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Oculuson Malaysia B772 has crashed near Donetsk

History always repeats itself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007

Oculuson New Study Contradicts Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 Rule

I never took his rule too literally. I always thought of it as an explanation for how people become the best at something: practice. I still believe it is true. Though you can't study entrepreneurship, practicing (i.e. gaining experience) makes you better at running companies. The same can be applied to other activities which don't involve rigid structure which can be learned.

Oculuson Farewell Node.js - TJ Holowaychuk

TJ Holowaychuk did wonders for the community. Just a small list of the packages he's responsible for:

- ExpressJS (14,579 stars)

- Jade (6,770 stars)

- EJS (1,599 stars)

- Mocha (4,778 stars

- Commander.js (2,590 stars)

- Should.js (1,701 starts)

I'm really curious as to see how this will effect the future of Node.

Oculuson Goldman Sachs is suing Google to un-send an accidental email

What you're describing may not be too far fetched: recall Apple's lost iPhone 5 prototype incident[1].

1 - http://www.ibtimes.com/sf-police-allow-apple-agents-search-p...

Oculuson Poll: For your startup, do you use Django, Rails, PHP or Other?

Node.js/ExpressJS/AngularJS/PostgreSQL

Oculuson PostgreSQL/FreeBSD performance and scalability on a 40-core machine [pdf]

I feel like this is obligatory: http://xkcd.com/619/

Oculuson Toronto startup's booking app attracts barbershops from around the world

Don't forget about the MaRS Discovery District and all the awesome startups there!

http://www.marsdd.com/

Oculuson Toronto startup's booking app attracts barbershops from around the world

Yes Shopify has a Toronto office after their acquisition of Jet Cooper: http://www.jetcooper.com/

Oculuson Coderwall open-sources codebase and business model

I'm liking this new trend of completely open source companies (e.g. Code Combat). I feel as though this it will either work immensely well or be a complete failure. It'll be interesting to see where it goes.

On a side note, are the legalities of sharing ownership in the revenues of Coderwall through App Coins clean? Does it exempt Coderwall from SEC regulations?

Oculuson Announcing the FastMail Calendar

What are the security benefits gained by using FastMail over Google (in the context of a state-level eavesdropper)? Is it that FastMail is a smaller target? If you take all your centralized information from Google and move it over to FastMail, it's still centralized - what am I missing?

Oculuson SpaceX Launch Scrubbed – But No One Could See It Happen

I think SpaceX chose to not webcast yesterday's launch because they believed the chances for a scrub were very high. It's better to grow a large following for webcasts of rocket launches rather then scrubbed launches.

Oculuson Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding (and how)?

I'm actually a huge fan of Tycho. I like the music I listen to to be good when I pay attention, but not overwhelming while coding.

Oculuson 500k Amazon Coins Offer per Qualifying Fire App

I believe it helps avoid legalities involving gambling and the such as well as helps to keep the money circulating in their marketplace.

Oculuson 500k Amazon Coins Offer per Qualifying Fire App

It'll be interesting to see if developers can woo users into their apps by offering up to $5000 in prizes (Amazon Coins). I personally believe that Amazon should be offering the $5000 directly to developers to simply build apps through a large competition (i.e. top 50 apps in every category will receive a prize). This current approach is assuming there's a population of users to bribe which isn't necessarily true.

Oculuson Facebook buys Yo app for $5 billion Dollars

I knew it was satire from the title, but a small sliver of me thought it might be true - that's worrying

Oculuson 42.zip (2004)

Or for Google-scale storage systems!

Oculuson Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)

I've slowly found that by focusing on interesting things (and sometimes productive) instead of dedicating time to school projects that are merely time wasters, I can complete projects I want whilst doing satisfactory in school with minimal effort.

Oculuson Good and Bad Procrastination (2005)

With 'dull Monday' approach my biggest worry would be if I'm having a weak day, I might not have the will power to overcome the "I hate the work I have to do today". I'd argue it requires a lot more will power to convince yourself to start work on something you detest & which you know will last the whole day.

Oculuson Introducing Swift

As a detached Apple-related news follower, can some please update me: Is Swift going to become the new main development language for iOS?

Oculuson Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2014)

SEEKING WORK - Toronto/Kitchener or Remote

I'm a full stack web developer based in Toronto/Kitchener.

Skills: AngularJS, D3.js, Node.js, Express.js, Android, jQuery, pure Javascript, Photoshop, PostgreSQL, Nginx Experience: I've written RESTful APIs, survey Widgets, web applications, and Android apps. I also have experience with Arduino (maze solving car), 8085 Assembler, and C (both at a basic level). I'm always open to learning anything that gets the job done.

===Past Projects===

OrgoShmorgo (Organic Molecule Visualizer - D3.js): http://orgo.stolarsky.com/

Gekko (Market Share Visualizer - AngularJS/D3.js): http://emils.github.io/gekko/

2048-Multiplayer (Real-time Multiplayer - SockJS/Node.js/PostgreSQL): http://emils.github.io/2048-multiplayer/

Portfolio: http://stolarsky.com/projects/

Github: https://github.com/EmilS

Email: emil.stolarsky@gmail.com

Oculuson From Node.js To Go, Why One Startup Made The Switch

Rather then "the founder made a poor technical choice", I think she made the best possible decision at the time (fastest to market). The change over to Go gave the company an excuse to rewrite their codebase which always gives great improvements relative to hacked together code.

Oculuson This Guy Trademarked the Symbol for Pi and Took Away Our Geeky T-Shirts

Do lawyers face any repercussions for representing frivolous cases that are used as an abusive tactic?

Oculuson Sistine Chapel

Has the actual Chapel aged so well or have the images been reworked to give show more color?

Oculuson Introducing Socket.io 1.0

The undoubtable mention of SockJS will appear multiple times in this thread. Socket.io has been plagued with scalability issues since its original release (can't speak on the new version) and Engine.io is suppose to be fix that. The main difference between SockJS & Socket.io is their connection establishment. SockJS begins by attempting to use Websockets and regress to long polling while Engine.io starts with long polling and slowly works its way up to Websockets.

For a good debate on this with the creator of SockJS: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sockjs/lgzxVnlth54

Oculuson Just press go: designing a self-driving vehicle

Fair observation, but I think this sort of centralization will come after maybe 2 or 3 generations (40 - 60 years). With a long enough timetable I believe the sentiment behind private car ownership will dwindle until it becomes a hobby akin to collecting telegraph machines.

Oculuson Just press go: designing a self-driving vehicle

Tesla (or insert company willing to go big on electric cars) and Google really need to team up on this. Self driving cars have the potential to completely do away with owning personal cars. Imagine a new public/private service that allows people to travel where & when they want without having to deal with the hassles or cost of owning a car. With the added centralization, the headaches that electric cars cause can be eliminated with a bit of logistics planning (cars are interchangeable so low battery cars can go straight to a charging station instead of wait for their owners to take them to one).

Oculuson Tehran tracked, captured, studied, copied RQ-170

Sentinel has two separate hard drives, both encrypted. After deciphering the hard drives, the IRGC-AF

And that's how we know most of what the Iranian military says regarding the Sentinel is completely fabricated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it be nearly impossible for them to decrypt a properly encrypted hard drive unless they had an powerful supercomputer?

Oculuson Ask HN: Owe over $100k US backtaxes. Not sure what to do.

This is why I love the HN community. HN can be a harsh bunch, but I'm in awe how whenever a member needs help someone always step up to the plate.

Oculuson Ask HN: Owe over $100k US backtaxes. Not sure what to do.

HN username works on ... The Google's email service.

Oculuson Startup that is trying to build an open-source satellite network

I know there are regulations for flying through airspace which require me to get permission depending on the type vehicle/altitude obtained. Are there similar regulations for space? Do I have to go somewhere to get permission to orbit in a certain plane or is it everybody for themselves?