skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"How do you protect your teenager from X?" is almost always the wrong question. The right question is "How do you raise your children so that they become well-adjusted young adults who don't want to drive recklessly, off themselves and the like?". Unfortunately, the latter is both a hard problem and a poor sensationalist headline.
While the copycat fear is valid, I think in the longrun suppressing information about teen suicide can't be a reliable way to prevent it.

To reliably prevent teen suicide, you need to have error correction -- when someone has a mistaken idea about it, you persuade them of a better idea. This requires providing accurate information, not hoping they'll never think of bad ideas in the first place.
And to allay fears further down this thread, yes, the accelerometer is way sensitive enough for the game.
Why not use any of the cloned scripts @ http://www.scriptcopy.com/youtube-clone-script/ and modify them. Most are in PHP I guess.
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Do more people forgo education today than did in the past?
Michael Bloomberg's Quiet Canvassing of Silicon Valley
if you bought aapl stock 1 yr ago and sold it today after the crash you would only be up 65% on the year :) i feel bad for you son
Well I have had bad food poisoning. I did indeed wish for death.
His stuff is great, but it does read like that. Its like you are reading a whole lot of little weekend magazine articles thrown together. The content is great though, its just the style (and consequently, I never read his stuff as a book, more just a little at a time).
Quantum bomb testing is pretty cool. Considering you can become arbitrarily close to probability 1 of detecting which are bombs, this is really cool.

The link at the bottom of the page also explored other areas at the end of their essay, http://nonlocal.com/quantum-d/v2/kbowden_03-15-97.html
like computers 'bomb testing' humans, and alternatively 'bomb testing' computers running calculations that are seeded with a random quantum generator. In this way, it sounds like you could potentially run every possible input of a test program (you are still limited to the number of computations from the potential length of time you are testing that machine's quantum state), and bomb testing different programs you could find which will complete in the time tested on all inputs. Heck, if I'm reading/understanding that right it might be possible to 'bomb test' a polynomial verifier on randomly chosen subsets for linear time to the maximal input length and check if it validates/completes, i.e. a summing of a randomly chosen subset of elements of a larger set to see if they add to 0 in testing time the length it would take to sum all elements ;)

Either that or, more likely, I'm totally confused by this quantum madness. I'll have to ask my physicist friend :(
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I would argue that wealth causes wealth, and that's how its truly been for thousands of years.

Although education can cause wealth in some cases (and only in the "developed" world at that) in most cases wealth is passed down generation to generation.

Go to several "lesser developed" countries around the world, where people are educated to the tooth and are still not wealthy.

Or go to our nation's universities and see the wealth (monetary not information and knowledge) there versus the corporate world (say Enron) where it is not education but greed that causes wealth.
Your home page would be better without performance misspelled as performace, and people misspelled as poeple.

Otherwise, it looks pretty good.
"Microsoft will do what is best for Microsoft"

and how is that any different than 90% of other companies?
style attributes are no longer allowed in HTML5 except on font. Font is also no longer allowed except for HTML generated by WYSIWYG editors.
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The article's mention towards further research on if the drop in people over 40's innovation confidence is due to exhaustion or wisdom is cool, but I'm more interested in if those differences will extend over time or will, as more people who have grown up in the technology generations, push this distrust of technology up in age.

From my perspective it is generally the older you are the more you don't understand technology (yes I know there exceptions but in general). Besides 40 seems like a random age for people to start becoming wise to technology suddenly. I haven't heard of research into brain physiology that fundamentally changes after your early twenties.

It seems a lot more likely that every one born after forty years ago grew up with a more technology than older generations, who just never figured out what the deal is with technology.
Wow, they are actually charging money for this stuff too.

While there is a good point to be said of using pre-made scripts (if you think you can make it better), I believe most good programmers at startups actually want to code their own stuff so the idea of script clones will really turn them off.

If all you know how to do is play with templates then you're not a very good programmer. Creating scripts from scratch takes real skill.
You mean my tinfoil hat isn't enough!?
Legal costs of startup?
What are the unavoidable legal costs to get a typical web based startup off the ground and into a beta launch? Guy Kawasaki pointed out Truemors took just under 5k USD, is that typical?
Wireless spectrum auction begins
90% of Facebook applications are given far more private data than they need to function
The Economist has gotten a lot dumber in the past 5-10 years.
They still tell it like it is more than any other print publication I know of. Do you have something else you would recommend?
There are a number of frameworks written in Python. Pylons, Turbo gears, web.py, as well as Django. And from what I've been reading about WSGI, Python web development is going to be where it's at in the next few years.

Have you looked at Pylons? From what you're describing, something like Pylons would probably fit your needs fairly well. From what I've read, it seems very light weight and modular. You can use any type of ORM or none. You can use any template language you wish or none. It might be what you're looking for. The documentation isn't anywhere near as good as Django, but you're probably familiar enough with web deb on Python that you probably wouldn't need it.
Minority Report UI using IR gloves and a Wii-mote
ycnews just aint the same as bbv huh?
How good should your business be?
I accept your apology.
I am glad to know that I am not alone.
Thanks, I am in a hurry as I am trying to make 7 apps in & days( www.7apps7days.com, see the subtle name ;) ). I will go back and change the name when I have the time.
Oops, I mean I will change the spelling ;)
MIT Lisp lecture from '86. wow.
True, but the article is not focusing on information to correct mistaken ideas, but on the rise of a terrible fad among teens in several small communities. The article tells how some kids think it is 'cool', that those who have followed receive attention after they are gone in the form of websites, and that it is easier to discuss and deal with feelings on social websites instead of with family members or mental health professionals. I am just worried that a youth viewing such a news article might receive the wrong impression.

I do agree with you, but I still have criticism with this article specifically. They do not even give information on hot-lines, websites, or anonymous groups to help those who need/want help.
Zero innocent Israeli civilians killed is obviously a noble goal.

But not at the expense of N>0 innocent Palestinian civilians killed.
Robert Cialdini devotes a chapter to this in his book "Influence", which is an utterly brilliant classic on social psychology.
Governments might start claiming space like they claimed coasts in the 50s.
Interesting. There are things you'd have to work out (like if someone logs off before his partner) but it sounds cool.
So suppose a criminal breaks into your house. And he's got a knife, and you're frail, so you better shoot him. Add more details if you want, so it's clearly justified self defense.

Now add a reason that doing this kills the criminal's innocent son. He left his son tied up at home, and was planning to untie the kid when he returned, but he never got home, and the kid wasn't found in time and starved to death. Or the man actually was a good father, but he and his son were involved in a dangerous project, and he would have been fine, but now without his father's help, he is killed.

So, defending yourself caused an innocent to die.

But it wasn't wrong of you to do that. The fault lies with the criminal. He is responsible for getting himself shot by breaking into your house and trying to rob and murder you. And because getting himself shot is his responsibility, so are the consequences. He got his own son killed, not you.

Agree so far?
Thank you sir - this kind of info is pure gold. Softlayer - do they manage the servers or is that your datacenter and you manage the machines yourselves? Was looking at Engine Yard - they start at $17k for a cluster.
Gerry Sussman... Good piece of trivia: In addition to creating the class, he taught the last (ever) offering of 6.001 last term at MIT.

Another piece of trivia: Hal Abelson, the co-creator, was one of the big guys being 6.001's replacement (now in Python).
> 50% trust pay pal, but enter the wrong credit card details.

So you're saying that 50% of your potential customers are too careless to enter their own credit card details correctly?
Ironic...
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For those too young to remember, this is what a recession looks like
Quite possibly the stupidest argument ever made

More innocent Palestinian children have died than all of the Israeli casualites put together

Agreed? (If not, do a quick google search and you can compare #'s across several human rights groups)
Yes, that is a fact. But, do you agree that morality is not a matter of counting dead people, and then declaring the bigger victim is in the right?
What is the problem you are trying to solve?

If other investors get to look after YC has selected, why should they wait (from their point of view).

If other investors are looking at the applicants in parallel, what does YC get in exchange for the deal flow?
They are not making investments at a size where syndication and reciprocal deal flow would be useful, and it's not clear any other organization would bring them a deal flow that would match their profile.

It's one thing to apply to YC because of their unique approach, I don't think they become any more attractive as a "gateway" to other possible investors. In part because most other investors are going to have different strengths, different criteria, and a much different investment strategy and engagement model.

YC might support a "franchise model" based on location if they could qualify other investment teams that could take advantage of their model. But a lot of the attraction may have less to with methodology and process and more to do with the specific expertise and connections of YC's founders.
Ask YC: Here's our web app - What do you think?
More people go to college now than ever. It's getting easier to live comfortably if you're educated. If you're not, it's getting harder and harder.
I would recommend Harvard Business Review - The economist is still a good read in my opinion though; Similar to the argument that Economist is not as strong as prior years, people have been trashing Scientific American as well, saying that the content has diluted, but I'll keep reading it ;)
Or try this:

http://www.flownet.com/ron/QM.pdf
I think that The Economist is a much more than adequate source of news and (centrist libertarian) opinion.

But, from time to time, I stop by my school's library to read some scholarly journals of political science and international affairs to try to understand a little more about how the world works.

I think it is also valuable to read the work of non-mainstream thinkers. Noam Chomsky, in particular, says some important things (alongside some bizarre things to be sure). To be honest, I am much less familiar with and sympathetic to polar ultraright opinion.

I recommend all of these things.
More innocent Palestinian civilians have died than all of the Israeli casualties put together. But the Palestinian casualties would stop if their insane leadership would stop killing Israelis! Israel is between a rock and a hard place. Nothing they can do is right in the eyes of anyone.

I was your typical liberal anti-zionist "omg the poor Palestians" Jew until about a month ago. I did the free trip to Israel sponsored by insane wealthy philanthropists and the Israeli government. http://www.birthrightisrael.com (it's free with no catch, other than getting to experience brilliantly constructed propaganda -- they say you need to be Jewish to go along but they don't check. 2/3 of the people on my trip were atheist/secular, kind of like Israel itself. All that matters is that you are 18-26 at the time of the trip. Email me if you're interested in going, I can answer any questions.)

My conclusion after the trip is that the Palestinians bring it on themselves. I wish that Israel would stop killing innocents. But if they made radical concessions, like completely removing their military from the occupied territories, tearing down the racist segregation wall, and returning East Jerusalem to Arab control, acts of terrorism would increase.

So... I would love to hear what you or anyone think is the solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, keeping in mind that the truly ideal solution, making Jerusalem an international city, will never be agreed upon by the Palestinians.
Educated != went to college, I'm afraid. Economics professors would probably be mortified by the number of economics grads that don't bother reading the economist.

Getting harder and harder if you didn't go to college?

Have you ever been to a best buy? It's getting easier and easier for someone of meager standing to have an entertainment center that only the rich could afford two decades ago.
Very much agreed - The nature of the conflict is such that both sides have legitimate arguments I suppose, but in my opinion, the IDF's actions border on war crimes - As a kid watching TV news many many years ago, an indelible image was left with me:

A kid with a rock VS. a tank

Anyhoo, back to hacking!!
College today is a lot about entertain and fun. Huge student centers, little emphasis on the "boring hard parts". It is inevitable that standards decrease as more people go to college to meet the ridiculous college-education requirement of button-pushing jobs.
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Its all a big mess my friend - I concede that I have no solution - Both sides have been at it for such a long time that I'm not sure a full fledged reconciliation will be accomplished - But we can hope though! (No more politics for me, it makes my head hurt)
according to a lawyer I talked to at DLA Piper it is
:) hacking makes my head hurt, I like talking politics though
sounds interesting ... should be tried ;)
I can't help but notice that 90% of the ads I see on reddit are for Wired magazine. Is the company having any success financially?
I didn't know that about SLC. Good to know. The Scheme/Lisp hubs I know are NYC, Boston, and especially Montreal. Lots of research, open source, and startups using Scheme in Montreal.

http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/lisp-companies/
Depends - We had our lawyer draft the incorporation docs (c-corp) and investment term sheets - We spent approximately $7,500 on the aforementioned items

That said, we quickly spent close to $15k to include: Employment contracts that included equity allocations, IP docs and contracts for two of our larger clients (the bonus here is that we can reuse the contracts that have been tailor made to protect us)
Israel goes to great lengths to avoid killing innocents, even when the innocence of those people is in serious doubt. (e.g., the family of a terrorist, which makes no effort to get out of the way so Israel can kill him without collateral damage, and who gives him comfort, encouragement, and support, is not exactly innocent bystanders)

These lengths include:

- holding off on killing known terrorist leaders when they have a chance, knowing this puts Israel at greater risk, because they believe the method available to kill him has too high a risk of collateral damage

- sending their young men door to door, in very dangerous narrow streets with booby traps, snipers, because getting up close and personal is safer for the Palestinians, though not for the Israelis, who have the power to just bomb the area (which is what most countries would do, like Russia. But in fact, try to name another country which routinely takes similar risks to protect somewhat hostile non-citizens.)
One of the notable things about those kinds of pictures, is you will see a Palestinian gunmen, in the midst of a crowd of "innocent bystanders". If they were so innocent, they'd get the hell away from the crazy, evil man with the gun, so he could be safely shot. Instead they act as human shields.

And on the flip side, the gunman is perfectly happy to use them as human shields.
Oh, sure... I was quoted the statistic that they kill 1 civilian for every 30 military deaths, which is better than any other national army.
I didn't know that statistic. That's amazing! Do you know where I can find a source for it?
The whole series of SICP lectures is online:

http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lec...

They're pretty awesome.
This is all I could find with a quick search: http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=08E7AAC...

Looks like that number is only for 2007, they haven't been as good historically which means it may be an anomaly, but let's hope not. And this isn't a great source either, it doesn't cite its sources.
oh, it's comparing killing terrorists with civilians. i thought you meant collateral damage vs Israel's own military casualties. not as amazing as it sounded, but still excellent.

the link actually mentions historical rates and how they've improved. but yes, doesn't cite sources.
>Noam Chomsky, in particular, says some important things (alongside some bizarre things to be sure).

I wish there was a publication of the anti-CFR set that wasn't fringe and crazy...
Their methodology is explained here: http://www.iii-p.org/news/iiip-080122.html

The IIIP Innovation Confidence Index was developed around three questions incorporated into the annual GEM survey of individual entrepreneurial activity worldwide. The questions were added in selected countries representing diverse size and income in Asia, the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Representative samples of adults between 18 and 64 years old were asked if, over the next six months, they were likely to buy products or services new to the market, they were likely to try products or services that use new technologies for the first time, and whether new products and services will improve their lives.

That last sentence is crucial. If I had to explain the results I wouldn't say people over 40 have less confidence in innovation. I'd suspect that they have a better understanding of the things in life that do matter to them and can be more selective in their choice of innovation.
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Digg Changes Algorithm: No More Group Voting Up Stories
Interesting mostly in a meta way.

Did it ever make sense to have voting circles mean more than diversified voting on the site? If I had to choose an initial bias, I'd choose the latter. News.YC chooses neither, I guess.
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So was group voting actually favorably weighted on Digg?
I have no idea that I spend so much time instant-messaging. Locked that sucker down now!
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I'm just moving here, too. I actually spent the last week walking around looking for a place to live. Potrero, Noe, and Cole are all way gentrified, good places to pick up some $5 mineral water from a corner grocer.
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I think it was more like certain groups of influential diggers controlling the site vis-a-vis their combined power. Associations with powerful diggers (via friendship) also seemed to be a way to gain influence, which would've encouraged voting groups.
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I'm at 2hrs 48mins so far this week...
What an ugly font.
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The article seems to suggest that there was no preference one way or the other previously, but that larger groups still up-voted stories together, which influenced the diversity of the site towards them more than was wanted by everyone.

For example, there is a strong ron paul supporting group of people that use that site, and their voice is drowning out the rest of the audience. A few hundred vocal ron paul supporters are all that are needed to over influence the thousands+ that visit the site. Now it sounds like they're checking for diversity of friend groups to ensure that the most popular stories are the stories most popular amongst the most diverse amount of people will float to the top.

Then again this is all speculation, and I still think it could be a better algorithm.

As for the worries of the Drill Down show, there will probably always be problems with spammers and fraudulent stories on social sites like that, it's just a race of AI development on both sides of the site.
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I've heard that about Montreal. Those French - ever tasteful, non?

Salt Lake because of U of Utah: http://www.cs.utah.edu/plt/
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They ignored the best one!

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- Woo your mentor by reading so you'll be ready to meet him.

- Follow-up.

- Bribe your mentor with a personal touch.

- Find a C.A.T., a "Consumer Advocacy Truth," to gain access to VIPs and amplify your megaphone.

- Thank your mentor publicly.

- Be a value-added stalker.

- Leverage mentor dynamics.

- Kiss mentor butt region.
Microsoft is different because they play both sides. Just as long as no one is lulled into a false sense of security, that was the meaning of my post.
"What is the problem you are trying to solve?" -- Every seed-level investor must build an applicant pool. Every company seeking seed funding must apply to many investors. This is massively inefficient, and functionally, I suspect this means that most potential seed-level investors and seed-level funding attempts fizzle, or select bad matches.

I am proposing that YC open the application database after they've made their selections. (They don't want their applicants poached, so I wouldn't suggest they do it earlier.) This costs YC little: they've already passed on the deals. It cannot hurt other seed firms, and might prove useful to some.

"I don't think they become any more attractive as a "gateway" to other possible investors" -- that seems to be the dominant response here. As a potential applicant, I disagree: I don't think the application is worth keeping secret, and I think other seed/angel investors might take a look if they suddenly had access to a big bunch of applications, and I'd be happy to get an email from one of them that was particularly interested in my project.
That's just snark. What a recession really looks like is a father sitting uncomfortably at a dinner table eating food he didn't buy himself.