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Telegram messenger is encrypted? That's news to me.

That’s called negative profits or earnings before taxes/depreciation/etc.

By definition revenue can’t be negative.

Thanks. I think Terminal on a Mac needs somewhat a different command since the above-mentioned command won't execute.

This command does work but doesn't lead to any meaningful results (at least in my case when I don't remember the exact file name)

I assume you're suggesting to bring up a Finder, which really doesn't fix the problem after I search in the Finder.

His argument wasn't about protecting himself from Paypal's erroneous withdrawals. It's about not letting paypal to freeze his funds at Paypal

"Intense trek through the mountains" is more like a vacation when you go through real stress while building your company.

From what I understand the reason why YC is offering this Advisor Edition classes is to get these non-YC alum advisers ready for the regular version of the YC Startup school.

Last year YC accepted everyone into YC startup school (due to a Boolean error) and a lot of groups ended up participating without an adviser. And you get the best experience when someone actually guides you every week.

This year YC will again open the YC Startup School for everyone and YC can't scale it without having trained advisers.

Finally, I wouldn't worry too much about "advisers without experience." YC is smart enough to filter out bad apples from the bag.

Our Android developer silently inserted cryptocurrency mining code into the new release, pushed the clean version to github, but submitted the infected version to Google Play.

After a few weeks Google caught that and banned our app. We lost thousands of customers and years of work and had to start over with a brand new app. Years later the infected app is still mining cryptocurrency because users ignore Google’s malware warning message and keep using the app.

PS: I should have said “our FORMER Android developer.”

Duke won’t admit without 10 years of experience? That’s a lie. Please cite sources because their admission stats beg to differ.

I believe HN takes a holistic approach and takes other criteria into consideration. My downvote button was activated after my karma reached 500.

Ok, I agree that some MBAs can be full of it but can we already stop this MBA hate on HN? I feel like lots of people here think that if you build something then customers will surely come. I've got a huge surprise for you. You will have to sell your product and some of the MBA's are really great at that. In B2B a single sale can make or break your company when you're low on cash.

You do your job and let them do theirs. You code, talk to users, ship, and iterate. They handle sales, operations, marketing, and maybe fundraising. These other things can be done by a technical founder but they are not fun. There is a reason why some companies hire COOs so that CEOs can focus on their job.

Finally, it's not MBAs who decided to focus on growth at all costs. It's the nature of the game. Either you get to the top or your competitors will do that. So don't hate the player, hate the game.

Lots of local services in Central Asia depend on it for communication and operations via telegram bots.

We just lost hundreds of orders during lunch rush hour. Users couldn't place orders via bots. The orders that were placed via mobile app or website were still sent to managers via Telegram bots. Of course, restaurant managers didn't see the orders and couriers didn't get anything as a result.

But that's nothing compared to our neighboring bot only taxi service. I think they lost thousands of orders and hundreds of drivers didn't get paid. Lesson learned: don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hi Jon. Any plans to extract interactions as code from modern prototyping tools (e.g. Principle) to Xcode?

AirBnB recently released Lottie that requires After Effects but when compared to Principle, AE feels like Photoshop compared to Sketch. I have a feeling that not many UX designers on Mac want to go back to Adobe tools. Certainly, I don't want to touch Adobe tools again.

So true. I used to work closely with investigations department during my tenure at Western Union. There have been so many heartbreaking stories of people emptying their retirement accounts and sending all of their money to "lovers" from Nigeria or other non-US countries.

We tried to stop these payments but they would find other ways to send cash directly. Dealing with international wires is tough. When we stopped payments and tried to protect people, the story wouldn't end there. The people would find other means to screw themselves over. That's what loneliness and desperation do to gullible people.

Please see the posted video above. It's very clear how Quora forwards me to sign up page right after I open the link on Google.

I never tapped on anything after I got to that page.

The behavior that you guys are suggesting is mostly how it works on Desktop computers. Try searching for the same on Mobile phones.

PS: Also, do you really expect users to alter the link on tiny mobile screens?

Here, I quickly recorded the above-mentioned situation and posted it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiOMwRwXLcg

I could make lots of guesses why you don't experience Quora the same way I do. None of that would change the fact that I can't see the information I am being promised to see on Google.

Here is a screenshot of the page I am being forwarded to automatically: http://pho.to/Aatuj

It is a disguised register page because after you make 10 selections, you are forced to sign up.

Let's take a look at Quora's case. Please do the following:

1. Open your mobile browser.

2. Ask a question on Google and add "quora" so you get some results.

3. Open Quora's result link

4. See that result for a brief second and

5. Be forwarded to registration page, which doesn't have any close or cancel out buttons.

6. Try tapping back and you are back to Google results

7. Curse at Quora and never tap on their results again.

That last point is only for me. There is a choice to register. You are free to choose.

PS: You are right, the information that Google showed/indexed is there on Quora. But for regular people (not Google bots), it's there for a second. IDK about you but I'd place this behavior into dark pattern UX book.

PPS: For people, who don't believe this behavior, you can see the video of my experience on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiOMwRwXLcg

I really would like to see Google penalize websites that force you to login after google showed these websites in the results.

1. Take Linkedin for example: you search for a person on google; google shows a linkedin result; you go to linkedin but you are greeted with giant popup asking you to login to view info. Ridiculous.

2. Same with Quora: they come in results with basic info, but when you go to their page, they forward you to registration/login page.

These practices are not ok in my book. Surely, they can do whatever they want on their websites but if Google indexes you and shows some info in search results, then you better show that info on your page without forcing me to register.

PS: To be clear -- this behavior happens on mobile version of their websites. Not sure how it plays out on desktop.

What will that intro lead to? Someone getting a job or someone not getting a job and pissing off the investor?

Like someone below said bots are more complicated than just clicking on what brings them money.

In order to be not detected as bots, they need to behave like humans. Hence, they like and visit websites that they have no special interest in. Think of it this way: 50% of what they click is just something random, other 50% is what their masters programmed them to do.

This really doesn't have to do anything with Facebook. There are companies in Russia and India that sell likes, follows, etc. These bots then have to fake their identity and as a result they like stuff that you pay for as Facebook advertiser. I am sure Facebook does something to mitigate this and block the bots but it's a never-ending game for them and those who sell fake like/follows/etc.

I really wish there was a prototyping tool that could serve as a learning tool to jump from being a designer to a programmer.

The problem with tools like Origami (and Framer.js) is that you need to know coding and many designers just don't know it. Thus, they stick with easier solutions like Principle. It would be great if a tool could start off looking like Sketch and slowly become Xcode as I learn more features and become more experienced.

Левак has nothing to do with politics.

Extortion doesn't come from owner's pockets. That money comes from guests who want to enter the club but won't be able to do so unless they pay.

I always say: Tell me who you work as and I will tell you how you make "left" money.

Face Control is about your face and it does differ from Dress Code.

Clubs that only enforce Dress Code will prohibit you from entering only if your clothes don't match the requirements.

Those clubs with Face Control will prohibit your entrance for whatever reason they want. Usually it's just an extortion (левак) and you have to bribe your way in (дать на лапу). Although sometimes, it's about the gender ratio or your sexual preferences. Clubs have to make sure that the party doesn't turn into a sausage party and keep away people who can cause problems.

Левак = money made on the left (on the side). Most likely illegal or against company's policy

Дать на лапу = to give (money) to someone's paw (hand)

Serious answer: whatever happens is none of your or FBI's business ;)

It's not only pics of people staring into a screen.

There was a case about 5-6 years ago when a guy recorded and streamed his secretly gay roomate having sex in the dorm. The gay roomate committed suicide later.

Work computers can be taken home or to business trips where things can happen in the hotel after the deal is struck.

I believe Facebook didn't invent newsfeed. They acquired a company (Friend Feed) that did just that and was quickly becoming popular.

I must say this is strange. As an Uzbek citizen you don't need an exit visa (OVIR) to go to Kazakhstan or Russia. I guess they were trying to hustle you.

@pavel_lishin: The exit visa costs about $50 -- you pay a fee to the government and possibly a fee to fill out the application. These days it takes anywhere between 2 weeks to 2 months to get it. Depending on the country you want to visit or where you have been previously (based on your application), you might also have to go through a security interview with intelligence officers.

Here is a dirty little trick to make sure your check appears instantly in your account -- first you cash the check, then you deposit that cash to your account.