skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If it's centralized, why bother with "cryptocurrency" (blockchain stuff), vs. a centralized (blinded?) token system (or even just a database ledger system, to start)
Chip Morningstar! :-) What a name!
Hey, that's a really cool idea! I hadn't thought of that.

The pricing is more or less an educated guess at what a company would be willing to pay based on the time saved, knowing that it can be changed as we get more information about use cases/value, etc.
"For my friend's art project?"

Your friend's art project is not what we're discussing.

"You're inventing requirements which, while no doubt genuinely part of the TSA's requirements, go way beyond my single simple requirement as discussed."

I am not; as you yourself admitted, these are likely part of the TSA requirements, which is what we're discussing.
I dont understand this. Athens city is basically broke, but streets are clean and they build new infrastructure even today.
HN tends to allow a small number of reposts, so I'd say yes but don't do it much.
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I have to disagree with you.

First off, there are many dimensions to reading new languages. Nobody is saying "learn 1000 words of English and you're done for life". Rather, achieve fluency in a subset, then work on becoming more idiomatic. If you're lost somewhere and need help, nobody cares that you sound like a stupid child. (They probably won't notice, though. I've found through learning other languages that rare words are actually very rare and of extremely limited use. Obviously if someone uses it and you don't know it, you're stuck. But you can get by without it.)

US Space Team tells you what NASA does. NASA on its own tells you nothing about what they do, for all you know it could be the National Agricultural Sabotage Administration, and their goal is to blow up farms.

You have to separate language out into the multiple dimensions that it encompasses in order to understand certain aspects. It's clear to me that you use language as a social signalling method, "that person doesn't know what NASA is, hah, they're dumb and I won't associate with them as a result." That's fine, but there is another aspect: explaining ideas. And that can be done with less than the full set of all English words.
Apply HN: Maker's Hub
Maker's Hub is a virtual hacker space/services marketplace that connects makers with complementary devices and skillsets, in particular things like paper cutting, laser cutting, milling, 3D printing, and circuit prototyping.

Makers who need access to an expensive device for their idea will no longer need to front the expense and time required to purchase and learn how to use such devices or develop those skills.

Makers who own these devices and have the necessary skills will be able to utilize them to make additional money on the side by "bidding" on other Makers projects.

The maker movement in general is undergoing exponential growth in the US and worldwide [1], and recent estimates suggest that over 57% of the US population are considered be makers [2].

[1] http://thehustle.co/the-diy-maker-movement-survives-by-doing-the-opposite-of-whats-smart

[2] http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/14/martha-stewart-column-meet-the-makers/2980701/
It has to be "Apply HN" for this.
Apply HN: A clustering engine that identifies people congregation areas
Here at Wisebud we're building a SaaS clustering engine that identifies people congregation areas and helps analyze how masses behave in real-time. Think Apache Storm but context aware and with support for complex computations. It is also fully decentralized and brokerless. The engine can ingest spatio-temporal data from mobile networks, mobile apps and IoT.
The clusters are contextualized to find user behavior patterns – what and when are people doing at any given location. Companies analyze their own user base, let it be app users, mobile network subscribers or IoT users. There will also be a free global view of the population for researchers, users, governments or anyone else who’s interested.
You don't even need to assume governmental malice!

What happens if I hack into your machine and plant something? I might have reason not to like you. I might just be a troll. It might give me a competitive advantage in some market to take you out. Perhaps we're both candidates for local government and I want to win.

Strict liability crimes are poisonous, illegal numbers are simply absurd.
A lot of others have mentioned clear reasons that bloat happens in the normal trajectory of software lifetime: increase in requirements, bugfixes, etc.

But sometimes constant employment on a project just creates bloat, too. Refactorings that are intended from the beginning to reduce complexity either don't end up delivering, or they are never completed, leaving systems in a half-migrated state. Most systems I am familiar with are in a perpetual state of transition between the old way and the new way. The more complex the system, the harder a migration is. The harder a migration is, the more likely it is not to be fully done. The more incomplete migrations, the more complexity. On and on.

It's why eventually we should keep trying to reboot software systems with from-scratch, feature-lean replacements.
Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers station)
That's the crux of what makes this stuff hard. Where do you draw the line between being flexible in decision making AND unyielding in your vision?
The basic income experiment may end up encouraging more lifestyle business pursuits if successful.
Great questions!

Where would people would get Gresham Dollars:

We build our initial consumer user base by choosing an American city and handing new money (that is, GD) to
the people in that city who are most likely to spend it – i.e. low income people who have a higher marginal
propensity to consume (what money they get, they're more likely to spend). This money comes in the form of a
regular GD income – essentially a basic income for each individual. We will gradually move on to other cities
and countries and to more general populations.

Who would accept GD first:

Initially, when introducing Gresham Dollar, we tell merchants that we're handing people new money in the form
of GD and it's up to those merchants whether they want to compete for those customers and that money.

We'd go around to grocery stores, convenience stores, and other places where poor people are likely to shop.

I'm sure that my answers to your questions will lead to more questions.
No problem, hope it helps!
Agreed. It would likely need a larger basic dictionary of allowed words and would need some ability to override the dictionary for words that just have to be in to make sense due to domain or context.
Apply HN: Kriegspiel
Kriegspiel is a game of imperfect information. It is founded on the premise that as more games become solved by machines, humanity can still have some good old fun without worrying about being obsoleted by an AI.

It was previously posted to HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7364927

Direct link: http://krgspl.com/
Eclipse OMR, a Toolkit for Creating Language Runtimes
Perhaps you work in a different part of Google than I do, but I've been here for four years and I see many good engineers getting pushed into management roles to advance their careers. Their job title is still that of an engineer, but they end up with reports, schedules full of meetings and use Google Docs as their primary editor.

It seems that the ability to have an impact while writing code is quite limited in the industry, and the way to expand it is to take on leadership and management roles, even if you aren't technically moving onto the management ladder.
Attempting to type the Gettysburg Address, which is how I usually experiment with word processors and keyboards, is an exercise in futility.

> Eight times ten and seven years ago our fathers brought into the world a new country, born of free thoughts and doings, and completely sold on the idea that all men are created the same.
I see. They shouldn’t use the word “reproducible” then, because something is either reproducible or it’s not.

If they just mean, “We ignore everything but your package.json to generate a deploy,” say that, don’t mis-use the word “reproducible.”

(Heroku, for example, has put a lot of effort into making deploying to their platform actually, truly, really-the-same-years-into-the-future reproducible. `npm install`, especially without shrinkwrap -- and `now` doesn't seem to be using shrinkwrap -- will never get there.)

I’m still not 100% if I get what they are doing or not.

After all, I need some sort of index.js or dist/foo.js in my package, and if they aren’t using git or anything, then isn’t this by definition happening based on transient local state (my local files at `now`-time)?
Here's how the release cadence works:

First, you can opt into the bleeding-edge update stream http://i.imgur.com/7gWXLd3.png

Next is "current branch" for normal consumers, who are forcibly kept up to date (arguably a good thing, since they don't have an IT department to update their computers for them) http://i.imgur.com/kYkvffQ.png

Third is "current branch for business". Businesses are still required to upgrade, but they get a bit more time to ensure rollouts go smoothly. CBB can delay updates but not indefinitely. http://i.imgur.com/vsejEFC.png

Lastly, Enterprise and Education SKUs have access to the "long term servicing branch" where you can indefinitely delay updates, and/or run your own WSUS update servers. http://i.imgur.com/2JsFq1Y.png

tl;dr yes, but you need to pay for the Enterprise SKU for that privilege.
Are you okay with the cost of the ride going up to remove the need for tipping? Or are you only okay with not tipping if the ride cost is artificially low?
The aim of Newspeak is to remove all shades of meaning from
language, leaving simple concepts (pleasure and pain,
happiness and sadness, goodthink and crimethink) that
reinforce the total dominance of the State
Clickables:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7364927

http://krgspl.com/
On the HN front page simultaneously is RethinkDB with Windows support, and Windows with RethinkDB support. What strange times we live in.
How Job Roles Change with QE
How much you plan to charge for this?
Apply HN: Nuyolk – A smart curator and aggregator for digital retail
What we're building:
We are building an aggregator for e-commerce products. We bring together millions of products from thousands of brands in one place. We then personalize the user’s feed and search results based on their profile and preferences. If the user decides to purchase the product, he/she is redirected to the merchant’s site. For every redirected purchase, we earn a 5-10% commission. Right now, we are adding merchants with existing affiliate programs and hand-picked independent labels. Eventually, we will make special accounts for the rest of the independent labels to index their products with us. The goal is to make it easier for users to find products with the best design, value and brand story that suit their individual taste.

Our Why:
Inspired by local independent labels which are often more creative but are limited in distribution, we thought that there might be a better way of leveling the playing field so they can get the market share they deserve. A couple of years ago, we started an independent label crafted by traditional local artisans. We soon realized that having a good product was not enough because the per unit marketing spend was ridiculous and time consuming. We envision a world where designers and artisans can put their full focus on creating great products and where shoppers can always quickly find the best product out of the millions in the market. With digital retail for fashion and interiors alone poised to grow with a CAGR of more than 50% from 2016 to 2020, there is a huge opportunity to sort out the overwhelming mess for the shoppers.

Our progress:
Right now, we've soft launched the search feature. In the next couple of weeks, we'll be slowly rolling out the personalization features. Check it out at http://nuyolk.com!

We'd love to hear some feedback too! What can we improve on? Is our site clear enough? What features would you use us? :)
People who focus on gaming accounts and sockpuppets and whatnot are almost never contributing much to the quality of discussion, and that's what we're going to focus on.
It's been some time since I've interfaced with distributors, but I thought one of the largest companies, Southern Wine & Spirits, invested a lot into infrastructure in their warehouses and online fulfillment. Is this something thats just targeted to smaller distributors?
Out of curiosity, was this primarily a result of just being connected with too many people in DTL? Do you think you may have had a better experience if you weren't connected to that last group at all?

Along those lines, since it "hit the campus hard," did you feel social pressure to add everyone instead of just people who you'd actually want to hang out with?

We predicted these problems to an extent and have been formulating some options to deal with them but were hoping we could hold off that part. Good to hear some feedback around the issue. Thanks!
Applicationize – Convert Web Apps into Desktop Apps
I consider violating the spirit of a law the same as violating the letter of it.

So, yes.
This not true. Facebook is not king any more. Do a Google trends comparison and you will find that peak Facebook was in 2013.

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0glpjll%2C%20...
Things to Know Before Installing Solar Panels on Your Roof
Ah the Wired article presents your case in a much better light. If the software in the tractor prevent you from replacing a broken mechanical part, then that can lead to the law blocking you from literally repairing any part of your tractor.
Nvidia  Launches World's First Deep Learning Supercomputer
Snapdeal: The Flourishing Company America Passed On [2014]
Yea, expanding on this the best way to get the best results is to actually give each post an elo score. Then when a user goes to look at two applications they can vote on which application they think is better and award / subtract elo like you would in any other case. This very quickly will let the quality applications rise to the top and cause the bad ones to fall by the wayside. Note that it's also important to constantly compare applications with similar elo scores.

I've seen this done before and it's incredibly efficient.
Thanks for the thoughts and we will check them out.

We aren't looking to change the way alcohol is distributed, just offer a tool to take orders. There are a bunch of distributors that have already built their own ecommerce ordering solutions and have found them to work well.
Thanks for the recommendation. Just bought it. At first I though it was fiction, but it is a true story.
Agree that fun is in building the companies. But how long can you afford keep doing it (assuming you have family/commitment)? Success is what i call, you can keep doing what you like, not dependent on money, etc - iow, financial independence.

BTW, would be interesting to know the geographies of people who comment in this thread - say SF Bay Area, TX, MA, etc. That really adds new perspective to this discussion. My 2c.
Fairly sure you are citing this article:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775312...

And the actual numbers are considerably less optimistic than you report, and that paper was rather optimistic to begin with.

But I agree with the gist of it: storage worries are quite a bit overrated,and oversupply and transmission capacities are underrated. We can fix those easily enough, though
I mean, you can buy an Enterprise license.
Why chatbots are the new apps
In this scenario you are the somebody else hosting the exit node. For the anonymous strangers using the exit node you are hosting for them, they benefit from having their traffic mingled with yours because theirs won't stand out as much. For you, you benefit from having the anonymous strangers' traffic mingled with yours because anyone spying on you will be very confused.
Land owned by the city upstate.
We are targeting ourselves to anyone that doesn't have their own system. Small and medium distributors lend themselves well to this because they usually have small sales forces and are limited in the number of accounts they can service.
You can defer the reboot for a few days but after a while, it will prevent you from putting it off and will finally force a reboot.
wk57 got direct access to the CID by unsoldering the ROM from a salvaged screen. I honestly wouldn't have the guts to do that.
Gratifying curiosity. That's the guiding value of HN and the reason we're doing this in the first place.
All the good domains are already taken, so I usually have to aquire them from someone squating. I pay for this out of my own pocket as my way of contributing to open source
How do you know what to rebate people? The carbon tax will hit more than their electric bill. Also, some people have greener electricity than others. Here's how electricity is generated by state:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plant...
and if a user is looking for fantasy sport websites, then they would lookup the tag "fantasy-sport". The fantasy sport website would publish itself on listing-platform.com under the tag "fantasy-sport".
Apply HN: Quickest way to shop on mobile
Problem: Shopping on mobile is a pain. Multiple apps, multiple forms to fill, multiple sites to login and endless coupon searching (most are invalid as we know).

Solution: FastBuy solves this with single app. Just save your address and credit card info securely on your phone within your app and shop anywhere. No need to fill any forms, no searching for coupons and two click checkout.

How it works video: https://vimeo.com/161323214

How do we make money: Vendor pays commission for driving traffic. Commission from Ads when companies sponsor cash backs on purchases to market their products.

Website: http://fastbuyinc.com

App: Just released 1.0. Look for FastBuy in Apple App Store. No Android version currently.

My story: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-american-dream-work-progress-mahesh-varavooru?trk=pulse_spock-articles
I had an Uber/Lyft combo driver rant about how the Uber CEO was planning on replacing them all and advocating for self-driving cars, so there's that:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self...
Does Rethink have TTLs yet?
Will do - thanks.
No, it doesn’t. Elements of it are great. The design screams “We’re programmers too,” which is great. But as the comments on this page attest, this landing page does a simply horrible job of introducing what `now` actually does.
Paper is from 2014: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/login_dec...
Had to read three pages and still haven't quite confirmed that this is node.js hosting. But based on the pricing page, I guess it is. Can you please just say that? Just say "It's node hosting and the deployment system is fast." You literally just stole some of my life.
I don't know about the entire community (ie. non college students), but there are existing emergency notification systems for college campuses. I get a text and an email from my school when there is an attempted robbery, a sexual assault, or even a mountain lion sighting.

I'm assuming the school finds out about these incidents via campus police, who may get info from students. Is your application trying to speed up that process, or provide the ability to report more types of incidents?

What protections to you envision to prevent fake/prank reports? A police officer is easily able to vet a claim and report on its truthfulness.

Do you see your app as a peer-to-peer tool, or as a way for authorities to be able to learn about incidents quicker?
I know 2 from Berlin

http://4scotty.com and http://honeypot.io
Pasting. 4chan did not have a hard time convincing a lot of people to spread toothpaste on their nipples.
Hi, another Wildfire Co-Founder here, thanks for the great questions!

> Have you considered using police databases or radios to mine incidents?
Yeah, we’re currently mining online police databases and Twitter feeds and posting (and citing) these alerts in Wildfire.

> Calling the police should be your top priority when witnessing a crime, how can you tap in to that mindshare?
In Berkeley, our beta launch site, police are monitoring Wildfire.So if an event occurred that the police hadn’t heard about (or hasn’t happened yet), they’re going to be able to reach out to the poster and collect more details.

> How will you deal with critics that say you're actually making the area less safe by redirecting attention to your app instead of the police?
What we’ve realized is that often times when an emergency situation happens those nearby aren’t aware. This is what we’re trying to solve.

> What would incentivize someone to report a crime via your app?
We’re trying to impose positive reinforcement on our app just as reddit and yik yak might do with upvotes. Additionally, through our app, we’re hoping to create a local community through which users will feel responsible to say something if they see something.

Also, because we are scraping crime and safety related information, we don’t face a network effect that most social apps face. Regardless of whether or not users nearby are posting, information is constantly being being mined from local news organizations, the police, and social media.

> Do you know if notifying everyone in the area of a crime would actually make people safer, or feel safer? I think in cities most people benefit from ignorance of the number of crimes happening around them.
Ignorance and apathy result in less informed people about situations happening around them. Our goal is to share safety related information in real-time so that anyone walking home late at night can use it to help them navigate home safely.
I am wondering how well does this work on svg?

Also, I couldn't find the option to choose tooltip or popover, what's the default and how do I specify tooltip/popover?
I'm sorry, but privacy is not a black and white issue. It's never that simple, and it's a disservice to try and simplify it until you can understand it in black and white terms. There's public information, and there's private information, but there's a whole spectrum of information (semi-public, semi-private) inbetween. I consider emails to be akin to leaving papers on my desk at work. J. Q. Public can't read them, but I know that janitors come through my office every night.
Additionally,

> "This allowed me to make a special REST call to the CID to enable factory mode."

> "So, I plugged in my laptop and ran a script I had pre-written: obtain_root".

Then, an image of the a script that spouts gibberish to the console.

Props to the author for the significant effort they put in the hack. But it does seem like the author is intentionally glossing over some parts of the hack (actually spelling these things out would have been a lot easier).

Everyone (including Tesla) would like to know what you did in the script, not what you called it or what newfangled quotes it is printing out.
The ability to describe anything says nothing about the clarity of the description
Microsoft's still curating extensions so I don't think the documentation is generally available yet. Some of these early extensions are ports of Chrome extensions (like the Reddit Enhancement Suite mentioned in the article), so it's clear Chrome-like HTML/JS extensions are the main, probably sole, option.
But the merchant pays for their merchandise in USD.

why would a merchant choose to accept this "currency", considering it's not valuable to them?
What is the difference between a gresham dollar and a debit card?
Raising or lowering two existing lakes by a few feet can provide lot's of pumped storage with minimal issues.

Or in the extreme case, consider Lake Erie is next to Lake Ontario. Pumping extra water back up for a few hours a day would have minimal issues as boat bilge water has already cross contaminated them.
Kubernetes 1.2 and 12-factor apps: Splitting configuration from binaries
didn't work on two https site I tried...