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I have been a happy DDG user for more than two years and it's one of the best things I have done in a while. It works well, and it's great for productivity. So, that Google does not take it extra easy on them is not surprising. However, as Google matures, they will realize they need an AMD to their Intel. Something that poses little business threat, yet diffuses the antitrust threat. ... Watch.

We also got rejected http://www.amahi.com though we are ramen-profitable, we will hack growth no matter what :)

A bunch of us applicants are getting together in Mountain View on Saturday @ 6pm for a drink to share ideas/experiences in the startup path.

Email if you are local and want to join. EDIT: not 8pm, 6pm.

RR is always enjoyable.

UI issue: I found the descriptions hard to read. Too many things thrown at me, and the thing I want to see, the description, is in a small font and low contrast color.

Yup. Apple has been putting together a CPU team for a long long time now, including high-perf simulators, libraries, etc. etc.

However, the point about this catching up to them and biting them is a real possibility. Now, they have a lot of discipline, it seems, and that is critical. The other part is having a very tightly closed platform with control of the entire toolchain.

[Not sure if this is appropriate -- if not, I will delete it] I'm looking for a cofounder! Company: ramen-noodle profitable, bootstrapped, want to grow it as fast as possible. Me: experienced, all-terrain. You: smart and balanced, play hard, work hard, some business chops, preferably local to the bay area.

Amahi is hiring a mech engineer with some design chops to lead an exciting project related to our software! jobs at amahi dot org!

Quoting ...

"Let's give Apple millions," seems to be the attitude.

Like handing a bully reigns of the school yard. Not great for the valley and technology, it seems.

Ha! I chuckled at a Microsoft Research minion citing a Google completion as evidence that Nigeria is a synonym with scams: "“Nigerian Scam” is one of five suggested auto-completes in a Google search for “Nigeria”"

Oh, and BTW, there is also Greyhole, which we integrated in Amahi. It makes a large redundant store out of a JBOD, with replication on multiple selectable spindles, etc. etc. http://greyhole.net

I'm biased (I started Amahi), but try the Amahi server http://www.amahi.org

We looked into using ZFS, as there has been some demand for it, but all the licensing and the people around it were hard to deal with (non-responsive, to be precise). I would be cool, though.

First-hand experience here: Trinet is the worst of the worst, managing to slim down the HR experience to the absolute bare shittiest minimum. It's degrading to talk to their reps. A disaster.

Tangencially related to some of the comments in this thread.

Amahi (my startup) started experiencing lots of spamming accounts a little while ago. We started using blacklists and some heuristics to detect the spammers. Then we logged the attempts.

Some interesting things emerge.

* The vast majority of them have "super123" as the password * The vast majority use emails from china (163.com, qq.com, etc.) * They try twice in a row if the first attempt fails * They try regularly

The suspicion is that they then sell these accounts in bulk for later action. We have seen them have these accounts sitting idle, with occasional logins to check if they still work. Then later they pounce, posting spam links, etc.

The level of sophistication of all this is rather troublesome ...

How about making it easier to get the sources of the packages (for Linux) so that things are easy to test locally?

Last time I checked (admittedly a little while ago), one had to do API calls through some convoluted way.

I was tempted to script it.

Or go through a redirection page for most of the top Google search results. Just a matter of time before that starts to be further tweaked.

I noticed before that some times the Safari in iOS (5.1) will send OPTIONS requests. In Rails, the router will simply route them, so they are definitely easy to use, however, the issue is that most apps will handle them as GETs, so it may break things. I rebooted the iPad when it was doing this and the behavior stopped, never finding out why this was taking place. I have not noticed it again.

Theoretical, fun, exercise for the reader: How much would it cost in AWS fees to index the same amount as Google and make it available to search?

The answer is in two parts: 1) "fixed" cost to upload the data (say in one shot) and 2) the hourly/daily/monthly) cost to make these search instances running.

So sad to hear! This dates me I had to get my C64 from a trucker who went on a rare trip to the UK (I lived in a rural area of Spain). I went into software thanks to a C64.

We were bit this one ... supposedly http://colo4.com is a really good colo ... but then it happened. Nearly 12 hour downtime. Search twitter for #colo4 for the backlash.

Any good VPS recommendations? (aside from AWS)

Sunnyvale, CA

Looking for kick-ass co-founders for Amahi (profitable early stage) with either:

- a strong business development background, current marketing skillz, hopefully with OEM and VAR contacts to boot

- a demonstrated strong technical background, with emphasis on Linux, software distribution, servers, web apps, ruby, and RoR

- a multi-talented current marketing background

Amahi is a profitable early-stage startup making the coolest way to deploy and configure a media and app server

Brilliant! ... and unlisted :) ... not bad Microsoft!

OT: Hey vladd, you did not receive your C&D from Apple yet? (We did, for our App Store)

OK, it seems like it may have been an oversight (as in, not to hide anything or subvert someone else). The (over-)reaction by RMS may be a bit too harsh, when a simple README or something might suffice.

Every church has to have its pope, though ...

Edit: a simple README to point the issue in older tarballs might suffice -- though the issue has to be fixed going forward, no question on that.

Noone has commented this yet. What are the chances this is all in some way a PR play (possibly gone bad) to get on the news during a round of funding? (The "there's no such things as bad publicity" kind)

Not saying it is .. but I do wonder. The only thing that would make it doubtful is that part where she says he told her about _the impact on Airbnb round of funding_. But then again, if your mind is twisted ...

uh? Many many developers have an attitude. many many do, like dhh, zed shaw and many others. They can be engaging.

There was something about the copy of this guy that was both repulsive and engaging all in the same serving ... like a train wreck you can take your eyes off.

It seemed for a bit as if clicking around the mouth would make her smile ... or smile more often. Still hard to tell!

We got a C&D letter for App Store too. These guys at GetJar confuse the mark with the activity. And yes, there is something offputting about their response.

We took a different spin - an HTML5 parody videogame[1] and a name-the-store contest[2].

EDIT: here is our response http://bit.ly/amahi-apple-whoa

[1] http://www.amahi.org/invaders [2] http://www.amahi.org/name-the-store

What? It's a bit strident for the sake of it. "Fuck the platform" then ... "they nailed the basics" ... that's essentially the platform too, I say.

It would be great if the claim does not hold up, however, this may take a while.

In the mean time, to avoid a crushing blow, we have started complying, by cycling the name of the second tab with the top suggestions we are getting - over 830 so far ... http://www.amahi.org/name-the-store

We'll do search/replace of other strings in the site soon ...

Worst case is that Amazon and Apple settle out of court and screw everyone else.

I'm kind of devastated (Amahi is my startup), but I hope we can overcome this soon. We just started rotating the menu name instead of "app store"

I guess it is now, however, we're not even into desktop apps. Maybe they are vying for server and web apps (Amahi's forte) next?

Hilarious. What we need is Shatner reading it, with bongs and all, a la Palin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpbSwSlP4Yc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mLvzARScak