jkeisling/hacker-news-corpus-2007-2022 huggingface dataset:
The TikTok/LunaTik really caught my eye and I looked into the 6G iPod nano with every intention of getting one and preordering an accompanying LunaTik. Unfortunately, as a watch the new nano doesn't really do anything I want other than tell the time and have a voice recorder. No internal mic, no Bluetooth, no video, no 3rd party apps. I was really hoping that it had a nice catalog of apps. Oh, and you have to turn it on in order to read the time.

(Here's Ars' review of the iPod nano, in case you're interested: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/09/6th-generation-...)

Then again, I haven't used Nike+ yet. There's always a chance I'll use Nike+ for something and it's nice to know that the iPod nano includes it, but I'm pretty happy right now with Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center.

The watch I have now is a Casio Pathfinder. It's a big gadget and it is definitely got a bling factor, but I got it primarily because it's an ABC watch (altimiter, barometer, compass). The bells and whistles (sunrise/sunset times, world time, current temperature, solar battery, multiband atomic sync, etc.) are great, but I can't overstate the value of having a reliable compass on my wrist. It's also remarkably comfortable. It's the first watch I've left on overnight and not had a sore wrist the next day.

When I got the Pathfinder, I didn't have a phone with a digital compass, and even though my current phone has one the only time I use its compass app to get my bearings instead of using my watch is when I'm driving and my phone is already in the GPS mount on the dashboard.

Aside from the usual "nice to haves", the only thing I truly wish Casio put in the thing is a heartrate monitor. The watches I've seen so far that have heartrate monitors are just too dorky to wear on a regular basis (I fasten the one I use now to a belt loop). Bluetooth would be the next thing I'd ask for so that I could use its proximity to fire actions on paired devices.
Especially your guts.
There's a whole wiki, with lots of advice for building hacker spaces: http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Design_Patterns

The wiki is based on slides from a nice long talk at the 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin back in 2007. http://chaosradio.ccc.de/24c3_m4v_2133.html

I found another talk titled "Building Hacker Spaces Everywhere: Your Excuses are Invalid" from The Last HOPE conference. I haven't watched it yet, but it's probably really good :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxTYUw4gtv4
I would highly recommend against using this tool, as it is against Facebook's Terms of Service. Robert Scoble was kicked off Facebook in January 2008 for pulling a stunt exactly like this (http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-face...). While his fame and contacts allowed him to get his account reinstated in short order, many of us might not be so fortunate.
Is it just me, or does that look like Python?
I get where you’re coming from but I don’t think this is a practical or helpful attitude.
He should get kudos for doing societally useful things with his money instead of lobbying the government for more tax breaks.
Wings are complicated and they evolved multiple times (insects, birds, bats)

Neurons (or at least proto-neurons) are not extremely complicated, at least simple enough so that they can "do something" and then evolve.

(Not sure how/if they were able to evolve without anything to control like muscles or at least some motor mechanism, but even bacteria does that)
I hope that's the case, but that isn't always the reaction of major players. Often, governmental attempts to control things will lead to at least some of the bigger businesses deciding it's in their interests to actively collude with the attempt.
I agree, they're not my lawyer, they're my hosting company. If there's a legal conflict then it should use the court system that has been established to handle such disputes.

If Amazon is a de facto agent of the complainant then to answer the original article's question: Can we use them to host free speech? Then I think the answer is no. Which begs the question, if Amazon can't be used to host free speech, what other kind of speech is worth hosting?
Build a prototype and explain the vision. Prototypes are useful in so many ways - validating & going to users, pitching & getting investors, etc.

Prototypes should take a few days or a week to build, unlike MVP which probably takes months (or more).
The best new language of the year 2010. Thanks jashkenas!
Understanding that a "concise, fast, scalable and maintainable" code is not always superior to "complex, slow, unscalable and unmaintainable" code is a big learning for me over the years. There are tons of "web developers" out there who know some PHP and are charging clients with real money to write really, really bad code for their exotic plants website. They can write their crappy code because they're the only developer and they're only working on some random exotic plants website that gets 500 visitors a day and has 2 database tables with 50 rows. Not that big of a dal. At that point it doesn't matter if they don't have indexes in their tables or know what indexes even are. The single developer is cheap to hire and for the most part get the job done. Clients are happy, developer is happy.

Where code like the skull dripping blood or the exotic plants website breaks down is when you try to extend the codebase, scale it or handle more users. It's going to fall flat on its face and you're likely going to have to start over or refactor large portions of the code. That does happen sometimes, but at that point you probably understand your problem domain enough to know what the right features are and rewrite it anyways. So it's not always a bad thing. But when you do the rewrite, you should hire the people who know what they're doing and can write "concise, fast, scalable and maintainable" code.
From reading some of these comments, it seems like a few people have missed the point the author was trying to make.

The point was not to write better code or to write code fast, it was that a 'good' programmer is focused on writing better code, not on what the user ends up seeing/experiencing (which at the end of the day is the important part). In the author's case, he focused on the wrong thing and ended up with a comparatively boring looking animation, despite having superior code.
It's not as much about clarity of communication as it is clarity of thought.

Also, a program is not a single message being sent to the computer. A program is revised over time, and testing helps ensure the integrity of the program through revision.
Right, when I was doing a math Ph.D my specialization was numerical optimization. One of the first classes was numerical linear algebra. Of course you shouldn't be inverting a matrix if you don't have to. But this is basic stuff you can read in any numerical linear algebtra textbook.
What a mediocre piece... Random walk among whatever quotes author could find....
somewhat off topic - it seems like there is a bubble in biotech. Something like 70% of the companies in the nasdaq biotech index have no earnings (losing money!) yet the index is up ~5x in the past few years. echoes of 2001 tech bubble and 2007 real estate bubble.

it does get irritating to hear about "uber as a bubble." Consider how much cash is flowing through uber right now, it is going to become/remain a massive business.
If I remember correctly, Datomic is more of a data modeling layer / transaction manager, and less of a database.
I feel really bad for all other database startups out there. I'm sure this is sending a negative shockwave through every devops team out there to not use up-and-coming databases.
In general, eating the same diet as thin/healthy people will cause your microbiome to shift toward the microbiome of thin/healthy people. This is because your microbial population is largely determined by resource availability and resource type, and adaptation happens quite quickly (ie speeds not unlike those shown in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb272zsixSQ)

However, I believe it's wrong to conclude that thin/healthy people have the kind of microbiome you should be aiming for.

The microbiome you want (or rather I want) is the one my ancestor's had, just like I want the food I eat to be similar to the food my ancestor's ate. Unfortunately this is basically impossible given modern farming techniques, which remove most of the food-borne microbes found on natural crops.

See http://humanfoodproject.com/rebecoming-human-happened-day-re... for more on this from the founder of the American Gut Project.
Bitcoin is interesting to play with.

But I'd like it much better if the massive amount of computing power being poured into the hashes was actually being used for a good cause like folding, seti, etc. and the bitcoins were still the reward
Well, The new 2011 MBP's are phenomenal. I have one.

I have been a Mac user for over 15 years and those that say Mac's are only good for iOS and Mac specific stuff are sort of naive. You can run Windows or Linux as well. There are also Virtual Machine possibilities.

The 2011 models support up to 16gb of RAM..in a laptop.

I think that good tools help productivity and a MacBook Pro is a GREAT tool..
10 years ago, europeonline launched a service where your traffic downlink would be routed through a satelite connection.

They also had a service that let you predownload files from http/ftp servers and then you could request an offline broadcast from their servers to your home pc.

Instead of refetching every file again and again, they also optimized by only checking the file size + file name.
So, someone came along and created a fake ftp server script, which just replied with a listing of the things you wanted to download, and they there instantly added to your account. You only had to know the filename + filesize.
That's a great question and one that other apps in the same space (Flipboard, Zite) have publicly struggled with.

As this is just a small project for now, we're not too worried about content providers getting mad. But it's definitely something to keep an eye on and any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.
I appreciate your candor about pricing. I am going through a similar problem and came to the same conclusions that you did. It would be interesting to see statistics regarding the prices that you charge and if you increase/decrease them. Also, when you do get paying customers, what percentage of customers are in each pricing plan.
"Next up: a $2,000 to $3,000 device, launching in March, that makes its user's arm feel weightless. It is intended for use by dentists, surgeons, and other professionals who work for long periods with arms outstretched."

Equipois -#5 on the list - is launching a new device that could make Kinect-style interactive UI feasible over long periods of time, overcoming the problem of "Gorilla arm".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Gorilla_arm
True, but there's no way to specify the filename and extension, so in practice you have to use Flash.
Half my public infrastructure is down. It could have been a 100%, but I separated private and business systems last month. Lots of people use MT because their email and DNS logic is solid. So this is pretty serious for them. Media Temple was broken into a while back via a Wordpress bug and people wonder if this is related to that event (HN really needs a "related news" button).
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2462774

MT also did a hardware upgrade yesterday. So they are probably a little stressed right now.
http://status.mediatemple.net/
Again, while debt is an issue, the bigger issue is the disincentive for investment.
When my good friends whom I helped get jobs now work for Google won't speak to me anymore, I just assume it's because they know I wouldn't make a good programmer there. It's a rough river to paddle.
The developers at a software company are considered an expense but a required expense due to them creating the products that bring the revenue in. Shrinking the expenses by shrinking the developer count occurs but I would think that would have an impact later on the amount of revenue that could potentially be generated.

In a non-tech company I agree with your statement. Likely the revenue is brought in through some other avenue. A developer in that scenario is defiantly seen as more of an expense to reduce.

Do I have a skewed mindset around this?
Clearly not scalable in the future, where amount of electric vehicles will keep increasing (not just cars: scooters and e-bikes too). I'm a fairly passionate pedestrian but we can't expect to be able to stay safe by hearing alone.

Consideration for blind people is an important argument but it seems so much saner to require quiet vehicles to have a radio transponder that can send exact speed and direction rather than having people identify these by hearing beeps or fake engine noise.
Totally agree with the point about Learning to Communicate.
Have seen the 'rock-star senior devs' think and speak so clearly with a variety of audience, and on the other hand 'just-the senior devs' who struggle explaining what they want to put across. Coding and communication should be complementing each other, as both have their roots in 'what you think'.
I don't know about the numbers, but as an Asian I can assure you that heart disease, hypertension, etc etc are all very common in Asia still, particularly in wealthy, developed areas.

Many health-conscious Asians have moved to brown rice, much like how many Western folk have moved off white bread.

My general impression is that refined carbs are simply not great for you.
Yes, Twitter was lucky in more than one way. I agree with what you said about early adopter. I'd label these people as "willing to test products", even if that means they will encounter some bugs or issues. However, not every business will be able to say that about their first set of customers.
"Are you seriously asserting extremist feminists seeking privileges for women don't exist?"

Of course they exist. But I wouldn't call them "many", as you did in your original reply. They're a minority. The vast majority of feminists are simply after being treated no worse than men. A "radical" and "far-left" idea, I know.

And since when did some Spectator columnist become the spokesperson for feminism?
>(HFCS, anyone?)

I'm not a big fan of singling out HFCS because it misses the forest for the trees. Any refined carbohydrate is going to cause a strong insulin response. White bread is pretty awful for similar reasons, for example.
Hitler was a past MOTY -- so they didn't always skirt controversy. 60+ years later, I know that -- 60 years from now, no one will know who got it in 2001.
Well, raising money = venture backed.
The food pyramid seemed to reflect what people ate, not what people should eat. Most people eat more carbs than protein, becuase meat, fish, and dairy are more expensive than cereal and bread. Obviously sugar was at the top. Vegetables and fruits were important, but you just couldn't get as many as carbs because again, they were expensive.

It seemed to work so that was the pyramid. I'm not sure they did studies comparing different diets to arrive at that conclusion, I think it was just "common sense" nutrition.
Hey Nikos, email me - I want to follow up on something..

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Word of the day: Maieutics

Wikipedia says "is a pedagogical method based on the idea that due to the reason innate within each of us the truth is latent in the mind of every human being, "
Ah good point. I'll mention it in the intro text for the form. Thanks! =)
It's a Festivus miracle!
re: "Since Android is open, you can have android on a cheap $10 toaster or a high-end $50,000 car." This feels like Java (and Linux to some extent too) all over again (given Android's underpinnings, not surprising).

Linux is free, and I gave up count how many years were supposed to be the 'year of the desktop' for Linux. As widespread as it may be - embedded in loads of devices - the 'pay for' OS - Windows and OSX - have continued to dominate. May Android end up being the Linux of mobile devices? It's nearly everywhere, but typically only the first choice of a narrow geeky few, whereas anyone else that uses it does so not out of choice for that aspect of the product, but for some other reason. (How many Tivo users do you know who really love Linux and bought their Tivo because it's on Linux?)

I'm wondering if Android will end up being this generation's J2ME, with similar fragmentation and hardware vendor control.
Interesting fact: I was asked to program something that did just this for my interview with Yelp.
Prestashop top menu: add ‘active’ state for current page
http://nemops.com/prestashop-top-menu-current-state/
It seems that many people are having trouble in targeting the “current” state for a link in the Prestashop top menu. In this quick tip, we will see how to do it, and we’ll also go beyond the basics and show the topmost parent for current subcategories and other pages.
Mobile First is Dead
http://metropoly.co.uk/mobile/mobile-first-is-dead/
Everyone chats how important responsive webdesign has become and how important the principles of mobile first are. Mobile first is dead. Today it’s about the unique experience of each device while still having ubiquitous information.
No, it does not matter.
ORACLE keeps Java vuln til 2013-02-19
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FStuermischer-Oktober-Patchday-bei-Oracle-1730692.html
Original Link (German):
http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Stuermischer-Oktober-Patchday-bei-Oracle-1730692.html
DNS Cache poisoning used in Brazilian Phish Attack
http://news.softpedia.com/news/DNS-Cache-Poisoning-Used-in-Brazilian-Phishing-Attack-212328.shtml
No phish email, the DNS entry in caching resolvers led the victims to the phish web site.
Ask HN: Nice tips and resources for teaching infosec to school students
Recently I've been asked to give some short talks to school students about various infosec topics. Anyone having URLs with nice tips and resources for teaching infosec in a way students can easily grasp? Thanks.
Free gifts with online purchasing increases customer retention by 40%
http://wajeez.com/2012/11/15/study-free-gifts-increase-online-customer-retention/
Online US survey by Harris Interactive finds that giving away free gifts with online purchasing increases customer retention by 40%
How The Web Design Trend of Parallax Scrolling Has Faded
http://www.designresourcebox.com/how-the-web-design-trend-of-parallax-scrolling-has-faded/
There was a time, not so long ago when a majority of new sites that we were seeing in website showcase galleries were parallax. It was really interesting at first, but like almost any trend, it gets bigger like a bubble and eventually it pops and the trend fades away. This situation happened to parallax scrolling too. It was a big thing and people were insane about it, but… it faded.
Live Cricket Streaming
https://www.facebook.com/livecricketfootballstreaming
View live cricket on cricket. watchcriclive. com in addition to football along with upcoming matches and score card free online. Complete cricket portal covering world cup, Indian Premier League and almost all international cricket tourneys and leagues.
Monitis Introduces a New SSH/Telnet Server Management Tool
http://blog.monitis.com/index.php/2010/05/03/from-monitoring-to-management-monitis-introduces-a-new-sshtelnet-server-management-tool/
San Jose, CA – May 3, 2010 – Monitis, the leading provider of all-in-one Cloud-based network and application monitoring suite, today announced a major new product launch: a SSH/Telnet-based server management tool. This critical addition to Monitis’ already revolutionary toolkit enables users to not only monitor their servers, but immediately fix them, as well.<p>Available free within Monitis’ all-in-one suite of tools, the new SSH/Telnet Server Management Tool is activated when users click on the SSH/Telnet icon. This opens a telnet screen, which enables users to access a given server and perform server management functions like restarting applications and cleaning storage.
Lightweight and available from any web browser, Monitis’ new SSH/Telnet Server Management Tool opens SSH/Telnet access to any device connected to the internet. Besides supporting ANSI formatting and enabling file uploads via SCP, the tool is especially useful when users setup Cloud monitoring. The auto-login feature means there is no need to remember logins and IP addresses – routine hassles that are inconvenient and drain time and productivity from IT managers’ already overloaded schedules.
Monitis already offers platform-independent monitoring of public and private clouds (like Amazon’s EC2 or Rackspace’s cloud), and provides lists of running instances. With its new SSH/Telnet Server Management Tool, Monitis users now only need to click on an instance and open automatically logged-in terminal access to that particular service. This significantly reduces the time required to fix problems and ultimately leads to better up-time.
According to Monitis’ Founder and CEO, Hovhannes Avoyan, “Monitis’ new SSH/Telnet Server Management Tool changes the game. It helps IT managers move from monitoring problems to fixing them in one-click. It further reinforces our mission of helping the world’s IT managers save massive amounts of time.”
Gym Genie : An app to tell if the gym is free
http://astu.co/#/posts/533e5010e4b07a042a3c2ae0
Would you use this app?
Paul Allen's Patent Infringement Complaint
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36519710/Buley-Interval-vs-Complaint
More docs at my blog post here: http://blogs.forbes.com/taylorbuley/2010/08/27/paul-allen-is-suing-half-of-silicon-valley-heres-the-document-dump/

I'd link that but I know you guys just want the juice.
There are interesting things happening in the blue room
http://up2five.com/graph/active/12
Live vote and comment for #tnw2013 using @up2five
How to place Facebook Like button on physical object
http://pcard.linkstore.ru
Mashup lets you see recommendations from Facebook for physical objects
What's new in Npackd 1.18
https://code.google.com/p/windows-package-manager/wiki/WhatIsNewInNpackd1_18
Npackd 1.18.7 is the newest stable release. You can download it from here: https://code.google.com/p/windows-package-manager/downloads/list
Ask HN: Google Photo Alternative?
1) be able to back up and free up space on mobile

2) even if photos are backed up show their thumbnails

3) backup should keep original resolution

4) optional if this app backs up not to cloud but to your computer(s).
ITunes Connect closed during busiest week of the year? WTF?
One of the biggest WEEKS for the app store, Apple decides it's closing until the 29th... How can we manage prices, promotions, and other tasks to know how our strategy is working? Better to learn the hard way... Prepare for 2011
Class, queerness and the transformative nature of technology and open source. 
http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/127-personal/757847-my-nerd-story-class-queerness-and-the-transformative-nature-of-technology-and-open-source
http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/127-personal/757847-my-nerd-story-class-queerness-and-the-transformative-nature-of-technology-and-open-source
The most helpful electronic review site
http://www.stuffzonline.com/
stuffzonline.com provides you with accurate and unbiased reviews of all kind of electronic products including Notebooks, Smart Phones, GPS Navigators, Digicams, camcorders, Car Stereo, Printer, Scanner, Telivision, and Games. Our professionals test each product and provide reviews which help you in making informed decisions.