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tsetse-flyon Ask HN: How does this AddThis.com make money?

They're both private so we'll probably never know though I doubt the sum was very large. Clearspring isn't doing so hot, I think we'll be seeing a lot of startups like it fizzle out.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/06/clearspring-lays-off-20...

tsetse-flyon Ask HN: How does this AddThis.com make money?

Yes, the idea seems to be that they'll gather and monetize the data though I don't think that's sustainable. No one has to make money on this, they could fail while blowing all of their VC money.

All of these widget companies seem like a bit of a scam to me. Do you really need $36M to create a bunch of crappy widgets? I've never even seen a widget from RockYou/Slide/Widgetbox/Clearspring on any of the sites I visit.

tsetse-flyon Ask HN: How does this AddThis.com make money?

They don't sell anything to anyone. The site was acquired and is operated by Clearspring, who has received $36M in funding.

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/addthis

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/clearspring

tsetse-flyon Ask HN: How does this AddThis.com make money?

Is this some sort of ploy to get us to visit that site?

It's simple: if you're not selling anything, whether it's goods, services, or ads, then you're not making money. Not all sites on the Internet exist for profit.

tsetse-flyon The full text of SICP from MIT Press

"Ask HN" threads are much more appropriate for book recommendations. Imagine if every book in the threads below were submitted- we'd have a bunch of noise and no real discussion.

Submissions like this are only useful for people too unmotivated to Google for "SICP".

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=240628

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85840

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=193308

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=80845

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=127711

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=56618

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=156137

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41532

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136875

tsetse-flyon The full text of SICP from MIT Press

It's quite annoying to see entire books submitted. It should be a requirement that you must be able to thoroughly discuss a submission. You can't discuss the entire contents of a lengthy text in a HN thread. It's like submitting a Google search or an index to pg's essays.[1] The discussion is always superficial.

If you were really interested in SICP, then you probably would have already found this link. It's the 2nd result on Google for "SICP". A blog post on the merits of SICP would be more useful.

1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=410821

tsetse-flyon The full text of SICP from MIT Press

A PDF was posted 11 days ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=441593

tsetse-flyon New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines.

Enforcing specific types of usernames is rather lame. People would just enter fake names. Facebook depends on your real identity so people who have met you can locate you.

tsetse-flyon New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines.

I think it may be related to acangiano's "Let's all grow up" post. He mentioned Hacker News and it seemed to be a popular submission, particularly on reddit.

A few curious trolls probably wandered over and created new accounts. Of course, that's not Antonio's fault. I liked his post. :)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=455474

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7tbpl/lets_all_...

tsetse-flyon Ask HN: Where's the best place to purchase a domain name?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=186369

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=377301

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=150561

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=339823

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=436364

tsetse-flyon Ira Glass on creativity's dark stage

Who said it was a story?

This is a 4-part interview with Ira Glass on storytelling. I thought it was pretty insightful.

tsetse-flyon TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

Seems like an expensive recipe catalog.

I don't think it's a very good idea to use electronics while you're cooking. Getting grease on anything that can't be scrubbed under running water is very irritating. There's a more durable solution to this: paper. You don't have to worry about washing your hands before touching it and if you splatter food on it then it's disposable.

tsetse-flyon TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

Then you need a stand and a desk to use it. You'd be better off with a netbook/laptop.

tsetse-flyon TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

I think VGA is only there for prototyping purposes. This tablet probably doesn't have the power to output a very good resolution or decode high quality video for your LCD TV. You're better off getting a cheap computer and sticking MythTV on it.

tsetse-flyon TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

It's a cool toy, but I really can't imagine how/where I would use it in-place of my laptop.

What are some use cases?

tsetse-flyon TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

Yes, the prototype clearly has USB, ethernet, and VGA.

Realistically, though, why would anyone bother to plug a keyboard into this thing? Why wouldn't you just use your laptop or desktop?

tsetse-flyon Google Flu Trends

Why was this not detected as a dupe? It's the exact same URL as:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=361181

tsetse-flyon How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent

Yes, but what does that have to do with prohibiting BitTorrent and IRC?

tsetse-flyon How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent

That may be true for shared hosting, but not for VPS.

The entire point of having a VPS is that you're guaranteed a slice of the server to do what you want. If your provider is somehow monitoring your processes, sniffing your traffic, and setting restrictions on your applications, then I would find another one.

tsetse-flyon How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent

Where did you hear that?

Amazon Web Services does not ban BitTorrent or IRC. They actually support BT as an official delivery method from S3.

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index....

tsetse-flyon How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent

I don't think so.

Amazon is protected by DMCA Safe Harbor provisions and doesn't have to act until they've received notice of copyright infringement on their servers.

There are many legitimate uses for BitTorrent, I don't see Amazon putting an outright ban on torrent usage on their servers. It limits their usefulness as a generic hosting provider to only allow certain types of traffic.

tsetse-flyon How To Use Amazon EC2 for Bittorrent

Dreamhost blocks BitTorrent usage on their servers.

http://torrentfreak.com/dreamhost-back-to-blocking-bittorren...

tsetse-flyon My visit to American Apparel

AA produces t-shirts and underwear. Do you consider Hanes ugly and bland?

I think you're too busy trying to troll that you forget that they're not trying to be Dior or Gucci.

tsetse-flyon Palm WebOS, Palm Mojo Application Framework, and Palm Mojo SDK

"window-based" not "Windows-based". It's built on Linux.

tsetse-flyon [dead]

This is lame karma whoring. It's equivalent to submitting a Google search.

You should be ashamed of yourself if you voted for this submission.

tsetse-flyon IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approved by Apple

The iPhone is also locked to one carrier in the following countries: UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan, Venezuela and many more. Unlocked iPhones are offered in relatively few countries.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

tsetse-flyon IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approved by Apple

iPhone is 1 device on 1 network, Windows Mobile is hundreds of devices across all networks.

"Gartner Q3 2008 data shows iPhone passes Windows Mobile": http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=354

tsetse-flyon Rumor: New Mac Mini Coming to Macworld 2009

So, what's the big deal? Get a display that works with your MacBook. If everything you own needs to be from Apple then get the discontinued 23".

I don't think the price is unreasonable for a 24" LED-backlit display. What are some cheaper models with the same specs?