way to say "conjecture", sorry about that.)

The link is there because physicists claim an optical microscope is limited to Rayleigh criterion.[0] Their uninformed conjecture holds that Rife's microscope[1] is not possible. After imagining the microscope not to exist it of course follows "logically" that Rife could not adjust the frequencies to those variations in shape and ph that you so elegantly pointed out.

But try telling that to the medical professionals looking though the microscope? A bit like going to the airport to tell people heavier than air flying machines are impossible. According to the physicists the further Rife zoomed in the less credible he gets. Maybe I'm ignorant about the terrifying consequences of accepting empirical observations physics?[2]

In short:

in 1931 Dr. Arthur I. Kendall, Director of Medical Research at Northwestern University and Dr. Milbank Johnson of Pasadena Hospital. Dr. Alvin G. Frood, President of the American Association of Pathologists joined Rife's research. Moving microorganisms from prepared, diseased human tissue were photographed and filmed. On November 20, forty-four doctors attended a dinner to celebrate "The End To All Diseases" at the Pasadena estate of Dr. Johnson[2]

in 1932, Kendall speaks before the Assoc. of American Physicians at Johns Hopkins University about the successes with Rife's methods and treatments.

In 1933, Richard Edwin Shope discovered the first mammalian tumor virus.

Also in 1933, Rife completes the universal microscope. Upgrading his resolution claims from 17 000 X to a resolution of 31,000 times and a magnification of 60,000 times.

In 1934, The first clinic is opened. A special University of Southern California Medical Research Committee chaired by Milbank Johnson is formed to oversee the research. Committee members are: Whalen Morrison, Chief Surgeon of the Santa Fe Railway. George C. Dock, M.D. George C. Fischer, M.D., Children's Hospital of New York, Arthur I. Kendall, Dr. Zite, M.D., professor of pathology of Chicago University. Rufus B. Von Klein Schmidt, President of USC. Also in attendance: Dr. James Couche of San Diego. Dr. Carl Meyer, Ph.D. of the Hooper Foundation, SF. Dr. Kopps of the Metabolic Clinic in La Jolla. The clinic is held at the Scripps Institute in La Jolla. Sixteen terminally ill people are treated. Fourteen are cured in three months, the other two are cured in six months.

In 1935, Dr. Milbank Johnson opens a second clinic with the same results.

In 1937, Dr. Milbank Johnson opens the third clinic with the same results. Drs. Couche of San Diego, Gruner of Montreal are also having great success.

In 1938, Fourteen machines are built. Two go to England, one goes to Dr. Richard Hamer of the Paradise Valley Sanitarium, one to Dr. Arthur Yale, two to Arizona doctors, and eight to Southern California doctors. Dr. Hammer cures an 82-year-old from Chicago of terminal cancer. Through this man, Morris Fishbein, head of the AMA in Chicago learns of Rife and his work. Fishbein visits Rife. Wants to buy in. Rife and his associates turn him down.

In 1938, The AMA indicts Rife for fraudulent medical practices. Rife wins the case, the AMA is made to pay $200,000. During the trial and afterwards the AMA visits all doctors involved with Rife. Those who didn't stop using the Frequency Instruments lost their medical license.

Rife makes a career switch to alcoholism.

the end!

I know it sounds very dubious, I would stick with the radium therapy.[3][4]

You could try a web search for more information and/or check out [http://www.rife.de](http://www.rife.de)

Good luck,

[0] - [http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/38146/optical- mic...](http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/38146/optical-microscope- magnification-limits)

[1] - [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02E0D81131E...](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C02E0D81131E13ABC4A51DFB767838A629EDE)

[2] - [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1361863/Most-...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1361863/Most- powerful-optical-microscope-world-soon-view-live-viruses.html)

[3] - [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sN85jvTBETs/TVkdsnt- HWI/AAAAAAAAAq...](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sN85jvTBETs/TVkdsnt- HWI/AAAAAAAAAqs/Vs90gqw7_34/s1600/Rife-dinner.jpg)

[4] - [http://www.marketing-professionnel.fr/wp- content/uploads/201...](http://www.marketing-professionnel.fr/wp- content/uploads/2010/02/medicaments-communication-sous-ordonnance.jpg)

[5] - [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Radium_therapy...](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Radium_therapy_-_1913.jpg)

<comment><USER11> I don't understand why you've switched from discussing audio-modulated RF energy for resonance induction to microscopes and some 80 year old history.

The basic premise - shaking a virus at its resonant frequency, where each virus has its own frequency - doesn't make sense. On the other hand, what does make sense is to induce vibrations in bonds. This is how microwave ovens works.

The video demonstration you linked to is identical to what I would expect if the RF source acted as a microwave oven heating up the liquid in the slide. In order to be effective evidence that the effects are not due to heating, a researcher must also keep track of the temperature across the slide and/or in the view of the microscope. Since this didn't occur, it isn't convincing evidence.

For what it's worth, near-field scanning optical microscopy has optical resolution beyond the Rayleigh limit.

<comment><USER10> I just found this, I didn't even know it existed.

1998 - Low-level exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: health effects and research needs. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9453702](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9453702)

2004 - Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields as effectors of cellular responses in vitro: possible immune cell activation. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15352165](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15352165)

2009 - Amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields for the treatment of cancer: discovery of tumor-specific frequencies and assessment of a novel therapeutic approach. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19366446](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19366446)

2011 - Treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with very low levels of amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829195](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829195)

2012 - Cancer cell proliferation is inhibited by specific modulation frequencies. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22134506](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22134506)

2013 - Targeted treatment of cancer with radiofrequency electromagnetic fields amplitude-modulated at tumor-specific frequencies [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845545/](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3845545/) Abstract: In the past century, there have been many attempts to treat cancer with low levels of electric and magnetic fields. We have developed noninvasive biofeedback examination devices and techniques and discovered that patients with the same tumor type exhibit biofeedback responses to the same, precise frequencies. Intrabuccal administration of 27.12 MHz radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF), which are amplitude-modulated at tumor-specific frequencies, results in long-term objective responses in patients with cancer and is not associated with any significant adverse effects. Intrabuccal administration allows for therapeutic delivery of very low and safe levels of EMF throughout the body as exemplified by responses observed in the femur, liver, adrenal glands, and lungs. In vitro studies have demonstrated that tumor-specific frequencies identified in patients with various forms of cancer are capable of blocking the growth of tumor cells in a tissue- and tumor- specific fashion. Current experimental evidence suggests that tumor-specific modulation frequencies regulate the expression of genes involved in migration and invasion and disrupt the mitotic spindle. This novel targeted treatment approach is emerging as an appealing therapeutic option for patients with advanced cancer given its excellent tolerability. Dissection of the molecular mechanisms accounting for the anti-cancer effects of tumor-specific modulation frequencies is likely to lead to the discovery of novel pathways in cancer.

<comment><USER11> In the late 1990s, with the rise of cell phones, people were worried that the RF energy from the phones and towers, while low, might cause physiological problems. The first paper specifically concerns this topic. Note that it says "It was concluded that, although hazards from exposure to high-level (thermal) RF fields were established, no known health hazards were associated with exposure to RF sources emitting fields too low to cause a significant temperature rise in tissue."

The second paper is because starting even by the late 1980s there was a concern that the background 50Hz/60Hz EMF from power lines might be causing a problem. There was a 1979 epidemiological association between power lines and childhood leukemia. See [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-f...](http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic- fields) for more details. This second paper presents a hypothesis for how that mechanism might work, should it exist.

The third paper rings warning bells. For example, it references clinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00805337 but the research protocol was never explained in the submission, and no research results were ever published there. It was also registered at about the time the paper you pointed to would have been submitted, so it feels like it was added because it was required by the publisher, and not because it was a well-run clinical trial.

Also, frequencies like 10456.383 Hz are incredibly precise; to the point of unbelievability. They don't show a plot of the signal as a function of frequency, they don't have information about reproducibility, and they don't describe control, since surely they should have RF interference from the environment, and feedback effects from the equipment itself.

In any case, the last 4 papers all list B. Pasche as a co-author, and from the conflict of interest section in one of the papers it says "Boris Pasche and Alexandre Barbault have filed applications for patent protection and hold patents related to electromagnetic fields amplitude-modulated at tumor- specific frequencies as they relate to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. They hold stocks in TheraBionic."

Thus, they aren't really independent confirmations of some observed effects, are they? Why did you list them all?

</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment></comment><comment><USER12> Aircraft? It's funny they're worried about CO2 from aircraft when the water vapor the emit has a much larger and immediate effect.

</comment><comment><USER13> Surprised not to see liberty in that list.

Liberty is the greatest issue of all times.

<comment><USER14> Is it possible to "liberate" women of Saudi Arabia, Sudanese refugees in Kenya or political prisoners in Russia? The answer is generally "No". Unprepared society will not maintain the necessary institutions and any political changes enforced by foreign military will receive proportional resistance. There's no "silver bullet" ideology or religious prophet who can turn entire population of a country to the different path. This means that for liberating the world you need to do some boring work by educating the ruling class and directing it to the reforms that drive the economic growth to the point, when growing educated middle class will demand the liberties inside the country. Definitely, it's a political and organizational challenge, not the scientific one.

</comment></comment><comment><USER15> Not listed: the next Angry Birds.

</comment><comment><USER16> You can tell by the lack of social issues that this is merely an initiative for discovering billion-dollar business opportunities.

<comment><USER17> Which is pretty cool, right.

<comment><USER16> Maybe, but it's not "solving the world's greatest problems". One of these is poverty and distribution of wealth.</comment></comment></comment>


New victims of current drug laws (Nature; David Nutt, L A King and D E Nichols) - <AUTHOR> http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/nrn3530-c2?locale=en

<comment><AUTHOR> Quick note, the article is actually found in Nature Reviews, Neuroscience. I couldn't fit the full name and the authors' in the 80 character title limit.

I hope somebody else finds this interesting!</comment>


Congratulations America: Your Paycheck Will Soon Clear in One Day - <AUTHOR> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-27/congratulations-america-your-paycheck-will-soon-clear-in-one-day <comment><USER2> The reason paychecks take so long to clear was discussed here: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12096250](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12096250) 'Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer'</comment>


Show HN: GitHub action to setup PHP with required extensions and Composer - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php <comment></comment>