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Upon some more research, it looks like Earned Income Tax Credit [1] attempts to provide some minimal incentives along these lines.

Simplified analysis, goal is situation C. Let's say my monthly welfare income is $1000.

A. I start earning $200. My welfare decreases by $200. Why don't I just stay on welfare?

B. I start earning $200. My welfare decreases by $300. I've lost $100, a penalty for working.

C. I start earning $200. My welfare decreases by $100. I now have an incentive to work. Over time, this leads to a future situation where I gradually earn much more than I could ever with welfare.

Also consider: What if I find $1000 sufficient to live on? What about $1100?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_income_tax_credit

I'm happy if my tax money can help someone in need. However, I'm unhappy if it leads to creation of permanent poverty traps. Have any countries (perhaps in Europe or elsewhere) successfully implemented support systems that are fair both to the needy and to the taxpayers?

And it's a shame, especially because Manhattan is likely one of the few U.S. localities with sufficient population density to make mixed-use areas thrive.

When I spend time in Asia, I find it remarkable how well cities like Tokyo [1] and Taipei function.

[1] http://urbankchoze.blogspot.tw/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html

I just wish the media didn't make this an "us" vs. "them" situation. This approach is so destructive: it improves the situation for nobody but only fuels class hate.

I remember reading a very long, well-researched, and balanced post from TechCrunch [1] about the housing shortage in SF. Media: more posts like that, please. Help identify underlying issues, flawed policies, or missed opportunities, instead of simply blaming the engineers.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/

Thank you for sharing. Would you be willing to share more of your story: how did you become homeless in SF, and how did you eventually change the situation? Are you in the tech industry?

In my (probably limited) view, SF homeless are primarily the folks around Tenderloin that seem unfortunately abandoned by the society.

As I'm sure many of us would like to help the overall situation (even if it's by donating to the right groups), it would be eye-opening to hear more of a first-person account from someone actually on HN.

Devs can still have all the power, as long as excessive battery usage is more transparent to users. I'm not sure about iPhone, but OS X has an indicator with "Apps Using Significant Energy." [1] as well as a more detailed breakdown [2]. Very useful. Often turns out to be a stray tab in Chrome. Would like to see something like that.

[1] http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5873

[2] http://support.apple.com/library/content/dam/edam/applecare/...

But that's talking about memory usage tricks within a process, which is a totally different beast from what this app claims to do.

As a Mac user (and someone who spends most of the day in Xcode), I feel lucky to have a machine that generally works most of the time and I don't need to defrag it, virus-scan it, memory-clean it, watch running processes for free RAM, and so on and so forth. So, I feel really bad for users who feel duped into downloading things like this -- they get a subpar computer as a result, and they totally don't have to.

I live nearby in Asia, and local friends describe their reason for buying CDs as "something to collect" or, as having a piece of the artist's creation to actually hold. Even if online music is accessible, it doesn't give that feeling of "ownership" after spending money.

In the meantime, Taiwan maintains traditional Chinese writing while using Mandarin for speech. Table for clarity:

   Simplified + Mandarin -> Mainland China
   Traditional + Cantonese -> Hong Kong, Macau
   Traditional + Mandarin -> Taiwan

A great interviewer wouldn't be hung up on the "officially correct" way, but would instead expect the person to be aware of the different solutions and chat about the trade-offs.

A more likely case to the one you're describing would be someone suggesting implementing a search box with an O(N) search through an array (and offering no alternatives), and then being shown out the door.

It's pretty low-effort. I've gotten results back in 1-2 hours -- you select the "app" category and a topic area like "Accounting", and there's also a box to provide additional context.

It also looks like you can respond/open an issue, but I haven't tried that.

Really the most annoying part was updating my screenshots, hours spent in Photoshop. This should be much easier since I've started using Sketch though (Tip: convert screenshots to symbols, choose "Exclude Text Value From Symbol" for your text layers, so you can duplicate the symbol and edit the text many times.)

I've had fairly good luck with [1] for iPhone apps on my very low budget. For decent enough quality, the translator has to be familiar enough with the context (e.g. someone who had translated apps, uses apps, and most importantly understands what your app's features/demographics are.) Work with your translator to give them enough background information. Just translating a word like "music" in isolation may lead to subpar results.

[1] http://www.icanlocalize.com

Up until recently even OpenSSL's own download page was not HTTPS.

What makes these colors "flat UI colors"? (Not trying to be snarky, actual question from someone who spends much time in Sketch.) Is it just a palette of somewhat matching colors or is there an underlying theme that I'm missing?

The full-screen animation has been around since 10.7 or so and it is absolutely frustrating due to how jerky it looks. Compare this with say, Exposé or switching Spaces. Both are pleasant, smooth animations.

I've come to have a subconscious association of "full screen button" == "slow painful animation" and essentially avoid this feature just as I avoid touching fire.

At least (1) has been finally fixed as of late. An "Open" button at last.

I see MAS as a good entry point for novice Mac users. But Apple could do a better job at curation here. Unlike on iOS, MAS apps have a bigger responsibility with user data, since even with sandboxing you can lose files or have your data sent across the wire. Check out the reviews for countless "disk cleaner"-type apps.

Seeing apps like [1] repeatedly in top 10 makes me lose faith in the review process. Macs don't need users to manually manage "free" memory. By "freeing" memory you're purging the cache and forcing the system to reload things. Hey, at least it's free.

Another: seemingly dozens of poor clones of built-in apps like Preview, complete with one-star reviews. For example, [2] by a developer who published 60+ (!) apps of similar quality. Or, [3], same situation but with a $6.99 in-app-purchase.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memory-clean/id451444120?mt=...

[2] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jpg-to-pdf-converter-lite/id...

[3] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jpg-to-pdf-lite/id862295940?...

Thank you for the first reasonable comment I've seen on this in a while. So much "lol" sensationalism and not much to say how much I, a fairly typical user, have to care about this.

FWIW, there are frameworks out there to make writing NSLayoutConstraints much more sensible. For example [1]

[1] https://github.com/Masonry/Masonry

Not a fan of iTunes myself and its all-or-nothing sync behavior does ask for more. Fortunately, it has been possible to update the device or download purchased content directly on the device for a couple of years now.

Maybe off-topic, but the rest of the website is a trove of knowledge. As a long-time developer who is now trying to pick up graphics/gaming side of coding ... I'm so glad there are folks generous enough to spend time writing and sharing. Thank you!

If you're in SF, you're missing out if you haven't checked out their restaurant near the Bay Bridge.

No kidding -- I routinely code late into the night. Each time, I can't fall asleep if I didn't have f.lux on a fairly "yellow" setting.

I (a) wish that something like that was built into iOS and (b) feel bad for people who don't know f.lux exists (or RedShift, for Linux folks.)

FYI, Erik's great post that was here yesterday may be useful in dissecting containers vs. rows vs. cols. [1]

[1] http://www.helloerik.com/the-subtle-magic-behind-why-the-boo...

With all due respect, this looks like an early-stage project. If everyone adopts such a dismissive attitude, Show HN might as well not exist.

Wasn't a fan of the CC move. After using Photoshop for 10+ years I've switched to using Sketch for UX design and haven't needed to look back yet.

As a fellow Earth Class Mail customer, really glad to see this. I, for one, am afraid that they'll one day shut down because they're not "hip" enough or are not "growth hacking."

But I sure hope not. They provide a very reliable service for me while I'm spending the years travelling abroad.

FWIW, the trick to how their service works legally is USPS Form 1583 ("Application for Delivery of Mail Through Agent".) This means that you still technically need another address for USPS itself to know as your "real" address, even if mail actually gets delivered to ECM or another service. To be clear, no mail forwarding takes place, my mail goes directly to ECM.

Why do young founders participate in these accelerators? Aside from the (arguably small) amount of money, I think that participation gives them the feeling of "permission" to actually create the business they want.

I wonder how many realize that they could build the same business just as well on their own (assuming proper willpower, and all.)

I don't have the power to downvote, but I sure hope you're joking. To the OP, no, your friend is not too old. I would ask him to focus on learning the fundamentals (e.g. how to use a hash table, sorting, and so on.), and also write a couple of projects and put them on GitHub to gain hands-on experience.

FWIW, Mac dev. here too, seeing the same issue in 10.9 with my app (beachball when interacting immediately after launch.) Haven't been able to track this down yet.