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Can anyone shed light on how a paper is published? I am guessing the process requires some higher authority to review the paper to check for legitimacy. If so, he committed fraud in 55 of his papers, not 1 or 2! So what irked me while I was reading is, "how was fraud missed so many times?"

Someone else said that this is common in academia...if so, something HAS to be done to stop it. That's why I would like to know the process behind a paper being successfully published--it seems like a broken system if fraud like this occurs remotely often.

If this is true, I'm glad it reached the front page of HN. Given all the popular services out there which we use with just enough trust to put our privacy in jeopardy, I'm glad a hole is being exposed in such a big service. Hopefully Skype changes their verification practices.

The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like?

If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.

This article made me realize that the whole concept of keys is something that needs to be looked into quite a bit with the rise in 3D printing technology. With an excellent 3D printer, one would hypothetically be able to take a picture of keys and be able to print a copy of them.

This article is fascinating but as someone who doesn't know much about this discipline, I'm hoping for someone to clarify my confusion:

In the article, it states that our core has temperatures comprable to that of the sun. However, the sun is 93 million miles away while our core seems to only be approximately 4000 miles deep. Shouldn't the Earth be hotter than or are there just so many layers that the heat decreases at such a fast rate as it approaches the surface?

Do you really think Zuckerberg would have agreed to that? I doubt it. Facebook was still relatively small when Yahoo offered to buy them for $1 billion but Zuckerberg didn't give it much thought at all.

It's nice to see Facebook is aware of the areas which it lacks in. Just recently (in the last couple of days), there was an article clearly saying how mobile developers are in fact turning away from Facebook, for a variety of reasons. Acquiring Parse is not only demonstrating acknowledgment of this problem, but also providing a potential solution and way to tackle the problem.

Congratulations to the Parse team and good luck in helping to bring more developers to Facebook's platform! Given Parse's success so far, I don't see how or why Facebook shouldn't benefit from this acquisition.

This is exactly why customer service in startups far exceeds that of large businesses. But it also makes sense. In a startup with <50 employees, it's pretty easy to reach one another so if there is a true customer issue, it can be taken to the founders if necessary. But once a company gets big, there is a communication barrier and hierarchy exists--so a customer service rep cannot contact somebody internally to help as easily, hence the cliche, “'we apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced'”.

Furthermore, the company cannot just allow customer reps to 'bend a policy here, [...] expedite an order there, [...] bubble an issue up to a manager'. If you give them the freedom to bend policies, they can choose to draw their own lines and that can result in adverse effects for the company overall. Bending of rules is too risky for a large company to allow their customer reps to take. It's a slippery slope, but honestly one that doesn't seem to have much of a solution.

"And what is the distant horizon he's working toward? From the 42 Floors home page, it's 'The best place to find office space.' That's the impossible he's making possible? That's why he's working 100% of the time? What a joke."

I respect all your prior annoyances, and don't care to comment on them, but this one pissed me off. 42Floors seems to be doing a fucking awesome job in helping startups, even well established companies, find office space. Pissing on their efforts by making some snide remark ('what a joke') is completely uncalled for. Finding office space IS a huge problem for companies, especially startups who don't have much money but still need some space...42Floors is making that process (which I'm sure can sometimes be seemingly impossible) far simpler by providing the service that they are.

Stress that you love the team, culture, etc. I think that'll help them to realize you truly want to stick with the company, you are simply not excited about your specific role anymore.

I wish there were more details of the brain activity in those 3 days where she 'came back from the dead' and if there are, I wish the article had shared them. Cooling seems to be a driving factor, but was there anything else going on in her brain during that time (subconsciously perhaps) that can be seen through scans or such? Hopefully the practice of trying to revive people for longer periods of time becomes standard throughout medical practices--it'd hopefully save many lives and also perhaps reveal what is actually happening (in not just the brain, but the entire body) throughout the process and how to truly revive an individual if possible--and maybe when it is appropriate.

I've heard of this general concept several times before (coming back from the dead) as there are countless stories of people seemingly dying but becoming fully conscious after varying periods of time; however, this is the first time I heard about cooling being a considerable factor. It fascinates me because it must mean there are several unearthed factors that could potentially save millions of lives.

Approaching/meeting lawyers is something that is considered extremely formal in society today. They're obviously trying to show that it CAN be a laid back and simple process through Lawdingo...and I think they did quite a good job with it.

Hilariously creative, well done! Definitely better than most commercials out there today (i.e. Geico).

If you guys make more and they catch some attention/traction, it can perhaps be an excellent marketing campaign :)

This is too cool...good for you guys and way to actually go through with all this!

In terms of culture, I would say Google is still considered a role model but in terms of transparency, I have not heard of nor seen a company operate like Buffer so guys are definitely setting the bar high!

What about open constructive criticism, though? I guess it is a sensitive point, yet one that seems to be in Buffer's reach. For example, are you guys transparent (or close enough) such that employees can call each other out in front of everyone? I know many people may see this as inappropriate but hey, they also probably see sharing salaries as inappropriate.

When the FBI released the photos of the two suspects, I kept wondering, "Why do they need the publics help when I'm sure there is facial recognition software to help match the suspects' faces?" Well I guess this article somewhat answers this, but I am still in disbelief that our government does not have better software.

For how long it took to discover their names, the two suspects had TOO much time to escape. They had about 48 hours to book flights out of the country, flee to another part of the country, do more damage, etc. The lack of facial recognition software could have ultimately led to this case being unnecessarily longer. This is an issue that CAN and NEEDS to be fixed quickly--in fact, I hope the government is working on a more sophisticated facial recognition software right now. Ideally, the facial recognition software should be able to crawl through the web to search for faces.

Now that I think about it, a good hacker could build a search engine that allows people to post photos and the program will run an automated search across the web (Social networks, Google, etc.) to see which pictures match it. Hell, Facebook even has facial recognition to some extent. A more sophisticated one cannot be that difficult for the government to build and put to use.

I think this is an excellent response! To add on, if you truly want to hit it big (like the Googles, Facebooks, etc), look at the market space the company is in and moreover, see the potential spaces it can/plans scale into.

This is much less based on metrics as the above response, but it is definitely important especially if you want to get into a company that can hit it big. And this is also a question (about which markets they plan to scale into) I think you can ask the company if/when they are interviewing you. Best of luck!

The article points out that the airport rental car business is a $10 Billion market...I don't think they need to worry about leaving this scenario (market/vertical) anytime soon nor do I think they need to worry about scaling.

Disrupting a $10B market will keep them busy for quite some time before really having to worry about other scenarios (or other verticals).

The emotional peace of mind is the exact thing that FlightCar and Airbnb are creating by encouraging this aspect of sharing. Yeah shit can go wrong with your car--that's with anything sharing-based though. As the saying goes, "Shit happens". But at the end of the day, sharing is a good thing and people are opening up to the aspect of it more and more. Essentially, the idea that you are sharing with others is the peace of mind. Hasn't warmed up with everyone, but it has with some and will continue.

As someone else pointed out, I'm sure FlightCar will change their pricing as it gains more traction. For now, the pricing is just a reasonable and simple model.

If there's one thing I disagree with from PG's comment, it's his prediction that this could be the economic story of the decade...no, it has the potential to be the economic story of the century. Not FlightCar by itself, but all these companies disrupting different industries through the simple idea of sharing--it's revolutionary and still young.

"If I'd intern, I'd first find an internship in a totally unrelated field (like metalworking or gardening)and see whether I can help to implement systems to make work easier. And if it works, you have a first product which the company you intern at won't try to sell."

Thank you. I stated this as well but was missed by so many 'readers', glad you mentioned it here!

Yeah that quote drives me crazy. LinkedIn already has those news stories at the top of our home pages--I have shared a couple but I have never seen anyone engage in mine nor others' posts. Unless LinkedIn plans to create a forum for news while utilizing Pulse, I don't get that statement from Pulse. But again, they'd be losing to already-popular forums.

More than anything, I just hope LinkedIn doesn't shut Pulse down. It would be a huge loss to many of Pulse's loyal users.

I apologize if I came across as condescending, was not my intention at all. I just took a side and went with it--my motivation for this post was from hearing friends tell me that they didn't get much out of their internship at big companies because they were just told to be code monkeys. Again, sorry for coming off as condescending.

Sorry if I came off that way, but I am definitely not trying to nor do I see it from many people as explicitly as you stated.

Exactly, thank you! And especially entrepreneurial-minded CS students which is the target of my entire post.

I figured this would happen. In the comments already posted, it is obvious people aren't reading my entire post and missing key details. 'Twas expected, I guess (sigh). I figure since it is my post, I'll address some of the comments below:

"Working for someone else is not all bad, even if building your own thing is your ultimate goal." -Kyllo

I am not saying it's bad at all! It's perfectly fine to work for someone else but if you are entrepreneurial-minded, it's best to intern at either a startup or a completely unrelated field to what you are used to, SO that you may be able to find an area in that industry where software/hardware can optimize it.

"There is a huge difference between that. A good job will have some nice engineers there, that might be willing to help you out and push you to learn how to code correctly." -stevoo

So the main reason to intern is to just become a better coder? Doubtful. Just to be completely blunt, the main reason college students intern is to have a secure job after graduation.

"Interning was a great start for me and helped me meet a ton of people. The difference was I interned at a startup." -blakeshall

Yeah I explicitly say this in my post! Working for a startup is completely reasonable as you will hopefully be able to directly help with the companies' organic idea.

"it's just not very appealing to take risks with your finances" -iansinke

There is very little risk taking with finances in the sense that you really don't have to spend anything to build. What you are losing is the money that COULD be made doing a summer internship. Being an entrepreneur is risky, though, so this risk will have to be taken at some point if you want to exercise that desire, right? Better now in college than after where you really will be taking risks with your finances (living expenses while trying to have a startup).

My Takeaway: This post should be titled differently because it seems that people are just reading the title and not the actual post.

I also may have not taken into account the money aspect as much (I promise I am not a snob)...I guess if money is an issue and you need to work, then interning is fine but at least do it at a company that will help to enhance your entrepreneurial mind! I actually do make explicit mention that working elsewhere IS reasonable.

Not at all, there are probably plenty of good reasons including learning/getting the opportunity to work with other bright individuals.

HOWEVER, I make it clear in my post that I am only referring to 'entrepreneurial-minded' CS majors. These are students who presumably want to have their own startup or simply enjoy taking an organic idea and building upon it. Doing an internship at a large engineering company, in most cases, is not going to help/encourage you to be entrepreneurial spirited and do this. At least not as much trying to build something on your own. Another option that I present is to work at a company that is completely unrelated to your field and see if there is room in which software and/or hardware can help optimize that area.

Firstly, that's amazing--congrats on finishing. Secondly, really well written piece!

Never boarded to be honest but these type of stories always put a smile on my face and I'm glad stories like this do get on HN's main feed. There is a lot more to these type of stories than the actual journey itself, yours especially. Congrats again! Since you never will do that exact trip again, maybe another is a possibility?!

Congrats on 5 years to Github! They are true pioneers for creating a social network for programmers, and not limiting it to just experienced programmers. I barely knew how to program but I was suggested to try Github with the little HTML/CSS/JS I knew and it is been my favorite, not to mention most effective, way to practice to become a better programmer. Collaborating with fellow hackers on projects is more fun than I ever imagined. They have actually found a way to make programming a social and fun experience! The beauty of Github is that it attends to programmers of all experience levels, so I really don't see myself straying away from it even as I become a better programmer. Here's to hopefully more than another 5 years!

As an afterword, I guess the big question is: What comes after this? What will make Github irrelevant?

I don't know what possesses people like you to make comments like this. Has DOUCHE written throughout.

I do mind; I am not going to jeopardize a friends security to a stranger. I think you are perfectly capable of looking up a 'Michael' who went to the University of Michigan and works at Goldman Sachs now. My story is not a lie. It is a bit exaggerated perhaps but it is from my memory that I wrote this--I did not quote anyone directly. I know he did get an offer letter directly from Mr. Blankfein stating that he had worked on more deals than any intern on record.

If the interns have worked extensively on a deal, I believe they report to their managing director and jointly work to close it.