Even if this is true (I have no idea whether it is), making this comment here and at this time is in extremely poor form. You should be ashamed of your utter lack of simple etiquette.

He's at -9 karma, I imagine he doesn't care.

It's got a ISBN along with the name.

Kindle ebooks have no ISBN. They only have Amazon's own Product identifier: ASIN which needs not be associated to an ISBN.

If he gave the excerpt the same ISBN, then it's really his own fault:

An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings) of a book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Num...

Sure, Amazons customer service could be better and should probably at least have sent an email stating that they're lowering the price etc.

If you want to develop for iOS you have to use a Mac.

Technically not true. If you want to publish for iOS you have to use a Mac, and there's an exception to that (PhoneGap Build).

You can’t legally run OS X under VM, unless the host is OS X on Apple’s hardware as well (and I think even that is only for server edition).

Do note that those laws don't apply to the entire world.

Perfect link!

Take today/tonight to make a game plan. Identify companies on that list that you like, map them, and go out and talk to them. If you're "in the area" it's really easy to pickup a few coffee meetings and eventually one of them will lead to something bigger.

When you meet with them be completely up front about your situation in the US, but DO NOT dwell on why the last job offer failed. Talk about their company/products/space- show that you've done your homework. That should lead to discussions on your passions/experience and if you've researched them and they have a position open, great! If not it's perfectly ok to ask them about other companies looking for someone with your talents.

Edit Xtify is hiring in NYC and they're pretty awesome! http://www.xtify.com/jobs

Agreed! Was more impressed with the nav, but that's probably because I'm on old hardware/slow connection so the slideshow was very sluggish for me.

Is there a link to this specific anecdote?

It says it was headed to a scrap yard in Italy.

Can we assume that Mozilla's software development is more technical than Wikimedia's software development? I think the only thing they have in common is that they're both non-profits.

I think Wikimedia would have a harder time to justify their spending.

We don't discuss PR on HN. Public relations is beneath PG.

What an ignorant thing to say. HN essentially is social publicity and PR for YC startups.

I do believe that was sarcasm.

Why would you want to apply for that many startups, simultaneously? Seems to me like they would all be working with wildly different technology solving wildly different problems...

I don't know about you, but I want people excited working with me.

At CodeEval.com you only solve challenges for the companies you're actually interested in. :)

Here are some cool ones in case you're interested:

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/48/ => Milo (a eBay company)

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/55/ => lolapps

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/47/ => deviantart

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/37/ => Ampush Social

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/6/ => Factual

http://codeeval.com/public_sc/10/ => Asana

To answer your first point: Our contest will cover different areas of problems, and certain companies will only be available for application if specific questions types are answered.

One of the main appeals for CodeSprint is that you don't have to work on the same puzzle twice. A lot of companies now have a FizzBuzz-style filter, and we're trying to make it so you have to FizzBuzz only once.