sidawson

You have now. That's -exactly- why I use the onscreen accessibility menu.

I figure, given how many times a day I use the home button, if I can half that, I double the lifespan of the device (over my previous iDevice, on which the home button stopped working & I thus had to throw out).

I agree. MS's recent anti-malware offerings are definitely up there. Their efforts in the area have been paying off.

The major issue is identical executables being operable across platforms makes for much easier transmissability. Eg, how many people put their XBoxes and Windows machines on the same home network? I'd posit a majority of people who own both platforms, simply for simplicity's sake.

First immediate thought: Can you get virus/malware scanners for XBox?

Otherwise, it seems an immediate easy target for a new botnet.

Doesn't linking to a paywalled site somewhat restrict open discussion on the subject?

Perhaps HN could flag/ignore these WSJ submissions.

For future reference - gender neutral pronouns are super easy to use and don't detract from the reading flow at all.

In this case: "...that gives them a huge advantage."

(and "their" for his/her)

They have pretty comprehensive notifications settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/notifications (you have to be logged in, obviously).

Just untick everything. Super simple (unlike, say, Facebook).

And while this doesn't dispute your opinion as a general rule, there is always an amusing exception: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCouCYjYUA

(death doesn't have to be a morbid depressing thing, despite the tendency in the west to view it as such)

Ha!

No. Off hand, it'd require batching the users into groups of 100 and using an API call (/users/lookup) for each group. That gives you a user object each (which you don't care about), but also the latest tweet.

The limit is 180/15 mins, ie a max of 18k in any 15 minute window.

It would depend on app.net's data policies - how much (and how fast) we could get information out of them.

Of course, they own the field, so they could change the rules at any time, thus (once again) killing the project.

From a technical basis, 90% of the effort was building a robust system atop Twitter's. The actual core behavioural categorisation engine was relatively trivial.

Ie, it would require a major rebuild, without lessening the risks at all.

The images are gone now. As per recommendations by other hn users above. The only links remaining are to directly pertinent or explanatory information.

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The post was intended to be stand alone commentary Not a bulletproof thesis.

All I'm saying is my opinions etc after a long stressful week.

Ignore the links, they're just there to lighten the story.

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sigh

Yeah, you're both right. I'll move the images local. Not intending to leach. Just trying to lighten up an otherwise kinda depressing post. Seeing four years of work come crashing down.

As pg says, running a startup is like being repeatedly hit in the face.

Think about boobs.

Everyone prefers real to fake*

  ln -s real fake

* Yes, I realise this isn't strictly true

I can totally relate to this. Having worked largely from home for the last decade, this is something I've had to battle a lot. Not being in an office, there's no-one else there to motivate me.

Here's what's worked for me:

10 under 10:

Every night I write out 10 (or more) tasks, each under 10 minutes. I make sure there's a few super easy ones (coupla minutes each) at the top of the list. That's what I work on the next day.

10 mins is a good length. It means you have to think down to near the deepest level of a task. I found with 20 min tasks, it's very easy to get mentally lazy, & next thing you know you're depressed/unmotivated coz something you thought would take 20 minutes is actually a day's work, full of subtle gotchyas.

Each day I try to do 10 of these tasks. If I achieve 10, I know I've had a good day. Thing is, once I've done a bunch of them, I'm usually motivated enough to do to a ton more. Eg, today I've done 79 (so far).

10 * 10=100 minutes of coding may not sound like a lot, but you'd be surprised how little actual work most people do (see: Office Space).

I keep two lists: the 10 under 10, and my 'done' list for the day. As I do something, I c&p it from the former to the latter. That way if I need perking up during the day, I can just look at my 'done' list to see how productive I've been.

Identifying limiting beliefs:

This is a bit trickier. It's easy to see the noise at the top level of our mind (mental chatter: "This problem is too tough for me" "I can't do this" etc). That stuff is relatively trivial to let go of (just decide to, you're the boss of your brain).

What's trickier is finding the subconscious stuff, doubts etc that affect our behaviour, but don't necessarily rise to the level of conscious thought. What I've found is that a lot of times things are so abhorrent that our mind "protects" us from them by hiding them. You can only see that you're being limited by looking at your output (behaviour, patterns, productivity etc).

A useful framework is this:

1) Assume you can do anything (as you pointed out, within this field there's no reason you can't).

2) From that basis, anything you're not doing is because you WON'T. Thus,

3) Ask yourself "Why won't I do X?" - with the followup question "What am I afraid of?"

What I've found is for every "won't", there's a fear behind it.

Now, the super subtle thing is this: You won't necessarily get any internal (mental) answers to these questions. However, if relaxed & attentive, you may feel tension or energy rising in your body in response. This is your body's physiological connection to those deep fears. Know how when you get stressed you tense your shoulders? Yeah, it's like that.

So, when you feel that energy or tension rising, in response to the questions, just let it go. Make the choice to consciously relax & let go of that tension. As you do, what you're doing is simultaneously letting go of the associated belief. Keep letting go till you feel relaxed about the questions.

Those two techniques combined have worked wonders for me, coming from exactly the same situation you describe. Good luck!

Ditto New Zealand.

A decade or so ago they decided to thoroughly sort out the tax law. Most small businesses are able to fill out their own tax (I did for years). It's about a page of information - all nicely coloured & well explained. Basically idiot proof (yes yes, I know).

Private individuals? Now things are at a point where you don't even NEED to file a tax return. Income tax is taken by your company & filed with the IRD, so unless you have extenuating circumstances, they know pretty much exactly how much you owe/are owed.

It's an absolute dream filing there, compared to anywhere else I've been.

Oh, & if you have any questions about any part of the law? They have helpful, clear pamphlets that outline all the details you need. Available over the web too. It's very cool.

Funniest thing is, it did make sense & I understood exactly what you meant.

Translated to non-trader speak.

The cable (British pound)

breaks out (starts a significant upward movement)

against the yen (Japanese Yen - ie, we're talking currencies, foreign exchange or forex here)

from a consolidation range> (a period where the markets 'consolidate' against each other, ie, just get bunched up & go nowhere - it's where the traders sit around, scratch their arses & nobody knows what to do or what's happening)

which was the result of a previous head and shoulders (this is a pattern where this is a slight peak (looks like a human shoulder) which drops down followed by a larger peak (the head) which drops again followed by another slight peak, roughly the same size as the previous peak (the other shoulder))

resistance level (this explains the consolidation bit before - namely, it's a level above which the market seems to have difficult getting above - large numbers like Dow 10,000 are like this. It's kinda mystical mumbo jumbo, but enough people believe it & it becomes true. So the market hovers, maybe goes up to, occasionally slightly breaks, but always pulls back below this 'resistance level' - until it breaks through & takes off - as it just did)

in other words: british pound is getting stronger against the yen, after pissing about for quite a while.

[uhh, just in case anyone was curious, bored and/or didn't already know. hehe]