benwerd

NASA is not a government agency as such, and its work is not required to be released as public domain. Instead, it falls under the Federal Acquisition Regulations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Acquisition_Regulations

Which isn't to say that I disagree with making its findings available publicly. But the facts are worth noting.

Isn't releasing the source code a condition of using the open source Chromium code? Putting your code out should be effortless. Just put it out there; cleaning it up can happen later.

Unstability is my new startup name.

Seriously, though, this kind of work ethic is terrible. You need to give your brain room to be creative. Your work will be better for it.

At latakoo (http://latakoo.com) we're building video codecs with built-in strong encryption, for enterprise use.

Exactly this. I'm not exactly sure what makes people in the UK (and disclosure: I spent 30 years of my 34-year life there) think that their country is somehow going to be more ethical. There are zero positive signals that this is going to be the case, as far as I can see, and particularly not now with the healthcare system being ripped apart. Unfortunately, I think there's a certain amount of patriotism at play here.

I'm working on an independent web publishing platform with decentralized social networking features:

http://idno.co/

You can see me kick the tires over at:

http://werd.io/

I'm considering funding further development through a patronage model (like NPR: "brought to you by ..."). I wonder if anyone else here has attempted anything like this?

Definitely. Thanks! :)

Alas, I caught that as soon as I hit "submit". Amazon takes 12 hours to accept edits. It'll be fixed eventually ...

Curious to see how this will affect (eg) the Moodle community.

Contents no longer a mystery; are instead a setup for what is basically the gaming world's answer to reality TV. This could go either way.

For what it's worth, ToroPHP allows you to do pretty much exactly what he's describing in PHP. But as always, you should use what makes you productive, whether that's Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, COBOL or QuickBASIC. Maybe not the last one. But then again, maybe that too.

They've already said it: they want their homepage to be all about you. Think about what that means in this wider context, where they operate as an alternative way to discover content across all kinds of different verticals. They want to take over the space currently occupied by traditional media. For better or for worse, they're the most "human" of Silicon Valley's big web companies, and I think they might actually succeed.

The Secret of Monkey Island is my favorite game of all time and their games in totality were a formative experience when I was growing up - I'm really sad to see them go. Booo.

On the other hand, hey, Disney owns Monkey Island. I'd love them to do something with it.

If it's open source, the code will be visible and noticed. In a closed source environment, you could still have the exploit, but it'd be behind closed doors.

Absolutely uncool. No matter what you think about current IP law - and let's face it, it's a bag of worms - getting into bed with North Korea is inexcusable. On top of everything else, and here "everything" means institutional murder and oppression, it kind of suggests a lack of morality on TPB's part.

Every so often, I'll buy someone a meal: Subway, or some noodles, or something like that. Or I'll give them $5 for the BART, or whatever. Absolutely no skin off my nose; a big deal for them. And every single time, the look of joy and surprise on their faces completely cuts through any cynicism I might have had about the interaction.

I figure, every single person who's out there begging is in need. I wish there were better programs out there to help them, and I wish our community could help out. I sometimes wonder if the people selling Street Spirit could be selling a product that people actually want instead (even if it's just a magazine like the Big Issue).

I don't know the answers, but it makes me sad, too.

Cool! How is this different to Jig.com?

I disliked and migrated away from SourceForge seven or eight years ago. Although it did let you provide compiled binaries / packages for end users, the process to do so was ludicrous, and the tools were paper-thin at best. rsync's comment about the download links are spot on; I can confirm that the Next SourceForge still gives you the ridiculous go-round when you want to grab the URL to an install package.

The catalog of software could be great - GitHub doesn't provide this, except in a developer-friendly format. And maybe this format still works (obviously I don't know their numbers). But it's slathered in ads and still reminds me of Tucows - I bet there's a better way to solve this problem.

Ah, you should probably think about recreating the Onion's look and feel, rather than grabbing their resources and literally copying it.

It's like the Million Dollar Homepage, except more brazen.

The goal seems to be to raise a million dollars. The secondary goal seems to be to treat the Internet like a basket of schmucks.

My advice: save your money and give it to a good cause instead.

h.265 is exciting. It takes into account the vastly improved processing power of today's devices to create smaller files - I'm looking forward to integrating it with our service, which in turn will put h.265 in easy reach of broadcasters. Really great step forward for the industry, although, of course, I wish it was an open standard.

Actual introspection; metrics can help with that, but they're a very small part of the whole story.

I would love to contribute to this, both being a veteran of cash-strapped startup life and someone who enjoys cooking. Do you provide a way for people to do so?

Removed at 1:03:37. That's a slightly suspicious-looking timestamp.

My sister is an artist (https://soundcloud.com/hannahwerdmuller) and I would like to front her $20. The website as it stands looks like a lottery, mostly because of the "if we like it" component. How can I reassure her and get her to agree to submit her music to you?

I love the idea for the device itself. But I absolutely do not want this data to be social, or transmitted anywhere besides a secure, encrypted repository under my own control that I can optionally grant selective access to. Here's why.

My mother has something called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. My aunt also had it. Their mother also had it. It kills as many people as breast cancer every year, by progressively scarring the lungs until it's impossible to breathe. There's no cure except for new lungs. (My mother is waiting for a double lung transplant right now.) As you might expect, measuring blood oxygen efficiency is a good way to track the progress of the condition.

As a result, carrying a smart blood oxygen meter that also measures number of breaths and general health / stress levels really appeals to me. But the health situation here in the States, and in many countries, is fucked (albeit a little better than it was, thanks to our friends at the Obama Administration). Let's say I contracted the condition (although there's no proof that there's a genetic link), or it looked like I might be beginning to succumb, going by my vital signs. The consequences of this information falling into the wrong hands could range from an impact on my career to my insurance standing. It could potentially ruin my life.

Photos of my last Blue Bottle coffee, checkins at Bourbon & Branch, or Lift goal ticks are one thing. This kind of data should not be on a centralized service, in a database I can't directly access. Not ever. And the rise of this kind of product makes me think that there needs to be a sort of WordPress for encrypted personal data, sooner rather than later.

Totally chilling, both with respect to the Chinese policy and this response to it. Our values should be optimized for freedom, democracy and diversity.

I'm not sure why I'd pay for the gold plan when you can just click through to the site anyway. Ditto the Pro plan, actually. Perhaps you could give people more review credits the more they pay?

If it's a past startup, yeah. If you're saying "I'll still be working on my startup while I'm working for your company", that's not a great idea. Effectively you're saying "I'll leave as soon as I can".

MIT + HUGWARE = my new favorite license. Thanks for the clarification.