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A caveat : The pool of IIM or IIT aspirants is a very low signal to noise ratio. It's not just that they are hard to get into, it's the number of people who aren't prepared for it but still pony up the entrance fee. I'm sure that's not the case with Ivy leagues.

I agree. I think the next phase of evolution should involve transcending international boundaries and working as a planet rather than as a nation.

I bought the 1.5 version and I consider it a technically well written book. However, I have a hard time wrapping my head around the examples (too ice-cream centric)

In my opinion, it's better to take generic models that represent a real world scenario that most people would be familiar with e.g. an e-commerce catalog like Amazon's. I would have found it much enjoyable to read as compared to a database of ice creams which sounds fun but not practically intuitive as a db.

Cool but lots of similar stuff around

https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+washing+machine&sour...

I've wondered, but too lazy to calculate that how much electricity could be generated by machines in gym. Probably not a lot, but the whole idea of a green gym could encourage people to work out more.

Edit : Google search shows some in practice : http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2032281...

Instead of running washing machines on electricity and then running on electric powered machines in gym, how about manually cycling a washing machine like this. You hit 2 birds with one stone.

Granted it's not practical in every household, but it's not a bad alternative for some.

This is precisely the reason I couldn't force myself to use Git. The UI of Mercurial is so much more consistent and intuitive. I find it easier for non-technical people in the company to share files.

I like BitBucket because I like & use Hg. After playing around with both Git & Hg & comparing their merits, I decided, it was Hg for me. What's with all the hate on the author's part?

There's an advantage for the end user if the layout of the sites is similar - Intuitive browsing.

Imagine if each email service provider re-invented the layout of mailbox !

How exactly does it (BitTorr..) sync data between my mobile & my laptop? If I have 100 Gigabytes of pics on my laptop. Will it attempt to copy it on my phone or does it cache a small portion? Does that need internet connection or will ad-hoc wifi work?

I'd love to use a jQuery 'lite' version, just for the convenience and brevity of expressions. Some of it should be baked into javascript.

Quite the opposite in many parts of the world

"No one knows Motorola outside the United States. On the flip side, almost everyone knows who Lenovo is, except for the Americans."

I didn't expect them to come forth and accept it. If it's an employee mistake, and not a standard broken process, they can erase the tracks.

It has a lot of value for brands like Nike, Nokia, Netflix, Nordstrom... Or a News channel - @N is very attractive to advertise. I don't see any trouble selling it for more than that.

Can't you sue paypal or godaddy ? Or better yet, both. Shouldn't be hard to track down the attacker either if you report the crime.

42 coins/day ? Why mine at all? You'll probably spend more on electricity.

If you must have the coins in anticipation of their rise, just buy thousands for them for a few dollars.

Where's that tutorial page on how to buy such an island & yatch with much millions you'll mint from Dogecoins. Wow, very missed.

But in all seriousness, good effort for newcomers.

Multiply those 15 minutes by the number of altcoins popping up every week. Then add the time spent in looking for altcoins early on. There are several who'd like to jump on it from day 1. They make their living by selling them on ebay.

Not to mention that your computer is unusable while it's mining. My point being, it's not a get rich quick scheme for everyone.

Youtube would have died by itself.

Or imagine what Yahoo would have done to it post acquisition.

I know Apple would have called at iTube & put a price tag of $0.99 on all decent ones :)

Upvoted but disagree on behalf of Youtube, Android, Keyhole, etc.

Some exist independently, others are absorbed.

Ofcourse hindsight is 20/20 & most points about risk in the article are valid, but this wasn't the most brilliant moment for the author :

"There’s a good chance you’ll lose most or all of your money. And with each Bitcoin selling for $120, there isn’t nearly as much potential upside as there was a year ago, when you could snap up a Bitcoin for $5"

Thank you @jamesbritt for posting this comment on HN. I've always wanted to hear the truth from Woz.

Because it won't tell you if there's humidity inside the bag that could potentially harm your device. Silica gel isn't electronics. It'll change color when it detects moisture.

Besides salary difference, getting fired for raising concerns like these are sufficient grounds for a lawsuit.

For science, I'd put silica gel crystals in it and take it to the shower before I dunk my tablet :)

That's a lot. I was looking at $50-$75 price point. Don't care about screen resolution. It can be resistive touch. One can skip on storage too. But it needs to light up when you touch & make sounds. Most of all, handle all the abuse :)

Quick grep for cost/price didn't show up anything. Sorry if I missed. How much did it cost? Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering if it's possible to build an extremely cheap but waterproof tough tablet for toddlers to play with. They don't care about performance at all.

Couldn't upload files for more than a day. It was stuck at "connecting". I wish they had notified on twitter/blog upfront that they are still working on it.

Agreed, this is caught by photoshop. I tested with http://mrnussbaum.com/prescurr1/1.jpg . Apparently wasn't accurate enough for photoshop to complain.

Strange. Mine is CS5, works perfectly.