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Oh cool...thanks jmmcd.

Any idea if that article is still available? Or do you have any good resources for implementing FTT? I'm working on a project to compare sound clips for similarity, but I haven't grasped an effective way to accomplish that yet.

Definitely...there are lots of forums I used to visit that I've now abandoned, since the subreddit for that topic is so strong, active, useful or well moderated.

Additionally I've heard this complaint so many times, but I don't find Reddit ugly at all. What do people want? Tag clouds, gradients and flash everywhere, or what? What's a less ugly forum/comment layout than Reddit?

Very well said, thank you for the response. It's disheartening to read people act like the prospect of a future in federal prison (over a "crime" where no one was hurt! And where the "victims" (JSTOR) don't even want prosecution!) is a negligible factor in pushing someone into suicide.

Arguably life in our modern prison system is one of the most horrific experiences you can have, some of the most miserable living conditions on the planet. The effect on your psyche of having a group of highly empowered, well funded government agents seeking zealously to place you in that cage over what is really a silly reason cannot be overestimated.

Yes it's tragic that Aaron committed suicide. But the real tragedy is that we as a people let our government cage non-violent offenders in a veritable hell all the time for stupid stupid reasons. It's an atrocity that it happens, and for MIT to take a position of neutrality on whether or not a human should be caged up for downloading documents is at the very least condoning that atrocity.

It looks awesome, however I'm very hesitant to download free apps at this point. I would rather buy something for $5 or $10, because then I have more confidence I'm not going to have popups or have to endorse or recommend it for rewards or something.

I still don't mind in-app-purchases. Free always sets off warning bells though.

Because it's not Facebook.

Any idea on price yet?

Oh man...that's hard to do though. Deleting photos isn't for the faint of heart.

A small typo under the Crawl Data section:

"Statsgram will crawls your site each day," should be

"Statsgram will crawl your site each day,"

Responding to trolls probably does more to decrease the quality of discourse than the original troll does, since those typically get voted into oblivion relatively quickly.

Tossing in a belittling jab at another website to boot doesn't help either.

Hi rianelli, if you don't mind I'd love to take you up on your offer and bounce some questions off of you. I can be contacted at hn.torvid at recursor.net

Thanks!

Are you...saying that dugmartin is spamming?

Maybe because that makes it easier to put it online and link to it from a blog post, and raise awareness of the game. Blog posts can be both useful for other entrepreneurs as well as great marketing.

So did you make it onto kickstarter? You just spent the £25k out of pocket for the prototype?

Ugh...this reminds me of the last Apprentice I watched where Trump asked everyone on one of the teams who their weakest player was. None of them wanted to answer but they all ended up naming Gary Busey. Staged or not, the entire exchange was incredibly awkward and seemed like a sadistic management style. Busey afterwards was hurt and withdrew socially.

Similar to what others have said, I think any feedback given in public needs to be productive and very careful to avoid shaming people. Pointing out that Ted missed his target and finding out why in the meeting is uncomfortable, but it's not labeling them as the weakest or as a serial failure.

I would probably ask Ted in the meeting why he missed his target and what tools or resources he needs to not miss it next time. The meeting is the perfect time to find out what resources or assistance others can or should provide to hit the goal.

That's awesome! From concept to github in a flash. Well done.

I think you are ignoring the fact that many people are able to eat way more calories than they burn, yet those extra calories simply don't convert to fat. I am not excessively active yet I eat significantly more calories than many people I know, yet I don't gain weight.

From things I've read [1] it seems that the vast majority of people consume more calories than they 'burn' but only in some people is it converted to unwanted weight gain. The real question, as many people have been referring to, is how do you determine whether your body hangs onto the extra calories as weight or simply disposes of it.

Saying "If you eat less energy than you burn, you will lose weight" is certainly true, but is akin to saying: "If you never get in a car your chances of dying in a car accident are significantly reduced." It's true...but not really helpful or meaningful.

1 - http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307474259

Highlights my place and makes it easier to know where I am while scrolling.

That feature has saved me a couple times. As has the "I see you mentioned an attachment, but there is nothing attached" feature.

That sounds awesome. Have you done a Reddit IAMA or described your travels (and how you packed so efficiently and minimally) anywhere? I would be interested to read it if so.

Is 27 really considered that old in the YC circle? Does it actually put you at a significant disadvantage in the application process?

Thanks for the link! Just sent this:

Dear Amazon, Your Kindle service has been fantastic so far. I've only purchased a few books but my experience with your content and apps has been great, and I appreciate what you provide.

However I just read the account of one of your users who claims her account was closed, all of her content remotely erased from her device, and she was given no information or recourse regarding the reason for these actions: http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/

I have no idea if this account is true, but if so it would be utterly appalling. The thought of such awful customer service is disturbing, and the idea that content I paid for could simply be revoked (as it was in the case of Orwell's work "1984") is chilling. Tales like this make me worry about purchasing Kindle content because of the risks involved.

Is there any reassurance you can give me regarding: 1. Your content deletion policy 2. Your policies towards giving fair warning and a chance to defend themselves to users before condemning them as some sort of malicious users? 3. Your policies regarding disclosure of the reasons for suspending someone's account? Is it within your policy to refuse to give users information?

Thank you

First and only known time?

OK, I'm thinking like someone who's trying to get software for free. I still don't get it.

If they were modifying an existing valid key, it doesn't seem like people would keep using the same one. Unless people are downloading a keygen or something.

Any more hints?

Do you have a price-range in mind for when you go live?

I wonder how long this bug was out in the wild before being reported.

I've used it for years as well. I have Gmail and Google Calendar widgets, one for Hacker News, one for Reddit, and other news sites. It's a useful aggregator for all of the resources I use on the Web. I'll have to find a replacement before November of 2013.

I don't think he's saying to be afraid to talk to people. Often when I'm making purchases for my job though I'll run into a product that doesn't show any pricing and says to contact their sales staff if you are interested in making a purchase. I hate that and will pretty much always pass them over for a site that doesn't force me to contact them and doesn't restrict my purchase options.

If I can see pricing and purchase at any time but I still have questions, sure I'll contact them. But don't force me to.

I've got a Torch 9810 that I use and enjoy. Screen is great and I love the keyboard...does what I need. Though it's lacking in apps it seems to have a few advantages over android phones.

For example images attached to text messages on my wife's Galaxy II open as a slideshow or something and are displayed as a thumbnail, and as far as I can tell that is a common Android issue and there is currently no workaround.

It's too bad RIM hasn't been able to execute better on upgrades.

As a landlord my lease agreement is only 3 pages, and I have always reviewed it with tenants before I allow them to sign it. I review every clause with them and have them initial every page. If they have questions or objections we sometimes modify clauses; we cross out the standard language and write in the new agreement and we both initial the change. It only takes a few extra minutes to review the entire agreement, and I wouldn't want a tenant to sign something that I know they haven't read.