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I don't have a chance to watch the video right now but I'm curious to know when Atlas is launching, if anyone knows the date.

Also, I see from the comments on carsonified that they're going to charge $20 for the IDE. If anyone watches the video, I'd be interested to have that verified.

Re:So You're Moving to San Francisco on Sunday October 04, 2009 @10:52PM (#861036)
NYC rocks. It's clean and one of the safest cities in the U.S. these days. Whether you can find a job is another question.
Re:So You're Moving to San Francisco on Sunday October 04, 2009 @10:51PM (#861034)
In contrast there is a layer of garbage and grime everywhere in New York City. So much so that after a day of walking around in the summer, you can turn a white handtowel black just by wiping the sweat off your brow...

That's because the NYC summer is hot, not because the city is dirty. (Maybe you have oily pores?)

Re:John Cleese divorce tour: the first review on Sunday October 04, 2009 @12:33AM (#859671)
Hopefully this means he'll be funny again.
Re:Lean Startup Circle - Google Group on Sunday October 04, 2009 @12:31AM (#859666)
Ok, point taken, I wasn't aware of the distinction between patents and trademarks.

But my point is, don't you find it at all absurd that Eric Ries is trying to own the term "Lean Startup"? It strikes me as being a little ridiculous.

Re:Lean Startup Circle - Google Group on Saturday October 03, 2009 @10:16PM (#859550)
"The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries"

His ideas sounds awfully similar to YCombinator's.

Grounds for a patent dispute?

Does pg really own Lean Startup?

I apologize in advance if this question is intrusive but is there any possibility it could have been an accident?

Sometimes the line can be blurry. Accidental suicides do happen. Especially since there was no note.

I've been futilely reading his recent FriendFeed and Twitter updates for some inkling as to what could have triggered this tragic act.

http://friendfeed.com/danhau http://twitter.com/danhau

Not so much as a smidgen of a hint. His comments seemed consistent up until the last with no hint of despair. No wonder this caught people by surprise. It's flabbergasting.

My condolences to everyone close to Dan. Although I didn't know him personally, he seemed like a terrific guy.

What sad news.

Re:Ask HN: How do you pick colors on Saturday October 03, 2009 @04:59PM (#859165)
I find the color schemes don't translate well to a web design from the format that they present on Kuler. But maybe that's just me.
Re:20+ hour outage due to EC2/EBS on BitBucket on Saturday October 03, 2009 @04:57PM (#859164)
Despite this, Bitbucket is great. Private repository with a free account option - you don't get that on GitHub.
Re:Don't Forget: You Can Use Amazon SimpleDB For Free on Friday October 02, 2009 @10:38PM (#858430)
It figures - I wouldn't expect them to canabalize S3. Thanks for the details though.
Re:RentHop (YC S09) Video Pitch on Reuters on Friday October 02, 2009 @10:26PM (#858411)
$15,000 in revenue in the first month is impressive.

Unless they made that up.

However, even if it's a fabricated figure (and I'm not saying that it is), they would not be the first company to lie to the press to generate some hype. I also don't believe it would be against the law, except perhaps if someone were to rely solely upon that information to make a decision about whether to invest in the company.

Re:Don't Forget: You Can Use Amazon SimpleDB For Free on Friday October 02, 2009 @10:24PM (#858410)
Can you upload files to SimpleDB and use it as a free alternative to Amazon S3? I imagine not but I'm curious anyway.

Ask HN: Amazon Flexible Payments vs Paypal for an ecommerce site?

Anyone know what are the main features that distinguish Amazon Flexible Payments Service from Paypal Website Payments Standard?I'm looking at both of these options for a payment gateway for an ecommerce site I'm developing.Would appreciate any advice on this decision.My site would have very few monthly sales so I've been looking for gateways that would avoid the need for me to pay monthly fees...

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Re:Generation B - Middle Aged, Laid Off and Losing Hope on Sunday August 30, 2009 @07:03PM (#795094)
Are you saying her death was tragic because she was a hot young model while he would just be a dead old loser? That's the vibe I'm getting from this thread generally.
Re:No more yes. It's either hell yeah or no. on Thursday August 27, 2009 @02:35AM (#788787)
Very good point. Rings true for me and my wife, I'm sad to say.
Maybe this is a stupid question but do people switch between vm's a lot?
Re:Introducing Surinx (Ruby syntax w/ Java typing) on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @05:24PM (#788089)
You are reminded to ship a case of the Sierra Nevada Hefeweitzen to Engine Yard.
Re:BadaBingle = BingGoogle² on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @04:41PM (#788012)
I hope your legal team is on standby.
Re:No more yes. It's either hell yeah or no. on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @02:47PM (#787788)
The problem with me is even if start with a 'hell yeah', I usually fade to a 'yeah' by the end of the day and when I wake up the next day it's more like a 'ehh'. My 'hell yeah' reliably always hops to the next thing and follows the same fade-out pattern.

It's actually pretty depressing now that I step back and look at it. Thanks, Derek.

Re:No more yes. It's either hell yeah or no. on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @02:43PM (#787776)
I don't think I could get away with this without people suspecting I was being sarcastic.
Re:No more yes. It's either hell yeah or no. on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @02:36PM (#787764)
Makes it sound like Yoda should have been writing ad copy for Nike. I think a Zen Master might be more likely to put it as:

"Do, or do not. All is Being."

The line between Zen Buddhism and Nihilism is a fine one.

Re:No more yes. It's either hell yeah or no. on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @02:25PM (#787748)
When you're single the incentives for being good at partner dancing are considerably higher than when you're securely in a relationship.

I went the opposite direction - from being a fanatical swing dancer while I was single to being completely uninterested in it after I met my wife. It was purely instrumental, in other words. And I saw the same pattern repeated with the majority of swing dancers both male and female. As soon as they were hooked up, it was see-ya.

Re:My hobby: Troll hugging. on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @06:11AM (#786928)
Understood. But because the commentary is so poorly written, it would probably make more sense if the conversation from the channel had simply been printed as-is. Hard to believe this was written by someone of note in the programming community.
Re:Ted Kennedy has died on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @04:43AM (#786846)
Do you not see any possible explanation for why a public figure such as Ted Kennedy would have wanted to walk away from the scene of that accident? Isn't it the most human response, to walk away ashamed of what you have done? Don't you think he regretted it, probably for the rest of his life? And now I would ask you, have you ever done anything you didn't intend to that you were ashamed of?
Re:Ted Kennedy has died on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @04:09AM (#786798)
"You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye." - Early Hacker
Re:Ask HN: What is your purpose in life? on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @12:18PM (#785120)
So no life after death would mean low ROI.
Re:Ask HN: What is your purpose in life? on Tuesday August 25, 2009 @12:15PM (#785112)
Well said.
Re:Ask HN: What is your purpose in life? on Monday August 24, 2009 @11:59PM (#784120)
What does "better" mean for you (if you don't mind me asking)?

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