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60,551 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T12:31:37 | JRuby Compiler Is Complete | null | http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/09/compiler-is-complete.html | 11 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | The Compiler Is Complete | null | null |
It is a glorious day in JRuby-land, for the compiler is now complete.Tom and I have been traveling in Europe the past two weeks, first for RailsConf EU in Berlin and currently in Århus, Denmark for JAOO (which was an excellent conference, I highly recommend it). And usually, that would mean getting very little work done...but time is short, and I've been putting in full days for almost the entire trip.Let's recap my compiler-related commits made on the road:r4330, Sep 16: ClassVarDeclNode and RescueNode compiling; all tests pass...we're in the home stretch now!r4339, Sep 17: Fix for return in rescue not bubbling all the way out of the synthetic method generated to wrap it.r4341, Sep 17: Adding super compilation, disabled until the whole findImplementers thing is tidied up in the generated code.r4342, Sep 17: Enable super compilation! I had to disable an assertion to do it, but it doesn't seem to hurt things and I have a big fixme on it.r4355, Sep 19: zsuper is getting closer, but still not enabled.r4362, Sep 20: Enabled a number of additional flow-control syntax within ensure bodies, and def within blocks.r4363, Sep 20: Re-disabling break in ensure; it caused problems for Rails and needs to be investigated in more depth.r4367, Sep 21: Removing the overhead of constructing ISourcePosition objects for every line in the compiler; I moved construction to be a one-time cost and perf numbers went back to where they were before.r4368, Sep 21: Small optz for literal string perf and memory use: cache a single bytelist per literal in the compiled class and share it across all literal strings constructed.r4370, Sep 22: Enable compilation of multiple assignment with args (rest args)r4375, Sep 24: Total refactoring of zsuper argument processing, and zsuper is now enabled in the compiler. We still need more/better tests and specs for zsuper, unfortunately.r4377, Sep 24: Compile the remaining part of case/when, for when *whatever (appears as nested when nodes in the ast...why?)r4388, Sep 25: Add compilation of global and constant assignment in masgn/block argsr4392, Sep 25: Compilation of break within ensurified sections; basically just do a normal breakjump instead of Java jumpsr4400, Sep 25: Fix for JRUBY-1388, plus an additional fix where it wasn't scoping constants in the right module.r4401, Sep 25: Retry compilation!r4402, Sep 26: Multiple additional cleanups, fixes, to the compiler; expand stack-based methods to include those with opt/rest/block args, fix a problem with redo/next in ensure/rescue; fix an issue in the ASTInspector not inspecting opt arg values; shrink the generated bytecode by offloading to CompilerHelpers in a few places. Ruby stdlib now compiles completely. Yay!r4404, Sep 26: Add ASM "CheckClass" adapter to command-line (class file dumping) part of compiler.r4405, Sep 26: A few additional fixes for rescue method names and reduced size for the pre-allocated calladapters, strings, and positions.r4410, Sep 27: A number of additional fixes for the compiler to remedy inconsistent stack issues, and a whole slew of work to make apps run correctly with AOT-compiled stdlib. Very close to "complete" in my eyes.r4412, Sep 27: Fixes to top-level scoping for AOT-compiled methods, loading sequence, and some minor compiler tweaks to make rubygems start up and run correctly with AOT-compiled stdlib.r4413, Sep 27: Fixed the last known bug in the compiler. It is now complete.r4414, Sep 27: Ok, now the compiler is REALLY complete. I forgot about BEGIN and END nodes. The only remaining node that doesn't compile is OptN, whichwe won't put in the compiled output (we'll just wrap execution of scripts with the appropriate logic). It's a good day to be alive!I think I've done a decent job proving you can get some serious work done on the road, even while preparing two talks and hob-nobbing with fellow geeks. But of course this is an enormous milestone for JRuby in general.For the first time ever, there is a complete, fully-functional Ruby 1.8 compiler. There have been other compilers announced that were able to handle all Ruby syntax, and perhaps even compile the entire standard library. But they have never gotten to what in my eyes is really "complete": being able to dump the stdlib .rb files and continue running nontrivial applications like IRB or RubyGems. I think I'm allowed to be a little proud of that accomplishment. JRuby has the first complete and functional 1.8-semantics compiler. That's pretty cool.What's even more cool is that this has all been accomplished while keeping a fully-functional interpreter working in concert. We've even made great strides in speeding up interpreted mode to almost as fast as the C implementation of Ruby 1.8, and we still have more ideas. So for the first time, there's a mixed-mode Ruby runtime that can run interpreted, compiled, or both at the same time. Doubly cool. This also means that we don't have to pay a massive compilation cost for 'eval' and friends, and that we can be deployed in a security-restricted environment where runtime code-generation is forbidden.I will try to prepare a document soon about the design of the compiler, the decisions made, and what the future holds. But for now, I have at least one teaser for you to chew on: there is a second compiler in the works, this time for creating real Java classes you can construct and invoke directly from Java-land. Yes, you heard me.Compiler #2Compiler #2 will basically take a Ruby class in a given file (or multiple Ruby classes, if you so choose) and generate a normal Java type. This type will look and feel like any other Java class:You can instantiate it with a normal new MyClass(arg1, arg2) from Java codeYou can invoke all its methods with normal Java invocationsYou can extend it with your own Java classesThe basic idea behind this compiler is to take all the visible signatures in a Ruby class definition, as seen during a quick walk through the code, and turn them into Java signatures on a normal class. Behind the scenes, those signatures will just dynamically invoke the named method, passing arguments through as normal. So for example, a piece of Ruby code like this:class MyClass def initialize(arg1, arg2); end def method1(arg1); end def method2(arg1, arg2 = 'foo', *arg3); endendMight produce a Java class equivalent to this:public class MyClass extends RubyObject { public MyClass(Object arg1, Object arg2) { callMethod("initialize", arg1, arg2); } public Object method1(Object arg1) { return callMethod("method1", arg1); } public Object method2(Object arg1, Object... optAndRest) { return callMethod("method2", arg1, optAndRest); }}It's a pretty trivial amount of code to generate, but it completes that "last mile" of Java integration, being directly callable from Java and directly integrated into Java type hierarchies. Triply cool?Of course the use of Object everywhere is somewhat less than ideal, so I've been thinking through implementation-independent ways to specify signatures for Ruby methods. The requirement in my mind is that the same code can run in JRuby and any other Ruby without modification, but in JRuby it will gain additional static type signatures for calls from Java. The syntax I'm kicking around right now looks something like this:class MyClass... {String => [Integer, Array]} def mymethod(num, ary); endendIf you're unfamiliar with it, this is basically just a literal hash syntax. The return type, String, is associated with the types of the two method arguments, Integer and Array. In any normal Ruby implementation, this line would be executed, a hash constructed, and execution would proceed with the hash likely getting quickly garbage collected. However Compiler #2 would encounter these lines in the class body and use them to create method signatures like this: public String mymethod(int num, List ary) { ... }The final syntax is of course open for debate, but I can assure you this compiler will be far easier to write than the general compiler. It may not be complete before JRuby 1.1 in November, but it won't take long.So there you have it, friends. Our work on JRuby has shown that it is possible to fully compile Ruby code for a general-purpose VM, and even that Ruby can be made to integrate as a first-class citizen on the Java platform, fitting in wherever Java code may be used today.Are you as excited as I am?
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60,554 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T12:46:09 | Jajah Now Does Click To Call For Anyone | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/27/jajah-now-does-click-to-call-for-anyone/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,556 | transburgh | 2007-09-28T12:56:21 | 5 Tips To Spot A Hot (or Not) IPO | null | http://gigaom.com/2007/09/28/hot-ipo/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | http_other_error | 520: Web server is returning an unknown error | null | null |
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60,593 | dawie | 2007-09-28T14:02:16 | Google Presentations Live | null | http://googledocs.blogspot.com/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,597 | ideas101 | 2007-09-28T14:09:44 | Best way to do PR/Marketing for your new start-up ?? | 1 | 2 | [
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60,620 | byrneseyeview | 2007-09-28T15:01:32 | What happened to the feature requests thread? | I was going to ask for a 'hide' button in the wake of the "pg facts" threads. | http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363 | 6 | 5 | [
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60,621 | joshwa | 2007-09-28T15:01:46 | "As a producer and creator of content, the Long Tail is basically spelling out my doom." | null | http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/09/an-independent-.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,626 | transburgh | 2007-09-28T15:08:59 | Facebook CEO visits Seattle. Microsoft schemes | null | http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/magazines/fortune/fastforward_facebook.fortune/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Facebook CEO visits Seattle. Microsoft schemes | null | By David Kirkpatrick, Fortune senior editor | (Fortune) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spotted Tuesday in Seattle, headed for meetings with executives at Microsoft. That lends credence to the unattributed reports in various papers this week that Microsoft was contemplating a major investment in the fast-growing social network.But could Facebook possibly be worth $10 billion? That's the value implied if Microsoft (Charts, Fortune 500) invests $500 million for a 5 percent stake, as several reports have suggested it might. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal and others report Zuckerberg is holding out for a valuation of $15 billion, either from Microsoft or other potential investors possibly including Google (Charts, Fortune 500). Facebook CEO Mark ZuckerbergHow can you put a price tag on the future? That's what any investor in Facebook would be doing.There's no way the company is worth that kind of money today, despite the 43 million active users it claims. (The Journal reports that private Facebook this year expects to make $30 million profit on $150 million in revenues.) But that is not the same thing as saying that somebody would be insane to buy a small chunk at such a valuation. (For a glib and contrasting view from Kara Swisher, see AllThingsD.)Facebook is the closest thing the world has to a next-generation Internet, one structured not around Web sites but around people. In the Facebook topology, every data source or service is defined by who else is using it. The company has, in a crude way, solved the critical problem of Internet identity. Each member's profile is tantamount to their personal Web site, which defines who you are, who you know, what you are interested in, and what you are doing now.
This matters in business terms because the Internet is rapidly moving toward a world in which advertisers are able to target their messages to those most likely to be responsive. While this is often painted as an invasion of privacy, in fact it is a service. If these future systems work the way the ad industry expects them to, the ads we see will quite often be ads that convey information we want. If software algorithms can help marketers identify what sorts of goods and services we are most likely to buy, it is a benefit, not an intrusion.Facebook may be the best place yet for marketers to experiment with these new techniques. Unlike its bigger rival MySpace, Facebook's individual profile information is intended to represent a real person precisely and accurately. So by investing in Facebook, Microsoft - or Google or another intrepid company -may be buying access to a tremendously valuable testbed for the future of web advertising. In weighing the probability of such a move, don't forget Microsoft recently spent an astonishing $6 billion to acquire the advertising technology of aQuantive. (Information Week suggests that closer Facebook ties could help Microsoft leverage the tools it acquired with aQuantive.)It may also be worth quite a few hundred million for any company to get into bed with Mark Zuckerberg. I have gotten to know him a bit in recent months. He is the closest thing to Bill Gates I've seen since the original. Not only does he have natural gifts for programming, leadership, and marketing - traits that served Gates well in Microsoft's first couple decades. He also, like his industry predecessor, seems mostly driven by a conviction that what he is doing will make the world a better place. The money will come to him, as it did to Gates, not because he seeks it but as a byproduct of finding effective ways to help society move forward using software.His focus is extraordinary. What's more, he is a nicer person than is Gates.It would behoove any company to keep him close. His thinking about the importance and role of what he calls the "social graph" - the network of relationships that underlies a social network - is subtle and unselfish.I doubt if Zuckerberg sees it as essential for his company to align with Microsoft or any strategic investor. But he is enough of a pragmatist to realize that Facebook would be immeasurably strengthened by the kinds of sums now being bandied about. He won't refuse them. | 2024-11-07T07:22:58 | en | train |
60,629 | pius | 2007-09-28T15:10:26 | Stealing VoIP: "So Easy a Caveman Could Do It" | http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101781 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,661 | catalinist | 2007-09-28T16:22:49 | Ocean's Eleven: The perfect agile model? | One of the developers at Netflix describes the culture there as very much like the team in Ocean's Eleven: They recruit the best of the best, everyone gets a good cut of the take, there is the flexibility for individuals to do what they do best, and the whole team stays focused and united on a common goal. | http://www.chrisspagnuolo.com/2007/09/27/OceansElevenThePerfectAgileModel.aspx | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,663 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T16:30:00 | Presentation Zen: Pecha Kucha and the art of liberating constraints | null | http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/09/pecha-kucha-and.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,673 | gibsonf1 | 2007-09-28T16:45:05 | GTD: Lean for your head | null | http://www.leansoftwareinstitute.com/blog/index.php?/archives/14-GTD-Lean-for-your-head.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,680 | byrneseyeview | 2007-09-28T17:03:17 | Another name for the "wisdom of crowds" | null | http://abstractfactory.blogspot.com/2004/12/another-name-for-wisdom-of-crowds.html | 8 | 4 | [
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I just read yet another online essay that, at one point, referenced "the wisdom of crowds". This phrase has been getting a lot of attention lately from the chattering classes. I don't have time to give this idea a fuller treatment, and in fact I have not read James Surowiecki's book (which started all the ruckus), but I will say something that I've wanted to get out there for a long time:
"The wisdom of crowds" is just another name for "the behavior of distributed algorithms".
When you think about it, "Let's exploit the wisdom of crowds!" really means: "Let's set up a whole bunch of independently acting, loosely federated entities, each with an incomplete view of the system, and let's make them do some cognitive task." In other words, if a crowd ends up having any wisdom, it will have arrived at it through a distributed algorithm.
Why does this matter? Two reasons.
First, it de-mystifies the concept. "The wisdom of crowds" is a phrase precisely calibrated to mystify the thing it denotes. Consider the diction: "crowds", suggesting spontaneous, informal, natural gatherings; and "wisdom", suggesting a folksy knowledge born of experience, as opposed to, say, "intelligence", "cleverness", or "expertise". The phrase "wisdom of crowds" carries within it the seeds of the message that gosh darn it, if you just got those elitist social engineers out of the way, and let everybody alone to act on their common sense, everything would be just peachy. In fact, if you read the blurbs from the publisher's page, this is exactly the message that's being pushed --- if not by Surowiecki himself, then by his promoters, with his tacit assent.
By contrast, the phrase "the behavior of distributed algorithms" is a more forbidding thing, one that highlights a crucial fact: all systems for extracting knowledge from "crowds" are, in fact, intricate constructions that achieve their results through precise engineering of the rules governing the crowd.
This leads into my second point. Any computer scientist who has tangled with distributed systems knows that designing a distributed algorithm that actually does what you want it to do is extraordinarily tricky. On the other hand, it is really easy to design distributed algorithms that, for deviously subtle reasons, end up prone to behaviors like wildly unpredictable, bizarrely pathological oscillations, race conditions, deadlock, livelock, network floods, etc., etc., etc. Until you have studied the Paxos algorithm, or at least hacked on a distributed system (and I doubt very much that James Surowiecki has done either), you probably lack the humility and skepticism needed to evaluate distributed algorithms accurately.
Naïvely lauding the alleged "wisdom of crowds" obscures the critical issue, which is the design of the distributed algorithm --- i.e., the social organization of the crowd. What are its mechanisms for passing information? For reaching consensus? Where are the possibilities for feedback loops? What happens in the obscure corner cases that result from the interactions of all its features? Etc., etc.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, and gathering together a large number of independent actors does not magically make problem-solving any easier. In fact, it can make problem-solving incalculably harder. After you gather the crowd, you have to figure out how to make it do something useful, and it is by no means the case that you'll always get acceptable outcomes by letting each individual make decisions that "look sensible" (whatever that means) based on locally available information.
Now, as I said, I have not read Surowiecki's book. It is entirely possible that I'm being utterly unfair to him based on the yammerings of others. On the other hand, the publisher's excerpt is not encouraging.
UPDATE 2007-09-29: If you're coming from this ycombinator blog, then note that I wrote a followup after reading most of the book and my opinion of Surowiecki himself has only marginally improved.
Also, in retrospect, it seems to me that this post is more about the "wisdom of crowds" meme --- how and why it's been successful, what's wrong with it, and the role of Surowiecki's publicist in promoting it --- than about Surowiecki's book itself.
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60,695 | rams | 2007-09-28T17:22:20 | Managing Software Engineers | http://philip.greenspun.com/ancient-history/managing-software-engineers | 11 | 3 | [
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60,696 | byrneseyeview | 2007-09-28T17:24:47 | Cognition in the Wild | null | http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/cognition-in-the-wild/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,699 | immad | 2007-09-28T17:36:23 | Ask YC: How much commenting do you do in Ruby/Rails? (or other expressive language) | When I used to do C/C++/JAVA my code used to be heavily commented, but as I have gotten into Rails I have found myself not leaving much comments and when I try to it seems like a waste of time since I just end up saying "Executing function blah" or some other bit of information that is very evident if you were to read the code.<p>So my question is what commenting conventions people use in rails and have they found like me that ruby/rails generally requires less/no comments. Maybe doing this in a startup means I just try to go through stuff as fast as possible and have become a bad commenter. | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | invalid_url | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T16:37:59 | null | train |
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60,707 | plusbryan | 2007-09-28T17:58:57 | Jajah releases free 1-800 number button (call from an email) | http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/28/jajah-releases-in-email-calling-for-free/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Jajah releases free 1-800 number button | 2007-09-28T14:24:56+00:00 | Matt Marshall |
September 28, 2007 7:24 AM
Jahah, the Internet telephone company, has introduced a new service that lets people call you from email for free with a one-click calling button.
This latest could be highly viral, especially for small businesses wanting the equivalent of a free 1-800 number.
The USAToday just wrote a piece looking at how these “J” companies — Jajah, Jaxtr and Jangl — embody the new Silicon Valley dot.com boom. (The story cites us at VentureBeat a few times. I’m quoted saying “you can’t find anyone who doesn’t have a business plan sticking out of their pocket.” USAToday’s author Michelle Kessler also cites me saying there “will be a lot of cold showers.”)
Jajah’s is just the latest innovation in the Internet telephone world, where start-ups are delivering an array of buttons for calls. Jajah’s looks as user friendly as any. We’ve written about Yoomba (Yoomba forces a phone recipient to register though, which Jajah doesn’t), and Orgoo (though Orgoo doesn’t let you make the calls from your existing email; you need to use its email platform). Other services give you ways to integrate phone links within your email, i.e, so that you can click on phone numbers and make calls from say Skype or some other service. Xobni is doing that, as are more mature players like Zimbra (recently bought by Yahoo).
The Jajah button also works from websites, blogs or social network profiles.
The service won’t reveal your phone number to the caller. The call buttons are also customizable (size, color, style), and you can you set the time when you are free to accept phone calls. You can also rejecting or block phone numbers. The buttons are available as a Flash widget, click-to-call buttons or a simple plain text link.
So, to let relatives call you for free, you add your button to your email signature, send them the email, they click on it and call you – they don’t have to be registered and there is no local numbers pay.
All they do to call is enter their phone number in the box, and Jajah calls them back with a line that rings through to you — just like Jajah’s standard service works.
Jajah says its service the first, truly global click-to-call service” (it is available in more than 120 countries). Competitor Jaxtr also provides a link. It works in 20 countries. Jaxtr puts you through to a local line, and so technically isn’t free for those calling you.
One caveat about the Jaxtr button. While people calling you do so for free, you (the recipient) do have to pay for the call, albeit at low Internet call rates. If both parties are registered, however, the call is free for both parties.
Click here to see how it works, or see video below (you won’t see if if you’re reading RSS).
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60,708 | waleedka | 2007-09-28T18:00:14 | Two months of hard work. What do you think of my startup? ZoooV.com | <p> | http://zooov.com/ | 31 | 43 | [
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60,719 | iamyoohoo | 2007-09-28T18:20:07 | Remember the color-blind in your web design | http://endorseyou.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/remember-the-color-blind-in-your-design/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,721 | markpeterdavis | 2007-09-28T18:25:50 | Why A VC May Call You | Venture capital funds find investments in different ways. Some passively receive executive summaries from their personal networks and do very little searching. Others actively scour the marketplace for interesting companies. Those that actively scour the marketplace may contact you directly without warning and without an introduction. | http://getventure.typepad.com/markpeterdavis/2007/09/why-vcs-may-cal.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,724 | brett | 2007-09-28T18:30:53 | From Scratch - a weekly radio show about the entrepreneurial life | null | http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/?page_id=8 | 2 | 1 | [
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60,735 | brett | 2007-09-28T18:39:38 | Follow the process? | null | http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2007/09/28/follow-the-process/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,737 | tzury | 2007-09-28T18:43:38 | All JS Passengers, Attention Please ("Follow the rules" is sometime a rule one should follow) | http://evalinux.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/follow-the-rules-stay-standardized/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | All JavaScript Passengers, Attention Please | 2007-09-28T18:38:12+00:00 | | Author: Tzury Bar Yochay |
Posted: September 28, 2007 | Author: Tzury Bar Yochay | Filed under: javascript, webdev |Leave a commentThis is an example why should one follow the rule of using ‘===’ and avoid ‘==’
var a = [];
[!!a, a == false] == [true, true]
You get !!a == true and at the same time a == false, now you are confused, ain’t you?
Therefore never ever you should be using in your code ‘==’ operator.
[!!a, a === false] == [true, false] – > Feels better now, ain’t it?
“Follow the rules” is sometime a rule one should follow
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60,739 | eastsidegringo | 2007-09-28T18:45:35 | Does Your Startup Need Its Own Digg? | Good summary of the different kinds of Web 2.0 tools and how some companies have used them effectively. One company set up their own Digg site to share news with clients and each other.
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60,741 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T18:47:19 | From Scratch: A NPR Radio Show About the Entrepreneurial Life | null | http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,749 | transburgh | 2007-09-28T18:56:59 | Why Demo's conference beat TechCrunch40 | null | http://valleywag.com/tech/capitalism/why-demos-conference-beat-techcrunch40-304838.php | 9 | 1 | [
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60,751 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T18:57:42 | Craigslist CEO Puts Profits Second | null | http://sfbay.craigslist.org/about/press/ft.lucy.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,752 | transburgh | 2007-09-28T18:59:22 | Google, Yahoo Sued By Tanzanian Tribesman | null | http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/09/28/google-yahoo-sued-by-tanzania-tribesman | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,755 | byrneseyeview | 2007-09-28T19:02:42 | The Internet Broke the DSM | http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/514.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,757 | immad | 2007-09-28T19:05:03 | Interview: Ali Partovi CEO of iLike the most used application on Facebook | http://us.intruders.tv/Interview-Ali-Partovi-CEO-of-iLike-the-most-used-application-on-Facebook_a174.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,759 | iamyoohoo | 2007-09-28T19:06:40 | What nine of the world's largest websites are running on | http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=173 | 32 | 12 | [
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60,760 | iamyoohoo | 2007-09-28T19:08:53 | Google availability differs greatly between countries | http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=192 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,761 | tomh | 2007-09-28T19:09:52 | Key to Organization: The Habit of Now | null | http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/28/key-to-organization-the-habit-of-now/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,762 | tomh | 2007-09-28T19:11:25 | Use Your Cameraphone as a Visual To Do List | null | http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/09/use-your-camera.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,764 | tomh | 2007-09-28T19:13:17 | Feed Each Other Opens Your RSS | null | http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/27/feed-each-other-opens-your-rss/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,769 | KB | 2007-09-28T19:20:13 | Return of 1999? Dot-coms making a comeback | null | http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-09-27-boom-2_N.htm | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,771 | tomh | 2007-09-28T19:28:46 | Zude: Drag, Drop And Network | null | http://gigaom.com/2007/09/27/zude-drag-drop-and-network/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,777 | transburgh | 2007-09-28T19:33:39 | Facebook/Microsoft Plot Thickens | null | http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/09/facebookmicrosoft-plot-thickens.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,790 | byrneseyeview | 2007-09-28T19:46:10 | Cutting The FaceBook/Microsoft Deal Rumor Off At The Knees | null | http://www.dealbreaker.com/2007/09/cutting_the_facebookmicrosoft.php | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,793 | yters | 2007-09-28T19:47:30 | Ask YC: who gives away free money? | So, I know most people here want to do the start up thing so as to be financially independent, getting all the work out of the way early so as to get onto the really cool hacks. But, our economy being as robust as it is, surely there are very rich people who would sponsor random promising hackers to do whatever, instead of slaving away for 6 months -> year on one very specific and narrow problem domain. <p>Our creative hacking, logical rigor, and awesome platform for idea modelling can have such a much more fundamental impact on society than all the web apps in the world. That's why pg's hacker philosopher idea is so cool! Who else is positioned like we are to revolutionize the world of thought? So, my question is, where are all these smart investors, with a vision bigger than just the monthly bottom line?<p>I, for one, do not wish to research ponies and rainbows. That is not to say they are bad, but I have other interests. | 7 | 22 | [
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60,806 | benhoyt | 2007-09-28T20:22:46 | Why does News.YC show xyz.domain.com as just domain.com? Eg: | Though I notice that it sometimes does (abstractfactory.blogspot.com shows the full domain) and sometimes doesn't (james.hotornot.com shows as "hotornot.com"). | http://blog.flickr.com/ | 2 | 2 | [
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60,814 | luccastera | 2007-09-28T20:45:08 | Ask 37signals: Pressure to grow? | null | http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/625-ask-37signals-pressure-to-grow | 13 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,819 | pius | 2007-09-28T21:11:40 | Gizmodo: Latest firmware neuters the iPhone . . . upon re-review, don't buy the iPhone | From Gizmodo:<p>I was planning to change our "Wait" verdict to a full-on and rabid "Buy". That wasn't because of Apple, but because of the cool apps being offered by independent developers. All that came to an end yesterday after the new Apple firmware 1.1.1 neutered the handset. With this, I'm going to have to move our recommendation from "Wait" to "Don't hold your breath." I'm done with this handset until third-party apps come back. | http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone/iphone-re+reviewed-verdict-dont-buy-302075.php | 10 | 3 | [
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60,831 | rob | 2007-09-28T21:56:55 | James Hong: A lesson on life... | http://james.hotornot.com/2007/09/lesson-on-life.html | 13 | 5 | [
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60,833 | nickb | 2007-09-28T22:00:40 | The obscure game-theory problem that explains why rich countries are rich | null | http://www.slate.com/id/2174706/ | 26 | 4 | [
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60,834 | nickb | 2007-09-28T22:01:57 | Liquid Rescale (Content Aware Resizing) GIMP plugin | null | http://liquidrescale.wikidot.com/ | 8 | 1 | [
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60,845 | myoung8 | 2007-09-28T22:24:45 | What percentage of your users are on IE6? | 10 | 11 | [
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60,848 | iamyoohoo | 2007-09-28T22:30:16 | The importance of ease of use and simplistic design | http://endorseyou.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/the-importance-of-ease-of-use-and-simplistic-design/ | 2 | 2 | [
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60,852 | robg | 2007-09-28T22:38:28 | At the elite colleges - dim white kids | http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/?page=full | 15 | 18 | [
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60,867 | charzom | 2007-09-28T23:13:13 | Teen Finds Her Flickr Image On Bus Stop Ad | null | http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/24/tech/main3290986.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_3290986 | 7 | 3 | [
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60,869 | german | 2007-09-28T23:17:04 | Why Are Uploads So Painful? | http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000964.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | timeout | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T21:52:26 | null | train |
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60,875 | bootload | 2007-09-28T23:33:18 | Are markets all about big companies? | http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/09/28/go-from-hell/ | 2 | 2 | [
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60,876 | bootload | 2007-09-28T23:33:46 | Yahoo tops Google in quality of searches? | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9039638 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,878 | bootload | 2007-09-28T23:35:07 | Japanese Jumping Frog Robot | http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/09/university-creates-robot-that-jumps.html | 7 | 4 | [
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60,879 | bootload | 2007-09-28T23:35:51 | British Library books go digital | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7018210.stm | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,880 | pg | 2007-09-28T23:36:59 | Motley Fool: RIAA's Day in Court Nearly Over | null | http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/09/24/riaas-day-in-court-nearly-over.aspx | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,892 | axiom | 2007-09-29T00:05:26 | Interview with Rudolf Bannasch, founder of EvoLogics, bio-robotics pioneer | http://lis.epfl.ch/resources/podcast/mp3/TalkingRobots-RudolfBannasch.mp3 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,896 | alaskamiller | 2007-09-29T00:13:40 | From the 37s Guys: How do you keep up with new technology? | http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/621-ask-37signals-how-do-you-keep-up-with-new-technology | 5 | 1 | [
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April writes Ask 37signals:
As a developer, I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of new technologies and languages to learn. I work long hours as it is, and the last thing I feel like doing when I get home is spending more time trying new stuff out at the computer. Do I really have to be the kind of person that is excited about spending 24/7 at the computer to be a programmer? I love my job, and I love what I do, but I want a life outside of it too.
I think the best programmers are those that do have a life outside of computers. Those who value their time in front of the screen because it’s finite, because it’s competing with other interests. That usually drives you think twice about spending eons just playing around for the heck of it (not that there’s anything inherently wrong with that).
In my opinion, the best way to learn new technologies is on the job. I learned Ruby because I wanted to escape the pain that PHP and Java was giving me and because I had a fresh project to try it on (Basecamp). I built Rails because I needed it for Basecamp. I got into Ajax because we wanted to give Ta-da a compelling UI experience. I got into REST because we didn’t want the API for Highrise to be an afterthought. I picked up on OpenID because the thought of building single-signon for all 37signals’ products sounded like a drag to build from scratch.
Sure, you some times need to do a cursory investigation on a new technology to see whether it would be a good fit for the work you’re considering it for. But that shouldn’t be a two-week project. If the technology you’re considering takes more than a few days to get a feel for, that’s information in itself (I would probably never bother with it). So you go for the taste and if it feels good, you apply it to something real.
That does require that you’re working in an environment that’s open to new technology and willing to invest in your growth as a developer by allowing you to use it. If you’re not working in a place that fits that description, I’d start looking for a place that does.
About David
Creator of Ruby on Rails, partner at 37signals, best-selling author, public speaker, race-car driver, hobbyist photographer, and family man.
Read all of David’s posts, and follow David on Twitter.
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60,905 | deltapoint | 2007-09-29T00:25:42 | VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson goes to Russia | Globalization is happening. | http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/27/venture-firm-draper-fisher-jurvetson-goes-to-russia/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,906 | bootload | 2007-09-29T00:27:10 | Payloads for Twitter | http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/09/28/payloadsForTwitter.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,908 | bootload | 2007-09-29T00:32:46 | Mining the NY Times Archives | http://everwas.com/2007/09/mining-the-ny-times-archives.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,911 | transburgh | 2007-09-29T00:46:55 | Facebook Killing Google, Chapter II: Flyers | null | http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/09/28/facebook-killing-google-chapter-ii-flyers | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,912 | transburgh | 2007-09-29T00:47:26 | Startup valuation - data you need, tips you can use when grocking it. | null | http://foundread.com/2007/09/28/startup-valuation-data-you-need-tips-you-can-use-when-grocking-it/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_article | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T07:37:36 | null | train |
60,924 | rainsill | 2007-09-29T01:30:01 | What Happens When a Social Graph is Compromised? | Is George Orwell's 1984 becoming a reality? | http://fishtrain.com/2007/09/28/what-happens-when-a-social-graph-is-compromised/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
60,931 | karzeem | 2007-09-29T01:55:25 | Head of Kauffman Foundation on Startups' Importance to the Economy | http://youtube.com/watch?v=F9qE1JyRYc0 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,942 | axiom | 2007-09-29T02:51:04 | The ajaxWindows experience | http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/test-drive-ajaxwindows-leaves-nasty-streaks.ars | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | Test drive: ajaxWindows leaves nasty streaks | 2007-09-13T04:30:00+00:00 | Jeremy Reimer |
Former Linspire CEO Michael Robertson has released a new web-based "operating …
The ajaxWindows experience
Any hacker worth his or her salt has at one point dreamed of creating a new operating system. Now, with the rise of new programming interfaces that have made interactive Web 2.0 applications possible, more and more people are falling into this tempting trap. The latest casualty is ajaxWindows, named after the web scripting language that evolved from Microsoft's early experiments in remote scripting. ajaxWindows simulates an entire operating system—without actually being one—inside a single browser window. The application runs on Firefox 2.x and Internet Explorer 6 or 7: Opera and Safari users are not invited to the party.
Getting ajaxWindows up and running was a less than trivial experience. The site has been repeatedly unreachable after experiencing the infamous Slashdot effect, which made writing a review of the application difficult. While ajaxWindows is relatively simple to run under Firefox, the installation procedure under Internet Explorer 7 is not a pleasant one, involving the installation of a cranky ActiveX control and a restart of the browser before things will start working. Oddly, the ActiveX control is actually an emulation of Mozilla's plug-in frameworks and is not offered with a company name or signature.
ajaxWindows when first run. Note the error message
Once things actually get going, ajaxWindows makes an honest attempt to simulate the desktop of an operating system, complete with a Start button, a taskbar, desktop icons, and annoying popup windows asking you to sign up for things you may not want to. To avoid confusion, ajaxWindows maximizes the browser window so that the Windows taskbar is no longer visible, although this can get irritating when you want to switch to other applications. ajaxWindows encourages you to make the host OS even less visible by pressing F11, the standard key for most browsers to enter full-screen mode.
The ajaxWindows desktop. Click for full-size
When you first start up, ajaxWindows asks you to set your home page and search engines, offering a set of defaults. This is a bit disconcerting because it isn't clear at first whether this refers to the browser integrated into ajaxWindows or the browser that is running ajaxWindows. ajaxWindows is partnering with Google to offer permanent storage of files using Gmail, so it also asks for your Gmail user name and password, which is even more frightening. The security of Ajax applications is still rather questionable, and I'm not thrilled about the idea of hackers gaining easy access to my Gmail account. Still another worrying point is the promise in the ajaxWindows user agreement: "We do not disclose an individual customer's personally identifiable information to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes if we have received and processed a request from that customer not to have his or her personal information shared for this purpose." This "opt-out" marketing message, buried deep in legalese that people are unlikely to read, is a shady way of going about the business of making money from this software.
Applications
The ajaxWindows desktop contains a bunch of built-in applications such as ajaxWrite (a simple word processor that can read and write Word documents), ajaxSketch (a drawing program), and ajaxPresents (a barebones PowerPoint clone). There is also a music player program called ajaxTunes that interfaces with Robertson's own MP3Tunes web-based music storage system. These applications work about as well as you would expect them to, although it does feel a bit like traveling back in time to 1985 when the GUI word processor has difficulty keeping up with one's typing. One handy feature of the ajaxWrite word processor is built-in PDF export. There is no spreadsheet as such, but ajaxXLS will view Microsoft Excel files although it cannot edit them. Additional programs can be added via an "Add New Programs" interface that finds additional applications over the web and installs them to the ajaxWindows desktop.
ajaxWrite word processor.
In addition to these desktop applications, ajaxWindows contains links to existing web-based apps, such as Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Images. These applications load in the virtual browser that runs on ajaxWindows. The effect of running an application inside a browser that itself is running inside a browser is somewhat odd, however.
When loading or saving files from any of the applications, one can either access an online storage area (the aforementioned Gmail account) or retrieve them from the local hard drive. Again, the file metaphor gets a bit confused, as dialogs can sometimes refer to the virtual file system stored on the "desktop" of ajaxWindows or the real file system on the host computer. The virtual file system is sort of Unix-like, with "/" representing the home directory and all other directories filed underneath that. When running on Windows systems, one tends to notice the differences between the two file system structures.
ajaxWindows is very new, and the user experience is marred by numerous bugs and stalls. While it does (unlike some competing web-based OS programs) allow solid window dragging of applications around the desktop, the effect is rather clunky, again bringing back memories of computer systems that are more than a decade old. The performance is a real issue, and given the server problems caused by a simple Slashdotting, one wonders how the architecture will scale. Indeed, even writing this review took longer than expected because the service itself was often unavailable. A web-based OS that can't access the server is essentially useless, and this could be the real sticking point in the whole concept.
ajaxTunes music player
The browser OS concept
ajaxWindows is by no means the first such attempt at a "browser-based operating system"—small projects such as YouOS and EyeOS have been around for a while, and the folks at Xcerion are attempting to develop their XIOS operating system as an online service that also works in offline mode. So what's new and different about ajaxWindows? The primary point of interest is its founder, the inimitable Michael Robertson, formerly of MP3.com and later the Linux distribution company Linspire.
Robertson is famous for getting a lot of media attention for his latest ventures, which always seem to be on the cutting edge of technology and marketability, and then leaving as soon as the company becomes a going concern. He's always on the lookout for the "next big thing," and when he finds it, he latches on to it with all his energy. But are web-based operating systems really the next big thing?
The idea of simulating an operating system in a browser may appeal to some people, and proponents of the concept say that it allows people to move freely from computer to computer while retaining all their desktop settings, applications, and documents. This is true, but the penalty paid to achieve this end is, at present, simply too high. Going to the effort of reproducing the entire desktop "experience" in a browser seems rather silly when the only computers that can run it already come with quite serviceable desktops of their own, and it is not difficult to move files and documents around with cheap, spacious USB keys or online storage services. Carrying one's applications from place to place is a neat idea, but every time you reinvent the operating system, you have to start from scratch, and the applications are far too primitive to be useful for everyday work. If barebones applications are all one needs, one can always use web-based apps such as Google Docs from any computer with a web browser.
A solution looking for a problem
While the idea of creating your own operating system is appealing, in real life it has little practical application. Michael Robertson likes being on the cutting edge of computer technology, and being on the cutting edge usually means that one gets unnecessary cuts from time to time. ajaxWindows is more of a proof-of-concept that ends up merely proving that the concept itself is flawed.
The experience of running ajaxWindows is oddly similar to that of using any product designed by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, a fictional entity that creates much of the hardware in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. When running ajaxWindows, one gets the distinct impression that the products' fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by its superficial design flaws. In other words, after successfully navigating the minefield of bugs, slow response rates, and other issues with ajaxWindows' implementation, one forgets to ask the question of whether such a product is necessary at all.
As an aside, the choice of a name for the OS is an odd one, as only technically knowledgeable people would know what it really meant. Ajax, a term coined by Jesse James Garrett in 2005 as a shorthand for "Asynchronous JavaScript+CSS+DOM+XMLHttpRequest," has been used by many web applications such as Google Maps to create a faster web experience. Ajax applications need only update parts of a web browser window, making page refreshes much faster than traditional web interfaces. While ajaxWindows may have ugly streaks, the future of Ajax programming in general continues to shine.
I'm a writer and web developer. I specialize in the obscure and beautiful, like the Amiga and newLISP.
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60,947 | pixel | 2007-09-29T03:47:18 | How I made my presentations a little better | http://www.43folders.com/2007/08/23/how-i-made-my-presentations-little-better | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,957 | bootload | 2007-09-29T04:45:49 | I Hate Everything, The Musical | http://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2007/07/15/song/#thesoundofhate | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,959 | bootload | 2007-09-29T04:50:38 | The Emerging-Semantics Web ("The Semantic Web is Dead") | http://yahooresearchberkeley.com/blog/2007/05/16/the-emerging-semantics-web-the-semantic-web-is-dead/ | 1 | 1 | [
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60,960 | kirubakaran | 2007-09-29T04:55:37 | Daily SnapShots Of Hacker News | I wrote a simple python program to make daily snap-shots of the front page stories and comments and post it in reverse chronological order. I wanted this tool as I didn't want to miss out on anything on the days that I couldn't spend much time here. Regular RSS reader didn't fit. Any suggestions welcome. | http://www.kirubakaran.com/phr0zen/ | 5 | 11 | [
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60,964 | karzeem | 2007-09-29T05:15:11 | Deciding About Indecision | http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000460.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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60,965 | karzeem | 2007-09-29T05:16:01 | In the Internet era, the most accessible information is the most valuable. | http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep/google-taught-me-how-to-cut-my-own-hair | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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61,002 | tomh | 2007-09-29T07:55:55 | Google shows off GWT applications for the iPhone | null | http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/09/google-shows-of.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
61,006 | Alex3917 | 2007-09-29T08:09:30 | What I learned about women & business today | Friday afternoon is Women & Entrepreneurship, a speaker series with sixty girls... and me. <p>Today we had a panel of five women, all at roughly the vice president level of their respective organizations. Three were from Wall Street, one from NBC, and the last from Campbell Soup.<p>As I walked to class in the rain, the questions raised by today's thread were still fresh in my mind. So I was pleasantly surprised that some of the discussion was useful for understanding why there aren't more female entrepreneurs.<p>Today I discovered something. That is, if you take the time to ask women about their impressions of the business world you can learn some interesting stuff. <p>What follows are some of the more insightful points that were made. I'm not making any claims about "the nature of women." Rather, I'm just echoing what was said. (I'll try to separate my commentary from the actual points.) So, in no particular order:<p>1) All of the panelists believed that women were just as ambitious as men, but that ambition for women was different than ambition for men. I didn't get a clear explanation of this, but it seemed to involve family and work-life balance. <p>What surprised me most was that every single panelist had turned down various promotions over the years. Partly this was due to wanting more time with family. But several of the panelists also stressed the importance of lifestyle, so getting a job they liked less which required more work was seen as a lose/lose, even if the pay was substantially better.<p>2) All of the panelists talked about how women needed to promote themselves more. They told stories about how all the younger men they mentored would send them daily emails about what they'd been up to and the progress they'd been making. The women were "nowhere to be found", even if they were working just as hard or harder than their male counterparts. The panelists expressed that women tend to believe that if they just work really hard then others will magically notice and reward them. Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I couldn't help but thinking that the average woman's faith in meritocracy is most common in males who are perceived as spectrum autistic.<p>3) The panelists all expressed profound faith in the ideals of professionalism. There was much talk of what clothing a professional should wear and how a professional should speak and act. Many of them told stories about being asked to order lunch for the group and expressing shock because "that's not how a professional should be treated." This contrasts sharply with the average entrepreneur, where part of the appeal is escaping professionalism. Whereas entrepreneurial orientated males often find corporate culture to be constrictive and stifling, these women viewed it as a protection mechanism of sorts, offering safety and predictability. <p>If the typical women, fresh out of college, doesn't particularly value maximizing her incoming and prefers corporate culture, then it would make sense why she would prefer joining an established company. This is especially true if she has full faith in the corporate hierarchy to promote her based on merit, a rather dubious assumption. <p>4) The women expressed frustration that white men typically don't give women and minorities as harsh feedback as they give other white men. The view was that when men are afraid to criticize women then what ends up happening is that women don't improve and get passed over for promotions without knowing why. The emphasized the need for women to constantly ask for feedback from their bosses and mentors, as well as for men to be more honest with women.<p>5) There was a lot of frustration that men didn't really understand the concept of having kids. The view was that once you have a baby you are seen as being on "the baby track" and no longer on the rising professional track. It's a little awkward being the only guy in the class and having to listen to middle-age women talking about how their children were conceived and the implications for their career, so I'll avoid going into too much detail. That being said, a lot of smaller businesses have never had a woman go on maternity leave and don't really know what to make of it. This goes back into the theme of the corporate environment offering certain safety mechanisms.<p>They also expressed that the hardest part of having kids wasn't necessarily when they were infants, but when they got older. One panelist told a story about her kid who was having certain problems around kindergarten, so she had to take a couple months off from work to take him to see various specialists.<p>6) The panelists talked about how successful women are typically perceived as being very cold, and how they have to work to combat that. <p>This is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. It seems like the stereotypical successful male tends to have more or less have the same basic personality they had in college, only with better looks and judgment and social skills. Whereas the personalities of the really successful women I've seen tend to be completely different than that of any girl I've ever met in school. I'm not sure if business just has more of a transformative effect on women's personalities or if the women bound for Wall Street success are just so rare that I rarely see them. <p>I've also noticed that there aren't really many charismatic female leaders. When will we see a female version of Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet or even Seth Godin? Or maybe there are women who come off as really charismatic to other women and being a guy I just can't see it. Perhaps it's unfair to ask these questions, but I think it's important. There's definitely a charisma bonus for men in business, and it's not additive, it's multiplicative if not exponential. <p>7) The panelists stressed the importance of learning negotiate, since negotiation isn't a skill that many women pick up on their own. Many also stressed that it was easier to negotiate coming into a firm than once you were already an employee, since internally you never know who you're going to piss off or what bridges you're going to burn. <p>8) Four out of the five women played sports in college. This really impressed me, especially since these women went to school around the time nineteen Yale rowers stripped in the dean's office with Title IX written across their chests: <a href="http://www.aherofordaisy.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aherofordaisy.com/</a><p>----<p>If you search Amazon for books about women and business, there are hundreds of books targeted toward women looking to succeed. However, there is not a single book written for men about understanding their female co-workers. Not in the sense of how to talk to them, but in the sense of creating a systemic environment that's tolerant of varying perceptions and aspirations. Perhaps this is why most discussions about women and business eventually devolve into random speculation about "the nature of women" and whatnot. It seems like there is real research into this though and there is something useful to be said on the topic, even if most companies currently build their policies and culture through trial and error.<p>Anyway, I apologize for the length and any spelling/grammar mistakes, but hopefully this has been useful, or at the very least interesting. In any event, after listening to today's speakers I got the impression that getting more women to hit the submit button on the YC app is really the last step in a long process as opposed to the beginning. | null | 56 | 22 | [
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61,013 | zach | 2007-09-29T08:33:36 | Book Review: "The Trap," on US college grads' narrowing opportunities. Anyone read it? | http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/10/trap/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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61,017 | jamiequint | 2007-09-29T09:01:26 | If you care about your rights, don't buy an iPhone | " Imagine the outrage if Apple or Microsoft sold desktop PCs that allowed you to connect to the Internet only through Comcast -- and then, if you tried to use Earthlink instead, the company would shut down your machine. Or what if Ford allowed you to drive your new Explorer only to Wal-Mart to buy your groceries; if you went instead to Whole Foods, a company official would come by and slash your tires." | http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/09/28/unlock_iphone/index.html | 12 | 9 | [
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61,019 | iamyoohoo | 2007-09-29T09:25:57 | You only have to be right once | http://www.blogmaverick.com/2005/05/30/success-and-motivation-you-only-have-to-be-right-once/ | 29 | 16 | [
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61,038 | charzom | 2007-09-29T12:52:11 | Apple iPhone warning proves true | null | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7017660.stm | 3 | 1 | [
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61,039 | charzom | 2007-09-29T12:53:43 | Growing happiness gap between men and women | null | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/business/26leonhardt.html?ex=1348459200&en=08b7d45b98eea4fd&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
61,040 | getp | 2007-09-29T13:16:02 | Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 | http://youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA | 18 | 7 | [
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61,042 | cosmok | 2007-09-29T13:39:06 | Hello World in Different 'Languages' | I am interested in learning different computer languages and I know that I would not have the time to learn them all by reading books. I am guessing a lot of people in Hacker News would feel the same. So I created Usynk (USynchronize) using Pligg, where people can submit their code, link to a demo and a brief explanation of the code in the language of their choice.We will start from the basic "Hello World" app to more complex ones as time passes by. Users vote on the best submissions (for that particular 'step') and we will move on to the next -slightly more complex example (which would build upon on the previous example), which again gets voted, and it continues until we feel comfortable with that particular language.The example codes are to be submitted with the agreement that it could be used by anyone for doing anything, completely free.
What better place to link to this site than at Hacker News?
C'mon guys, let us see why you like your language so much? | http://usynk.com | 2 | 1 | [
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61,043 | andrew_null | 2007-09-29T13:48:19 | Wired.com: Selling Ads on Facebook Is a Tempting but Risky Business | http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2007/09/facebook_ads | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | http_404 | Page Not Found | null | Condé Nast | WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business, science to design. The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. | 2024-11-08T13:00:58 | null | train |
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61,044 | andrew_null | 2007-09-29T13:50:07 | CNN/Fortune: New ad outfit targets social-networking sites | http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/adnetwork.fortune/index.htm | 4 | 2 | [
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61,047 | nickb | 2007-09-29T13:58:17 | A Visual Guide to Version Control | http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-guide-to-version-control/ | 30 | 2 | [
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61,052 | adrianwaj | 2007-09-29T14:33:29 | Best site for finding good web programmers? | I'd like to build a 'smallish' web app on probably a LAMP stack (I know some PHP but not a lot - and it would also be easy to host). I know basically what's required from this app in terms of functionality and layout. I think it would take 40-80 man hours - basically a mashup of some social bookmarking sites to create a presentation of data.<p>Below are sites that offer programmers; any tips, suggestions or referrals for partners or contractors, please?<p><a href="http://www.elance.com/p/websites/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.elance.com/p/websites/index.html</a><p><a href="http://www.guru.com/category.cfm/100" rel="nofollow">http://www.guru.com/category.cfm/100</a><p><a href="http://www.professionalontheweb.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.professionalontheweb.com/</a><p><a href="http://www.getacoder.com/projects/web_design_development_42.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.getacoder.com/projects/web_design_development_42....</a><p><a href="http://www.vendorseek.com/website_design_services.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.vendorseek.com/website_design_services.asp</a><p><a href="http://odesk.com/" rel="nofollow">http://odesk.com/</a> (generally requires ongoing management by client) | 8 | 4 | [
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61,054 | robg | 2007-09-29T14:37:04 | Has the modern university become just another corporation? | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30wwln-lede-t.html?ex=1348804800&en=89c1bfa23c3175ea&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 12 | 8 | [
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61,061 | nickb | 2007-09-29T15:33:22 | Xach's Vecto 1.0 released: Vecto - Simple Vector Drawing with Common Lisp | null | http://www.xach.com/lisp/vecto/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
61,062 | nickb | 2007-09-29T15:33:56 | Neal Stephenson: Jipi and the Paranoid Chip | null | http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html | 11 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
61,064 | robg | 2007-09-29T15:34:36 | Re-Engineering Engineering Education | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30OLIN-t.html?ex=1348804800&en=483a161f504e678e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 14 | 5 | [
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61,066 | nickb | 2007-09-29T15:36:28 | Oracle is stupid | null | http://ola-bini.blogspot.com/2007/09/oracle-is-stupid.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
61,068 | nickb | 2007-09-29T15:42:09 | Kosmix releases Google GFS workalike 'KFS' as open source | null | http://www.skrenta.com/2007/09/kosmix_releases_google_gfs_wor.html | 16 | 3 | [
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61,071 | brett | 2007-09-29T16:01:44 | Wikipedia wars erupt | http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-webscout30sep30,0,344107.story?coll=la-home-center | 15 | 5 | [
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61,075 | comatose_kid | 2007-09-29T16:44:23 | Video - Panel on Language Design (Paul Graham, John Maeda, Jonathan Rees, Guy Steele) | http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/dynlangs/wizards-panels.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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61,076 | luccastera | 2007-09-29T16:45:47 | Learing Rails is Easy, Mastering Rails is Hard | null | http://blog.jayfields.com/2007/09/learing-rails-is-easy-mastering-rails.html | 4 | 2 | [
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There's plenty of hype and momentum around Ruby on Rails. The screencasts give quick demos of how easy it is to craft a solution using Ruby on Rails. There's even a humorous picture implying how simple it is to learn and use Rails to build web applications.The screencasts and pictures don't lie. It is easy to learn Rails and quickly become productive. However, the dirty little secret is that it's very hard to be come an expert at utilizing Rails.Anatomy of a Rails Web 2.0 ApplicationRails provides many helpers that make your life easy. But, you can't entirely hide the fact that you'll need to be proficient with Ruby, JavaScript, YAML, and SQL. Just like Rails, getting started with any of the above languages is easy, it's mastering them that takes time and effort.Becoming an expert with each of the above languages involves gaining knowledge and becoming proficient with several aspects of the language.Development EnvironmentThere's no IDE that can provide all the features you'd like for Ruby, JavaScript, YAML, and SQL. Some are (hopefully) on the way, but they still suffer from speed, feature, and stability issues. That generally means is you'll have two options:Find a productive development environment that specializes in one or two of them and use a different IDE/Text Editor for each languageFind an editor that provides decent support for all of them.As of today, I use TextMate, which I find acceptable for all 4 languages. If I couldn't use TextMate, I'd be using IntelliJ. Those are my preferences, but I suggest you try a few different options and see what works.Language FeaturesLook for documentation and try out the examples for each language you are looking to master. Ruby has decent documentation on http://www.ruby-doc.org/. YAML documentation can be found on http://www.yaml.org/. JavaScript and SQL have seemingly endless documentation resources. I've always been a fan of the O'Reilly books, so I'd recommend Safari Books Online, but there's plenty of other options if you'd like.But, don't stop with reading. Reading documentation and trying examples isn't going to bring you to the expert level. Another great way to get some insight into a language is to look at the successful frameworks and see how they are implemented. Browsing the Rails codebase should provide examples of almost every feature available in Ruby. Likewise, understanding the Prototype and Script.aculo.us libraries should greatly improve your JavaScript skills.TestingTesting is valuable in any language. Ruby provides a few different testing solutions, but the most popular are still Test::Unit and RSpec. JavaScript also provides several options for testing. I can't say there's a clear winner, but JsUnit and Crosscheck seem to be gaining momentum. As far as testing SQL and YAML, I generally functionally test them through Ruby. Additionally, Selenium is a great resource for acceptance testing Rails applications.FrameworksBoth Ruby and JavaScript provide a plethora of framework options. Ruby provides RubyGems for distributing shared Ruby code. RubyGems are frameworks that can provide all kinds of building blocks for creating applications. In the past I've used the Prototype and Scriptaculous JavaScript libraries, but my current team is enjoying using JQuery.DebuggingDebugging Ruby is a bit primitive these days. The simplest form of debugging is printing to standard out. You can roll your own simple debugging solution also. Additionally, ruby-debug looks promising. None of the solutions are great, so it's good to have all 3 tools at your disposal. For JavaScript debugging I suggest getting proficient with FireBug. SQL debugging solutions are generally vendor specific, check the docs of the database that you choose for a good suggestion. YAML doesn't generally require a debugger since most errors simply result in parsing problems.What else makes Rails difficult to master?Mastering languages is important, but it's not enough to run a high traffic Rails application. You'll still need to understand performance optimization and deployment strategies. There's an abundance of Rails production heuristics available, but little of it is well documented. I'd suggest reading the following blogs: Brainspl.at, Err the Blog, and RailsExpress. Beyond those blogs the web provides several other resources. A Google search should provide more than enough reference material.That's a ton to learnIt's true, that is a lot of information to digest. But, experts aren't made overnight. The good news is, you can get started very easily and expand your knowledge as needed. There is a large amount of information available, but don't feel overwhelmed: The majority of the information is very straightforward. Becoming an expert with Rails takes time more than anything else.
| 2024-11-08T08:06:18 | en | train |
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