skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Witty Kitty is either totally rubbish or completely amazing
I'd never really had a problem with Mahalo showing up in my results, until yesterday. I Googled my name, and found they were scraping my content and hosting it under a page with my name as the title and url. Yuck.
Gay marriage does not benefit the state. Marriage between a man and woman benefits the state in that a marriage is a structure designed to provide for the safe procreation & rearing of children. Gays, by definition, don't procreate.

Any society that accepts and encourages gay marriages is committing suicide.
Firefox Account Manager Aims to Make Your Social Life Easier
My bad english. I meant severance pay. I was still talking about Germany.
Thanks for highlighting this - I actually used this for a while. But I problem was that there was simply too much information, with a lot ABOUT venture capital and startups.

I wanted information and blog posts BY venture capitalists.
My favorite restaurant (Rachel, in Jersey City) was just such a situation. The hostess/owner and the cook were dating. They broke up.

I miss their shakshuka, french toast, the brie and avocado sandwiches. Anyone know where to get good (and spicy) Shakshuka in NYC?
As a tangential question, how else can this sort of information (i.e. "blogs I read" be shared).

Not talking about twitter or delicious - looking for a platform to share a curated set of feeds in a nice, presentable style. A "shareable feedly" would be cool, but I don't think it's possible is it?
Traders Lounge
> US Law is such that if a certain prosecutor was sufficiently morally offended by your existence, the founder of a Chatroulette clone could be charged with Federal Racketeering.

IANAL, but this sounds like a load of FUD to me. The majority of porn is created within the US. In my understanding, to be legally protected, all you have to do is put a warning that states that underage people are not permitted to use the site.
He's not Hollywood folk. PKD wrote a book back in 1968 called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". Ridley Scott made the movie based on a screenplay (written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples) that was loosely based on the book. This is a glimpse of how the original author felt about the result. He is not praising his own work. He is praising theirs.
Sailing Stones
Erin isn't my cofounder, but she works for us full-time (both of us in technical roles). It works.
Tinnitus.
In a stereo recording, the two channels are arranged to drive the record cutter head at an angle of 45° to the vertical, effectively encoding each channel in the left and right V-shaped walls of the record groove. This system worked well, since it provided full compatibility with a monaural pick-up, so stereo records could be played on older mono equipment.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_cartridge#Stereo_repro...

See drawings of pick-ups above on that page. The vertical movement of a monaural pick-up stylus will be the sum of the two stereo movements. Each channel contributing with an sqrt(2)/2 amplitude of its 45° amplitude.
Ahh, people love their compiracy theories, don't they…

I lived for years in village just next to Pont Saint Esprit, and my step-dad investigated this story in the mid-80's, interviewing directly the director of the local asylum, a first hand witness of the events, etc.

It's pretty well established that the cause of the event is the "ergot de seigle" (rye ergot fungus). The baking flour contained it, and it was spread to the population through bread. No conspiracy here.

That officials were interested in the incident doesn't mean they were responsible. The CIA was doing extensive research on LSD at that time (and LSD was first synthesized from the ergot fungus in the 1930's), so the fact that they investigated the effets of it spread to the population at wide seems plausible.
rationality fails the instant a child is involved. "for the children" has thus been the cry of those who seek to circumvent our analytical faculties since at least ancient greece.
The point of school is to learn how to think in a certain way. If you study engineering then you learn to think as an engineer. Ideally you will learn to learn, but not everyone that finishes a degree is good at teaching their own self new ideas and thoughts. Take classes outside your major to see other methods of thinking and analysis.

I've been reading several of the 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' books which are interesting as they ask what type of worker do you want to be. Find a cheap used copy, it might provide food for thought.
This is incredibly hard. Most likely they won't rank for the exact same Wikipedia topic, but for more specific queries like "foo bar widget spam other term". Most likely due to the combination of all their scraped content. Google's duplicate content detection is definitely not rock solid and thats why these sites are working. For years in the past and for years to come.

So if a user searches for "foo" he lands on wikipedia, if he wants to get more specific and searches for "foo bar widget spam other term" he lands on the mahalo duplicate content page, again with the same content. Because user research (Don't make me think - Steve Krugs) has shown that if users do not find what they are looking for, they look for the fastest way out. The fastest way out is through all ads placed on Mahalo and thats why they make money.

I hope you and everyone else now sees that all of these pages who make a little impact on their own but a big one on the whole are decreasing the quality of Google's index. And because these terms are so specific its hard (and pointless) to point them out specifically. If you are in Google's index, you rank for some terms, else you wouldn't be indexed, this query conveniently points out all spammy pages on Mahalo so Google can take appropriate action....unless they actually give Mahalo a different treatment than all those other spam sites.
Many of the current private trackers use TBsource http://sourceforge.net/projects/tbsource/
Voluntary transparency is good for reputation and good for business. However, I choose not to live in a glass house. To those who demand to know what I'm trying to hide, I demand to know what they're trying to steal.
Vienna should be somewhat easier. Berlin is chronically poor.
Qt's performance is extremely good. Obviously, if you use PyQt, you will get a performance hit, but this can be offset by doing processor intensive work (eg OpenGL or other drawing) work in C++ (either by writing Python libs in C++ or by writing a Qt plugin). Qt itself performs very well and theres a lot of effort being put into making it perform better still (I believe the 4.7 release is focusing on performance) and theres also beenn some mention on building an officially supported game framework around Qt.

I myself am using Qt for a drawing and processing intensive app - the main GUI code (and therefore the drawing) is done in C++, but all of the logic is being done in Clojure, running on an embedded JVM. I will rewrite logic in C++ if needed, but only where profiling suggests that Clojure (or communicating between Clojure and C++/Qt) is the bottleneck.

I'm also considering writing a small online game using OpenGL, Qt and QtWebkit for Graphics, GUI and web integration.
people have reported them through that page countless of times before, which already caused Google to talk to them.

Remember a few days ago there was a post about how Mahalo added noindex to the crap pages for a few days while Matt Cutts was looking at it, and then removed it as soon as he gave them a green flag

I doubt anything will happen unless something big happens. I dunno maybe a class action lawsuit by all the spammers who got banned by Google. Something like "Google is using it's monopoly power to crush competition for it's partners from whom they get a cut of the revenue and for whom they don't enforce the rules".
Smartports Macros: a useful command
what about a massive foam finger?
I doubt it. It takes forever for bills to become law, and immigration bills usually get stuck in some committee black hole or the other.
> The argument was, of course, that you will get more.

This isn't my experience or my argument, and I even explained why.

> 40,000 usd/year salary cost

Personally I'm doing contracting on my own, and that's approximately my monthly income. It's a pretty decent salary considering that the cost of living here is also low (I own my own apartment, if I'd want, I could live on $300 a month).

Regardless of salary, I was arguing that you get less for more money ... and I won't throw money on a product just because it has the cool factor.
what about google checkout?
World government ?
I wonder about this, too. I mean, it's funny how people have all these rights including freedom of movement and residence, but only within the country.

The economists usually praise mobility of the population. I wonder if the current state of affairs is simply due to historical reasons.
Ivan and Abby Kirigin of the (now defunct) TipJoy seemed to do pretty well.
Creating your very own first Mac application using ruby
TomTom + User Generated Content = WAZE
Shouldn't they be able to get B1 visas with the company they founded? It's most probably registered in the US. But then again, the US immigration system is seriously broken.
Court Says Apple Doesn't Own The Letter "i"
My wife helps me get perspective on lots of problems. She's not technical so it's good for me to solicit her views.
Thought recognition would be much more useful. And a bit scary.
I recall observing in the early 90's, with some amazement, that the actual Times Square had started to look like its depiction in Blade Runner, with over-the-top lighted billboards in every direction and sterile, glass-fronted places of non-sex commerce. It's easy to forget that Times Square verged on being a crappy porn district when Blade Runner came out.
I went into reading this letter thinking that it would be another 'they destroyed my vision!' example. I'm pleasantly surprised as I have a fondness for the movie. I'm not an expert though, I just do eyes! Just eyes!
I am disappointed by the degree to which people are piling on here. When you run a user generated content site, it's common to seed it any legal way you can at first. As long as Jason is following the GFDL, I don't see a problem with using Wikipedia content to kickstart his community and get traction.
There are only three sentences of content on that link, unless you're a paying subscriber.

Can anybody fill in some details?
Retweet worth $250,000
http://www.xconomy.com/national/2010/03/12/the-apple-ipad-th...

For those of you who don't feel like clicking to 3 separate pages just to read three questions...
Only a fool would pre-order an iPad
iPad pre-orders and nothing else.
Google it [1] then click through - that removes the paywall temporarily.

1. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=China+Warns+Googl...
In that Tandy Trower article about Windows, he mentions including simple apps like a calculator and what not, to show off what the UI toolkit is capable of, not necessarily as useful end-user productivity tools (though those, in the form of Write and Paint, would eventually be added).

It seems we've inherited the calculator app because that's what everyone has always done before.

Also, digital cameras do make fake shutter sounds...
Toyota braking problems discriminate against the elderly?
Ugh, that's only for the UK and USA. If you're a Canadian and want to charge Canadian dollars to another Canadian it is 100% impossible.
I'm pretty sure Ravelry was founded by a couple.
If all innovative Dutch people starting cool companies leave Holland, how can we create our own silicon valley here? Is that really the only solution if you don't want to make crud applications for businesses, to just pack and move to the US?
His complaints:

(1) You don't know how it will _feel_ (It's Apple so that's pretty much the one thing that is guaranteed to be fine)

(2) You don't know which iPhone apps will run correctly (get over it, the software will be buggy and under-featured for the first 6 months, but the web browser will work great and that's all that really matters. Remember iPhone OS 1.0?)

(3) How much will iPad-only apps cost? (A good question. My guess: another race to the bottom)
Please do try! I have original VHS versions of both the theatrical release (hard to find!) and subsequent director's cut which became the mainstream. Now you can find them all on DVD. I recommend watching the director's cut, then the original theatrical release. Changes aside from the voice over are really subtle, but important! If you want to go for completeness, watch the final cut as well.

Maybe I'm just a hardcore fan, but I did that with my girlfriend while explaining all the differences and she really liked it.
If you're in a startup and happen to be married, your spouse is a cofounder whether you like it or not. So are the spouses of all the founders.

This applies both from a legal perspective and an emotional one. Plan for it. Write it in to the original agreement. Don't wait for divorce or (worst case) death to find out how much trouble this can cause.

I have to say though, having my wife actually involved, for us, makes everything better. Its much easier to bear the risks and make tough decisions with each other's support. Your mileage may vary.
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This is the guy who wrote swfobject.js - I recognize the handle.
Here's one:

http://shopledauthority.com/items/automotive-led-displays/li...
fur.ly
I think it's a very good idea in our specific case :)

Pros:
- we're used to talking together a lot, including on topics that usually matter a lot for a startup: money-management, how to grow something in a sustainable fashion, bootstrapping, risk, handling conflict, trade-offs, brainstorming, ...
- we're both in 'we want more time to accomplish things in trade of less money for everyday' mode
- we've worked together already on difficult projects and it worked out really well
- we're complementary on some topics and unique on others (I'm more technical / product owner, she's more business + brick and mortar)
- validating an idea takes much less effort in this mode for us, apparently

Cons:
- split work/home life properly takes hard work :) We've been doing plenty of personal development over the years
- you have to ensure each one stays independent (money-wise) in case something bad happens between us (never know)
That's definitely a good point - thanks for the perspective!
OPML has been used successfully for this in the past, despite being a pretty weird format.
That's something that I find truely useful too. Cécile is less technical than me too, but she's very helpful on this.

When you're stuck, going back to the "why" and finding another way is very precious IMO.
Thanks for sharing - are you just the two of you or are there more people working with you as founders ?
It seems there are roughly equal numbers of Europeans wanting to live in the US, and USians wanting to live in Europe. I imagine it being possible (albeit hard) to set up some kind of exchange system.
High comments don't really mean you hit on a point well. In my experience it means you polarized a bunch of people: some people fall over themselves thanking you, others call you an idiot.
Over the last few months I've really gotten into Philip K. Dick. He wrote some of the best sci-fi I've ever read. Whereas a lot of sci fi is about cool stuff just to write about cool stuff, PKD used imaginative/futuristic settings, characters, and objects to explore the human condition.

"Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep" is a great book. One of its central questions is what makes humans, human. The book gives you plenty of ideas to mull over, and at the same time it's an exciting, plot-driven read.

I watched blade runner a month ago, a couple weeks after finishing Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep. The movie was nearly incomprehensible and the acting was terrible. It was too terrible and bizarre to even really be a disappointment.

All this is to say, I wonder how PKD would have felt after seeing the entire movie.
1 in 1 out.

But then, is 1 equal to the other?
Just curious: are you sometimes trying to share the know-how (ie: her getting more technical a bit, and the other way round) ?

I'm asking because we're doing that a bit. The idea here is not to ensure she would be able to implement difficult features, but maybe deploy a simple ruby site on her own, or hack more css/html so that we're a bit more interchangeable.

What's your opinion on that ?
YMMV, but here's what I do:

If it's a personal expense (90% of my purchases) I immediately throw the receipt away.

If it's a business expense, I take a picture on my cellphone, tag it in Evernote, and throw the receipt away. This used to take me about 3 minutes (awkward) but now I can do it while I'm walking, so it adds no time burden to my day.

Receipts of any kind are obsolete, IMHO.
6) A lot of people share his definition - for example, everyone who says that Java, C# etc are compiled languages. I think thats enough people to make this definition true.

8) Being natively compiled does not make that program automatically faster. It depends on the use case (I/O vs compute bound) and it also depends on the quality and complexity of the code generator and optimizer. Furthermore, bytecode compiled languages (as opposed to native compiled) may be able to better optimize at runtime using JIT compilation due to being able to make assumptions you couldn't make at "compile time" in AOT compilation. Saying that natively compiled programs are faster than other kinds of programs is simply not always true.
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There is a difference. A spouse is your co-founder because the company will affect his/her life just as much. And he/she will be thinking quite abit about the business. I am not sure, however, if your spouse being an official cf is good, and might discourage a third from joining because he/she will feel like the other side of the room hold all the power.
"For obvious reasons a list of illegal sites can't be publicly available, so it's hard for free speech organisations, watchdog organisations etc. to look into it. A few years ago the list was leaked and someone went through it to see how much of it was actually illegal content."

I'm not familiar with the legal system in Denmark, but it isn't obvious to me why you couldn't have a list of illegal sites. I assume the objection would be that you would thereby make it easier for people to then visit those sites. But, considering the significant inaccuracy you mention above, it seems like there are obvious reasons for the list to be public. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Here are some things that I've wanted to communicate to other drivers:

"You might want to check the air pressure in your right rear tire, it's riding dangerously low"

"Your left turn signal's been on for three miles"

"Your gas cap is off"

"The speed limit in this section of road is 45mph"

"Your coffee mug is on the rear bumper"

etc.
In fact as a wikipedia user, contributor, if I remember right the change form CC2 to CC3 at wikipedia was done to handle these sort of issues with credit not being given correctly..

I wonder does the DCMA takedown rules apply here?
It still works on Norwegian landlines.
thanks, I was trying to work the math in my head and was making it WAY harder than it needed to be.
I think it's mostly because of opportunities. You can stay in Holland and only have a couple of angels and investors to pitch to, or move to the US and have a whole lot more.
SF should just figure out a way to keep homeless off public transit. Perhaps they could charge nominal access fees that could be waived by a DL, passport or other proof of residence, and use the extra revenue to fund improved security.
Establish conventions for academic publications that maximize easily machine-readable content instead of looking good when printed to a paper journal. Build a search engine that can answer advanced queries about existing research based on the citation links, machine-readable datasets and formal description language descriptions of the main contents of the articles.
A friend of mine moved to the US in the late 90's using something like this founder visa. He and his parents opened a restaurant in Orlando, FL. The basic premise was they invested about US$ 100K in their business and were granted resident status, with the limitation they could not work in a company other than their own.

And that reminds me once more I still owe them a visit.

Haven't had proper vacations for a couple years.
Are you referring to:

http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/c...

?
I use Netvibes.com which lets you make a public page with RSS feeds you read. Mine is http://www.netvibes.com/webdeveloper although it's pretty old..
'Under God' Held Constitutional in 9th Circuit Pledge Ruling
Definately. 12M Customers can add movies to their queue prior to it even coming out at the theater. I would wager this is substantially predictive. Netflix could either bet themselves, or as perhaps more likely, sell this information directly.
oh god how do i save
Ask HN: What are the most important business metrics for your startup? 
I'm working on a business dashboard for small startups and mISVs, and could use some expert input.

What are the important business metrics you monitor every day? How do you monitor them?

Which are the most actionable vs. time consuming?
If I read it correctly, you can s/DOS/Unix/ and it would still stand, so: no

(DOS|Unix) "is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that not all can achieve salvation. To make the system work you need to interpret the program yourself: Far away from the baroque community of revelers, the user is closed within the loneliness of his own inner torment."
But there is no reason why an interpreter could not contain a JIT to on-demand compile. In fact, the definition of interpreter that seems to be in common use is that it takes raw source code and executes it - nowhere have I ever seen anybody state that the compiler cannot on-demand compile the source code as its interpreted (perhaps to speed up future calls to that code). This is still distinct from VM based implementations, which compile the source code to byte code and the byte code is then executed or natively compiled languages where the code is compiled directly to the host processors instruction set.
Either way, this one was written by Umberto Eco!
Perhaps just have it send out for comments when a page has been opened from HN. That way I can click a page from HN and see the comments on the underlying page. So have a conditional lookup based on referrer.
What i found most insightful is the "monotous death" he says SF is at risk of settling into. All the brilliant SF's reputation is overshadowed by the pulp works with tasteless covers, and people tend to think of SF as children's books, not serious (if you compare it to "classic" litterature). We need more works like Bradbury's, that are in themselves brilliant litterature (look at the prose in Fahrenheit 451!) as well as SF.
SimplyHired and Indeed are mostly aggregators of other boards. It's just a slick interface on a broken system.

I'd like to see something that's a little more direct, that gets me to HR/hiring managers with fewer people in the middle.
If you're going to be putting a lot of R&D into changing people's bodies, why not do it in something cool like regulating myostatin production? Get that one done safely, and we can all be Mr. Olympia.