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I hadn't seen this yet...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/12/19/pussy-ri...

Copy & paste from a friend who called this over 2 weeks ago: "12/3/13 >Free pussy riot! >But I hear he's giving them amnesty. Khordokovsky too. All hail Putin!"

Look for Pussy Riot to be the next to be released...

Cool video - nice touch adding the dog at the end:)

Just curious, how long did it take to integrate the basic Leap API into your app? Does it have built in gesture recognizers like iOS or do you have to "roll your own"?

I spent the $1.99 it and found it to be well worth it. This review at cultofmac.com pretty much sums it up for me:

"Unbound Is The Best Dropbox Photo Browser I Have Ever Used" http://goo.gl/ttxl2

I was very excited when I saw early versions of the new app store that eliminated the need to page through search results five apps at a time and replaced it with a scrollable list. Then at the last minute though, it seemed like Apple had a change of heart and added the screenshot-centered design - very disappointing from my perspective as both a user and developer..

The copy on this article and the book page itself feels so spammy that I would never buy the product. I respect the desire/need to make money, but I do think a certain percentage of your potential audience will be turned off immediately by the excessive use of this type of obvious marketing-speak (excessive use of bold fonts, short, pointed sentences, all the vague truisms, "money back guarantee"..). I hope this doesn't become the standard type of post on Hacker News, I'm sorry but after clicking on that link it really feels like I've just been spammed.

The last thing I need is this kind of kruft polluting my brain causing me to continuously second guess myself. I have a hard enough time deciding if a purchase is "business related" or not, now I have to ponder the future implications that every purchase I make will have on my permanent record? Sorry but I can't play this game without encumbering my mind with an amount of stress that completely outweighs any future benefit this bit of clever purchasing discretion would bring. I surrender to our big data overlords and beg for mercy on my consumption footprint. Maybe someday someone will be able to provide a technical defense to all of this nonsense: e.g. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/apple-...

Probably will get downvoted for this, but I didn't really think this was as vile as apparently everybody else does. Sure it's a bit cheesy and stupid, but the dancers seem to be wearing shorts and a full shirt (essentially standard dance attire) and not doing anything particularly suggestive. As to the lyrics, again stupid attempts at humor but not any worse than what you might see on an evening TV sitcom. Maybe I am just old..

Did anyone find anything insightful, interesting, or entertaining about this article? To those that upvoted it - why? I ask because I think I must be missing a kernel of wisdom that you may have observed.

This looks really great, thank you for sharing it. One question, do you think you'll eventually extend the API to allow for uploading to these services as well?

Agreed, I honestly don't understand how it could be so well received on HN. Do you really need to use boldface <b>at the end of every sentence?</b> This article just seems like money-worshiping, social-climbing drivel.

The interesting thing to me here is how the story is no longer about Path and whether their actions were right or wrong. In the course of attempting to defend their portfolio company, Arrington and Co. have created a new debate about the role of journalism in the tech world, pitting the VC-backed insiders and their well-oiled hype machine vs the hordes of unconnected outsiders seeking to break down the gates. This dynamic is reflected by the passionate reactions coming fast and furiously from both sides. It could get ugly, but in the long run it's probably a good thing for everyone to have this discussion.

The previous replies do a good job of addressing your post, so I won't repeat what's already been said. The only thing I want to point out is that the in the specification I mentioned in my original post, the requirement was to circumvent the operating system's built-in warning to the user when their contacts were being accessed. Why go through the trouble to do this except to consciously deprive the user of the ability to say no? iOS doesn't have such a warning (and therefore I don't think the current issue is equally as egregious as this), but I think a lot of people are starting to wish it did.

I probably should keep my mouth shut, but after seeing so many posts about how great Path is for giving such a genuine and heartfelt "mea culpa", I can't help it. A friend of mine did some work for an older version of Path.com which included an installable desktop client. One of the key features in the spec was the ability to grab the users entire address book without ever letting them know what was happening (e.g. no alerts or confirmation). This behavior wasn't a mistake or an oversight, it was completely intentional from the beginning. Of course my friend thought this was a bit shady, but the truth is that shady tactics are used all the time in the software industry for one reason - because they make money.

When Path states they didn't realize users would feel deceived and that they only intended to use the information to make better suggestions for the user's contact list, well, I don't want to sound cynical, but I think anyone who blindly believes these kinds of statements (from Path, Facebook, or any other company) is either personally/financially interested or extremely naive.

I'll admit I got a little "misty" reading that - what a roller coaster. I'd love to know a little bit more about the donor (e.g. who they are, how they were found, etc..) Godspeed Amit!

I've always liked this little underdog gTLD - hopefully this will help it to pick up some public awareness. Lots of good names available plus you can register a .pro name right now for under 3 bucks:

http://www.encirca.com/domain-news/2012/pro-under-new-manage...

A well deserved number one spot for YC. Warning that this is one of those articles that makes you click 10 times to see the entire top 10 list - this really turns me off so I left after the seeing the first entry.

I think there's a huge difference between the kind of "coding" being discussed here and the work of an actual software developer. That said, if coding simply means having some familiarity with the concepts of computer programming, then I think it definitely makes sense for those people who are interested to partake!

The first time I heard the word "icon" was when I was introduced to the new Macintosh 128k as a young child. Seems very appropriate now. Steve Jobs, Icon. RIP.

You honestly should delete this post, it doesn't represent your startup well. Maybe I'm wrong.

Sorry for the rant but what do you offer? Your site doesn't load at all? How are you not a spammer?

An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments.

If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.

Those who are quick to judge, really you're not curious at all?

Just a friendly heads up:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2521763

links to:

http://blog.pud.com/post/5239917032/users

Which gives a 500 internal server error.

I love this guy Pud, but honestly man you have nothing to prove. What is the expected reaction here? "Haters gonna hate" - meaning I don't think you'll win any converts to ColdFusion with this information, that said why do you feel that you need to? Keep kicking out successful businesses like you've done for years and ignore the "n00bs" who can't see any value in a site not crafted with the latest pre-release of RoR and Node.js.

No one can say firsthand exactly what happened in there unfortunately, though it's entirely possible it went down like the article says.

There was a leaked FAA memo that claimed that he had been shot. Later it was claimed this was a first draft with incorrect information.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26626

I don't think it really matters exactly what happened, I only brought it up because I wanted to point out that I felt that he was a tough and very aware individual.

Possibly relevant:

Excerpt from "Year to the Twin Towers Disaster" Yediot Ahronot, Seven Days Magazine Section 6 September 2002. Translation by IMRA:

"Danny Lewin was the first victim of the biggest attack in history that morning, in which almost 3,000 people died. An internal memorandum of the Federal Aviation Administration sets that in the course of a struggle that took place between Lewin, a graduate of Israel's elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal , and the four hijackers who were assaulting that cockpit, Lewin was murdered by Satam Al Suqami, a 25 year old Saudi.

Some time after the attack the Lewin family in Jerusalem received a telephone call from the FBI offices in New York. On the line was the agent responsible for the investigation of the attack on Flight 11. He told Peggy and Charles Lewin that there is a high degree of certainty that their son Danny tried to prevent the hijacking. The FBI relied, among other things, on the testimony of the stewardess Amy Sweeney.

Sweeney called Michael Woodward, the flight services supervisor in Boston, from the rear of the plane: "a hijacker slit the throat of a passenger in business class and the passenger appears to me to be dead." To this day the American investigators are not convinced that Danny Lewin was murdered on the spot. An additional stewardess, Betty Ong, who succeeded in calling from a telephone by one of the passenger seats, said that the passenger who was attacked from business class seat 10B was seriously wounded.

The Lewin family, Danny' parents and brothers, have no doubt that Danny battled the hijackers. And it is for them a tremendous consolation. "I wasn't surprised to hear from the FBI that Danny fought. I was sure that this is what he would do," Yonatan, his younger brother, said. "Danny didn' t sit quietly. From what we heard from the Americans, the hijackers attacked one of the stewardesses and Danny rose to protect her and prevent them from entering the cockpit. It is a consolation to us that Danny fought. We see it as an act of heroism that a person sacrifices his life in order to save others. An act of heroism that everyone should do at such an instance and particularly suitable for Danny."

That battle in the business section ended quickly. Lewin was overcome and bled to death on the floor. Two additional flight attendants were knifed and the captain was murdered. The hijackers were already inside the cockpit. They announced to the passengers to remain quiet in their seats.

Also there is this:

But a childhood friend who served with Lewin in the Israel Defense Force says only a bullet would have stopped Lewin.

"He'd be more than a match for those skinny little (expletive)," said Brad Rephen, a New York lawyer who grew up with Lewin in Jerusalem. "With his training, he would have killed them with his bare hands."

"I can tell you, their knives would not have stopped him," he added. "He would have taken their knives or their box cutters away and used them against them."

Rephen recalls Lewin's injured hands after he returned from an Israeli anti-terrorist training course.

"They were pretty beaten up from the fighting he did," he said. "He knew how to fight with knives and take knives away from people."

He described Lewin, at about 5-11, 200 pounds, as "thick-boned." He says he witnessed him bench-press more than 300 pounds and squat close to 500 pounds.

"He was very, very strong and had a lot of meat on him," Rephen said. "They couldn't have subdued him by slashing him. The only way they could have stopped him was by shooting him."

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=13281

I worked at Akamai as a contractor for a few months after they first started. Danny used to come by and kick the desks of the developers I was working with to "wake them up". He was kind of like a rowdy older brother type. He seemed like a decent guy though, it was really a shock to hear he died on 9/11. I've heard some theories that one of those hijackers on that flight had a gun and I believe it, I honestly don't think they could've stopped him otherwise.

I like the publicly editable tagline, it seems like a fun idea. There was something about sexual relations with bunnies however when I visited the site. Maybe a keyword filter would help?

It seems like there is a market opportunity here for anyone motivated enough to take on the old guard in this industry. It's not the most glamorous subject, but there is a lot of money sitting on the table. If someone applied to YC with something like "Funera.ly: the app that makes funeral preparations simple, fairly-priced, and dignified", well I wouldn't be surprised if they got accepted...

Just looked over the source. This package is unkempt and extremely hairy in some places. I'd advise using Occam's razor over the whole thing, or at least running trim and tidy on the main parts.

I must be getting old, but this post strikes me as silly to the point of seeming like a troll. If any hiring managers are seriously discarding candidates that don't use github, well, I think the market will ultimately dictate the utility of this shortcut.